Here's the second chapter of Mystery… Hope u liek :D
Disclaimer: I wish I owned Soul Eater
EDITED: 4/16/16
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Kid and Soul were sitting on grass in the garden, having a picnic since Soul wanted to do it. Minutes later, Soul fell asleep on Kid's lap. Kid grumbled on how cute Soul was when he was sleeping, but sighed and placed Soul down beside him. After 15 minutes of waiting and eating cookies; surprisingly, Kid was the one eating a lot. He got fed up of waiting and stood up abruptly, making Soul jolt from his short nap.
"What's taking her to long?" Kid asked getting impatient. He started pacing around. Soul rubbed his eyes to rid of the sleepiness and watched as Kid pace around. He giggled a bit since his parents were doing that when they are waiting for their cinnamon rolls. Kid kept mumbling about how Maka is taking too much of her. Speaking of the devil, she arrived with their friends.
"Sorry I took long." Maka smiled, which kind of shows that she's not sorry at all. She immediately went beside Soul, who was still half asleep and jolted awake when he felt Maka near him. The others came closer, which made Soul hide behind Kid.
"So… What's the problem?" Tsubaki asked politely. Black*Star was laughing loudly with Patti.
"I THINK A GOD LIKE ME CAN FIX IT IN ANYTHIME!" Black*Star shouted proudly. Everyone dead panned and gave him a look that says 'we-know-you-can't.
"Then try fixing this…" Kid deadpanned and gestured to Soul, who seems to be behind Maka now. Maka sidestepped and showed Soul, who had fearful eyes as he didn't recognize the new strangers.
"You and Maka had a kid?!" Liz asked. Said people in question immediately turned scarlet and started shaking their heads.
"NO! It's Soul!" Kid and Maka shouted together, making them look at each other and blushed harder while looking away abruptly.
"Really?" Everyone asked as they eyed Soul, who stopped cowering in fear when he finally remembered who those strangers are. Soul stared right back at them with innocent eyes.
"OH MY GIRAFFE! YOU ARE SO CUTE, I COULD SQUISH YOU!" Patti shouted. Soul's innocent eyes were covered up by fear again as she said that. Liz, being her twin, and Tsubaki, being the nice girl she is, restrained Patti to prevent her from hugging Soul. Liz eyed him carefully,
"You do look like Soul… do you know all of us?" she asked. Kid and Maka dead panned at them.
"Elizabeth and Patricia Thompson, Tsubaki Nakatsukasa, Black*Star, Maka Albarn, and Death the Kid. I don't see what the problem is if these two are saying lies." Soul responded innocently and started chasing a butterfly while giggling, which stopped on a flower; making the girls squeal at his antics. Black*Star, being the complete idiot he is, accidentally step on it and pointed at Soul.
"BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! SOUL'S A TODDLER!" Black*Star laughed loudly and started moving around. Soul blinked a little when he saw the butterfly squished on the grass. He looked back at Black*Star and whimpered a bit, tears pricking the corners of his eyes. After a few seconds, he started crying. Maka immediately went to his side, with the others sporting a worried look. Maka glared at Black*Star, as like the other girls.
"BLACK*STAR! HE'S JUST A TODDLER!" she scolded him as she wiped Soul's tears away. Black*Star, feeling guilty, crouched to Soul's level.
"Sorry, kid…" he apologized as he ruffled Soul's hair. Soul, who finally calmed down, glared at Black*Star and kicked him on where the sun never shines. Black*Star yelped and fell to the ground. Everyone laughed at his predicament as Soul continued glaring at him.
"HAHAHAHAHA! BLACK*STAR GOT OWNED BY A TODDLER!" Patti laughed the loudest. Soul glared at them, transformed his arm into a scythe and gave them his scariest glare as a toddler.
"I am not a toddler." he stated seriously. Everyone then chuckled nervously. Deeming that everyone is quiet, he stared at the dead butterfly and took it. Gently, he went to the bush he hid behind and placed it under. Everyone, sans Black*Star, melted at how nice he can be but shivered at his face a while ago.
"Is he that scary?" Liz asked Maka quietly. Said person in question shrugged. Soul came back and pouted,
"Please help me go back to my 14 year old self." he said. The others nodded as Kid shook his head.
"Of course, you are pretty fearsome when angered." he added. Soul smiled mischievously,
"Runs in the family." he said proudly. Now everyone was confused. Before Soul knew it, he was bombarded with questions.
"Why aren't you smirking anymore?" Maka smirked.
"You're so fancy!" Patti added.
"What's with the suit and English accent?" Liz asked, smirking. Soul blinked at the sudden questions but answered it all.
"I am more civilized in my youth years and grew up in England…?" he said.
"Can you play the piano for us?" Tsubaki smiled softly, making everyone hopeful that the younger version of Soul would play. Said latter frowned at the sudden demand.
"OMG! YOU'RE SOOOOO CUTE!" All the girls squealed, with Kid and Black*Star silently agreeing.
"I know right?" Maka grinned; she was the first one to find Soul in this situation.
"I'm not yet a professional. You might judge me for it." Soul said and looked down. Tsubaki laid a comforting hand on his frail shoulders and gave a soft and reassuring smile,
"We'll like it, Promise." she said, rubbing his shoulders to show that she's not lying. The others nodded in agreement. Soul smiled weakly and gave a slight nod. Going up to Kid, he tugged on his pant legs. Kid immediately understood and crouched down to pick him up. He too was surprised on his light weight.
"I hate you with that simple gesture." Kid grumbled; he immediately regretting having said that when he saw Soul's teary-eyed face, "Not exactly hate. It's just that you're too cute to resist." He immediately added. Soul beamed at that.
"Okay… Where's the piano?" Soul asked, making everyone smile. They all entered Kid's mansion and started heading towards the living room. Kid having a piano even though he doesn't know how to play it, no one will ever know the reason why he has one. Everyone was still curious about how Soul became like this. (First, they should ask him how old he is.)
"By the way… how old are you?"Maka asked suddenly as Kid placed him down. He was about the height of Kid's thighs. (Wow, Maka. Thanks for doing what I thought.) Soul thought for a while,
"Umm 4 and a half I presume." he answered, surprising everyone. He was quite scrawny looking for a 4 year old, probably around 30 pounds.
"How old were you when you started learning how to play the piano?" Liz asked, piquing up everyone's interest on how Soul became a prodigious pianist with his dark music.
"Maybe around the time when I took interest in playing piano." he explained calmly. Their jaws dropped in shock,
"How young exactly?" Kid asked. The others leaned forward in anticipation.
"Probably around 4 and a half months. Mother said the grand piano was the first thing I took interest, next were books." he said. Everyone stared at him with a shock and dumbfounded look.
"Who are your parents?" Black*Star asked, making Soul turn away and tightened his grip on Kid's shoulder. Everyone understood that Soul doesn't want to talk about his parents. He started walking up to the piano, ignoring a voice on his head as he was consumed with some memories. He wanted to shout when the voice started getting louder, but kept quiet because he didn't want to bother his new friends. He started playing the piano, a dark but somewhat comforting melody. Everyone smiled as he played. He continued playing but stopped in the middle of his piece and started clutching his head.
"Soul…?" Maka asked as she and the others came closer. She was about to tap his shoulders when suddenly he jolted from his sit and started trembling in fear.
"Soul? What's wrong?" Liz asked worriedly. Said person in question started cackling madly.
"Who is ready for some fun?" he asked cheerfully as he changed his arm to a scythe, dull eyes scanning the room, before swinging the scythe towards Maka.
~~~~Soul's memories~~~~~
An albino boy was sitting outside the veranda playing with a small cavalier puppy and a border collie. A beautiful woman with platinum blonde hair came close to the kid, who seems to be around 6, looked up from his dogs.
"Soul, honey, are you having fun?" the woman asked. Soul nodded his head and showed the woman the two dogs.
"Mrs. Dean gave me her." a young Soul answered, showing the cavalier puppy. "Her name is Charlotte. Bandit wants to play with her, so I joined in." he added. The woman nodded her head slightly and smiled softly at him. She had always wished that her son would be free.
"Ashleigh, dear, can you bring Soul here to the living room?" a gruff voice asked from behind them. Both Soul and his mother turned around to see a man around his 30's stare coldly at Soul. He had crimson eyes like Soul and dirty blonde hair. Ashleigh glanced at Soul, only to see so much fear behind his bright innocent crimson red eyes. Her heart broke at his reaction. A child should never be this afraid if their father.
"We'll be right there, Riley." Ashleigh replied. Riley nodded his head and went inside. "Soul, you don't need to be afraid of your father… okay?" she asked. Soul nodded and followed his mother to the living room, seeing a boy around 13 with platinum hair and crimson red eyes; it was his brother, Wes Evans.
"Can you play the piano for us?" his mother asked softly. She and Wes love Soul's pieces but he doesn't care. Soul nodded his head numbly and slowly made his way to the piano.
"I just hope that you can be as good as Wes now." Riley commented coldly. Soul's eyes dulled a bit at the comment but chose to ignore it. Ashleigh frowned at her husband's comment, while Wes looked at his father with disgust.
"Father…" Wes started but was immediately silenced with his father's glare. He nodded his head for Soul to begin his piece. He gulped before playing. Just after a few seconds, he felt a hand rest on his shoulder. He tensed when he looked up at his father.
"D-dad…?" he started but immediately regretted it when he felt his dark aura. He was slapped hard across his face, making him fly off the chair and land harshly at the ground. Ashleigh gasped and tried to go beside Soul,
"Soul Evans is the son of Riley Evans, cello prodigy, and Ashleigh Evans, harp prodigy, brother of Wes Evans, violin prodigy; ONLY piano prodigy in the family." Riley started, going near Soul; said latter started backing up. "Why can't you really become a prodigy? No one likes your music." He said and crouched to Soul's level.
"Riley, stop. You're scaring the child." Ashleigh said. Soul's father glared at her,
"Shut up, Ashleigh." He said and glanced back to Soul who was trembling in fear. "Tsk. You're such a coward. Why don't you try playing a piece more cheerful?" he said. Soul nodded carefully and made his way to the piano, trying to play his piece again but a little more cheerful. Soul glanced up to his father again, only to see his face darkened.
"… Dad?" he asked innocently, only to be answered by a harsh kick to his gut.
"FATHER!"
"RILEY!"
"James, Nathan, get them to another room. Make sure they don't leave. Now." He ordered to two nearby butlers, who immediately nodded their heads. They carried both of them to a certain room.
"FATHER! STOP!" Wes shouted; punching the butler's back. "Nathan, put me down!" he ordered but was ignored.
"Riley, stop this nonsense! Don't hurt my son!" Ashleigh shouted but was also ignored. Riley turned back to Soul, who just caught his breath. He casually walked up to him, only to yank his hair out. Soul let out a whimper and tears pricking his eyesight. He caught sight of his father's insane grin.
"Who is ready to have some fun?" he asked, cackling insanely and started beating Soul up to a pulp. All Soul could do was to cry out in pain for every hit and to stay alive from bleeding from his cut near his eyebrow.
~~~~~End of Memory~~~~~
Finally snapping out of the memory, dull red eyes brightened up. He glanced around the room, only to see that he wasn't at his house but in a stranger's house. He saw that the piano in front of him was broken, the keys scattered around and the piano's leg was cut off. Suddenly feeling nervous, he started backing up only to bump into something, or someone. He quickly turned around and saw an ashen blonde pigtailed girl with a few cuts.
"Soul…? Are you alright?" she asked and stepped forward, only for Soul to back up.
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Hey guys! This is the new Author's note. As of the moment, Mystery is being edited, so I suggest you to read the first chapter again. I promise you that the third chapter will be coming up around next week. Thank you for being patient in waiting for me in continuing this story.
For those who are reading Soul's Doom, it is also going to be rewritten but I will upload the next chapter before rewriting the first chapter since I'm not satisfied with my work. Please be patient. Next chapter will be uploaded next week or when I finally finish the chapter.
~NoName out!