Aside from Kid and Ame still not getting back together, it was a normal day. It was a bit odd; the others had kind of expected them to get over their ridiculous argument, but they just didn't. It wasn't that they didn't want to—it was more like they just never got around to it. Sayo was teaching her class in the morning like always.

"Everyone please open your text books to page thirty-seven," Sayo said. "I know we studied that at the beginning of the year, but we're going back to review a few things for the upcoming test."

"What do you think we'll do next year for a textbook?" Maka leaned over to ask Liz. "I mean, this is all Ame was able to make, right? Every year we get new textbooks, so do you think we'll still have this class?"

"Who knows?" Liz asked. "Ame always comes up with something. You should really ask Kid about these things."

"Where is Kid?" Maka asked.

"With his dad in the Death Room," Liz replied. "They're having tea this morning, probably discussing something top secret or something."

Madness Attack; Ame Starts Acting Strange?

No one expected anything bad to happen. Sayo was at the chalkboard, droning on about soul perception and pancakes. Suddenly, the door creaked open. Sayo looked up, rather annoyed that someone would interrupt her class without knocking. Her anger abated when she saw it was only Ame, but… something was off. Ame silently walked into the room and stood there. She just stood there. Even her ears and tail, which expressed every thought in a twitch or other signal, were completely paralyzed. Something had come over Ame that caused her to shut herself inside her mind.

Sayo saw three entities, black in color and in the form of straight lines. They seemed to reach out of Ame's back, right where her divine instruments would hover over her back. The powerful slash-marks dragged themselves across the chalkboard, making a horrible screech and making everyone in the room cringe and cover their ears.

"Ame, what the hell?!" a student demanded.

The entities shot at Sayo's desk, sending it and its contents flying against the row of student's desks. A few students got up and scattered away from the damage in alarm.

"Ame, stop!" Sayo shouted. Her voice softened slightly. "What's wrong? Why are you doing this?"

Ame turned back to Sayo and raised her head. Sayo grimaced and took an involuntary step back when she saw Ame's face. No, this wasn't right at all. The class wasn't sure what they saw next. Ame didn't do it; Sayo did this to herself. She suddenly had a knife in her hand and was pointing it at her neck. Sayo let out a surprised gasp, her eyes wide with fear.

"Miss Sayo!" Maka exclaimed, getting to her feet.

"What am I doing?" Sayo whispered. The knife plunged through her throat. A shower of blood splattered across the first couple rows of desks. The students were paralyzed for a moment before someone screamed.

That was when the illusion went away. Sayo was fine; there was no blood. A series of images and scenes flashed in everyone's mind simultaneously, but nothing truly happened at all. It was like watching a horror movie.

Kid blinked, setting his cup of tea down with a clatter and involuntarily looking behind him at the door. He'd suddenly felt a pulse of madness pervade the entire campus. The strength of the force was enough to bring it all the way across the school.

"Did you feel that?" he asked. "Such power…"

"I'm half-hoping that's Ame out there," Lord Death said, his voice taking on a serious tone. "She's the only one that should be able to use that kind of power. We should go check it out."

Kid and Lord Death made it to the classroom a little late. Most of the students were gathered in the hallway, curled up against the wall or standing over their partners. Some of them were even crying.

"What's happened?" Kid demanded.

"It was Ame," one of the students replied. "She came in and started tearing the place up! We don't know if the others are okay; they said they could help her, but I'm not going back in there!"

Kid turned and hesitantly looked into the classroom. Maka was standing next to Soul, towering over someone in the corner. When they saw Kid, they evacuated into the hallway with everybody else. Ame was curled up in the corner, her head in her hands, and a large splash of blood smeared across the wall and floor reaching four feet away from Ame's body in an almost circular splash. Kid slowly approached her, taking in her trembling form as he came closer and closer.

"It's okay, Ame," he said, kneeling next to her. "You're just upset about last night. It's okay; just calm down."

Ame snarled. Kid felt a stabbing pain throughout his chest, and a warmth spreading down his body, like blood dripping from a gaping wound….

"STOP!" Kid slammed his fist against the wall. Ame flinched, and the illusion went away. Kid took a couple deep breaths. It was just the madness; he was fine.

"I'm… sorry…"

Kid looked up. Ame was staring at her bloody hands, her eyes filled with tears of remorse.

"I'm sorry," she said again.

Kid wordlessly pulled her to her feet, guiding her away from the blood and ruin of the room. He would take her to the infirmary to get her cleaned up. Ame's gait was unsteady; she stumbled often and nearly fell twice. She was still shaking and apologizing. Apologizing for what? Did she do something wrong? Kid sat her down on one of the beds in the dispensary, searching the cabinets for some sterile cloth and getting a basin of water from the sink. He returned to Ame's side and began cleaning the blood from her unscathed arms and face.

"Where did all this blood come from, Ame?" Kid asked sternly.

"The lamb," Ame whispered, staring straight ahead. "I'm sorry… I'm so…"

"Was it a real lamb?" Kid asked. "Like a sheep, but little?"

Ame nodded and swallowed hard. "It was a sheep."

"Did you kill it?"

"No."

Kid's grip on her arm tightened.

"Ame," he growled warningly. "Did you kill that lamb?"

"No!" Ame screamed, throwing her arms out. The basin of water spilled on the tile floor with a clang. "It… it was still alive…."

Kid didn't say anything. He grabbed the bucket from under the sink and kicked it over to Ame.

"If you get sick, do so in that," he said. "You've made enough of a mess for me to clean up."

Ame's head twitched in a little nod. Kid sighed. It looked like he was getting nothing else from Ame. He cleaned up the spilled water and set the supplies on the counter.

"I'm going to go out into the hallway for a moment, okay?" he asked. "I'll be right outside if you need me."

He closed the door quietly behind him. Lord Death was waiting for him.

"Is she alright?" he asked.

Kid nodded. "Ame… she…."

"What is it, Kid?" Lord Death prompted.

"She ate a lamb," Kid sighed, looking up. "She just got… freaked out. It's not really important."

"Are you sure she'll be okay?"

Kid glanced at him. "Of course. This is Ame we're talking about."

Kid reentered the infirmary. Ame was curled behind one of the beds, violently sick. Kid walked around the bed and knelt beside her. He rubbed her back soothingly until she stopped throwing up. He averted his gaze from the bucket full of blood and guts and bones.

"Are you feeling any better?" he asked.

She took a breath and stopped shaking. Kid could feel the madness radiating off her soul subside.

"Sorry," she whispered calmly.

"Don't be," Kid held her close. "Promise me that you'll be more careful, okay? Promise?"

"I promise," Ame nodded. She nuzzled her head under his chin so he couldn't see her lips pull into a sly grin. Her fangs glistened in the dim light. "Kid-kun."

I FINALLY have my new-new laptop, so I can get back on track. I'm not getting a lot of feedback on this story, which is unfortunate for me. However, I'll get it completed on my own time for those of you who have reviewed :3 Anyway, I got WolfQuest and FL Studio 11 demo on my laptop, so I can get back to my YouTube channel too. Well, I guess that's all I have to say about it.