It was so hard for me to focus on school the entire week, I was too worried for today. I am really nervous and I can already tell that i'm shaking. I don't know how to deal with this. I really don't want the day to end, I would rather listen to Stein's lectures all day while throwing scalpels at me. Well, maybe not the scalpel part, but I made my point. Maka wasn't in my first class today, I didn't get to see her until fitness class. Sadly enough, I didn't get to talk to her until lunch and ask her why she was late.

"H-hey Maka."

"Oh, hi Crona," Maka said with a big smile.

"H-how come you weren't in Stein's class?"

"Oh, uh, Lord Death wanted to see me."

"Oh, how did that go?"

"I'll tell you later." She didn't look very happy when she said that. She looked away from me when she said it, which worries me. I wonder what Lord Death said to her to make her so upset. We sat down at our table without another word said. We sat in our normal spots with all our friends.

"Hey guys," Liz said.

"H-hi," I responded.

"So Crona, are you ready for your 'meeting' after school," asked Kid.

"K-kind of, I d-don't even know who i-i'm meeting. All I know is that h-her name is Cumo." Kid raised an eyebrow questioningly and looked at Maka for a moment before turning back to me.

"Well i'm sure Maka, will tell you a little bit before you meet her." He said making sure to speak Maka's name a bit louder. Maka only glanced at Kid for a moment then went back to eating her lunch. The table got really quiet for a while before of course, Black Star showed up.

"Hey, why is everyone so gloomy? But do not fret! My godliness will save everyones happiness!"

"Black Star, the only thing you do is annoy us," Liz said.

"Well Liz, for your information, I just came to rescue your attitude!"

"Black Star, let's not be rude." Tsubaki said sitting down with Black Star.

"I'm not being rude, i'm trying to make everyone praise their god."

"Black Star, now is not the time, it seems everyone is upset."

"No, its okay, Black Star is just being himself, we'll just ignore him like usual," Maka said.

"Wow, no dose of a Maka Chop today? Thats surprising," Soul said snickering.

"Watch it, your about to get one," Maka said sternly pointing her magical book at Soul. I seriously wonder where she gets the book from. She never carries it around, in fact she doesn't have anything to carry it in. So whenever she Maka Chops someone, the book just magically appears out of thin air. I don't ever ask her about it, i'm scared that i'll get a Maka Chop just for mentioning it. Black Star shut up by that comment Maka made though, which was a little strange. Black Star usually doesn't shut up until he gets a dose of a Maka Chop. We all sat there quietly eating lunch, even Patty was quiet. Today was going to end horribly, I can already tell. When the lunch bell finally rang we all got up and waved eachother goodbye then went to our classes. I noticed that Miss Marie wasn't here, instead Spirit (ugh) was our substitute. I wonder what is wrong with everyone today, its very odd. It doesn't help my mood either, I was already a nervous wreck when I woke up this morning. I can feel myself start to tremble as I watch the time on the clock come closer and closer to the end of the school day. As soon as the school day ends, Maka has to have a conversation with me (which I can already tell is going to be tense) then I have to meet with Cumo, and finally Maka has to explain to me what made her so upset today in her and Lord Death's conversation. I walked to my last class of the day which is history of Shibusen with Sid as our teacher (he still creeps me out). As the class went on, I couldn't help but worry about how everything was going to go. I'm so nervous! I know that i'm shaking and trembling, I can't help it, i'm so scared of whats going to happen. Maka seemed to realize my tension, she grabbed my hand to stop my shaking.

"Don't worry, i'll be with you during the whole meeting," she whispered.

"O-okay, t-thank y-you," I whispered back.

"Ah, Crona, since your so eager to talk, why don't you tell me one of Shibusen's mottos?" I jumped when Sid spoke my name, accidently releasing some kind of squeak.

"O-okay, A sound soul, dwells within a sound mind and a sound body."

"Very good, now pay attention before I throw tombstones at you. This is your only warning." I nodded in response and tried to (unsuccesfully) pay attention to the lesson. I still cannot calm my nerves, I looked at Maka's hand which was still on top of mine. It soothed me a little to see she still was holding my hand, it actually made my face go a little pink I think. Maka is so nice and brave, she's outstanding. I'm surprised that she even likes me, i'm pathetic, but i'm not going to question her about it for now. The sound of the bell brought me out of my calming thoughts, but brought new and nerve racking thoughts to me. Now whats going to happen? Is Cumo going to hurt me? What if Maka doesn't like me anymore? What if Maka has to leave forever? These thoughts made me tense up a lot and Maka noticed.

"Hey, it's okay, i'm going to explain to you whats going to happen, and don't forget that i'm going to be here the entire time," she said grabbing my shoulders and looking me straight in my eyes.

"O-o-okay," I responded. Before we left the classroom Maka stopped me.

"How about we talk in here, where no one is around?"

"Okay."

"Okay, well, Cumo is a wi.. um," she couldn't say that last word very well, "ahem, let's try that again, Cumo claims to be your cousin, and she asks to see you. She has shown us no harm, so we trust her around you, but she will still be in restraints because she's a wi.." She can't say that last word very well, it kinda worries me. Maka put her hands up to her face and mumbled something. I couldn't hear, but she was slowly raising her voice as she said it over and over. Eventually I could hear her, she said witch. My heart dropped to the floor, I couldn't breathe and started having a panic attack. I grabbed the desk as a support so I didn't fall over, I was getting dizzy from my struggle of getting a breath.

"Shh, shh, it's okay, its okay," she grabbed me and pulled me into a tight hug. She was lightly rubbing her hand on my back until I could steady my breathing and I could stand without a support. I was still having a small panic attack. How could Cumo be my cousin? Why would she want to see me? To torture my already damaged mind? Why? I hadn't noticed I was crying until Maka pulled me out of my thoughts and rubbed my cheek with her thumb.

"Are you okay? I know it's a lot to take in, don't worry. I'm here, you won't be alone. We have to go, before Lord Death gets impatient," she pulled me from her so she could see my face, "i'm right here, theres nothing to be afraid of." She gave me a big, bright and warm smile. I nodded in response, she nodded back and then intertwined her fingers with mine. We walked down the hallways together, I was still super tense, I squeezed Maka's hand just to make sure that she was still there. All feeling in my body had gone numb after Maka said... witch. We were facing the entrance to Death's door, Maka turned to me and gave me a smile that told me "you'll be okay." I smiled back at her and we walked in, it looks like they haven't brought her yet which made me really anxious.

"Hiya there! Welcome Crona," Lord Death said with his goofy voice.

"H-hi, Lord Death."

"Now Crona, this is very serious."

"I-i know."

"She'll be here any minute now, and I want you to be the calmest you can be."

"I'll t-try. But I d-don't know f-for how l-long." Maka squeezed my hand in reassurance. I looked at her and gave her a small smile. I don't know how to deal with this.

"Don't stress too much, we have her in restraints. You'll be just fine," Lord Death said coming closer to me and Maka. I'm guessing that she's getting close. I don't think her being in restraints is necessary, I know she won't cause me any harm, well physically at least. It's seeing her at all that i'm scared of, I don't think I could deal with seeing her. How does she know she's my cousin? How are we even related! Then it came to me, her name is Cumo, which spelt with a K means spider. Arachne, she's Arachne's daughter. So she IS my cousin. I was pulled out of my mental realization by the sounds of footsteps coming down Death's hallway. Then I could see her. A girl with light blue hair pulled up in a pony tail, at the top where it connects to her head was eight little pieces of hair that stuck out like spider legs, and she had bangs covering her right eye. She was wearing a long, black dress that went all the way down to her feet. She was tall and skinny and looked to be around my age. She was looking down the entire time Spirit and Stein were taking her towards us. She didn't look up until she reached the platform.

"C-crona?" Her voice was soft and low, she didn't look like she wanted to cause harm.

"Release it," Lord Death said to her.

"B-but you sai-"

"I said release it!" He didn't have his friendly tone while speaking to her.

"Okay," she said in a low whimper and then mumbled something. I could instantly feel the power that came from her. There was no doubt about it, she was a witch and a powerful one too. It made me afraid, I didn't want to do this at all, I want to go home. It was hard enough to just see her, but now I have to feel her power too?

"Crona, do you recognize her," Lord Death asked. I opened my mouth to speak, but no words came so I shook my head. She looked at me for a moment then went back to Lord Death.

"I thought you said you were cousins," Lord Death said to Cumo.

"We are, but the last time I saw him he was 4." Wow, was I really that young?

"That doesn't work, he has to know you in order for me to believe you."

"I-i don't know h-her, but I do r-recognize her," I spoke up.

"Hm? Is that so? Well, if the last time she saw you was when you were 4, i'm sure it's hard to remember her. But, Cumo, how do you remember Crona?"

"I-i followed him." Wait what?

"You followed him? Explain what you mean."

"I don't have full c-control over spiders, but I somewhat do. A-and I followed Crona for a l-long time with one, I always w-wondered what it w-would be like to have a-an actual family member."

"Ah, I see. But, how do you not have full control over spiders?"

"M-my mother Arachne, she mated with a human, like M-medusa did. I'm h-half h-human."

"But that still doesn't answer my question, Arachne used her eyes to control the spiders."

"My right eye," she looked at Stein and he pulled up her bangs to reveal one of her eyes to be cobwebbed, like Arachne's eyes were. It was a brighter purple than the other one was too.

"Marvelous, how amazing!" Lord Death put his SUPER goofy voice on. She looked at him in confusion.

"W-what?"

"Well, first you can't be in those restraints." Stein and Spirit nodded, then started taking off Cumo's restraints.

"T-thank you." She stretched slightly, then looked back up to Lord Death.

"Okay! Now, I have some good news for you," she stepped forward a little like she was listening very close, "since you have shown us that you have no harm against us, you will be attending classes next Monday as our new Shibusen student! You will have all the classes that every normal student gets. Maka here, will guide you to those classes until you become accustomed here." She didn't jump up in joy, or even smile, she looked confused.

"Classes? What're those?"

"Oh dear, another sheltered child." That statement kinda hurt although it was true. Medusa hadn't taught me anything about the outside world, she only told me that people are disgusting creatures that didn't deserve to live, but yet they are food for Ragnorak to enjoy. I didn't know what a class was either when I first arrived here.

"Huh? I'm c-confused."

"Ah my dear, that is why Crona and Maka here will show you what everything here is."

"O-okay."

"Um, excuse me Lord Death? Do you really think it's a good idea for Crona to do that," Maka asked.

"Why wouldn't it be? They're cousins! It'll make them bond!"

"But, it was hard for Crona to even meet her." I saw Cumo's face flash pain, but then went to understanding.

"Which is why it will be a good thing for Crona to be around her, with her soul protect on of course."

"Okay." Maka looked down like she was hurt. I squeezed her hand a little to reassure her that i'll be fine.

"Stein, Spirit, relax, you don't have to crowd her." Stein and Spirit looked at eachother and then moved away from Cumo. Cumo mumbled something and I could feel her power leave the room, I assume that she enabled her soul protect. It made me relax just a tiny bit now that I don't feel like i'm being crushed by her power.

"Wait a minute, why are you and Crona holding hands," Spirit said walking up to us.

"Uh, w-well, s-she, um, I, er," I didn't know what to say, I knew this was going to happen!

"Well? Maka, answer me." I felt my face blush until it was a dark red.

"Me and Crona are together," Maka said straight forward. I saw Stein's face widen a little then go back.

"W-wait, w-what, i'm confused. You and him," Spirit looked really confused then it turned to amusement.

"What's so funny," Maka said starting to get annoyed.

"You were joking right?"

"Maka Chop!" Maka smacked Spirit so hard with her magical book, that he was in a crater with blood spraying like a fountain. Maka hit him once more while he was on the ground to make sure he was out.

"Well he didn't give you a fair chance," Stein said putting his hand on my shoulder. Spirit's comment made my face go a very deep shade of red, it was almost black it seemed. I agree, that wasn't very fair of him, but I understand. I'm really shy, weak and pathetic, Maka's strong, sweet, and very outgoing, it's weird to think that we're a couple. We all got pulled out of the scene with Spirit's blood being drained from his body by a sweet and small little giggle. We all turned around to see Cumo giggling, she noticed us and her face went a little pink.

"Oh, well so much for a nice family reunion!" Lord Death laughed.

"Family reunion? This all started with harsh words." Stein said glaring a little at Lord Death.

"What? I'm sorry. My patience is already very low, I had to deal with Black Star today," Lord Death said shrugging his shoulders. It's understandable, Black Star is quite a handfull.

"Well, Crona, I think its very... nice. Your a sweet kid." Stein said walking somewhat near Cumo.

"Thanks," I responded. It didn't make me feel any better. He hesitated when he said nice.

"Well, I think we've all had enough stress for the day, why don't we all go home and rest?" Lord Death said.

"Wait, where am I gonna stay," asked Cumo.

"You are going to stay in the rooms in the basement. I'll have Sid show you your room."

"No, no please, not Sid, he scares me! Have this doctor do it please." That sounds like me.

"Doctor Stein?"

"It's fine, i'll show her," Stein said already walking towards the exit.

"T-thank you," Cumo responded running after Stein.

"Now you two kiddies run along, I have to wake up Spirit."

"Okay," Maka said grabbing my hand pulling me towards the exit. I heard Lord Death whisper something around the lines "so cute" or something like that before I heard Spirit wake up screaming Maka's name. Maka pulled on me until we were dashing through the school towards the entrance, then we walked.

"Where are we going," I asked.

"To your apartment, I have something important to tell you." We walked all the way to my apartment, then sat down on the couch to calm our nerves. I'm glad that Spirit doesn't know where I live, well atleast I don't think he knows. Maka took my hands in hers and put on a serious face.

"Um, i'm going to be gone on a mission for a while." My heart sank.

"W-what? B-but, h-how am I-" Maka stopped me by putting her finger on my lips.

"I know, you'll be okay. I shouldn't be gone that long. A month at the most, I promise."

"H-how am I g-going to deal with C-cumo?"

"Thats why I questioned Lord Death, but he says that you two need some bonding time."

"I d-don't even know h-her!"

"I know, but like I said, I won't be gone for long and i'll call you at 9 every day before you go to bed."

"T-thats not enough! It was hard for me to even see h-her! How am I supposed to show her around!"

"I'm sorry Crona, I know I was supposed to do that, but Lord Death wouldn't leave me alone, I have to go. I don't have a choice, but if I did I would be glad to show her around. I want to be here for you, I always do, it breaks my heart to see how much it hurts you to even hear her name."

"I don't know how to deal with this!" I put my hands up to my face to hide the tears that were rising in my eyes. I don't know how Lord Death thinks I could deal with any of this. Like Maka said, it hurts me to even hear her name. One thing also, why did he want to show me her power? What was the point of that? It doesn't make any sense. She hurts me mentally a lot, every time I hear her name, I can't help but think about Medusa and Arachne. Medusa is the hardest part, i'm still trying to get over what she's done to me and Lord Death does something like this to me. Cruel. That's all I have to say, cruel. I wish things would be over, done with, all my problems gone! But fate has a different plan for me.

"Its okay, I promise, like I said i'll call you everyday! Please don't cry Crona!" Maka pulled me into a tight hug and I could hear her crying too. I could tell it makes her sad when she has to leave, she hates it when I cry too. She probably thinks this is as unfair as I think it is. She tried to stay strong and resolve this problem with me but she ended up crying too. I feel at fault, I can't stand it when she cries. I hugged her back to comfort her.

"I know it'll be okay, it's just hard for me," I said, surprisingly I didn't stutter.

"Okay," I could feel her starting to calm down.

"Okay, when do you leave?"

"Tomorrow morning."

"Oh," I could feel my heart shatter.

"I'm sorry again," she said pulling from the hug and wiping the tears from her face.

"I-it's okay, it's not like you could stop it from happening."

"Yeah I know, I wish it could be different though."

"I know me too, but um, i-is it okay you s-stay with m-me for t-tonight?"

"Yeah, I was going to ask you. Here, let's get off the topic and i'll make dinner." My face brightened.

"Yeah! What're you gonna make?"

"It's a surprise." She said picking up a spatula.

"O-okay." I gave her a smile then walked over to the bookshelf to find something that'll keep me occupied while I wait. I'm glad that we could have a relaxing and fun night with eachother before the complete chaos began, I knew that I couldn't hide from my past forever. Oh well, guess I gotta deal with it even though I don't know how to. I started reading my book until I could smell the delicous spices coming from the kitchen.

"Mmmm, smells good!"

"It's almost done," she said looking back from the stove and giving me a huge smile.

"Awww, but i'm already starving."

"You better be patient!" She giggled a little before grabbing some buns from the cabinet.

"Is that what I think it is?"

"Maybe..." She slowly said. I giggled a little and went back to reading. Then I could feel her hands cover my eyes. Please don't embarress myself and trip over my own feet! I prayed to myself.

"Come on, I told you it was a surprise," she said pulling me up with one hand and with the other covering my eyes. I blindly got up putting the book on the couch, "okay," I giggled a little. Then I let her guide me to my chair, she whispered for me to keep my eyes closed until she said so, so I did.

"Can I open them now?"

"Yep!" I opened my eyes to see her across the table with a big grin. I looked down to see that she had made sloppy joes for us, yum! And I could see that she lit one of the scented candles Tsubaki bought for me, in the middle of the table. I was truly surprised, I loved it when Maka did this. I gave her a huge smile before speaking.

"Wow Maka, you did a lot."

"Only because I wanted tonight to be special!"

"Thank you, it means a lot."

"It means a lot to me too Crona." She smiled at took my hand in hers. We gazed at eachother for a while before we ate. It was sooo goood. I loved it! We were both stuffed, and we decided to spend the rest of the time we had tonight snuggled next to eachother by the T.V.. We both fell asleep too, I woke up to see that me and her were snuggled on the couch. I got up and found a pillow and blanket for her. She looked like a sleeping angel, I couldn't ever live without her. I looked at the time and seen it was 3 in the morning. I grunted a little knowing that I would end up sleeping in and not being able to see Maka before she left. I hope I get to see her, it would make my day tomorrow. I went to my bed and decided to sleep. I wasn't even going to change into my "pajamas".

Wow! Isn't this story getting to be interesting? It is to me! I have a lot of fun typing these chapters for you guys! (Even though I stay up really late and get like no sleep) How are you all doing, how are you liking the story? Leave a review, it helps A LOT! Have you noticed that these chapters are getting longer? This is probably the longest one I typed (so far) Like literaly this chapter is over 4,000 words long (usually they're around 2000 words). Do you guys want longer or shorter chapters? Wow, I ask a lot of questions, so before I ramble on, I want you guys to leave a review or two, now then Bye Bye!