Prologue

Maka Albarn felt her legs give way beneath her, and she fell limply to her knees.

The overwhelming pressure of insanity pressed heavily down on her chest. Suffocating her.

She had to break free. She had to get away from this place.

"Just give in, girl. You could be strong…like your partner…Isn't that what you wanted? Why you took on these orders?" The demon spoke in her ear. Maka numbly shook her head, too dazed by the force of madness to do much else. Without her weapon beside her, she felt so much weaker…useless…pathetic.

As Maka slumped on the snow-covered ground, she suddenly became aware of tears streaking down the sides of her face. That, and she began to wonder how long she had been shivering unconsciously.

"Let go…and allow me access to your soul…"

"Won't I d-die, if I let you do that?" Maka stammered aloud.

"What do you care? You'll have enough power in you to destroy anyone in your path…including Medusa and her flunkies…You will be the most powerful of any of them."

"Do you promise?"

"Of course…" The voice hissed, "Now…do we have a deal..?"

Maka's eyes dimmed, and she began to move, obviously not herself as a large, evil grin stretched across her face.

Maka felt herself plunge deeply into her own sub consciousness. She fell farther and farther into shadow, until she didn't know which way was up anymore. Eventually, however, she landed on a cushioned chair in an empty, white-walled room, where no door seemed to exist to lead out.

"This infiltration mission must be carried out alone." Lord Death had said to Maka before she had accepted the extremely dangerous solo assignment. "Can you really do this without the aid of Soul, or anyone else?"

"Yes." Maka had spoken without hesitation. She had seemed so sure then…who knew this task would take her over the edge of insanity. She regretted leaving DWMA without telling Soul anything.

She had promised herself not to give in to insanity, in case she was never herself again. But now, it seemed like her only option.

"Forgive me…" Maka lowered her head, and her eyes closed, as she released the hold she had on herself.

hello. i is back. lol i wanted to give u guys sumthing to look 4ward to while i worked on my oneshot, so here it is ^^ im looking 4ward to writing this one. lots of surprises in it. anyway, hope u like! i have a cover page that inspired me a bit (not done by me): .com/favourites/#/d22lyq7 (sorry, that ull have 2 copy and paste lol...).