DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN SOUL EATER OR ANY OF ITS CHARACTERS. I ONLY OWN MY OCs. HEH, THIS IS MY FIRST FANFICTION STORY IN A LONG TIME, SO I HOPE YOU ENJOY!

~KYNGFYSHER

Chapter 1

Stein-sensei's class only meant one thing, each day and every day: dissections.

"I- I don't know if I can do this, Soul." Maka said, suspending the knife over the new to-be dissected victim, which she refused to look at.

"Hey hold it steady!" said Soul, snatching the surgical knife away from Maka, "You're messing up our project, and it'll look uncool!" Maka sighed and turned away as Soul went to work. With his 'cool' thing, sometimes it was hard to be his meister, let alone his dissection partner. She swiveled her head to observe the other students, who were having less trouble, save Black Star and Tsubaki.

"Ah? Why did the damn animal squirt liquid into my face! It dares defy the man who will exceed God?"

"Black Star, amputating the eye isn't on the list…."

"Shut up, Tsubaki, just watch my bigness!"

Maka sweat dropped and turned around. Black Star and his bigness, Maka really felt sorry for the docile Tsubaki. Maka was about to attempt a look at the 'project' when something sitting next to Stein-sensei's desk caught her eye.

"Hey Soul, who do you think she is?" Soul raised his head to look at where Maka was staring. He wrinkled his nose.

"I hope that will NOT be our next dissection project." He said with disgust at the thought. Maka shook her head.

"I don't think Stein would do that, even if he did operate on Papa. Then again, she doesn't look like a new student here either."

What was next to Stein's desk? There was a cage, containing a girl. She had semi-tan skin with long black hair tied into a side ponytail. Her toffee colored shirt was tattered at the sleeves, but the rest was fine, and she was wearing black shorts with white stockings. Two spikes sat on her shoulders and on her wrists were sharp spikes on a metal wristband. Her nails seemed threatening too.

"Why would he put a student in a cage next to his desk like all of the demon god would get her anyway?" questioned Soul. Maka shook her head again.

"She looks kind of depressed, maybe we should ask Stein after class?" suggested Maka. Soul shrugged.

"Right after we finish this mess," he said, pointing toward their 'project'. Maka took a peek.

"I think I'm going to….excuse me." Maka ran out of the room, her face green.

"So. Uncool." Soul said, turning back to the 'project'.

"Stein-sensei, I was wondering, who is that girl in the cage?" Maka asked, as Stein polished what was left of his glasses at his desk. It was afterschool, when all but a few students stayed behind. Stein put on his glasses, lit a cigarette, and then turned toward the girl in the cage.

"You mean her?" Stein questioned. Maka nodded, and Soul just grunted. Stein got up, and pushed his round glasses up his nose, looking all serious.

"I was waiting for reliable and experienced students like you to come along and ask me about the new project." Maka and Soul exchanged glances of horror. Stein chuckled.

"Just kidding! My, you guys are so easy to tease! But anyway, this is more serious than I'm portraying it." Stein swopped in on either of their faces, as if inspecting their appearance.

"Can I trust you two?" Stein interrogated. Maka saluted.

"Hai! Stein-sensei, you can always trust Soul and I, right?" Maka turned expectedly to Soul, who just grunted again. Stein nodded, satisfied.

"Her name is Rulu." Stein said, gesturing to the girl. "She was caught used as a weapon when some Shibusen students were attacking a few witches." Stein expressed the word few. "Yes that's right. Why would a group of witches be together? We sense a connection with all witches from this girl, but have not managed to get a single word from her." Maka cocked her head questioningly.

"Couldn't you read her soul?" Maka questioned. Stein shook his head.

"You try." He said. Maka turned her head towards Rulu, closed her eyes, and flashed them open.

Nothing.

"Eh? I can't sense anything from this girl!" exclaimed Maka.

"Look closer." instructed Stein. Maka studied Rulu.

"I see it! I see it! It is…" Maka squinted, "smaller than a pea."

"That's right," sighed Stein, "She's such a weak weapon; no wonder the witch who was wielding her abandoned her. Rulu's also on the verge of death too. Why don't you try talking to her?" Maka nodded, then grabbed Soul's arm and dragged him toward Rulu.

"Hi!" greeted Maka cheerfully. Rulu didn't budge.

"I don't think you're helping that much." muttered Soul. Maka shot him a dirty look.

"Then YOU try, Mr. Cool." requested Maka sarcastically. Soul shrugged and turned away.

"Hey, Black Star! What's up?" Maka turned around to see Soul and Black Star slapping a high-five. She snapped a wave a Tsubaki, who nodded and smiled.

"What are you guys doing here?" Maka asked.

"Oh, us? Stein-sensei just wanted to give me a quick tutoring session." said Black Star. He glanced at Rulu.

"Who's that? One of Stein's new experiments?" questioned Black Star.

"Nah, just a weapon held in custody." said Soul, "Maka's trying to talk to her. Apparently she's just come from witches." Black Star laughed.

"Eh? Who is scared of just a band of witches? Not me, the witches should be terrified of my bigness!" Black Star bellowed laughter, when Tsubaki tapped him on the shoulder.

"Black Star…" Tsubaki gestured toward Rulu, who was shaking.

"Witch, witch, witches….." Rulu muttered. Her body tensed, her back hunched, excess black hair covering her eyes. "Witch, witch, witches…."

"Rulu…" Maka said, reaching her hand out to her.

"WITCH!" Rulu hissed. Suddenly, spikes erupted on her arms and shoulders, covering her limbs. She raised her head toward Maka, her eyes wide open. Two black abysses stared back at Maka, as if threatening to suck her in.

"Maka!" Soul cried and grabbed her arm, hauling her back. Maka turned to Soul and smiled weakly.

"I'm alright, Soul. Stein-sensei said she wasn't too powerful of a weapon anyway, I'll manage." Stein walked over to the group.

"Well, at least you all managed to get a word out of her. I'll take it from here. You all should go home now." The students nodded and they all exited the room.

"Someone's moody." Remarked Black Star as they walked down the hallway. Actually, it was more of Black Star strutting forward and the others following.

"But you shouldn't think ill of her" Tsubaki quickly said, "After all, it does seem she had a rough time. And she seems so lonely; I wonder who her meister was?" Black Star thought for a moment.

"Yeah, I can't imagine life without Tsubaki either." Black Star noted. Tsubaki slightly blushed, and Maka nodded.

"My life too…." Soul trailed off.

"Yo. What's up?" The Shibusen students looked to see whomever else: Death the Kid, with Liz and Patti following him.

"Hey, Kid!" Black Star said, "Whatcha doing at afterschool hours?" Kid just shrugged and calmly walked over to the group.

"That's the question I would like to ask you guys. And Black Star, this is my father's school, so I can be here anytime I want." Death the Kid said.

"Did you guys find out about the witch girl?" asked Kid, who started walking beside them. They all nodded.

"Strange, eh? Lots of witch activity has been sprouting up around Death City lately." Liz muttered.

Perfect time to say that.

Suddenly, the ceiling above them broke, gigantic pieces of rubble crashing down onto the floor. As they jumped back, the dust cleared to reveal none other than a witch cloaked in black with the classic witch hat. Her eyes glowed red as she faced the group.

"WHERE, IS THE GIRL?"