Hey, everyone, it's me with another story. First, I want to let everyone know that this story is not from the poll on my profile. Those are small projects, this is going to be a medium to big one. Here we go.

My Story Begins

Every Meister has a story. One that possesses a beginning, a middle, and an end. My story will start at the beginning of it all, well actually when I was five, because that's when my world got turned upside down.

I was five when it first happened. When my power was discovered. Wait, let me rephrase that, when my curse was discovered. Yeah, that's better. I call it my curse because it hurts people, even when I don't mean it. It has the power of destruction that I can't control. I'll get to that later, though. Let me get back on track here.

On the outskirts of Death's Haven…

I remember it clearly, it was an afternoon, in March. I remember lying in the cool meadow, enjoying the crisp air gently make the grass sway gracefully. My home had been protected by an invisible force field. My family had been running. Running from a…a…I can't seem to remember what it was, but I know it wasn't good.

I remember being so relaxed that I had fallen asleep. I knew it was several hours later when I woke up, because night had fallen. I would have slept until morning if the blood freezing roar hadn't jerked me from my slumber, I remember screaming and the sound of wood breaking, and then as I walked into the big house I called home, flashes of my unconscious family entering and exiting my mind. Everything was either completely destroyed or not far from it. There were streaks of blood on the walls.

I was terrified. That was until I got to my mother, and then my fear went completely into a full panic stricken frenzy. She was lying face down, in a pool of blood. I shook her, trying to wake her up from the sleep I thought she was having. She quivered slightly, and turned her blood stained face toward me.

"E-Ethan, I want you to run, run away, go to Death's Haven, and look for Augustus Henoshima, he will take care of you there, now hurry, before they come back", she said. She didn't do anything else but slowly lay her head back down. I felt the tears run down my face.

"M-mama, Mama, wake up", I sobbed. The crash behind me subdued my crying. Now standing in front of my, was a very ugly beast. It could have resembled a puma, but the blades coming from its shoulders and the chest plate armor makes me think otherwise.

"Hahaha, another young soul to devour, how delightful", it said heavily. It lunged at me, baring its bloodstained teeth and claws. My fear made me react and without even thinking about what I was doing, I raised my hands and I felt a surge of warmth flow throughout my body as two serpents shot out of my hands. They were two different colors, one was a very light blue, and the other was gold. They hit the monster and it vaporized into a thousand ribbons. The ribbons then formed back into a red plated egg like thing with a wiggly tail on the end. The snakes looked at it, and then at each other.

"Ahh, look, Zero, a Kishen egg, we had better take it and save it until Master Ethan can use it", the gold snake hissed. They were both still attached to me, though, not by my hands anymore, but they came from my back, as if they could move their back ends to different parts of my body. I couldn't stay conscious anymore, I was far too weak from what I just did. I sunk to my knees.

"Master Ethan is weak, we must get him to help", the gold one said, "We must go to Death Haven as his mother instructed."

Before I lost complete contact with the conscious world, however, I remembered the snakes slither back inside of me, and took control of my bodily functions.

The next day, I woke up in a well lit room. It was definitely a girl's room, judging by the ample amount of pink and purple that bathed the room. The bed I was lying in was just as pink as the walls. I looked around the room, to find that I was surrounded by an army of stuffed animals. I had a million questions swirling inside the aching thing that I wished was someone else's head. First, what was I doing her, second, how did I get here, and lastly, of all the rooms to put me in, why a girl's room? The door opened, revealing, a girl not so older than me. Her hair was a light pink color and was in two large pigtails that almost hit the floor. The blue dress she was wearing blended with her eyes. She was carrying a tray with a small slice of bread, a glass of orange juice, and a bowl of steaming soup. She noticed that I was sitting up.

"Hi, how are you, I thought you'd never wake up", she said quickly, and brightly, "I brought you something to eat."

As she got nearer to me I found myself getting more and more nervous. The only girl that was around my age was my sister, so being in the presence of an unfamiliar girl was awkward. She made it to me and placed the tray on a small table beside the bed.

She leaned her head in closer to mine and looked into my eyes.

"What's your name", she asked. To be honest I had to rack my brain for a second.

"Uh, my name's Ethan, Ethan Tokomashi, who are you", I answered. She backed away.

"I'm Knell, Knell Henoshima", she replied smiling broadly, "I had better go and get Daddy, he'll want to know you're up and at'em."

She left the room. I looked at the tray next to the bed. I wasn't in much of an eating mood, but I needed to think. Then, I felt a weird warmth swim throughout my body, and then two snakes, shot their way out of my back. At first, I was frightened, but, they didn't seem to want to hurt me.

"Ahh, Master Ethan, you are awake, you had us worried after you didn't wake up this morning", the gold one hissed.

"What do you mean, it is morning isn't it", I replied.

"I'm afraid not, Master, it is in the afternoon now", the blue one hissed, "We hope you are well, especially after what happened last night."

"What", was my response. The snakes looked at each other and then back at me.

"You had a big fall last night, Master Ethan, but it's okay now, because you're safe now", the gold one hissed, "Allow me to introduce us. I am Critesce and this is Zero, my brother. We are the snake spirits within your body. We keep watch over you and help protect you."

There were footsteps outside the door. The snakes retreated back into my body. Even though they did, I could still hear Critesce speak.

Master Ethan, now that you know of our existence, we will now talk to you whenever it is needed, he said.

The door swung open to reveal a large muscular man wearing merchant's clothing. He pulled up a chair and sat down next to the bed.

"Ethan, it's nice to meet you, I got worried that you didn't turn up. I need to talk to you, your mother told me that you were a very bright and brave boy, so it will be okay to explain this", he said. I nodded. I was really smart, I could understand things that some adults couldn't. I was also called brave because things like death and emptiness didn't frighten me.

"I'm afraid you're the only one that survived last night, well, your sister may be alive, but she had never turned up, I've sent a message to Lord Death of the Death Weapons Meister Academy in Death City. They will look for your sister. They will also be taking you and Knell under their care. I'm afraid I can't let you stay here, the organization that wants to hurt you will eventually track you here. I'll be okay, but you and Knell won't be. They'll be her soon", he explained. Some of it I couldn't understand, or even remember, but his explanation did promise safety.

Ahh, the D.W.M.A., an excellent place of safety, you will be safe there, Master Ethan, Zero hissed inside of my head.

The next few hours drug by. I used the time to get acquainted with Knell, since we would as well be living together for a while. Then, that evening, some heavily armed men showed up at the small cottage we were staying in.

I found myself on a one way ticket to Death City, where I would live with a woman named Marie until Knell and I could live on our own. The house we arrived at held a very girlish appearance, it was covered with flowers and other girlish appendages. Marie was a very tall lady, well, from a five year old's perspective.

"Hello, you must be Ethan and Knell, I'm Marie Mjolnir, but you can call me Marie, you'll be living with me until you get old enough to live on your own", she greeted us at the front door.

"Uh, Marie, they know", one of our bodyguards said. A very comic goofy look spread across her face, indicating her embarrassment.

"Why don't you kids come inside while I talk to Mr. Sid here?" she suggested. We did as she said, and sat on the couch in the living room. After several minutes Marie came back in.

"Now, how about we get your things to your rooms", she said cheerily. My room was on the second story, which frightened me because I wasn't so brave when it came to heights. Knell's room was on right across from mine.

(Now, I'm going to skip through the years of mostly eventless time, to get to a very important time in my life.)

The years passed, and I had grown much attached to Marie and Knell, they were my family now, and I referred to them as such. I had spent the years getting to know Critesce and Zero as well, they were by now my closest friends. Marie had been a very watchful and cautious mother over me and Knell. Not only did she smother us with motherly love, but she also taught us how to read and write, as well as arithmetic and other necessary subjects. She also taught us the basics of the way souls worked and how some people can become weapons using their soul. Knell and I grew fast, and according to Marie, too fast.

Now, at the time I explain now, is the start of the sure plot of my story.

Knell and I were now both thirteen. And we were getting ready to move out and into our own place to live.

"I can't believe we have to move out tomorrow", Knell complained, as we were walking back from the park. After eight years Knell, still wore her hair in those pig tails, but she no longer wore a dress. Her outfits now consisted of black and grey pants with a light pink sweater and a black with white trim combat vest. She actually looked very pretty in the mix matched outfit, and it really didn't look that bad. I now wore loose fitting shorts that were blue with many pockets on them. I wore blue shirts and a combat vest that matched Knell's. We both got vests by an anonymous person for Christmas.

"Well look at the bright side, at least we start school tomorrow too", I said.

"Yeah, but it also sucks that we won't be partnered up, Marie said that we're both Meisters, we will have to partner up with someone else", she complained further.

"Knell, even if one of us were a Weapon, we wouldn't be able to be partners anyway, our Soul Wavelengths are so different we would probably kill each other trying to be partners", I joked. She gave me a giggle.

"How do you think they determine your partner", Knell asked me.

"I heard they take the data they get from our examinations and match it to that of a Weapon, but that Weapon will only be your partner if you can't find one that fits you best first", I said.

"Well, at least you get to choose first", she sighed. I smiled deviously, and brought her into a headlock.

"Hey, no fair, I was distracted", she shouted, trying to break free of my vice-like grip.

"That's your fault", I said, giving her a quick noogy before letting her go and taking off shouting, "Race you home!"

"Oh, you are so DEAD!" she called running after me. We made it home wrestling playfully as we went through the door. We stopped after seeing a tall figure in the living room. He was wearing long black robes and was talking to Marie with his back to us. We knew immediately it was Lord Death. We had never met him before, but Marie had given us very detailed description of him. Our presence made him turn around.

"Heya, Hi, Wassup", he greeted waving a large boney hand at us.

"You two are finally here, great, I would like you to meet Lord Death, he wanted to come over and see two of the newest students that will be attending the Academy", Marie announced.

"Uh, hi sir, I'm Ethan, and this is Knell. Knowing Marie, she had probably already told you all about us", I said. Marie turned a light pink from embarrassment.

"Ah, yes she has, I would like to be the first to welcome you to the D.W.M.A. even though you won't be attending until tomorrow", Lord Death replied, "I'm afraid that is all I can say for now. I have to get back to the school before I'm missed. If you have any questions of just want to talk, all you have to do is breathe on a mirror so that mist accumulates on it and then write the numbers 42 42 564 while saying the words 'Write 42 42 5-6-4 if you want to knock on Death's door.' I will appear and I will be able to talk to you. Goodbye for now, young Meisters and I'll see you later."

He left and Marie turned to us.

"Are you guys going to follow your schedules you made for today or are you going to ignore them", she asked us, "I did my part by making dinner early, so why don't you go eat."

We left to do as we were told. Our dinner was the best, only Marie could cook curry in a way that tickled your taste buds. To follow our schedules, Knell and I took our showers, and went to bed early, so we would be ready for our big day.

In my room, which was full of moving boxes, I laid in my bed thinking, unable to sleep due to anxiety.

"Critesce, Zero, can you come out, please", I whispered in the darkness. They silently slithered out of my shoulders.

"Can we help you Master Ethan", Critesce asked. Their glowing, scaleless bodies illuminated the room a light shade of green.

"Do you think I'll be okay tomorrow", I inquired, quietly.

"But of course, Master Ethan, your talents have surpassed even our expectations", Zero replied.

"No, do you think that I'll make friends", I asked. I had never had other friends other than Knell, because everyone I met evaded me.

"That is hard to say, it depends on the other students", Critesce hissed calmly. I sighed.

"Thanks you guys, I'll try to go to sleep now", I said. They both withdrew into me and I turned over to get some sleep.

Well, there you have it. Expect Bios on my profile within the next week, and expect the next chapter within ten days. Please review, reviews keep me typing.