Welcome to my very first alternate storyliner for Soul Eater. Actually, this is only the second time I have ever done an alternate storyline fanfiction anyway, so I can't wait to see how well I do!

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Lost Voice: The Angel in the Ocean

Chapter 1: Found Heart

Soul wanted to know why he was here. Really, he did. The Evans family had just arrived at the beach, while Soul was wondering how his family had managed to remember to bring their younger son. 15 year old Soul wasn't often paid much attention by his family since they favored his older brother, a violinist named Wes. His life was at the point where Soul wondered how this damned family of his continued to recall his existence. The red eyed teen rubbed his white, short, spiky, gravity-defying hair and looked over at his older brother. They were similar in appearance to one another and to their father while their mother stood tan, red haired, and brown eyed. Soul sighed distantly and unloaded his family's beach crap from their grand car by himself. How boring would this day get?

The sun beat down like a relentless fist pounding the life out of those beneath it. Soul and his family set out on the beach just a short cry away from the semi-crowded shore. Soul watched the water, deep in thought about his negative family life. It was days like this, where you know that your family almost forgot to take you on the family trip that's been in planning for a month, that Soul truly wished he had a closer friend than Kid.

"Soul, dear," called his mother, who began looking wildly in all directions.

Soul turned, "Mom, I'm right here."

"Oh! Could you get me a water from the cooler?"

"Sure."

Nice going Mom, he was right there in front of her! Soul collected her a water and gave it to her. It was obvious that she didn't really care and Soul didn't receive a thanks. It was his usual life, only it was playing out at a public beach.

"I'm going to shore and I'll probably swim for awhile," Soul stated.

"Uh-huh," responded his father, nodding.

Wes was longing too, reading a useless magazine like his parents. Soul was glad to be able to say he was nothing like them He sighed and walked to shore, suddenly catching an interesting sight in his eyes. A red haired man was rushing from the ocean, desperately chasing a blond haired, green eyed woman, who seemed furious with him. They were several feet from Soul as the man paused to toss an item into the air. Soul followed it up with his eyes and was shocked as it flew towards him. Looking back down, he saw that the two people had completely vanished into thin air as the bottle plummeted towards him. It was a small bottle with a note and a glowing heart-shaped, aqua colored, crystal. He could tell it was the same thing that had been tossed into the air several feet away. Soul caught it in his hands and look at it, mystified that it had even come in his direction. Soul uncorked the bottle and took out the letter first;

'Keep this heart and you shall find an angel in the ocean. Only with you might this magical girl find her lost voice.'

"What the hell?" asked Soul.

He shrugged and replaced the note before closing the bottle and pocketing it in his swim trunks. Soul looked out over the large watery expanse that sprawled out from the golden beach, into the lighter blue expanse of the sky. Soul went in and dipped under, ready for a nice swim in the blue abyss of beauty and life. He needed to relax and try to sort things in his mind.

Abyss of beauty and life indeed...

Somewhere way off shore, Soul came to a sight he never expected to see within a millennium, especially not in the ocean. In the center of the this coral filled area lay a girl around his age. She had slightly below shoulder wavy blond hair and a thin white body. Soul was slightly disappointed to see that she was flatchested, but aside from that...she was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen in his life. Flowing and silky fabric clothed her with tank sleeves and several large aqua crystals. A string of pink pearls was around the top of her head and three aqua crystal hung off either side, over her ears.

No fish swam within a foot of this ocean beauty as pink glows held over her wrists and ankles, holding her down to the sandy bottom of the ocean. She was enough to make Soul do something stupid.

"What the-"

Idiot! Soul quickly swam up to get air. Coughing up water and catching desperately needed oxygen, Soul wondered if he had been hallucinating in that strange...but beautiful instant. His eyes caught sight of a glow and he soon found that it was the aqua colored crystal heart. He uncorked the bottle and took out the medium sized heart before closing and pocketing the bottle. Fingering the heart, Soul dove back under, suddenly convinced that he wasn't hallucinating at all. She was right there, same place and same position. Damn, she really was beautiful. Soul swam down until he was hovering above her form, where he cupped her cheek and lifted her head slightly, drawing his faced nearer hers. His touch was soft like a feather, as if she might break if he wasn't careful enough. The crystal heart glowed brighter, along with each if the large crystals on her body and the glowing ropes that bound her down. An underwater wave pushed her hair over to reveal a dark heart shaped mark on her chest that was very close to her heart. It gave off a dull glow too and Soul, thinking of something, placed the crystal on that heart shaped mark. The glows brightened immensely, blinding Soul and forcing him up to take a quick gasp of air. When he returned, he witnessed the glowing ropes as they shattered and the glows subsided, leaving only the crystal heart aglow. It floated into Soul's hands and it was now colored pink instead of aqua.

'What the hell have I done?' Soul wondered to himself.

Suddenly, the girl's mouth opened and she suddenly struggled against the water that had surrounded her as she slept. She thrashed but didn't end up moving upright. Swiftly, Soul grabbed her by the sides and brought her to the surface, where she hungrily sucked in oxygen and coughed soundlessly. In fact, the only way Soul knew she was coughing was because water was spurting from her mouth with every compression of her chest as she coughed. Who the hell was she and why was she at the bottom of the ocean? To hell with that, why was she soundless? How did she pull that off?

"Who are you?" Soul asked her.

She touched her throat and shook her head, once again completely soundless.

"What, is your throat sore?"

She shook her head and moved her lips. The girl made a gesture from her lips and then shook her head again.

"Mute?" Soul inquired.

She nodded and gave a small clap with her hands, cheerful that he had understood.

"Oh great..." groaned Soul.

He wanted to know what the hell he had gotten himself into, but for now, he simply led the girl from the ocean up to his ridiculous family. She looked around cautiously as people stared, wondering who she was and where she came from since they just couldn't mind their own business.

"Mom, Dad, I found this mute girl..." Soul began explaining everything to uncaring parents.

The girl looked around with a blank look in her bright emerald eyes until Wes noticed her. He took her hand and kissed it, much to her surprise and ultimately, her dismay.

"Hello fine lady."

She jerked her hand away and backed up to Soul's side, where she grabbed Soul's pale arm as Wes approached her. Soul briefly turned away from his explanation, which was falling on inattentive ears.

"Wes, leave her alone," growled Soul.

Grumbling, Wes backed away, surprised that his brother had dared tell him what to do. Yet, something about it made Wes happy, which caused him to sit back down.

"So could she stay with us?"

"Shouldn't you make sure she has no where to go?" asked his mother.

Soul looked over at Maka, who shook her head silently. His father shrugged and his mother nodded.

"Whatever Soul, just take responsibility for her. If it gets you to shut up and leave us alone, she can come with us," his father grumbled.

What the hell? She wasn't an animal, a pet, and he would be damned if he'd treat her like one! It proved how much his parents didn't care and how alone Soul truly was in the Evans family.

"Now run along and let us be."

Soul rolled his eyes and led the girl towards shore. He picked up a stick and handed it to her.

"You can write with this so I can talk to you," Soul told her.

She nodded carefully meeting her green eyes to his crimson eyes. A small smile on her face made him realize that she...she trusted him somehow.

"So, what's your name?" Soul inquired.

The girl wrote carefully in the golden sand, 'Maka.'

"Maka? Okay Maka, why were you under the water?"

She wrote again, 'I don't know, my memory has holes in it. May I ask for your name?'

"My name is Soul Evans. It's nice to meet you Maka."

She wrote quickly again, her blank yet lively green eyes in full focus for every word. He read it with curiosity and interest as he soon found a secret of this girl.

'Soul, I'm not a normal human. I hope you won't regret taking me in.'

"Maka, my life already sucks and I really don't mind taking you in. You don't realize how much I've been alone lately; I could use company."

Maka smiled and wrote into the sand, 'Me too, I'm lonely too Soul.'

"So what are you?"

Maka's face melted down into something of an embarrassed expression, but it was darker; afraid to reveal this fact for fear of being ridiculed...like so many times...Slowly, Maka wrote again, Soul sensing pain in her heart now.

'You'll see when you must, which may not be long...'

Her green orbs shook as they met back up to his red. The expression was painful and coy now, shy of this new person trying to get to know her.

"Cool," stated Soul.

Maka sighed soundlessly and looked down before writing again.

'I hope you think so later.'

Soul looked at the beautiful angel from the ocean as he quickly recalled the letter setting in his pocket.

'Only with you might this magical girl find her lost voice.'

Could it be that Maka was the angel in the ocean? A magical girl whose voice was lost...