The broken up wooden room they were in was a dark brown color, no furniture, but some paintings were hung up of flowers in which the white canvas had faded to gray. The floor boards cracked and splintered upwards, spearing forward. The cabin shook as if it were dancing. Death the Kid and Soul had ended up there after what? They didn't know how they ended up there. The world was a mess. It was in utter chaos. It had been a few weeks... no... months since everything went wrong.

DWMA had remained strong in the beginning. After Asura was destroyed, things went back to normal for a little while. Maka Albarn and Soul Eater Evans had a 'happy ending' with Soul becoming a Death Scythe. Maka had decided to travel around the world with her mother. Blackstar and Tsubaki had a 'happy ending' as well. The two had learned how to 'fly' and such. Death the Kid, Elizabeth Thompson, and Patricia Thompson had a 'happy ending' too. Patty and Liz didn't have to deal with Kid freaking out all the time, since his OCD was far better from what it had been earlier that year. Death the Kid's relationship with his father also improved, and they spent more time with each other without the terrible friction they had for so long. The only problem with the friends and their success was that they now spent less time wit each others' group. Crona spent more time with Maka, while Soul was in a way a third wheel. So even though everyone had their good fortunes, they began drifting apart.

So what went wrong? The world itself perhaps. It was maybe a month or two since the end of the kishin and little issues had appeared. It was random, out of the blue, the earth quake hit and that was all. It had been the worst out of the string of tiny trembles America had experienced that past month. No one took the quakes seriously, since it wasn't severe. It was when that big earth quake happened people took action to figure out the cause.

It had been a while since Lord Death called anyone to the death room. He heard how people were growing worried about the earth quakes so he sent some of his better meister weapon pairs out to make sure it wasn't some sort of kishin or whatever causing the reoccurring events. The pairs he sent out couldn't find anything and the quakes got worse.

"Hey! It's been a while." Blackstar shouted as he saw Soul and Maka walking through the streets.

"Have you missed the biggest star there is?"

"Oh, Blackstar, how have you been?" Soul asked.

"Fine." Blackstar replied. "What about you?"

"Maka and I have been hanging out with Crona a lot. We recently went on a mission, no problem, but there have been less missions ever since Asura."

"Crona's opened up a lot and she's doing fine." Maka stated. "Even Ragnarok is somewhat better... as in nicer."

"Sounds great." Tsubaki walked up behind Blackstar and asked "We haven't really talked much to each other, Maka. I miss you."

"When duty calls, Soul and I've got to go." Maka said, saluting with a hand to her head.

"Maybe we can hang out later." Blackstar suggested. "I bet I'll beat you down further underground, Soul. No one can beat the mighty Blackstar!"

"It's a deal." Soul agreed. "Maybe we can see if Kid want to come."

"If only we knew where he and the girls are." Maka sighed.

"Soul, you wanna go find him?!" Blackstar jumped and grabbed the white haired boy's shoulders. "You and me! Whoever find him first wins!"

"You got it!"

The boys were off, leaving the girls in the dust. "We could check his house." Tsubaki giggled "That's probably the last place they'll check."

"Alright!"

And like that, the girls went to find the other set of friends they hadn't seen for a while.

That was a day none of them will ever forget. As they ran along, having fun, another earthquake happened. The worst the entire world likely ever experienced in this generations history. The fun they were having didn't distract them from the horror beneath their feet. It was the loudest sound they had ever heard before in their entire life. Everyone froze in their tracks from shock.

"What is that?" Maka asked. She knew it was an earthquake, but it felt like so much more.

"Look!" Tsubaki pointed out a set of TV's in a store window, the screens displaying a news station.

Nation Wide Alert; A giant earthquake has occurred North America has broken away from Mexico. Death tolls on the rise.

"This can't be good." Maka trembled, unlike usual, she was terrified.