Here There be Witches

Untitled Part 21

Finally, it was the day of the test! She had to admit that she was actually a bit nervous. What if she scored really low and Kid thought she was an embarrassment?! She kept those thoughts to herself though. Kid, Liz, Patty and Anara all walked into the classroom together, to find not Stein but Sid the zombie standing at the podium. That wasn't unusual, a different teacher to watch over them while they tested was standard. To their credit, no one seemed fazed at his blue skin and dead eyes. Nor the giant hole in his head.

"I'll be proctoring your exam today!" He announced, walking a bit around the center area of the classroom. "Just one more thing before we get started!" He motioned to the board behind him.

"That's Blackstar!" Poor Tsubaki exclaimed. The blue haired child was pinned to the blackboard by his shirt, face bruised and bloody and even missing a few teeth.

"Yaaa...hoooo," they mumbled, weakly.

Oh my death, you cannot be serious. Even after the extra lessons, even after the brutal beating dad gave him he still--?!?! "Fucking moron, idiot, stupid ass motherfucking--Blackstar you imbecile!"

"That's right," Sid explained, annoyed. He slammed his hand down on the professor's podium. "A certain idiot decided to sneak into Professor Stein's laboratory last night to steal the exam! So don't be an idiot like this guy!"

"Stupid, fucking dumbass, IQ of of a worm, shit for brains moron!" If Tsubaki was one to curse she also probably would have been spewing profanities right along with her friend. Honestly, Anara had no clue how that girl dealt with them.

Sid ignored her. "You'll have sixty minutes! Keep your eyes on your own paper!"

"Why the hell am I even friends with him?" She muttered as she took her seat. All around her everyone was gearing up to begin. Kid looked bored. Liz and Patty weren't even paying attention.

"Start writing!" Sid announced, starting the clock. Immediately Anara flipped her test over and began, along with everyone else in a "woosh" of paper noise. She quickly realized that she had had nothing to be worried about. By Death could they have made this any easier?! Why had she even bothered to study?? Glancing around she couldn't believe that there were people who were already stuck. A few rows below her Soul looked smug. She hadn't quite been sure what she had expected of him. Studying was definitely more Maka's forte, Soul definitely wouldn't have, even if she made him, but it was hard to imagine the silver haired boy failing for some reason.

Hey, forget them. Focus on your test dummy. She reminder herself. Ox will probably be finished soon. We want to beat him. In everything. She smirked and started writing in answers. Usually when she rushed she made little mistakes that could have been easily avoided, but then again, she did actually study this time. She had never been more sure of herself. Fill in the blank. Ok, these are easy. First, "A sound soul dwells within..." A sound mind and a sound body. Of course, it's not like we've been learning this since the very first year or anything. She liked that it made sense as well. Easier to remember.

Only moments later Soul was kneeling on the floor in front of the class, nearly ass naked besides his blue bones patterned underwear. "Are you sure this is all you have?" Sid asked, inspecting the boy's clothes.

"WHAT YOU WANNA TAKE MY UNDERWEAR TOO?!?" Cheating!?! Of course, of course he fucking sheated how did I not see this coming? He may act all cool and like he's got everything under control all the time, but he's pretty much just like Blackstar when you get down to it! She sighed, pitying Soul Eater's poor partner who was glaring at him in disbelief.

"Go back to your seat. This is the only other chance you'll get." Sid finished.

Soul slumped back down and banged his fist on the table in defeat. "Yeah yeah."

Almost as soon as he sat down again Kid yelled, making Anara jump. When she looked over however he was focused intently on his test. Surely he should have been at least a page in by now, but it appeared he was still writing his name! Oh jeez, hon you aren't gonna finish at all are you? From the other side of Soul, Patty caught her eye. She hadn't attempted the test at all, instead scribbling yellow crayon all over her pages, giggling and singing. Yeah...something like that was kind of expected. Well, they're the son of Lord Death and one of his weapons, they'll be alright.

Alright, moving on, "True or false..."...That sounds true but...hang on, that's not right! It's a trick! Of course, Dad would totally put in a trick question.

Soon she was finished and turned her paper over again, beginning to doodle on the back. And good timing too, she was only a millisecond before Ox announced "Sid, I'm finished." Fucking showoff.

"Just read a book or something." Obviously. You know what to do you're always done early! Heh, well I beat you this time. With that smug sens of satisfaction she went back to her drawing. "Ten minutes remaining!"

In the end she was glad she hadn't decided to coast by completely on luck, especially with Professor Stein throwing in the few trick questions. Those still made her anxious, but if she went and changed her answer now she would probably find out that she had been right the first time.

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1. Maka Albarn

1. Anara Stein

2. Ox Ford

The list went on. Needless to say, Liz, Patty, Kid, Soul and Blackstar had placed at the very bottom. She wished there had been extra credit or something to decide the ultimate first place, but with Maka as her competition it wouldn't have helped anyway. From next to her Liz plopped her hand down on the smaller girls head and gave her a noogie. "Look at you go Anna! First place and didn't even study! I bet Maka's not very happy about that."

Anara fought her off with a shriek but couldn't hide her smile. "Nah, she's fine with it. Probably. I think we're both just satisfied to have beaten Ox. He's obnoxious as hell." They all silently decided to ignore the other three's scores. Anara combed through her hair with her fingers until it was flat again.

"Well hey, I say we celebrate!"

"Yay! Cake cake cake cake cake!" Patty chanted. Mmm, cake did sound delicious right now.

"I second that, you deserve it." Kid chimed in from her other side. Then he snickered. "Good job! I didn't think a mushy watermelon would be able to place so high."

Anara let out an extravagant gasp and put a dramatic hand to her chest, ignoring the shocked and confused sisters behind her. "You take that back you flap-eared knave!" She had been genuinely surprised at first, not expecting the boy to continue their banter from earlier, but she was very glad he did, it felt like having something special for the two of them. Hopefully this also meant he was comfortable as her friend.

"Make me!" Oh she wanted to.

"Perhaps I shall! Thou art a fusty nut with no kernel!"

"What does the even mean!?" Called Liz behind her. She honestly had no idea either, but just spewing random words was part of the fun!

Now it was Kid's turn to feign offense. "You dare-!? Very well then! I declare thee a poisonous bunch-backed toad!"

"Salty sea slug!"

"An apple that's been dented on only one side!"

"Oh I see how it is! You're a-" Before she could finish Patty bounded through them, knocking them both aside. Neither had realized how close they had gotten.

"Hurry up! I want cake!" She demanded impatiently, fists on her hips. They all chuckled.

"Alright, alright, sorry. We're coming." Seemingly without thinking Kid took Anara's hand and led her along behind the bouncing girl as they left.