Soma One-Shots ||slowish updates||

The Girl With the Voice

Maka's POV
I secured my headset and laughed as my pigtails poked through.

Tonight was the night where I finally break out of my stage fright and show the world what I can do!

I stepped onto the stage as the spotlight hit my face and then, I woke up.

My alarm blared in my small apartment.

Another day.

I pulled on some jeans and a nice blouse before clipping my ID card to my jean's pocket.

I drove to the record label studio, Soul Records, that I work for.

It seems to me that they've really gone downhill. They're starting to cover up the artist's voices with fake ones and only producing songs that have no message.

I exhaled as I parked and got out of my car. I checked the time on my phone.

"CRUD!!!!!" I screamed as I realized that I was late.

I raced into the building and slid into my desk area while pulling up my work load for the day.

"Alright everybody gather around!"

Great another artist getting signed to this label.

"Another artist is being signed to our label! He calls himself "Soul Eater". His songs aren't exactly what we're looking for, but I bet we can whip him into shape like the others."

I cringed at my superior. He looked excited to gain a new form of profits, but what made me disgusted was that he looked even more excited to break the artist.

"Maka. Please go set up our new recording studio so we can start recording some demos." He asked.

I nodded and rushed off to studio M. I turned on the lights and all of the equipment. It took less time then I had really expected so I fooled around a bit by myself.

I slipped the headphones over my ears as I dimmed the lights. The track that I had turned on before blasted into my ears. I prepared myself for the lyrics:

Am I just a fool?
Blind and stupid for loving you.
Am I just a silly girl?
So young and naïve to think you were
The one who came to take claim of this heart
Cold heart of shame you remain just afraid in the dark

And now the people
The people are talking, the people are saying that you have been playing my heart like a grand piano
The people are talking, the people are saying that you have been playing my heart like a grand piano
So play on
Play on
Play on
So play on
Play on
Pla-

I was cut off by clapping hands that could be seen in the sound booth on the other side of the mic. Luckily, the shadows covered myself so that I wasn't seen.

The person flipped the switch and spoke into my headphones.

"Wow. You're really amazing!" He exclaimed.

I blushed and looked down at the floor.

"Um. Thanks." I said shyly.

He chuckled, "my name's Soul, Soul Eater."

I gasped and he laughed this time.

"I'm guessing you've heard of me."

"W-well yes. I love your music and I'm super happy that you're here, but you should know that this label isn't for you."

He seemed taken aback by this and then asked,"What's your name?"

"I'm-I'm, um, Emerald Shadow." I replied hastily.