Chapter 1 ~ The Appearance of the Doll
Marie was walking the corridors of Shibusen. The dark and gloomy cobble-stoned walls loomed around her, and as she walked about, she could see her shadow flicker with each new torch she would walk by. Scared, she followed the torch light, looking for a way out. She had gotten lost attempting to find her way to her office and was now stuck inside the depths of the school. As she walked, she heard rustling noises, unaware that they were following her. As she reached for a door, trying to find her way in the shadows, a chain grabbed onto her leg and she was stolen into the darkness, away from the flicker of the torches.

Stein was walking on campus, after stopping another fight between Black Star and Death The Kid. He was tired and needed a good turning of his head screw. He came up to his office, but something was mysteriously amiss. The door was open, a calm breeze pulling dust out and into the hallways. Walking up to it, he put his hand on the the door knob and opened the door, but slowly and with caution. Stein quickly jumped out of the way as a bucket of water came crashing down on the floor in front of him. He turned around with a scowl on his face that would have made any werewolf's heart turn silver with fright.

Black Star, who was standing awkwardly in the middle of the hallway directly behind Stein, exclaimed, "Oops, was that mine? A true assassin should learn to not misplace his ...er...buckets."

Stein turned all the way around and began to grin, angrily. Black star gulped. The students in the classroom next to Stein's office would never forget the screams they heard that day. Stein, now clear of the stupidity, began mopping up the water on floor. The mop he was holding was made of birch wood and it gave him some peace while cleaning up his office. He dipped the mop into the bucket one last time, making sure to get all the water out, and then he closed the door before sitting down at his desk. He began working on a new test subject for his studies, a fresh ostrich, still alive, but bound so tightly that it could not move...or squawk.

Stein reached for a utensil... ("Hm...the screwdriver might be a good one...no no, the wrench...")

He looked around his office for a good cutting tool. He was going to remove a leg from this bird for a potion that would cure most illnesses. Around him were lots of old papers with different information on them. He pushed aside one with a description of different effects of brain cancer, and lifted another on the steps needed to prepare for surgery on the heart. He finally found the cutting tool lodged inside a filing cabinet. He was about to cut off the poor bird's leg when, suddenly, a loud knocking came at the door. Stein got up and recognized the blurry figure behind the door. It was Marie. Stein searched the room and stuffed the entire ostrich into a nearby cupboard. Then he prepped himself and opened the door. Marie stood there, smiling as usual, and allowed herself to enter. She gave Stein a small wink, and then sat down in front of Stein's desk.

"What brings you to my office, Marie-dear?" Stein inquired with a strangely sinister grin. He sat down heavily in his favorite rolling chair. He wondered why his ex-wife would even talk to him at all, other than to part ways.
"Oh, no reason, just felt like it..." She looked away, almost looking out of place. She took a lock of her blonde hair and twirled it around her index finger.
"Stop looking at me like that!" She said, stopping the playful act and reclining. Stein noted this new line of behavior, taking it in and continuing to stare at the lock of hair that she had released.
"I just found what you were doing...interesting."
"It's...awkward...could you please stop it?" Marie requested.
Stein just gave her a blank look, reached his hand up and turned the large grey bolt in his head. After it made a sharp ticking noise, he gave her a blank stare, like stopping wasn't even something he thought about usually. Then, almost as if he realized what she was asking, he stopped looking at her, and focused his attention on his computer screen.
"What do you really want?" He asked after a few minutes had gone by. He looked over at Marie's seat, but she wasn't there.
"You." Said a voice near his ear. Stein quickly looked behind him to see Marie stooping over him, her lips close to his ear. He darted left, his computer monitor falling backwards and off his desk. "W-what's come over you, Marie? What calls for this kind of delightful spirit?" Marie just shook her head, and began removing his lab coat. Stein tried to refuse it, pushing at her and kicking away at the woman, but to no avail. The madness had transferred to Marie, and Stein was no longer the insane person in the room. Stein, cackled, digging his teeth into Marie's shoulder and attempting to get away. Marie only used this struggling to remove his coat from his body. Only in a sweater and pants now, Stein began to loosen up and not struggle. He was getting tired from the pain. He looked into Marie's eyes trying to see some kind of love, some kind of hope, but nothing came to him. He was lost. Marie kissed his neck with her red lips, slowly reaching down and caressing his crotch with her fingers. Stein perked up at this sudden sexual desire, trying to move out of her grasp. Since he was still pinned down, he fell limp, and gave up to Marie's abnormal hormonal outbursts. Suddenly, there came a loud knocking at the door once again. Stein, looking over, saw a blurry figure with pigtails. It was Maka. Marie, understanding the situation, stuffed her hand into Stein's open mouth attempting to silence him. Stein bit down hard and blood came splurting out causing Marie to scream. Maka, hearing this, blew the door to pieces, and barged inside the room.
"What is going on here? Marie, is that you? Why is Stein so pale?" She looked at everything going on around her and then directly at Marie. "Why are you doing this?" She yelled.
Marie didn't answer, she just took one look at Maka and then melted into a pile of snakes.