Chapter 3: The Special Type of Magic

"Elemental Magic," Maka repeated, words dripping off her tongue.

"Yes, after we investigated the incident at her school, we learned that the body as well as the soul of whom she was fighting was reduced to ashes, almost untraceable."

"How?"

"She can use the soul wavelength of herself and her partner to unleash it in the form of elements of nature, like Pot of Fire and Pot of Thunder. Only Serena is a human, while they are Earth Shamans."

"So that's what made her attack so intense. But what meister would know that? They would have to obtain previous knowledge of that type of power."

"Correct. I think this her pocket that Maka had given her earlier and opened the door. To her surprise she saw who must be her roommate and a boy sitting on the floor, playing cards. A seemrogue we were discussing earlier completely knew what was happening when he went into that situation. Serena was found unconscious at the scene, so my guess is that he could not get a clean getaway with her."

"So do you think he'll come back for her?"

"Yes, but her loyalty will be with Shibusen by that point and he'll have to fight her, which will be impossible for him to win."

"Hm," Maka pondered for a moment. "What now?"

"As I said before: make her feel welcomed here."

Meanwhile in the dorms...

All of a sudden Serena found herself in front of what appeared to be her dorm room. She didn't remember how she got there. Must be the jet lag.

She dug out the key from ingly innocent act, only they were both completely naked. Serena shrieked. Both of them looked up confused by her reaction.

"Oh," her roommate said, "I didn't expect you. My name is Tracey and this is my partner Todd."

"And why aren't you wearing clothes?" Serena asked covering her eyes.

"It's a bonding experience," Tracey explained. "Lots of people do it here."

Playing strip poker or being a couple of horny teens would have made more sense.

Luckily a passerby took pity on Serena and talked to the two.

"Actually no one does that," the girl, whose name was Juanita, explained. "They're just a couple of weirdos." She then convinced them to put clothes on and consoled Serena after that traumatizing experience. Serena went into her room and saw all her stuff had been set up already.

Tracey said, "I like to keep everything in a particular way. As you can see everything has been color coordinated."

To Serena's horror, even her underwear drawer was in order. But right now all she wanted to do was sleep.