The next morning at breakfast, Ranma noticed that Selene was sitting
by the pond outside. He recalled that she didn't eat breakfast, but he
wondered what she was doing by the pond. He finished his breakfast quickly
and walked over to Selene. Akane shot him an I-hope-your-happy-with-your-
new-girlfriend look, but Ranma didn't care.
He looked over Selene's shoulder and saw that she was sitting in front of a white candle. A CD player was next to her, and playing something. Selene's body swayed back and forth at a slow pace. He saw the flame on the candle slowly change colors to shades of blue. Her eyes were opened and it appeared as though she were in a trance. Her swaying stopped, but he saw that she was still in a trance like state, and the candle was still turning colors. It was first shades of blue, but slowly it changed to a violet, followed by lavender. But, Ranma blinked for a second and saw that the flame was pure white. This time he had to rub his eyes to see what was happening. He didn't believe that the flame was pure white, but he bent down to see and saw that the flame was now pure white. It slowly grew in size before a bucket of cold water was splashed onto him.
"WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!?!?!?!" Ranma, now a female, screamed turning around. She saw Akane holding a bucket, which was filled with cold water a moment ago.
"You should really quit drooling over the guest." Akane stated simply, turning back to go back into the home.
"I WASN'T DROOLING! I WAS..." She turned back to Selene and the candle. The candle changed disappeared, and Selene was sitting there still. The music was now audible to Ranma, and she thought that the music was a bit strange. Ranma turned back around and saw that Akane wasn't anywhere near and gave up. "What were you doing?" Ranma asked. Selene didn't hear her, and Ranma poked Selene on her right shoulder repeatedly.
"Huh?" Selene said, turning around. She pulled her headphones down, and looked at the girl that stood before her. "You're still Ranma right?" Selene asked, hopeful and puzzled. The girl nodded, and Selene sighed. "So what's up?"
"Well, I did ask you a question first." Ranma replied.
"Oh," Selene said trying to recall what she had asked her. "I was just meditating." The girl lifted her eyebrows in disbelief. "Well, it was a new way for me to meditate. Did the candle change colors?" Ranma nodded and Selene smiled. "So, I guess that it worked then."
"What?" Ranma said leaning a bit closer before giving up and sitting down next to her.
"Well the goal of it was to try to get the candle to change colors. The candle flame represents the stages of calmness you reached." Selene explained. "Or so I've heard. But, if you can get the flame to go white then you've reached the top level of calmness." Selene held her hands up, indicting that there was something she was going to add. "Personally, for me, whenever I can reach white it means that I have a lot of good magick that is going to be released. And when I release a lot of magick at once, it can be deadly." Selene looked off to the side.
"What?" Ranma asked.
"I've kinda killed a friend of mine, because he walked into a fight of mine." Selene looked off to the tree farthest to her left. "He thought that he could try to protect me, and tried to defend me against people. Though he didn't know that the people that I was battling with were forces of the dark. So, I obviously combated them with 'good magick'. But, when I was releasing the attack, he stood in front of me ready to strike." Selene breathed in deeply and exhaled. "The problem is...that when I release pure magick like that, there's no way I can stop it." She stood up, and walked back into the house.
He looked over Selene's shoulder and saw that she was sitting in front of a white candle. A CD player was next to her, and playing something. Selene's body swayed back and forth at a slow pace. He saw the flame on the candle slowly change colors to shades of blue. Her eyes were opened and it appeared as though she were in a trance. Her swaying stopped, but he saw that she was still in a trance like state, and the candle was still turning colors. It was first shades of blue, but slowly it changed to a violet, followed by lavender. But, Ranma blinked for a second and saw that the flame was pure white. This time he had to rub his eyes to see what was happening. He didn't believe that the flame was pure white, but he bent down to see and saw that the flame was now pure white. It slowly grew in size before a bucket of cold water was splashed onto him.
"WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!?!?!?!" Ranma, now a female, screamed turning around. She saw Akane holding a bucket, which was filled with cold water a moment ago.
"You should really quit drooling over the guest." Akane stated simply, turning back to go back into the home.
"I WASN'T DROOLING! I WAS..." She turned back to Selene and the candle. The candle changed disappeared, and Selene was sitting there still. The music was now audible to Ranma, and she thought that the music was a bit strange. Ranma turned back around and saw that Akane wasn't anywhere near and gave up. "What were you doing?" Ranma asked. Selene didn't hear her, and Ranma poked Selene on her right shoulder repeatedly.
"Huh?" Selene said, turning around. She pulled her headphones down, and looked at the girl that stood before her. "You're still Ranma right?" Selene asked, hopeful and puzzled. The girl nodded, and Selene sighed. "So what's up?"
"Well, I did ask you a question first." Ranma replied.
"Oh," Selene said trying to recall what she had asked her. "I was just meditating." The girl lifted her eyebrows in disbelief. "Well, it was a new way for me to meditate. Did the candle change colors?" Ranma nodded and Selene smiled. "So, I guess that it worked then."
"What?" Ranma said leaning a bit closer before giving up and sitting down next to her.
"Well the goal of it was to try to get the candle to change colors. The candle flame represents the stages of calmness you reached." Selene explained. "Or so I've heard. But, if you can get the flame to go white then you've reached the top level of calmness." Selene held her hands up, indicting that there was something she was going to add. "Personally, for me, whenever I can reach white it means that I have a lot of good magick that is going to be released. And when I release a lot of magick at once, it can be deadly." Selene looked off to the side.
"What?" Ranma asked.
"I've kinda killed a friend of mine, because he walked into a fight of mine." Selene looked off to the tree farthest to her left. "He thought that he could try to protect me, and tried to defend me against people. Though he didn't know that the people that I was battling with were forces of the dark. So, I obviously combated them with 'good magick'. But, when I was releasing the attack, he stood in front of me ready to strike." Selene breathed in deeply and exhaled. "The problem is...that when I release pure magick like that, there's no way I can stop it." She stood up, and walked back into the house.