Ana felt her cheeks warm up a bit when she felt his hands reach up to grab her's removing them from his eyes. "You know I practically have a living shadow Anastasia ... but its nice to see a friendly face here" she heard him state. She just chuckled a bit and shrugged her shoulders. "That doesn't mean I still can't have a little fun," she responded as she watched him turn around.

"Didn't think you'd still be here, I got hung up at the office I got my dorm number and roommate this guy Mason Wolfe, would you by any chance know who that is?" At the mention of Mason's name she just chuckled a bit and nodded her head. "Yeah, I think Ravena has a thing for him," she responded. "Though I'd be careful around him, he gives me a weird vibe. I'm not completely sure what it is, but it's strange. Makes she shiver just thinking about it," she warned before pulling her hair down out of the messy bun and shook her head a bit, allowing her locks to drape down over her shoulders.

From where Ana was standing she was able to see the ocean and man how she yearned to get herself out there, swim around, be free. She sighed a bit as she glanced to Zeke with a soft smile. "I think I'm going to head down to the beach a bit, do you want to join me?" she questioned as she slid her hands into her pockets and tilted her head to the left slightly.

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"I would love to learn how to play sports which one do you suggest to teach me?" Bryson smiled after hearing her answer. He was glad he was going to be able to do something like this for her, she might actually come to like sports and it would be because of him. "Well, what are you interested in? I could teach you football, baseball, soccer, tennis, anything really. There aren't many sports that I'm not knowledgeable about. Though a couple of them I suck at, but it's all good," he answered with a soft chuckle. He glanced up at the sky, finding that the sun was at its highest peak of the day, the heat was killing him so he hoped there was a vending machine or something around that he would be able to get a drink from.

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Dru nodded her head and decided to just let the subject slide. If Leona didn't want to talk about the guy who just interrupted their lunch, though it was a very tasteless lunch, she wasn't going to push for it. As she noticed Leona beginning to head back to the dorm, she heard her mention something about cupcakes at the Home Ec station. Just the mention of it made her mouth water. It would be nice to have something that actually tastes good to get rid of the taste of her disgusting lunch. She couldn't believe she was going to have to deal with this disgusting food for the entire year, something she definitely didn't want to do but there was no point in complaining about it.

"Alright, I'll meet ya back at the dorm then," she stated as she stood back to her feet and started heading back towards the activities fair to look for the cupcakes. It didn't take long for her to find them, instantly pushing passed a couple of the other students and grabbed up the last two cupcakes. As she did this she noticed that there was another source of magic on the campus, one that she hadn't had any clue about. Dru just shrugged her shoulders and took a bite from the cupcakes before going back on her way.

"Hey, aren't you going to sign up for the class?" one of the students behind the Home Ec station called to her as she was walking away. Dru just smirked, "No, but the cupcakes are good," she stated as she snapped her fingers, starting a fire. She was definitely going to enjoy it here. It was just a matter of time before she would set the entire school on fire.

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Mason smirked when he noticed what was behind the door of the female's room. She was dressed in sexy, black lingerie which certainly didn't leave anything to his imagination. The male bit his lip as he noticed her snap her fingers and she was clothed. "Now, why'd you do that?" he stated, ignoring the last words she said. He didn't want to talk about Leona and that other girl, they were no longer any of his concern. If something were to happen to them, he wouldn't care. Though he did have a feeling that there was much more connecting the two of them than they even knew.

"So can I come in or are we going to stand in the hallway all day?" he questioned as he leaned against the door frame, catching a small glimpse of her room behind her. Ravena was certainly an intriguing girl, someone like he had never met before. In a way he believed it was a good thing and in another, bad.

"Now why'd you do that?" Mason asked when she answered the door in her lingerie and then shifted to regular clothing in a flash. She smirked, because she was a tease and a flirt and not that she never acted on certain desires but she meant what she said to him before when she said she was not easy. He ignored her jabs about Leona and Drucilla not asking how did she know he was with them a short while ago. He clearly didn't see her opening the door as a clear invitation to come in as he asked "So can I come in or are we going to stand in the hallway all day?" but she just looked at him and smirked.

She shifted back into lingerie in a flash again "I left the door open for a reason Mason unless you don't like what you see, and if that's the case I can cover up" she joked. Ravena smirked as she got into her bed and had a large other worldly tv with many split screens with what was going on around the school, she was spying on students.
"Well for whatever reason your here this school is boring so far, you got the charming royal couple Bryson and Victoria but they are just butterflies and kittens. That Drucilla girl seems interesting though likes to set things on fire like me... seems like Leona has a visitor" she said as she laid in bed

Zeke smirked after her comment of having fun even though it was impossible to really sneak up on him, after he asked her about his dorm mate Mason wolf he saw the look on her face as if he mentioned the name of someone she didn't much care for.
"Yeah, I think Ravena has a thing for him; though I'd be careful around him, he gives me a weird vibe. I'm not completely sure what it is, but it's strange. Makes me shiver just thinking about it," she said to him.

Zeke looked at her when she told him that wondering why she'd say that "I'll be careful but I'm not without my dark-side, thanks for the warning but I will give this guy the benefit of the doubt and Ravena just likes to have fun it seems I read her heart" he said to her. Zeke kept walking as he saw a booth catch on fire as he looked over to see how it happened and it seemed to be around the home EC area but a girl with long flowing black hair caught his attention with a very gothic like outfit but he went about his business and signed up for art.

She then asked him to go to the beach with her, which caught Zeke by surprise... "I'd love to problem is I don't know how to swim but I'd love to go with you I won't go deep in the water if you do but I can stay in the shallow end or just enjoy the sand and weather." he said to her

"Is the visitor, actually," Leona corrected from Ravena's doorway, leaning nonchalant against one side. "For which I am deeply sorry." Her tone of voice suggested this was not even remotely the case; nonetheless, she gave a slight head tilt which may have been intended has some mockery of a bow. "I thought..." She gazed around at what she could see of Ravena's dorm from the entryway. "Well. I was just expecting something... different. But it seems I'm interrupting something, so I will leave the two of you to the clutches of your nasty urges. Mr Inquisitor, Ms. Witch."

She bowed out of the room, then turned on her heel to face down the hall to her own dorm. As she stepped down the hall, she made a mental note to return later. The girl clearly knew how to perform the very feat of magic she was looking into, so it might prove fruitful to speak with her again.

Leona's dorm was as small as when she had left, her things still strewn about her bed rather than put away. She took care of that with a wave of her hand, then moved to the desk and sat down. A sheet of paper and a pencil appeared in front of her, which she stared at for several moments before beginning to sketch out various in geometric forms. Dissatisfied with the patterns of circles and small runic letters she had drawn, she crumpled up the paper and began the process again with a new sheet. Something told her she might be at this a while.

Victoria looked at Bryson and noticed he was going to say something but she knew he was probably going to say yes because he seemed like that kind of guy. While she was thinking Bryson said "Well, what are you interested in? I could teach you football, baseball, soccer, tennis, anything really. There aren't many sports that I'm not knowledgeable about. Though a couple of them I suck at, but it's all good," "I think I would like to try baseball or tennis, when would you like to start?" she asked because she was maybe thinking afternoons she really liked him and she had never really been able to talk to guys like that. Then they walked to the vending machine he picked up a drink and she waited for him to answer.

Ravena was surprised at Leona's entrance she was distracted by Mason and didn't keep her eye on her.
She called her a witch something which Ravena felt insulting as her power was above that of the common witch, she was impressed that Leona noticed her necromancy though. Ravena had so much pride that she wanted to give Leona a piece of her mind as she managed to sneak up on her without being noticed.
Ravena wasn't going to leave Mason alone, so she decided to send someone on her behalf, as her eyes glowed dark energy began to emanate in Leona's room as a undead soul appeared out of the darkness.
A female spirit in a old time nurse outfit but it was just an avatar messenger for Ravena while she stayed with Mason.

"Hello Leona... do you like the new look or is it too retro" she joked as she manipulated this damned soul as it got closer to Leona.
"Clearly I don't care about the rules of necromancy, and clearly you don't care for the company of men if you consider normal urges nasty but you did impress me you seem to have a great knowledge of magic to notice demigoddess necromancy. So what are you and what are you writing?" She said this while making the undead soul lean forward on the desk

Leona ignored the specter for several moments, opting instead to focus on her work. She had filled three separate pages and was working on a fourth when she finally deigned to address Ravena's avatar.

"It's rude to enter someone's room without permission, you know," she commented, not looking up from the paper. She placed her pencil down and pushed back from the desk, balancing on her chair's back legs. "I do hope you'll have the courtesy to knock next time. This whole ghost messenger deal you've got going on? Not my preferred method of communication."

She craned her neck back to look at the figure, dressed in archaic nursing clothes with a face mutilated beyond recognition. She sighed through her nose before dropping her chair to all four legs and rising to her feet. Leona crossed to the door and locked it; she felt it would be rather more than she cared to explain if her roommate were to return and find her communing with the dead.

"I think I would've gone for the hot princess aesthetic, personally, but hey, freaky hell nurse works too," she joked, not turning from the door. She placed her forehead against the wood, her feeling of exhaustion setting in again. "I gotta say, you aren't too bad at this. You know two whole things about me. My name is Leona, and I do know a bit about magic."

"Does necromancy even have rules? The only one I can think of is 'don't fuck up, you dumb shit'. Quoth my father." She waved vaguely at the desk. "That's nothing, though I would be interested in picking your brain about that room of yours later once your boy toy leaves. And the rest of what you asked is boring so I'm not gonna talk about it."

Anastasia smiled when she heard that Zeke was willing to tag along with her. Though when she heard that he couldn't swim, that gave her a great idea. "So, how about I teach you how to swim? Don't worry, you'd be safe with me," she stated with a soft smile as she began leading him through the campus, heading down to the beach. Honestly she believed it may be fun. The last time she taught anyone how to swim was when she taught her younger sister, Melody how. Though it was different than teaching a human, but she still knew how to do that as well.

The female turned her attention over towards another fire and rolled her eyes with an agitated sigh. She turned completely around and signaled her aim towards the Home Ec station, shooting water out of her hands, putting the fire out. "I swear, what's up with those two and their fires?" she mumbled to herself, talking about Leona and Drucilla. The mermaid returned her full attention back to Zeke and tucked her bangs behind her ears.

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Bryson followed Victoria over to the vending machine and bought himself a drink. As he was popping the soda can open he answered her, "Well, how about we do which ever one you fully decide on Thursday? I have football tryouts tomorrow and I'm not sure how long I'll be there," he answered and took a sip from his drink. "Who are your roommates?" he questioned, feeling a bit curious about who this girl was going to be living with for the rest of the school year.

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Drucilla walked through the campus, continuing her way to the dorm. It didn't take her very long to finish the cupcake. There came a couple times when she contemplating eating the one she grabbed for Leona, but she chose not to do so. Though as she got closer and closer to the dorm, she couldn't help but to feel as if there was something odd going on. There was some sort of necromancy going on. When Drucilla arrived at her dorm, she could hear Leona talking to someone, though she wasn't sure who it was. She leaned her head against the door, trying to hear what was going on a bit better. Still, everything sounded muffled. She just shrugged her shoulders and reached for the doorknob and turned it, finding that it had been locked.

Drucilla knocked on the door, "Leona, it's Dru. Can you let me in?" she questioned as she let out a sigh before standing there in silence for a couple moments, waiting on an answer from her roommate.

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Mason smirked as he watched Ravena dress back into her lingerie and climb into her bed. He stepped inside, following after her and closed the door behind him. As he made his way further into her room, he noticed the television screen, "Spying on the students," he stated as he glanced over the screen, recognizing a few of them. "Interesting," he stated and smirked as he realized that must have been how she knew he was talking with Leona and Dru.

Mason continued glancing around the room as he sat down on Ravena's computer chair. He watched as Ravena used her necromancy to produce some sort of hellish looking nurse and sent it into Leona's room. He returned his attention to the screen when he heard Ravena speaking to Leona through the nurse. He leaned back in the chair and smirked as he just watched and listened, liking what he was witnessing. This was definitely a whole lot different than anything he had ever seen before.

Ravena avatar listened to Leona's replies the girl didn't even bother to look up at first and she gave her a lecture about knocking and being rude for just materializing a undead spirit in her room. Seems like she didn't seem to get that Ravena could care less about rules, and they were meant to be broken anyway or someone would have not created them. But it wasn't like Leona was a Royal she seemed to relax soon after as she got up and locked the door, seems like she was interested in necromancy usually most would run out at the sight of this ghoulish creature.

"I think I would've gone for the hot princess aesthetic, personally, but hey, freaky hell nurse works too," she joked which took Ravena by surprise a little. "Look at that aren't you the witty one, if I had a face I'd be laughing right now" she responded as the ghoul walked around the room.
She noticed books, and her clothing and some artifacts that had to do with magic that most people thought of as mere trinkets but did not know how to use them. She seemed to take an interest in Leona's clothes because she did seem to dress in a provocative way without really knowing it.

"Does necromancy even have rules? The only one I can think of is 'don't fuck up, you dumb shit'. Quoth my father." she had asked.
That's when the ghouls head turned completely around in a 180 degree angle to look at Leona....
"There are plenty of rules darling being a demigoddess of hades affords me some leeway like summoning this but this is a human soul. Your father was right though you break the link and you have a vengeful soul out to kill you, or you can accidentally contact a demon... and their lets just say they're not something you want to bring to this world. How about I tell you more about it in person the longer I keep this up the more this bitch is trying break free and besides your roommate is here" she said disappearing in a flash.

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Zeke smiled when Anastasia offered to teach him how to swim and he figured this is not something he'd learn with one lesson besides Anastasia was growing on him he doubted he'd be able to focus on trying to learn to swim.
"How about this, I will come to the beach get in the water but no swimming lesson I'd rather enjoy being there then trying to focus on swimming and besides won't you have a fish tail if you get into the water, I mean I've never seen a mermaid before" he says putting his head down because he didn't know how'd she feel that he was making assumptions about her race.

"Sorry, umm lets just go and I have never been around here so I don't know where the beach is so if you wouldn't mind leading the way again I would much appreciate it kind lady" he says giving a short bow jokingly.

Ravena was focused on Mason which was causing her not have too much control over the spirit she summoned and it was taking the distraction to try to break free of her spell. It was an improper summoning so it was like a vicious animal trying to get off the leash. Ravena negated the spell sending the spirit back to the underworld, so now she was free to shift her attention to Mason, "Yea spying on students summoning hell spirits typical day in the life of Ravena Heart" she said waving her hand causing the tv to vanish as she was done spying for the moment.

She looked at Mason eyeing him up and down.... "Your not use to magic are you, are you sure you want to get to know a girl like me because it could be your best idea or worst mistake" she said to him.

Leona tried to object to the spirit's sudden departure,advancing toward where it had been, but she was too late. She made a small noise of frustration, then waved her hand, causing the deadbolt to unlock and the door to creak open. 

She looked over her shoulder at Drucilla, brushing her hair behind her ear. "Sorry, I uh." Leona fumbled for a suitable explanation for a second, a bit exasperated by Ravena's 'visit.' "...had a girl over." Well, she wasn't lying. Technically.

Victoria smiled at Bryson "Well, how about we do which ever one you fully decide on Thursday? I have football tryouts tomorrow and I'm not sure how long I'll be there," he said "Well that's okay I'll watch you play for your tryouts maybe I'll learn something." she said in a girly kind of way like she wanted to see him shirtless then he said "Who are your roommates?" "Anastasia Rivers and Julia Black, who are yours." she said.

Anastasia smiled and slid her arm around his as she began leading him to the beach. "Well, I only have the tail if I allow for it to come out. If I were to spout a tail every time I got wet the I would definitely have some serious problems to deal with," she responded with a slight chuckle. She was surprised she was able to get along with a guy this well. Usually when she talks to guys, they try to immediately get into her pants, so she tended to try to keep her distance away from them.

"I wish those two girls would stop setting fires around here," she stated with a sigh, going back to Drucilla and Leona's fire habits. She was honestly getting a bit agitated about it because she was the only one who seemed calm enough to put those damned things out. Just because they had magic it didn't mean they had to constantly start fires and shit. She just shrugged her shoulders, trying not to dwell on it. Anastasia had to keep her cool. Just because things bugged her, that shouldn't give her leeway to talk about others behind their backs. Ariel taught her better than that.

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Bryson smirked a bit, suddenly realizing that she was kind of flirting with him and just shrugged his shoulders. "Well, if you really want to I don't mind. Though it might get pretty boring watching a bunch of sweaty guys running around with a ball," he stated with a soft chuckle. "And my roommate is Declan Redlynd. I haven't met him yet," he added before taking a sip from his drink. "As a matter of fact, I'm not even sure if he's even going to come. I've spoke to the room adviser and she hadn't heard anything about Declan," he added. The male just shrugged his shoulders and leaned against the brick wall.

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Drucilla sighed as she stepped into the room and closed the door behind her. As she handed the cupcake to Leona, she spoke, "So, where is she?" she questioned as she didn't see anyone and there was no way she could have stepped out of the room without Drucilla seeing her. She was a bit confused about what was going on. She just shrugged her shoulders and glanced down at Leona's desk. "Still trying to figure out the blueprint for the room?" she questioned as she noticed the drawing on the paper. She lifted it into her hands and started looking over it, thinking of some ideas to add if she were to have any.

At that moment she placed the paper down and grabbed the pencil. "Maybe the kitchen could go here, the bathroom here, and our rooms spouting off from either side of the living room?" she questioned as she handed the paper over to Leona to hear her ideas and input about what she thought about. Drucilla wasn't completely set with the ideas, but it was a start.

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Mason just shrugged his shoulders, "Well, I've never really been around anyone who did magic, so it's definitely something I'd have to get used to. But if this is a mistake, trust me, it's well worth it," he stated as he looked the female up and down, noticing that she was still in the sexy lingerie. The male bit on his lip and tried his best not to just jump at her at that moment. Just because he was thinking about it, it didn't mean Ravena was up for it.

Ravena looked at Mason as he answered, her "Well, I've never really been around anyone who did magic, so it's definitely something I'd have to get used to. But if this is a mistake, trust me, it's well worth it," he said to her.
Ravena laughed to herself as she saw the lustful look in his eyes, she didn't need to be a mind reader to know what he was thinking... she pressed her body close to his looking into his eyes she had a devilish smirk on her face.
"Are you sure you can handle a girl like me Mason, I like to do things when I am bored bad things, things that a wolf like you may not like; will you take your chances because you should run now while you can" she said to him as she finished the sentence she kissed him.
She held the kiss for a couple of seconds before pulling away and laughing to herself, waiting for his answer to her question.

Victoria looked at Bryson after he said something about seeing sweaty boys playing sports and she said "I'm sorry did that sound stalker like because I didn't mean it that way you seem like a really nice guy and I just wanted to make sure I didn't lose you to some super model." "And my roommate is Declan Redlynd. I haven't met him yet," he said before he had heard her other question she answered his but before he could do that he said something about how his roommate hasn't even arrived yet so she said "Well at least you will have a room all to yourself."

"So where is she?" Drucilla asked, handing her a cupcake. Leona nodded her head toward the window, licking a bit of frosting off the baked treat. 

Her roommate shrugged dismissively, then began to look through the papers strewn about the desk. "Still trying to figure out the blueprints for the room?" Her eyes passed thoughtfully over the drawings on the page in her hand before she placed it back on the desk and began to make markings on it with the pencil Leona had left there. "Maybe the kitchen could go here, the bathroom here, and our rooms spouting off from either side of the living room?"

Leona moved to look over the girl's shoulder, considering each motion she made with the pencil. "Nah, I was more trying to think of how to pull off the 'bigger on the inside' thing," she began, conjuring a new pencil into her waiting fingers. She used the eraser to point at a few of the sigils she'd drawn. "See, I've been thinking the easiest way to do it would be to have the dorm be somewhere else entirely, with the door" - here she waved absently at the entrance to their dorm - "acting as a kind of gate between them, sort of a 'Howl's Moving Castle' type of thing. Problem I've having is how to do that without stripping the room that's already here. I don't think the school would appreciate my destroying part of their property."

Bryson smirked at the female's words and shook his head, "No, I didn't think you were a stalker. I was just letting ya know what you were getting yourself into," he stated to her. Though he was a bit shocked when she told him that she didn't want some supermodel looking girl to steal him away from her. Clearly she had a thing for him, which made him smirk even more. He couldn't believe he was already there for just a couple hours and a girl was already interested in him.


"So, do you think I'd be able to see any of your artwork?" he questioned as he took a sip from his drink. Of course he would understand if she didn't want to show it to him because there were many artists who weren't comfortable with showing their work to people. Though in a way he didn't seem to understand that logic, but that's just how a lot of people were. In his opinion, that was just like saying that an athlete wouldn't show what he's got on the field. Bryson she shook the thoughts out of his head, finding that he was once again thinking too much about all of this.

Bryson couldn't wait to have his tryouts tomorrow, he just hoped he would be able to make the team. Though in a way knowing that Victoria would most likely be there made him feel a bit nervous about it. He just hoped he wouldn't screw up and embarrass himself in front of her. That would be the last thing he ever wanted to do. Bryson glanced up at the sky for a moment, finding that it was quite clear. Thankfully it wasn't going to storm today. Before he got to the school, where he lived it was raining for almost a week straight and honestly, by now he was sick of the storms.

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Drucilla plastered a thoughtful look upon her face as if having a feeling she saw a spell that would do something like what Leona was explaining. Without saying another word she immediately began going through her box of books and pulled out the spell book she took with her. The brunette began flipping through the pages and smiled when she found what she was looking for. She handed the book over to Leona. "I thought what you were saying sounded familiar. Though this spell might take more than just the two of us. It says that it can be a very difficult spell to do correctly," she explained.


In a way Dru felt as if telling Leona that they would need help with the spell was like telling her to go jump off the cliff, but she knew it was something important that needed to be said. The last thing she wanted was for them to screw it up and have something bad happen to them or end up blowing up the room. Yes that would definitely be an interesting way to welcome themselves to campus but she sure as hell didn't want to be doing community service or getting kicked out of school for vandalism. If she were to ever get kicked out she'd rather it be for something much more interesting than vandalism.

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When Ravena pressed her body against his he smirked as he wrapped his arms around her waist and before he was able to say anything to her he felt her lips against his. He felt a bunch of different sensations running through his body, but he still kissed her back. Besides, who wouldn't kiss a girl back when she was wearing sexy lingerie? Clearly an idiotic guy. She smirked at her when she pulled away and looked into her eyes. "I'm sure I'll be able to handle it," he stated to her.


He glanced around the room once more and turned his attention back to her, "So, what was the deal with that creepy ass nurse?" he questioned, feeling a bit curious about it. Though he was surprised that Leona took the intrusion the way she did. If it were him, he wouldn't have just sat back and allowed it to happen. Though then again, he did have a major temper problem, which he knew he needed to work on.

Ravena expected for him to claim that he could handle her but really he had no idea what being involved with her meant, but he was at least a good kisser..., "So, what was the deal with that creepy ass nurse?" he asked her and Ravena gave him a look that perfectly summed up who cares, but he did ask the question.

Ravena smirked to herself "I am half naked, and I just kissed you most men would love to be in your position right now yet you ask me about something I conjured wow that's a first" she said as she sat up in the bed ready to explain to Mason the point of the nurse. "I'm a demigoddess of Hades, basically I have a lot of magic power but strongest in manipulating damned souls you know necromancy. From watching Leona I just thought she'd get a kick out of it since she saw us like this, so I just thought I'd talk with her.. that's it" she said this before snapping her fingers and her clothes came back on once again. Since Mason seemed to be in the mood to talk rather then enjoy their alone time then Ravena would accommodate him, as she snapped her fingers and a imp appeared with a bottle of liquor and some cups and then disappeared as she poured herself some vodka and took a shot.
"So why are you here again, and do you have your own room like me or do you have a roommate too?" she asked.

Victoria smiled at Bryson she couldn't help herself she really liked him "No, I didn't think you were a stalker. I was just letting ya know what you were getting yourself into," he said "I believe to dig a little deeper once we go our separate ways I will know your whole life story, your dreams and everything in between." she said looking at him trying not to sound weird. She didn't want to scare him she really liked him.

Victoria listened to the dark stranger as he said "So, do you think I'd be able to see any of your artwork?" "Yeah sure it's back up in my room if you would like to see?" she said.

"I thought what you were saying sounded familiar." Her roommate said with a smile, handing her a spellbook opened to a relevant page. "Though this spell might take more than just the two of us. It says that it can be a very difficult spell to do correctly," she explained.

Leona scoffed at the idea that her own power wasn't sufficient. "You've known me for, like, two hours now, you seriously think I can't pull it off? I am offended, madam, offended!" She was being casually insincere, of course, but there was a flicker of defensive pride to her words all the same. 

She crossed her arms, tilting her head as she considered the issue. "Okay, I might be able to find something to help with the power discrepancies. I mean, at least half the kids at this school have magical parents, it shouldn't be too hard to find someone who shares the talent."