Chapter 1

Summary: Kris, Lola, Hila, and Sarah are the four magical girls of Happy Harbor and have devoted their nights to hunting wraiths and being protectors after Madoka's ascension. But one thing, all Magi don't like heroes. Soon, though, they start getting involved when Kyubey seeks to make a contract with one from the Team. What will the girls do when this female hero threatens their sanctum without revealing all Magi secrets? Takes place after series and third movie, but movie has slightly different ending.

This is my first published story and I have more chapters already prewritten. Please tell me what you think so far!

Kris gave a relaxed sigh as she glanced up at the sky. The sun was just setting in Happy Harbor and the warm weather was just perfect. Swinging her feet idly as she sat, she ran her hand through her cropped, black hair and contemplated lying back and taking a quick nap. Yep, everything was absolutely—

'Tree!'

And of course.

The mental shout was followed by a thud and quiet groaning. Kris could clearly hear annoyed mumbling and two sets of laughter.

'Hey! It's not funny!'

'Sure it is. You just have no sense of humor.'

'Oh I do. Like how this is funny.'

Then there was a splash.

'Hey!'

'You're face! Totally priceless!'

'Oh my Madoka, Kris. You have to see this!'

'You too are the worst! I mean, who would push a poor and defenseless teenager into a pond? Unknowing if she could swim! Horrendous!'

'Quit being so dramatic. It's a fountain and the water is hardly knee deep.'

'Yeah but now I'm all wet!'

'Why do I hang out with you three?' Kris sighed.

'Because you love us.'

'Because we're a quartet.'

'Because I'm your apprentice.'

Kris laughed out loud at the deadpanned answers before she swiftly back flipped into a standing position atop the roof. Spinning on her heel, she walked to the other side of the rooftop and looked down below. She was met with the bright smiles of three girls. Two were Kris' age—15—and looked identical. They had long red hair, one had a high, braided ponytail and the other girl had a high ponytail, and hard brown eyes. Both were wearing red camisoles and cutoff shorts with black high tops. One was currently sitting in a fountain, Hila, and the other was sitting on the edge with a Popsicle in her mouth, Lola. The other girl looked nothing like the other two and was 10. Her hair was long and blonde and she had bright green eyes. She wore an orange tank top and had light blue shorts with brown flip flops. Sarah.

Kris herself had on a short leather jacket that stopped above her navel over a black tank tucked into dark blue jeans with holes and tears around the knees and black combat boots. Her hair was cropped short, slightly spiked up, and pitch black. She had an assortment of ear piercings and snake bites. Her eyes were ice blue and looked like broken glass.

'Alright people, get on up here.' she told the three as they responded by making their way to the roof.

By then it was nearly dark out and the four were now looking over the city as the sun reached lower into the sky. 'Any wraiths yet?' Sarah asked eagerly.

'Patience.' Kris responded. As soon as she sent the thought the sun dipped below the horizon and street lamps flickered on. Almost immediately, sparks of light appeared around the quaint town, distorting the moment of serenity. Sarah smiled brightly and stepped forward, almost stepping off the building, and looked at the others. "You guys ready for this?"

"Do you even have to ask?" Lola replied as an answer. Her twin nodded as Kris stretched out her arm, a dark blue soul gem rested in the palm of her hand. The other three followed her lead, Hila's red and Lola's being a lighter shade, not exactly pink though, and Sarah's being an orangey-yellow. One by one, they flashed white as their outfits changed.

Kris now wore a long sleeved, black turtleneck that stopped above her midriff with a small black shawl with a hood. Her skirt reached about mid-thigh and was also black. Underneath the skirt were black leggings with one long, glowing blue stripe running vertically on her left and right sides. She wore suede black pixie boots with matching blue, three inch heels. On her hands were fingerless black gloves with her oval shaped soul gem on the back of her left hand glove.

Hila and Lola were wearing identical red dresses that reached their ankles with a folded over collar and split on their right leg that reaches their hip. They wear a white scarf collar around their necks and a white stocking on their right legs that stop mid-thigh. They had mid-calf high, red boots and white, fingerless gloves. They both had a white strap that went around their waists twice, the second loop droops diagonally around their left hips and high ponytails tied with a black ribbon. On Hila's back was a large, red broadsword outlined in white with a black hilt. On Lola's left hip was a red bladed rapier with a white guard and pommel. A band on their right leg held their star shaped soul gems.

Sarah wore an amazon orange short shawl over a black long sleeved shirt. She had matching amazon orange ruffled skirt that was higher on her right leg and stopped mid-thigh on her left, held up by a large, brown belt. Underneath were black leggings, equally orange cowgirl boots, and a brown cowgirl hat. She also had holsters on her hips with a gun in each. Her hair was in a braid off to the side with her bangs swiped to the right. The clasp of her shawl was her soul gem in a heart shape.

With a nod from Kris, the four Magi jumped off the rooftop and into the streets with telepathic whoops as they started their hunt. Lola had her rapier on her hip as she ran and Hila held hers off to her left side. Sarah's guns were still holstered and Kris had a double bladed kusarigama with black blades and blue hilts held in each hand.

As they came across their first horde of wraiths, they stood in a calm circle and faced the horde. In half a second, Sarah had whipped out her guns and started firing, the others attacking immediately after. Yeah, everything was perfect.

The first thing Kris heard were the twins' enthusiastic voices in her head as they practically shouted 'Wakey wakey! Eggs and bakey!' in her mind. With a groan, the girl rolled over and glanced at her clock before sitting up. 'Why didn't you get me up earlier? It's 6:45 in the morning and I'd rather we not be late.'

'We'll be fine.' Hila responded, 'Right, Lo?'

'Right, Hi. Now come down and get some of this awesome breakfast the gramps made.'

'So long as you two don't steal my portions.'

'Never dream of it!' they said simultaneously.

With an eye roll, Kris climbed down from her bed and quickly threw on a black tee and dark jeans before padding down the carpeted spiral steps from the loft and into the kitchen. 'Okay guys, so your gramps are out already which means we have to get to school on our own and not be late in less than half an hour. Rooftops or sidewalks?' she sent as she ate a slice of bacon and toast.

'I vote rooftops.' Lola said.

'I second that. Way more fun.' Hila agreed.

'Then we have to be quiet. Anyone can see us. Understood?'

'Yes ma'am!'

'SHUT UP! NON HIGH SCHOOLER TRYING TO SLEEP HERE!'

The three current high school girls chuckled at Sarah's exclamation before apologizing and quickly finishing their meals. Kris opted to not wear her snake bites at school and threw on some sneakers while the twins wore gray hoodies and shorts with sneakers. They slung their backpacks over their shoulders and climbed out of the skylight in the loft and made their way to Happy Harbor High via rooftops, quieter than the wind.

As Lola stepped through the school gates, the first thing she noticed was that everyone was wearing a shirt with the insignia of some superhero. Looking down at her blank hoodie she gave an empathetic shrug and kept walking with an emotionless face, noticing her sister and friend were doing the same. She was almost inside when a voice stopped the trio. "Hey."

Turning around, there was some red headed kid with a skateboard held tightly in his grasp. "Hey." Lola responded warily.

"You must be new here."

"How'd ya' know?"

"Your top." he said as he pointed at her hoodie before getting back on his board and pushing off.

'Ass.' she heard Hila think.

'Don't worry about it. Magi don't like heroes anyway. It'd be a bit hypocritical to go flaunting around wearing their insignia don't you think?' Kris reasoned.

'Yeah, I guess.'

'But he's still an ass.' Lola pointed out.

'Oh definitely.' The dark haired girl agreed with a smile.

When the girls entered the building they weren't too surprised to see the same red head that spoke to them being held up by his collar by a boy with a blank shirt and a girl next to him with a blank shirt as well. Karma, the three thought together. They watched the rest of the situation go down and the twins were greatly disappointed that no fight broke out, especially with the stare off. Kris turned and began to continue walking and the twins followed.

'Connor!'

They froze.

Kris turned her head to the side and watched the new girl and new boy, Connor and Megan were their names she heard, talking. Turning sharply on her heel, she gracefully walked over to the two to introduce themselves. She didn't care about anything else but she knew the two had to be heroes of some sort and the Magi were all she had on mind.

"Hi there." Kris introduced with a calm smile. The two turned and she continued, "I'm Kris Dawson. And these two are Hila and Lola Moore. We're new too if you can't already tell."

Megan gave a cheery smile and was about to respond before a dark haired girl came over with the red head from before and introduced herself as Wendy. The trio tuned them out and backed into their own mental conversation, trying to fly under Megan's telepathic radar.

'Who're you thinking?' Hila asked, eyes narrowed.

'No idea. But I'll find out. Just act like normal until I do.'

'I really do hate heroes.' Lola mentally sighed in frustration.

'All Magi do. Heads up, Wendy's talking to us.'

"You guys should try out too…um, sorry I didn't catch your names."

"Kris. Hila, Lola." she said with a warm smile, pointing out who was who as she did so.

Wendy nodded, "Nice to meet you three. Anyway, tryouts are this afternoon."

Kris gave a curt nod and kindly walked away, the two following behind. 'Alright girls, looks like we got some research to do.'

'This includes getting all their secret identities for blackmail and leverage right?' Hila asked.

'You bet. This is a team effort. You hear Sarah?'

'Sadly, yes.' was the miserable response as the trio laughed at in their minds at their friend's misfortune.