Your heartbeat is pulsing at night in your chest
It's gold and it's glowing with all the life you have left
Morgana held her Soul Gem close to her, keeping the truth away from Marcy as long as she possibly could. The truth would devastate Marcy.
"Just a little longer…" Morgana murmured, knowing she was living on borrowed time. Whatever came after a Soul Gem turned black….well, Morgana would know soon enough.
I received your words from hospitals where you felt alone
Your words like smoke, they made me sick but they kept me warm
Mariangela couldn't believe it the words that the doctor was saying. Pregnant? Yeah, she'd messed around with a few guys, but she never thought that she'd actually get pregnant. How was she going to fight witches now?
Run where you'll be safe
Through the garden gates
To the shelter of magnolias
Just a little longer. Morgana had to hold on just a little longer. Marcy could teleport home, and get her a Grief Seed. It would be okay. Morgana would be okay. But as Marcy disappeared into a flash of blue light, she admitted that Morgana's Soul Gem had never been so black.
Your eyes are like sea glass, so weathered and worn
From all they've seen of adolescence torn
Daisy was a lot like her name, a flower growing up through the cracks in the street, where no one thought such a kind little girl could thrive. Daisy had girls like Mariangela before, but she had never met another Puella Magi in her predicament.
The lovers who have tainted you, they pulled you into the night
They touched your skin with velvet gloves and made you feel alive
Mariangela sat on the steps outside her house, rubbing her stomach anxiously. It was getting harder and harder to fight witches. But she couldn't give up, she thought as she looked down at her swollen belly. More than one life depended on her.
Run where you'll be safe
Through the garden gates
To the shelter of magnolias
Madoka smiled as she brought the girls to the next life. Here they would be safe. Here they would be loved. Here they wouldn't hurt those that they loved. Here they could be happy.
There's not much time
The blush in the sky begins to fade
"We are very disappointed in you, Riley." Riley looked up at the mention of her name, having clearly not heard what her father was saying. "You couldn't even finish the test? Were you daydreaming again?"
You are weathered and worn
Your petals soft and torn
The fading color
Riley was doubled over, breathing heavy. The irony of the situation was not lost on her. She wished away her ADHD, only to be given a weapon that relied on memory. She smiled faintly as the witch ran into another land mine.
You have bent your shoulders
To hold the weight of the world
You will surely shatter
They all felt it. Each and every one. With every witch destroyed, another life was saved. But the glory of saving lives was tarnished with the realization that every witch was their sister, their friend, their ally. Magical girl became witches, and then magical girls killed witches.
Run where you'll be safe
Riley dove out of the way of an explosion. Why did she forget? Did her wish not work? Was it a trick? Getting rid of her ADHD was supposed to solve all of this! Riley paused, hearing another set of footsteps, then another explosion. No, someone else was setting off her mines.
Through the garden gates
Marcy stood at the entrance of Morgana's labyrinth. There was no going back now. Once she walked through the gate...well, only one of them would make it out alive.
To the shelter of magnolias
Daisy ran to the hospital as fast as her legs could take her. Mariangela needed this Grief Seed. If she was right, the pain of labor would darken her Soul Gem too quickly. Daisy had to get there in time.
There's not much time
Riley was rushing and she knew it. This new Puella Magi was screwing everything up. First, she barges into the labyrinth with a huge axe, and then the dumb girl runs into Riley's mines. She was going to set off the biggest one, which Riley was trying to remotely disable, if she didn't stop running around.
The blush in the sky begins to fade
Daisy breathed a sigh of relief as Mariangela cradled her newborn boy, Ivan. Her Soul Gem had been cleansed, and both the baby and the mother were safe. Maybe everything would turn out alright in the end.