It was nearly Halloween. Madoka and the crew, plus Mami who had recently come back from the dead in Leamsford, East Sussex were on their way for a rather unusual Halloween Party. Madoka was throwing it on Pendle hill in Lancashire. They were on the way there. Madoka checked on what Trains to catch to get to Pendle Hill. They had approached Preston station and got of the Virgin Pendolino. Sayaka grunted as she stumbled off. "Why does that thing tilt?" she grumbled "It made me feel sick" "I don't know" replied Madoka "It seems to be designed to do that"

Homura just stared at Sayaka, she too had felt the effects of the Pendolino's tilt, but not as much as Sayaka. "I did not think you got train sickness Sayaka" she said to Sayaka. "But that bloody thing tilted and so it was" grumbled Sayaka "It's like a roller coaster"

"Never mind that" replied Mami "Now where is the train to Colne?"

Madoka looked at her sheet slip of paper she wrote down to tell her what train was what. "It should be over there" and she pointed to a clanky Northern Rail Class 142.

"Looks more like a old bus on rails" grumbled Homura, she was right. "No time" said Kyoko "Come on, lets go before we get left behind" Madoka agreed and they got on board on their way through the Lancashire Countryside passing old mills on the way.

Sayaka and Homura had been to Pendle Hill before, but they had a horrible stay in Nelson, and they did not really find any witches, but then they presume the curse from Pendle Hill caused Mami's ultimate death. Sayaka hoped they did not have to go into Nelson again. "Hopefully" said Madoka "We'll find somewhere to stay in Colne or Barnoldswick, or maybe Earby" "Thank God" said Sayaka and Homura who had a hellish experience.

The Pacer was nauseating Sayaka by the time they got onto the Burnley to Colne section, that once ran to Skipton before it was stupidly closed in 1970. Sayaka grumbled "Urrgh, can I get off this old clanker already?!" "Well, we are not at Colne yet" replied Madoka. "Urgh" replied Sayaka "I swear this thing makes me wanna puke"

Shortly after they left Brierfield Station with Pendle Hill in view, Sayaka had enough and got up. "Come on!" she said "We're getting off at the next stop, I am already literally sick of this tin can on rails!" "Alright" said Madoka and the others got up "We should be near enough anyway"

The train got into Nelson station and Madoka jumped off and so did the others. "Nelson?" she said "That is an odd name for a place" "Why would they call it that?" pondered Mami. Sayaka however put her headphones in and turned on 'Wake me up' by Avicii as they left the station.

"Oh no" grumbled Homura "Nelson. I hope it is not as bad as last time" Sayaka did not her her, instead listening to her music.

Mami's eyes made a bee line for Pendle Hill. "Madoka?" she asked "Is this the hill that has the curse that you said was a probable cause of my death?" "Well" said Madoka "Over 400 years ago, there was a trial of Witches on Pendle Hill. There was umm...Twelve local ladies that had been accused of Witchcraft, and in them days, it was a major crime. They were arrested and the trials were held on the hill itself. Two were tried at Lancaster Castle, and another one was tried in York. The trial found them guilty of Witchcraft and they where executed by hanging, since then, it has been a popular local legend, and has given the names to local institutions, like Pendle District Council" and she pointed to the offices of Pendle District Council. Then a Witch Way bus passed them on it's way to Manchester. "I think that bus has some sort of association with the Witches" said Madoka.

"Do you think we'll find any Witches on the hill?" asked Mami "Well, no one knows, we might" replied Madoka. "Or if the flippin' Burnley fans get turned into Witches by the Blackburn Rovers fans" replied Homura "Or Accrington Stanley?"

"Oi, who cares about Bastard Rovers?" said a eavesdropping Burnley Fan. "We are Burnley fans. We hate Bastard Rovers!" "Well" said Mami "Thank you, but we don't really care about football" and she walked off and the others followed her. A nearby Blackburn Rover fan heard what the Burnley Fan had said. "OI! Burnley Scum! Don't talk nonsense about Rovers!" he said. The Burnley fan turned around "Bastard Rovers Fan! Blackburn sucks!" and they both got into a fight. "WE BEAT YOU 2-1!" "NO! WE WILL BEAT YOU NEXT TIME!" But then an Accrington Stanley Fan got involved. "SCREW BASTARD ROVERS AND BURNLEY SCUM! Accrington Stanley is the best!" and they all had a 3 way fight. Until...of course the Police came. "Oh no, here come the bloody rozzers, run!" They tried to run away but the Police were quicker and they were arrested for causing a disturbance. "Stupid Footballs fans" muttered Homura under her breath.

Homura and Sayaka had their eyes like hawks eyeing the town suspiciously, they sort of had the impression that something could happen any moment in the town. But they were trying to find a way to Pendle Hill or Colne. "Do you have a Map?" asked Mami. "This place does not look pretty" "No" replied Madoka "I don't even know the heck where we are" They got themselves lost in one of Nelson's many terrace streets. "I never knew this place had so many terraces!" cried Kyoko "How are we gonna get to Pendle Hill at this rate?!" Sayaka swung her eyes around "Look" she said "Alot of these terraces are boarded up, this place is a dump, lets get outta here!"

Homura found some white stuff on the window ledge. "What is that?" she said suspiciously, she also caught sight of a needle nearby. Homura gulped, it was some cocaine left by a drug gang. "I think we need to tell the police about this" said Homura. "Nah" replied Mami "I bet they're already on the case"

Kyubey had gotten himself some focus to help the girls out of this dump. He led them on.

They soon reached the leisure centre that Kyubey had directed them too, surely they would be of some help. They entered as soon as Clean Bandit's song 'Rather Be' started playing on the radio. "Oh good" muttered Sayaka Sardonically, it was one that got on her nerves, she put on her headphones and listened to 'Hey Brother' by Avicii instead. "You know where I'd rather be" she said "Out of bloody Nelson!" "Hey, stow it Sayaka-San" said Madoka "Lets find a map to Pendle Hill" and she walked up to the desk.

"Excuse me" Madoka said to the Asian man on the desk "Do you have any maps or directions to Pendle hill or Colne?" The Asian man replied "Well, the best I can do for you. We are not exactly a Tourist Information Centre but since there is no Tourist Information Centres in Nelson as far as I know, people come and ask us" He went and got a map and wrote some things down. "Are you getting the bus, driving or walking?" he asked Madoka.

"As far as I know we are walking" replied Madoka. "Right" the man replied and asked Madoka another question.

"So, are you staying in Colne or here?" "Well in Colne" replied Madoka "But we don't know what Hotel to check in to!" The man wrote down some more stuff and then handed it to Madoka. "There you go" he replied "Good luck"

Madoka turned to the others. "Okay" she said "The man has given me instructions, so lets go" and they left the leisure centre. "Thank god" grunted Sayaka "I'm already sick of the place" "Well" replied Homura "This place is not very pretty, like last time" Sayaka tuned her eyes to Homura and replied "It is possibly worse"

"Where did that guy come from" puzzled Mami "There seems to be a lot of guys like him around here"

"They're from Pakistan" replied Kyoko "They came over to work in the mills, but they closed down and they had to find other things to do, look at that mosque over there" and she pointed to the mosque. "That tells me they're Pakistani, because they're Muslims"

"Oh don't tell me they're Kebabs or Extremists wanting to go and fight in Syria" grumbled Sayaka. "That was UNCALLED FOR Sayaka-San!" snapped Kyoko firmly. "Soh-rry" blurted Sayaka sarcastically "I'm just sick of this tip! If this were Bradford or Keith...Kei...Kithly...urm..Keighley, this would not be so bad"

"Stow it Sayaka!" snapped Homura "You were not mocking Keighley were you?"

"No!" replied Sayaka hastily "I just genuinely struggled to pronounce it correctly, Bronte Country is so cool, the Bronte Sister were some of the best writers ever! I'm not joking!"

They walked on towards Colne. Sayaka kept in a sulky silence and turned on 'Sing' by Ed Sheeran when they walked into Colne. They would get ready for the Halloween party that would happen the next day.

Author's notes.

Apologies if you do live in Nelson or Burnley, I genuinely find them places awful, no offence. Or is it maybe the curse of Pendle Hill? I dunno. Excuse Sayaka's comments as well. No, Sayaka was not mocking Keighley.

I've actually watched the first 2 episodes of Puella Maga Madoka Magica and hell it blew my mind away, then seen the next 2. Hehehe