It had been 3 days since the funeral of Kayo. Police had no leads on the killer. Of course, the team knew who was really behind the death, but had agreed to keep it a secret until further notice. At school, Homura had not attended since Patricia's appearance. The team dueled a lot to practise for any other challenges that lay ahead of them.

While walking back home, Sayaka and Kyoko were suddenly stopped when they heard a voice call out their name. Kyoko said as they turned around, "I recognise that voice..."

Sayaka, confused, asked, "Who is it?"

"It's me," a blond-haired teenager said in a German accent. "Candeloro."

"What is it, Cando? Can I call ya that as a nickname 'er something?" Kyoko then grabbed a stick of pocky from a box in her pocket.

"Sure, I guess." Candeloro shrugged. "Anyways, I haven't had the chance to introduce myself to the rest of your team. Also, I have some bad news in regards to another witch."

Sayaka asked, "What happened?"

"Kriemhild Gretchen, Madoka's witch, is here, and she's on Homura's side. She's a wild card because she has her own motives. If Homura wins, she will definitely back-stab her and take the world for herself. Not to mention, she's a psychopath who gets off on torturing people." Candeloro looked worried when describing Gretchen, indicating past experiences with her.

Kyoko replied, "Damn. You know, something weird happened to Madoka when she dueled Patricia. She, like, changed into a whole different person."

Candeloro's eyes opened wide. "The spirit! The spirit of the Goddess is inside her!"

"Huh? What the hell are you talking about?"

"Before Homura rewrote the timeline to erase Madoka's original wish, Madoka was a Goddess whose job was to guard the Puella Magi and prevent witches from forming by basically mercy-killing Puella Magi on the verge of witching. This meant that Homura had to be separated from her. She didn't like that, so Homura became a demon to rewrite the timeline and reverse that."

Sayaka said in shock, "Madoka did what?"

"Yeah! That means the other Madoka, the old Madoka, still exists! There's actually hope! Quick, Kyoko, Sayaka, call your friends up. We need to have a meeting."

In another part of the city, Gretchen just got finished dueling someone for the first time. "This was a fun game..." She grinned and laughed.

Meanwhile, her opponent, a random duelist she challenged on the street, was face-first lying on the ground, not breathing. Gretchen walked over to him and reached down to grab his duel disk and cards. His eyes were missing, having been ripped out and eaten by Gretchen earlier after he lost.

"Just you wait, Madoka. I'm coming for you." Then, she got a phone call. "Guten tag?"

"It's me," Homura replied. "How're you doing?"

"I just defeated a duelist in my first duel. I was really wrong about this card game. It's so fun to see people squirm when they lose before I punish them."

Homura replied, "Just be sure to not go overboard. I want Madoka alive, or else."

"Yeah, yeah, I know. I'll meet up with you later, Homura."

"Got it. I'll see you then." Homura then hung up.

Gretchen, annoyed at Homura, said, "Bring her alive, muh muh muh, or else, muh muh muh. I don't care if she's alive or not. If Homura doesn't like it, I can just kill her and take Earth for myself."

At Sayaka's house, the team discussed how to deal with Homura and her witch allies with Candeloro. Mami in particular got along well with Candeloro, especially considering she was her witch form in another timeline.

"So the game plan is this," Candeloro began. "We take out her allies one by one, and then we make sure Madoka faces off against Homura. At the same time, we do duels for fun amongst ourselves to practise, and we also need to get our hands on more cards, especially Synchro Monsters and the new Xyz Monsters that just came out."

"I got one already," Madoka said. "It's called Fairy Cheer Girl. It requires 2 Level 4 Fairies to summon. Xyz summoning works like this." Madoka then got her deck out and selected 2 Level 4 Fairies. "Let's say I got these 2 monsters on the field. I'll overlay them like this and put Fairy Cheer Girl on top of them. A monster overlaid is called an Overlay Unit, and it's not on the field technically according to the rules."

"It sounds confusing," Kyousuke said.

"Same," Kyoko said as well.

"Well, it just came out. It will take a bit of time to get used to, but Xyz Monsters will become really good cards in my honest opinion."

"So," Mami said, beginning a new conversation. "Where did you come from, Candeloro?"

"Well, it's a long story. I fear that if I told all of you, I would traumatise all of you, especially Mami. I'll tell you all when I am ready."

Mami nodded and said, "I understand. My story is hard to tell for me too. I mean, you probably already know it, after all."

"Now," Hitomi said. "What are we gonna do about Madoka's... Other... Form?"

Madoka thought to herself, "I need answers for that. What is my other form?"