Entry 05: It's my burden

I was writing in my note block, not really listening to what the teacher said. Maths actually never really interested me. I was thinking about my powers. I knew I had defensive powers, that I was very swift and had a cool finisher attack. Also, that I could fight in close combats which would be a disadvantage in fights with Witches to whom I couldn't get close enough. I thought about Yuri's attack. Seeing her shoting multiple sais was pretty cool. I also wanted such attack.

Soon, it rung. It was lunch time, and after I picked my plate, I went to the table which was in the corner. Most students avoided it since there was a non-written rule that that table was for losers and outcasts. And I was the queen of the outcasts coz I was again sitting alone. I slowly ate my lunch, glancing towards the 'popular table'. There, there were sitting the most popular students of our school. With Reika on the head. She was making the others laughing, a few times gesturing towards me. I frowned.

'Should I do something to make her shut up? Like, make her choke on her juice.'

I was the one who almost choked on my juice as I suddenly heared Yukio's voice in my head. I coughed so heavily that I couldn't stop. Finnaly, someone slapped my back.

"Easy there." said a familiar voice. I turned to the person, realizing it was Yuri. "Are you alright?"

"I guess so..." I said and breathed deeply.

'Sorry.' I heared Yukio's voice again, though I knew he didn't feel sorry at all.

"I'll be fine." I said. She nodded and then walked away. "Wait."

"What is it?" she asked.

"Want to join me?" I asked, taping the seat next to me.

"No, I can't." she said.

"Why?" I asked with a sad tone in my voice.

"I...just think it'll be better for you that I avoid you." said Yuri.

"Why?" I asked.

"Ow, stop asking questions like a little kid. I can't tell you why, but be sure, you're not the reason. It's just..." she trailed off and bit her lip. She then walked away.

I sighed, and noticed that Reika was again whispering something to her comrades. They pointed at me and laughed. I frowned, looking at her. I clenched my fists, imaging how funny it would be if she'd get a big, no, huge red fat pimple on her face. Or even better, that her face get's covered by ugly pimples. Then I would be the one last laughing.

Suddenly, I heared a scream. It turned out to be Reika, whose face got covered in big, fat, ugly pimples. I looked confused at my breclet SG, which shone. I noticed that Reika's friends were doing their best to not laugh, or scream or whatever. Reika teared and runned away.

'Yukio?'

'Mmmm, 'sup?'

'Were you the one who'd done that?'

'What?'

'Nothing.'

I knew he wasn't the one who made Reika's face looking like a nut filled chocolate. A red-yellow one. I followed Reika to the girls bathroom. I saw her crying in front of the mirror.

"What happened to me?" she asked herself. I felt, despite hating her, pity for her. My SG stopped glowing and the pimples suddenly vanished. I looked at it, slowly realizing that I was able to create illusions.

Cool!

I deceided to try it one more time. Now, Reika saw in the mirror a red, many-eyed monster biting her head off. She screamed in fear and rushed out of the bathroom while I bursted into laughter.

Maybe it wasn't that bad that I've become a Puella Magi.

After school finished, I walked to the tree near the entrance to the school. Yukio was already waiting for me. Despite the fact that we actually loathed each other, I slowly started to tolerate his presence, as he was the only one, besides Kyubey and Yuri, to whom I could talk freely. And, despite the fact I hate to admit it, he was damn cute for a demon. He was definetly a girls' magnet, being clothed in a black T-shirt, jacket, jeans and trainers, which gave him a mysterious appearance.

"You seem to be happy about something. What did you do?" he asked.

"I just discovered that, besides being able to communicate telepathicaly with you, I can create illusions." I replied and started to whistle innocently. He grined deviously.

"Lemme guess. You used it to get revenge on someone." he said. I rolled with my eyes, but gave a smile. He messed my hair. "That's my girl."

"Ow, stop it." I shook my head. "I just tested my powers."

"Yeah, right." he said sarcastically.

Yuri sighed as she looked at the hospital. Despite the fact she could stand Kaen, and the fact she actually saved her, she knew she couldn't let Kaen deeper into her life. Not after what she did. Yuri had chosen on her own to live as an anti-social, for the sake of the people around her. She couldn't tell Kaen her dark secret.

'It's my burden. It will always be.'

With these dark thoughts, she didn't notice she passed a Grief Seed which was pinned on the wall of the building. The Greif Seed a few dots and it looked like a candy inside. On the top was a strawberry. It got activated, engulfing the surprised Yuri. She soon transformed facing the Familiars. She noticed she was inside of a hospital like barrier, with twisted nurses blocking her way towards the door to the next room. She smiled slily as she attacked them.

'Kaen, a Witch Barrier appeared!' I heared Kyubey's voice while on my way back from school.

"What? Where?" I asked.

'I'll show you. Yuri is inside.' said Kyubey as we followed him.

We soon came to a hospital and I rose my hand to open the portal. Before we entered it, I noticed some writings on the wall. They said: It's really a delicious cheese cake. My dying mother wanted to eat it, but maybe I should have cured her disease instead. However, that surely wasn't possible. I wondered what it meant. The portal's emblem had the form of a sort of puppet.

As we entered it, I immediantly transformed and the battle begun.

Standing the top of the hospital, Sherrie looked down at the boy, girl and Kyubey who entered the Witch's Maze. She wore now brown shorts, black knee socks with black shoes and a dark orange hoodie opened revealing a brown tank top.

"I wonder how long they'll stay alive. Well, maybe I should time it." she smiled deviously, while holding her Soul Gem which was in his egg form. It was golden-orange and had spiral gold trimmings with a sword design on the top and bottom.

I gave a yell as I cut apart the nurse Familiar. We entered a new room, where a sign was, on which stood: Ich liebe Käse. Ich will nur Käse. Es gibt nirgends den Käse. (I love cheese. I want only cheese. There is no cheese anywhere.) That Witch must sure be crazy after cheese.

We encountered new Familiars which looked like black-white mice like creatures with strange caps.

"Summon analyzer!" I said as the gem on my forehead glew.

"Pyotr. Type: Dessert witch's minion. His duty is to search for cheese. However, one shouldn't expect much from him."

I smiled. The Witch had probably lousy minions. I and Yukio simply cut them apart without much effort. However, there were too many of them. Maybe they weren't strong, but they were great in number.

"Wait, it said they're searching for cheese, right?" asked Yukio after he teared one of the minions apart. I nodded. "Why don't you use then your illusion powers?"

I slapped myself in the forehead for not being the one with that idea. I concentrated on cheese.

"Sakkaku!"

Then it appeared. A huge piece of cheese. The minions went right to it, leaving us alone.

'Now let's move on.' Kyubey hurried us.

Yuri entered the last room. It was filled with candies of every sort and she noticed a high table and chairs, set for a tea-party. On the top of the chair was a doll like creature with a head shaped like a candy wrap.

"That's the Witch." Yuri muttered. She created a huge sai and cut the chair apart, kicking away the Witch. She then summoned a red thunder which hit it. The Witch fell down.

Yuri let an another sai emerge in her hand and prepeared for the last blow. However, suddenly out of the Witch's body emerged a huge black caterpillar like creature with a clown face. Yuri froze, staring at the sharp teeth.

She knew she'll die.