NO MORE OC'S NEEDED! Thank you. Also I'm sorry that the fight got a bit shorter this time. Also, since I'm probably going next week to the sea, the next chapter won't be posted on friday, but earlier.

Entry 08: We Have To Stick Together

"A carousel? Couldn't she get herself something darker?" Yukio commented the barrier.

"And why?" I asked, annoyed.

"She's a Witch. Believe me, it should be something darker here. And I don't like the Christmas motif." said Yukio. I smacked him. "Ouch!"

"We have to find the Witch. There's no time to listen to your complainments." I said and focused on the next door. "Huh?"

"What is it?" asked Yukio as he recovered from the smack.

"Check this out: I have only one wish. Box up that memory." I read.

"Soooo...?" Yukio didn't get it.

"Why should a Witch wish for something like that?" I said and looked at Kyubey. "Where do Witche's come from?"

'Witches are born from curses, while Puella Magi are born from Wishes. You should know that already.' Kyubey replied.

"Yeah, but why should Charlotte and now this Witch, have a wish written on..." I startled as Yukio charged towards me and pushed me sideways. He then clawed the Familiar behind me.

"Thanks." I said.

"Thank me leater, there are more apporaching." replied Yukio. I looked at the doll like Familiars. "Summon Analyzer!"

I stood up as the digital screen appeared.

"Daniyyel & Jennifer. The box witch's minions with the duty of transportation. Anything they touch becomes easy to carry."

"Okay, don't get touched by them, I understood." said Yukio, flexing his claws, he then rushed over to the dolls, who flew upwards. "Huh?"

With a sigh, I pushed him gently sideways. He started to complain.

"Leave 'm to me. You find the door." I said and jumped. "Yami no Kizu!"

"Found it!" Yuri said. She and Stella looked conufsed at Sherrie who crouched. Around her were TV screens.

"Please, stop it." she muttered with her eyes closed.

"Sherrie!" Yuri called out and went to her as she got suddenly blocked by the Witch. On the screen was the image of a girl who looked similar to Yuri, only a bit older.

"No..." Yuri, with a horrified look, stepped backwards. She let her sais fall down. "No, not her..."

Stella noticed that both girls were out of the game and deceided to charge in. However, she noticed a TV screen, showing her in the hospital. She looked away, with an upset expression on her face.

"Yami no Kizu!"

A yell and an explosion woke the three out of their state. They all looked towards the entrance, noticing Kaen, Kyubey and Yukio.

"Watch out!" Stella yelled.

I turned to her, wondering what she meant. Then I noticed a flying TV screen. It showed me the images of my worst moments in my past. The moments when my friends left me, when my parents got divorced, when I became a social outcast...

"Yami no Kizu!" I slashed towards it, but the Witch escaped. "Summon Analyzer!"

I looked at the Witch's image. The image also had a girl head with twintails on the top of the TV.

"H.N. Elly (Kirsten). The box witch with a covetous nature. She is a staunchly reclusive witch. Anything she covets she locks away within glass. The thoughts of her prisoners are laid bare, but one can strike her without thought without problems."

"What does H.N. mean?" asked Yukio.

"The H.N. stands for Handle Name, a term for nick name in Japan. This would mean her true name is Kirsten, while she referrs to herself as Elly." I explained.

'Could you stop talking and kill the Witch?' asked Kyubey.

"Yeah, yeah...wow!" I jumped as a piece of glass smashed at the place where I've been a few seconds ago. It was hailing glass boxes!

"Crime Ballet!" The girl with spikes instead her feet jumped and smashed the glass which came towards me.

"Thanks." I said. She nodded and looked at the Witch.

"Sakkaku!" I summoned purple ribbons which restrained the Witch. I jumped high and with one neat slash, I cut her apart. It fell down and smashed, revelating a bloody shadow.

Suddenly the lights on the Christmas tree and merry-go-round shorted out and there was a 'basssh!' sound to hear.

"Guess that's it." I said as I walked towards the body. It dissapeared and a Grief Seed, which looked a bit like the TV screen of the Witch, with a wing on the top, appeared. I picked it up and looked at the other three.

"Are you alright?" I asked. The other girl and Yuri nodded, while Sherrie just frowned. She walked away as the barrier dissolved. I walked towards the former two as we de-transformed. We found ourselves on the other side of the parking lot.

"Hi, I'm Shirohane Kaen." I told the girl.

"Kiragaya Stella." she said with a warm smile.

"I'm Asami Yuri." Yuri, who was still a bit shocked, introduced herself. Stella nodded.

"Sheesh, this was a battle." commented Yukio, who crossed his arms behind his head and walked towards us, with Kyubey on his shoulder.

'Yes, but she got the Grief Seed. That's all what matters.' said Kyubey. I frowned as I looked at Kyubey.

"Speaking of that. May I see your Soul Gems?" I looked at the two. The two looked confused, but they still showed me their Soul Gems. While Stella's was still bright, Yuri's was really dark. My Soul Gem was the brightest.

"Here, you need it more then I do." I said and gave Yuri the Soul Gem. She seemed to be surprised, but still accepted it and cleared her Soul Gem with it. Now her's was a lot shinier then mine or Stella's. She gave the Grief Seed to Kyubey.

"Thanks." said Yuri, with a smile on her face.

"I guess we have to stick together as Puella Magis." I said and looked at Stella. She simply nodded and smiled.

Sherrie looked at Charlottes Grief Seed which was now full of the 'dirt' which had acumulated in her Soul Gem. She was surprised of how so many darkness was there. Then she simply throwed it away, since it was now useless. Kyubey, who was hidden in the shadows, picked it up. For him, it was more then useless.

"And that's my story. What about you two?" I asked after finnaly telling both Yuri and Stella what my problem was. Both were surprised and glanced over to Yukio, who was lying on the couch. We were at my apartment, sitting around the coffe table and having some tea.

"So what?" Yukio rudely replied.

"Well, now I'm not surprised that you could resist Elly." said Yuri.

"I didn't need a Witch to get myself reminded on my past. I have him for that." I pointed at Yukio, who shot me a glare. I stuck out my tounge. He simply looked away (probably trying to save his dignity or hatching a revenge plan - speaking of a revenge plan, he still cannot hurt me). "So, what about you two? Stella, I saw you being in a hospital. What happened?"

Stella lowered her head. She seemed to be very shy.

"I love ballet. However one day, while I trained, suddenly, the ceiling gave up and it crushed by right leg. I was forced to countinue to live bounded to a wheelchair, until Kyubey approached me. I wished I could walk again and began my life as a Puella Magi." said Stella.

"You must be now thrilled that you can walk again." I said. Stella simply nodded. I turned to Yuri. "And what about you? There was a girl on of the TV-screen, and she looked similar to you."

"I..." Yuri bit her lip."I can't tell you."

"But, Yuri..."

"Listen, I still can't tell you anything. It's too painful for me to remember it." said Yuri harshly.

"You'll have to let it go. Tell us what happened." said Stella calmly, with an indifferent expression.

"Stella's right. Maybe we can help you." I added.

"I wish you could. But you can't." said Yuri and sighed. "My family belongs to a ninja clan. My house is outside the town, BTW. I and my older sister Saya trained to become kunoichis, female ninjas. Saya was always better then me I was dissapointed by my abilities. However, once Kyubey apporached me, I made a wish to become a better kunoichi then Saya. That was my biggest mistake." She lowered her head. "I became better, but Saya... She was jelaous at me. I was quite popular and had other hobbies, while she only had her trainings. She was a passionate kunoichi. She trained, day by day, but she never became better then me, despite the fact she's older and was obvious more skilled then me. I never realized that those trainings were her life." Yuri closed her eyes as she remembered something painful. "One night she apporached me and told me she is going and will never return. I was sleepy and wasn't aware what she meant. The next day I found out the commited suicide by throwing herself from a bridge." Yuri started to tear. "I-I...I let her kill herself! I killed my sister!"

She yelped and cried. Stella took her hand, trying to calm her down with her mere presence. Even the ignorant Yukio had a worried expression on his face as he looked at Yuri. He then frowned. Yuri bit her lip.

"Calm down." Stella whispered.

"It's not your fault." I added. Yuri countined.

"I leater saw her...s-she had a-a Witch's Kiss. I-I swore to f-find that W-witch and k-kill it." she gulped. "I n-never found her. T-the Witch."

She again broke down in tears. I and Stella tried to comfort her.

'Everything will be alright. I promise. We'll find that Witch and kill it.' I said telepathicaly. 'It's a promise and I'll keep it.'

A girl, about 13 years old looked at the old house which was abanoded for years. She felt something, coming from the garden.

'Asuna, there's a Witch.' said Kyubey who was sitting next to her.

"I know, I know." Kayama Asuna muttered.

She had long lose caramel hair and green eyes. She wore a white blazer and a red skirt. She extended her hand on which was a ring with a golden gem. On the nail of her middle finger was a little tattoo of a golden tear drop. The rings shined and her Soul Gem appeared. It was completely golden, with a tear drop mark on the top and them bottom.

She then entered the portal that appeared in front of her. Surprisingly, she immediantly got into the Witch Lair. It looked like a sort of garden but has black-white check walls and floor and Asuna noticed a note on which stood Margot Garden. The place was pretty much twisted. There were also some rose bushes. She transformed into her Puella Magi form as she saw the Familiars apporoaching.

Now she wore a white ball dress with red lines and her hair was bounded into a pony tail. In her hand appeared a fencing blade.

"En garde!" She lift her fencing blade and took her battle position. Her Soul Gem took the form of a golden tear drop on her necklace. The blob-shaped creatures with hats rushed at her. However she cut them apart with precise swings.

Suddenly, she became slower and slower, much to her surprise. She now struggeled with fighting off the Familiars. She looked at Margot. The Witch looked like a long, towering creature mostly composed of female torsos. She wore a hat with an eyeball perched on it, and was armed with two long scythes. Also, somehow, she slowed Asuna down.

Asuna simply smiled and glew. She then speeded up towards the Witch, avoiding Margot's scythes. However, one caught her off guard and cut her torso. Asuna withdrawed, healing quickly her wound. She then frowned as she looked at the Witch.

She runned towards Margot, avoiding the Familiars who came into her way. She then jumped, making her fence larger and cutting off the scythes.

Then she twirled and jumped at Margot, cutting through her torso. The Witch cried out loud but soon, nothing was left from her.

Except the Grief Seed.