Well this was a very quick update...
Madoka finally gets her own chapter. Here you guys have it.
MADOKA MAGICA
Today is the day that Mami Tomoe dies... That's a bit inaccurate... Today is the day she will encounter the witch of sweets, and she is likely to be killed in that encounter.
In every time line she faces the witch of sweets on this day I have watched her fall. Granted, there are iterations in which she survives but they are few and far between. There are too many variables to ensure she survives the battle.
Which is why I will silence the witch before she arrives. In previous time lines, that action achieved the highest rate of success, though there are times in which that tactic still failed.
Still, I have the best chances by doing this...
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Sterile air assaulted Madoka Kaname's nose as she sat in the uncomfortable hospital waiting room chair.
She had accompanied Sayaka Miki on her visit to her childhood friend and long time crush, Kyousuke Kamijou.
He got into an accident and injured his left arm. Ever since then, Sayaka had been visiting the boy at Mitakihara General Hospital. She would sometimes ask Madoka to go with her on these visits. She would always say yes.
So the pinkette sat, waiting for the smitten girl who was her friend to return from her crush's room. She didn't wait long. A blue head of hair emerged from the stream of people entering and exiting the waiting room. It was Sayaka, looking notably glum.
"Sayaka, you're back... So soon?" Madoka commented. The bluenette had only been gone for five minutes, Usually her visits lasted closer to fifteen minutes. Added to the fact that she was obviously upset, something must have happened.
"He's being tested on today" Sayaka sighed. "I'm not allowed to see him"
Madoka didn't like seeing her best friend so down. In an attempt to cheer her up, the pinkette smiled encouragingly. "Hey. Maybe these tests mean that, sometime soon, you won't have to visit him at this hospital anymore."
"It would take a miracle for that to happen" Sayaka smiled sadly. "A miracle... or a tragedy..."
An image of Sayaka crying over a grave marked with Kyousuke's name flashed upon Madoka's mind. "No" She said, shaking her head. "No, don't think that way. Miracles exist. We have first hand proof of that. Look on the bright side, Sayaka"
The bluenette nodded. With a deep sigh, her smile grew happier. "You're right. Think positive." She began walking towards the exit. "C'mon, let's go."
Madoka smiled. She was happy that she managed to cheer her up. "Okay." She moved to follow her out
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"Transfer student..."
Not far from the hospital entrance, Sayaka had stopped dead in her tracks, causing Madoka to bump into her. This prompted her to ask why she'd stop. She got her answer as soon as she uttered the question.
Right in front of them stood the mysterious transfer studen, Homura Akemi. The girl with what was, in Madoka's opinion, the most beautiful hair in the school, the girl whose cold gaze cut like a knife, the girl whose eyes shone in purple light, yet held such dark sadness that mesmerized Madoka.
However, those said eyes were looking at something else. The pinkette followed that gaze to the grief seed embedded into the hospital wall - a black sphere that seemed to absorb any light that touched it was driven through the concrete by the needle that pierced through it's center. The darkness that surrounded it seemed to be spreading.
"That... That's..." Sayaka's words were caught in her throat. She couldn't finish what she was going to say but she didn't need to. They all knew.
"A grief seed, yes. A witch will manifest itself in this area" Homura stated. "I suggest you two get as far away from here as possible."
"Here... of all places..." The bluenette's voice was shaky. Her face was anxious and desperate. "Akemi... Promise me... promise... me..."
"Rest assured, this witch will not harm the Kamijou boy nor any of the other people in this area." The raven haired girl's confidence was impressive. "I will slay it. There will be no collateral damage" Her conviction made it sound like it wasn't a promise. No. It was a statement of fact.
Sayaka said nothing and simply walked forward. She passed the magical girl and didn't look back.
Madoka moved to follow but just as she passed Homura, she turned back to face her.
"Good luck, Homura."
It was meant as encouragement but upon hearing the pinkette's words, an aura of anguish seemed to radiate from the raven haired girl. Madoka was taken aback by the emotions she sensed under the girl's stoic expression.
Suppressing her worry, the pinkette nodded and walked away. She knew fretting over Homura wouldn't help. She doubted if her attempts of encouragement even made a difference.
Then, as she walked away, she heard the stoic's response. It was barely a whisper.
"Thank you..."
She felt genuine gratitude from the girl. It was forced - pained, even - but it was gratitude all the same. Madoka smiled as she left her.
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By the time Madoka had caught up to Sayaka, they were already ways away from the hospital.
"Do you think Akemi will be able to kill it...?" Sayaka asked, keeping her head down.
"I don't know" Madoka said bluntly. "We've only ever seen Mami in action. She DID say Homura was just capable and experienced as she was, if not more." She added
The bluenette nodded. "Yeah, Mami seems to trust her..." Her brow furrowed. "Why, though? What could she have done to get Mami to trust her? I mean, they don't seem to have known each other for that long, so..."
She suddenly stopped walking. When Madoka realized she had passed her friend, she stopped as well and turned around to face her.
"I just noticed..." Sayaka began, a look of realization on her face. "Niether of them seem fond of Kyubey." She noted. "He's a bit creepy, but I can't think of a reason to hate him. Why do they?"
"It's simple, Sayaka Miki"
The girls jumped. From behind Madoka was the white creature known as Kyubey. It's face was just as they remembered it - wide eyed and completely emotionless.
"Good afternoon, Madoka Kaname and Sayaka Miki" The creature greeted. It walked forward and jumped onto the shoulder of the closest girl to it, Madoka. "As I was saying, the reason they hate me is simple..." It continued. "The knowledge you received in regards to the nature of magical girls is much more extensive than what they received before they contracted. There are pieces of information that was not told to them."
"Like what...?" Sayaka sounded apprehensive about finding out. Madoka was likewise unsure on whether or not she wanted to know.
"The creation of soul gems." Kyubey answered. "The process in which their souls are taken from them and turned into jewels were not told to them."
Sayaka frowned. "You don't tell them about that?" She asked angrily. "Well, not wonder they hate you. Only an asshole would do something like that!"
The creature tilted its head "I do not see how a part of the human digestive track could withhold information..." It stated in confusion. "... Oh, I see. You were insulting me."
Both Madoka and Sayaka sweat dropped. Neither of them expected that reaction from what the bluenette said.
"Y-yeah... I was insulting you..." Sayaka repeated awkwardly. She sighed and started walking again. "So, why DIDN'T you tell them, anyway?"
Madoka began walking as well. Once the two were side by side, Kyubey jumped over to the shoulder of the other girl.
"Beforehand knowledge of the price of becoming a magical girl has lead to... difficulty in contracting many potential magical girls." The animal said. "I have since learned not to inform them of the less favorable details."
Sayaka's scowl grew sourer. "If they wanted a miracle, I'm sure they'd give anything for that to happen, even their soul." She argued. "You should tell them"
"Your assumptions on what these potential contractors will do is more likely than mine as you are human and I am not." Kyubey stated. "However, years upon years of observation have made it quite clear to me and others of my kind that many of these potential magical girls believe that their soul is worth more than the miracle they are exchanging it for and will not contract when they have prior knowledge of the exchange."
"But still, keeping the truth from them..."
"I am simply doing the task that I was assigned to do. I do not make the rules, I only follow them." The creature said with finality.
And so ended their conversation. Sayaka still had more she wanted to say but she didn't feel like it would make a difference. Madoka felt sorry for her. She knew the bluenette had a wish and was struggling to come to terms with it. Still, she said nothing on the matter.
The three continued walking in silence.
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"Hey... Sayaka" Madoka said nervously. "Don't you think we've been walking in a straight line for a long time?"
Sayaka blinked. "You're right. We should have reached the station by now..."
"Oh dear..." Kyubey said. "It seems we have walked into a witch's labyrinth."
At that exact moment, the empty street they were walking through for the past fifteen minutes turned topsy turvy
The dreamscape was a dark cavern with a faint ambient glow of orange. There was no floor. Instead, an endless abyss of darkness spanned below them. Rising from the depths of the abyss were giant pillars in the shape of knitting needles. Pairs of cables running parallel to each other connected these pillars. A strange fabric was weaved between these cables, making a bridge between every pillar. The three of them were standing on one such bridge.
"Oh no..." Sayaka breathed. "We're dead..." she lamented
Kyubey, however. "Do not fear, Sayaka Miki. It seems this witch is occupied at the moment. All of its familiars are either dead or busy fighting a magical girl" It closed its eyes for a moment before opening them again. "The magical girl appears to be Mami Tomoe."
"Mami's here?" Madoka asked hopefully
"Apparently. Shall we go to her?"
The two nodded. Kyubey jumped off of Sayaka's shoulder and began leading them to the yellow clad magical girl.
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I hope you enjoyed. It seems I've got a lot of inspiration for this story lately so expect another chapter soon. If it doesn't come out soon, well, that just means that inspiration probably got lost again.