It was the end of the school day at Miyako's school, as the bell rang its nostalgic [url=https://youtu.be/OuMfyndwARQ]melody[/url] students began to pour through the gates of the house of learning, some of them were making their way home, since they didn't had any after school activities to do. Today Hitomi Sora would be joining them, since the practice session of the kendo club was cancelled thanks to the upcoming national mock exams, that were going to be held in a couple of weeks.

[color=92278f]"Bye!"[/color] Sora said as she waved to a group of friends, before entering an alleyway that she used as a shortcut to get to a sidestreet that followed a small mountain stream that run along a bamboo thicket and would eventually lead straight to her family's old Japanese-style house. She had used that same way ever since she was a gradeschooler and so she felt very confident about traversing the barely lit path all on her own. And if the unspeakable happened she still had her shinai and years of experience on how to use it, so Sora was feeling pretty safe. However, she didn't knew that this evening, things would be different.

Not too far from there...

Miyako walked back home after her first day at her new school, without receiving any further news of the other magical girls. The Contractor that had followed her during the whole day was still hanging around her, walking over the walls of the nearby houses. However, it seemed to have lost its interest in talking and was only following Miyako wordlessly.

Suddenly, Miyako's soulgem throbbed and she felt as if a sharp sting had been introduced in her temples, the clear sign that a Primordial had appeared somewhere very close to her location.

Without saying anything the Contractor dashed away between the buildings, going into the direction from which the magic signal was coming from.

Back to Sora...

Sora was just a few blocks away from home when she heard a giggling sound coming from somewhere behind her. At first the girl though that she was hearing things, the street was desert and it was not impossible that her mind was playing her tricks in the gloomy twilight. Even the most confident person would feel a little off put by the eerie scenery of the rustling bamboo and the quiet flow of the water.

The fact that she saw nothing behind her but still was sure that she heard the giggles made Sora speed up her pace, from a careless walk to a worried jog. It was then that Sora thought that she had seen 'something' move within the shadows of the bamboo thicket. All kinds of images passed through the once composed girl's head [i][color=92278f]"What if it's a stalker? There had been a lot of mysterious disappearances these days."[/color][/i]

Sora picked her cellphone from within her shoolbag [color=92278f]"Perhaps I should call mom and let she know that I going home now."[/color] But before she could flip it open and press the speed dial, another giggle came. This one was close enough to scare the girl out of her boots and she dropped her phone on the stream accidentally.

[color=92278f]"Who... who's there?"[/color] Sora shouted as she picked up her two shinai and looked around but still saw no one.

A second later, the girl's mask of bravery would shatter completely when she heard a loud rattle coming from a place where a few trash cans laid. Sora instantly let go of her bamboo blades and curled into a ball while hugging her knees and crying, all that she could think was [i][color=92278f]"I should have heard mom... I should have heard mom..."[/color][/i] over and over.

She almost jumped at the stream when she felt something caressing her legs gently, if were not for the "Meow!" that she heard a second later, the panicking girl would probably have jumped in the freezing water.

Sora took a few quick breaths before opening her eyes and saying [color=92278f]"Oh gosh, I can't believe that I scared like that by a simple ca...t?"[/color] The light-hearted joke was halted abruptly when the small feline was turned into a bloody cloud by a shadowy girl that wielded a pair of bloodied metal [url=http://www.medievalcollectibles.com/images/Product/large/MC-PK-6315.png]claws[/url].

Sora didn't even knew what had happened, or why it had happened, but her body began to move on its own to save her from the treat. The only problem was that she was running away from her home.

A few seconds later, she saw a small, fluffy and cute creature jumped from one of the nearby fences, as it ran side by side with her it said in a cheery voice [b]"Hitomi Sora, I don't have time to explain all that's happening, but if you want to survive that creature's attack... Make a contract with me and become a Magical Girl!"[/b]

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