"Haah, I thought I recognized the whole mad scientist theme," commented the girl, skipping back after the tip of her spear was batted out of the way, "And now the monstergirl just cinches it. You killed the void shade that appeared last week, didn't you?"

Void shade? Monstergirl? This was all total madness to Hikari, who couldn't help but stare in mute shock at the scene unfolding before her. She couldn't even manage to get her legs up under her and run. Now a skimply-dressed zombie girl had hopped out of the giant coffin, and it was all... it was crazy! Super crazy! Why were magical girls real?!

But even as Hikari watched, that feeling rose in her heart again... if magical girls were real, then... could she... maybe...

She was snapped out of her thoughts when something dropped into her vision, obscuring her view of the fight. The tiny brunette stared. In a long, growing string of unbelievable, shocking things, this was just one of them.

It was a girl with feathery wings.

"Ah, I'm so glad I got to you!" she declared, "Listen, things are a little urgent right now so I have to be quick about this... do you want to be a magical girl?!"

Hikari's mouth hung open.

"Eeeeehhh?!"

Meanwhile, the spear-wielding girl leaped back. In the light of the slowly setting sun, she ducked low, suddenly aiming for an upward thrust of her spear against the other girl. There was something somewhat unusual about it, especially since it had been specifically referred to as a needle... but that was all so far that could be used in its potential identification.

However, it couldn't be guaranteed that the spear-wielding magical girl would be the only enemy...

[@Anza]