Twilight opened her eyes to the soothing color of navy blue. She lay there for a moment on the carpet, simply gazing at the ceiling with tired eyes, but she figured that Kyubey probably had more information for her and she'd rather not keep it waiting. However, when she did finally manage to sit up, it was nowhere in sight.
Perhaps that's what it did- made contracts with girls and then just left them to figure everything else out on their own, but that sounded highly unlikely. It had to at least guide them, correct? Calm down, Twilight. You're acting like you're the only magical girl I have to attend to.
Chills ran down her spine, mainly due to the thought intrusion. Kyubey, is this some form of telepathy?
Mhm, it replied, I'm not too far away from you, so I'm able to communicate with you like this. I wouldn't suggest trying to go for a witch hunt on your own just yet, so wait for me. If your soul gem begins to glow and I'm not around, ignore it. I'm sure Dash will pick it up.
Dash? Twilight was at the height of her curiosity. Who was Dash, and what would she pick up that Twilight couldn't? What did the glowing of a soul gem even mean and how important was it?
Yes. She's the magical girl that resides in your territory, though she's a bit older than you, so I could see how the two of you aren't acquainted. Be careful not to cross her just yet. I-I'll explain when I get back, just sit tight. Do whatever you'd normally do for now.
She sighed and slowly rose to her feet, feeling a pounding sensation in the back of her head as she did, causing her to lean against the wall to keep from stumbling back over. Her hand instinctively shot to her forehead, no fever, just the throbbing pain. Most likely a temporary side effect of making my... contract... Her hand then moved from her forehead to her pockets in alarm, searching for the navy blue gem she'd remember seeing and grabbing onto just before she'd lost consciousness.
Kyubey, she thought before she could help herself, panic surging through her. The gem was formed when the contract was made, thus it served as some sort of symbol. It was important, and Twilight at least knew that much, where's my soul gem?
It took a moment to respond, but it did sure enough. It's in the form of a star, on a silver chain around your neck. They're easier to keep track of that way. Her hand shot up to her neck as it spoke, confirming that the gem was there, around her neck. She sighed in relief and simply stood there, leaning against the wall.
She didn't exactly know what to do. On a typical Sunday, Twilight would study or read one of the books on her lineup for the day. However, whenever she attempted to focus her brain on much of anything, they were there again. Those girls... She made her wish to protect them, didn't she? So what got accomplished by sitting around and waiting for Kyubey?
Of course, the logical side of her brain jumped in to stop her from doing anything rash. What was the point of getting killed trying to fight recklessly on her own? The only thing she could do was stand there and gaze up at the ceiling, hoping that Kyubey would wrap up whatever business it had so it could come help her.
She hated feeling so useless.
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"You what?" Her voice was anything but pleased. This had been Dash's territory for about two years now, and she wasn't about to let some new magical girl waltz in and steal her city, not if she could help it. "What'd she even wish for?"
"That's classified," Kyubey had to leap up off of the garbage can it was positioned on to avoid a bat to the face from Dash, "you know I can't tell the wishes of magical girls. Besides, you don't fight the familiars anyway, so she could take care of those for you."
"She won't be taking care of anything in my territory." She held her cyan soul gem in her hand, examining it. "A bit dull. I'll have to take care of that later." Dash turned away from Kyubey and began walking.
"She hasn't even transformed once yet. Isn't this extremely unfair?"
Dash scoffed, not bothering to turn back to it when she replied, "Fair my ass! Am I just supposed to wait until she nabs a witch right from under my nose? I don't think so. Besides, what better experience could a new magical girl need than an ass-whooping from another magical girl?"
Kyubey sighed, knowing it wasn't allowed to talk Dash out of picking a fight, and simply began following her. It could at least give Twilight some advice, if this fight was inevitable. She made her wish to protect you and you're fighting her- hm. Another thing about humans I'll never understand.
Twilight, its telepathy called out to her, think you can fight? Well, you have to, really.
What? if she'd been actually speaking instead of thinking, her tone of voice would definitely be distressed. What do you mean I have to fight? I thought you said my soul gem would glow when a witch or whatever was nearby.
Well, yes, Kyubey trailed just slightly behind Dash, making sure not to let her in on the telepathy channel, but the magical girl that has resided in your territory isn't too happy about another magical girl being here.
No reply. Kyubey mentally sighed and evened its pace with Dash then, sensing some type of deep emotion in her eyes.
I can't let another magical girl in my territory. Not after... not after what happened with her.
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Twilight had moved from her position leaning against the navy blue wall of Shining's room to standing in her front yard, the cool breeze of night not doing anything to ease her sweaty palms and racing mind. Hold on... night? How long was I even out for?
She shook her head and decided it best not to think about it, or think about much of anything at the moment, besides the fact that there was a magical girl in this town with a lot more experience than she had that wanted her terminated. Her eyes trailed to the sky, searching for some sort of long-lost comfort in the stars. She found none, of course, besides longing to learn how to fly and escape before 'Dash' showed up to fight her.
After a few minutes, or at least it was probably a few minutes- it felt like mere seconds in Twilight's panicked state, the two of them arrived. Kyubey padded in first, sitting at Twilight's side, when Dash jumped in. She landed mere feet away from Twilight. Hold on a moment... The cyan blue necklace, the magenta eyes, the rainbow hair...
That's one of the girls from my dream!