It was snowing very hard in Ponyville that day. Rarity was very bored, sitting inside the boutique. She had no orders that day, and couldn't go out because of the snow.
I know, she thought to herself. I've been meaning to continue that anime that Pinkie Pie recommended to me! So, Rarity walked towards the television and picked up the remote with her magic. She sat down on her couch, and turned on Hoofflix.
"Now, let's see... what was it called again? Mare-doka Magica?" She quickly found what she was looking for, and began the third episode.
The episode began with Sayaka visiting Kyousuke. Rarity didn't find that part particularly interesting, so she didn't pay much attention until the opening theme.
"Oh, those outfits are just lovely," Rarity commented under her breath. "Perhaps I could convince Sweetie Belle or one of her friends to wear a similar one for Halloween..."
After the theme song, it showed Mami defeating another witch with her giant gun with Madoka and Sayaka watching. Sayaka thought it was awesome, and Mami reminded her that the work of a Puella Magi is very dangerous.
"Honestly," Rarity scoffed. "Those 'witches' look awful! It doesn't surprise me that they're the villains."
The scene continued as a conversation about how a familiar could become a witch, and how you have to kill the familiars who act apart from the witches. Then there was a bit of Mami's backstory; namely how she became a Puella Magi. Then Sayaka asked what would happen if she used her Puella Magi wish for somebody else.
"Oh, come on," Rarity muttered, rolling her eyes. "She's obviously taking about Kyousuke. She's such a... what did Pinkie call it? Tsundere?"
Other things happened in that episode; Madoka having a conversation with her dad about her mom, an argument between Mami and Homura, and eventually Sayaka and Kyubey entering a witch's labyrinth, with Madoka and Mami close behind.
"I wonder when Madoka and Sayaka will become Puella Magi," Rarity wondered aloud. "I mean, we saw them in the opening." (Little did she know that Madoka wouldn't become a Puella Magi until the last episode.)
After running into Homura and trapping her so she wouldn't interfere, the three girls found the witch in the labyrinth.
The fight seemed to be going in Mami's favor, until...
"Pinkie, why did you recommend this anime to me again?" Rarity demanded. She'd decided to visit Sugarcube Corner after stopping the episode before it ended.
"Well, I thought you'd like it," Pinkie replied shrugging. "Why didn't you like it? What episode are you on?"
"I almost got to the end of episode three," Rarity muttered, shuddering at the still vivid memory.
"Oh, that episode isn't all that bad!" Pinkie cried. "I mean, the witch was obviously hungry for curly fries!"
Rarity blinked. "Curly fries?"
"Curly fries!" Pinkie Pie asserted.
Rarity walked out of Sugarcube Corner without another word.