Memories of a Past Life

Chapter 1

"Hey Homura?"

"Yeah?" Homura looked up from her lunch curiously.

"Have you ever thought of taking someone back in time with you?" Madoka asked idly, not looking up from her own lunch.

Homura frowned in confusion.

It had been a few days since Mami and Kyoko died, and Sayaka became a Witch, and almost a week since she told everyone she was a time traveller.

"If you took someone back to before they contracted, what do you think would happen?" Madoka pondered.

"What you'd expect, I suppose." Homura answered, watching Madoka steal food from her lunch.

Madoka put it in her mouth, lost in thought, then perked up.

"That tastes really good!" she cried.

Homura smiled at the compliment, but her face fell when she realised Madoka was crying.

"When you're... alive to eat it." Madoka mumbled.

"Miss Kaname?" Homura asked softly.

Madoka shook her head and dried her eyes.

"Mami told me once food tastes better with other people," Madoka explained. "So what if you went back to before she contracted?"

Homura stared at Madoka for a moment. "Are you... asking me to take you back in time with me?"

"Mami became a Magical Girl first, so if you prevented her from contracting..." Madoka trailed off, ignoring the question.

Homura realised then that by 'you' Madoka really meant 'we', and heaved a sigh.

"What if I fail though?" she asked, adding emphasis so Madoka knew she'd been caught. "And what about Walpurgis? I can't fight it alone."

Madoka bit her lip, looking guilty at being found out.

"I don't know... but I want to go with you." she admitted.

"I'll... think about it." Homura sighed in defeat, knowing she couldn't say no.

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"You really plan to bring her with you?" If he had emotions, Kyubey would've been deeply shocked right now.

"Maybe, I can't fight Walpurgis alone though, and she wants to go back and prevent everyone from contracting." Homura explained, then paused. "Is that even possible?"

Kyubey blinked. "To prevent their contracts?"

Homura shook her head. "To go back that far, I wished to go back a month, but Miss Kaname wants to go back two years."

"What did you say when you contracted?" Kyubey asked.

"I want to redo my first meeting with Miss Kaname," Homura relayed.

"You didn't say how far," Kyubey pointed out.

"But what if I try to go back two years and only go back a month?" Homura asked worriedly.

"It's your power, only you know how it works." Kyubey stated.

Homura heaved a sigh. "Do I even have a chance of going back that far?"

"Homura Akemi, that power is yours, born from your wish, if you desired it, you could go back to the very beginning of time."

Homura blinked in surprise. "I hold that much power?"

"Yes."

Homura stared at Kyubey in awe.

Kyubey tilted his head. "Shouldn't you be going? If you leave now, Walpurgisnacht won't happen."