Puella Magi Makayla Magica

Chapter 18 Revelations

Summer pinches the sheet of paper from Makayla's hand and frowns.

"Where even is this place?" She asks.

"It's in Manly," Sayaka says. "That's where the address is, though I've never heard of this place."

"That's because it's most likely an uwasa," Isabella says. "I mean, do you know any other places like the Silent Codex?"

"The Jinxed Café ." Makayla jokes. No one really understands, especially since they weren't with her at the Jinxed Café. "Don't worry about it," Makayla says, shyly

"Should we go?" Amelia asks.

"I don't like it," Mia says. "This is sketchy as hell."

"If they're willing to talk, we should at least hear them out," Isabella says. "At the very least we can gain some insight into their ideology." Makayla thinks Isabella is incredibly smart for using big words like that. Sure, she knows what they mean but it's not like she uses them in her normal dialect. "Let's go. We've got to be there in an hour and we want to make a good impression." Isabella opens the door and all that can be heard is the sound of rain until she closes the door. "Maybe we can wait until it dies down." They wait for about half an hour but the rain does not, in fact, die down.

The group walk outside into the heavy rain, their hair already soaked. None of them had the forethought to buy umbrellas so in order to not get any more soaked, they run from cover to cover. If it was possible to get even more wet, they weren't about to find out. They travel along the streets and catch a ferry across to Manly before once again, moving from cover to cover down more streets to find the Silent Codex. It turned out to be pretty easy to find as it is the only abandoned building around. When they enter, the group find themselves in a massive library. The shelves reach thirty metres high and practically touch the ceiling and all are filled with books. The group can't help but stare at all of the books. Makayla spots a Book that catches her interest and takes it out, the title reading, 'A Brief History of the First World War.' Makayla flicks through it until she comes across a passage that catches her eye. It's about Gallipoli which states that Australians fought their way to the evacuation after the Ottomans surrounded them. Wait, no history class that Makayla has attended suggests this was the case. As far as she can remember, Australian soldiers evacuated in the dead of night while the Ottomans had no knowledge of this. That Australians suffered no casualties from this, nor were they ever surrounded unless the sea counts as the enemy. So, why was this different from what she had learnt?

"Ah, you're early." A voice says. The group turn to see a girl in a black cloak. A black feather. "Come. They will meet you here." The black feather turns around and walks off, expecting the group to follow her, which they do. They follow the black feather into a much smaller room, and there are shelves on every wall that it seems like they could make up the walls. There is a very long couch and a large coffee table in front of it. One by one, the girls sit on the couch as the black feather leaves. There is a noticeable projector hanging just above them and pointing at the wall in front of them, the only place where there aren't any bookshelves.

"What do you think of this?" Isabella asks.

"I don't know. This place seems to have books filled with inaccuracies," Sayaka replied. "One of them stated that Sydney was an entire rumour."

"I found a book about magical girls." Summer said. The others lean in, intrigued as to what she has to say. "Considering all of the inaccuracies in other books, I'm not sure how true this is, but there was a part on witches where-"

"Oh, don't go spilling all our secrets." A voice behind them said. The group turn around to see a girl with short, pink hair wearing a grey, feathery cloak. Not unlike the ones the black and white feathers wear. She walks around the couch to the front of the room and stands in front of the projector.