Homura Akemi sat in front of the school, back against the bricks. Her dark hair covered her eyes and her face was hurried in her curled knees. Rain fell on the ground and splattered. Drop, drop drop. And then she saw a dark shadow, resembling a cat's build, but with longer ears. An Incubator.

"What's wrong, Homura Akemi? Don't you have things to fight?" Kyubey asked. Homura's head jerked up, her eyes narrowing.

"Leave me alone. You don't understand human emotions. You can't understand loneliness-" Kyubey cut her off.

"Loneliness? Why would want me to leave if you feel... Lonely?" Homura's lips curled into a slight snarl. Kyubey continued. "Just because I cannot feel your emotions doesn't mean I won't listen to them. Maybe I can help?"

Homura sighed, her head tilting upwards and finally landing against the wall behind her. "Well, Madoka isn't here. I don't want to have to restart, though. This was what she wanted." Kyubey's pink eyes lit up.

"I may have forgotten a fact about your time traveling. Did you know that you can sort of 'favorite' a timeline and when you start a new one, you can go back to the 'favorited' ones?"

Homura dropped her legs and raised her soul gem. "So... I could start a new one? Witches and all?"

Kyubey sighed at the mention of witches. "Yes, Homura Akemi."

A flash, and then Homura was dressed as a magical girl. She held up her shield, and Kyubey leaped to hit a button. A heart appeared on the shield. Then, it started turning. Time flew beside her as she walked back to the hospital.