Magical Girl Outcast

''A lot of people ask me why I made my identity public when so many Magical Girls try to keep their Magical Girl identity and civilians identity separated. The answer for me is that I really do not have a life outside of being a Magical Girl. I have no family and no friends outside of my Magical Girl colleagues.''

''So to me having a secret identity would be a wasted effort, in my opinion. But I understand why so many girls decided to keep their identity secret. It can be exhausting to always be recognised by everyone you see in public and I had to deal with more than a few annoying trespasers and stalkers at my own home.''

''There is also the fact that I really don't give a shit if the News media try to smear my name by digging into my personaly life. I'm here to destroy some alien bitches. I couldn't care less what people think of me.''

Interview with Lucy Meres, also known as fifth ranked Magical Girl, High Noon. -2047

She had always found the stairs to the school's basement creepy. But now descending them knowing that an Unfeeling was waiting at the end of it made the feeling expand tenfold.

[Uh oh.] Rin stop as she heard the worried tone of Lupin.

''What's wrong?'' She asked worriedly.

[There's two more Unfeelings downstair since the last time I checked.]

Rin eyes widened. ''W-what?! How did that happen?'' She whispered harshly.

[I suspect the Unfeeling I felt earlier got it's hands on some victims to drain and they in turned became Unfeelings too. I'm sorry about this but there's a real possibility you might have to kill the Unfeelings of your fellow students.]

Rin hands shook as the implication fully hit her. Sure it's not like she had any actual friends at this school. And most of them had treat her like the school freak. But she didn't know if she could handle killing her own classmates. Even if they were now nothing more than some soulless zombies.

[You might be able to avoid them without having to slay them yourself. After all Emotionless are pretty slow and dumb. But in the end even if you don't kill them yourself someone else will have to do it either way. We can't let any Unfeelings roam around freely.]

She nodded shakily and took her resolve in hands before continuing deeper downstair. Finally she arrived at the end of the stairs and saw...an empty hallway.

For some reason she had expected to be attacked as soon as she arrived in the basement but it seem like the Unfeelings were deeper in. She started advancing as silently as she could. But right as she was about to round a corner Lupine spoke up.

[The Unfeelings are right around here.]

Rin took a deep breath and peaked over the wall. Just as Lupin had predicted there were two Emotionless shambling around the door and moaning uselessly. Rin realised with a start that the two of them were part of the group that had attacked Lupin earlier in the day. The ringleader of the group however was nowhere to be seen.

They were a bunch of bullies and she hated them after what they did to Lupin and after they beat her up. But they didn't deserve this fate. She wouldn't wish turning into an Unfeeling to her worst enemy. She didn't want to kill them but seeing them like this with their eyes devoid of any inteligence made her realise that putting them down would be a mercy.

Taking a breath to calm her nerve she raised her gun and took aim to the head of the Emotionless on the right.

BLAM! BLAM!

The first shot only grazed his ear but the second bullet hit straight between the eyes and the Emotionless crumpled on the ground as the eery purple glow left it's eyes.

The second Emotionless turned around at the sound of gunfire and growl lowly as it shambled toward her.

Rin raise her gun again and shot the undead right in the heart, killing it instantly. She relaxed her shoulder as the two undead turned to ash before her eyes. But then her eyes widen in horror when she heard an angry growl from down the tunnel entrance and saw another Ravenous running straight toward her.

In a panic she raised her gun and fire again and again. Most of the shot missed in her panicked state but a few bullets managed to hit the beast, just not enough to slow it down as it slammed it's weight against Rin and pinned her down to the ground.

This time Rin raised up her arms protectively above her neck as the beast tried to bite down. She winced as the Ravenous bit her arm but to her surprise it hurt nowhere near as much as she expected. She raised her other hand and aimed her pistol against the canine's head.

*Click* *Click*

Her heart sunk as she realised her gun was empty. She had no time to reload with the beast about to tear her skin.

[Your sword, use you sword!] The voice of Lupin urged her.

The gun disappeared inside her ring and she summoned her sword in her hand and stabbed the Ravenous right in the stomach. The monstrous canine yelped in pain and recoiled finally letting Rin's arm free from it's bite. She managed to kick off the Ravenous off of her and swung her sword at it decapitating the beast in the process.

Unfeelings Slayed!

Emotionless x2: 10 points

Ravenous: 10 points

Total Points: 110

Rin stood on her knee and gasp for air at the whole ordeal. She glance down her arm and was surprise to see only a small cut from the bite.

[Your Astral Shift help to strenghten your body to make it more powerful and endurable than that of a regular human. If you had been in your normal form you might have had lost your arm from that bite.]

Rin shuddered at that tought but nodded thankful for the explanation and the protection this form bought her.

''Should I enter the shelter as a Magical Girl or as myself?'' Rin questioned now that the way foward was completely clear.

[You are always yourself whether you are in your civilian form or as a Magical Girl. But to answer your question it would probably be wiser to enter as a civilian. Since you just contracted I fear you may not be able to stay in your Astral Form for more than a hour at a time. And it will take much more than that before you can leave the safety of the shelter. Secondly if people learn there is a Magical Girl arleady in town they may make unreasonable requests out of you. Such as asking to make you look for their lost family members even tought you don't have the experience to help them in this crisis.]

Rin nodded slowly, she didn't like the fact she may be leaving innocent people to their fate. But she knew that even as a Magical Girl there were limits to what she realistically could do. Especially with no experience.

''So...how do I turn back?'' She asked warily.

[You probably have been feeling the flare of power ever since you awoke as a Magical Girl. Try to pin down that power and supress it. That should turn you back into a regular human.]

Rin closed her eyes and picture the well of power she had felt just as Lupin said. She pictured it as a multicolored flame in her heart. She pictured the flame getting smaller and smaller. And somehow with just that it worked. She felt the gentle buzz of power receiding inside herself.

When he opened his eyes he wasn't magical or a girl anymore. He was a bit disappointed about the latter. He had kind of hoped the transformation into a girl would have been permanent at least. But no such luck.

Oh well, he couldn't be too disappointed, after all he was now the Magical Girl he always dreamed of being. Even if his awakening was slightly more...traumatic than he had hoped.

Rin walked through the tunnel a bit on edge. Despite Lupin reassurance that all the Unfeelings here had been dealt with. He still half expected for one to jump up at him from the darkness of the tunnel.

As he went deeper however he saw a red light illuminating the tunnel and as he arrived in front of the Emergence Shelter his heart sunk. There was a glowing red barrier in front of the reinforced door.

He ran up top it and slam his fist against the magic shield. But he arleady knew it was useless. The emergency shield had been activated and it wouldn't go down until the Guardian's Board of Command gave the all clear. He was stuck outside...

Officer Remi day had started wondering the same thing he had ever since he took this job as the school security guard. ''Why did I accept this boring ass job?''

Really what was the point of a security guard watching a school. Everyday he just watched a bunch of tweens coming and leaving the school with nothing noteworthy happening. He did spot a few cases of bullying from time to time that he reported to the principal. But apart from that his job is just spent wathing students and teachers going on the same routine over and over again like some sort of twisted groundhog day.

At least that's how it was until today. Then they received the alarm that an Unfeeling Emergence was happening and suddenly he was well over his head.

His orders were clear in this situation. Only activate the energy shield once every teachers and students are accounted for. The reinforced door was supposed to be solid enough to handle any low level Unfeelings until then.

When they made a headcount later they discovered that three students and a teacher were missing. However many students assured him that all four of them had been killed by the Unfeelings.

He checked the cameras to be sure and saw that the teacher and two third graders had been turned into some sort of fucked up zombies with glowing eyes. The third kid was just a first grader. His body was collapsed on the ground and showed no sign of being alive.

Then by some miracle the kid woke up before any Unfeeling could spot him as an easy meal. But it was too late, the Ravenous once it was done draining the teacher set off on the kids at lightning speed.

The kid tried running away but there was no escaping the canine Unfeeling. Officer Remi could only watch in horror as the monster tore the throat out of the poor kid. Not being able to handle it anymore he closed that screen before emptying his launch in the trash bin.

Once he had recovered from his episode he returned to watch the security cameras. He tensed up when he saw that a Ravenous had came in front of the shelter trying to break the door. It should have been solid enough to keep it out of the shelter. But with every slam and slashes he could hear the door rattling and he grew more and more nervous.

It was early for activating the shield but with everyone either accounted for or dead at this point. He saw no point in delaying it any further. He activate the shield making the Ravenous yelp in pain as it was pushed it out of the way, much to the officer satisfaction.

Five minutes later he would come to regret that decision. He heard the sound of gunshots coming from the surveillance camera audio in front of the shelter door. He checked the camera but it seem like whatever was happening was in one of the school's blind spots. But it sounded like it was happening right in the hallway leading to the shelter.

He saw the Ravenous finally leaving their door and ran toward whoever or whatever was making that sound. A few more gunshots ranged and then silence...

Then out of nowhere the same kid he had seen getting his throat get ripped out step in front of the shelter door. His only sign of injury being a small cut on his arm. ''What the actual fuck?'' Remi muttered in complete disbelief.

He couldn't believe it, how was the kid fucking alive? His heart sunk when he saw the kid trying desperately to slam his hands against the energy shield to no avail. ''I'm so fucking fired.'' He felt guilty as soon as he muttered the words. He just had condemn a kid to death and all he can think about is his worthless job?

Then on one of the camera he spot another Unfeeling. This one would almost look humanoid if it wasn't for it's dull gray fur and the pair of massive claws coming from it's hands. It was coming straight toward where the kid was and Officer Remi could only brace himself to the horror of seeing the same kid die twice.

The kid turned around seeming having heard the uncoming threat. But to his surprise instead of seeing fear on the kid's face he could only see grim determination. The clawed Unfeeling came into view and suddenly Remi's world turned upside down as the kid stared at the monster in front of him and started glowing like a miniature sun.

The boy had suddenly been replaced by a young girl with the same brown hair but it had grown to go down to her shoulders. She was wearing a frilly pink dress and wearing a small pink hair band.

She charged toward the Unfeeling ducking under it's claws as it tried swiping at her and suddenly a sword materalized in her hand. She proceeded to slash the at the clawed monster without mercy cutting the creature in half before it disolved into ash.

The Magical Girl, because what else could it be? Stop in her track and seem to talk to empty air. Her shoulder sagged for a second but then she squared herself up and frowned in determination before moving away from the shelter.

Officer Remi sagged and sunk down his chair. Now things made more sense but were completely ludicrious at the same time. The fact the kid turned into a Magical Girl explain how he had survived his injury. There were many tales about girls surviving injuries that no humans should have been able to live throught by contracting in their death kneel. But at the same time...

''Boys can't learn magic, that's impossible.'' And yet everything he had seen pointed to the contrary. He really felt like he needed a drink right now, too bad there were none to be found.