"Brocken? Never heard of it."said Kyoko.

"Me either."admitted Mami. "But this is no time to think about food. We have to get to the top of the mountain. I feel a sense of urgency."

"Me, too."admitted Kyoko, as they continued on.

"I should never have tried to persuade Sayaka and Madoka to make a contract at all."

She remembered Homura had told her how she could wish that existence on someone. Mami had responded that as Kyubey had chosen them, they were a part of it. Now she wished she had listened, and persuaded those two girls to not make a contract at all.

"So, have you seen any other Magical Girls here?"asked Kyoko. "Anyone other than ourselves here?"

"I've seen some others here. They seem to be in just a hurry to get to the top as we do."

Some had been groups. They had been Magical Girls who had known each other, such as Mami and Kyoko, but most had been by themselves. Those had seemed a little lost and bewildered. Those had been the ones who had become witches. Kyoko and Mami recognized some of them.

Mami gasped. Mami had never seen this girl before, but she felt like she had. Suddenly she remembered the witch's labyrinth where she had died. She had only seen her in her witch form, but now she recognized her.

Kyoko stopped a few steps ahead of Mami, and looked in the direction Mami was looking.

"That girl, or rather, that witch, I know her."said Mami. "I only met her as a witch. She was the one who killed me."

Kyoko looked to where Mami was pointing. By then Nagisa was already moving along.

"Perhaps the Magical Girls who turned to witches are here, as well, and we will find Sayaka among the others. I suppose the least I can do is apologize to her. It is my fault she ended up as a witch. I should not have encouraged her and Madoka to have done so."

They walked in silence for a while.

"So, how did you end up here? Fighting a witch, as well? Becoming a witch?"

"No."Kyoko shook her head. "I was fighting Sayaka. I thought perhaps we could save her. Getting her soul gem back, instead of a grief seed. Obviously it didn't work."

"And she killed you."stated Mami.

"No. I used my own soul gem to destroy us both. So, what happened to you? Being killed by the witch, I mean."

"Like I said, I let my guard down for a minute. I thought I had killed it, and suddenly it changed form! And before I knew it, here I was! It was the same girl we saw before. That must have been when she was a Magical Girl."

"It seems we've made it!"exclaimed Kyoko.

Then they both realized they were not alone.

"Are they all Magical Girls?"

Nagisa spotted Mami. She vaguely remembered this girl who had entered her labyrinth shortly after she had transformed. There wasn't much time to dwell on it, however. Many Incubators had appeared among the girls, and everyone went quiet.