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Bella moves. It's uneventful. She's not thrilled with the rain.
New kid shows up at the high school the next day. Hello, the high school. Hello, the students in the high school.
Hello, Jessica.
Jessica's very talkative. It's almost hypnotic.
"So what's Arizona like?"
"Well, sunnier."
"I bet! Wow, have you ever seen snow before?"
"On TV."
"Ha ha ha! Oh man is everybody really tan? Do you hang out at the pool all year round ogling boys?"
"I'm a little too gay to ogle boys."
"Oh! Oh wow. Okay. So um, I know this is a really small town, but guess what?" says Jessica.
"What?" asks Bella.
"We actually have a lesbian here! HEY SOLVEI!" Jessica hollers across the entire cafeteria.
onceandforall
Witches are very dangerous. When they grow, they can sometimes threaten whole human cities. So far they have never gotten very much bigger than that, because magical girls hunt them.
This can depend on the witch, but sometimes the destruction is blamed on a natural disaster, if the witch is large enough. Ordinary humans can't see the witches.
You aren't! You both have the potential to make a contract with me and become magical girls. That's also why you can see me.
I'm very small, and because of telepathy, I don't need to be near another person to talk to them, it explains.
thisbrokenworld
"And I bet Ghys didn't want you talking to me until she decided whether to introduce us... could I resurrect Stasya Koskin with a wish? I'm not sure if I want to, but could I?"
onceandforall
"Could she - or I, which of us has more oomph? - bring back multiple people, and if so, how many?"
Solvei has more potential than you, but either of you could bring back just one person, says Kyubey.
onceandforall
Bella decides it is dumb to expect a glass pane to protect her from the magical telepathic alien should it prove hostile. She opens the window.
thisbrokenworld
She goes still for just a moment, but recovers almost immediately.
"Why are you so cute?" she wonders.
"Why are you so cute?" she wonders.
onceandforall
"So, regarding people with magic powers. It sounds like a good deal all by itself, but you're calling it a contract and adding wishes on top of the bargain."
Being a magical girl can be dangerous. Sometimes they compete with each other for territory, and often they find that they are lonely, but you have each other as friends.
thisbrokenworld
"Compete with each other for territory because... witches are a limited resource?" she guesses. "Where do witches come from, anyway?"