The world remains at peace. Cars on the road, people on the streets, and business is busy. Such is life can also be seen in the city of Lunapolis. Yet is that how it always is?
Amidst the busy streets of the city. Strange happenings is part of its daily life and was dubbed as the "City of Miracles". Yet it was not known for its economic success, academic nor for its geniuses. Lunapolis is much better known for its strange weather cycles, phenomena that science could not explain, and sightings one could relate to the supernatural.
Yet the truth is much closer to the rumors. Magic does exist in Earth, hidden from the eyes of the modern people. Not for protection, but simply from their lack of ability to see through the other dimension.
But raw magic could bring about destruction, and untamed mystics bring catastrophe. Even so the town remains. Why is that so?
Girls chosen by fate are handed powers to seal this magic. These young girls stand up to fight against the supernatural, to seal magic and keep peace. They are what is famously known as "Magical Girls".
Some earn their power through ancestry, some are simply chosen by higher beings and while others out of luck. Even so they all share the responsibility to keep the safety of the people. But...everything fell out of spiral since then--
May 31 20XX, the strength of a numbered beast couldn't simply be contained and seeped through other dimensions. It was the first time people of Earth witnessed the manifestation of magic, albeit in the form of a monstrous beast of fire, lightning and luminescence. The three headed beast Cerberus, with its light brought night to day, its fires are destruction to everything below and the beasts roars with thunder from the skies. Angered as the beast may be, it was calmed and sealed, and the world would remember the day a beast beyond anything mankind could offer appeared. That is if only, a single magical girl allowed it so. This girl of power, not only calmed the beast with her strength and sealed the tremendous power it possess into a single construct. In addition to her feats, she used all her power to turn back time and fix the destruction, as well as erase the memory of the world. Despite her victory, her injuries were fatal, and her continued exertion only pushed her further to death. Time and memory is simply not something one should fiddle without thought. Magical Girl Nova, perished as her body crumbled and disappeared.
Yet as she turns to dust. Little did she know she would sow the seeds of the new generation. As the transformed night returns to its darkness, a number of young aspiring magical girls watched as Nova crumbled. They were not aware of their powers yet, but it is thanks to it that they are able to remember that fateful day.
"Why are you--!! Ngnnn!'
Two figures float above the city of Lunapolis. A girl in a flashy white dress hovers using her winged boots, holding a staff decorated with laurel wreathe and an orb at the end. She is Magical Girl Peace. She has kept order and peace through the use of her powers ever since she came across with the card "Athena", ever since then she has been sealing rampant magic and collecting cards to help her quest to bring about world peace.
"I have no reason to divulge my reason."
The hooded figure answered. He readies his hammer and begins to charge towards the Magical Girl. With her superior speed, the Magical Girl is able to distance herself from her attacker. Speed and maneuverability are her weapons to this fight, she thought to herself and performed what seemed like a wall jump by using the force of her boots to propel herself.
"Awaken, release your vines and restrict my enemy, Flora!"
Vines come out from the card and took a hold of the man's limbs. Hard enough to stop him from moving anymore than give him space for useless struggle. As the situation was handled swiftly by Peace, she slowly floated towards her aggressor, but careful enough to observe his movements. Seeing that her opponent has no capability to move, she decided to bring herself closer to take a look.
"Hmm, are you a new card? Or a person?...You don't seem intelligent enough though..."
Peace mumbled to herself, her curiosity rises further and further.
"I didn't expect to be attacked in the middle of the day. Good thing I came prepared. Ah--!!"
She looked at her watch to check the time and saw it was past 5 pm. She was already about to be late for her appointment, perhaps the sale for groceries are about to end. But she has only gotten out of practice by 4:30, and her walk couldn't have only lasted 10 minutes. Peace was sure time would have passed more than it already has, yet the sun hasn't started to set yet.
"So that's what you are. You're a Card! I don't specifically know what...Mister, can you please tell me what you are? Are you related to Time?"
The girl asks, getting closer to take the hood off from the man.
"I'm no Card. Magical Girl Peace, judgement is upon you."
The vines start to crumble like rock. The once lively plants become inanimate and stood stiff as it slowly becomes fragments to be blown by the wind.
"Well then, Magical Girl Peace. If you can answer my question, then I will give you an explanation."
"W-what is it?"
She starts to retreat slowly, recognizing the threat the hooded figure. In her mind she starts to shuffle the cards she have, thinking of which power she must use to eliminate her enemy. On the other hand, the hooded figure appeared more towering than ever. He holds the hammer with tight grip and approached the girl slowly. His feet walks on air as if there is a platform and yet there is no sound being made. Simply the horror of him approaching is intimidating the girl.
"What have you done using your power?"
The magical girl simply smiled and her eyes remain resolute, she answered.
"I did good. I protected my friends and scared away the bullies! You're a bully, Mister! You need to back away now or you'll seriously get hurt!"
The hooded figure kept walking forward.
"That is the very answer as to why I am here for you. You used your power for good, your own good. We have rules to follow, Magical Girl Peace. You are not above it."
Having no choice the magical girl takes out a card and decided to go on the offensive. Using the card of Boreas, she intends to use the power of ice to incapacitate the man.
"Awaken, godly power of ice, give me your power and starve my opponent of--"
Before she could even finish her chant. The man raised his hammer with his two hands and brought it down with force. As the staff and hammer makes contact, the sheer weight of the hammer crushed the magic that embodied the staff and broke the physical body of it.
"M-my staff...Athena?"
In disbelief, the girl can only look at her hands. Tears began to swell up from her eyes as she realizes the power she once has is now gone. Her dress disappeared in a flash of light and revealed the uniform of her school.
"Peace, your actions have brought the attention of the council. Do not worry, your family and friends won't remember you existed and will be saved from the grief of your loss."
Remaining in disbelief, she wasn't able to react and light enveloped her body and disappeared in a flash. The hooded man now stands alone in the skies above the city. Time has resumed and people began to move.
"Magic Revoked."
Magical Girl Nova, her death has brought tremendous change to the world. There were only supposed to be a handful of magical girls every decade, only appearing when great adversity do so. But her disappearance left a hole in the channel between the world and herself, scattering the magical power it supplies to Nova. Leaving no selection to take place.
"Executioner no.4, good work. The deaths of eight people might not have been brought to justice, but we've managed to make sure it won't happen again."
"I can't believe a girl that young would have been able to do such thing."
"Investigations has been thoroughly done and the results came up confirming that it was Peace that did the killing. We traced back the lingering magical energy from the corpses and compared it to her magic signature. 97.8% of it came from the Magical Girl you brought."
"The other 2%?"
"Residual magical energy. No signs of manipulation from Dark Magic. Neither is it the work of a Card."
The hooded figure remained silent. He hovered down to a building discretely and sat on the rooftop. His hammer seemingly vanished into the air, no longer needing it. The man takes off the hood and revealed a young man in his teens. A high schooler for his age. Even so he was early exposed to the horrors a kid will do if they received power.
"No.4, your next mission has arrived. Crime: Theft. The necessary actions have been decided, find if it's the work of a magical girl and destroy the magic siphon."
Sighing, No.4 stood up and put back his hood and once again.
"I don't really have to say those lines again, do I?"
The Executioner complained, seemingly embarrassed of the lines he have to deliver.
"I'm sorry Executioner No.4, protocols."
The Witch Hunt begins...