Now that they got all their equipment, the two friends where patiently waiting for all Magical Girls to be converted and equipped, so their ‘collective information’ could start. (Guardian Beasts and Familiars had their own, separated collective informations.) So far, they hadn't seen any Guardian or Familiars. They were probably separated to prevent them from accidentally making contract before it was time.
Our two friends tried speaking of their past lives with the other Magical Girls, but it was like they were the only two remembering it, the others eying them like they were mad.
So they were about to go siting in a corner, with only the two of them… Until a girl in a familiar pink and white dress with sparkles, the same girl that had first welcomed them into camp, walked to them. "Could miss Maxine and miss Debora follow me please?" The two girls got up and followed the senior Magical Girl without a word.
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The three girls ended inside some sort of tent, one more than big enough to let them stand and maintain some distance between them.
The one in the sparkling dress looked at both Maxine and Debora before saying "As peoples know, there is two kind of Magical Girls. But unlike most believe, they aren't separated into Dark Magical Girl and the others."
This greatly surprised the two friends.
"Instead, you have the prevalent kind who became Magical Girls against their will, but wouldn't have it any other way after finishing their 3 month training camp; and the rarest kind, who willingly accepted their new destiny, along with any mental change needed to be comfortable with it. Which DON'T always include being comfortable with HOW said destiny manifest, as clearly demonstrate Maxine's case. Both kind can become Dark Magical Girl."
"It's not the only difference, isn't it?" Asked Max.
Being asked this made the senior Magical Girl smile. "No, it's not. You see, anyone becoming a Magical Girl by their own choice will always start weaker than the others. But the few of them that survive become far more powerful than any of said others can ever hope to be. In fact, they are so strong they inspired the Valkyries of Nordic myths!"
"Is there… more difference?"
The one in the sparkling dress nodded. "For some reason, the Magical Girl persona of a Valkyrie is her only identity, meaning that if things ever got so bad the existence of Magical Girls become public knowledge, you won't be able to hide being among them."
"THE OTHERS GAINED TWO IDENTITIES?!?" Simultaneously asked the two friends.
"Nu-hun," denied their interlocutor, shaking her head, "they only gained the Magical Girl one, but won't remember their other one until the end of this camp. And before you say how horrible that his, know they won't want it another way! I should know, being just like them." The last sentence was said with some nostalgia.
Then, after shaking her head out of her flunk, she added. "The others won't be attributed any Guardian Beast before the end of the second month, but being Valkyries, you will need one NOW to have any hope of surviving. Not only that, but because of the very nature of Debora's powers, we need the two of you to be a team, which mean sharing the same Familiar."
At this, the Magical Archer Girl from earlier entered, a fluffy ball of pink with exaggeratively long rabbit ears perched on her shoulder. Trying to hide behind her was a big dog. Or was it a wolf? The canine being timidly got out of the Archer's shadow, slowly walking toward the three other girls, not daring to look at them. "Since the girls don't have much power to share right now, and I'm some sort of ‘Guardian Familiar’, well…"
"What do you think, Samantha?" Asked the Archer Girl.
"NO! Sorry Freyja, I won't give them to a former demon!" Answered the one in a pink and white dress with sparkles, apparently called Sam.
"That's a bit hypocrite coming from YOU, ‘dear husband’! After all, weren't you the one who convinced all your fellow Magical Girls that said demoness was sincere in her desire to cast away her evil nature?"
"Yes, but…"
"Either you have faith in her or you don't. If you do, then you shouldn't have any problem with placing Maxine and Debora in her care. And if you don't… WHY THE HELL DID YOU CONVINCE THE REST OF US TO HAVE FAITH IN HER?!?" Everyone winced, Sam more than other.
After a short pause, Freyja added "It's not your choice, anyway. It's up to Maxine and Debora. What do you think girls? Do you trust a repentant ex-demoness wanting her former existence casted away?"