[flashback]

...Oh, that's too bad -

[Miku said, and tried to call Maria, but only got a mechanical voice from her phone's answering service.]

- Hey, Maria-chan, I'm sure you can figure out who this is, but - Please call us soon, OK? We're really worried about you!

[She said, and then cut off, sighing. Miku and Miyu talked for a couple of minutes more, but then Miku had to go, as she had to go do her homework, and she had about two weeks worth of it piled up. Her school was pretty flexible about those things, true, but there was a limit, and she did have to take the tests and do her homework, or else.]

[And so, Miku went home, and did her homework for four hours straight - And that was when there was a knock on her window.]

...Maria-chan???

[Miku almost squeaked as she saw who it was. Maria was floating outside her window in her Magical Girl outfit - ]

[- And to put it quite frankly, the girl looked awful. Maria had dark circles under her eyes, and her whole face was twitching, like she was seeing scary things under every bush...]