I claim no ownership over any of the characters or series appearing in this work.

This was originally written as flavor text for a forum game. Don't expect any deep plot lines or character development, this is pure action and fanservice. Also yes, I've taken some liberties with the abilities of several of the characters.

Chapter 1: Mysterious Encounter

"Long Arch Command to Lightning 1, come in Lightning 1", the familiar Kansai drawl rang inside Fate's head as she flew over the Pacific Ocean.

"Lightning 1 here, no sign of the unknown energy signature." The Time-Space Administration Beureau maintains a constant watch for unusual energy signatures in the areas it maintains, and anomalies are investigated to make sure they don't form a threat. Fate smiled a bit, realizing that this was exactly how the TSAB first became involved in her life.

"Sir, approaching estimated coordinates of anomaly", Bardiche's emotionless tone was detached, yet still always a comforting presence.

"Thank you, Bardiche, please record all events from this point"

"Yes Sir." Fate dived through the clouds, the anomaly having been detected near the surface of the ocean, off the eastern coast of Japan. Not too far from Uminari City, she thought to herself.

As she broke through the cloud layer, there seemed to be nothing but flat ocean, as far as the eye could see. "Long Arch Command, this is Lightning 1, I'm not detecting any anomalies at these coordinates. Are we sure this isn't another false alarm?"

"Its beginning to look that way Ligh…" the transmission broke off in a burst of distorted noise, something that shouldn't happen, considering the magical nature of the link.

"Long Arch Command, can you read me? Long Arch Command! Hayate!" Fate attempted to reestablish the connection, but to no avail. "Bardiche, can you contact base?"

"No Sir, all transmissions are being blocked. Alert. Unknown energy signature detected. Does not match any known patterns. Midchildan. Belkan. Pattern is unknown" As Bardiche made the report, Fate felt a darkness close upon her. She began to climb back into the sky, but it was too late. A soundless roar came upon her, and all went black.

Off the coast of Japan, the empty expanse of the ocean was alone once again…

Mami was very confused. She'd been tracking a witch like normal, but well before she reached the witch, she found an unusual portal. It was similar to the ones used to enter the Witch's Worlds, but not quite the same. She first moved past the portal, but the magic trace moved to point behind her, so this was what she was detecting. She looked around to see if Kyubey was in the area, but strangely there was no sign of him, he wasn't responding to her telepathic call either. With no other choice, Mami steeled herself and stepped through the portal. The passage felt different, in that it felt at all, usually it's a sharp transition from the real world to the distorted landscape created by the Witch, but this time a soundless noise rang in her head, and her vision blanked for a moment. When it receded, she found herself here. Wherever "here" is, at any rate.

She looked around at her surroundings, while clearly not the real world, it didn't feel like a Witch's World. It didn't have the same twisted wrongness, those worlds weren't just unusual, they were "impossible". Here it was just…different. It was a lightly wooded area, with a few seemingly abandoned buildings scattered around. However many of the trees were decidedly not normal, one she noticed seemed to be covered in bright purple feathers, though right next to it was a completely normal oak tree. Pulling out her Soul Gem, she sees its still detecting a magical signature. "I guess there is a witch around here, so at least I'm not here for no reason", she unconsciously spoke aloud, perhaps in reaction to the odd silence. Orienting herself towards the magic trace, she finds herself facing an abandoned building, "well, here we go".

Fifteen minutes later, Mami finds herself on the roof of the building, but no Witch in sight. "This is very distressing", she mutters to herself, and then looks up into the, oddly teal, sky. "Ah ha!" Far out in the distance, visible only due to magically enhanced sight, is what must be the Witch, flying towards her position. Reaching behind her back, she pulls a musket out of nowhere, and aims it towards the Witch, and pulls the trigger…

Fate emerges from the darkness, in the sky of an unknown world. The sky was a teal color that she'd rarely seen on any of the planets she'd visited, and looking down the forest below her was clearly wrong. She saw earth oak tress next to Midchildan featherlets, next to trees she'd never seen before. "Where are we, Bardiche?"

"Location unknown, unable to connect to TSAB Dimensional Positioning System", well, that was inconvenient. They must have been transported well out of TSAB administered space. "Magical energy reading detected, range 2 kilometers, bearing 135."

"Is it the same as the energy that sent us here?"

"No sir. But pattern is unknown"

"Two unknown energy patterns? This is getting very suspicious." Turning in the direction Bardiche indicated, Fate speeds towards the new anomaly.

"Warning, incoming fire" Bardiche's dispassionate announcement was only a formality, Fate's auto-shield had already activated, blocking the energy projectile effortlessly. "Assault originated at same location as anomaly"

"That's hardly a surprise", Fate quipped. Enhancing her vision a bit, she zoomed in on the remaining kilometer and a half, and saw an abandoned building. Standing on the roof was…a girl? A blonde girl with curly twintails, surrounded by what looked like dozens and dozens of rifles. As she watched, the girl grabbed two of the rifles and fired them at Fate, then threw them away and repeated with anther pair. "Now that is no way to greet someone", as she dodges the incoming fire. "Bardiche, Harken Form"

"Yes Sir. Harken Form" Bardiche transformed, a bright yellow energy blade forming.

"Plasma Lancer!" Four energy bolts appeared around Fate, and then shot off towards the unknown girl. Fate immediately took off after them. The shots reached the girl first, but she saw them coming and actually shot two of them down, and then cartwheeled out of the impact zone for the others. "Not bad", Fate thought to herself, "Harken Saber!" Swinging Bardiche, she sent the energy blade flying towards the girl, who dodged it effortlessly. "Plasma Smasher!" The blast of gold magical energy shot across the distance between Fate and the unknown girl, at a speed dwarfing that of the previous attacks, but the girl reacted with blinding speed. Kicking two of the rifles impaled into the roof, they flew upwards into the path of the beam, resulting in a massive explosion. Out of the smoke and crackling energy backflipped Fate's assailant. "She's not bad, is she? But it's time to stop playing around. Bardiche!"

"ZANBER FORM!"

Mami was quite surprised at how easily the Witch was dodging her attacks, but the return fire really shocked her. Most Witches don't go for energy projectiles. But it wasn't a big deal. She cartwheeled through the musket's she'd spread across the roof, dodging the projectiles and returning fire. The initial attacks were similar to her own musket bolts, simple enough to dodge or even shoot down. The follow up scything blade came as a surprise though. It was much larger and slower, but she was unable to shoot it down. It sliced through a number of her muskets, even curving towards her as she dodged. But its homing ability was minimal, and it ended up blasting a chunk out of the stairwell entrance. The high powered energy beam was more of a problem, it was so fast it was on her before she realized it, and so large that dodging seemed out of the question. As a desperate measure she tossed a couple of muskets up in front of her and as the beam hit them used her binding ribbons to form a makeshift shield. It was barely enough and only because the moment she had the ribbons up she backflipped away. As the smoke cleared from the explosion, the Witch had come even closer...only Mami was starting to doubt that it was a Witch at all.

Most Witches look nothing like the humans they once were, their evil having twisted them into forms more appropriate for their desires, but this…this was a girl? Or rather, a woman. She looked to be at least five years older than Mami herself, with long blonde hair in twintails, a black uniform and a white cape. As Mami watched, the glowing yellow scythe in her hands reconfigured, the shaft shrinking down, and the blade portion splitting apart, and from the new hilt, a massive energy sword appeared. "Oh, that isn't good" she muttered, and ripped the ribbon from her neck, and spun it around several of the muskets, transforming them into a gigantic cannon, even larger than the sword the mysterious woman was slicing towards her.

"Tiro Finale!" a massive blast erupted from the cannon, but somehow was actually cut in half by the woman's sword. Before Mami could react, the gigantic energy blade sliced into the cannon itself, which exploded into pure magical power. The blast tossed Mami backwards and she slammed into the fence surrounding the roof. The impact knocked the breath out of her for a moment, as she struggled to recover she looked up and saw the brilliant yellow blade heading directly for her neck. She threw her hands up over her face, a futile, instinctive gesture. As the blade was about to hit she closed her eyes and prepared to die. But nothing happened.

Cautiously she opened her eyes, and looked down to see the blade of the sword all but touching the left side of her neck. Idly, and somewhat inanely, she noticed it didn't seem to give off any heat. Shaking off the pointless diversion, she looked up and found herself staring into a pair of large, deep red eyes. "I am Enforcer Fate Testarossa Harlaown of the Time Space Administration Bureau, you are under arrest for assaulting a TSAB Operative. Do you have anything to say?" The sweet, yet slightly husky voice washed over Mami, and she realized she may have made a bit of a mistake

"Would you believe me if I said this was a case of mistaken identity?" with a half smile that was the best she could muster after her shock.