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Little snippet I came up with. I know it makes little or no sense in canon since A) Magical Girls self-repair their bodies completely, with no scarring, and B) Homura's body is 'reset' every time she rewinds time, but let's just say those aren't the case here:

Spoiler for Scars:

Madoka and Mami headed for the bathing room of this little inn, half-dragging Homura along with them. The elder Puella Magi's attitude towards Homura had warmed noticeably ever since Madoka had relayed to her something that the dark-haired girl had confessed to her: that she was so cold and emotionless because she was actively suppressing her emotions due to how much pain she carried. Mami had quickly put two & two together, realizing that Homura was probably holding in enough despair and loss to consume her (Mami didn't know how literal that choice of phrase really was) if she ever let it out, and reasoned that the girl was so cold and aloof and pragmatic because all the trust and idealism had been beaten out of her by ill fortune, much like Kyouko. She had thus started acting nicer to the girl, and it had in fact shown a bit of effect in how Homura treated her in response.

The three of them were here, toward the outskirts of Mitakihara, to investigate rumblings of a fairly high-level Witch in the area. However, it seemed to only be detectable when doing something, rather than being a constant sensable 'beacon' like other Witches, so they had to wait. They had swung by this inn to rest for a little while, and Mami had insisted on all of them washing up properly. So it was that the three girls found themselves here.

"Come on, Homura-chan" Madoka said with a smile, as she and Mami disrobed. "You can't clean yourself if you have all those clothes on."

"I... I am fine..." Homura said, looking a teensy bit uncharacteristically nervous (as well as faintly blushing at two nude girls in front of her).

"We're all girls here, Akemi-san" Mami said in the tone of a patient older sister or mother. "There's nothing to be ashamed of."

In the back of their minds, the two girls felt a twinge of curiosity. Homura was always wearing long-sleeved shirts, a long skirt with near-opaque stockings, and high-necked outfits, meaning they'd never even actually seen her bare torso or upper limbs. 'She's probably pale from lack of sun exposure, and self-conscious' about that' Mami thought.

After a few seconds, Homura took a deep breath. Turning away from the two other girls, she used her magic to make her clothing, except for her panties, come undone and drop away all at once.

The girls' smiles dropped off their faces. Mami let out a shuddering gasp, and within seconds Madoka was close to tears. Mami and Kyouko had a couple of battle-scars here and there, that much had been seen. But not like this.

Homura was covered with scars, all over her back and with some on her arms and legs. Long thin scars from blade strikes, puncture wounds from stabs or projectiles, jagged scars from where flesh was torn by claws or fangs, bite-mark scars on her lower-right back and the back & side of her left thigh, at least two third-degree burn scars... She turned to face them, revealing that the front of her body was just as bad - the tree-branch pattern of an electrical burn, more slashes and punctures and jagged gashes marring her chest, flanks, and stomach as well as her upper arms & legs, as well as a couple on her neck, a set of third-degree burn scars on her lower-right chest and upper stomach that looked like claw marks, a long thin surgical scar down the center of the chest, between her meager breasts, at least two 'smaller' scars that started on her lower belly and disappeared beneath the waistband of her panties...

A 14-year-old girl's body shouldn't look like this...

"H... Homura-chan..." Madoka whispered, eyes wide with horror and wet with tears, with Mami not much better.

"Take a good look, Madoka" Homura said, a hint of sadness to her normally-icy tone. "This is what a veteran Magical Girl looks like."

If anyone wants to pick up where this leaves off, expand on it or make it into a proper fic of its own, go right ahead.