Speculah:Homura Identity Swap Theory

The following speculah was generated by students at a school in Germany:

The character currently known as Homura was actually a Puella Magi who was killed before the beginning of the story proper. Her Soul Gem was still intact following her death, and took control of the body of another girl -- either because the girl in question incidentally picked up the Gem, or had been recently killed by a witch. Kyuubey was not aware of the body swap, and refers to Homura as an Irregular because he doesn't recognize her as one of his contractees. Through her own experiences, Homura came to realize that Soul Gems function as phylacteries, and understood that retrieving Sayaka's Gem from the truck would save her life.

"Akemi Homura" is probably the host body's original name -- by chance sharing a given name with the Puella Magi that currently inhabits it. Homura dislikes the name "Akemi" because it reminds her of the soul she displaced. (Compare with Speculah:Names).