Some personal notes before the start:
1: This is my first fanfiction I'm publishing. Feel free to review as much as you like, but please stay friendly, I'm still new to this place. ;)
2: As you may notice, English is not my mother language. Maybe I will publish this story also in German, but if there are any grammar or spelling mistakes, let me know it.
3: The theme of the series is maybe a little bit similar to StarTwinkle, but I started this fanfic in August 2018, so it is just a double creation, which annoyes me a bit as well :/
4: All rights to the Pretty Cure brand and original characters and plots goes to Toei Animation.
Chapter 1: Sparkling Evolution!
Thursday morning, 6:30. In a very normal place the day of a normal person starts. "GOOD MORNING!", my mother yells towards me in her usual good mood. She must be kidding. Couldn't I have slept longer? Well, before she once again maltreats my eardrums with her joyful song, I submit to my fate and leave the bed without anything that could be called a raised head. This is how my day starts. My name is Luana, I'm 16 years old, a student of the Robert Bosch high school in a completely replaceable city in western Germany. I am a normal, average girl. There is really no particularity about me. As an adult, I could probably play Jane Doe. Good, enough informations about me.
After tormenting myself from the breakfast table to the bathroom in my morning tiredness, making myself pretty in the circumstances, I go to the train. Everything as always. 20 minutes later I arrive at the school. No particularly splendid building, only the entrance sign reminds of the namesake of my school. Instead of a palace of the 1920s, a prefab building with the morbid charm of the early 70s awaits me every day. I'm going right through to the classroom, I'm late once again today. Fortunately, I'm not the last one that seems to come today. I sit in the front left corner of my seat and look around the class. Chiara, our student spokeswoman, sits in the back of the last row. She got the job at the age of 14 and has not lost any of her charisma. She is so impressive! No matter when you see her, she always has at least five people around. And she is such a kind person as well! Not a bit conceited. You just have to like her, and she looks as if she likes everyone.
8:10, the lessons start. Mathematics, as always deadly boring. My teacher prays formulas that you try to memorize until your next exam and then you throw them out with huge speed. Everything as always. I am allowed to make a presentation to the following history lesson. As it is almost always the case with our teacher, who is about to retire, it is about the Second World War. And then a presentation. There are a 1000 things that I would prefer to do in this moment. Well, let's get it started, I think there is no other option in the moment for me. I rattle off the presentation and even talked for 10 minutes. The result is a 2-. All pure average. However, this should change soon. After the lesson I should receive a personal congratulation. From Chiara herself! "Great presentation! The old man should have given you a 1 for that."
I do not know what is happening to me. I was not even convinced of my own work, and then I get a praise from Chiara? "Th ... th ... thanks… tee-hee...", I respond to her a bit shy. I can't get out any more words, so deep is the surprise. "What's going on? Did I took you by surprise?", she asks me. "No, no," I reply. "Come along then. We know each other too little for having seen each other for so long. "She pulls my arm, I follow her quietly. She takes me to a small roof terrace.
"Actually, only teachers and the students' representatives are allowed here, but today I make an exception for you!" That really sounds like an adventure holiday. "And why exactly are we sitting up here now? I really don't get it."
Chiara replies with familiar, yet fresh words: "You know, we've known each other for 4 years now. We sit in the same room almost every day. We spend almost half our lives together. And yet we do not know anything about each other. I think that's a pity. You are really a great, inspiring person for me. Your way of solving problems, so simple and straightforward. "In my mind it's just rattling. What is she talking about? She was always nice to me, but she seems almost in love with me! I hope that she doesn't proposes to me today… "Tell me something about you. I think it's a pity that we only know each other's name and face and that should change."
What should I tell her now? What I'm doing in my spare time? What I'm learning? What I'm doing when she is not there? Even my family history is probably only half as long as hers. With such a light figure talking to me, it would probably come out that she is descending from Gaius Iulius Caesar in the 40th generation. All right, let's try to say something formidable. I can't sit here and say nothing to her. "You just took me by surprise. I just admit it.". Chiara looks at me mischievously. "There's not much interesting to tell about me. In my free time, I'm mainly at home and when I just do not torment myself with too much homework, I like to play. On all kinds of consoles. I also tried sport once but was too boring."
And well, you should know that this girl is always able to surprise you. "Why do you call that boring? That sounds great to get rid of the normal struggles and to be alone! Believe me, many people long for something like that.". Huh? That is coming from Chiara, the girl with the 30-man entourage? "I used to like to switch off with something like that, but unfortunately I do not have enough time for that. This annoys me very often. We both need to get to know each other better. Time passes too fast.", she said.
"That pleases me. And when? ", I ask Chiara. "Let's meet tomorrow. You can certainly tell me a lot of interesting things from your life. And I insist that you come! "
"Well, if you invite me that nice, then I'm looking forward to tomorrow!", I tell her. "Well then, back to class!". When we get back to the room, I have never received as much attention entering the room as I have at that moment. But it is positive attention. I am really happy at the moment! Finally a school day that is not totally average! The rest of the school day was boring again, but I'm full of anticipation for tomorrow!
At home, the usual routine is waiting for me. Eating, doing homework, telling my mom about my day. Well, there were even some events today. So it takes much longer than usual, otherwise it takes only the same three sentences every day. After doing my duty at home, I go to the city park. It is extremely good weather and I want to enjoy that. In addition, the panorama of the fallen brown leaves always stimulates me to think and dream. The city park is not even as full as usual. Better for me, so at least I have more space! Since the city park is very large, I take my time and go a round. However, suddenly I feel something very unusual in my neck. A cold wind. A very, very cold wind. That can not be, it's just October. It was getting colder. Only a few minutes later, I feel like I'm in the deepest winter. But I couldn't turn back. I wanted to know what's there. As if I were controlled by a higher power.
I go around the corner by the big hedge and suddenly see a black-clad man with a diabolical smile in front of me. I notice immediately that the cold wind comes from him. We stare at each other. It's so exhausting to resist such a look! A look like pure poison. "What do you want here? Go away, little one!", he shouts to me. What should I do now? "Look, do you know this?". He continues, before I can reply. Suddenly he grabs a passerby with brute force and pumps a kind of dark mass into him. "Stop it!" I yelled at him, but he did not even think about it. "I just started!". The man pumped up slowly and turned black-purple. He grew and grew and grew. Suddenly he uttered a loud cry. As if he wanted to kill me.
"Look, kid! This is called dark matter. With it I can turn any human into a black giant monster who only obeys me! Cool, isn't it?". Suddenly this monster is beating around. It directly rips out several trees and cuts a few plants in half. "Is that enough for you as a taste or do you wanna get a little beating?". I'm not going to obey so fast to this guy. It's a complete impudence to turn an innocent human into a raging monster. He will not play his game with me! "Come here and scare me off!", "Do not play with your life, girl! I don't want to get blamed for terminating a child...", he responded to my statement. Terminating? What is he talking about? On the other hand, I can't get out of the situation anymore. It's too late now to run away. "I'm going NOWHERE! Let this man go!", "Ugh ... children are so naive. They think the world is a good place. Maybe in a fairy tale. But this is the damn reality. There is nothing but war here, and you're going to get a little taste of it right here, right now. Darkman, pound her in the ground!"
Oh dear, what am I doing here? Suddenly this monster stomps for me, but I can barely jump behind a bush. "Where are you?", It echoes immediately. Do not attract attention, just don't let this guy and this monster take notice of me! No, he sees me. I have to get away!
I slap my face on the grass and suddenly realize that something is hanging on my face. "Hey! You! You have to defeat this monster!". WHAT!? Why is that little thing talking? "What are you? What are you talking about? And most of all, why are you even talking?", "I come from the distant planet Athena, these guys have already conquered my home planet. That must not happen again. Become a Pretty Cure and fight the monster!". That has to be a dream, or should I say nightmare? "What… me? But I can not do that. Look at me. I am absolutely irrelevant and average. I'm sure you'll find better suited people for that. Besides, I'm just terrified at the moment.". Please, let this nightmare come to an end. "No, you can do that! Take my strength and your courage, your heart and your will together and save the city!", the little thing says to me. Again, the huge Darkman beats after me. He almost caught me.
What should I do? Can I really do that? Me, that little, irrelevant girl from the second row? That is always discouraged? Me, Luana? On the other hand, I can not watch how this man uses this Darkman to destroy everything. My head is really smoking. What a tricky situation. I have to do something. I have to dare. I have to fight! And I will certainly! "Hey, you ugly guy, I'm still alive! And now you get some magic from me! It's enough for me to turn this man into a Darkman and abuse him!". While I hear a sadistic laugh from the summoner, the little creature flies into my watch. My watch, which just was black and quite simple, changes its shape, both the bracelet and the main part shine in all the colors of the rainbow. "Luana, you have to transform now! Hold your watch and call "Pretty Cure, Sparkling Evolution!", I'm instructed by my new little companion. All right, the point of no return was passed before a long time, now there is no way back! I take my rainbow-colored watch in my right hand and shout as loud as I can: "Pretty Cure! Sparkling Evolution!".
I'm bathed in a blazing light, my whole body shines brightly. As if I knew exactly what to do, I instinctively touch my upper body, legs and arms. Last, my hair. "The sparkling heart which crumbles the hate! Cure Spark!". Now I realize what just happened to me and my body. My dark, black hair has given way to long, pink hair and there is a pink and white dress on my body. My watch is shining even more in all the colors of the rainbow. And how can I even stand on these shoes? My comfortable sneakers have been replaced by pink and white boots with heels. That looks so impressive! "Hey, little animal, what do I have to do?", I would like to know. But that explains itself, because I have to dodge the blows of the Darkman directly. A jump to the side and whoops, that was 3 meters! So high ... wait, I can fly! What is going on here? "Attack!", the little animal instructs me. "Nothing better than that! Now there is a fight on equal terms!". Just as I announced I throw a fist in the face of the Darkman! And the kick is just to follow! The man who summoned the Darkman looks at me incredulously. "That can't be.", I hear him cursing quietly. I can see and hear better too! And dodge again! You do not get me anymore! Let's start with the next punch. And another right to follow! Now we're settling the scores. "What now? How do I finish this monster?", I want to know. The little animal speaks to me with a form of telepathy and instructs me. "Pretty Cure! Sparkling Burst!", it calls to me. Okay, time to set it up. I'm going in position, I raise my arms and yell it out, "Pretty Cure! Sparkling Burst!". The Darkman is hit by a glaring flash of light and a few seconds later the man lies back on the ground. "This can not be true. I, beaten by a child. Unbelievable. Well wait, we're going to meet again sooner than you want!", says the man dressed in black before his departure. I sink back to the ground and gasp. What was that? I just really realize how I look in this moment. And now I change back already. The little creature sits on my shoulder. "You did an amazing job! Each defeated monster weakens the energy sources of the attackers! Let's go out of the public and I'll explain you a lot.", it speaks to me. "Alright, we're going to my home now and you'll have to explain a lot to me.". That was not a normal, average day.