Episode One: EH?! A Strange Creature From Another World?!
"Ahem, Miyako?"
"Eh?" The girl turned quickly, almost running into the person speaking to her. "Ah, sorry, sorry, Kurona-san!"
The other girl giggled. Miyako looked in admiration at the girl she had just met. With her brown hair in braids over her chest, her minty dress, and her yellow sweater, she truly looked like the heiress she was. "Please, call me Ame-chan!"
The girl blushed, just a bit. "A-Ame...chan...?"
"Mhmm! After all, we're friends now, right?"
"We're... friends...? Really...?"
"Of course!"
"Kobayashi-san!" The girl snapped out of her daydream, and threw her eyes to where the voice came from. "Kobayashi-san, if you don't watch where you're running, you'll end up hitting the tree again!" She skid to a stop. That's right; she was running, at school. She heard giggles coming from the other girls.
"Ah, sorry! I guess my head was off in the clouds again…" She rubbed the back of her head.
"More like the stars," muttered a girl coming up behind her, her dark hair in a ponytail hanging over her shoulder. "C'mon, Star Girl, don't you ever think of anythin' else?" Miyako Kobayashi sighed. "Sorry…"
"I guess it can't be helped!" The girl flipped her ponytail condescendingly. "Well, practice is over, anyways. Honestly, I don't see why you're even in track if you don't care about anything but that telescope of yours!"
It echoed in her mind as she walked home. She really didn't care about sports, at all, but she knew her dad really wanted her to do something like that after school… She sighed. "Ah, Miyako! I was hoping to see you on your way home!" Her heart lit up when she heard the voice, and turned to see her best friend.
"Ame-chan!" She ran to the girl, and threw her arms around her, hugging her tight. "What are you doing here!? I thought you weren't scheduled to be here for another two weeks!"
She smiled. "Ah, I tried to call you about it a few days ago, but I suppose you were probably up in the Observatory!"
It was only then did Miyako notice what Ame was wearing, and that was… "EHHH?! You've transferred to my school!?"
They walked home together. Miyako couldn't contain her own excitement at the thought of seeing Ame every day. "Father decided we should all move here, because he wants me to have a real junior high experience! He says he think it will be good for me to go to a regular school for once, instead of a private one."
"This is just SO great! I can't believe I'm going to see you EVERY day!" She giggled and hugged her again, unable to suppress her own happiness.
"Yes, it is almost like a dream, isn't it?" Ame chuckled. "Though, I do think I will end up missing the big city... This is very different from Tokyo, you know!"
"But now this means you won't have to ride the train for hours to visit me! Isn't it just spectacular!?" Miyako smiled even bigger than usual. "And now we can eat lunch together, and walk home together, and do our homework together... I just can't believe it! I'm going to have a real friend at school!"
"Ah, are you still having trouble making friends, Miyako?" Ame looked to her friend with a worried glance. Miyako sighed gloomily.
"Yeah, I guess... But, I mean, I don't mind at all, really! Cause I mean, now I have you, and I spend most of my time at the observatory anyways, so it's totally fine!"
Ame sighed. "Oh Miyako, I really do wish you would make more friends... I suppose it can't be helped. I wonder, though, why a cute girl like you doesn't get more attention..."
Ame was right, Miyako was adorable. With her scarlet hair perched on her head in a ponytail, her sky blue eyes, and happiness-charged smile, she certainly was what one would call "cute". "Oh, please! Not as cute as you, Ame! I mean, don't you get love letters, like, all the time?"
"I suppose I do... from boys and girls... But it's quite the bother, honestly. I wish people would just talk to me like you do, Miyako." Miyako smiled bashfully. "Oh, I do believe this is where we part." The two stopped at an intersection. "I have to take the train home, so I'll meet you here tomorrow morning, okay?"
Miyako waved to her friend. "Sounds good! See ya tomorrow, Ame-chan!"
"Adieu, my friend!"
Miyako watched as Ame disappeared into the train station. She was so happy... Her best friend- No, her only friend- Was here with her! She skipped happily the rest of the way home, humming to herself. "I'm home!" she said, slipping her shoes off and dropping her bag off at the door.
"Welcome home, Miyako!" Her dad spoke from his study, just to the left of the entry hall. Miyako peeked her head in. "School was good?"
Miyako nodded. "That's good! I'm glad my little girl is finally having fun at school."
She smiled. "Well, back to work then!" Her father hunched back over his desk, and she went upstairs to her room.
She sighed as she fell onto her bed. She didn't have the guts to tell her dad she still sat alone at lunch. She knew how much he worried about her making friends, especially after her mom had died. She sat up and stared out the window, watching the sun set slowly behind the trees. She glanced at her clock. Enough time to stargaze tonight, she thought. She changed out of her school clothes and waited for the stars to appear in the sky.
And appear they did. Miyako scrambled to her window and grabbed her telescope. She set it up underneath and peered in, taking enjoyment in staring at the beauties of the night sky. As usual, everything was the same as it always was, but she didn't really mind. The stars were still as beautiful as ever.
Of course, there's always a calm before a storm. As she stared upwards, she saw what looked to be a shooting star coming from the sky. She gasped and focused her telescope on it, following it as it got closer and closer to the Earth. Could it really be… a meteor…?! She felt excitement well up in her stomach. It was getting closer and closer to her, until it came crashing down in the grass just a block away. Surprisingly, it made very little noise. She stood there, trying to decide what exactly to do. She opened her closet and dug through her clothes until she found her sneakers, and slid them onto herself.
She slid open her window and carefully climbed down to her lawn, landing with a soft thump. She took a deep breath, and clicked the flashlight she had grabbed on. It was just a block away, so she silently crept along, making sure to not wake anybody up who might be asleep. Just ahead, in a small park surrounded by trees and bushes. She pushed through the foliage, to the site of… whatever had crashed. From a distance, it looked like some kind of pale yellow rock, but as she got closer, she noticed the fur-like texture all along it, and its tail and ears folded into itself. It was a creature? Her excitement increased even more.
She carefully approached it, kneeling down to get a closer look. It was definitely alive, as she could see its chest rising and falling gently. It was pale yellow, with a white tail and ears. It looked very similar to a cat, with a very bushy tail, but one thing stood out to Miyako: it had wings. Folded gently across its back was a pair of white wings. Lastly, it had a ribbon tied around its neck, with a strangely-colored star at the center of the bow. It looked rather injured, and no doubt, considering it just fell through Earth's atmosphere. She slid her hands underneath and scooped it up gently, holding it like a baby. It was warm, and she felt some kind of… energy coming from it. She carried it back to her room, and climbed back up into her window.
She set it down on her bed after getting all the dirt and such off of it, and stared at it. What was she going to do? Call the police? Tell her dad? Keep it secretly? She shook her head at the last idea, she'd seen E.T. For now, though, she wanted to make sure it stayed alive. Even without the singed fur that came from crashing, it looked rather injured. From what, she didn't know. She crept downstairs and got some milk, some water, a peach, and some rice. She had no idea what this thing would eat. She set it all down on her desk, and waited. Eventually, she saw it beginning to stir. She crouched down behind her bed, peeking over to watch it. It blinked its eyes open and twitched its ears, very similar to a cat. It slowly sat up, obviously injured.
"Hey there, little one." The creature jumped and turned to Miyako, who remained crouched down behind the bed, only her eyes peeking above it. "Don't be afraid, okay?" She slowly started to stand up. "I'm not going to hurt you, I promise." It shrunk back, visibly scared.
"W-Where am I?! Where's the Queen?! Who are you!?" Miyako was understandably taken back from the fact it could speak, though it wasn't something she had deemed impossible. If this thing really did come from outer space, there wasn't telling how intelligent it was.
"S-So you can talk…! And, you can speak Japanese….?!"
"Japanese? I'm in Japan? On Earth?"
So it knew what Japan was, too. Okay, so it's a start.
"Yep! Just outside of Kyoto! And, I'm Miyako! Miyako Kobayashi. You crashed from the sky into a park. Do you have a name?"
The thing looked at her, as if it was slowly figuring out exactly what Miyako was.
"Y...Yes. My name is-"
Before it could continue, however, Miyako heard screams and sounds of fighting coming from outside. The creature gasped. "Oh no! Gemini must've followed me!" It turned to Miyako. "Quick! We have to run!"
"What? Run?! No way!"
She grabbed it and climbed back out the window. "No! It's too dangerous! Ugh, why are humans so reckless…"
She hid behind a tree, trying to see what was happening. A few people ran past her.
"Now then, where did the little brat go, hm?"
"Yes, yes, where did the brat go, indeed?"
Two voices? Miyako peeked around more, but only saw one person standing there. She… He? They were rather tall, wearing strange clothes.
"Oh, sweetheart, I think I sense it nearby!"
"Yes, yes, I do as well! Oh, little fairy, where are you~?"
"Miyako!" the thing said, squirming in her arms. "Please, we need to-"
"My, oh my, I think I've found it!"
"Yes, so did I!"
She turned to her right, and was face to face with a rather frightening smile. She squealed and jumped up, backing away. The person was wearing a long, white coat, which almost looked like a dress, and long black boots. It had short, blonde hair, and a black star brooch pinned to the front of its coat. Its neck looked…. Weird.
"Oh. It seems the fairy found a friend, didn't it?" The head spun around, and there was another face on the back of its head. Miyako stifled a gasp. "Why, it seems that way! Why don't we kill them both?"
Miyako stepped back, and it smiled. "How about instead, dearie, we show our lovely audience what Madame Artemis is doing?" "Why, that just sounds wonderful." One of the poor souls happening to run away from the scene was snatched up by Gemini, and they smiled.
"Let the sun shining bright in this soul become eclipsed by the darkness of the moon!"
Miyako felt her skin prickle as it seemed every star in the sky went out.
"Emerge from the shadows! Come forth, the Fate of Despair!"
The person became engulfed in a swarm of darkness. In a moment, the darkness formed into a large creature. It looked like a wolf, with a large pair of feathery wings on its back. However, it stood almost 7 feet tall, and instead of fur, it just looked like the very fabric of space itself - black and shimmery, with the twinkle of stars within. Miyako's legs began to shake as the creature turned to face her.
"Dear, would you take a look at that?"
"The human girl looks scared."
Gemini turned to Miyako, their face now turned upwards into a smile. With a frightening mutter, both of their voices echoed together.
"Good."
Acting on instinct, Miyako turned on her heel and began to run furiously from the creature, who began to give chase. The tiny cat thing from before was clinging to her shirt with its claws, its fur sticking up. Miyako sent a silent thank you to the gods that she was in track, and turned a sharp corner.
"H-Hey!" she managed to say between breaths. "Y- You! Thing, alien, whatever! W-What do I do?!"
"You're a human! You can't do anything!" it shouted back to her. "Un… Unless…" It paused before jumping from her shoulder and running back to where it crashed.
"H-Hey! Where are you-" Miyako groaned and continued running. She could hear the Fate behind her, growling as it pushed through trees and bushes. She was almost at the end of the park now. Come on, Miyako, she thought to herself. Imagine how stupid it'd be if you died via weird alien wolf. She braced herself, and made another sharp turn to the right, before completely passing the creature. Thankfully, it wasn't as agile as her, just as she had hoped. But she knew she couldn't keep running forever.
Her legs were beginning to stumble over the ground now as she continued back to where this whole this had started. In the distance, she saw the cat digging around through piles of dirt and ash. "Hey!" She shouted to it. "What- What are you even DOING?!"
"Here! Catch!" The small furry creature threw something from its mouth, and Miyako caught it in her hands. It was… a compass? "Miyako! Grab my ribbon and pull it off!" Next thing she knew, the creature had jumped onto her shoulder. She swung a sharp left, giving herself just enough time to pull the small star charm off of the cat. For some reason, her hand knew exactly what to do with it. She felt… deja vu. She turned the compass on its side and slid the star in. This felt… so right. She could feel her pulse quickening in excitement. Like instinct, she raised the compass high into the sky.
"PreCure! Starlight Flare!"
Miyako felt… warm. A warmth that reminded her of her mother. Of Ame. Of all the shining things in her life she found so very precious. She felt herself changing, transforming. She felt strong. As she landed softly on the ground, her new boots gave a small thud. Light shone off of her.
"The shooting star of the universe, making wishes come true!"
The light around her faded, giving way to her true form. Her hair had become magenta, and was dangling behind her in a strange, impossible ponytail. Her eyes shone a brilliant blue, and her outfit gave off a light unlike anything else.
"Shining bright, Cure Comet!"
Gemini looked rather frightened.
"My, my, dear, this is what happens when a fairy escapes!"
"Oh bother, I suppose Madame Artemis will be rather angry with us, now."
Miyako, or rather, Cure Comet, looked down at her dress. She felt a new power surging through her. To her left, she saw the creature barreling towards her. With a sharp surge of power, she punched it right in the snout, sending it flying into the trees. "You did it, Miyako! Or, I guess, I did it! Cure Comet, defeat the Fate!"
Comet jumped after the creature, and swiftly punched it into the ground. With a final kick, she flung it into a tree. It winced and slid to the ground. "Now, Cure Comet! Use the Compass to defeat it!" Like instinct, she held the compass up the sky.
"Oh, Fates of Hope, guiding us through the stars! Return the moon to where it belongs! Let this wishful soul be free!"
Light burst from the compass, and she felt power building up in her fists. With a rush of energy, she ran towards the Fate, her arms pulled back.
"Shining Comet Storm!"
She punched with all her might, and light burst from the point her fists drove into the Fate. A wave of light washed over the entire scene. When the light settled, the creature was gone, leaving only the person from before, passed out in the grass.
"Oh dear. It seems this pesky fairy has found a Precure for Earth."
"What a shame, what a shame."
Gemini disappeared, leaving behind Comet and the still-unnamed creature.
The outfit disappeared off of Miyako, and she collapsed to her knees, breathing heavy. "W… W-What… Just happened….?"
The creature approached her. "You became a Precure, a legendary warrior of light! Congratulations. By the way, my name is Dawn. I'm a Fairy sent here by Queen Yukino of the Cosmos."
"What? W-What? PreCure? F-Fairy?!"
"Stop stuttering, it's hard to understand you. C'mon, take me back home. I have a lot of things to tell you!"
Next Time: A Compass of Fate?! Hidden?