Pretty Cure ~Elemental Strike!~VOL1
Act 1: Pretty Cure is Born!
Chapter 1: Kaiari Minazuki

"I must have...the Fountain of Serenity, I must have it NOW!"
"Mistress...the Queen of the Realm of Peace is far too powerful, assailing it is not an option!"
"Silence, Parseaus!" The woman snapped at the speaker. "When I seek your counsel I shall ask for it! Until then, hold your tongue!" Parseaus fell silent. Then, her face softened. "Apolline…what IS that planet…?"
"It is the Planet Earth, my Lady. A rural planet; insignificant, defenceless." A woman with long midnight blue hair spoke.
"Is that so?..." The first woman's lips curved into a cruel smile. "If we take this Earth we shall have more soldiers and finally we could bring the Realm of Peace to its knees!" Behind the great throne the woman resided on, a tiny dragon gasped.
"No! The Queen must be warned at once!" She squeaked. Then, she transformed into a much bigger and more ferocious dragon and took off. But even in the darkness, Apolline's sharp eyes spied her.
"There! A Fountain of Serenity spy!"
"Kill it!" The woman screeched with terrible wrath. The two officers were up in an instant; the dragon shrieked in terror and took off with surprising speed. She flew into space, the two officers right on her tail. Then Apolline shot an arrow with deadly accuracy; it hit the dragon and she fell out of orbit, spinning and falling toward the Earth below...

"Minazuki!"
"Y,yes Sensei!" Kaiari Minazuki's head bolted upright from the desk. She was a girl of about 16 years of age, with long dark hair in braids and dark skin.
"I told you, I will not tolerate sleeping in my classroom!" The teacher's face bulged horribly.
"I'm sorry Sensei..." Kaiari hung her head, her cheeks burning.
"Well sorry isn't good enough! Report to the principal!" Kaiari rose slowly and left the classroom, her head hanging in shame.

"Kai-chan, you just gotta stop falling asleep in class! You're gonna get into even more trouble!"
"I know Shii-chan I know..." Kaiari sighed to her best friend Siobhan Aizawa. Siobhan was also 16, with long thin blonde hair and a sweet smile that made everyone around her want to smile also which matched her personailty. Her eyes were hazel, sometimes blue but predominantly green. She was taller than Kaiari but not by so much. "But I just can't help it, I'm always so tired recently!"
"It is odd." Siobhan frowned. "You're always such a morning person!"
"Well I haven't been sleeping to well..." Kaiari clutched her head, the nightmares of a cruel high female laugh resonated in her mind. Siobhan laid a sympathetic hand on Kaiari's forehead.
"You don't feel ill to me." She mused aloud. "Try and get some rest this weekend ok?"
"Kai-chan! Shii-chan!" A girl with long plum hair tied in twintails hurried over.
"'Li-chaaaaan!" Kaiari embraced her.
"Emily!" Siobhan's eyes lit up. Emily Fielding, a girl of about 15, their other best friend, grinned back at them. She was a hyperactive girl, always bouncing around in glee and took joy in eveything she saw. Her cloudy grey eyes made Kaiari think of mountains.
"I missed you guys!"
"Emily calm down, we only saw each other this morning!" Siobhan laughed, amused.
"I know but that is far too long to spend apart from my bestest friends!" Emily pouted.
"She has a point." Kaiari smirked. "We have been best friends since the 1st grade."
"Gah..." Siobhan made a non-commitimal sound.
"C'mon guys, we're gonna be late for 4th period!" Kaiari grabbed Siobhan's hand. "See ya later Emily!"

"Bye Shii-chan, bye 'Li-chan!"
"Bye Kai-chan!" Her friends waved. Kaiari turned, then walked on with a smile.
The next 10 seconds changed her life forever.
A high-pitched shriek, distant but audible reached Kaiari's ears.
"Huh?…" She stopped and looked around. The shriek grew louder. Slowly Kaiari looked up.
"!" Something massive, the size of a horse or bigger landed on her, knocking the breath out of her.
"Ow! What the!" Kaiari yelped.
"I'm sorry I'm sorry!" The thing shrieked. "Oh no! Where are they, where are they?"
"Get off me!" Kaiari gasped, struggling to breathe.
"Oh right!" The creature sprung off her with surprising agility and Kaiari could see it clearly. But she couldn't believe what she saw. It was a huge red-brown dragon. It had hard scaly, sharp talons on its paws, like a dog's and huge wings that were currently folded. Her tail was curled at her feet.
"Wha! You're, you're a DRAGON!" Kaiari shrieked.
"I am NOT a dragon!" It exclaimed in an extremely high-pitched voice. "I'm a very cute fairy!"
"Fairy?" Kaiari exclaimed with a snort. "Don't be ridiculous; there's no such thing as fairies!" This was apparently the wrong thing to say, since the dragon bristled.
"I am an important emissary of the Realm of Peace, protecting the Elemental Cure Rings!"
"The realm of whaaa?" Kaiari was baffled.
"I don't have time to explain this to you! Just help me find the Rings!" The dragon snapped.
"How is this my fault?" Kaiari demanded.
"I fell on you and lost them! Now HELP!" The dragon looked so fierce that Kaiari sighed and began to look.
"I don't even know what these things…hey what's this?" Kaiari found a large ring the size of her wrist with a massive sapphire on the end. "Whoa….that's some jewel!" The dragon charged over.
"I don''t believe it! You found one!" The aquamarine then emitted a burst of light onto Kaiari. " I don't believe it! You're….you're one of them!"
"One of what? All that thing did was emit some freaky light! How-"
"No no no!" The dragon cried. "You're a legendary warrior, a Pretty Cure!"
"A Pretty what?"
"A Pretty Cure! Fighting evil to save the world; this is perfect! The Queen will be very pleased!"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, slow down! I...I can't fight evil! I barely get to school on time; are you crazy?" Kaiari exclaimed.
"The Elemental Cure Ring responded to you; you have to be! If you don't, then the Realm of Peace...and your world will be destroyed!"
"Sorry, I think you've got the wrong girl. I can't fight evil so find yourself another sucker." Kaiari walked away. "I'll keep this ring though, its kinda pretty!"
"Come back this minute! You can't abandon your duties! And you can't steal that Ring!" The dragon shrieked, but Kaiari kept on walking.