"The world of humans…, it seems quite, promising. Full of weaklings, should be fairly easy to take over. But, once we have them ubder our grasp, we can turn them into an army powerful enough to overthrow the kingdom of hope!"
"A wise choice, Lord Ezekiel! But, where do we begin? The human world is very vast, and we can't have word getting out to the Kingdom of Hope, as we were just barely able to-"
"Don't worry about any of that, Giselle, I already have the perfect plan…,"
It was 5:30 PM.
The Robotics Club had let out an hour ago. And yet, Miyuki was still at the school.
The auditions for the school's winter play we're supposed to let out 30 minutes ago. And yet, Ainsley was still in the auditorium.
The Feild Hockey game was to start in 1 hour, and yet, Mariposa was at school.
What had they done to get here?
For one, Miyuki promised that she would walk with her friend Ainsley home from school after she auditioned for the school play, "A Christmas Carol" , which was running late because 50 people showed up. Quite a record for the fall production, as most of the traffic came from the spring play, which this year was too be "Alice In Wonderland". It was the play Ainsley had originally planned to audition for, but thought she'd have a better chance auditioning for "The Christmas Carol". Obviously not, so both of them were stuck at school.
For second, Mariposa got the time of the game mixed up , thinking it was 5:30, and is too stubborn to admit her defeat and go home. She'll probably be praised by the team captain for showing up so early, even. There was nothing that could that could go wrong. So, Mariposa was stuck outside the school.
Miyuki, doing the majority of the waiting, passed the time by fiddling with the screws on her prosthetic legs. It had been 5 years since she got in the accident took her legs with them. Her family had been able to afford giving her high-tech prosthetics that allowed her a somewhat-normal life, but it was times when she was alone like this that she would ask herself questions she didn't really want to ask herself.
Luckily, she didn't really get to answer these questions, as another 5 minutes passed without a following thought and Ainsley ran out of the auditorium, pink lolita dress ruffled and cheeks stained red with tears.
"Ainsley!? What happened?!" Miyuki said, panicking and running over to her friend as fast as she could.
The small girls voice was choked up and she was stammering over her words, "I-I totally made a f-fool of mys-self… I c-couldn't read the s-script right a-and I tripped and f-fell on stage… n-not to mention how I just stood there f-for the improv section!"
Ainsley dug her face into Miyuki's shoulder, wiping her tears on her friend's white blouse. Miyuki ran her fingers through Ainsley's long black hair in an attempt to calm her down. "There's no need to get so riled up over this, it's just an audition for one school play. Theres always the spring production, and every play after that! We're only freshmen, y'know."
"Y-yea I guess b-but-" Ainsley tried to protest but was cut off.
"No buts. Now, let's get back to my house and get you fixed up, we still have the field hockey game today and I don't think Mariposa would leave you alone if she saw you like this."
Nodding in acceptance , Ainsley stood straight up but still sort of leaned on Miyuki as they made their way home from school. They still had another hour, but they seemed to walk a little faster than usual.
Once they got to Miyuki's house, Ainsley almost took forever washing her face and re-applying makeup, but it didn't bother Miyuki as she had more time to pack snacks, as there was no way she was going to buy concessions from the school. 5 dollars for a hot-dog was ridiculous!
Ainsley had just gotten out of the bathroom when the two heard a large CRASH just outside the door.
"W-what was that!? " Said Ainsley, trying her hardest not to freak out again.
"Don't ask me, I don't know!" Miyuki replied, in a similar situation herself.
The two ran outside, only to see a shadowy beast in the yard of their neighbor, Katherine. It was a large fairy, dressed in a ballerina's costume.
"They'll never choose me… I'll never be good enough…" it whispered in a low hum. At it foot, was Katherine herself, she didn't look hurt but was certainly unconscious.
Before the two girls could say anything, another voice spoke up, speaking to no one in particular.
"I have to say I'm getting better at this! An excellent Cloud of Doubt on my first try in the human world! This should garner me plenty more." The voice came from a woman with purple haired curled in ringlets, and wearing a long black dress, like a mix of a formal party dress and caster's robes. Either way, it was not something you'd normally see in the town of Veiwport.
"What the hell are you doing!?" Miyuki said on impulse, something she'd regret doing almost instantly later. "What did you do to Katherine?!"
The odd woman stopped what she was doing to turn to Miyuki . "Hmmm? Spectators, oh, how lovely! I'm afraid I can't fill you in, though, it's a surprise!" She said with a mischievous smirk that only spelled out bad news.
Miyuki looked to Ainsley to see if she had anything to say, but the pale girl was frozen in fear.
"W-well, I can't let you hurt Katherine!" Miyuki shouted back, not knowing how to go further with this. What the hell am I thinking!? I can't stop her, I'm no superhero!
"You unhand that girl, Giselle!"
Now another voice joined the mix, now more high pitched and squeaky. Swooping down from the sky, was a tiny puffball that vaguely resembled a hamster with wings.
The odd woman, apparently named "Giselle", huffed. "Oh, now it's a party, now that a FAIRY has shown up. No matter. I'll just make this quick."
"You're going to stop right there, that's what you're going to do!" Said the odd hamster creature, looking around in a panic, before laying sight on Miyuki and Ainsley. "You two! You've gotta help me!"
"Us!?"
"Yes, you! Take these!"
Before the girls could say anything in protest, they were given key chains by the creature, Miyuki was given one with a sword with a blue gem on the hilt, and Ainsley was one with two crossing sais, a red gem in between them. They looked like things you could buy at a convention, but nothing more than that.
"Press the jewels and shout 'to Rout the enemy encounter, Pretty Cure Transformation !' Trust me, it'll make sense!" The creature told them in a rushed tone.
"You done being a tutorial yet?" Giselle said, yawning. "Or can I get on with it now?"
The fairy growled, "Don't sass me, witch!"
Ainsley and Miyuki exchanged worried looks. "Do you think this a good idea?" Ainsley said in a panicked whisper.
"What other choice do we have?" Miyuki said, before holding the little keychain above her head, pressing the jewel on it and shouting "To Rout the enemy encounter, Pretty Cure Transformation!"
The instant the words flew off her tongue, Miyuki was engulfed in an unnatural heat, as she felt an odd energy overwhelm her. It was almost like her body was doing things she couldn't control. He arms and legs swirled in an odd dance as her mind did the same. It was almost as if she were a marionette, being toyed around with.
"Justice clad in shining armor, Cure Knight!"
Did I just say that!?
Once she was in control of her body again, she seemed to be dressed in a thigh high blue skirt and navy blue blouse and chestplate armor. In other words, nothing like what she was wearing before.
"M-miyuki! What was that!?" Ainsley almost shrieked.
"I, I don't know. ..!" Miyuki, or perhaps Cure Knight said. "Everything feels different . "
Giselle's face turned red with fury . "You actually got her to transform? ! Sweet Ann you vixen ! Always ruining my plans, and the Fallen Kingdom's Plans!" She pointed at Miyuki and Ainsley. "Seed of Doubt! Destory them before they come any closer!"
The ghost like fairy locked their gaze on the girls, before running towards them. "I must…be perfect…" it said in a hollow whisper.
"Quick, Cure Knight! Summon your weapon and attack!" The fairy shouted, before going to shake Ainsley. "C'moooon, transform, there's no TIME for cowardice! "
In a panic, Miyuki tried to think of a way to summon the weapon that the fairy was talking about, but once she glanced at the ghost fairy, a sword seemed to appear in her hand.
"Shining Knight Strike!"
Positioning the sword in front of her more resmbling the grip of a gun than a blade, the words that came so naturally off Miyuki's tongue acted as the trigger that sent a beam of blue light through the ghost, causing it too dissolve into the smoke it was made out of, leaving a metal-encased seed behind.
"How disappointing. I thought this Seed would have so much more potential" Giselle said, pouting. "Well, no reason for me to stick around as I don't have any more Sows, so I'll be on my way~! Though when I return I'll be a bit more… persistent. "
And with that, she was gone.
The fairy creature spoke again "Quickly! Pick up the seed and place it on the girl!"
The seed felt cold on Miyuki's fingertips, but quickly heated up when she placed it on Katherine's chest before disappearing.
Miyuki felt energy be seeped from her body as the transformation she had gone through reversed. While dizzy, she still felt Ainsley partially slam into her, sobbing.
"I-I'm so sorry Miyuki I-I got so confused and s-scared and I didn't help you and-"
"Hey , it's ok," Miyuki said as her head cleared, wrapping an arm around her friend. "I, don't exactly know what happened though."
"You awakened your powers as a Pretty Cure!" Said the fairy creature. "Allow me to explain. I'm Sweet Ann, a fairy! I was sent from the Kingdom of Hope to find the 5 destined Pretty Cure! And well, seems like I've found two!"
"What?!" Ainsley shrieked. "This isn't a one time thing?!"
Sweet Ann shook their head. "Nope, anything but. The Kingdom of the Fallen has attacked before, but now humans are endangered with no one to protect them. You HAVE to defeat them!"
Before Ainsley could respond, Miyuki talked for her "We'd love to help."
"We would? !" Ainsley whispered in Miyuki's ear.
"We'll do whatevers nessecary to protect this town, and this world."
Sweet Ann's eyes lit up. "Excellent! Now I better get out of sight before your friend wakes up. Here, I'll hide in your keychain!"
That said, Sweet Ann poofed into dust, which went into the jewel of Miyuki's keychain. And as if on cue, Katherine woke up, brushing her poofy blonde hair out of her face.
"What happened. ..? I, I just passed out in my yard all of a sudden, how long was I out?" She asked, furrowing her brow.
Miyuki decided to spare the poor girl the details. "Well, we just found you out here, and you woke up shortly after we found you, so there's that. I'm assuming you're going to the field hockey game? If so, you can come with Ainsley and I, and we can give you some of our snacks, as you might've passed out due to hunger."
"Oh, so that's it," Katherine replied, sighing. "Thanks for worrying about me, but I'll get my own food. I am going to the game, though. "
"Great! We can go together then!" Said Ainsley this time. "But we better get going, it's gonna start soon!"
"Besides, I want to be there early." Said Miyuki. "I want the best seats!"
And I'm going to need the time to talk to Mariposa about this…,