Procure all stars the series

Chapter 2: the dark dream

I do not own procure if I did… they probably wouldn't have gone past max heart with my slow pace

"Welcome to clover garden, how may I take your order?" Yume Sendou asked as she gave a large smile.

"Yes, I'll have a coffee, black… I don't like it when it's too sweet" an older woman said at the table, removing the hat she was wearing before revealing long teal hair, "and if you don't mind I would also like a few sour tarts."

Yume's smile faded as fast as it had come.

Name: Usagi Yami

Age: 19

Job: florist

Special notes: notoriously bad tipper and Yume's regular

"So what brings you here? Last I checked you were on official business arranging for some big shot's wedding" Yume inquired, writing down Usagi's order.

Usagi gave a smug smile "what is it so unusual to want to talk to my one and only friend?"

Yume gave an annoyed look to the older woman "If that were true then you would leave a better tip then a measly 600 yen"

Usagi shrugged "at least I tip, and besides I only buy 1200 yen worth of food so I figured half would be a good tip"

Yume glared accusingly "it isn't and you know it"

Usagi looked away and whistled nonchalantly, pausing on a television screen showing a special report on a white clad girl with blonde hair jumping out of a burning building with two children in her arms, the words 'Cure Echo saves the day again' appearing under the feed in golden letters.

Looking confused; Yume looked back at the screen and unconsciously gripped her tray "I'll get you your coffee"

Usagi nodded "oh and may I have cream and sugar in my coffee… I'm suddenly in the mood for something sweet"

Yume nodded and went to get the coffee.

As she was retrieving the coffee she made some sidelong glances to the television, thinking back to her past as the Cure Dark Dream.

The last sight she saw in her old life being the face of her original, the tears in her eyes as she disappeared back into her original form, the regrets of not knowing how to smile.

The one that still haunted her memories to this day was the first day of her new life

X –X

Dark dream yawned as she woke from her slumber, slightly confused she looked up to see that she nothing but darkness before noticing a cloaked man floating over her; jumping backwards and adopting a fighting stance to try and stave off the man.

"Don't be alarmed" the man said in a loud almost annoying voice "we are allies on the same side"

Dark dream doubted this for some reason.

"Leave her be Joker" a much more dignified voice said to her left, looking to its source another cloaked figure said as he messed around with his cane, "she's no use to lord Bottom traumatized"

"Yes but it would make me ultra happy as a result" yet another cloaked figure said directly behind Dark Dream, looking behind her Dark Dream saw that there were actually 7 figures standing behind her, the only one whose face was visible being a red haired man in the back while the speaker was giggling with one of the others in the group.

Dark Dream looked away and found that she could see a line on the ground, following it she noticed five pillars standing in front of her.

It was a few seconds later when she saw one twitch that she realized that they were fingers and that she was on top of a very large hand, and that looking up she could see what she assumed was lord Bottom.

X-X

Breaking herself out of her thoughts Yume grabbed the coffee and brought it to Usagi who seemed to have a frown on her face.

"Cure Echo", was the only thing Usagi said before taking a drink from her sweetened coffee, and instantly making a sour face as she mused "I hate sweets"

Yume didn't hear any more words out of her regular customer for her entire visit

X-X

After Usagi left Yume was pleasantly surprised to find a 2200 yen tip and took it as a sign that her day would end up good, despite memories of her past.

And as if to spite her, the next sound Yume heard was one of crashing.

Looking back, Yume could clearly see two small children standing over a broken plate and a small cell phone like device and trying their hardest to pick up their mess as fast as they could.

Worried, Yume instantly sprung into action, slapping the broken ceramic out of their hands and dragging the two away "okay you two, I don't know what you were trying to do but it's dangerous to pick up shattered pieces"

The boys looked down to the ground ashamed "sorry miss, we were fighting over a plush toy we found on the ground and must've bumped the table"

Yume nodded, but looked around to find no plushie; looking to the kids she gave a quick disapproving look before turning them away.

Picking the pieces up, she then noticed the cell phone like device, undeniably plain looking by most technological standards, only having two buttons on the front and none on the sides, its color being a bright pink and white.

Quite frankly it looked like a toy.

"Those kids must've dropped this"

"Hey Yume, what are you looking at?" a voice behind Yume said suddenly, causing Yume to jump.

Looking around, Yume looked around to find Rika's smiling face "oh nothing", Yume denied; placing the device into her back pocket "so what about you what are you doing here, I haven't seen you here at all"

Rika smiled, "I just wanted to see when you got off work, "I do have a story to tell you… and please don't laugh because it's all true"

Yume finished picking up the plate pieces "okay, just let me finish up and we'll talk"

Rika just smiled as Yume walked away, before looking into a nearby cupboard and looking inside.

X-X

When Yume go off work, she first noted that Rika was carrying a small fox plushie in her hand that she didn't before and that at her side was a boy with light brown hair and a delinquent look to him.

Yume frowned and addressed the boy, "and who might you be?"

The delinquent boy looked to Yume and stared for a few seconds before responding "my name is Gureru, I and my associates represent the Bunbee Company"

Yume blinked twice at the boy's claim and looked to Rika who just smiled while she hugged the fox plush to her chest.

"You see Yume, I got a job as a talent scout for the Bunbee Company… and we're looking for the newest stars for our new team" Rika explained in a cheerful tone that seemed to fill Yume with dread.

Yume backed away slightly, noticing the Name Bunbee and its significance she readied herself for a quick run away from the people who seemed to represent the obviously evil organization.

Unaware of Yume's internal thought process Rika smiled to the fox plush in her hand before looking to Yume and beginning her question.

Yume had other plans

Rika was cut off by a shoulder throw by Yume who launched her into Gureru; sending both of them into a wall.

Not wishing to be caught Yume sprinted the other direction of the underlings of Bunbee, not noticing the smoke screen as Gureru seemed to shrink to plush size.

Rika was the first of her entourage to get her bearings back, "WAIT YUME!" she shouted running after her senpai with the two plushies in her hand.

Above them, a smiling figure tapped on the air as she gave a big bright smile filled with malicious intent.

X-X

Usagi Yami walked down the road, thinking of nothing particularly interesting, mostly about Cure Echo when she noticed a cloaked figure standing on air in front of her, blinking twice her first reaction was to run, but she didn't act on it"

"Finally found you!" the hooded figure said in a passionate voice.

Usagi jumped back as the hooded figure kicked at her, confused Usagi could only ask "who are you?"

The hoodrd figure smiled, "you know who I am, I will defeat you!"

Usage looked to the girl like she had grown a second head before rubbing her forehead "um… I think you have the wrong person, I don't believe I've ever met you before"

The hooded figure frowned, "seriously I know you know me I'm-"

Yume rounded a corner, accidentally hitting the cloaked girl and sending her sprawling to the ground and cutting off her introduction.

Usage blinked and caught Yume as she was running "Yume, what's the hurry?"

Yume choked on the new pressure on her shirt and paused, seeing Usagi she tried to struggle free "let go of me I'm running for my life away from a couple of evil organization workers"

The hooded figure picked herself up from her prone position and glared at Yume who stopped struggling long enough to notice her, clearly knowing who she was "so… Dark Dream is here right in front of me…"

Yume felt Usagi's grip loosen from her shirt long enough to allow her to shake herself free but froze when she saw that the hooded figure was wielding a book in her hand.

Yume and Usagi both began to run but were too late.

"Fall into despair as your white futures are painted pitch black" the figure said as the sky around them took a green hue and the pages in the book turned pitch black seeming to suck the joy out of everything around it.

Yume attempted to run but stopped as she felt a crashing sound behind her, loking back she saw Usagi curled up in the fetal position, muttering to herself.

Looking back and sighing, Yume spun around and stared at the hooded figure that was holding a yellow ball in her hand, entering her fighting stance she prepared herself to fight to the end.

Naturally Rika showed up with the two plush toys in tow "senpai why-"she was cut off by the hooded figure raise the yellow ball above her head "uh, oh"

"Rise Akanbe!" the hooded figure shouted as a nearby car glowed before a large explosion revealed that it had somehow grown a large mouth, eyes and Yellow clown nose.

"Akanbe!" the beast shouted as it turned to Yume, its mad grin scaring her a little.

The hooded figure smiled before disappearing with a single "good luck Dark Dream.

"AKANBE!" the Akanbe shouted as it revved its motors and charged Yume.

Yume jumped left, away from Usagi's body as the car Akanbe turned around and rushed at Yume again.

Yume jumped away again, rolling into Rika, looking at the girl, the first thing she noticed was the second plush toy as well as a pamphlet that Rika seemed to have forgotten "what are you standing here for?"

Rika got out of her funk long enough to pull Yume away from the car Akanbe's path. "Ok, En En, Geruru… what is that?" she asked looking to the plush toys in a panicked voice.

The two plush toys looked at each other with worried expressions before the fox plushie pulled out a book and began reading from it.

Rika looked distraught "is now really the time to be picking up on some light reading?"

The other plush toy looked at the girl with narrowed eyes but was cut off by the fox before he could speak.

"Here we are, Yellow nosed Akanbe, made from power from Pierot they are used to protect important items or as quick to create monsters, caution may be very dangerous"

Yume looked to the plushies and with a look of recognition said "you're fairies!"

The Fox nodded, making a waving motion and smiling "hello my name is En en, I'll be your fairy for your adventure"

The other plush toy, which Yume actually just now noticed looked like a tanuki seemed to strike a pose and smile as he said "and I'm Gureru the future greatest fairy in existence his partner"

Yume and looked to Rika, but only found herself looking at a pamphlet with the words 'So You Want to be a Pretty Cure' on the front, confused she took the pamphlet and leafed through it quickly (making a mental note to read it later)

Rika smiled "okay, now that we've gotten through that pleasentry, En en please give Senpai the commune"

Yume looked confused as the fox fairy patted himself all over but found nothing to speak of.

Rika looked distraught "please don't tell me you lost it"

En en stayed quiet

Rika looked to the fox before noticing the Akanbe sitting and waiting to charge at them.

Yume looked to the fairies, noticing how plush like they were, before remembering something from earlier "wait, is this it?" she asked, pulling the toy phone from her bag.

The three looked to Yume and smiled "YES!" the three shouted at the same time.

Yume nodded,"okay… so how do I use this thing?"

Rika nodded "okay senpai, since it's on factory settings, the pass phrase is 'pretty cure love link' and all that's left is to press the top button on the front"

Yume nodded, noticing the top button she pressed it causing a small bell noise to chime from a hidden speaker, posing she shouted in near practiced ease

"Pretty Cure love link!"

Yume's form was instantly wrapped in a blinding pink light, and after merely a second her hair was in a ringlet style, after 2 her form was dressed in a frilly pink one piece leotard with an added on skirt, then finally after a third second her feet were covered by black knee high boots.

Instantly feeling nostalgic to her old form; Yume did a small spin on her toes and stopped facing the Akanbe, placing her left hand on her hip and pointing to her foe with her right, she said "beware of the terrifying strength of a girls nightmares… I am Cure Dark Dream"

Rika looked pleased for roughly a second before realizing what Yume called her cure form.

En en and Geruru's eyes went wide at the name, cowering in fear they ran behind Rika.

Dark Dream smiled at the Akanbe, "beast of darkness for your crimes I will defeat you!"

The Akanbe stared at Dark Dream for several seconds, looking uncomfortably at her.

Dark Dream readied herself in a pose which mimicked that of a karate user before looking to Rika "Rika… I'm going to need help… I need to know my special move in this form… unfortunately"

Tired of waiting the Akanbe dashed forward, attempting to run down the cure.

Jumping up; Dark Dream flipped over the monster, which made a u turn to see Dark Dream land… but only looked confused that she didn't.

X-X

Above the Akanbe, Dark Dream was staring down at the ground which was much further down than she originally thought "huh… it appears that I have a great deal more jumping power in this form than my previous one" she quickly analyzed nonchalantly "now what do I do?"

"Suggestion, you could use your Pretty Cure tools to battle the enemy" a female voice said from her chest area.

Looking down, Dark Dream could see that she had a small gem emblazoned in her leotard, poking at it her only response was, "you can talk?"

"Affirmative, I am the Precure Ai union lackey, a help program installed onto your commune to answer any questions that you may have"

Dark Dream nodded, "so what's this about tools?"

The Ai blinked a few times "Pretty cure tools are weapons stored within the commune in order to allow a Pretty cure to defeat monsters with a Pretty Cure finishing move"

Dark Dream looked confused "wait, but don't all Pretty Cure gave finishing moves built in?"

"Answer to question: yes, but this model has not been outfitted with a proper finishing move, instead this unit has been outfitted with a tool system to compensate for the lack of one"

Dark Dream looked to the gem "why don't you have a finishing move?"

"As per specifications, the finishing move is decided by the user, not the commune"

Dark dream nodded again "okay, so instead of a finishing move I have tools that seve the same purpose?"

"Afirmative"

Dark Dream smiled "interesting, okay so what tools do I have?"

"scanning… items found, Pretty Cure tools available are, Pretty Cure Breaker, Pretty Cure Shot, and Pretty Cure Edge"

Dark Dream's face lit up by the mentioning of the Pretty Cure Shot "can I have the Pretty Cure Shot please?"

The gem flashed twice "Pretty Cure Shot, authorized, readying tool"

Instantly an orb of light formed in the palm of Dark Dream's hand, quickly re shaping itself into the shape of a syringe and expanding to the size of her arm and becoming an actual Syringe with a green liquid inside.

Dark Dream gave the newly formed syringe a scrutinizing look "so Shot is a syringe… okay, so this is my weapon… fine, I'm just above the monster, now to let gravity to take over" she said as she stuck the syringe downward.

X-X

Below Dark Dream, the Akanbe was looking around warily, trying to find the enemy it was created to destroy.

"Pretty Cure…"

A shout from above startled all in the immediate area, looking up, Rika, En en and Geruru were astonished to see Dark Dream coming down weapon first onto the Akanbe.

As Dark Dream landed on the Akanbe, the needle of the syringe pierced the outside shell of the car

"Lovely injection!" Dark Dream finished as she pressed down on the syringe causing a large explosion to incur, signaling the end of the attack.

Instantly the world took it's natural color and Yume was now outside her transformation and in her human form.

Rika and the two fairies watched as Yume looked at them and asked "so care to fill me in?"

X-X

Author's note

Welp… Rika got important quickly

Thank you Dokidoki Precure for giving me a solution that I had no idea how to implement before now… honestly I'm glad that I'm not the only one who thought of using artificially made Pretty Cure transformation items… so yeah that will be a thing for this story

As for Dark Dream's new outfit… I decided to go for simplicity to go with the factory settings thing already established, it will become more intricate as time goes on but until then I'm keeping this design.

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