While school and education was always important to Haruka, princess lessons weren't regular classes taught at university. She had gone any way, to appease her parents They never really believed in her dream.

Not like Kanata had, any way… Haruka thought nostalgically.

And of course Haruka grew out of the idea of becoming a literal princess. As she graduated middle school and high school she continued to research real princesses and learned that there's a lot more to being a princess than just living in a castle and marrying a prince. And with her parents persistant demand that she attends college, she chose that at least if she was going to have to do something she was unsure about she'd at least continue to study strong women and feminist studies. And Haruka found that many princesses were deeply devoted to charity work. And even more than official princesses, Haruka admired a lot of women who didn't have royal titles but were still doing their best to make the world a better place.

So when she realized she wouldn't be an official princess, Haruka decided she would become a woman with the strength, kindness and inner beauty of a princess. She'd already gotten a taste of the life of a fairy tale princess- the life she had thought she wanted- but the delusion from Dyspear was so lacking of love and friendship. How could anyone want a life like that? Her friends were what made her time at Noble Academy unforgettable.

Never in her whole life had Haruka met a group of people who believed in her and loved her so much. Then to top it all off they became Precure together and saved the world! Then all so suddenly as it started it was over. Sometimes Haruka wondered if it was ever even real, if she had dreamed up the whole thing. How was she supposed to adjust to normal life once their powers were no longer needed? How was she supposed to live her life without him in it?

Oh... thought Haruka, she hadn't realized she was crying until now. It's okay! He's doing his best to make his dream come true and I'm doing my best to make my dream come true! He wants to be a wonderful king, and I'm sure he will be. If only our paths hadn't drifted apart like they did.

While her and Kanata's path only crossed for a second, her friendship with Minami and Kirara was just as strong as ever. Of course chasing their dreams had drawn them all to different corners of the globe, but that didn't mean they couldn't find fifteen minutes to spare every few days to Skype. Kirara was becoming rather popular in Paris and was keeping her popularity in Japan. Breaking the international barrier was hard enough to do for an idol or an actor, but for a model it was even more difficult. Minami was working long days as an intern for a marine veterinarian in Australia. She knew her dream would take her there someday, but it was so drastically different from home the princess of the sea was having a hard time adjusting. Haruka cheered her on and reminded her that every dream starts out difficult until you can get to where you really want to be.

As for where Haruka really wanted to be, she wasn't entirely sure. She was happy with her university classes and had moved to the smaller town of Kibougahana to work in a flower shop over the summer. She was twenty years old and had no idea what her purpose was in the world.

In any world. The princess of flowers thought, looking over at the crystalized dress up key that sat on her desk. The time she felt most alive in her entire life was when she was fighting as a Precure. If she ever had the slightest chance to go back to Hope Kingdom she would take it in a moment. She missed Towa, of course, the only friend she couldn't keep in contact with made her feel guilty even though there was nothing she could do about it. But… she never did get to tell Kanata her feelings for him. Feelings she still had despite not seeing him for years. Somewhere in her heart, Haruka knew they would meet again.

"Haruka, could you come here a second?" One of the owners of the flower shop called out.

"A-ah! Yes, coming!" Haruka said, wiping the tears from her eyes. She walked from the back office to the main room. "Kaoruko, what do you need my—"

"Haruka-roma!"

"Haruka-pafu!"

Haruka stood shocked and frozen until her eyes widened. "E-ehh? W-what are these stuffed animals doing here! K-kaoruko! I'll take these to the lost and found in case a child comes in looking for them!" Haruka said, bending down to pick up Pafu.

"Haruka, it's okay. I know who you are. Cure Flora." The older woman smiled at Haruka.

At that she immediately snapped to attention, waving her arms in front of her face. "W-what?! But how could you—what are you—!"

"Kaoruko was once one of the strongest Precure of all time- roma!" Aroma said with admiration in his voice. "She took down the Desertarians and Dume all by herself as Cure Flower-roma! She was incredible-roma!"

"What?! Kaoruko you! You were a Precure! You knew I was a Precure! How—why didn't you tell me?!" Haruka looked at her with disbelief and also a strange kind of hope.

"You reminded me a lot of my grand-daughter, Tsubomi, who was also a Precure. I saw you and recognized the Precure spirit in you, my dear."

"B-but why didn't you tell me sooner! I have so many questions, there's so much I want to know about you!" She looked at Kaoruko with determination before remembering the fairies' presence. "A-and Pafu! Aroma! Why are you here?! I haven't heard anything from Hope Kingdom in years and you show up now, completely out of nowhere? What's wrong? Something must be wrong!"

Aroma and Pafu looked at each other briefly thinking the same thing. Uh-oh. Princess Towa didn't give us a story to tell Haruka.

"I-it's the prince-pafu!" Pafu said quickly and nervously. So far so good.

"Kanata?" Haruka said softly, a bit of pain in her voice. "What happened to him? Is he okay?"

"Prince Kanata is fine-roma!" The little bird butler knew he had to say as little as possible, LIE as little as possible, to get Haruka to Hope Kingdom. "He just… H-he just.."

"Prince Kanata needs to see you at once-pafu!" Pafu quickly finished her brother's sentence. Well, there goes trying to lie as little as possible. "Prince Kanata and Princess Towa have a problem only Cure Flora can solve!"

At that Haruka's eyes dimmed. "I'm not Cure Flora any more. I'm just Haruka Haruno now."

Kaoruko took her hand. "Haruka, Cure Flora isn't just a costume you put on. Cure Flora is part of who you are. Even if you are no longer fighting evil you cannot stop being Cure Flora. She is who you are and you will always be here. Do you understand?"

Haruka wasn't entirely sure she understood, but she had an idea of what the older woman meant, so she nodded. "Pafu, Aroma! I'm ready to go with you to Hope Kingdom!"

"Wahoo-roma!"

"Wahoo-pafu!" the fairies cheered.

"Oh wait! Let me go get one thing!" Haruka ran back to her computer desk in the office to grab her dress-up key. She arrived just in time to see it glitter back to life and regain its pink color that had been lost years ago.

This is it. The princess of the flowers thought. I'm really really going to Hope Kingdom again.

Returning to the store room with dress-up key in hand, Haruka looked to Kaoruko.

"Kaoruko, I'm sorry for leaving so suddenly—"

"Don't give it a second thought, dear. My daughter and her husband and their children will be back to run the shop soon. Go. Your kingdom needs you."

"Right!" Haruka said, nodding to Cure Flower. "Aroma, Pafu. Let's go!"

I'm coming, Kanata. Whatever you need, I'll be there soon. With a flash of light and petals, they were in Hope Kingdom.

Hey everyone, I'm pretty new to writing fanfiction. I mean I've had ideas forever but never really brought them to life. Anyway, Go Princess is probably my favorite series of Precure and it holds a really special place in my heart so I really wanted to try to write something for it. I'm a busy college student and finals are coming up but I'll try to update over the weekends! Thank you and I hope you like it =)