While the street was full of cars zooming through traffic and people walking to their destinations, tucked in a seemingly obvious place was an abandoned alley. No one on the streets even gave it a glance. Of course, there was no reason to look at it as it didn't even have a rat inside of it.
Suddenly, the wind in the alley started picking up. From out of nowhere, a porta-potty started materializing inside of the alley. Everyone kept walking, nothing being out of place for the ordinary people on the street. The wind started died down when the porta-potty had fully materialized.
The door then opened up. From inside of it came an elderly woman with hair white as snow and a fourteen year old girl with blue hair. The woman had a look of excitement on her face and started messing with one of the many black and white pearls on the left side of her hair. The girl, on the other hand, looked ready to throw up. She placed a hand on the alley wall while the door to the porta-potty closed behind her.
"Oh, come on, Zi-Zi, tha' was hardly anythin'!" the old woman belated the young girl in a think London accent.
"Yeah right, Joanna," the teenager replied, her face looking positively green.
"Now, now, there's no time to be sick to our stomachs!" the elderly woman started walking out of the alley, pulling along the poor girl by the scruff of her shirt. "We need to find the new Cures and fast!"
"I should've stayed home today," the girl lamented. She placed a hand over her mouth, holding back the contents of her stomach from going all over the ground.
A Brighter Day (Opening)
I'm ready with my back to the wind
And I will fly higher than I ever have been
I'll follow all my dreams, my destiny is waiting for me
I am on my way, heading for a sunny blue sky
And all my past worries, I will leave them behind
Now it is time for the beginning of the Zodiac
Pretty Cure Zodiac!
There was a time when I was lost and alone
I couldn't find what I was wanting the most
Looking around for anybody else to show the way
I wondered how the light could ever break through
When I had built the highest wall around me
Then I soon realized it was up to my heart...
To spread my wings and fly again.
So here I go!
I have got my back to the wind
And I will fly higher than I ever have been
I'll follow all my dreams, my destiny is waiting for me
I am on my way, heading for a sunny blue sky
And all my past worries, I will leave them behind
Now it is time for the beginning of the Zodiac
Pretty Cure Zodiac!
Two guys waved good bye to their girlfriends for the day as they left the pool. They put on t-shirts as they started walking down the streets in their swimming shorts and flip flops. The two walked over to an ice cream stand, got their ice cream cones, and sat down on a bench in the nearby park.
"Man, it feels like so long ago since all that crazy stuff happened, Brach," the tan one said to the lighter skinned one.
"Yeah, Tommy," Brach agreed, running his fingers through his dirty blonde hair. "And now more crazy stuff is happening here. Do you think he knows what's going on here?"
"If he was involved in any way, I think we would've been involved by now," Tommy retorted. "With Shelby and Halona gone, I don't know how those monsters are going away. Who do you think is doing this?"
Brach suddenly gasped. He grabbed onto Tommy's blonde-highlighted, dark brown hair and turned him in the direction where he was looking at. The other boy also gasped at what he was seeing.
A woman in her early to mid-twenties was walking towards them. She had long, blonde hair tied up into a high pony tail, pooling out from where it was all bunched together and went down to her knees. Her (surprisingly) pink eyes sparkled from even where they were sitting at. For some strange reason, she was wearing a light pink shirt that had a polo neck, a white mini skirt, and white, leather boots that went up to her knees.
However, what really caught Brach's attention were the big, white wings that were attached to her back.
They watched her as she walked in front of them and then walked away. They saw the giant hole in the back of her shirt that allowed her wings to fit through it. Tommy then noticed something.
"How come no one else can see her wings?" True to his words, as Brach looked at other people, they didn't seem to be noticing the wings that she clearly had. "Why is an angel even here?!"
"I don't know," Tommy admitted. "But if she has anything to do with what's been going on around here lately, we need to find out!"
Brach nodded. The two stood up and, while nonchalantly eating their ice cream, started tailing the woman.
They followed her all over the place and she never seemed to notice them following her. They watched her give some money to a homeless man, help an old lady cross the street, and help a pregnant mother carry groceries to her car as she traveled around the city. Eventually, she went into a restaurant and sat down next to an elderly woman with a stuffed, blue ram sitting on the table.
"There doesn't seem to be anything weird about anybody she's helped with," Brach told Tommy. The two got to a safe spot where they could continue watching her without drawing any suspicion to themselves.
"I think they weren't the main reason she's here," Tommy agreed. Brach looked over at him and then back at the woman inside.
"Do you think the main reason she's here is because of that woman inside?"
"Maybe."
The two watched from outside the restaurant and were surprised to see a familiar face serving the two women. Her eyes were as wide as saucers, seemingly able to notice the woman's wings.
"Chloe can see them, too?!" the two realized at the same time. The two saw them converse until Chloe walked away, clearly shaken by the experience.
The women continued talking until Chloe brought out their food. She then sat down with them, a plate of food for herself and a second one for some reason. The boys then saw their friend, Rose, entering inside of the building with a pink bird on her shoulder. She looked as shocked as Chloe did when they noticed the two and slowly sat down. However, the pink dove seemed happy to see the blue, now moving, ram.
"Tommy? Brach?"
The two quickly turned around to see Rose's older brother, Axl, standing behind them. "What are you guys doing here?"
"Look," Tommy told him. Axl's eyes widened at what he saw.
"I-is that an angel in there?" Axl asked no one in particular. "Is she here because…"
"We don't know," Brach answered. "But why are you here?" Axl looked back towards the window.
"Rose has been acting weird since the monster attacks in town began. She got a phone call earlier from Chloe telling her to come into town. I feel like she got caught up in this." The group of boys looked back at the scene playing out in the restaurant. "I know it's not the first time…" The other two shared a look with each other. "But if I can do something to help her and Chloe and Stephanie…"
"I know how you feel," Brach replied. "She's almost like a sister to me. If something were to happen to her, I don't know what I would do."
"Same here," Tommy agreed. "We've been through too much together. All of us have…"
The three were about to remanence about the past when they suddenly heard a "KURIOHOSHI ANTILA!" from down the street.
All three stood up and watched as a giant, monstrous bike pump started walking towards them. Walking behind it was Lyra laughing a menacing laugh. Rose, Chloe, the two women, the bird, and the real ram ran outside to see what was going on. None of them noticed the guys not running away with all of the other civilians and watching them.
"Sagittarius, Gemini, show us what you got against that Kuroishoshi!" The winged woman told the two teenagers.
"Okay!" Rose and Chloe agreed. The two pulled out a set of keys with a matching giant key ring. Rose pulled off one while Chloe pulled off two. They threw the rest into the air, a magic array appearing in front of both of them.
"Pretty Cure, Zodiac!" They pushed the keys into the keyholes that appeared in the center of the arrays. "Star Power!" They turned the keys. The arrays broke apart into many pieces.
Rose had five rings made of rainbow light pass over her arms, legs, and body, changing all of her clothes sans her necklace to her Pretty Cure outfit. A rainbow light started traveling through her hair, changing it to pink pony tails and giving her accessories to match.
Wind blew from Chloe, bathing her hair in a bright green light. Suddenly, wind colored green blew ferociously around her. When it disappeared, the amount of bodies in that area increased by one and both were in their Pretty Cure attire with matching hairstyles.
All three placed the key ring with keys on their right hip. They then placed both hands on the left side of their chests and quickly removed them, their badges appearing where their hands once were.
"The archer, dancing with all the colors!" she shouted out. She struck a ballet pose before getting into one that matched her constellation. "Cure Sagittarius!" Rainbow glitter suddenly busted out from behind her, falling to the ground.
"The twins of the ever-changing wind!" the two girls said at the same time, facing each other, grasping each other's' hands. They then went back to back, striking the pose to match their constellation. "Cure Gemini!" Wind blew off of them for a moment.
"Pretty Cure?" Axl asked. "When did they become Pretty Cure?"
All three girls suddenly ran off at the monster. They punched or kicked it, sending it off of its feet. However, the monster quickly got back on its feet. The girls ran up to it went to punch it. However, the monster, to their surprise, blocked all of them at once. It pushed them back to the road. Gemini went tumbling down the street while Sagittarius managed to land on her feet.
She screamed as she went back to fighting the transformed air pump. Their punches collided. They froze for a moment before they started blocking and punching and kicking each other, each of them gaining no ground. While that was going on, Gemini managed to get back up.
"I'll go left, you go right," Pink Gemini relayed her plan.
"No problem," Blue Gemini winked in return. The two split off from each other and jumped towards the nearby buildings. They landed on their hands and sprung off of them with all of their strength. However, instead of landing the kick, the Kuroihoshi blocked them both with its hands while Sagittarius was knocked back by the hose on its head.
The monster then threw Gemini into Sagittarius. All three fell harshly on the ground below. Their outfits had some scuffs on them and there were a few cuts on them as well. All three started getting up slowly as the Kuroihoshi laughed. As Sagittarius went to look back at the group, she then did a double take, finally noticing that Brach, Tommy, and Axl were watching her.
"Um, Gemini, we may have a problem."
Both Geminis were confused on what she was talking about until she pointed at the boys. Pink Gemini's jaw dropped while Blue Gemini started laughing hysterically.
"Oh, wow, I can't believe they found out this soon!" she stated through her laughing.
The other group looked over and saw what the three Cures were talking about. The two fairies looked at each other with worry. The older woman's eyes widened at the sight of them. The angel immediately noticed this. The old woman looked at the angel. "It's him," was all she said. In response to this, the angel jumped/ glided over to the group.
"I promise you will get an entire explanation out of all of us in time," she told them. "For now, stay out of the way." She then flapped her wings again, going back over to her group. "Luna, Galaxy, go with those boys for right now. Make sure they don't get into any trouble."
"Okay, ari," the blue ram agreed.
"Let's go, Galaxy, col," the pink dove also agreed. The two fairies went to the boys as the women walked up to the other Cures.
"It looks like the powers chose wisely," the elderly woman said. "You're very powerful."
"But take a look at how your sempai does things!" the angel said as they both took their own sets of keys.
"Sempai?" Blue Gemini asked. "What's a sempai?"
The women proceeded to take the bronze key off each of their rings. The two threw their rings and extra key into the air. They turned into magical circles, white for the angel and purple for the elderly woman.
"Pretty Cure, Zodiac," the two said at the same time. They then placed their keys into the center of the array. "Star Power!" They turned the keys. The arrays in front of them broke apart into many pieces.
The angel sang out a short but beautiful melody. The notes flew around her on music staffs and wrapped themselves around her body. In a flash of white light, her modern day clothing was replaced with a toga-like outfit that was split in two parts. The sleeves were a light pink that flared out from where they were attached to the rest of the top by her constellation's symbols. Her wings were still visible outside of the top. The bottom of the toga-like ensemble went down to her knees and had more light pink fabric encircled the skirt just under her hips, being pinned in the front by the same constellation. Her stomach was exposed and had light pink fabric to make sure that the bottom of the top and the top of the bottom were secured in place.
Two more music staffs wrapped around her lower arms. When they disappeared in a burst of white light, sleeves similar to that of Taurus's were left behind. The differences were that they were white with pink fabric holding them at her elbow. She also had on three, solid gold bracelets on each of her wrists. A few music notes made their way up to the hair just above her bangs, her ears, and neck. When they touched the spots, her gold, dangling, star earrings, white choker, and white head band with a gold star attached to it all appeared in a flash of white light.
The last two music staffs wrap around her boots. When she clicks her heels together, they transform into two, white high heel with a band holding them on her ankles appear in their place. She places the ring with two keys on her right hip. She then places her hands over the constellation symbol on the left side of her chest.
The old woman had light purple light wrapping all around her from all sides. It completely surrounded her. It then suddenly all dispersed at once. In the old woman's place was a fourteen year old girl with long, purple hair that went down her knees. The last part of it was looped and held together with a gold blow with a star on it. The left side of her hair still had all of the pearls that the older woman wore. Unlike the others, her eyes also changed colors from brown to a bright purple. She also wore the same earrings as all of the other Cures and had a purple choker around her neck. The rest of her clothes morphed into one that was brightly lit with neon purple lighting.
She clapped her hands together. The purple light was thrown off of them and revealed a big, gold bracelet on each of her wrists. She then crossed her arms in front of her chest and threw them out in front of her. The light came off to reveal a light purple dress. It was made out of some plastic material. Purple lined the bottom and the area where her arms came out of. A sliver zipper went straight through the middle of the dress with the zipper being her constellation. The dress also had an unzipped, high collar with the same purple stripe going around the top of the collar.
She then kicked on of her legs into the air. The light came off both of her legs to reveal knee high, light purple boots that were made of the same material as her dress. A think, purple line was at the top of each of the boots. The transformed woman placed her key ring plus keys on her right hip. She placed her hands on the left side of her chest, her badge materializing in purple light when she removed them.
"The woman, singing from the heavens above!" the angel said with both hands on her chest and her wings closed up behind her. She then struck a pose that matched her constellation with her wings stretched out behind her. "Cure Virgo!" Small music notes started floating down around her.
"The scales that judge the fates of all!" the now young teenager said with a finger on her chin. She then struck a pose that matched her constellation. "Cure Libra!" Purple light shone from the pearls on her head.
"They're Pretty Cure, too?!" Axl questioned.
"Yep, ari," Galaxy told them. "Cure Virgo and Cure Libra have been a part of Pretty Cure Zodiac longer than all of our ages combined, ari."
"Amazing, col!" Luna said out loud.
"It's been so long since Ah last did this," Libra said in a different voice than before albeit with the same accent.
"Then let's get this show on the road!" Virgo told her. The two stood in front of Sagittarius and Gemini as the Kuroihoshi got up again.
It went to attack the girls, but Libra blocked its punch while Virgo jumped into the sky. She then landed on its head, heel first, hard. With the monster still dazed, Libra lifted it into the air and slammed it back down onto the street. Everyone watching was amazed at what they saw.
"She's really strong," Tommy couldn't help but say in awe.
"Whew, he was heavy," Libra said as she held her back like the old woman that she was. "Geeze, Ah'm old…"
"Oh, come on, I'm older than you," Virgo said in a teasing voice as she landed on the monster's head, hard. It groaned in pain. "That and you're supposed to be like your younger self right now!"
"One, you're another species entirely," Libra quipped back. "And two, I'm still old no matter what age I look!" The two looked back towards the monster on the ground. She looked back at the other Cures to see them struggling to stand. "Although Ah think we're going to need a boost from you if we're going to be taking out Antila."
"Antila?" Pink Gemini questioned.
"Sounds good," Virgo agreed. The angel jumped from her place on the dazed monster's head and onto a nearby building. She placed both hands over her badge. White light shone off of it. She then raised her left hand into the air. A white harp with a gold star on the base landed in her hands. The boys and Luna looked up into the sky, wondering where the harp came from. She cradled it in her arm. "Virgo Prayer!" She then started strumming a soothing tune. The effect was apparent immediately.
"Kuroihoshi Antila…" the monster said dreamily, seeming like it would fall asleep any second.
"It's so beautiful…" Tommy and Brach said at the same time, leaning against each other for support.
"It sounds amazing, col," Luna agreed, landing on top of Brach's head.
"What is going on?" Axl questioned the situation around him.
"Oh yeah, ari!" Galaxy shouted from her place on the ground. "I feel like I could take down all the Kuroihoshi, ari!"
"Couldn't have said it better myself!" Blue Gemini gave the ram a thumbs up. All other Cures were glowing with a white aura around him.
Libra then placed both of her hands on her badge. Purple light shone off it. She then pulled two pearls – one white and one black – out of her hair. "Libra Chains!" She threw the two pearls as hard as she could. The white one landed on the Kuroihoshi's right wrist while the left one landed on the opposite wrist. The pearls then turned into rings of purple light around his wrists. The Kuroihoshi looked in confusion for a moment before its wrists were suddenly stuck together above its head. It tried its hardest to free them, but to no avail.
"Now would be a great time to finish it off," Virgo told the other Cures from her perch. The three nodded in agreement. All three of them placed their on their badges. Pink shone off Sagittarius's while green shone off Gemini's.
The two Geminis went back to back, spinning around while the wind whipped towards them and then condensed between their hands in front of them, turning it into a green ball of light. Grasping one hand, they used the other to bring the balls above them and merge it into one. The two then brought it down in front of them. Sagittarius lifted up her right hand. Light that was all different kinds of colors came to her hand to form a sphere as the cloth hanging from her wrist was glowing rainbow. She brought down her hand. Her index and middle finger were pointing at the monster while her thumb was pointing at the sky.
"Gemini Twister!"
"Sagittarius Burst!"
The light that Gemini held out in front of them suddenly turned into a green-colored twister. Sagittarius brought down her thumb, the same rainbow-colored light coming out of the tips of her middle and pointer fingers. Both attacks were heading at the Kuroishoshi and hit right on their marks.
"KUROIHOSHI ANTILA!" the monster screamed in pain. It then exploded. The boys protected themselves from the explosion, but were unharmed from it along with everything else in the blast zone. They then noticed that everything that had gotten damaged in the fighting was suddenly repaired. In the blast's epicenter was a glowing power and a broken bike pump in its place.
"This is the power of Pretty Cure?" Axl asked.
"And this isn't even Pretty Cure's full power, ari," Galaxy confirmed as Virgo landed next to the others. "Once everyone is gathered, you can see the true power of Pretty Cure then, ari." Brach whistled in awe. Before Luna could do her job and get the power, Lyra suddenly showed up.
"So, you've appeared," she smirked. "I guess I'll just have to take this power with me."
"So you're holding Lyra's power?" Virgo asked, but said more as a statement. "You don't have much time before-"
"Zip it you oversized bird," Lyra smirked at her. Libra had to grab onto a suddenly very, very angry Virgo as to not have her do something that she would regret. Lyra reached down and grabbed the power. "For now, I'm taking this power back." She then started laughing before she disappeared.
"…What was that all about?"
"For now, everyone, we need to pretend to be ordinary citizens," Libra told them. "Let's get back into place before the police arrive and we'll explain everything after they've done their investigation."
Everyone nodded. The Cures ran into an alley way to change back to normal while the boys quickly followed them as the police sirens were starting to be heard. All of them were curious about how much was going on.
"My name is Gabriella, Captain of the Guard to the God Ichos and his wife, the Goddess Armonia," the angel introduced herself after everyone else did.
"You can call me Joanna Smith," the old woman told the others.
"And I'm Galaxy, ari," the blue ram fairy told everyone.
The big group sat around a Japanese grill on the other side of town. Everyone had food in front of them with only Stephanie eating like she needed to eat as much as possible now.
"So, how long have you been Pretty Cure and how many others are out there?" Rose asked.
"There are four of us that have been part of Pretty Cure Zodiac for some time," the angel told them. "I'll give you more details when everyone's been found, but I've been around the longest as Cure Virgo. Joanna Smith – as she likes to be called nowadays," the old woman only grinned at that statement, "has been around the second longest as Cure Libra."
"There's also Cure Cancer whom I believe is already here," Joanna asked Stephanie as she devoured some teriyaki chicken.
"Yehp!" she replied with her mouth full of food.
"And there's also Cure Aries," Joanna finished. "She likes to have dramatic flare, so she'll probably show herself when the drama is at its greatest."
"I guess she does like that sort of stuff, huh, ari," Galaxy looked up into the air.
"Since Comet finding Cure Leo, that only leaves the Scorpio, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces key sets, col," Luna told everyone.
"And with the 12 Zodiac powers all accounted for, the Columbus and Ursa Minor powers never being taken, and you guys recapturing two powers already, that leaves 71 powers still in this Camerina's hands," Joanna did the Math quickly.
"That's a lot of different powers," Axl thought. He then shot a wicked smirked at Rose. "At this rate, you'll be at it all summer. There'll be no time for video games or cartoons or that convention you want to go to…"
"Don't remind me…" Rose cried. She then suddenly stopped. "By the way, since you guys know, we should probably vote on whether to tell the others or not."
"Good idea," Brach nodded. He, Tommy, Axl, Stephanie, and Rose all leaned in. "On the count of three. One, two, three,
"Not unless we have to," they all said at the same time. They all then sighed in relief.
"What was that about?" Gabriella leaned towards Joanna, looking for an answer.
"You'll know in time…" she said cryptically. Gabriella pouted at her best friend. "Besides, isn't the question that should be asked is Rose the human that is dating your younger brother?"
"WHAAAAA?!" the entire table yelled out at the exact same time.
You Are a Star (1st Ending)
It's 5AM, now it's time to get out of bed
Another day is ready to start again
The shower's running, the coffee is burning
Gotta get out the door in time for the train
Cell phone is ringing, the message is coming in
The traffic's jammed, now let's see who's gonna win
Yeah, the game is on, if you are strong and you wanna play...
No one said the race would be just a piece of cake
Work your way to the top
You've got to put in the time, pay your dues
The corner office is there, waiting for you
You, yeah, you are a star
There's no mistaking you will make it to the end
I know you've got what it takes to believe in yourself
You will never give in
You're a star
No one else in the world could replace the way you smile The way you look when you're inspired
I know you will shine no matter what you will face
Cause you are a star