Me: Wow! So many reviews! I'm getting dizzy! (Falls to the floor but still conscious.) I'm Ok!
(Pops head out from sound-proof box) Zoey: Are you sure about that?
(Pops head out from sound-proof box) Elliot: Yeah, since the start of the summer, you've gone a bit...unusual.
Me: Yeah...I've been busy trying to complete episode 29 by the end of this week, and I've just found out that this story has had 1000 hits. I want to finish episode 30 by the start of the school year.
Elliot: Fair enough, you're easily excitable; we'll leave you to it.
Me: Before you disappear back into the box, how are the renovations coming?
Zoey: Pretty good, the living room's finally finished, what with the plasma screen taking forever to arrive, and the swimming pool has just been filled up with water.
Elliot: Also the tennis courts are looking pretty good from the newly stocked games room. (Both disappear back into the box)
(Sweatdrops) Me: ...I've left them alone for a week and they've got a swimming pool, tennis courts, a games room and a living room with a plasma TV...That's not right!
Dren: Tell me about it.
Me: Gah! Where did you come from?
Dren: I teleported, duh. Anyway I'm here to do the disclaimer.
Me: Fair enough, it's your turn anyway.
Dren: Princess Mew Mew does not own Tokyo Mew Mew or anything to do with it, it belongs to Mia Ikumi.
(Halo and pretty flowers appear and eyes sparkly) Me: Because if I did, Zoey and Elliot would have ended up together.
Dren: Hey! That's not fair! How dare you...
(Cute imagery fades, whispering so Dren doesn't hear) Me: He's going to be like that for a while, you read the next chapter while I deal with him...By the way, where is E.A?
(Suddenly appears) E.A: I'm here!
Me: Gah! Did you teleport here as well?
E.A: ...No...I used the door.
(Whispering further so that she doesn't hear) Me: ...I am really considering giving up on understanding what's happening around here since I started updating.
I have used the English names in case, and the characters are OC.
In advance I apologise if I have got the ages incorrect but I tried, although I shall make no changes.
Summary: This is a rewrite of the series, it shall be based on the TV series, and each chapter covers that episode, except when it reaches the end. Although sometimes they go into my version of the event; also I have added appearance descriptions in case you don't know, but if you do, then excellent.
Here's Chapter Eleven!
Anyway...
Italic means prophetic view
Normal means...well...normal
Chapter 11 Taming of the Mew
'Believing in your friends may bring pain as well as friendship'
Corina stared out of the café window, her cup of tea getting cold in her lap. Zoey looked at her worriedly; she had never seen Corina act this way before, usually she had a small smile on her face as she drunk her mid-morning tea. She looked over to Bridget and Kikki, they were trying to get on with their work but Zoey could tell that Renee's words had hurt them badly. Since the others were consumed in their work or tea in Corina's case Zoey went to the kitchen to ask Elliot and Wesley for advice. Wesley was preparing a strawberry cheesecake for the customers and Elliot was washing the dishes. They both looked up and saw Zoey.
"How are the others taking it?" Wesley asked.
"Not well, they may not show it but I can tell that it hurt them, Corina isn't even drinking her tea," said Zoey.
"How about you take the girls with you to the recording studio? It might cheer them up, you may even be able to convince Renee to join the team," said Elliot as he lifted a newly clean plate from the water. Zoey smiled gratefully, he had given her the perfect reason to take her friends to the studio that afternoon.
"Thank you," said Zoey as she left the kitchen. She went to the changing rooms and got changed then went back upstairs and convinced her friends to come with her. They all then went off to the recording studio.
When they arrived Renee stood waiting for Zoey. In silence she led Zoey away to the recording studio. Zoey sat down in the studio and begun to sing into the recording microphone, her angelic voice perfectly composed on the CD made. Renee then left the studio and started to walk to her dressing room. As she walked past Corina, Bridget and Kikki, she looked at them as though to say 'why are you here?' She quickly looked away from them and continued making her way to her dressing room.
Renee sat alone in her dressing room, she stared out the window in loneliness, no friends to cheer for her, no family to support her. She was completely alone. She was brought out of her sadness by a voice. She turned towards it and saw the owner of the voice. It was Dren.
"It's lonely in your business, isn't it?" Dren said, feigning sympathy.
"What do you want?" Renee asked.
"I just came for a little chat, I know ways of returning your body to normal, without the wolf DNA," said Dren as he took a step towards her. Renee thought about this, she did what to be returned to normal; she wanted to get back to her normal life without being concerned about having animal ears and tail popping out at any moment.
"What did you have in mind?" Renee asked. Dren stepped forward and rested his elbow onto her shoulder. He was going to tell her his plans.
Corina, Bridget and Kikki ran down the corridor to an open door. They ran inside the room and saw Dren resting his elbow on Renee's slender shoulder; Renee looked at them with a blank expression. Dren had a sly smile on his face; he looked at them wickedly.
"It's about time you showed up, you pesky Mew Mews won't be causing me any more trouble," said Dren as he grabbed Renee's arm and pushed her towards the others. Renee was caught completely off guard. Bridget, Corina and Kikki caught her as she fell towards them. In Dren's hand appeared a glowing light, a bolt of some kind; he shot it at them and a sandstorm began to encircle them, the wind whipped against their clothes. They all let out high-pitched screams of terror, hoping that someone would hear them and come to save them.
Zoey heard the shrieks and came running. She saw sand flying out of one of the doors; she stopped in front of the doorway and saw Corina, Bridget, Kikki and Renee in the centre of the sandstorm. She then looked past them and saw Dren standing on the other side of the room, his hair moving wildly in the strong winds. Their eyes met, his bright amber eyes staring into her deep chocolate eyes. His mouth curled into a small smile.
"Hello Zoey," said Dren as another glowing light appeared in his hand, he shot in towards the other Mew Mews and they disappeared into thin air. "Goodbye Zoey's friends!"
The storm faded. Zoey stared at where her friends had been standing. Before they were there, then they were gone. Zoey stepped into the room, closing the door behind her.
"What have you done with my friends?" Zoey asked angrily. She didn't understand. Why had Dren done something like this? Dren then leapt at her, cornering her against the doorframe. She was trapped. There was nowhere to run. There was nowhere to hide. No one could help her. She was completely vulnerable.
"They're currently residing in another dimension, the dimension of terror." Dren said as he leant a bit closer to Zoey's face. Zoey refused to cry in front of her enemy.
"Bring them back right now!" Zoey cried as she struggled against Dren's grasp upon her.
"Sure, on one condition, join me," said Dren as he loosened his grip on her slightly. "I'll give you some time to think about it."
He then disappeared. Zoey fell to her knees and looked to the floor; she was trying to hold back her tears. She began to think about Dren's offer but she knew she needed professional advice. Zoey quickly got to her feet then left the room and ran out of the building, refusing to look back at where her friends disappeared into thin air.
Zoey finally stopped running and went inside the café. It was empty; she heard the faint tapping of computer keys coming from the basement and started to make her way down the stairs. In the basement she saw Elliot and Wesley looking at a computer monitor. Zoey wanted to cry out for help because she was so terrified, but she knew she couldn't for two reasons. One: because she was meant to be the brave fighter that led the team in battle. And two: because she didn't want to embarrass herself.
Elliot and Wesley looked up and saw Zoey standing in the doorway.
"Hey Zoey," said Elliot. Zoey walked to their sides.
"We've got a problem. Dren has sent the other Mew Mews to another dimension." Zoey said as she tried to hold back her tears. "Can you locate them?" Wesley started to search the girls' position. Zoey waited in anxiousness. Within minutes Wesley found the location.
"Found it," said Wesley. "They're all safe."
Zoey could have fainted in relief. She was so glad her friends were safe.
"Thank goodness." Zoey said as she breathed a sigh of relief. Her happiness however was short-lived.
"However there is a problem," said Wesley. "The dimension is getting smaller by the minute. Within four hours the dimension will disappear and they'll all be killed."
Zoey's heart almost stopped beating. She knew her friends were prisoners but she didn't know that if she couldn't do anything they would be killed.
Elliot looked at Zoey. He could easily see she was in shock.
"Is there a way to get them out of there?" Elliot asked, hoping to calm Zoey's nerves.
"No, only a miracle can save them," said Wesley. "Zoey, what did Dren tell you while it was just you and him?"
Zoey looked at him and then looked at Elliot. He also was waiting for an answer. She gulped.
"He said he would bring them back on one condition, he would bring them back only if…if…I…joined him," said Zoey. "I don't want to but I want to save my friends."
Elliot folded his arms and begun to think.
"Surely there is a better way." Elliot said as he unfolded his arms. At those words Zoey ran out the room and went outside.
Meanwhile in the dimension of terror there was nothing but a field of green grass and above it a smoky black sky streaked with blood red clouds. Renee, Bridget, Corina and Kikki sat in the middle of the field. They were scared for they couldn't transform into the Mew Mews. The dimension was sucking the power out of them. They all were sat on the grass in a circle. Kikki was huddled in Bridget's lap, crying in fear. Corina sat in between Renee and Bridget, constantly fidgeting. Renee sat with her arms folded; a scowl was set on her face. She looked at the others.
"This is your entire fault," said Renee as she looked around at the others. Corina looked scared at her outburst and Kikki lay trembling in Bridget's lap. Bridget however wasn't afraid to fight back at what Renee had said. Zoey had given her the courage to defend herself from words like this.
"It's not our fault! You're the one to blame for all this! If you had just joined us in the first place then none of this would have happened! All of us stopped believing in you after what you said at that church, although Zoey never stopped believing in you, not even after what you said! Not even after you almost betrayed us!" Bridget yelled. Renee looked at her. Those words had broken through the barrier of loneliness around her heart.
"She didn't? Well then if that's the case I'm in, I'm going to join you," said Renee as she gave them a warm smile. They all smiled and hugged each other.
"Now, how do we get out of here?" Corina asked.
Meanwhile Zoey sat outside the café, close to tears. She knew she had to be strong in that time of weakness. The cold air brushed against her skin; this made her feel even more alone. Just then she felt a warm, comforting hand on her shoulder. She turned around to see Elliot; he had a worried look on his face. Zoey wanted to start crying and fall into his arms but she didn't want him to be even more worried. Elliot gave her a comforting smile.
"Don't worry, I'm sure you'll find a way to save them," said Elliot.
"Yeah, I hope so," said Zoey as she turned away from him. At that moment Minimew flew up to Zoey's ear.
"Zoey, there's a predasite alert!" Minimew cried. Zoey's body tensed. Surely she wasn't out of time already. She stood up.
"Lead the way, Minimew," said Zoey as she followed Minimew towards where the predasite signal was coming from.
The predasite location was at the recording studio from that afternoon. Zoey hated to be back there but she knew she had a job to do. She walked inside and followed Minimew to the predasite. Minimew finally stopped in a hallway and floated in front of a door. Zoey peered inside and saw the predasite. It was a giant snake woman; it was destroying a set for a TV show. Just then she felt a cold breeze brush over her and she heard a voice behind her. Zoey turned towards it and saw Dren. He leapt towards her and Zoey fell to the ground. She looked at him.
"What are you doing here?" Zoey asked in anger.
"Your time is up. Have you made your decision?" Dren asked as he stood before her. Zoey got to her feet and fished her power pendant out of her pocket.
"Power Pendant, Mewamorphosis!" Zoey cried as she transformed.
She ran into the room and towards the predasite. The predasite saw her coming and attacked. She flung her giant whip-like tail towards Zoey and she crashed against the wall. Blood seared from the cuts on Zoey's back but she didn't care, she then leapt at the predasite again. The predasite saw Zoey and attempted to bite her with its sharp fangs, it missed Zoey's chest but it created a huge cut in Zoey's arm, which began to ooze blood, and little scratches of blood on her right leg. The predasite then whipped its tail again and created a cut on Zoey's left knee. In that second it coiled its tail around her body and begun to suffocate Zoey.
Zoey struggled to remain conscious. Her vision began to blur but she continued to fight against the predasite. She continued to fight even though blood was searing out of all the cuts on her body. Zoey got her hand free and scratched the tail binding her with her cat-like claws. The predasite let Zoey go. Zoey fell to the floor and she looked up towards the tall predasite towering over her. The predasite shot a powerful white light towards Zoey. The light consumed her. When it disappeared Zoey struggled herself up into a kneeling position. The back of her neck started to burn. There was blood coming out of a fresh cut on her forehead from the blast. The blood began to trickle down Zoey's face.
Dren, who was watching the battle floated over to her side and knelt beside her. Zoey looked towards him.
"If you go on like this you'll surely be killed." Dren commented, as he looked at all the huge cuts all over Zoey's body. "So are you going to join me? If you do I can help you." Zoey's body tensed. Anger began to overtake her.
"Never…" Zoey stammered as she turned away from his face. Dren couldn't understand. He thought Zoey would have wanted his help. He then floated to the side of the predasite.
"I'll let my predasite kill you if you don't," said Dren. Zoey slowly got to her feet and looked straight into his eyes.
"I don't care if you kill me! I swore I would protect this planet at the cost of my life! I will protect this planet for my friends!" Zoey cried.
Suddenly from behind her a portal appeared and out of it leapt Corina, Bridget, Kikki and Renee. They ran towards the wounded Zoey's side. Minimew then gave Renee a power pendant.
"POWER PENDANT MEWAMORPHOSIS!" they cried in unison as they transformed.
Corina then got out her bow and arrow.
"Heart, Arrow!" Corina cried as she shot her arrow at the predasite's chest. The arrow didn't even phase it. They stood stupefied at what they saw. Zoey stepped towards the predasite.
"No Zoey! You're hurt! You can't destroy the predasite in your condition!" Bridget cried. Ignoring Bridget's cry Zoey got out her Strawberry Bell. Refusing to sit by and watch Zoey get hurt Renee, Bridget and Kikki also got out their weapons then, along with Corina, they all stood behind Zoey. At that moment glowing pink lights started to glow from the hearts on their weapons. Corina, Bridget, Kikki and Renee all knelt around Zoey and the powers inside their weapons joined together in Zoey's bell.
Feeling the power of her friends flowing through her, Zoey leapt towards the predasite.
"Strawberry Bell, Full Power!" Zoey cried. Glowing pink, purple, green, blue and yellow ribbons tangled around the predasite and destroyed it. Dren stared at the remains of his predasite. He had never seen such power. He then disappeared. Kikki started crying out in joy. Corina and Bridget hugged each other in happiness. Renee stood by their side with a broad smile on her face, something she hadn't done in years.
Zoey breathed in heavily. She was thrilled that her friends were back with her. She then began to feel dizzy. Her vision began to blur. Her eyelids grew heavy. The burning on the back of her neck was growing more painful, her heart beating rapidly in her chest. Her knees buckled and she fell to the floor. Zoey had collapsed. Before her eyes closed she saw her friends standing over her with worried looks on her faces, they had all returned to normal. She then returned to her human form. As she closed her eyes, she felt someone lift her motionless body off the ground and carry her away. She then closed her eyes.
The person carrying Zoey looked down at her peaceful, sleeping face. They then walked to Café Mew Mew and took her into a room behind the café office. The person then placed her onto the bed within the room. They then started to bandage her wounds, slipped her into a hospital gown and tucked Zoey into the bed for her to rest.
Me: Ok, this chapter is quite different from the original episode, but I wanted to hint about the Princess's identity.
E.A: Don't give too much away; you'll ruin the grand finale.
Me: Yeah, yeah, whatever... Anyway so many chapters to go, so little time to complete all of them.
(Massaging temples) E.A: No kidding. Are you going to deal with Dren soon? He's giving me a headache.
(Looks over to Dren, he is still complaining. He's in for a nasty surprise in a minute.)
(Whispers, no one can hear her) E.A: If you've been reading the commentaries in the chapters, you'll know what's going to happen next...
(Eyes glow red and flying demons appear) Me: Enough of your whining! If you don't stop complaining in the next five seconds, I'm going to start hitting you with my katana until you're nothing more than a bloody pulp on the floor!
(Whispers, no one can hear her) E.A: OK, I didn't expect her to lose her temper that much.
Dren: Oh yeah? Try it, I dare you.
(Whispers) E.A: He shouldn't have said that...
(Katana appears in hand) Me: ...5...4...3... (Raises katana)...2...1...
Dren: Aaaaaahhh! (Runs away)
E.A: I think I'll get out of here too... I'm not risking anything until she's calmed down... (Sneaks out the room)
(Evil imagery fades) Me: That worked well. (Puts down weapon and produces notebook)
Me: Note to self- when Dren causes trouble, threaten him with katana.
(Toss notebook over shoulder) Me: ...Anyway, hope you enjoyed the chapter...where's E.A gone?
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