Author's Note: Let's just assume every portals between the fairies and the Cures of according seasons are working just fine.

Disclaimer: Miyuki's first dialogue is based on the classic Sleeping Beauty, which I do not own.

Chapter 5

Title: Bad Ends for Villains?

Season: Smile Precure

Main Characters: Candy, all the Cures in the season

Summary: There always are Bad Ends in stories, but who gets the Bad Ends is the point.

Bold: emphasize

CAP LOCK: SHOUT

Miyuki: The brave prince held the sword which the three good fairies gave him like a spear and aimed it at Maleficent's dragon form. He shot the sword, it pierced through the Dragon's skin and impaled her heart, she then lost her balance and fell off the cliff. The prince hurried into the princess's chamber in the quiet castle. He gently kissed the princess's lips. The princess slowly opened her eyes, as she woke up, the kingdom awoke with her and rejoiced at the princess's return. The prince and the princess then lived…

Candy: Happily ever after, the end, right-kuru?

Miyuki: Yup! I love Sleeping Beauty, well, not as much as Cinderella, but it's still great.

The five girls sat in their "secret base" with Candy in her mascot form. Ever since the girls saved the world from the Bad End Kingdom, Candy had been attending lessons back in Märchenland to be a good, majestic Queen. But once in a while, she just had to come back and hang out with her friends, she was still a child after all.

Akane: (pats Candy's head) Good for the prince and the princess, right?

Candy: Uh-huh-kuru.

Yayoi: So, what should we do next, Candy?

Candy was spacing out.

Nao: Candy? What's the matter? Are you not feeling well?

Candy: I'm fine-kuru. Um, Miyuki, what happened to the Dragon afterwards-kuru?

Miyuki looked at Reika for help.

Reika: I suppose she passed away, she did fell of a cliff after all.

Candy: I feel sorry for the Dragon-kuru…

The room fell silent, no one knew how to respond to her innocent comment on the story.

Candy: The Dragon was not entirely at fault, was she-kuru? If the king originally invited her to the princess's christening, she wouldn't have hurt them, would she-kuru? She was just upset and angry about being isolated-kuru. Speaking of which, the prince's and the princess's Happy End means the villain's Bad End; in other words, our Happy End means Bad End for Joker and Pierrot, right-kuru?

A long, silent minute, which seemed like a whole hour passed.

Akane: We weren't that different from them, were we?

Yayoi: Both them and us simply wanted to protect their homelands.

Nao: And fight for what's precious to them.

Reika: In our point of view, they were the villains; but vice versa, maybe we were also the villains in their eyes. We descended a Bad End upon them, just like they planned to upon us.

The room fell silent again. The girls didn't know what to say when they thought their deeds were the farthest thing from what they want them to be.

Miyuki: We did what we must. We had to protect the Earth, that was the mission for us, Precure. Nobody ever said that wars or conflicts of any kind would bring happiness or gain, it always brings suffering and loss. Even so, we couldn't afford to lose, we had to fight to protect what's dear to us. But don't get me wrong, it's not like I don't feel sorry for Joker and Pierrot, it's just we should be hung on the past. We didn't have a choice, we did what we must.

The girls looked at her in awe.

Miyuki: What? Is there something on my face?

Akane: Well, I didn't expect you to say something that um... deep.

Yayoi: Akane-chan! You should not speak the truth so directly.

Miyuki: What do you mean?! Ah!

Miyuki tripped over her own leg and fell flat on her face.

Nao: Yup, same old Miyuki. (Burst into laughter)

Miyuki: (pouting) AKANE! YAYOI! NAO!

They went outside and she chased them all over the place. Only Reika and Candy were left in the house.

Reika: As expected from Miyuki, she always is the cheerful and optimistic one.

Candy: Yeah, that's her speciality-kuru.

Reika: Well, Candy, you are the Queen of Mächenland now, you have the responsibility to create a Happy End for your subjects, after hearing that much, do you think you will do fine?

Candy: I'll be just fine, I've always got you all here by my side after all-kuru.