(watching the news and making a face) Meh. The news has gotten way too chaotic lately. War going on around us and shiitake hitting the fan everywhere you look. (sputter) I hate reality sometimes... (pulls the Disclaimers over)

Disclaimers: I don't own Pretty Cure, as all the rights go exclusively to Toei for that brand. This is a fanmade series for entertainment purposes only.


My name is Nikki Kamihime, and I just started my first week at a new school. So much craziness went on, like meeting the Student Council President, being introduced to a generational samurai, and becoming a Pretty Cure too! That last part was a wonderful rush! I fought the first of many villains, monsters called Akumumons that are born from negative energy, and saved a classmate in the process! Not bad for my first day! Although I know the worst is yet to come, I'll fight to protect everyone's happy endings!

Nikki smiled as she closed her journal quickly and put it in her bag, refocusing on the lesson as the students were being taught how to read English.

Kairi pointed to a sentence on the board and looked at Nikki. "Ms. Kamihime, could you please recite this in English?"

Nikki stood and nodded, looking at the board and taking a breath before she started speaking, her American English starting to show through. "Great to meet you! My name is Nikki!"

Everyone clapped for Nikki, Kairi included as the teacher smiled. "Wonderful, Nikki. That was great."

Nikki bowed and sat down, looking at Souta who seemed to be having some trouble of his own considering his homework. "Eh? What's up, Souta-kun?"

Souta looked over at Nikki and smiled. "Ah, sorry, Nikki. I'm trying to figure out something here."

She tilted her head curiously. "Oh. Maybe I can look? See what it is?"

He thought it over before he nodded and showed her the paperwork he had.

She looked it over and made a face of utter disgust. "Yeesh, that's a high price to handle for your family."

He nodded a bit and huffed slightly. "Unfortunately so. My big sister is trying to keep the museum's archaeological society going, but if she can't make sure there's a way to ensure a good find for the museum, she might be done with her job entirely."

She looked at him and took his hand. "You can't give up yet, Souta-kun! How about I ask Sensei and some friends to come with me to the museum after school and we can check it out?"

He looked at her in surprise before he smiled widely and nodded. "Sure! I really appreciate it, Nikki-san!"

Kairi watched the two and nodded a bit, thinking to herself: "Nikki's smart, I'll give her that. Maybe we'll find the Second Cure at the museum."


(Cue theme: Fantastic! Wonder Story Pretty Cure)

~Shining on with the stories of our hearts

Fighting to tomorrow with happy ends

Fantastic! Let's sparkle more and more

Wonder Story Pretty Cure

Written in the books is a good happy time

Had by all so big and small

Imagination runs free in our minds

and shows us what's in store

Fantastic! Let's align our hearts

Gather all of the memories

That make us one

And all through the day

Fantastic! All our dreams realized

All our hopes ignite

Bad ends, beware

We're fighting on and on!

Shining on with the stories of our hearts

Fighting to tomorrow with happy ends

Fantastic! Let's sparkle more and more

Wonder Story Pretty Cure~

(End theme)


Chapter 2: Male and Female?! Cure Knight Descends!


Later on that day, the five Story World residents joined Nikki as they explained a little more about the rebels to her.

"So in a sense, they're all corrupted versions of story characters?" Nikki asked curiously.

Cinder nodded. "You met Drizella yesterday. She's the one who is based off of one of Cinderella's evil stepsisters, and she is just as mean as they come."

Merlin spoke up next. "The next one is Thunder Horn, and he practically looks like a minotaur from your Grecian legends. This guy is all tough talk and power strength, but he's still super loyal to his group and his Queen."

Howl continued on, "Then there's Sparking Toy, who looks like a puppet you'd think of from Pinocchio, but he's much better at lies than the real Pinocchio. He's the one who was able to infiltrate Story World and get past the guards so she could advance."

"She?" Nikki raised an eyebrow in confusion, only to have her question answered by Kairi.

"Queen Darke. The one who was behind the first attack and the one who corrupted my best friend." Kairi adjusted her glasses as she explained before she looked at the sky, thinking back. "I'll never forget that day..."

(Flashback)

A younger Kairi as Cure Lupin had been knocked back into a building, her partner Jewel dropping to the ground below as she fell not a second later, both of them landing on the ground.

Jewel looked at Kairi weakly with his face scratched beyond belief. "My lady... We... We won't last much longer as we are now - juru!"

Kairi grunted as she got up, grabbing Jewel by the handle. "We can't just let Darke win though!" She took a step forward and nearly collapsed, only to be caught by a pair of hands.

"Kairi, don't! You're already weak enough as is!" A blonde haired girl spoke, her Pretty Cure outfit giving her the appearance of a swan with white wings, a white gown with feathery details, and her partner being a white bird as well as she floated over.

"We're not doing much better, Odette." The white fairy told her. "We have to retreat, or we'll all die - haku."

Odette, or Cure Swan, looked at the ground. "No, there's still a chance." She looked up bravely with her golden eyes shining in determination. "I'll have to try and destroy the Book of Negativity!"

Kairi looked at Odette in shock. "But-!"

"It'll be okay, Kairi." Odette looked at her friend with a smile. "No matter what happens, just keep fighting for a better tomorrow. Isn't that what you always told me?" She grabbed Jewel and Hakubo and charged towards the dark mass.

"ODETTE!" Kairi watched her friend run forward, her eyes brimming with fear.

(FlashbackEnd)

Kairi clenched her fists tightly as tears fell from her eyes. "She charged right into the darkness without fear and managed to destroy the Book of Negativity. But... not only did I lose my partner that day, but also my best friend..."

Nikki looked at her and quietly spoke with a gentle voice, "Sensei..."

Oniki nodded. "It's been hard on Kairi to face her old friend since then, but it's not either of the girls' fault. It's Queen Darke's fault. That freaky ink blob stained not only Odette's inner story, but also her heart. There's no way to get a person back when their heart is stained so badly."

Kairi gritted her teeth together, still upset at the memory, before she felt a pair of hands on her own fist as Nikki spoke up, "It's okay."

The teacher blinked in surprise and looked at Nikki, the young girl having a bright smile on her face.

"You survived and lived to make it here, didn't you?" Nikki reminded her. "Heck, I'm not gonna be surprised if you make it against your old friend! And just don't forget, you've got a new team to help you out with getting her back!" She grinned brightly with a small giggle.

Kairi smiled slightly. "Nikki-san..." She had underestimated the young girl's heart; not only was it pure, but it was extremely powerful and hopeful, something she would like to have soon. But for now, she simply nodded. "You're right. Even if it's been a long time, I can't just give up. I have to keep fighting for her."

Nikki nodded. "Yep, yep! Fight for your friend's freedom!"

Kairi laughed brightly as the fairies watched the two interacting with smiles across their faces.

Cinder chuckled lightly and looked at the others. "She's certainly getting along well with Kairi, isn't she?"

Merlin nodded a bit. "Yeah. I noticed that Nikki's a lot like Miss Odette before the latter was corrupted. Strong-willed, positive, quick on her feet to jump in and help. She always wants to do her best for others when they can't do it themselves."

Howl smiled a bit. "I bet Nikki won't even let despair ruin her positivity."

Oniki was the only one not smiling as he spoke up, "Maybe, but we all know that even the most positive smiles can hide the deepest despair."

The trio remembered Odette's past and got worried. Would Nikki have something similar? And if so, could she fall as well?


Within the Story World Castle's Library, Queen Darke was sitting - or rather, seemed to be sitting - in a chair and watching the orb show her Cure Royal's first battle. "And you're certain this... Cure Royal has a bright story?"

Drizella nodded to her. "It's the brightest I've seen since Cure Swan's, possibly even brighter."

"Well, I guess I shouldn't be surprised," a young voice spoke up as a puppet like boy dropped down and landed, smirking at Drizella. "It's not like we've been waiting for a good chance to strike when we found little Lupin."

Drizella narrowed her eyes at the boy. "Mind your own beeswax, Sparking Toy. You're already enough of a crappy little liar."

S.T. clicked his tongue, looking away as his hair hung across one eye. "Temper, Drizzy. You don't wanna make me do something I'd regret."

Drizella laughed mirthlessly at the suggestion. "Like what? How could you even attack me? You're just a puppet!"

"ENOUGH!" Darke's loud command made the room shake as the two generals froze in fear. "We need to eradicate the new Cure before she can find more teammates." She created a new Akumumon Book and passed it to Drizella. "Make sure you don't fall this time!"

Drizella nodded quickly. "Yes, ma'am!" She teleported off.


At the museum, Souta was seeing off some visitors with a wave and a happy smile. "Please come again soon!" He smiled a bit as he watched the happy family with the young daughter having wonder in her eyes, remembering his dream to become an archaeologist much like his sister. "Ah, so amazing to see so many happy families interested in history."

A woman walked over to him, having similar deep purple hair tied in a ponytail and matching eye color to Souta but wearing a business suit instead, and smiled at him. "No doubt. It's so satisfying to see my work pay off."

Souta smiled at the woman. "Absolutely, Chisato."

"Hey! Souta-kun!" Nikki's voice could be heard from nearby as the siblings looked over and smiled upon seeing the young Pretty Cure, her teacher, and the human fairies coming over.

Souta ran over to Nikki. "Glad you could make it, Nikki-san, guys."

Kairi smiled and nodded. "We wouldn't miss this wonderful chance to help."

Chisato walked over and smiled. "Thank you all for volunteering your time to help the museum. I'm Chisato Kishin."

"Great to meet you, Chisato!" Nikki shook the older girl's hand.

Souta chuckled lightly. "Shall we head inside?"

Chisato suddenly saw a limousine pull up and sighed softly, her smile faltering. "You guys go on. I have some business to take care of." She walked over to the limo.

Souta watched her sadly and shook his head. "Museum proprietors. Greedy morons, honestly."

Nikki watched the scene of Chisato shouting at the proprietor and shook her head. "That's awful. We have to help Chisato save her job at the museum somehow."

Oniki thought it over before he got an idea. "What if we provided some artifacts from Story World? I mean nobody really believes it exists. The closest comparison to the landscape would probably be England or the countryside of Italy."

Cinder smiled a bit. "That actually might work!"

Nikki smiled excitedly as she heard their explanation, unfortunately momentarily forgetting that Souta was next to her as he asked curiously, "Story World? Isn't that a made up world?"

She froze up, quickly waving her hands after a split second as she looked at Souta. "I - I'm sure they're just talking about their home country! After all, reading is just as important!" She laughed nervously, rubbing the back of her neck.

Souta nodded a bit and smiled. "Well, let's get inside." He headed into the museum.

Nikki let out a sigh of relief as soon as he was inside before she looked at the fairies with a disgruntled expression. "You guys need to keep a low profile on that stuff..." She headed inside, quickly relaxing.


(Eyecatch: Nikki, Souta, Fuwa, and Momoko are reading books together before the fairies drop and transform into their human forms, landing on their respective partners before the eight of them laugh off the fall as the logo appears in the corner.)


Meanwhile, Drizella was in the museum, looking at some of the artworks displayed there. "Quite fascinating, how some of these artists have made several works, even while at their lowest." She brushed a bit of her hair back and looked at the Akumumon Book in her hand, grateful she had taken up a human form in order to blend in better. Sure, her normal green skintight dress was fine, but a casual green long sleeve shirt and blue jeans outfit with high heeled boots never hurt her feelings.

Suddenly she heard the sound of footsteps coming and tucked the Akumumon Book away, looking over and seeing Nikki and the others coming in, the Green Cure darting around in amazement as she looked at the various pieces.

Drizella giggled slightly as she watched Nikki. "Quite the adventurous one, that new Pretty Cure." She looked over and saw Chisato coming inside and looking annoyed, taking a peek into her inner story and seeing an ink spot that was pretty big already and smirking to herself. "This is too easy." She snapped her fingers and made the Akumumon Book teleport into Chisato's pocket before she headed off.

Meanwhile, Nikki was examining the knight armor and smiling. "So wonderful! The craftsmanship of the armor is exquisite!"

An older man walked over to them. "Indeed it is, my dear. The knights of old certainly have made their mark on history."

Souta saw the older man and smiled. "Oh, Mr. Curator. Great to see you again."

The curator laughed brightly and patted his shoulder. "Souta, my boy. I haven't seen you since you were just a little tyke in a dress."

Merlin looked at the curator in confusion. "Eh? But I thought Souta was a boy? He certainly sounds like one and dressed like it too."

Souta blushed slightly and chuckled nervously as he rubbed his head slightly. "W... well, that's actually funny you mention it..." He looked to the curator for help nervously.

The curator nodded and looked at the others. "None of you gentle folk might believe this, but Souta was born as a girl. He always identified himself as a young lad though, hence why he started dressing so at around nine years of age."

The six heroes blinked slightly before they became utterly dumbfounded, letting out a unified "EEEEEEEEEHHHHHH?!"


Inside her office, Chisato was fuming angrily as she thought about what the corporates had told her.

(Flashback)

"I'm sorry, Chisato. But if you don't have anything new for us to display, we'll have to terminate your license." The business suited man had told her.

(Flashback end)

"Terminate me? How dare they think that way! I'll prove to them I can make a special find, one that's so unforgettable, they'll never see it coming!" She slammed her hand on her desk, jolting the Akumumon Book out of her pocket as it fell and landed on the desk next to her fist, catching her attention. "Eh? What's this?"

She got a closer inspection of it, seeing the title Guardian Treasure appear on the cover.

"Guardian Treasure?" She smiled slightly. "Maybe this could help me with saving my job?"

She grabbed the Book, suddenly regretting it as the light flashed and she yelped in pain, her inner story starting to turn black.


Back with the group, Nikki was trying to understand it all. "How... Souta-kun is... He's been a girl since birth?!"

Souta nodded sheepishly. "Yeah, but my parents had always hoped for a son and as I grew up, I came to understand big sis's love for archaeology, and that kinda started my emergence into being a boy."

Cinder smiled as she listened to him. "There's nothing wrong with it. Heck, I know some people have their own thoughts on how they should act. So if you want to be a boy, that's perfectly okay."

Merlin nodded in agreement, as did the others.

Souta smiled softly, his eyes starting to tear up. "Guys..." He closed his eyes and wiped the tears away. "Thank you all."

Oniki's bun suddenly twitched as he looked around. "Crap! Akumumon here at the museum!"

"What?!" Kairi looked around in surprise.

Chisato stumbled out, darkness trying to overtake her.

Nikki gasped in fright. "Oh no!"

"Big Sister!" Souta screamed in fright.

Chisato looked at Souta, tears falling down her eyes. "S... Souta... run!" She screamed as the darkness took over completely and morphed her into a dragon like Akumumon, the black cloud on its forehead. "AKUMUMON!"

"This is bad!" Howl spoke worriedly.

Souta couldn't move, terrified of what his sister had become. "W... What is that thing?!"

"KUMU!" The dragon Akumumon shot a fireball at the group.

"Watch out!" Merlin and Howl tackled Souta out of the way as Kairi and Oniki got the curator to safety.

Nikki frowned. "I got a bad feeling I know who changed Chisato!" She looked at Cinder. "Cinder, let's transform!"

Cinder became slightly worried. "If we transform here...!"

"We don't have a choice!" Nikki sounded determined to save Chisato.

Cinder blinked slightly, knowing her partner had a point, before she nodded bravely and changed into her fairy form, tossing the Royalty Princess Book over quickly before she flew to Nikki's free hand, changing into her sword form.

Nikki caught both items in her hands quickly and stood readily.

(Cue BGM: Pretty Cure, Princess Engage w/o BG chorus)

Nikki placed the Pretty Book in the open slot and held her sword out as her clothes dispersed into a bright green dress silhouette, her hair falling out of the half ponytail with the change. "Pretty Cure, Start my Story!" She moved her hand around and flipped the cover open to show a golden princess silhouette on the inside page.

Jewels floated past Nikki as she grabbed a glowing pen and drew a heart shape, sending it off in several streams of ribbons that encircled the area and swirled around her body at the arms, legs, and torso as she did a ballet twirl and held her arms out.

More jewels formed on her hands and pinged into place as gloves with golden bracelets around the wrists, following the same pattern with her shoes as they appeared with the look of being pointed with a golden rim, white socks that had a golden v lined edge, and light green ribbons that encircled her shins and stopped just below her knees, and finally making a light green dress appear, the top part having a flower like edge, a golden bow with a green gem in the middle and on her back, and a golden rope bottom that lead into the bottom half of the dress, as the lower half was segmented with a flowing sheer lace top and the rest with solid colors in a green gradience.

Nikki then drew a rounded crown with green teardrop shaped jewels and side feathers into existence and placed it on her head, her hair glowing and growing longer as it became blonde with a minty green ombre at the ends, before she opened her eyes for them to be more of a lighter sea green in color and red lipstick pinging on to her mouth as she took an elegant pose.

A bag appeared on her side as a placeholder for Pretty Books before she landed with both feet together and did a curtsey, the jewels shimmering and changing the background to a palace hallway as she straightened up and blinked once, her eyes shimmering.

"The elegance of a princess!" She shouted as she swung her sword in a heart shape and held it down, swinging it up and running her hand down the blade before she jumped into her final pose of a brave fencer. "Cure Royal!"

(End BGM)

Souta looked at Nikki in stunned silence as the Green Cure dashed forward and jumped up, swinging at the Akumumon.

"KU!" The Akumumon blocked her with a claw and pushed Royal back.

Royal flipped down and landed, looking up in time to block another attack, holding strong as she kicked the tail away and jumped high, swinging downwards again. "HAAA!" She struck the Akumumon, but was surprised to see she hadn't made a dent in the scales. "What the?!"

"Those are some seriously tough scales - dechu!" Cinder was surprised as well.

Royal yelped as she dodged the tail coming back around before she jumped up and blocked the tail from hitting a vase. "Hey, these are priceless! Even you know that, Chisato!"

"AKU!" The Akumumon launched a fireball again, aiming for the vase.

Royal was forced to deflect it away from the vase and through the ceiling, the Cure wincing as she felt the burns that had hit her arm. "Ow ow ow! That hurts!"

"Dragon fire sure does burn, doesn't it?" Drizella appeared above the Akumumon and smirked slightly.

Royal looked up angrily. "I knew it!"

"Drizella!" Cinder was equally as angry.

Drizella giggled a bit. "It's impressive she managed to find as much as she did. I almost hate to see all this stuff go. Almost."

Royal got ticked. "How dare you! These artifacts weren't just found by Chisato! She's one of the many amazing archaeologists who worked hard to contribute to this museum!"

Drizella scoffed a bit. "Yes, but it was those others who were better than her and found better stuff faster. She deserves the vengeance she wants."

"Royal! The Akumumon's aiming for the other museum pieces - dechu!" Cinder warned her partner.

Royal looked over and saw that Cinder was right. "No!" She ran over and started slashing fireballs away, working hard to dodge as many of the attacks as she could in the process while getting more burns, but she couldn't keep up enough and eventually she got smacked into the wall, screaming slightly before she hit hard, the impact making a crater.

"Royal!" Souta shouted out of worry before he looked at the Akumumon that was his sister. "Chisato-nee... why? Why would you let this consume you?"

"Souta... I'm sorry..." The familiar voice caught his attention. "I... I wanted to make more people happy... by providing my unique finds... In the end... I'm not much of an archaeologist after all..."

"Don't you dare say that!" Souta shouted as he got up. "Big sis... you know I remember how many times we'd play in the backyard... how many times you always found a special stone or something just as unique... and then we'd show Mom and Dad, and they'd get so excited about the finds!" He smiled at the memories, a few tears falling from his eyes as he looked up at the Akumumon again. "Those memories are important to me and I'm sure they're important to you too! You've worked for this stuff all your life! I won't let you give up now just because of this setback!"

Chisato woke up inside the monster and looked at Souta weakly, starting to cry as she nodded a bit. "Souta... please... free me and... save everyone... and... the museum..." She whimpered as her inner story was blackening further.

Outside, Royal was trying to get up, but she was weak from the attacks and she immediately dropped to the ground again, clenching her fists tightly before she saw a figure in front of her and looked up. "S... Souta-kun..."

Souta had gotten in front of her and was bravely facing down Drizella and the Akumumon. "I know your dream is in peril, sis. But... I know you've always protected me since Mom and Dad passed away. So now... I wanna do the same. I... I want to..." He clenched his fists bravely. "I want to protect your dream!"

Suddenly with those last words, a bright light erupted from his chest.

Drizella shielded her eyes. "Not again!"

"It's that light - dechu!" Cinder shouted.

Souta watched as the purple Pretty Book flew to his hands and pinged into a new form, a purple cover lining a broadsword picture with the words Shining Knight emblazoned in pure silver.

Merlin quickly changed into his sword form and floated in front of Souta. "Souta! You have to do what Nikki did - fuku!"

Souta jumped as he saw Merlin. "Merlin, did you become a sword?!"

Merlin nodded. "Yeah! This is one of my normal two forms, but that isn't important right now - fuku! Do what Nikki did and you'll gain the power to save your sister - fuku!"

"I don't really get all of this..." Souta said nervously before he became confident. "... but I won't let you down!"

(Cue BGM: Pretty Cure, Princess Engage w/o BG chorus)

Souta placed the Pretty Book in the open slot and held his sword out as his clothes dispersed into a bright lilac tank top and shorts silhouette. "Pretty Cure, Start my Story!" He moved his hand in a slashing move and flipped the cover open to show a golden knight silhouette on the inside page.

Swords floated past Souta as he grabbed a glowing pen and drew a shield shape, sending it off in several swords that encircled the area and swirled around his body at the arms, legs, and torso as he did a few martial arts moves and posed bravely.

Some slashes appeared on his hands and pinged into place as elbow length gloves with two purple rings on the ends, following the same pattern with his shoes as they appeared to become boots with lilac toe ends, white socks that disappeared under his outfit, and finally making a light purple outfit appear, the top part having regular long sleeves, a ruffled collar, and his neck bore a small collar while a lighter purple top that looked like a knight's chest plate rested atop the darker layer, his skirt top short and purple with a lilac line and his bottom skirt was plain white, with his bows a light lilac as well.

Souta then drew a few side feathers and let them ping into existence as he caught them on the left side of his head behind his ear, his hair glowing and changing slightly as his bangs became swept up on his right side with a brighter purple color before he opened his eyes for them to be more of a lilac in color and red lip gloss pinging on to his smirking mouth as he took a triumphant pose.

A bag appeared on his side as a placeholder for Pretty Books before he landed with both feet slightly apart and did a bow, the shields shimmering and changing the background to a palace hallway as he straightened up and blinked once, his eyes shimmering.

"The courage of a knight!" He shouted as he swung his sword in a shield shape and held it down, swinging it up and running his hand down the blade before he relaxed into his final pose reminiscent of Sailor Uranus. "Cure Knight!"

(End BGM)

Drizella looked at the new Cure in shock. "What?!"

Royal smiled excitedly. "Cure Knight!"

Knight blinked slightly before he looked at himself. "This feels so weird dressing like a girl again..."

"That's what's entailed in the Pretty Cure power - fuku." Merlin explained to him.

Knight smiled. "I see. In that case..." He ran forward quickly and jumped high, smirking as he came back down in a side kick. "HAA!"

"KUMU!" The Akumumon blocked his kick, but he was ready for the attack, flipping around and slashing down, cutting off some scales from the monster.

Drizella was shocked by the attack. "Huh?!"

Knight landed by Royal and held his hand out to her. "You alright, Royal?"

Royal took his hand and got up with his help as she nodded. "Yeah. Thanks, Knight."

Knight looked over at the Akumumon. "Now let's do this!"

Royal nodded. "Yeah!"

"AKU!" The Akumumon was thoroughly angry now and it tried slamming its tail into the two.

Royal blocked the tail and held it in place, giving Knight a chance as he jumped on to the Akumumon and charged up its scales, kicking off and launching himself at its face. "HAAAAA!"

He rammed into the forehead and quickly jumped back as it tried to swing its claws at him, but he countered expertly and dodged every swipe made at him.

Royal switched her grip on the tail. "Don't mess with these artifacts!" She launched the Akumumon through the doors and out to the streets.

Knight landed and immediately rushed out after it, seeing it get back up and charged at him. "I don't think so!" He held out his free hand and a shield appeared on his arm before he crossed it in front of him.

"KU?!" The Akumumon stopped in surprise, proving to be its fatal mistake.

"Pretty Cure Shield Bash! HAA!" Knight rammed into the Akumumon at top speed and sent it crashing a few feet away.

"Now finish it off and save Chisato - fuku!" Merlin shouted to him.

"You got it!" Knight nodded, ready to finish the battle.

(Cue BGM: Healing Flower)

Knight flipped the Pretty Book to its next page, showing a golden shield with a ribbon on the bottom, before he swung his sword into position parallel to his body as he called out. "Magic of the Books, I summon you!" A lilac light flew to his blade and enveloped it.

He slowly drew his fingers up the blade, charging it into an orb and drawing a shield shape before he swung his sword up. "Pretty Cure Knight Dynamic!" He slashed the shield, the light filling the constructed shield and shooting out at the monster, knocking him back slightly as he let out a shout to charge himself up. "HAAAAAAA!"

The blast impacted the Akumumon in its chest and morphed into a pair of hands that cradled Chisato gently before bursting out the other side, a bubble appearing around the now peaceful looking woman and floating off with her as the Akumumon was left with a purple shield shape in its body as it moaned, "Goodnight..." It faded into the purple light, the Akumumon Book dispersing into black mist.

Knight and Merlin smirked triumphantly as they chorused together: "Happy dreams!"

(End BGM)

In a bright light, the area was magically repaired as if nothing had happened.

Drizella growled, her eye twitching slightly as she teleported away.


Later that evening, Chisato was watching the last visitors leave for the day and smiled a bit as she looked at the team. "I don't know how to thank you, everyone. Those contributions really helped save me from getting fired."

Merlin smiled and bowed to her. "It's our pleasure, Ms. Chisato."

Souta smiled as he looked at Nikki and subtly whispered to her. "Not bad for a crazy day. But you guys really gotta let me in on what's going on with these Akumumons."

Nikki giggled nervously as she sweat dropped. "Yeah, you deserve an explanation."

Cinder smiled as she sat on Nikki's shoulder in her fairy form. "We'd be happy to tell you our story - dechu."

Souta nodded and smiled more, the new Cure excited to join the foray.


Meanwhile, Fuwa was finishing up a drawing and smiling. "It's done." She put it on top of several other pages and smiled as she looked at her new completed manga, the cover having a vampire girl with a red cape and hood against a forest like background with the title Hooded Blood in a stylized horror text.


(Cue end theme: Wonderful, Fantastic, Positive!)

~Jump into a story!

Bring on the adventure!

Make it Wonderful, Fantastic, Positive!

Starting the words to your own adventure,

the pages turn all the way open

Mega mega happy words

showing you the path through the world

Sometimes you may hit a roadblock,

or maybe a bad twist

But to keep pushing on

helps you reach...

…that happy end!

(HEY! HEY! HEY!)

So push on through the darkened times

Always keep that hope alive!

Imagining, smiling, wishing, dreaming

Shining on throughout the ages

Our positivity rumbles on

Amazingly! Wonder Story Pretty Cure!

(YEA! YEA! YEA!)

Jump into a story!

Bring on the adventure!

Make it Wonderful, Fantastic, Positive!~

(End theme)


Next episode:

Nikki: Eh?! Fuwa-chan made a manga! So wonderful!

Souta: And she's debuting it at the annual Creative Artists festival.

Cinder: We have to stay on guard though!

Merlin: Something tells me this is gonna be wild!

Fuwa: I'll show how wild I can get too!

Wonder Story Pretty Cure! Mangaka and Wildness = Cure Hood! Fight on for everyone's positivity!


Oh, finally! Got the second chapter ready to roll. Once again, BIG thanks to DragoKnight SR for helping me with ideas. I'm so grateful to have a good friend to work with me on this. Read and review, y'all!