The air is filled with darkness.
"Where am I?"
Two people appear in the distance. A man with long blonde hair embraces a woman with red hair
"Dark Danny?" The woman looks back. "Ahri?" Kuri runs toward them. "Wait!" The two people run away from her. "Where are you going? Don't leave me!"
Kuri opens her eyes. She sits up on the ground. "My head hurts... What happened to me...?" She sees herself wearing an elegant white dress. "What... What am I wearing!? My brooch!" She looks around for it and finds it on the floor next to her. She stands up. "Where is this?" She sees the image of a woman being projected above a stone pedestal. "Is that me?" She walks up to it.
"I find that hologram pleasing."
Kuri turns around and sees Dark Danny.
"I'm glad you've come to the castle of Dominion, Kuri, my Queen. That is a more suitable name for you. I am Dark Danny, of the Dominion. I want to talk with you. Have a seat." He motions with his hand and Kuri falls back onto a chair. He sits on a stone pedestal. "My attack fully used my dark powers. You woke up quickly. As expected, your body is influenced by good magic. But, this castle might be tough on that body."
"Oh no..." Kuri thinks. "This... is Dominion?" She looks at the man. "You're the one who attacked Fentonworks! Dark Danny!"
"Yes," he says. "I wanted to show you that good magic isn't the only thing that carries immense strength. The fantasy world of long life and infinite power... Our planet Earth... We didn't like it." Dark Danny stands with Ahri. They stare at the sparkling Fentonworks.
Xar appears.
"Young traitors," he says. "If you desire power, go to the Dominion Castle in the Ghost Zone. If you want to have everything... Gain the Dark Power."
"We took the Dark Power and put it to use," Dark Danny continues. "The planet turned into a planet of death. It had power far beyond our expectations. We were fed up with the influence of good magic. We wanted nothing to do with that Earth. We would create a new Earth. To the past, before the good magic's influence started. We went to the past. We would rewrite history. That is our magnificent Replay operation. The recreation of history."
Kuri gasps. "The recreation of history!?"
"Long life and peace are deceptive. With good magic, the people don't age. That's blasphemy toward god. Their bodies must die. We will repeat the fight of the past, and return to our correct history."
"You're crazy!" Kuri says. "Go to the past and start history over again!? That's insane!"
"All time and space is merely energy," says Dark Danny. "The all-powerful Dominion of Dark Power. If we control the still unknown power of the Underworld we will be able to take all the dimensions of the universe. That good magic came first means nothing. This has a larger power. And that beautiful world will be ours."
A large explosion blasts in the city. Toxic gas fills the air. People on the streets begin to choke. They fall to the ground, coughing. A young woman cries.
"You noisy brat!"
Two hands wrap around the woman's neck. The skin on her body dissolves.
Kuri rushes out. "Ahri!?"
"I saw her then. A woman like I couldn't even have dreamed of. She lived in the manor, and so I had never seen her before. An ultimate power. Kuri Hikawa. Such a beautiful queen. But she despised me. She thought I wasn't even human. Her eyes rejected me."
Kuri stares defiantly at Dark Danny.
A mark on his forehead glows. A beam of light shoots at her
She disappears from his view
"That was the first time I saw that terrible power. The power of that woman. Then you disappeared. Since then, I haven't been able to forget those eyes. I wanted to meet her again, and make her kneel before me. And I got her. In any form, at last, I have her." He approaches Kuri and holds her head. "Those eyes. The beautiful ultimate power."
Kuri's eyes widen as he kisses her deeply. She shoves him away. "No!" She attempted to use her power.
Dark Danny laughs as nothing happens.
"I can't transport!?"
"This part of the Ghost Zone is imbued with the energy of the Dark Power," says Dark Danny. "It absorbs all kinds of power, and turns them into nothingness. Even the power of good magic. You are free to wander around the palace. This is your eternal resting place. Ahaha!"
"They're all crazy!" Kuri thinks. "They aren't human... They're demons!"
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Danny's head jerks back.
"Danny?" Vlad looks at him.
He looks around. "...It's nothing." He turns back to the large viewscreen with Vlad. "Dominion has disappeared from the Ghost Zone again. But even though we can't see it, it's still releasing strong negative energy."
"It disappeared..." says Vlad. "The Dark Power is distorting space?"
Danny types into the computer. "There's radiation from line X... The orbit of Dominion is sucking in gases and light. It's just like a black hole."
"A black hole..." says Danny. "The end of a star. Dominion is a planet of unstable growth. But, still, like a black hole, it takes in surrounding gases and light while it grows. Since the Dominion captured that part of the Underworld, its activity has been rapidly increasing. It's dangerous."
"Vlad!" Danny says. "Kuri, Sam and Tucker are on that castle! We have to save them at once!"
"I know," he says. "We have to find a way to get there. The Dark Power draws and distorts all the energy around it. Such a terrible stone... The polar opposite of Good Magic. A horrible planet... Dominion."
"We can only rescue them with the power of Good Magic," says Danny. "But without Kuri, we can't use it here in the future. What can we do?"
"Ahri," Danny says. "Since Ahri is the sister of Kuri, she should be able to use the magic. She carries the blood of the Watanabe, so she must..."
Vlad looks down. "Ahri has no power. How old do you think she is? She may not look it, but she's nine hundred years old."
"Nine hundred!?"
"Yes... One day, she suddenly just stopped growing. She never acquired any power, or the ability to transform. She was born as a new child of Earth, carrying the blood of the Watanabe. We don't fully understand her."
"But if Ahri doesn't carry any power," Danny says, "and she's supposed to be Kuri's partner..."
"No," says Vlad. "It will definitely awaken! It will be her mission to protect this world alongside her sister. The way you three once did."
"Vlad," says Danny. "How long has this dispute with the Dominion been going on? When did they first appear?"
"Once... years ago... In Earth's most beautiful and peaceful San Francisco. He brought crime and slaughter. The leader appeared... The insane ruler, Xar. A black crescent moon mark adorned his forehead. The defender of the until-then quiet world of Good Magic, Kuri, trained by Clockwork, rose up against him. She captured him and banished him to Dominion, a dark region of the Ghost Zone. Then she blocked the region off. Peace soon returned, and in time people forgot. Then the traitors appeared and declared themselves the Dominion. They said they would kill the Phantom Legacy."
"The same black mark on their foreheads..." says Danny. "Are they the descendants of Xar?"
"They don't have the system of long life. Xar was buried centuries before, so we don't know whether they are or not..."
Danny sees Kuri's pendant lying on the floor. He picks it up. "It's cracked..." he thinks as he looks at it. He closes his eyes and looks down. "The pendant... The mark of the queen...! I swore that I'd protect her. Kuri! I will rescue you! Kuri!"
xxx
"Danny!?" Kuri sits up in her bed. "Must have imagined it... Danny...Vlad... I'm too far away for their voices to reach me. I'm scared... I can't even transform. I'm really alone..." Tears streak from her eyes. "Someone besides Danny kissed me. Oh, Danny... I might never see you again... When I was fighting, I was only worried about Ahri and Danny. I wasn't paying attention... And now I could be dying. Damnit, Kuri, open your eyes. But, now... It's too late... I can't transform or use my power. What about my mission... Will somebody tell me what to do? I don't want to die here!"
"Kuri, remember..." Kuri sees an image of Clockwork. "The Good Magic depends on your spirit."
"Did my heart make that illusion...?" Kuri thinks. "I had no confidence. I forgot my believing heart. Is that why I couldn't use my power? "I'm the next in the Clockwork Line. Kuri. I will protect Earth, and everyone!"
"Save me sister!" Ahri said in her mind
"I want to give you my strength," said Danny in her mind.
"Kuri!" the others say in her mind. "Kuri!"
"Kuri... I'm always thinking of you." Danny said in her mind.
"I'm not alone," Kuri says. "I'm not alone. Believe, Kuri, in your power. I have to act now. I must find Sam and Tucker. They have to be on Dominion. Sam! Tucker!"
Sam and Tucker lay in darkness. They slowly opened their eyes. Sam Sits up, holding her head, and calls out Kuri's name. Slowly they all awake and realize that they have no power. Wondering where they are, they are shocked and disgusted to find themselves surrounded by a pile of rotting corpses. They look around and see rocks lining the walls, all in darkness.
"Are we in a cave?" says Sam. "How did we get here?"
"Let's get out of here," Tucker says, "and talk later. I heard Kuri's voice inside my head."
"I heard it too," says Sam. "Is she nearby!?"
The eyes in one of the corpses begin to glow. Gas fills the room.
"What the-!?" says Tucker. "Intense strength... It's taking my energy!"
The two collapse on the ground.
Sam gasps as she slips out of consciousness. "Kuri!"
Kuri's head jerks up. "Sam, Tucker? Did I just get some reaction from them!?"
Xar laughs. "Heh heh... Sam and Tucker. I no longer have any use for you. In that stone prison, the Room of Darkness, you will shrivel up and rot away." His eyes glow brightly. The face of Ahri appears in his crystal ball.
Ahri wanders through the streets. "I thought Dark Danny loved me..."
"She has a strong heart, and amazing friends, and she carries a matchless power." Ahri mused about her sister.
"I don't have any power... Even though I'm her sister."
She remembered a time when she was teased.
Xxx
"She doesn't have the power of the Phantom Legacy!"
"She's going to be short forever!"
"She's nothing like her sister."
"Hey!" the boy calls. "Come on, show me your power! Like Kuri!"
Ahri runs away, crying.
"But I don't even look like my sister. I'll never be a lady like her. I can't be that good... My wondrous sister. She's most important to Dark Danny."
"Don't you know?" says the kid. "You're not Kuri's real sister. That's what everyone says."
"You're a fake!"
"No!" she cries. "I'm Kuri's real sister!"
"Then how come she never takes care of you?"
She looks down. "My sister's busy..."
"If you're really magical, then you can use Good Magic. Hmph. I bet you've never even seen the Book! Why don't you show it to us. Otherwise, you're just a liar like I thought."
Ahri peers into the room. The Grimoire sits in a glass case in the center of the room. She picks up a hovercam and throws it at the case. The glass shatters. She holds the book. "This... is Good Magic."
"Ahri?"
Ahri rushes behind the wall.
Kuri sees the shattered glass. She gasps as she notices the Book missing. "Ahri!?"
Ahri cowers in fear. A noise sounds in the distance outside the palace. A storm blows through the air. Ahri gets up. "What? What's happening? Sister!? Sister, where are you!?"
A large explosion blasts in the city. Toxic gas fills the air. People on the streets begin to choke. They fall to the ground, coughing. A young woman cries.
Kuri rushes out of Fentonworks. "Ahri!?"
Ahri runs up and sees Kuri disappear. She gasps. "Sister!"
"It's my fault," she says, tears in her eyes. "If I hadn't taken the Book, Sister would..."
"Clockwork..." Ahri holds the ball. "I'll go to him. He's my only friend."
She walks through the halls of the palace. "Deep in the palace... The very deepest part... At the end of the deepest hallway... I found the door. It opened to my touch. It was so light..."
Ahri comes upon a large door. She pushes on the door, and it slides open.
Clockwork stands inside, holding a long staff. He kneels down. "Greetings, Ahri."
"You know me?" Ahri asks.
"Only kindred of the Watanabe Line can come to this place. I am Clockwork. I am the guardian of this door. You and Kuri are two peas in a pod. Surely, you'll become a beautiful lady too."
"She was the first one besides my sister to say that."
"Whenever you're sad, say 'Abracadabra.' That magic word will make you happy."
"Abracadabra?" says Ahri.
"Pon!" Clockwork points her staff out and flowers appear from nowhere, filling the air.
"Wow! That's great!" She looks at the staff. "Clockwork, what is that?"
"It's my Time Key," she says.
While Ahri wanders the streets remembering these thinks, Danny has gone to see Clockwork, in search of Ahri.
"I thought for sure she'd come here," says Danny.
"Don't worry, Danny," says Clockwork. "She'll turn up. The princess will be all right. Besides, Moggle is with her."
"I suppose. Clockwork, Kuri has also been taken by the enemies. The situation is very grave. Please lend your strength to Vlad and me. I'm depending on you."
"Yes, Danny." Clockwork smiles. "Of course."
Ahri watches the two in the distance. "Clockwork?" she thinks. "This is the first time I've seen him looking so happy. The Clockwork I know always looked a little depressed."
Clockwork smiles. "This is the first time you've come here to visit me."
"He only smiled around me..." She looks down. "Now there's nowhere for me to go..." The key on her necklace drops to the ground.
Clockwork turns around as Danny leaves. "Ahri?" She picks up the key. "This is... the space-time key I gave to Ahri!? Oh no! Ahri!"
Ahri runs through the black space, with Moggle following close behind her. "I've gone so far... Where am I? It's dark, and cold... I'm always running through time and space... This is scary. I should go back." She feels her neck, where the silver crystal hangs alone. "The key... It's gone!? Where did I lose it!?"
A dark, cloaked figure appears before her, sitting behind a crystal ball. "Well..." he says. "Look who's come all the way out here... Seems you're lost."
"Who are you?" Ahri asks.
"The cloaked spirit of darkness... Without saying farewell to your world, you can't come here to the end of the earth. Awaken your knowledge!"
A glowing dark mark appears on Ahri's forehead.
"I am what you have been seeking... I need you... Come with me." He holds out his hand. "Come..." She slowly reaches for it. "Take my hand, and come with me."
The key begins to glow in Clockwork's hands. "Ahri!?" He calls.
Ahri takes Xar's hand. A blinding burst of light flashes in the darkness.