Thank again enarmonios and AnimeGirl4Ever for continuing to review my chapter. I really appreciate it. I can't flipping believe that their is only one month left of summer vacation! Argh! But, show of hands, who else has been watching the new episodes of Steven Universe daily? This episode is sort of a nod to the flower-theme of HeartCatch PreCure! and a place called Butchart Gardens that I visited with my family.

*please forgive me and excuse all grammar errors

**also, BTW, this episode is wwwaaaayyyy longer than my usual episodes so, I hope you don't mind getting cozy with a cup of coca.

I hope you enjoy :D and I hope everyone is still having an awesome summer!

Episode 14: |Daydream Gardens! The Third PreCure!|

Imari reaches her hand out to shade her face from the last April sun. There wasn't a single cloud to hinder the amazing blue sky. She looks around her at all the friends and families that pass her by; they were all excitedly racing and eagerly chattering away as they walk through the cream-coloured stone entrance of Daydream Gardens; the name swirled in gold overtop of them. Seeing all of their smiles made her heart swell with pride; knowing that everyone could be happy today because she fought a monster as a PreCure yesterday.

"Are you ready, Your Highness?" asks Imari.

Today, the fairy prince is a backpack. He is buckled up on Imari's back. Two pack straps stung over her shoulders. The small fairy slouches over like a floppy stuffed animal. "I feel stupid~buku," he grumbles.

Imari giggles and gives him a playful bounce, "Alright-y! Let's head inside! Tomoka is probably waiting for us."

They walk through the entrance and are welcomed by an abundance of bright-coloured flowers. Beautiful wisteria vines whirling around the fences and ivy covering the café and gift shop walls. Practically every twenty feet was a tranquil fountain where little kids were skipping coins into for wishes. There were also small willows and sakura trees that provided slight shade for couples sitting on the benches. The air was filled with singing birds popping in and out of birdhouses on the strongest-looking trees and humming bumble bees buzzing from flower-to-flower looking for fluffy yellow pollen.

It was all breathtaking as Imari spun around to soak up all the beauty. She sneaks a peek at Bukku who looks just as mesmerized as she was. But, when he caught her staying, he points up his nose, "W-whatever~buku. I've seen better gardens at my castle~buku."

"Uh-huh. Sure you have," teases Imari.

Bukku snorts at this. "Can we just get going~buku. I think that's Fukumoto-san over there."

He points over to the nearest fountain. It was one of the bigger ones designed with gorgeous mermaid statues holding up the giant bowl flowing with clear-blue water. Tomoka was sitting there quietly looking over Daydream Gardens' pamphlet with the map on it. It felt strange seeing Tomoka out of her school uniform. No sailor fuku. No second-year neckerchief. No cover-ups with her black tights and black penny loafers. Tomoka was wearing a breezy aqua-blue poncho, an orchid-purple mini-length dress with a lovely floral-pattern, and white high-heeled scandals.

Imari's eyes sparkle. "She. Is. So. Freaking. CUTE!"

Bukku rolls his eyes. "What is it with you and cute things~buku?"

She ignores him, "Tomoka!" she waves. "Hey!"

Tomoka lifts her head up by the sound of her name. She quickly spots Imari and Bukku coming over, "Hello, Suzu—Imari."

It was like music to her ears when Tomoka calls her by her first name. Imari can't help, but burst into a wide smile. "Oh, Tomoka, why are you so drop-dead adorable?"

Tomoka turns beet-red. "I-is it too much?!" she gives her set a frantic onceover. "It is, isn't it?! Omigosh! Why am I so adorable?! That's what you asked right?! I-I don't know! G-genetic! DNA! I don't know! So embarrassing. So embarrassing!"

Imari chuckles, "Relax, Tomoka. I'm just messing with you." She gives her a light hip-bump and gives her a comforting smile.

Tomoka sighs, "Right. Sorry about that."

Uncomfortable air pauses through both girls. Tomoka just looks down at the ground, her hair falling in from of her face as her head spins; trying to find something to say and Imari watching her with curious eyes.

"Aaawwwkkkwwwaaarrrddd~buku," chimes in the fairy prince.

Tomoka leans over and sees Bukku, "Hello to you too, Fairy-san. I'm really glad you came with us."

Bukku smirks. "Good evening, Fukumoto-san—"

"—Backpacks can't talk!" warns Imari giving him a tug with the straps.

Bukku lets out a sound that was in-between a gag and a grunt and the two girls exchange a laugh.

Imari looks down at the pamphlet Tomoka is holding. "You were looking at the map, right? Is their someplace you want us to go to first?"

Tomoka glances back to the map. "Um…I don't know," she murmurs shyly.

Imari gives her a gentle smile. "Well, what's your favourite flower?"

Tomoka bite her bottom lip. "Well, I really love the lily of the valley. They're white and really small. They grow around this time of year so I thought..."

"Perfect!" beams Imari clapping her hands together. "Then, we'll go check out the Lily Garden first and go from there."

"Should we do a montage for this~buku?" questions Bukku.

Imari shrugs her shoulders. "I don't see why not. Could be more fun that way."

*Cue Montage*

Imari, Tomoka, and Bukku are in the Lily Garden looking at all the beautiful lilies. Tomoka was crouching down with her arms wrapped around her legs as she admires a white lily. Imari was poking at one of the red spider lilies, showing it to Bukku, and saying how wacky it looks.

They move on to the Tulip Garden. Tomoka's eyes were like the metal ball in a pinball machine as she watches Imari and Bukku go from the red, pink, yellow, and white tulips keenly. Tomoka lags back to observe. She grins to herself seeing how much fun they were having. Tomoka begins smelling the various tulips peacefully while Imari and Bukku are being chased by a bumble bee. Imari is waving her arms frantically in the air and the fairy prince is flapping wildly; calling her an idiot as usually and warning her that her crazy manner was going to get her stung. Tomoka turns around and bursts out laughing.

Finally they head to the Japanese Garden where they are surrounded by towering bamboo, vivid green vegetation, and serene streams and waterfalls. Imari points at one of the decorative lanterns while Tomoka takes a moment to admire one of the water basins. But, as they cross over the stepping stones, Imari loses her balance and Tomoka leaches out to grab hold of her shirt as Imari flails her arms to regain balance with Bukku barking in her ear to not get him wet.

*End Montage*

The team presses on with Imari taking the lead. Bukku freed himself from his backpack imprisonment since the fall in the last garden and is being held like a stuffed animal in Tomoka's arms. He was still trying to dry his damp cape in the sunshine.

"Yes!" dazzles Imari her arms stretched out to the sky. "We have reached my favourite part! The Rose Garden!"

Tomoka gaze up at the amazing gate tangled endless vines of red roses. "This is the real eye-catcher of Daydream Gardens, isn't it? One of Yūkibarano's prized landmarks."

"Correctamundo, Little Miss Smarty-Pants," beams Imari, "But, more importantly, the Rose Maze! One would say it's quite…aMAZEing!"

"Boo~buku," frowns the fairy prince. "Bad joke~buku."

Tomoka blinks. "Oh yeah, I think I remember reading that in the pamphlet. But, isn't that just for kids?"

"Don't ruin this for me, Tomoka!" whines Imari. "I'm gonna beat that maze! I'm going to beat it before you, or your brilliant brain can even get to it!"

Imari bolts off through the entrance and disappears in the storm of roses. She instantly spots the Rose Maze. She quickly runs inside the tall walls of red, pink, and white. Immediately, Imari faces a fork in the road. Either the left or right. Without thinking, Imari goes to the right.

"We should have her on a leash~buku," mutters Bukku rolls his eyes. "Now you've gone and done it~buku."

Tomoka narrows her eyes. "I didn't mean to do anything."

"You made her feel like she had to prove herself~buku," says Bukku, "Another goal to add to her long list of goals~buku." He shrugs. "But, we should probably go after her~buku. She might have fallen into a bush of thorny roses for all we know~buku."

Tomoka chuckles as she carries him into the Rose Garden. "You love taking stabs at her clumsiness don't you, Fairy-san."

"She's like an old lady~buku. For real~buku. She fell from walking on stepping stones~buku. Stepping stones, Fukumoto-san."

Tomoka and Bukku soon find the Rose Maze and go in. They soon see that it is either left or right. However, unlike Imari, they instantaneously see that the red roses blooming on the walls were trimmed to form the shape of arrows pointing the way. A maze for kids, for sure. Following the arrow, Tomoka and Bukku go left.

"Uh…I think I'm lost," confesses Imari to herself as she runs into the third dead-end in a row, "Yep. I'm definitely lost. Great."

Imari tries to retrace her steps, but even struggles with that as she starts to go in circles. "Man, Bukku is going to have a field day of insult-ammunition when I get out of here." She quickens her pace. "What if don't find my way out of here? What do I do then?"

She takes in a breath. "Okay, take it easy, Imari. You're an adaptable girl. You can get through this. You can build a bond with the roses. Learn their secrets! Study their language! Gain their trust! Become a rose!" Imari laughs to herself. "Now that sounds insane. He-he. Then again, I am talking to myself. Great! I'm already going insane in here! Ha-ha."

At this point, Imari isn't even paying attention to where she's going. She's a total whirlwind, going every which way until something clicks. Walking forwards, backwards, sideways; it was honestly like watching a maze-version of a Scooby Doo door chase.

Imari turns a corner and stops in her tracks. She spots a girl at the end of one of the blocked paths. "Oh, thank god. A human! I'm saved!" she sighs with relief.

She instantly saw that she was wearing a plain t-shirt, simple jeans, forest-green gardening apron, and a pair of large-sized gardening gloves. The girl was kneeling down and clipping away dead leaves from the wall.

Imari quickly catch on. "She must be a florist here. Which means…she can help me out of this stupid maze! Supreme smile power! Um, excuse me—!"

"—Ow! You stupid rose! You pricked me!" The girl bolts upright and puts her hands on her hip angrily. "And after I spend all year growing you from a tiny bud to a beautiful flower! You just go ahead a prick me!" The girl huffs irritated and brushes excess dirt off her worn-out jeans. She turns around and freezes in her place when she sees Imari.

Imari finally gets a better look at the girl. She looks a few years older and seems quite a bit taller than her and even Tomoka. She has smooth sun-kissed skin, but isn't afraid to show her flaws and scuffs. She has short, shaggy hair and is the perfect colour of spring green with longer side bangs. Her longer locks are tied in small braid in front of her left ear.

But, the thing that catches Imari's eye was the girl's eyes. They were bright green that reminded Imari of sweet limes. However, her eyes show that she has been caught completely off guard. This totally confuses Imari.

"You're not supposed to be here…" she stammers, but shakes it off. She bursts into a friendly smile, "Hey there. Can I help you with something?" The girl slides her gardening tool into the front pocket of her apron. "Let me guess, you're lost, right?"

"H-how do you figure that?" Imari asks astounded.

The girl smirks. "You got a serious case of mouse-lost-in-maze-looking-for-the-cheese face, classic choose of expression for kids in here." Imari's face reddens, but the girl just chuckles. "No need to be embarrassed, girl. Truth be told, I've gotten lost in this maze a few times myself when I wasn't paying attention to the arrows."

Imari looks at her puzzled, "Uuuuuhhhhh…What arrows?"

The green-haired girl tips her head to the side. "You know; the arrows that are all over the maze; that tell where actually to go. Those arrows."

For the first time since she entered the maze, Imari takes a step back and looks around her. The roses around her and the girl weren't even red anymore. They were pink roses in the perfect shape of arrows pointing her in the opposite direction.

Imari bonk herself on the head. "Oh. My. Gosh. I am such a dodo."

The girl snickers. "It's okay, girl. I don't judge." She takes a moment to see where they were at. "Actually, you're not that far off. The flowers turn from red to pink to white as you get farther away from the exit. Get it?"

"So," huffs Imari with her head racing. "I'm in the pink roses. Okay. We're alright. I can still beat Tomoka! Then rub my victory in Bukku's face! It's not over yet!" She spins around dramatically…and charges right into one of the rose walls. She jumps back stunned and lands right on her behind covered in leaves and petals, "Um…oops. He-he."

The green-haired girl bites her lip to stop from laughing. "Here. Let me give you a hand." She takes off her gardening gloves and stuffs it in her apron. She then bends down to assists Imari with picking out the piece of leaves and twigs stuck in her hair.

"Sorry about that," says Imari sheepishly. "I really need to learn to take a minute before running off blindly, don't I?"

The girl shakes her head, "Nah. You're perfect just the way you are. Everyone has their flaws. And if nobody did, then we'd just all be boring."

Imari blinks in surprise and smiles. "Yah, I guess that's true." The girl reaches out her hand to Imari and lifts her back onto her feet. "Thanks," grins Imari scratching the back of her head gingerly, "But, um, sorry again. I guess I mucked up your roses a bit."

"Don't worry about it," the girl assures her. "Little kids come in and pull out the flowers all the time." She spots a small pink rose still stuck in Imari's head and reaches over and plucks it out. "Say, are roses your favourite? Flower, I mean."

Imari shrugs. "I don't know. I mean, I think they're all gorgeous in their own unique way, you know?" The girl nods her head, but doesn't say anything. "Oh! But, my friend, Tomoka really loves the lily of the valley! I'd never seen them before until todau, but they're small and really cute!"

The girl twirls the pink rose around with her fingers. "Huh. That suits her," she says in a soft voice.

Imari narrows her eyes. "What?"

"Hanakotoba!" the girl bursts out reaching for her braid starting at pull at it. "Tell me. Have you ever heard of it?"

"Y-you mean the language of flowers?" asks Imari. "Uh…I've heard about it, but I don't know what any of it means."

"Well," says the girl meeting her gaze. "The lily of the valley means sweetness, purity, and humility. All beautiful qualities. Does that sound like your friend to you?"

Imari didn't need to give it another thought. "Definitely!" she beams bobbing her head. "That sound just like Tomoka!"

The girl holds up the flower. "Well then, I think this flower suits you. The pink rose." She tucks the rose behind Imari's ear and gives her a gentle smile. "It means joy of life. Somehow, I feel that fits you perfectly."

Imari brushes her fingers on the soft petals, "Really? That's super cool!"

It's funny, thinks Imari with a tender heart. A month ago, if I saw a pink rose, it would seem like any other flower to me. But, now, looking at anything pink makes me think of being a PreCure. Being Cure Fable, shimmering in pink light, and being dressed-up all in pink.

"You should probably get going now, Pink Rose," reminds the girl, "Yeah. That's what I'm going to call you! But, back on topic, don't you have some friends to beat?"

"Oh, right!" gasps Imari. "I need to get going!" She starts for the nearest corner. "Thank you—!" She trails off and spins around abruptly, "—sorry, but, didn't get your name."

"Hmmm…" The girl thinks for a moment. Then, she snaps her fingers as a light bulb goes off in her head, "…You can call me Daffodil."

Imari blinks perplexed, "Daffodil?"

She gives her a friendly wink. "That's my favourite flower. It means new beginnings. When we meet again, you can tell me if you think that suits me. How about that?"

"That sounds good to me." Imari smiles, "I got to go, but it was amazing to meet you, Daffodil." With that, she disappears around one of the maze's tall, leaf-green walls and finds herself surrounded by crimson petals.

"Wow. This maze is a lot bigger than it looks."

Tomoka continues to hold Bukku in her arms as they walk around another bend of red roses and emerald-green walls of leaves. The arrows keep pressing them onwards, but didn't seem to be leading them anywhere. Bukku is starting to get impatient; tapping his paw on her forearm and eyeing each corner for the 'light at the end of the tunnel'.

"This is stupid~buku," finally announces the pouting fairy prince. "Can't we just turn around and go back~buku?"

Tomoka glances behind her, but shakes her head. "It would take even longer if we turn back at this point. But, don't worry, Fairy-san. I don't think it's much farther."

Bukku snorts. "That's what you said five-minutes-ago~buku. And we're still walking around this dumb maze~buku."

Tomoka sighs. "I know. Sorry."

They are quiet for a long while like they had been for most of the time whenever Bukku's wasn't complaining. Tomoka pretends to be busy adjusting her glasses, or fixing her hair. She stops this sad attempt and awkwardly gazes around at all the roses like she was still interested in them and Bukku cushions his head on her arms and begins nibbling soundly on her poncho. She didn't seem to mind.

It was Bukku that broke the silence. "Tell me something, Fukumoto-san."

Tomoka blinks. "What?"

Bukku shrugs. "Humour me~buku."

Her mind is racing. "Um…okay. What did one snowman say to the other–?"

"—No!" snaps Bukku. "I meant tell me something~buku! Answer me something~buku!"

"Oh," realizes Tomoka with a forced laugh. "Sorry. Uh, ask away."

Bukku huffs, but carries on. "One of the richest and smartest students at school, student council vice president, best friends with the student council president, and daughter of the city's top doctor~buku." As Bukku continues to list off; Tomoka's heart sinks. "So, answer me this, Fukumoto-san. How does a man like your father agree to let his high-class daughter like you come here to some commoner's tourist attraction with Suzukawa-san, who is everything your father looks down upon?"

Tomoka's stops in her tracks, "He didn't. My father didn't agree." Her eyes darken. "I didn't tell him I was coming here."

Bukku smirks. "Are you telling me that, Little Miss Perfect, is rebelling against her daddy~buku? You sneaky little devil~buku."

"It's not really like that," murmurs Tomoka. "It's not like he ever checks up on me. I mean, my father just tells me what I'm supposed to do and where I'm supposed to be. 'Tomoka, it's time to go to night school. Tomoka, you have flower arrangement now. Tomoka, go to your fan dance class. Tomoka, don't forget the tea ceremony today'. But, he never bothers to see if I'm actually doing any of it. My father just lets all the servant handle that stuff."

She reaches out to one of the roses and rubbing one of its scarlet petals between her fingers. "The only time he ever pays any attention to me is when I win an award, or when I get one-hundred-percent on an exam, or when I told him I was planning to go to university and become a doctor just like him and mother."

Tomoka sighs. "I thought that was normal. I grew up thinking that's what a father was supposed to be like. But, then I met Imari's family and…well, I think you get the picture."

Bukku bops Tomoka in the nose. She blinks at him in surprise and he grins at her. "How do you think I first felt when I started living with those people~buku? From living in a fancy castle as a prince to being trapped in Suzukawa-san's über-girly bedroom covered in pink walls and stuffed animals~buku!"

Tomoka lets out a light-hearted laugh. "I didn't even think of that. That must have been a challenging adjustment for you. I can only imagine."

She begins walking again and there is another awkward before she manages to hesitantly speak again. "Um…y-you know, Fairy-san, uh…m-my mansion is sort of like a castle. I mean, it's got maids and butlers, private chefs, and tones of empty rooms."

Bukku nods. "Yeah, that sounds, basically, just like my castle back home~buku."

She bobs her head. "Maybe you would want to stay at my place. You know, be more at home."

The small prince raises his eyebrow. "Fukumoto-san, are you acting me to move in with you~buku?"

Tomoka chuckles, "Come on, Fairy-san. Having a fairy prince as my houseguest would, literally, be the greatest thing in the world! Plus, I don't seem to be a hearing a no."

Bukku smiles, "You know what, that would actually be pretty sweet~buku. Okay, I'm in~buku!"

Tomoka's eyes light up, "Really? That's—?!" Suddenly, her blue eyes widen and she pins herself and the fairy prince up against one of the rose walls. Bukku, who was still being held in her arms, could feel Tomoka's heart beating out of her chest and her breath quickening.

"What~buku?" whispers Bukku abruptly worried now. "What is it~buku?"

Tomoka swallows. "I-it's Linda!"

Bukku's stomach hits the floor, "What~buku?!" Without thinking, the small fairy pops his head out from behind the red roses and immediately spots the Leader of the Dark Charm Knights. She was examining the roses very closely.

"What do we do?" asks Tomoka her voice trembling. But, before either of them can do anything. Linda hand glows an eerie dark violet-colour and looms down over the gentle rose. Black ooze lets out of her fingertips and drips all over the rose, covering its red velvet petals in jet-black goop.

Linda smiles wickedly. "Come to life, my little Endingu."

Bukku's eyes widen. Is she turning a rose into an Endingu~buku? However, just as the thought pops into his mind, he jumps back in fear as the black tar-like goo starts to unfold all over the wall of roses. It stretches its black wed of dark magic over everything it can touch and Bukku finally realizes Linda's true intentions.

"Oh, no~buku," breathes Bukku. "She's turning the entire Rose Maze into an Endingu!"

As the words escape his mouth, the ground around them starts to shake like an earthquake. Tomoka slides down to the ground for better balance, but it's no use. Bukku and Tomoka exchange a terrified look with each other as the whole maze lifts completely off the ground! The roses and the leaves start to shake and spew out unnatural gurgling noises. Tomoka holds back a scream as she looks around her to see that all the beautiful roses had turns as dark as a storm of black holes.

"Fukumoto-san!" wails Bukku, "Quick~buku! You need to transform~buku! Now~buku!"

Tomoka looks on the ground that managed to stay clumped together with the rest of the maze and spots her shoulder bag with her blue PreHeartBook inside. She lends over and reaches for it. But, as the tips of her nails skims the purse, a gale of rose vines speckled with sharp thorns lung out and wrap themselves around the bag.

"No!" Tomoka cries as the vines pull her PreHeartBook far out of her reach.

"Too slow, PreCure," a voice hisses.

Tomoka eyes lock onto a long snow-white skinned leg dappled with mismatching set of eyes following all the way up until she locks eyes with Linda. She towers down on her with a fiendish grin smeared across her face.

"Not so powerful without this little book now are you?" snickers Linda. "Now you're just a weak, little human."

Linda snaps her fingers.

"Endingu!"

The rose vines launch themselves at Tomoka, "Kyaa!" They tangle themselves around her legs, arms, neck, and the locks of her long hair. Tomoka feels the thorn prick into her soft skin. She tries to wrench them away, but they only consume her more, twisting around her wrist and angles.

"Fairy-san!" cries Tomoka. "Run! Get help! Find Imari—mmwkwa!" The vines seal off her mouth and all Bukku could do is stare on in horror as Tomoka turns into a human-cocoon of rose vines. As they start to enclose her face, all the fairy prince could see was her one blue eye shimmering with fear at him.

Bukku doesn't even give Linda a chance to catch him as he runs away; leaping over the thorns and black-coloured roses. She watches him go and rolls her eyes. "Always running away. I guess, it's what you're best at." Linda glares at Tomoka. "I will be back for you later. Get yourself comfortable, princess."

The Dark Charm Knight struts after the fairy prince, but not without giving Tomoka one last malevolent sneer, "Hard to believe that Xoanon ran away like a baby from you. Now look at you. So pathetic."

Linda chases after Bukku and Tomoka can only look on powerless as the vines start to cover her completely. Tomoka tries to get herself free, but the vines only tighten their grip. She gasps for air as they squeeze around her throat. As the roses and thorns cover-up her last remaining eye, she can feel her glasses slip off her face and fall to the ground. Now, all she could see was smudges of green and black rose-blobs. But, in her blurred-vision, Tomoka spots a small shadow running towards her.

She squints her eyes trying to make it out, "Fairy-san?" No. That can't be him. How could he have gotten away from Linda that quickly? But, it's looks small like Bukku.

The small figure stands in front of Tomoka. It doesn't say a word and Tomoka's had too many leafs in her mouth to speak to the being. Then, the figure grab at the planet vines and starts to tear away at it. The roses hiss at the small one, but it ignores them as the being manages to free Tomoka's legs. When the being starts to free her arm, Tomoka took over and immediately went for the vines wrapped around her throat. Before she knows it, the tiny creature had freed her. Tomoka collapses to her knees and gasps for breathe. The planet of the maze cries out in pain and slithers away like snakes from the two of them. When they run away, the vines untangled her blue PreHeartBook, dropping it on the ground. Tomoka leaps for the PreHeartBook and holds it against her chest.

Tomoka lets out a huge sigh of relief. "Oh, thank god." she spots her glasses on the floor besides her. She picks up her glasses and puts them on. "Thank you so much—!" Tomoka turns around to express her gratitude to the small being, but trails off when she sees that the tiny figure had disappeared.

Imari stopped looking for the stupid red roses the minute they all turned dark-coloured and, you known, when the Maze roared. Now she's running any which way she can with her arms flailing in the air like a crazy person. But, you know, anybody would go crazy if they were trapped in a Rose Maze Monster with the plants trying to grab at you. She looks up to see that the thorn vines of the roses had folded over top of the Rose Maze like a dome. She was trapped at all angles like a princess stuck on the tallest room of a tower.

"You stay away, you creepy roses!" whimpers Imari as she sprints through the maze with animatedly giant tears streaming down her face. "Stay away! Stay away! Ssstttaaayyy aaawwwaaayyy!"

"Endingu!" Apparently this monster was created with no ears.

"It's okay! It's okay!" cries Imari trying to pull out her PreHeartBook from her bag. "I just need to transform and they I can whoop this Endingu's butt! And I love Endingu butt whooping!"

As she pulls out her bright pink PreHeartBook, the maze let out an annoyed roar. The vines covered in thorns strike at the book. "Oh, no you don't," growls Imari as she wallops the roses with her bag. Imari spins around to face the army of planet and opens up her PreHeartBook. "It's time to dethrone you suckers!"

"Pretty Cure, Unlock My Story!"

The burst of vivid pink light made the Endingu Maze hiss like a bat that was blinded by the morning sun. The black-coloured roses closed up and the leaves around them shook violently as Imari's chestnut-brown hair grow into golden blonde pigtails and was dressed in her pink miniskirt and heel-boots once again.

"The Story of Dreams! Cure Fable!"

The pink legendary warrior couldn't help, but smile when the words flow out of her mouth. Fable bend down on her one knee as the vines regained their focus and struck at the Pink PreCure. Like she had done it a million times before, Fable pushes herself off with all her might and leap onto the air.

"Pretty Cure Kick!" Fable drop-kicks down on the roses. The impact of her heel cut right through their vines. The plants cry out as they shrivel up and vanish into a puff of dark magic sparkles.

A new fleet out roses and thorn attack Cure Fable, but she twirls around, "Dream Bubble!" The minute Fable voiced the defense attack she instantly regretted it. Bubble and thorns don't mix well. Especially when the bubble is supposed to be your shield and the thorns are attached to a giant monster that wants to destroy you!

"Kyaa!" Fable gasps as she braces herself. As she thought, the second the thorns from the roses touched the bubble it popped. The vines discharge at the vulnerable pink warrior.

"Emerald Flash!"

Cure Fable's heart almost stops when her pink-coloured eyes fill with green. It came out of nowhere like a fallen star. It was a brilliant spark of bright green light that sent an enchanted glow all over the walls and every inch the light could touch. Fable could feel the power illuminated from the attack as it blasts away the enemy. It took her breath away. But, when the pink warrior search from where she stood, she couldn't find the hero the strike came from there was no one to be found.

"I have to find her~buku!"Bukku repeats to himself as his stubby legs run through the Endingu Rose Maze. "I have to find her~buku! Suzukawa-san, you moron, where are you?!"

Just then the small fairy spots something out of the corner of his eye. In the shadows of one of the rose walls was a short figure who was observing him for who knows how long. "HEY~buku!" snaps Bukku.

The stubby being realizes it has been spotted and takes off running across the rose wall. No~buku!" shouts Bukku taking off after the little figure. "Don't go~buku! Wait~buku!"

The being went around a sharp corner, but when the fairy prince followed, the mysterious figure had completely disappeared. And Linda was in its place. Bukku yelps as the Dark Charm Knight picks him up. "Get your hands off me, you witch~buku!"

Linda smirks. "I prefer the term sorceress, you little imp." She holds him by the head in one hand and squeezes tightly looking him dead in the eyes with her crimson eyes. "Do you really think you can stop us? No one can stop Kuroizado-sama's plans. This world, just like yours, will belong to him."

The fairy prince scratches at Linda's hand to loosen her hold on him. This only ticks her off, "Such a brat," she tisks. "You just watch, Your Highness. Soon this weak little planet will fall to despair and misfortune." A lustful smile appears on her twisted face. "Then, Kuroizado-sama will make me his queen. And my first command as queen will be to obliterate Yūkibarano and everyone in this pitiful city!"

Bukku eyes explode with raging fire. "That will never happen~buku!" The small fairy grabs hold of Linda's fingers with his stubby hands and gives them a giant bite.

"Aaarrrggghhh!" cries Linda as she drops Bukku in surprise and grips her swollen fingers. She curses under her breath and glares down at the fairy prince. "YOU. LITTLE. PEST!" Her hands ignite into violet flames of dark magic. "I don't care that Kuroizado-sama wanted you alive! YOU. ARE. DEAD!"

Bukku closes his eyes and closes his head with his paws, "Waugh~buku!"

"Fairy-san!" At the sound of the name, Bukku's eyes burst open to see the beautiful Blue PreCure. She falls to her knees and scoops him up into her arms. "Thank goodness we found you!"

"C-Cure Mythical?" stammers Bukku. "H-how is this possible~buku? How did you—?"

"—You," hisses Linda. "How did you escape—tsk—it doesn't matter! I'll just kill birds with one stone!"

The Dark Charm Knight releases her powerful violet blast of dark magic at the blue warrior and fairy prince. Mythical cradles Bukku in her arms and turns herself to where she would get hit head-on and block him from the assault. "No~buku!" gasps Bukku. "Cure Mythical don't—!"

"Dream Bubble!" Bukku twists his head over Mythical's should to see a Cure Fable leap in front of them. Her aura a brilliant pink as her shield appears. It glows vividly as it protects her and her friends too.

It deflects Linda's attack cold who stumbles back in annoyance. "Curse you, Cure Fable," she huffs. "You are really starting to get on my nerve."

The Pink PreCure narrows her eyes as Mythical and Bukku stand by her side. Linda quickly sees that she is outmatched and takes off into the air clearly pissed off. "Hmph, it doesn't matter. I got the information I needed." With that the Leader of the Dark Charm Knights vanishes out of thin air.

Cure Fable spins around to her teammate and pulls Cure Mythical onto her feet. "It's too bad Linda didn't stick around. I was going to ask her to tea."

Mythical giggles at her friend, but it soon turns into a troubled frown. "But, isn't that odd. Known of the Dark Charm Knight has left in the middle of a fight before? Why did Linda just suddenly leave like that?"

"That's not important right now~buku,"said Bukku giving his head a shake. "Let's just focus on the now. Starting with cleaning up her mess."

"Right," both girls nod in agreement.

But, Fable's eyes fill with confusion. "But, what will—?!"

"ENDINGU!" The Rose Maze monster shook and started thrashing.

Bukku curses under his breath. "This is bad~buku. Without a Dark Charm Knight controlling their Endingu, it's going to go crazy~buku! We have to defeat it now, or it'll go on a destructive rampage~buku! You know, more destructive then normal~buku."

Fable steps forward and looks at her fellow warrior. "But, how do we stop it?" she asks in the most serious-tone voice that Bukku had ever heard her.

"I got it!" burst the PreCure of Wisdom with a wide smile. "We have to find the exit!"

"Go, go, go, go!" announces Cure Fable as she charges down through the rose walls. "Come on, Mythical, feel the burn!" The pink warrior holds both in front of her. "Pinky Shoot! Pinky Shoot! Pinky Shoot!" she starts punching her beams out to clear the way from her teammates. "Pow, pow, pow!"

Cure Mythical runs frantically behind her with Bukku still in her arms. A storm of vines lash out of her. "Eek!" she squeaks. "Stay away from me! Stay away!" She throws up her left hand and her blue blade of light strikes out "Blue Slash! Blue Slash! Blue Slash!" The blue warrior begins frenetically slashing away at all the roses.

Fable looks back and giggles at her friend, but when she turns back to glance ahead she lets out a grown. "Oh man, it's a dead end!"

"Remind me why we let Cure Fable lead the way~buku," points out Bukku.

"Argh! We don't have time for this!" complains Fable angrily.

"Let me handle this, Fable," announces Cure Mythical with new confidence. She speeds up in front of her. "Say bye-bye to Mr. Dead-End." Her hands glow a vivid blue. "Mythical Stream!" The powerful blast strikes right through the wall of dark rose.

"Dang~buku," murmurs Bukku to himself.

"Look! There it is!" gasps Fable pointing ahead, "The exit!"

Cure Fable goes first, then Cure Mythical and leap into the open air. The bright sun and blue sky welcome them. Fable breaks into a sparkling smile as her feet land back on solid ground, but snaps out of it and turns her focus back to the monster. The Pink PreCure's eyes widen when she sees the Rose Maze Endingu. It didn't even like a maze anymore. It was completely twisted and mangled. She couldn't even tell the top from the bottom, or left from right.

"Whoa," breaths Fable. "That looks like one ugly hairball."

Mythical bobs her head on agreement. "Yeah, and I don't think it appreciates that we destroyed all of its plants either."

"Endingu!" The monster gurgles a warped roar and the legendary warrior look on in horror as it starts to tear itself up. It detaches the walls and begins to reconstruct itself into what looks like a hideous monster face.

Bukku hops out of Mythical's arms. "Here it comes~buku," warns the fairy prince. "Brace yourselves~buku!"

"Endingu!" The monster smashes down its wall-arms on the two warriors. But, the attack was clumsy and the girls were able to leap out of the way easily. But, it keeps trying to recklessly smash down on the PreCure over and over again.

"Fable KaBoom!" cries out Cure Fable as she shoots her confetti of pink explosion onto one of the monster's walls.

The monster roars out in angry that the wall falls out of its body. The Endingu turns its attention to the Blue PreCure and mashes down on her like a giant hammer. Mythical lunges away and dodges the attack. She then rockets off with her legs into the arm. "Blue Slash!" She strikes down with her sword of light and pins the Maze Endingu's arm into the ground.

"Nice one, Mythical!" beams Fable.

But, just as the Pink PreCure says this, the Endingu screams out and breaks its arm free, sending Mythical flying into the air in surprise. The monster charges at her with its vines and whips the blue warrior right in the side, sending her crashing down into the earth.

"Cure Mythical!" shouts Bukku.

As she smashes into the ground, the monster tries to crush her with its powerful walls. But, just as is about to pound Mythical, it gets hit in the back of the head by a blast of pink light. "You leave my teammate along, you ugly gobbledygook!" snaps Fable. "Pretty Cure Kick!" She boots the Endingu in, what she guest, its neck and the monster howls at her in rage. "Come and get me!"

"Endingu!" the monster thrashes around, away from Cure Mythical, and rushes after Cure Fable. The blue warrior was too injured to run after it, she could only watch as the monster lumbers after her friend.

The fairy prince ran to the harmed warrior as Fable led the Endingu away from her. "Cure Mythical, are you alright~buku?" asks Bukku trying to hide his worry.

Mythical struggles to get back onto her feet, but her knees buckle and collapses back onto the ground. "Go…help…Fable…"

Bukku opens his mouth to object, but closes it and nods his head. "Okay, but don't push yourself, dummy~buku." The small fairy takes off after the Endingu and Cure Fable.

At that moment, the pink warrior quits running and faces the Rose Maze Endingu head-on. The monster strikes down at Fable, but she evades the assault with a fast summersault. On her knees, the Pink PreCure twists herself around, "Fable Twinkle!" A shower of aurora-coloured stars surrounded in pale pink light sparkles out of her hands and covers every inch of the Endingu, making it howl in pain.

Fable blinks in amazement. "Wow. That's new."

"ENDINGU!"

A sweat drop appears on the side of Cure Fable's head. "Aaannnddd now you're really mad."

The Endingu replies to this by roaring in her face. Suddenly, all of the roses and thorns on its body began to grow to the size of a dozen fists. "Endingu!" the monster lashes out and shoots out a blizzard of thorns.

"Eep," gasps Fable. The thorns strike her and pins her up against one of the nearest wide-trunk Japanese maple tree, "Oh no." She tries with all her strength to pry herself free from the thorns stuck in her sleeve cuffs, skirt, and heel-boots. But, the thorns wouldn't budge. She was stuck with a crazed monster standing right in front of her.

"Cure Fable!" the pink legendary warrior glances up to see Bukku running towards her. He leaps up and lands on her shoulder. He starts to pull at the thorns stuck through her sleeves.

"Your Highness!" snaps Fable in alarm. "What are you doing? Get back! You're going to get hurt!"

"No~buku," barks Bukku. "I can't just stand by~buku! If I can help, just a little bit, I don't care if I get harmed~buku! I'm not abandoning you~buku!"

"Your Highness—!"

"—ENDINGU!" the monster brings all of its dark-turned roses together. They begin to melt and form back into the black goo that Linda used to turn them into an Endingu. The roses start to mesh together and combine into a giant dark-powered rose. The big rose's petals open wide and reveal long teeth and a long slimy tongue. The rose screams out like a dying bird and launches forward at the pink warrior and fairy prince with its fangs sharpened to take a bite out of them.

"KYAA!" Cure Fable cries out as she squeezes her eyes shut.

"Magic Armour!" No pain came. Instead, when Fable opens her pink-coloured eyes and they fill with green. A figure stands in front of her with outstretched arms and her entire body glowing powerfully. Cure Fable look on in wonder as they see the being is covered in translucent outline of neon green covers her head-to-toe. It looks just like a knight's armour.

Both Fable and Bukku stare dumbfounded as the green-glowing figure charges up and delivers a mighty punch to the gigantic rose in the mouth. The Rose Maze Endingu crumbles to the ground and the being defense-attack fades away.

The girl turns around on her heels and holds up her hands. All of the thorns jamming the Pink PreCure against the tree glow dazzling green and soften into pale sparkles. Not expecting this at all, Fable flails her arms and falls face first onto the grass. Neither does Bukku and goes tumbling down with her and lands on the back of her head.

"Cuwr Foble, yu er an idiod," Bukku mumbles facedown in her hair.

"Here, take my hand, Fable." The pink warrior lifts her head, causing Bukku to stumble down her back. "Let me help you up."

As Fable raises her head, the first thing she sees is a pair of standing right in front of her. They were striking green high heels. Cure Fable's eyes begin to look up. A yellow miniskirt, green sweetheart neckline tube top with orange trimming, yellow Chelsea collar with a single green stripe, light green puffed-sleeved sleeves that fall elegantly down her shoulders detailed with yellow and orange.

Then, Cure Fable spots the girl hand extended out to her. She takes it and the green warrior hoists her up. The Pink PreCure looks at the Green PreCure face-to-face. She was pretty. She had gorgeous soft-red hair; half of it was braided up into a bun on the back of her head, held together with fancy orange-coloured hairpins, and adorned with a pair of white wings just like hers and Mythical's; the other half was braided down her back.

"Take a minute to regain your strength, Fable," says the green warrior pointing to herself. "I'll finish off the Endingu myself." All Fable was capable of was a nod and, with that, the Green PreCure was off chasing towards the monster.

"Fable!" Cure Mythical calls out to her teammate as she races over. "Are you okay? What happened? Are you hurt? Are you okay? I said 'are you okay' already didn't I?" She looks over to the monster. "Hey, who's that girl?"

"Just shut up and watch~buku," orders Bukku grouchily.

"Okay," peeps Mythical.

The Rose Maze Endingu grumbles and attacks the legendary warrior with a tempest of thorns. Without even hesitating, the Green PreCure starts to dodge the tiny spears. Cure Fable watches in amazement. It was like she was dancing. When the green warrior is close enough to the Endingu, she dives into a front handspring. She flips flawlessly and when her feet come down, her drop-kicks right in, what Fable guesses, the monster's face, "Pretty Cure Kick!"

As part of the Endingu smashes into the ground, it tries to use its arm to knock her off, but the Green PreCure saw the attack coming. She jumps into the air and gives the wall a powerful roundhouse kick. While the monster gives its head a shake to regain focus, the green warrior leaps away. "It's time to put you to sleep," pronounces the New Cure as she holds out her hands.

An object appears in her open arms and Fable's eyes widen, "A P-PreHeartBook!"

"She has one~buku!" gasps Bukku. "Then, it's no mistake~buku. She is a PreCure!"

Her shining lime-green PreHeartBook bursts open and Fable watches as a doll pops out. "Is that…? Is that a Fairytale Puppet! No way!" It was a beautiful princess with flowing golden hair and a cute pink ball gown.

The Green PreCure holds up the Fairytale Puppet towards the Endingu. "Sleeping Beauty Blooming Slumber!" The princess bows into a curtsy. As it does, a cloud of lavender clouds with misty glitter flows out of the page of the PreHeartBook and waltzes around the monster.

"Ending…" The monster murmurs as it collapses to the ground and lets out soft snores.

Fable and Bukku look on in disbelief. "She…she put it to sleep."

The Green PreCure walks over to the Rose Maze Endingu and pats it on what she assumes was its head. "Don't worry, big guy. I going to get you back to you normal self now." She waves her hand over her PreHeartBook. A green universal magic circle surrounds the Endingu.

"Pretty Cure…Magical Illumination!" The light consumes the monster and begins to alter back into the black goo. The huge black-rose slowly opens up and each of its petal starts to melts away into pure-white sparkles.

"Whoa," Fable and Mythical say breathlessly.

The Green PreCure closes her PreHeartBook and all the damage vanishes as everything goes back to normal. The rainbow-coloured light shines down over Daydream Gardens and the Rose Maze is back where it belongs; standing proudly with its bright leaves and beautiful crimson roses for the smiling friends and family to enjoy.

When both girls spot a group of little kids, they open of each of their PreHeartBooks and transform back to their normal forms. Imari could help, but smile looking down to see that she's in her regular short-sleeved hoodie and shorts. She loves being dressed as Cure Fable, but she felt comfortable being herself again. Imari looks to Tomoka and she smiles. I think she felt the same way. They stepped out of the way of the kids as they run into the Rose Maze excitedly.

Imari turns around to face the Green PreCure. "Thank you—!" But, when she spins around, the green warrior was nowhere to be seen.

"She's gone," Tomoka notices too.

Imari frowns. "Aw man! And we didn't even get her name!"

"Don't worry, Suzukawa-san," says Bukku returning to being her backpack. "We'll see her again~buku. She's your teammate now after all~buku."

"But, how did she get her PreHeartBook and a Fairytale Puppet?" asks Tomoka curiously.

Bukku shrugs. "Just make sure you ask her that the next time you see her, I guess~buku."

Knowing they weren't going to get a better answer from the fairy prince. The small group of friends turn to look up at the Rose Maze and they smile to each other. Hurt to believe it was just trying to eat them alive, literally, five second ago.

"You know," grins Tomoka, "We never did see who got to the end of the maze first."

"What?!" gasps Imari in disbelief. "What are you talking about?! I got to the end first! I blasted out a way and went out first!"

Tomoka sticks out her tongue. "Technically, Cure Fable, got out of the maze first. Imari Suzukawa still hasn't finished it yet."

Imari stick out her bottom lip. "Well then, I'll just go in again and this time…I WILL BEAT YOU!"

"I don't think so~!" coos Tomoka and she makes a break for it and runs into the Maze.

"Hey!" cries Imari chasing after her friend. "I didn't know we were starting right now! No fair! You got a head start!"

"Don't be such a baby, Suzukawa-san," snorts in Bukku rolling his eyes riding on her back. "I don't forget to follow the arrows this time~buku."

"I know! I know!"

Next Time on Fairytale PreCure!

Imari: Wow! I can't believe we have another teammate!

Tomoka: I hope she's nice.

Imari: She's a PreCure! Of course she'll be nice!

Tomoka: *smiles* Yeah, you're probably right.

Imari: I just wish I knew your flipping name!

Tomoka: *sighs * Well, it's a PreCure fanfiction, so they'll just reveal the Cure's name in the title.

Imari: True.

Tomoka: The Pretty Cure of Magic! Cure Enchant Reveals Herself!

Imari: Point proven.