Hey, it's SAYkokoro, back with another episode! Thanking enarmonios, AnimeGirl4Ever,and Hosho-Super-Star for their continuous support in reviewing my stories and I hope to be read more from the new and old. I hope you enjoy this new episode, I extremely proud of this one! I also hope the small nod to HeartCatch Pretty Cure I added :)

*Please excuse any grammar errors or spelling mistakes

OP: Your StoryFairytale Pretty Cure! – written by SAYkokoro

ED: DREAM! DREAM! DREAM! ~Waking Up Your Future~

Episode 17: |Nijiko's Fortune! Her Hidden Magic!|

Nijiko was use to waking up every morning alone. Her alarm clock going off, echoing through the empty apartment, and having to urge herself out of bed, followed by having a shower, getting dressed, making breakfast, packing up her lunch, and gathering up her homework before heading off to school—then, after school having to go to work at Daydream Gardens, then go to the grocery store and come home to an empty house, make dinner, clean the dishes, and then go to bed to repeat this route over and over again. In the beginning, Nijiko thought she was being strong—strong enough to handle thing all on her own! Independent and free! But, that proud feeling faded fast. Nijiko began opening ever door, stepping into ever room with the same feeling hitting her stomach; emptiness and loneliness. Nijiko had been feeling this way for a long time. But now, there is someone else who fills the empty apartment.

A paw pokes Nijiko in the nose. "It's time to awaken, Cure Enchant," Kuiru inform her.

Nijiko moans drowsily, "Kuuuiruuu. It's five o'clock in the morning!"

"I am well aware of that fact~kuru," says the fairy prince. "Early rising helps make a being healthy, wealthy, and wise~kuru." He takes flight off the bed. "Now get up~kuru." The elder prince closes the door behind him.

Secretly, Nijiko smiles underneath her covers. I'm going to be honest with you. When I decided to live on my own, I got lazy pretty fast. Don't get me wrong, I would always work my hardest at school and Daydream Gardens! But, balancing school and a job started taking a toll on me. I was leaving dirty dishes out for days on end, not doing my laundry, and would just eat take-out. But, when the highly responsible firstborn prince from the magical world of—duh, duh, duh!—Fanciful Kingdom moved in and became my Royal Roommate; you tend to learn to pick up the slack. Especially when you are destined to protect the universe as a Pretty Cure!

Nijiko climbs out of bed and steps into the shower. The hot water tends to wake her up quicker. After she's done, Nijiko quickly blow-dries her short, light green hair and fixes up her signature braid on front of her left ear. In her soft, cotton bathrobe, Nijiko steps out of the bathroom and into her walk-in closet. It's about the size of a small bedroom, but instead of a bed and dresser, it's full of heaps and heaps of clothes and shoes. Nijiko gets dressed into her school uniform; her sailor fuku, putting on her long-sleeved top and green sailor collar, matching green pleated skirt, lavender-coloured neckerchief, and knee-length navy blue socks.

"Are you almost done in there~kuru?" asks Kuiru knocking on the door of her closet.

Nijiko rolls her eyes playfully, "Yes, Mom."

"Oh, speaking of that~kuru," murmurs the fairy prince through the door, "Your mother has sent you another payment for this months' rent~kuru."

Nijiko's face suddenly hardens. "What!" She storms out of her closet. Kuiru darts out of the way and follows to her into the living room. Nijiko spots an envelope full of cash on her living room table and picks it up, angrily crushing in with a tightened fist.

"Are you serious, Mom?!" she huff angrily as she rages over to her home phone and rapidly dials in her mom's cell phone number.

Ring, ring! Ring, ring! The sound of the phone rings though out the empty apartment. Eventually a voice returns the call. 'Hello~! Hello~! I'm not here at the moment, but you what to do~! Leave a message~! Leave a message~!' Nijiko sighs, immediately recognizing her mom's answering machine.

"Mom!" Nijiko shouts into the phone. "This is Your Precious Rainbow, here! Stop sending me money! I told you I have a job and I can take care of myself! So stop it!" Nijiko smashes down on the 'end' button and jams the phone back in its charger.

Kuiru clicks his tongue. "Well, that was quite…um…intense~kuru."

"Whatever," mutters Nijiko as she ditches the envelope on the table and heads into the kitchen. "All this frustration made me hungry."

The elder prince nods understandingly. "Don't fret, Cure Enchant. I'll take care of breakfast today~kuru."

He lands on the kitchen island and waves paw over the countertop. In a burst of dark blue sparkles, a buffet of delicious buttermilk pancakes, fluffy French toast dressed with strawberries, mouth-watering sausages, and a jug of freshly squeezed orange juice appears.

Nijiko licks her lips. "Why don't you make our meals more often, Kuiru? And by 'more often' I mean forever until we die?!"

"Too much of anything is bad~kuru," explains Kuiru as he fixes his crown, "If one is not careful enough, magic can become an obsession. You can't stop using it to fix anything in your life~kuru. Just like Kuroizado."

"Right," nods Nijiko as she dives into a stack of pancakes. "Sow, dou yo havf amo igia warr tho—"

"—Don't talk with your mouth full, Cure Enchant," orders Kuiru.

Nijiko swallow her bite. "I was just asking; you got any idea where the Fairytale Instruments could be?"

"Unfortunately, no~kuru," sighs Kuiru, popping a strawberry into his mouth. "This isn't like a scavenger hunt~kuru. The Fairytale Instruments will only reveal themselves when they sense they are needed by the PreCure~kuru. We just have to be patient that, when the time is right, the Fairytale Instruments will lend us their strength~kuru."

Nijiko frowns. "I just don't see we can't just go and storm the castle! You know, catch Kuroizado by surprise and defeat him right now!"

Kuiru shakes his head. "With Dead End at the helm, Kuroizado is far too powerful to fight head-on~kuru. By defeating his Endingu and Dark Charm Knights, we are weakening them, leaving them to fend for themselves~kuru. And, when they are at their most vulnerable, that is when we will strike~kuru!."

"Okay, okay, that makes sense," admits Nijiko, taking a sip of orange juice.

"Don't worry, Cure Enchant," the fairy prince assures her. "PreCure never lose~kuru."

Izumi is grabbing at her older sister's hair, "Call now, call now, call now!"

"Not yet!" maintains Imari, holding her cell phone in her hand. "It's the 25th caller, Izumi-chan! Not the 25 seconds!"

Izumi bounces impatiently on the living room sofa, "But, what if it's caller number 24 right now! But, because of one dimwitted big sister, someone else calls it and gets the tickets! And then—and then, the universe explodes! Poof!"

"Somehow I very much doubt that," chuckles Imari, repeatedly flipping her cell phone open and close. "Trust me on this Izumi-chan. We'll wait a few more minutes."

Izumi pouts and slouches down on the sofa, "Fine."

At that moment, their mom, Mari, walks in from the café to the living room. She has a notepad and pen in hand. "Izumi-chan, I need help in the front. Imari-chan, Daddy needs a hand in the kitchen. Let's go!" Neither girls move. They have their eyes glued to the eldest's phone.

Mari takes her notepad and bobs her daughters on both of their heads. "Are you girls hypnotized to the phone by aliens?"

Izumi rolls her eyes. "Nice try, Mom. Aliens don't exist."

"Or do they?" coos Mari.

"They don't."

"Or doooo they?"

"They don't!"

"Or do they?!" Imari exclaims with a scary face, shaking her little sister by her shoulders.

"Eep!" squeals Izumi, batting her around. "Don't do that, Imari-neechan!"

Mari and Imari laugh together. "What are you girls actually doing?" their mom asks.

Imari beams. "If we're caller number 25, we can win backstage passes to Juno Light's concert tomorrow!"

Mari's eyes light up. "Oh! I love Juno-sama! It just goes to show that woman in their late-thirties can still make it to stardom and be considered 'hip' to the younglings!"

"Juno-sama is the greatest singer in Japan—no!—the greatest singer in the whole world!" bursts Izumi. "But…if we want the tickets we have to…call, call, call! CALL THEM NOW!"

Imari giggles. "Okay, okay, okay!" She swiftly dials the number as her mom and sister stick themselves to each side of her shoulders. "Now, we sit in silence. Waiting for the moment of destiny! When the voice answers, the call of truth will be revealed, and the tickets of Azarath are bestowed to us—"

"—Shut up, Imari-neechan!" squirms Izumi.

The phone call gets picked up from the other line and the Suzukawa family is silent.

At Minwa Acadmy, they call me "popular". They call me the "richest girl in school". Honestly, I don't mind the labels; because…well…because they're true! Every since my first-year, I made my mark at this school as a talented athlete and the daughter of a celebrity! I shined like a jewel! Lowerclassmen always looked to me with admiration and all my classmates and teachers respected me. That too—I didn't mind. I was honoured, in a way, that so many students accepted and treasured me for who I was. Even when I decided to drop all the sports' clubs, my friends supported me. Schoolmates and teachers were confused for sure, but I was still the same girl everyone liked. Does this make any sense? I hope so. It's hard sometime for me to get my true feelings across, you know. I'm not an open book like Imari. I guess, what I'm trying to get at is that Minwa Academy is like a home to me! I place where I feel comfortable being myself and where I don't feel insecure about what people say about me. Not everyone at Minwa Academy is like Rio Aramaki.

"Niji-chan!" waves a group of girls as she makes it to school.

I guess you don't really need to memorize their names, or what they look like, but I would like you to meet my friends—and not just calling them by "girl student" or "my friend". They're important to me. After all, friends are the family you get to choose for yourself!

The shortest girl waving at me is Eko Tanaka. She has dark cream-coloured hair in low pigtails and hazel eyes. I have been friends will her the longest and is the one that gave me the nickname "Niji" since she didn't want to have two friends with "ko" at the end. We joined the Golf Club together! I became friends next with Mio Ichijo. She has beautiful, straight black and dark grey eyes. We met in Judo Club. I accidently kicked her in the ribs in our first-year! Talk about a bad first impression. But, she actually complimented me and my technique and, as they say, the rest is history. After that, I met Anzu Yoshida through Mio. We were in Basketball Club together and started teaming up for partner drills and became closer friends then. She has a petite figure with dark brown hair pulled back and curls down her neck.

"Good morning, Niji-chan," greets Anzu with a gentle smile.

"Niji-chan!" gasps Eko, grabbing her friend by the shoulders. "I need yesterday's homework! Please! I beg of you!"

Nijiko chuckles and reaches into her book bag. "You are solucky I decided to copy my notes last night."

"She knows you too well, Eko-chan," laughs Mio.

Eko grasps the paper and swoons dramatically, "My hero, Niji-chan! I own you one! I'll buy you lunch today!"

"That sounds great," Nijiko grins. But, her smile quickly vanishes the moment it appears when she spots Rio Aramaki leering her down. Nijiko turns to face her and they lock eyes. Rio gives her a powerful death glare and snorts at her, and, with a flip of her pigtails, storms off with her posse, Sara and Fu.

All of Nijiko's friends notice this and they roll their eyes in unison, "Omigod!" huffs Mio. "Rio-chan seriously needs to let it go!"

"Let it go~, let it go~,"sings Eko."Turn away and slam the—!"

Anzu closes her hand over Eko's mouth. "Turn away and slam yourtrap!"

Mio crosses her arms. "I don't get why she's so mad at you, Niji-chan. She's the Captain of the Tennis Team because of it! Isn't that something to be happy about?"

"Maybe you should talk to her," subjects Anzu shyly.

"I've tried!" mutters Nijiko, throwing her head back angrily. "But, then she gets mad, then I get mad, then she gets madder for me I get madder and everything just…goes…wrong."

"Then, just don't get mad!" says Eko.

Mio bonks Eko on the head. "Stop talking. Right now."

Anzu puts her hand on Nijiko's shoulder. "Don't give up on Rio-chan. I know you guys will work things out. Best friends always find a way!"

Nijiko sighs. "You have more faith than I do, Anzu-chan."

I have more faith that I'll save our world from an evil wizard then ever making amends with my best friend, Rio-chan. Or, ex-best friend, I should say.

Nijiko changes out of her school uniform and into her jeans, t-shirt, and apron for work. School lockers were replaced with the Rose Maze walls. Nijiko is snipping away wilting petals and leaves with gardening shears to keep the other flowers healthy. It's funny, but ever since Linda turned the Rose Maze into an Endingu, Nijiko was always scared the roses and prickles would come alive at any second and wrap her up.

In the spring sunlight, Nijiko whips sweat off her forehead as she cuts off a branch of wilted roses and stuffs it in a bag and continues on with that. She spots one pink rose that was blooming stronger than all the others and brushes her fingers across its soft petals. "Look how strong you're growing. You're gonna make the other roses jealous of your beauty!"

Just then, out of the corner of her eye, Nijiko spots a little girl peeking her head out from behind the maze wall. She was watching her with curious eyes. But, the moment Nijiko glances up att her, the little girl ducks her head timidly away.

"Hey, there," says Nijiko friendly. "Are you lost?"

The little girl pokes her head back out from the rose wall and shakes her head. Her pale red-coloured eyes look past Nijiko who follows her gaze and finds that the girl is dazzled by the beautiful wall of blossoming roses.

Nijiko smiles brightly. "Do you like flowers?"

The girl nods her head eagerly. "I-I do!" she peeps. "I really, really love flowers!"

Nijiko grins softly and looks up at all the vivid roses. "I like flowers too! They're so beautiful, aren't they? Their bright colours and their free fragrance. They're so full of life! Do they fill your heart with joy too?"

The girl shyly steps out and stands beside Nijiko. She reaches her petite hand out to the roses and dances her small fingers threw their petals. "My big sis loves flower too." But, the little girl suddenly frowns and starts tugging at her dark pink hair. "But, I can't grow flowers like my big sis. My flowers always wilt."

"Well," says Nijiko, touching the biggest pink rose, "Did your big sister ever tell you the secret to making your flowers bloom?"

The girl's eyes light up. "There's a secret?!"

Nijiko nods. "Water can give them energy and sunshine can make them shine, but it's love that makes them strong and want to grow with all their might!"

"Love?" echoes the girl confused.

"Yes," hums Nijiko. "If you don't put love into every single flower you grow, they will never bloom strongly." She cuts off the pink rose, "If you give your flowers all your love." Nijiko tucks the rose into the little girl hair, "They will kiss the sky and glow with the beauty of your love."

The girl's eyes sparkle at Nijiko. But, just then, an older girl with scarlet eyes and hair in low pigtails with yellow flower-shaped hair ties walks through the maze and spots her. "Futaba, there you are. Come on. Papa and Mama are waiting for us at the end of the maze."

"Okay, Tsubomi-neechan!" beams the girl. She races to her big sister, but before they leave, she wave goodbye to Nijiko. "Thank you, Flower Lady!"

Nijiko waves back as the two sisters disappear deeper into the Rose Maze. Nijiko is alone once more. "Well, back to work."

As soon as Nijiko gets home and closes her front door, Kuiru is finally able to appear and pops out of her green PreHeartBook, "No Endingu sightings today~kuru. I dare say this day was a successful one~kuru."

Nijiko lets out a restless sigh, "If you say so." She leans up against the door and pulls off her apron. She takes it and wipes it across her clammy face from working in the sun all day. "But, everyday Kuroizado and Dead End are out there trying to destroy our world, feels like a failure."

"You're too hard on yourself, Cure Enchant," Kuiru states. "For me, any day when the world is at peace is a victory~kuru."

Nijiko slumps over to the living room. "I know, I know." She plops down onto the nearest zabuton seat. "I guess…I just…I don't know."

Kuiru flies overhead and lands onto the chabudai table. "You say 'I don't know', but I know the truth~kuru." The fairy prince eyes Nijiko. "You are referring to your father~kuru."

Nijiko's eyes darken, but before she can reply, Imari, and Tomoka with Bukku riding on her shoulder burst in. "WE WON!" cheers Imari with dazzling eyes and a wide smile on her face.

Nijiko and Kuiru exchange a bewildered look. "We won against Kuroizado?"

A sweat drop appears on the side of Imari's head, "Um…no. No, we did not."

"Just tell her, Imari," giggles Tomoka.

"Well, I can't now!" pouts Imari. "Now, it'll not be as exciting!"

The young fairy snakes her head. "Imari won tickets to see some famous celebrity, or something~buku."

"PRINCE BUKKU!" squeals Imari. "You just ruined the surprise!"

Bukku snorts. "Trust me, Suzukawa-san, you succeeded to do that all on your own~buku."

Nijiko creases her eyebrows, "Famous celebrity?"

"Yeah!" beams Imari waving a set of tickets in front of her friend. "We got VIP and backstage passes to meet thee Juno Light!"

Nijiko's confused face disappeared into a frown. "Oh". She crosses her arms. "Yeah, you're right, that is pretty disappointing."

"I knew it," whimpers Imari.

Tomoka tips her head to the side. "What is it, Nijiko?"

"Well," Nijiko murmurs, looking away from the girls, "Juno Light is…my mother."

"Oh, is that all," Imari sighs with relief. Until she registers what her friend actually said. "Wait…EHHHH!"

It was night when the group make their way towards the Yūkibarano Concert Hall. It was shaped like a squishes dome. That's…that's literally the only way I can describe it. The building had glass window head-to-toe with metal lining. It glows like a sunset, purple at the top and from red, to orange, to yellow, and to a white-colour as it makes its way to the heart of the concert hall when the windows cut off, opening up to the thousands of people lined up to get inside. In thick, black wall, long posters of Juno Light were on each side of the main entrance where her fans when taking pictures in front of. Everyone was smiling and laughing together, shaking with excitement.

Imari's sister races towards the concert hall. "This is so awesome! I can't believe we're going to meet Juno-sama!"

Mari runs behind her wearing an 'I Love Juno Light!' t-shirt. "I know! I know! I can hardly believe it! Notice me, Juno-senpai!"

A sweat drop appears on the side of Nijiko's forehead. "Wow. Your mom acts more like a kid then even you, Imari." Nijiko turns to her friend and sees that she's already looking at her with sparkling eyes. She hadn't stopped looking at her like that since they left her apartment complex.

"It's funny," chimes in Tomoka nonchalantly. "But, I had completely forgotten that Nijiko was related to Juno-sama. So embarrassing."

"You knew!" gasps Imari grabbing at her friend shoulders. "You knew that Nijiko was the daughter of the greatest singer in the world!"

"Of course," Tomoka grins smugly. "How else do you think Nijiko became the richest girl in Minwa Academy? Celebrities have more money than gods!"

Imari's eyes widen. "That explains so much!"

Nijiko rolls her eyes. "Okay, okay, let's not go crazy here."

"But, but, but, but she doesn't have the same last name as you!" presses Imari. "Explain that!"

Nijiko shrugs her shoulders. "Juno Light is just her stage name. Her real name is Juri Ōmitsu."

"Cooooool!" Imari shimmers. "She must be the coolest mom in the world!"

Nijiko frowns and turns away from her friends. "You would think," she mumbles to herself.

Tomoka quickly notices this. "Um…so…" she stammers, trying to change the subject. "H-How are planning to get into the concert, Nijiko? I mean, Imari could only get four tickets."

Nijiko smirks mischievously at this. "Don't worry about that, Tomoka. I'll get in just fine."

Tomoka narrows her eyes at this curiously, but before she can open her mouth, Kuiru quickly pops his head out of Nijiko's PreHeartBook from inside her book bag. "I know we're here for entertainment, ladies~kuru. But, keep your eyes peeled for any Dark Charm Knights~kuru. This amount of people will get there attention~kuru."

"Got it," nods Nijiko as the elder prince ducks back inside the PreHeartBook. "Have your PreHeartBooks ready, you guys."

Imari and Tomoka nod in unison and follow Izumi and Mari to the entrance of the Concert Hall. Imari thought it would be difficult to get through this big crowd of fans, but she followed Tomoka's strategy by sticking close behind Nijiko who has no problem jabbing people out of the way and make a straight line to the ticket booth.

"VIP! VIP!" chants Imari waving the tickets in front of the man at the ticket booth. "Very important person! Very important person!"

"You're only saying that because you literally find out a minute ago what VIP actually stands for," points out Tomoka, patting her friend on the head.

The man takes all four tickets and smiles politely. "Thank you very much. Please make your way inside, VIPs."

"You don't have to tell us twice!" Izumi grins as she rushes inside with her mom.

Imari and Tomoka hang back, waiting for Nijiko.

The ticket man turns to Nijiko. "Where is your ticket, Miss?"

Nijiko smiles sneakily. "You want my ticket?" She puts one hand into her book bag. "I'll show you a ticket!" She pulls something out of her bag and rays of white light shines out and a suddenly blast of wind, "HHHIIIYYYAAA!" Imari, Tomoka, and the man look on with wide eyes. Nijiko dramatically thrusts a silver-coloured ticket into the air. "Behold…THE LEGENDARY PLATINUM PASS!"

Imari and Tomoka stare in pure amazement. "The Platinum Pass!" gasps Imari with her hands up in a prayer.

"I'd only heard about them in legend!" Tomoka gushes with overly dramatic sparkle eyes. "I didn't know they exactly existed!"

"I held back my true power this whole time!" announces Nijiko, her face covered by a dramatic shadow as the powerful wind gusts her hair in a flurry. "But, now it's time to show you my magical power! Bear witness to the Platinum Pass!" She shoves the silver ticket into the man's face.

The ticket sticks to the booth man's face. "Please," the man mumbles through the ticket. "Make your way inside, Miss."

"Onward to battle!" cries Nijiko as she links arms with Imari and Tomoka and charges inside the Concert Hall. Once they make it inside, the girls burst out laughing.

"That guy did realize that was just a candy bar wrapper, right?" laughs Tomoka grabbing at her acing sides from laughing so hard.

Nijiko shakes her head. "I use to come here ever since I was a little girl. He learned a long time ago to just let me in. Mom will pay it back later."

"Speaking of with," coos Imari. "We should head backstage now to meet Juno-sama! The concert will be starting soon!"

Nijiko's smile disappears and she puts her hands in her jacket pockets, "Oh, yeah…right."

Tomoka glances intriguingly at her, but simply put a hand on Nijiko's shoulder. "Let's go. I think Izumi and Mari-san are getting impatient with us."

"IMARI-CHAN! TOMOKA-CHAN! NIJIKO-CHAN!" hollers Izumi waving frantically at them by a security guard waiting at the backstage door. "Hurry up! I think Mom is starting to lose it!"

"Just let us inside!" cries Mari to the security guard. "I'll give up my blood!"

"Don't be so dramatic, Mom," giggles Imari. "I have our backstage passes right here."

Mari leaps at her daughter and embraces her with a death hug. "God bless you, daughter!"

"No problem, Mom," Imari squirms, patting her on the back. "Now, could you let me go? I can't breathe!"

Nijiko takes a step back. "You guys go on ahead. I-I'll…I'll go find our seats."

Imari breaks free of her mom and looks at Nijiko confused. "What? But, don't you want to see your mom?"

"Not in particular," murmurs Nijiko.

Hearing this, Imari stomps over to her friend, "Nijiko Ōmitsu. It would be rude not to introduce us properly to your mom!" She clasps both of Nijiko's hands. "You are coming with us—no if, ands, or buts about it!"

Nijiko opens her mouth to object, but clamps it shut, seeing the determination in Imari's eyes, and sighs, "Fine. But, don't say I didn't warn you."

"But, you didn't," points out Tomoka, pushing up her glasses.

Nijiko narrows her eyes at her, but Imari quickly grabs both of her friends by the hands. "Then, let's go!" winks Imari as they runs for the door, pulling her two friends along.

The group is lead in by a woman dressed all in black with a headset. They make a right turn and walk down a stretched hallway. They pass by dressing rooms, costume rooms, and makeup rooms where artists and designers are making finishing touches to the dancers and backup singers. If was hectic…and Imari loved it! Peaking in the small rooms and seeing them full of pros doing what they love and beaming with passion and perfection made her heart race a mile a minute. Then, the woman takes them to the finally dressing room with the name Juno Light embellished in gold on the front of the door.

The woman opens the door and pops her head inside. "Juno-sama, the winners of the contest are here."

"Oh~! Please send them in!" replies a light-hearted voice.

The woman opens the door fully and escorts the group inside. The dressing room wasn't as noticeable messy as the other dressing rooms before this one. Instead of the chaos of makeup products shattered all over the countertop, there was an aura of neatness to the room. There were three giant mirrors in front of the table surrounded in light bulbs framing. The walls were painted a pale green that made the room seem bigger. A beautiful woman was sitting on in a pure-white director's chair with Juno Light written on the back in black swirly handwriting.

In her seat, the woman turns around and smiles warmly at Imari's groups. "So, you're the lucky ducks~!"

Juri Ōmitsu doesn't look a lot like Nijiko. She is a grand, elegant figure with a pale complexion and a gentle smile. Juno get out of her chair and her long, wavy ash-blonde hair flows down her shoulders with two long stands falling down her shoulders. In a gorgeous mint-green dress, she strides over to the girls and, to Imari's surprise, gives her a big huge. Juno smells like strawberries.

"I-It's amazing to meet you, Juri…um…Juno-sama," stammers Imari suddenly nervous.

Juno lets her go and looks Imari in the eye. They were a beautiful, pale green-colour. "The honour is all mine, sweetheart~!"

Tomoka bows her head politely. "It's very nice to meet you too, Juno-sama."

Juno hugs Tomoka too. "Oh~! Aren't you are an angel!" she winks.

"R-Really? A-An angel!" gasps Tomoka scatterbrained, "So embarrassing!"

"Juno-sama!" beams Izumi and Mari in synchronization. "I can't believe it's thee Juno Light in the flesh!"

Juno throws her arms around the two of them. "You better believe it!" Just then, Juno looks behind them and spots Nijiko. Her eyes light up, "My Rainbow~! My goodness, this is a wonderful surprise!" She goes to hug her daughter, reaching her arms out to her. But Nijiko suddenly slaps her hand away from and the excitement in the room turns cold.

"Nijiko?" says Imari in shock and pure confession.

Juno steps back, but gives her daughter a tender smile. "What brings you here, My Rainbow~?"

"I'm just here to be with my friends," states Nijiko coldly. "So, don't get the wrong idea."

Juno looks back at Imari and Tomoka and her eyes sparkle. "Oh~! These girls are your friends? My goodness, you're such a social butterfly, My Rainbow~!" Nijiko snorts at this. Juno rapidly shakes Imari and then Tomoka's hand. "It's wonderful to meet you two! You can just call me Juri~!"

Tomoka nods to this. "My name is Tomoka Fukumoto and this"—gestures to Imari—"is Imari Suzukawa."

"It so nice to meet you two," grins Juri, "And I have a surprise for all of you!" She picks up goody bags from the countertop and hands them to each of the girls. "They're free, limited edition t-shirts and a copy of my new album that hasn't even been released in stores yet~!"

Imari and her group quickly put on the t-shirts. They're all black with Juno Light on the front sending them a kiss with her name swirled in front of her in golden-colour. "This is amazing! Supreme smile power!"

"Supreme smile power?" echoes Juri. "Oh~! I love that! You are just the cutest thing!"

"Did you hear that, Nijiko!" squeals Imari, completely over the moon. "Your mom just called me cute!"

Nijiko grunts and looks away.

Her mom gets annoyed at this, "Nijiko. I don't appreciate that attitude of yours. Couldn't you at least pretend to be happy to be here? For your friends' sake."

Nijiko squeezes her fists tightly until her knuckles turn white and her fingernails dig into her palm. "CAN'T YOU PRETEND THAT YOU STILL CARE ABOUT DAD?!" she screams with eyes full of tears. Before anyone can react, Nijiko storms out of the room, slamming the door loudly behind her.

Completely alarmed Imari and Tomoka turn to Juri. Blue sadness passes through her green eyes. The two girls exchange a look and reach for the door, "Nijiko! Wait up!" calls Imari as she and Tomoka race after her down the hallway.

"Wow~buku," murmurs Bukku from inside Tomoka's book bag. "That went from zero to a hundred real fast~buku."

The lobby of the Concert Hall is completely full of people now. Imari and Tomoka can barely keep from getting driven apart of fans. The two of them reach for each other's hands and they exchange an understanding nod. The two friends start weaving in and out of the giant pack of people; slipping past the bulks and ducking underneath their cheering arms. Imari and Tomoka search for any sign of Nijiko. Trying to spot her head of light green hair in the crowd, but they couldn't find her anywhere.

"Anything, Tomoka?" asks Imari, trying to hide the worry in her voice.

Tomoka shakes her head. "I can't see her."

"Cure Fable, Cure Mythical!"

Through the mass, Imari and Tomoka spot Kuiru racing carefully through the legs of fans. Imari, nonchalantly, walks over to the elder fairy and picks him up like she had dropped her stuffed animal. "There you are, cutie!" she grins. "Oh! You're all dusty!" Imari pretends to brush at his cape. She and Tomoka look around to see if anyone is paying any attention to them. Nope. All clear. "Kuiru, where's Nijiko?"

"Cure Enchant snuck upstairs~kuru," he informs them. "There's an empty art gallery the next floor up~kuru."

"Got it," nods Imari and turns to her friend. "Let's go, Tomoka."

"I'm right behind you," says Tomoka.

With Tomoka and Kuiru following right behind her, Imari clears a path through all the fans and quickly finds the stairwell. They hurry all the way up until they spot the wall of paintings and drawings of the art gallery. Imari and Tomoka walk into the art gallery and make their way down the hallway of beautiful artwork. The hallway opens up into a small room surrounded by flawless ukiyo-e paintings. There, in the corner of the room, Nijiko is crouched in the corner with her face buried in her arms wrapped around her legs.

Imari opens her mouth, but she can't think of anything to say. She looks down at the ground and stays silent. Tomoka struggles with trying to find the right words too. "Um…" Just then, Imari lifts her head and heads over to Nijiko, "Imari?"

Imari walks over to Nijiko and quickly sits down next to her. Tomoka follows her and kneels down on the other side of their friend. Nijiko shifts her head a bit and closes her arm tighter around her legs; a sign that she knows they're with her. Imari leans over and rests her head on her knees.

Tomoka looks over at the nearest ukiyo-e painting beside them and smile softly. "This is one of my favourite paintings," she says. "The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai."

Both girls notice Nijiko raise her head just enough to catch a glimpse of the painting Tomoka was talking about. It is a giant storming wave knocking over three boats with a snow-peaked mountain in the background.

"The mountain is of Mount Fuji and is said to be a symbol of beauty," continues Tomoka. "The Great Wave and Mount Fuji together are yin yang. The sea is the violent yin of nature that is overcome by the yang of the fishermen fighting against the wave." Tomoka puts her hand on Nijiko's shoulder. "You were acting a bit like a yin back there, Nijiko. But, I think you're a yang at heart."

"Nijiko," murmurs Imari with her worrying pink-coloured eyes, "We're not just teammates, your friends! Whatever's going on, we want to help. But, we can't if you don't tell us what's wrong."

Nijiko is a quiet for a long time. Bukku hops into Tomoka's arms and Kuiru stands at the feet of his partner. "Cure Enchant," says Kuiru climbing onto of Nijiko's feet, "It is alright~kuru. You can tell them~kuru."

The girls hear Nijiko take a deep breath as she lifts up her head. "Kuroizado was the Royal Wizard of Fanciful Kingdom. But, he was one of many. There have been many Royal Wizards though out time. Kuroizado was mentored by a great wizard known as Hikaru. But, one day, he fell in love with a human girl. Hikaru left Fanciful Kingdom and the position of Royal Wizard to Kuroizado and came to Earth to be with his love."

Nijiko pulls a picture out of her book bag and hands it to Imari. She quickly looks down and examines it. It was a picture of a father with his daughter. She could instantly see that they looked so much alike and they're smile were incredibly radiant. The father had the daughter sitting on his knee and it looked like he was trying to tickle her. The man had light tanned-skin with light green hair, thick bangs sweeping over his turquoise-coloured eyes, and had a gentle smile on his face. The little girl was in a puffy, white dress and had light green hair just like her dad, but it was so wavy and long that it reached all the way down to her waist.

"This was my father, Hikaru Ōmitsu…and Kuroizado's mentor."

"Are sure everything is okay?" asks Mari as Izumi and her leave the dressing room.

"Yes~," smiles Juri. "You know kids. They can be a handful sometimes!"

"Of course," nods Mari patting her own daughter on the head. "Izumi, go find our seats, okay?"

"Sure," she nods and is lead out by the woman dressed in black.

Mari faces Juri and gives her sympathetic smile. "You know Juri-chan, from one mother to another; everything will be okay. Don't give up fighting to get your feelings across to her. Someday soon, the two of you will understand each other's feelings. I'm sure of it!"

"Thank you," Juri smiles gently.

With that, Mari leaves and Juri closes the door behind her.

"What a sorrowful heart you have there," hisses a voice.

Juri spins around in shock and her pupils shrink to the size of needle. She comes face-to-face with a pale-skinned woman with pointy ears and long dark-red hair. "W-Who are you?! H-How did you get into my room?!"

Linda smiles wickedly. "You are a perfect vessel for an Endingu!"

"Oh," blinks Imari in amazement. What else could she say? What should she say?

"My father was the only one strong enough to stand against Kuroizado." Nijiko eyes flicker to the elder fairy prince. "Kuiru came here to find my father to fight Kuroizado and Dead End with the PreCure by his side."

"Why couldn't he?" asks Imari, tipping her head to the side.

Nijiko's eyes darken, "Because…Hikaru passed away 10-years-ago."

Imari feels herself go numb.

"I was only 5-years-old at the time," murmurs Nijiko. "I barely remember him. But, I remember it broke my mom's heart." Nijiko stands up and walks across the art gallery room. "To cope, my mom started writing songs. Love songs, farewell songs, and soulful songs to my father. She started singing them to me and would perform out on the streets. One day, she was discovered by an agent and…boom! The songs my mom wrote for my father gave her instant stardom! She even chose her stage name Juno Light in dedication to my father. Hikaru means light, you know."

Imari and Tomoka could do nothing is sit and listen quickly.

"Years went by and my mom stopped writing songs for my father." Nijiiko suddenly kicked at the carpeting. "It's like she forgot all about him while I struggle to remember as much of Hikaru as possible!" Nijiko squeezes her fists. "And now I find out that my father wasn't even from this world! And worse, he mentored Kuroizado, the very person trying to destroy our world!"

"I can't even imagine," murmurs Tomoka looking down at the floor.

"Did my mom known about Hikaru's past? If so, why didn't she ever tell me who my father really was?" huffs Nijiko. "Either way, I moved out and got a job! I would stand strong without her! I decided to quit the sports teams too! I would put all my efforts into protecting our world as a PreCure!"

"So that's why you quit all the clubs!" realizes Tomoka hopping to her feet.

"Yes!" smirks Nijiko. "I decided that I would stand strong! Alone! Nothing holding me back and depending only on myself to get the job done!"

Tomoka nods to this, "That's—"

"—That's not right." Nijiko jerks her head back to see Imari getting to her feet. "You're wrong, Nijiko."

"Imari?" says Tomoka.

Kuiru narrows his eyes, "Cure Fable?"

"True strength doesn't come from standing alone," says Imari with a shadowed face. "True strength comes from the support of others! The ones you love and who care about you! You can't fight all your battles alone! You've never been alone, Nijiko! You have all your friends at Minwa Academy, you have Kuiru, me, Tomoka, and Bukku too, and I know that you'll always have your mom and dad's love!" Imari embraces her cherished friend. "So, don't push us away, Nijiko! We'll always be there to give you strength!"

"I-Imari," stammers Nijiko breathlessly.

"Imari's right, Nijiko," says Tomoka joining in the group hug. "We'll put our faith in you and you can put your faith in us!"

"That's right~buku!" exclaims Bukku jumping on top of Nijiko's head. "You're stuck with us, Ōmitsu-san!"

Kuiru nods in response. "We will save both of our worlds~kuru. Together~kuru."

Nijiko's eyes well up with tears. "Okay!"

"ENDINGU!"

"Seriously!" cries Imari irritably. "We're having a moment here!"

"Yeah, something tells me the Dark Charm Knights don't care about that~buku," says Bukku.

"It's okay, guys," smiles Nijiko whipping away her tears. "Let's defeat this Endingu so we can enjoy the concert!"

"Nijiko," Tomoka grins happily. "Now that sounds like a plan!"

"Alright you guys," beams Imari. "Let's transform!"

The girls pull out their PreHeartBook and told them out in front of each other. Together, they wave their hands over the blank pages. "Pretty Cure, Unlock My Story!"

The three girls are enveloped in bright pink, blue, and green light. For Imari, her clothes vanish in a burst of pale pink sparkles and the pages of her PreHeartBook fly out like a swarm of butterflies. While Tomoka dances with the pages like a flock of doves as Nijiko swirls with the pages like a constellation of stars. The girls come together and hold hands in a circle. They laugh and smile at each other as Imari's hair grows into long, blond pigtails, Tomoka's into a lilac-coloured, braided ponytail with low pigtails down her shoulders and Nijiko's hair turning from light green to soft red braiding into a bun and down her back. Then, Imari and Tomoka come together and start to dance together like a prince and his princess. As this happens, Tomoka is consumed with a storm of blue sparkles and her outfit appears. Imari then breaks off from her friend and joins Nijiko in a waltz. She lifts her over her head into a beautiful ballet boat lift. As she spins her around, green sparkles twirls around Nijiko and her PreCure outfit emerges. She lets Imari down and she gives both friends a cute plié and her outfit appears in a pop of pink sparkles.

The Pink PreCure poises, "The Story of Dreams! Cure Fable!"

The Blue PreCure strikes a poise too, "The Story of Wisdom! Cure Mythical!"

The Green PreCure follows suit, "The Story of Magic! Cure Enchant!"

The Pretty Cure race downstairs and see a storm of terrified people racing for the doors. Cure Fable is relieved to see the backstage crew and security are assisting the fans out safety.

"Everyone is running for the doors," analyzes Cure Mythical. "Which means the Endingu must be coming from the stage!"

"Then, let's go," nods Cure Enchant as they race past all the scared people to the main doors into the audience.

They burst through the doors and the whole concert room is empty. Except for the Endingu standing on the stage. It wasn't a fairytale character either of the girls recognizes though. It looks like a china doll, but without legs so it just stood in place. It has snow-white skin, long, wavy ash-blonde hair that flows all the way down to its feet, and a fluffy, dress that looks like a vanilla-coloured violin. Its glowing red eyes glare down the PreCure once they step into the room.

Linda, the Leader of the Dark Charm Knights, floats overhead. "Welcome, PreCure," she smirks malevolently. "My Juno Light Endingu and I were just about to start our performance. A magnificent play called 'The Destruction of the Pretty Cure!' And now, with the heroines of our story making their entrance, we can begin!"

Cure Enchant felt her blood run cold, "J-Juno Light…E-Endingu?!"

"Enchant, above us!" gasps Mythical pointing up to the spotlights on the roof of the stage. The green warrior follows her teammate's gaze. Juri is hung like a marionette with strings of dark magic goo trapping her.

"Mom!" cries Cure Enchant in dismay.

"She can't hear you," Cure Mythical informs her teammate. "This is just like what happened with Imari. To free Juri-san, we have to break the strings that have turned her into a human puppet!"

"Go luck trying," mocks Linda. "I never make the same mistake twice. This time, I'll make sure you won't let you lay a finger on her."

"We'll see about that!" snaps Cure Fable. "Mythical, Enchant!"

"You don't have to tell me twice!" huffs the Cure Enchant.

"Heart corrupted by darkness,"announces Cure Fable, pointing up at the Endingu, "We will return your happy ending to you!" The group leaps into poises, Cure Fable standing in the middle with her arms wide to the sky with Cure Mythical on her right side, blowing a kiss, and Cure Enchant standing on the opposing side with her fist jabbing out at the air. "We are Fairytale Pretty Cure!"

"What a cute poise," snickers Linda sarcastically, "But, it won't be enough to defeat my Juno Light Endingu! Now, attack!"

"Endingu~!" The monster swings its china doll arms at the three warriors.

"Tsk, too easy," Cure Enchant grunts as she leaps at the Endingu. "Now, take this…Magical Strike!" Her hands begin to glow and bright green and the Green PreCure charges at the fragile, china dolls arms of the Endingu and they shaker into thousands of pieces.

Linda gasps, "Oh no! That big-bully PreCure just destroyed your arms!" She suddenly smirks mischievous. "What are you going to do, my darling Endingu?"

The Endingu begins to tremble as it sees the tips of its fingers and the rest of its arm shattered to pieces. "E-E-ENDINGU~!" blares out the Endingu, sending sound waves rippling through the air.

"AHHHH!" the three legendary warriors cry as they trying to cover their ears.

"My head!" gasps Cure Mythical, plugging her ears. "It feels like it's going to explode!"

As the Endingu stops to take a breath, Linda flies over the warriors who are on their knees and turns to the trapped Juri.

"Who knew," muses Linda as she grabs hold of Juri's unconscious head and sliding her long nail across her jaw line, "That this woman's beautiful voice that spread happiness and smiles to others could be used as such a deadly weapon!"

"Don't you dare say that!" yells Cure Enchant, charging at Linda, "PreCure Punch!"

"Enchant, don't!" warns Cure Mythical.

But, this warning falls on deaf ears and the green warrior attacks the Dark Charm Knight. Cure Enchant aims to punch her in the face, but Linda grabs the Green PreCure's fist and easily stops her attack.

"Yeah, I don't think so," hisses Linda, pulling Cure Enchant close and whispering into her ear. "Don't you realize your powers can't rival the Queen?!" A flash of violet light bursts out of Linda's hand as she places it on the green warrior's in the stomach. She goes flying in a powerful blast of dark magic.

"KYAAA!" screams Cure Enchant as she falls to the ground and smashes into a roll of audience chairs.

"Cure Enchant!" hollers Kuiru for his fallen partner.

"Is that all you got!" grunts Cure Enchant as she staggers to her feet. "Now, it's time to get serious!"

Cure Enchant charges at Linda and starts throwing rapid punches. The Dark Charm Knight swiftly manages to dodge them all. As the Green PreCure throws one last punch, Linda teleports out of the way and the Juno Light Endingu takes the chance and attacks the warrior with its long, blonde hair. Cure Enchant gets tangled up and wrapped up in the hair. She tries desperately to break free, but to no effect. It only made the monster tighten its grip on her and she gasps out in pain.

"Not so strong now are you, Cure Enchant," taunts Linda as she polishes her nails. "You are as weak as a wilted flower."

"Blue Slash!" Linda jumps back in alarm as Cure Mythical comes between the two of them and cuts through the hair of the Endingu and breaks her teammate free with her sword of light. As she falls, Cure Fable grabs her in midair.

Cure Fable carefully lets her friend down. "Enchant, are you okay?"

Cure Enchant gulps for air as she falls to her hands and knees. "Y-Yeah, I'm fine—!

"True strength doesn't come from standing alone." Cure Enchant suddenly recollects. "True strength comes from the support of others." She looks down at the ground replaying the words in her head. "Don't push us away, Nijiko! We'll always be there to give you strength!"

"—No," admits Cure Enchant as she stumbles to her feet. She looks up at her two friends who look at her with worrying eyes. "I-I…I can't beat Linda and the Endingu on my own. I…I need help."

Cure Fable smiles tenderly and she reaches her hand out to her. "Don't worry, Enchant. Let's share our strength and defeat them together!"

Cure Enchant's eyes shine holding back tears as she grabs her teammate's hand and Cure Mythical places her hand on top of theirs. They all share a hopeful smile.

Linda glares down on them with crossed arms. "The human spirit is such a pain."

"Shut up, you witch!" snaps Cure Enchant as she and the blue warrior stare her down. She points up at the Dark Charm Knight. "You are going down!"

The PreCure of Magic and Wisdom jump into the air and strike at the leader, "Double PreCure Punch!" Linda makes an X with her arms as they jab her in the chest and blocks the attack. But, then the Green PreCure delivers a powerful roundhouse kick to the side of her head.

"You are so infuriating!" hisses Linda as she goes to return the favour with a punch of dark magic.

"Wise Safeguard!" Cure Mythical jump in-between them and protects her teammate with her shield of light. Linda curses under her breath as the blue warrior then pushes her off her shield and the green warrior leaps out from behind her friend and punches Linda in the shoulder.

Meanwhile, Cure Fable faces off against the Endingu. She charges at the monster. The Juno Light Endingu tries swatting at her with its curls of hair, but the pink warrior dives into a handspring and leaps over the monster's attack. "Fable KaBoom!" as the Pink PreCure lands on her feet, she spins around and explodes the hair, making them bursts into chunks of locks and scatter to the floor.

"Endingu~!" the monster cries out as it loses all its beautiful blonde hair.

"You are a wonderful person, Juri," smiles Cure Fable glancing up at Nijiko's mom trapped like a puppet by Linda's dark magic, "And I know what it's like being used as an evil weapon by Linda. So, I won't attack your Endingu with ruthless intentions, but with the hope of freeing you!"

"Pinky Shoot!" a beam of cherry blossom-coloured light fires out of her hands as she aims for the strings of dark magic trapping Juri. However, Linda sees this and manages to karate chop Cure Mythical in the shoulder and kicks Cure Enchant in the gut. She breaks free of the fight and blasts dark magic at the beam of light and destroys Cure Fable's efforts.

"I don't think so," she gasps with terrifying small pupil. "I won't let you win! Endingu! End them now!"

The Juno Light sucks in a deep breath. "End…End…ENDINGU~!" the monster sings out, sending powerful ripples of sound waves at the PreCure.

All three of them crumble to the ground, trying to cover their ears.

"My head…my head is on fire!" gasps Cure Enchant.

"I-I can't move…" breathes Cure Mythical as she loses consciousness and falls to the ground.

"Mythical!" cries Cure Fable and Cure Enchant.

The Endingu stops to take a breath before sucking air back into its body and sings out again, "Endingu~!"

"Kyaa!" cries out Cure Enchant grabbing at her head like it's going to explode. "Stop it! Stop it, Mom! Please!"

"That's not Juri!" Cure Fable shouts over to her teammate. "Her abilities are only being used as a weapon against us!"

"It's still not right!" Cure Enchant bellows to her. "My mom's singing was always meant to reach people's heart and help heal them!" A tear falls down the Green PreCure's cheek. To everyone's astonishment, the Green PreCure, using every ounce of strength, grabs at her knees and manages to push off of them to try and stand.

"Enchant?" blinks Cure Fable.

Her friend fights against the powerful sound waves to stand up. "Through hard times, or if someone is in a pinch, my mom's songs would reach out to them for support and would…" Cure Enchant raises her head, showing her tearful face to the Endingu, "…to give people strength!"

She starts staggering over to the Juno Light Endingu, every step fighting against the force of the attack and smashing into the ground.

Linda's eyes shake with fear, "Endingu! Destroy her! Use all of your power!"

The monster takes another breath. "ENDINGU~!" the sound waves are even louder and stronger than the first and Cure Fable finds herself pinned to the floor, unable to move. Cure Enchant falls to her knees, but, with eyes blazing with determination, she manages to stand back up on her feet.

"Impossible!" gasps Linda with narrows eyes. "You should have lost consciousness long ago?!"

"SHUT UP!" screams Cure Enchant shooting a death glare at the Dark Charm Knight. Suddenly, Kuiru appears out of the PreHearBook right in front of the green warrior and hands her something Cure Fable can't make out. The Green PreCure looks down at it and nods. Kuiru pops back inside the PreHeartBook and Cure Enchant turns to the Juno Light Endingu.

"I know you're in there, Mom! I know this isn't what you want!" The PreCure of Magic holds out the object. The PreCure of Dreams suddenly recognizes it as the picture of Hikaru and Nijiko together when she was a little girl. "You became Juno Light because you wanted to give strength and hope to others! Even though…even though you're a wall between us now, I know you still believe in that!"

The monster hesitates and Cure Fable could feel the sound wave weaken.

"Please remember why you wanted to sing!" begs Cure Enchant, taking another step closer with the picture. "Please remember Hikaru! Please remember…why you chose to be Juno Light!"

Suddenly, light shines out of Juri captured by the dark magic and a shimmering aura surrounds her. The crimson red eyes of the Endingu all of sudden lighten and turn a soft white and the monster abruptly stops fighting.

"What?!" wails Linda grinding her teeth. "What are you doing, Endingu! Fight her! Destroy her! Do it now!" But, the Juno Light Endingu refuses to move.

"The strength in ours heart will always defeat you, Linda!" cries out Cure Enchant to Linda who scoffs at her bitterly. "No matter what you do, or how much stronger you become! We will always rise above the odds!" She squeezes her fist tightly as her eyes shine a brilliant green, "Because we are human beings! And because…we are Pretty Cure!"

Cure Enchant's lime-green PreHeartBook appears in front of her. She opens it up and a glow of white light shines out from the pages. In the burst of green sparkles, the Wicked West Fairytale Puppet bursts out, "Wicked Witch Blaze!"

The Wicked Witch Fairytale points its broomstick at the Endingu and a storm of fire blasts out and engulfs the Juno Light Endingu. The flames dance around the monster, burning away its violin dress and all of the dark magic corrupting it. Embers from the fire spark off and land on the dark magic strings caging Juri and they begin to burn away the darkness.

The dark magic is destroyed and Juri breaks freeing. As she starts to fall to the ground, Cure Mythical jumps up and catches.

"Mythical!" beams Cure Fable, delighted to see that her teammate had regained consciousness and races over to help her with Juri.

The blue warrior lays Juri on the stage floor and puts her hand gently on forehead. Juri lets out a soft moan. "She's alright. Juri-san is just comatose until the Endingu's soul is purified."

The pink warrior nods and turns to the green warrior with a radiant smile. "Your mom is okay, Enchant! Let that Endingu have it!"

"Gladly," smirks Cure Enchant as Cure Fable and Mythical run to her side. They all that out their PreHeartBooks. "Let's end this!"

Unexpectedly, all of their PreHeartBook begin to glow in unison in all of the colours of the rainbow.

"Huh? What, what, what?" gushes Cure Fable looking down at her shimmering PreHearBook.

"What is this?" asks Cure Enchant.

"A new power?" gasps Cure Mythical breathlessly.

Cure Enchant's looks down solemnly and her eyebrows crease. "Then, let's use it!"

The three of them exchange a nod and they surround the monster, making a triangle around the Endingu. With their PreHeartBook gleaming in their hands, they each thrust their free hands in front of them. A pure-white spell ring captures the Endingu and a storm of lustrous rainbow-coloured light dances around the monster. The surge of newfound power radiance from each girl and blusher through though them from each strand of hair to the tips of their fingers. Pink, blue, green. "Pretty Cure…Trilogy Radiance!"

"Ending…" murmurs the Endingu as it closes its eyes and a flurry of green light consumes it. The spell ring explodes with aurora light and sparkles as the monster becomes purified and all the dark magic disappears, along with every piece of the Juno Light Endingu.

Linda bares her teeth. "Tsk. Just wait, PreCure! We will find away to take away all you hold dear! Your love, your fighting spirit, and all of your hope! And, once we do, you will bow down to Kuroizado-sama and you will fall to despair!" With that, the Leader of the Dark Charm vanishes.

A velvety glow surrounds the girls and the concert and all their wounds and the damage from the Endingu and restored it all to its formal glory.

"That was our toughest fight yet," says Cure Mythical, trying to catch a breath as she reverts back to Tomoka Fukumoto to check up on Juri.

"And they will only get tougher," states Cure Enchant as she becomes Nijiko Ōmitsu once more. She faces away from her friends with a troubling expression on her face. "Not only are we growing in strength, but so are Kuroizado, Dead End, and the Dark Charm Knights."

Cure Fable crosses her arms behind her head and transforms back into Imari Suzukawa. "Then, we'll be waiting for them." Nijiko looks back at Imari who gives her a wink and playfully sticks out her tongue. "We'll always win because we're PreCure, isn't that right, Nijiko?"

Nijiko relaxes with that and chuckles, scratching the back her head embarrassingly remembering the big speech she gave, "Yeah, ha-ha. That was kinda sappy, wasn't it? It was just the adrenalin talking."

"Guys," calls over Tomoka, "I think your mom is waking up, Nijiko."

"Jeez," Nijiko sighs putting her hands in her jacket pockets. "What am I gonna say to Mom?"

"Don't worry," assures Imari. "Your mom won't have any recollection of being an Endingu."

"Really?" says Nijiko as she looking over to her mom.

Imari points to herself. "Just take Exhibit A for example!"

"HUH? You were an Endingu?" gawks Nijiko, completely perplexed. "What was it like?"

Imari rocks back and forth quietly before giggling, "I have no idea!"

The two of them burst out laughing.

Hidden away behind the stage curtains, the two fairy princes, Kuiru and Bukku, stand side-by-side. They watch the three girls helping the confused Juri to her feet and making up some wild explanation. Imari is thanking Juri again for the free t-shirt and Tomoka cuts her off, stating that she shouldn't get up in Juri's face since she needs space after fainting. Imari whimpers at Tomoka and Nijiko stands there with one leg crossed over the other, smirking humorously at the two of them.

Kuiru glances over at his little brother before looking back at the girls. "You know, Nijiko's mother was turned into an Endingu because of you~kuru."

Bukku face is shadowed. "I know~buku."

Kuiru stares off. "Fanciful Kingdom was destroyed because of you~kuru."

Bukku looks down at the ground. "I know~buku."

"The Pretty Cures' friends and families are in danger because of you~buku."

"I know~buku."

"You are very fortunate that I was able to find Cure Enchant in time~kuru. That she was able to lead me to Cure Fable and Cure Mythical. They would have been lost without my knowledge~kuru. You are clueless and you know nothing~kuru."

"I know~buku."

"This is all your fault, dear brother~kuru. I will never forgive you for what you've done to our parents and our kingdom~kuru."

Bukku's eyes darken, "…I know~buku."

Next Time on Fairytale Pretty Cure!

Nijiko: Say, Prince Bukku. Kuiru never told me, but what did happen to your home?

Bukku: Mmmm.

Imari: 'Mmmm' is not an answer!

Bukku: Whatever, you moron.

Tomoka: What's wrong, Fairy-san?

Nijiko: What are you hiding from us?

Imari: How A Kingdom Falls! Bukku's Secret!