Queen Lydia was very angry. Eric had failed her many times already. She banged her hand on the handles of her throne. "ERIC!", she screamed, "YOU HAVE FAILED MANY TIMES ALREADY! YOU ALLOWED YOURSELF TO BE DEFEATED BY THREE LITTLE GIRLS! TELL ME, WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH YOU!" Eric stood there, trembling. "I-Its not my fault, my Queen..", he began, but Lydia cut him off. "Excuses, excuses! Its NEVER your fault, its always your fairies' fault and now when you failed to defeat them on your own, you come up with another excuse!" "F-Forgive me, my Queen", Eric stammered. "Believe me, Eric. I could have you thrown into the dungeons for your failures. BUT, I am not completely cruel. After all, you helped me defeat Regina. Therefore, I spare you", said Lydia. "Th-Thank you, my Queen. You really are the greatest", said Eric, glad he was being spared. "HOWEVER, you will be replaced. ERIN, COME IN!"
A woman having long, flowing hair and dressed in a black dress and having black lipstick, walked in. Her name was Erin and she was Eric's twin sister. She and her brother did not get along so well. "You called, my Queen?" she said. "Eric here has failed one too many times. Now its your task to crush those Magical Girls and get those fairies. Then, my kingdom will be complete" said Lydia. "Eric has failed you? I'm not surprised. I always knew he was incompetent", said Erin, giving a look at Eric. "Don't worry, my Queen. Not only will those Magical Girls be crushed and the last three fairies corrupted, but I'll also bring enough negative energy to make you powerful. After all, my source of energy is much more powerful than Eric's. It comes from the fears of people. I just need a week's time to plan my strategy." "Very well, Erin. You have a week. Do not fail me."
Erin left and Eric stood there, trembling with anger. "Your Highness, I'm sure Erin will fail you too. She does not know the tricks there girls can play and neither do you", he argued. Lydia cut him off. "Do not argue with me, Eric. Erin's going and my decision is final!"
A week passed. It was now the weekend. The girls and Kyo were playing Hide and Seek in the park. Sakura saw Minami hiding behind a tree. She crept up behind her and touched her. "Found you", she said. "Come on, Minami-chan. That was such an obvious spot to choose." "Aww, I thought I had you this time", said Minami. Ayumi and Kyo came out of their hiding spots. "Minami-chan has been found, huh?" said Ayumi. "Yeah. And now, you all will have to hide" said Minami. She closed her eyes and began to count and the others went and hid.
"1, 2, 3, 4,..."
Sakura and Kyo went quite far from Minami and chose to hide behind a tree they thought she wouldn't dream of looking.
"She'll never find us here" giggled Sakura.
"I know", said Kyo, also giggling.
By that time, Minami had counted up to ten.
"...7, 8, 9, 10. Ready or not, here I come."
Minami began looking around. Sakura and Kyo stood in their hiding spot giggling. Suddenly, Kyo stopped and looked fearfully behind Sakura. "What's the matter, Kyo? Why that scared look?" asked Sakura.
"L-L-Look behind you" stammered Kyo.
Sakura looked behind. They were standing near a spider-web and the spider was right behind Sakura.
"AAAAAAHHHHH!"
Minami heard the scream. She went and caught both Kyo and Sakura.
"Gotcha", said Minami, giggling.
"Now look what you've done. You got us both caught" said Kyo, making a long face.
"It wasn't my fault. YOU scared me by pointing to that stupid spider web" said Sakura.
By that time, Ayumi came out of her hiding spot. "Sakura-chan. Don't tell me you're scared of spiders" said Ayumi. "I wasn't scared. I was just shocked" said Sakura. "Oh Sakura, its okay to be scared of something. I'm scared of spiders too" said Kyo. "Yeah. I'm scared of a lot of things too. No one is 100% brave" said Minami.
Kyo looked at his watch. "Oh my, will you look at the time. Its time for lunch. I have to go now, girls. See you later" said Kyo, waving goodbye to the girls. The girls waved him goodbye too.
"Where did you get the idea that I was scared anyway?" asked Sakura. "Hmmm, I dunno. You screaming when you saw that spider?" said Ayumi. "Yeah, well, I was shocked" said Sakura. "And besides, we've faced worse than a mere spider. Remember that near-death experience last weekend when fighting Eric?" said Sakura. "I remember that. Our energy was slowly being drained out. I still get shivers thinking about it" said Minami. "Speaking of Eric, he hasn't been troubling us for a long time. Things have been quite peaceful without him around" said Ayumi. "Yeah, looks like we're finally getting the break we deserve. Though it does get boring sometimes. I wanna go Dream Sparkle and kick some corrupted fairy tail" said Sakura. "As far as I know, our work is not done yet. We still have Lydia herself to defeat" said Minami. "That will come later. For now, we're on break. Even Magical Girls deserve one every once in a while" said Ayumi. "Yeah, you're right. I can't remember the last time I enjoyed myself as a normal girl" said Minami. "Same here" said Sakura.
Erin was watching from behind a tree. "Ha ha ha. Enjoy yourself while you can, girls. This will be your last day" said Erin.
At the same time, a group of kids were playing with a ball in the same park. One kid threw the ball so high that it went out of the reach of the person who was supposed to catch it. All the kids ran to get the ball. But it was hit a spider web. A huge spider was next to the ball, looking at ts destroyed web. "G-Guys, we hit a spider web" said one kid, in fear. "Oh no. Its probably going to bite us for destroying its web" said another. "I heard that spiders are poisonous" said the third kid. The spider went closed to them. "Oh no. We'd better run" said the first kid.
Erin was watching all this from behind a tree. "Ha ha ha. Children are so stupid. Which is a good thing because they make good energy sources with their fears" said Erin. She appeared before the kids. "Aww, what's the matter kids? Scared of a little spider? Well, your fears will be VERY useful to me" said Erin. She used her magic to take away their negative energy. Instead of waiting for the girls to arrive, she used her energy to summon Arachna, a fairy who was born with eight legs as a result of a defect. But her special power was spinning webs like spiders do. "Listen, Arachna. You have to trap the girls when they're detransformed and helpless as a result. Right now, they've got nothing on their hands so its the perfect time to strike" said Erin. "As you say, Miss Erin" said Arachna. "One question, though. I don't know who these girls are" she continued. "Don't worry. I'll show them to you" said Erin.
The girls were going to their own homes. Erin and Arachna went behind them. "You see those three?", said Erin, "They are the ones we're after. Now, trap them when they're not looking"
Arachna spun a web around the spot where the girls were. "Hey, do you feel something sticky beneath your legs?" asked Minami. "Yeah. Its almost like...like..." began Ayumi. "A spider web! Wha-what? How?" Sakura began. She started panicking and trying to run but she couldn't move. "What is this? I-I can't move. Pretty soon, we'll be spider food!" Sakura said, panicking. She put both her hands to her face. "Don't be silly. Spiders don't eat humans" said Ayumi. "Well, this one does" said Erin.
The girls looked back to see Erin and Arachna. "What? Who are you?" asked Sakura. "I am Erin, Eric's more competent and smarter twin sister. And this is Arachna. Right now, you're trapped in her web" said Erin. "Don't worry, Erin was just joking when she said I'd eat you. I won't eat you. But you'll soon be history. You're pretty much powerless like this" said Arachna. "Just you wait! We'll get back. I...I...aah!" Sakura tried to run out of that web but she fell down. "H-Hey girls, a little help?" she said. Minami and Ayumi tried to help Sakura up but she was stuck tight.
"Hah! See, Erin here is not like Eric at all. Now, you'll be sent to Lydia", said Arachna. "I can't believe it was that easy" said Erin.
But just then, three sparks of light hit her. It was Maria, Sarah and Anna. They came there just on time.
"Girls! Are you okay?" asked Maria. "Does it LOOK like we're okay? Get us out of here!" said Sakura. "We came here to warn you about Erin. Looks like she got to you before we did. Don't worry, here. Transform now" said Anna, giving the girls their wands.
"Shining Sparkle..."
" Dream Sparkle..."
"Sunshine Sparkle..."
"CHARGE UP!"
"I am the Magical Girl of Kindness! Shining Sparkle!"
"I am the Magical Girl of Determination! Dream Sparkle!"
"I am the Magical Girl of Happiness! Sunshine Sparkle!"
"Well, looks like you broke my web after all. I'm still gonna beat you three. TAKE THIS!" said Arachna. She spun more webs which she aimed at the girls to try and tie them up. She did get Shining but she freed herself using Shine Beam.
"Nice one. But you'll never get past this!" said Arachna. She spun a lot of threads aimed them at the girls. Shining and Sunshine escaped but Dream got caught up in them. She began freaking out. "H-H-Hey, get me out of this" she said. "She wasn't afraid, she said", said Sunshine. "N-N-No, I'm not scared" said Dream. "Then why are you stammering?" asked Sunshine. "I-I-I... Okay, okay. I admit it. I'm scared of spiders! They've always freaked me out with their eight legs and the fact that they can be poisonous. So there!" said Dream. "That's okay, Sakura-chan. I'm afraid of a lot of things too. Its okay to admit your fears" said Shining. "Yeah. We all have something we're scared of" said Sunshine. "When I was in preschool, I got made fun of for being scared of swimming. Of course, I've gotten over it now."
"Enough talk. Prepare to meet your end!" said Arachna. "DREAM LIGHT!" screamed Dream.
The attack freed her. "Ugh, what is this bright light? I can't see anything!" said Arachna. "She's blind! Now's our chance!" said Sunshine. "Let me take this, girls" said Dream. She hit Arachna in the face so hard that she lost a tooth. "Owwww" Arachna howled in pain. Dream now summoned her bow and arrow. Putting her arrow to the bow, she said "DREAM ARROW!"
The arrow went through Arachna's chest. "Owowowowow! Stop! I can't bear this!" said Arachna. "I've known Arachna for a really long time. She REALLY can't bear any kind of pain, whether its just a small pinch or an arrow to the chest" said Sarah. "Well, isn't that lovely?" said Dream. "Lets finish this, girls" she continued. "Don't worry Arachna. This won't hurt a bit" said Sunshine.
The girls put their hands together and screamed:
"TEAM SPARKLE!"
The pink, blue and yellow lights came out and combined to form a white light that hit Arachna. She screamed before being sent back to the Fairy Kingdom.
"Not bad, girls. But remember, this is just the beginning" said Erin. She then disappeared.
The girls detransformed. "Wow Sakura-chan, you were amazing! I don't think I could have ever done what you did to Arachna" said Minami. "Haha. It was nothing. Looks like Erin isn't gonna be much different from Eric" said Sakura. "Don't underestimate her. She's actually very smart. You saw how she trapped you without you suspecting a thing" said Anna. "Yeah, you've got to be on your guard" said Sarah. "Don't worry. Erin may be smarter than Eric, but as long as we're together, she'll never beat us. She doesn't scare me a bit" said Sakura. "But a tiny spider can scare you" said Ayumi. "Ayumi-chan, remember what I said? Its okay to admit your fears" said Minami. "Yeah. And besides, spiders aren't that scary anyway" said Sakura. "Hey Sakura-chan, what's that on your shirt?" said Sarah. "What's what?" asked Sakura. "Yeah, it looks like a..." began Minami. "SPIDER. Aah, get it off" Sakura said, panicking. "Hahahaha! Sakura-chan, that wasn't a real spider. It was a toy" said Sarah. "Why you little! Wait till I get my hands on you!" said Sakura. She chased Sarah around while the other girls watched. Suddenly, Sarah got caught in a spider web. "Ugh, this thing is really...ugh! Um, a little help please?" said Sarah. Sakura laughed and helped Sarah. "Oh, thank you, Sakura-chan. Thank you" said Sarah. "Looks like you did get over your fear after all. I mean, you saved Sarah from a spider web and the spider was right there" said Ayumi. "Ha ha. Yeah. When you have to help a friend, all your fears go away" said Sakura.
Just want to let you guys know that this will be my last chapter for some time. I will be inactive for a while because I have to study for my final exams. Also, you'll notice that my writing style has changed. That's because someone pointed out that it doesn't read too well when written in script form, so I changed it. This is the style I'll be using from now on.