Oops I completely loved Happiness Charge and the characters are adorable so far :3
Oh and Miku's big 'traumatic experience' involving dolls was: to secretly, against her parents wishes, watch some creepy doll movie at night with Kaori.
Let's say they still regret it.
''I told you it was stupid idea! This is your fault'' Yuina shot at Miku, who was holding her hands up defensively. They were still standing in the woods and Orlok and the others looked unsure at the two arguing girls.
''Hold on a sec', I didn't though she would actually do it!''
''You don't take anything serious! You keep going 'Hehehehehe!' and think everything is 'awesome'. It's not!''
''Shut up!'' Larry roared while he tried to pull of an intimidating look, with less than success but it was enough to silence the two.
''Orlok, do you have a plan?'' He asked quite calmly and turned to his friend. Orlok signed, he didn't know what to do. They didn't even know were Boneys and Wakaba were.
''...Sorry, I really don't know.''
''Larry, are you alright?'' Jacky hopped next to Larry and gave him a worried look. He nodded.
''Yeah.''
Op: 'Halloween Night' by Aya Ikeda
Episode 5: Aah! Wakaba is in trouble! Friendship conquers All!
The next few days were awkward to the least, while Yuina and Miku both showed up to continue cleaning, they didn't really spoke with each other. Larry had stayed in the Takibikazoku home despite Orlok and Jacky's urging to come home with one of them.
While the group had decided not to move the doll, Miku hadn't heard any strange voices ever since but she still tried to stay away from it as much as possible and Larry noted he didn't hear or saw anything strange happening at night.
''I guess we just have to wait for the next attack,'' Orlok had decided, while he was very worried since he lost one of his companions to Onibara and her minion..again.
''If I ever see that hag again, I'll murder her,'' Larry threatened with a low voice as he used his small tail to clean a window.
''Well maybe Wakaba already slaughtered Boneys and his friends!'' Miku brought up sheepishly but didn't believe any word of it.
''And...maybe she already rescued Wisp and Zeta too!'' Jacky mused hopefully, apparently believing Miku's statement.
''We just have to be careful. If Onibara got a hold of all our Hollow Changers, she would be able to completely destroy the gate separating Halloween World and this world!'' Orlok warned as he flew to Yuina, who was still cleaning the other room.
After a few days the Takibikazoku house was starting to look better and better, since the group was coming early in the morning and stayed late at night, they even found themselves fall asleep a couple of times. Miku's mother had even gotten a hold of some chairs one of her friends was planning to throw away and Yuina's parents seemed really happy that their daughter finally started to spend some time outside and try to make friends.
''Yui, let's make up. This whole ignoring each other thing is, as you would say, pretty stupid,'' Miku suddenly said with a sheepish grin and started to quietly apologize. While she did understand that Yuina blamed Miku for the incident, Miku did though she was going overboard with being angry.
Yuina turned to the shorter girl and finally nodded with a small smile after a long silence.
''You're right, let's find a way to rescue Wakaba and Orlok's friends.''
The next day was when their clubhouse was officially finished.
The walls were a much brighter color. The place was completely dust clean (and Yuina vowed to keep it that way, she also had stored some cleaning tools in the other room). They had managed to find an old television from another friend of Miku's mother, which, surprisingly, worked.
Jacky was currently learning Miku to summon the Witch Staff while untransformed (Miku was annoyed that the pumpkin had forgotten to tell her she could do that), thinking that the staff might be able to detect Boneys or Wakaba but Miku couldn't even summon the Staff, no matter how hard she tried.
''I guess we have to train more and since Cure Witch is the most fragile of the Cures but-...''
''Wait a sec'! I'm the weakest Cure with the weakest power!?'' Miku was simply baffled by this information that Jacky again had forgotten to tell her.
''Um...sorta...b-but the Witch Staff has great potential! Didn't you see it could wipe memories and it could also purify the Okinakuchi?'' Jacky told her timidly while Miku hopped to Yuina in a playful matter.
''Hey Yui! Let's trade Hollow Changers!''
''You ungrateful wretch!'' Larry barked violent as he jumped on Miku and pierced his claws through her shirt. Miku let out a yell and threw him against the nearby wall.
''Now now, would you please calm down!'' Orlok chipped in as he tried to hold Larry down, which proved quite hard. Yuina picked the violently wolf up us she held him away from her.
''Larry, Miku and Yuina just made up and now you're starting to fight again. Can't we just get along and be friends?'' Jacky sobbed meekly while both Orlok and Miku could see Yuina mouth ''How stupid.''
Miku extended her hand in front of her. She closed her eyes as she tried to concentrate.
''Argggg, that stupid staff doesn't appear...''
''Keep trying, Miku!'' Jacky hopped up and down as she cheered her partner on.
''Let's forget it, I'll try again tomorrow.''
Everyone started to worry again after they weren't attacked for a week, they didn't saw Boneys or Grey or any Okinakuchi. They stopped counting how many times the group started to look around the whole Island, hoping that maybe they would find a sign of their companion but it all ended in vain.
Up until four days before Yuina's birthday when they found Boneys standing before the Takibikazoku house clutching a violently struggling Larry into his hands.
''Ladies! I have a surprise for you~!''
''Where is Wakaba!? What have you done to her!?'' Miku demanded as she and Yuina held hands and transformed into Cure Blood and Cure Witch. Both took a fighting stance, reading to beat the man to a pulp.
Boneys started humming as he threw Larry into Cure Witch's face. She immediately shoved him from her causing the small wolf to land on the ground.
From behind Boneys a figure appeared, rapidly dashing from tree to tree, only to eventually land in front of the Cures.
No. It couldn't be...
''Wakaba!?''
It was Cure Wolf, whose eyes now appeared to be bloodshot and had pitch black pupils but the most notable thing was her mouth, which was big and filled with razor-sharp teeth. She had turned into a Okinakuchi
''Wakaba!''
Cure Wolf merely growled as she charged at Cure Blood resulting in the wolf getting punched into the face and sliding on the ground. She quickly jumped up and started to circle the two while walking on her four paws, grunting dangerously.
''Turns out the needles do work on humans after all!'' Boneys acclaimed cheerfully with a laugh.
''How awful!'' Jacky whimpered as Orlok carried the pumpkin in his hand and landed on a branch. Larry had already climbed onto it and was nervously watching the fight.
Jacky closed her eyes as she noticed the fight getting more violent and brutal. Wolf was constantly circling the two Cures and occasionally stroke a hit with either her sharp claws or even sharper teeth. Cure Blood and Cure Witch had lot's of trouble keeping up and quickly Witch had noticed she wasn't able to use Witch Curse. No matter how many times she tried to concentrate and yelled, nothing happened resulting in her getting slashed in the stomach.
''Why doesn't it work!?'' She wailed painfully while as Blood dashed forward and managed to get Wolf in a choke hold.
''Wakaba, stop this stupid nonsense!'' She cried but immediately Wolf was able to struggle herself free as she tried to take a bite out of Cure Blood, who barely managed to avoid the huge mouth going at her.
''Witch Curse! Witch Curse! Witch Curse!'' Cure Witch almost choked on her voice as she yelled out her attack over and over again however the last time, it worked and she shot the stream of light at Cure Wolf, who fell to the ground as Boneys started to laugh.
''Wakaba? Cure Wolf?'' Blood asked as she slowly touched Cure Wolf's shoulder but immediately her hand was slapped away and Wolf jumped on her, unchanged from moments before.
''It didn't work!?'' Larry cried and turned to Jacky, who still had her eyes closed.
Witch was totally lost. Why didn't Witch Curse work while it worked the other times? Why didn't it work now? She needed it! Or else Wakaba...
''Too bad. I asked Grey to give his needles some twitching. Is it still too easy for you?'' Boneys gloated as held up both his hands as he started singing a song neither Witch nor Blood could understand any word of.
How would a true Magical Girl solve this situation.
Cure Witch knew the answer.
With Friendship and Love!
Could she really already consider Wakaba as a friend. Witch barely knew anything about her because she was so quiet and just goes along with everything and never complained.
But they would become friends. Witch just knew it.
The purple cure shrugged for a moment and impulsively she used her staff to draw a circle around the three Cures, resulting in them being covered in a purple bubble. Away from the world. Away from this dimension.
The three were surrounded in a dark place, with the only light coming from Witch's staff.
Witch slapped Wolf from Blood using her staff as she held Wolf to the ground by pushing her paws in the dirt. Blood instantly helped her as she shot a smirk to her comrade, without speaking a single word they understood each other. Blood pressed her hand on the chest of the still struggling wolf, who seemed to calm down a bit.
''Let's do something stupid, Witch.''
''Hehe! Yes!'' Cure Witch touched Cure Wolf's necklace with the top of staff, resulting a yellow light being unleashed.
''With the Power of Pretty Cure! Cure this tainted soul who is our friend!'' They both chanted as Cure Wolf seemed to twitch and in a short instant her eyes returned to their normal brown-color and her teeth and mouth also changed back.
''G-g-girls?...''
''You're back!'' Blood acclaimed as the two girls both embraced the taller one, who still seemed really confused.
''I'm so happy, you are okay!'' Cure Witch cried teary-eyed as the bubble disappeared and the three returned to their world.
''How could this happen?!'' Boneys was surprised at first but didn't wait for an answer and simply disappeared while groaning.
''I'm so sorry..'' Wakaba whimpered. She was currently sitting at the table, the group had decided to stay at the Takibikazoku house tonight (Yuina had also prepared for that, having stored 8 sleeping bags).
''Never do something like that again!'' Yuina told the timid girl sternly, like a worried mother or teacher. ''That was really stupid of you!''
''And fairly dangerous,'' Orlok added, having the same stern tone as this partner.
''I'm really s-s-sorry.''
''Don't be,'' Larry said as he jumped on her shoulder.
''That was very brave and...-'' He started but was immediately interrupted by everyone else.
''No. It was stupid. You should have told us first that you wanted to do that!''
''Yeah! My idea was to all grab onto him!''
''B-but...''
''We knows what could have happened!''
''I'M SORRY!''/''SHUT UP!'' Both Wakaba and Larry roared at the same time, causing the others to fell silent.
''I don't remember where I was taken to. It was very dark and it looked kinda like a prison, with cells and all,'' Wakaba slowly told them as she stared to the ground, trying to recall anything.
''Prison?'' Miku repeated quietly, looking nervous.
''I'm s-sorry to be so u-useless,''
''Stop that,'' Miku stood up, her nervous look was gone and had made place for a grinning smile.
''I'm Miku Sumire. I'm 16 years old. I live with my mother and younger sister, Kaori. My mother is photographer for 'In or Out'. I love Magical Girls, well... I love anything paranormal and I'm very excited to be a part of this...Now tell me about yourself, Wakaba,'' She rattled and looked at Wakaba, who meekly tilted her head to the side.
''W-what do you m-m-mean?''
''I want to get to know you better. We are friends. You don't have to be nervous around your friends. We won't judge you or hurt you.''
Yuina stared at Miku. She seemed really happy. Yuina had known her for a while, they were classmates after all but Miku had always seemed so distant, just like Yuina, never seemed interested in making friends however this Miku seemed like a whole different person.
''You seem so n-nice,'' Wakaba uttered as she tears swelled up In her grey eyes, after sniffed a few times and looked up, her face red and a timid smile on her face.
''M-my name is Wakaba Tsukino. 17 years old. Since my parents a-are away often I stay with my uncle. I love v-video games and d-darting, Nice to meet you!''
Miku held up her hand and gave Wakaba a high-five, they both turned to Yuina, who signed but had a mild smile on her face.
''Alright, I'm Yuina Akagawa, currently 15. My dad works as a basketball coach and my mom's a simple housewife. I enjoy taking walks on the beach, and a good book from time to time and 'Secrets and Tears'!''
''You watch Secrets and Tears?'' Miku asked as she climbed into her sleeping bag. Jacky was already sleeping in it.
''Oh I simply adore it! It's so great and touching. The acting is super and it's so sad sometimes but the storyline and characters are so complex and relatable...'' Yuina started gleefully, going off in her own little world while still talking.
''That show is t-t-terrible,'' Wakaba muttered while she bit her lip and exchanged weird looks with Miku.
Yuina apparently didn't hear nor noticed the others had already climbed into their sleeping bags as she still was talking about her favorite show.
ED: 'Delusion Disco!' - Emiri Katou (Miku Sumire)
