"So, where do we start?" Aiden is confused.

"We first have to cross the lava before we can decide on a route-tane." Utane cautions.

"You guys have wings, but we don't!" Hikari complains.

Aiden sighs and slumps against a cave wall, but then a click and a rumble get his attention. "Huh?"

"Platforms!" Glacier smiles as some obsidian platforms rise from the lava, granting the group safe passage. Ember carefully but quickly leads the others across, then leads them down a hallway off to the left.

"Please don't let this be something out of Zelda..." Hikari sighs as she follows her sister.

After winding down a passageway, the group comes to a large, open room with a large pedestal in the center. "There it is!" Ember cries as she spots a ruby sitting on the pedestal. But before she can grab it, a stone golem approaches, angered that someone would be taking its treasure.

"We are PreCure, and we need your treasure!" Glacier pleads, but the golem ignores her.

"Maybe it wants nee-san to prove herself?" Hikari wonders.

Ember decides to ask that question. "Look, I really need the treasure you guard, but do you wish me to prove my powers to you, and will you let me have it if you deem me worthy?" The golem nods yes.

Aiden swallows hard--since neither he nor Hikari have innate powers--how will they prove themselves to the guardians of their stones?

Ember, meanwhile, jumps out of the way of the golem's fist, then tries to kick the golem in the back, but the flaming kick doesn't do very much damage. She then rolls out of the way of the golem's foot, narrowly missing being crushed on the way.

"I have to help!" Glacier runs to help her partner...

"No--Ember has to defeat the golem on her own--kori." Kouri scolds. Glacier watches tensely as Ember and the golem exchange blows.

"Then again, magic power is known to awaken when the receiver is in danger-eiko." Eika notes as Ember tries again to attack, but jumps away to avoid a stone fist.

As Ember wheezes with exhaustion an hour or so later, the golem raises a hand in preparation to deliver the final blow to her--but suddenly, Ember finds herself conjuring a wave of fire! "Ember Fantasy!" The hot wave sends the golem flying to the floor, heavily weakened.

"No way!" Glacier is shocked!

"Nee-san found her magic!" Hikari agrees.

Merina's voice echoes through the cave seconds later. "Cure Ember has not completely awakened her powers--I will give you each three more spells to compliment the power you have innately when you return with the gems."

"Thanks!" Ember smiles as she takes the gem and leads the way back to the passageway, where they take a second route that leads northwest.

"Nee-san...what if I have to fight when we find my diamond?" Hikari shudders. "I don't have power like you..." She lets this hang as the group enters a room that appears to look like an icy forest, with a sapphire hovering over the center of a frozen lake.

"Careful..." Ember cautions as Glacier eases her way onto the ice. As she steadies herself, she discovers that her shoes are behaving like ice skates! She carefully glides over to the sapphire and is about to take it when a wyvern with light blue scales appears and breathes an icy blast at Glacier. Glacier tries to skate away, but the ice sends her falling to the floor. Amazingly, the ice does not break on the point of impact.

"Don't give up!" Aiden calls as the wyvern swoops in for the kill.

"You can do it!" Hikari agrees.

Glacier gingerly but confidently gets up to face the wyvern flying at her and charges a ball of blue light. "Glacier Song!". At this, music notes made of ice, and icicles go flying at the wyvern, stunning it and buying Glacier time to grab the sapphire. Once she has stepped onto solid ground again, her shoes return to normal.

"Merina, if you're listening--how are we supposed to prove we deserve our magic?" Hikari cries into the air.

"Since you and the guardian of light have no powers innately, you do not have to prove yourselves by fighting." Merina's voice echoes. "PreCure had to do so because they possess power already."

"But how do we get our powers?" Hikari pleads, but Merina does not answer.

"You'll find out soon enough." Aiden assures Hikari. "We're halfway there doing what Merina asks."