Sensaina looked up, confused as she saw snowflakes pile up by her feet. She saw countless snowflakes falling down and piling up everywhere. A few kids around her were enjoying the snow and forming snowballs to throw at each other. Everyone else around her seem to only take little notice in the fact it was snowing. As she tapped her feet against the concrete rhythmatically, she watched more snow pile up in front of her.

"Sensaina!" A very familiar voice cried. Sensaina turned around and saw Jonetsu running up towards her.

"Took you long enough." Sensaina giggled.

"A lady will take her time when it comes to getting dressed." Jonetsu stated as she flattened down her coat.

"So what's your excuse?" Sensaina giggled.

Jonetsu inflated her cheeks and turned her head away from Sensaina.

"I'm just kidding!" Sensaina said as she pushed Jonetsu playfully. Jonetsu rolled her eyes and pushed her back.

"Hey, have you been counting down yet?" Jonetsu asked.

"Can't say I have.." Sensaina responded," I've been trying to get my grades up all week, you knew that."

"Well yeah, but.." Jonetsu began,"..Within a matter of time, it will be Christmas."

"You aren't going to let me forget, are you?" Sensaina chuckled.

"Nope! And because of impeccable record of buying gifts exactly three weeks before Christmas, it's essential I bring along someone to carry the shopping bags." Jonetsu winked.

"So you're not buying me a gift?" Sensaina pouted.

"Who said I'd buy when you're around?" Jonetsu asked.

Jonetsu then walked into a boutique with Sensaina following after her.

"Wow, they've already decorated here!" Sensaina remarked as she walked in. In the display window of the store, a little Christmas tree was set up and adorned with tiny decorations and tinsel. As for the rest of the store, Christmas shaped ornaments were hung from the ceilings along with tinsel covering random areas of the room and for some reason, the air smelt of ginger bread.

"Well, I could probably find something for my mom, Kintsuki, and Meihime in this store and at the same time I suppose I could if there's anything in here that Haruko might like.." Jonetsu thought aloud as she took out a list of people to buy for from her pocket.

"Even around Christmas she's as organized as ever.." Sensaina said quietly. As she watched Jonetsu pick up and put back bracelets and necklaces, Sensaina thought to herself for a little while.

"I wonder if Jonetsu ever ripped the wrapping on her presents as a kid?" Sensaina asked herself softly. Sensaina then pictured a rather affectionate Jonetsu as a child ripping open a present finding a red bow and arrow decorated with hearts. She giggled at the ridiculous image.

"Sensaina, do you think Kintsuki would like these?" Jonetsu called out.

Sensaina walked over to look at the jewelry in Jonetsu's hands. Then, the bells by the doorway chimed. Jonetsu and Sensaina automatically looked towards the doorway. It appeared three girls with slightly above average beauty entered the shop. Each girl was fairly tall with the tallest, not to mention the darkest, seemed to be five foot nine. They all wore lipgloss accompanied with very long eyelashes and rosy red cheeks. As Sensaina's gaze met the girls, her pupils shrunk in fear.

"Sensaina-kore?" Doki asked as she popped her head out from Sensaina's bag.

"We g-g-g-gotta go..." Sensaina stammered frigidly.

"What?" Jonetsu asked.

Sensaina grabbed Jonetsu's wrists and attempted to leave the store through the back door without being seen. One of the three girls noticed Sensaina and Jonetsu making a run for it.

"Oh my gosh, guys," One of the girls said," Could that be..Sensaina?"

One of the girls shifted her gaze from a bracelet with a reflective surface to Sensaina.

"I think it is!" The girl exclaimed.

The three girls exchanged somewhat devious looks.

"On the count of three.." The tallest girl instructed.

"One..."

"Two.."

"Three!"

"Sensaina!"

Sensaina tripped and collided with the ground, taking Jonetsu down with her.

"It's been a long time coming hasn't it?" Jonetsu said whilst rubbing the back of her head.

Doki was laying on the floor too, within a hand's reach from Sensaina.

As a last resort, Sensaina faced her head down onto the floor, praying she would be left alone by the three vixens.

Unfortunately, the three girls ran up to her with the most artificial smiles on their faces.

"Sensaina, it's been like forever since we last saw each other!" The girl who spotted Sensaina interjected.

"Kimiko, it's only been nearly a year.." Sensaina said stiffly.

"Only a year? You act like it was just yesterday since you last saw us!" One of the girls said.

Sensaina awkwardly laughed off the girl's remark.

The tall girl picked up Doki," Still carrying carrying stuffed toys around I see?"

Sensaina sprang to her feet as she saw the yellow fairy in what she saw as harm's way.

"Izumi give her back!" Sensaina wailed.

"Hoshika catch!" Izumi cackled as she tossed Doki.

Jonetsu thankfully caught Doki before a game of catch between the three girls was established.

"Pleasure to meet you." Jonetsu said neutrally with Doki held high in her hands.

"I'm Kimiko!" Kimiko greeted cheerfully as she extended her hand.

Jonetsu stared down Kimiko's hand before shaking it.

"Sensaina, we really should catch up!" Izumi declared.

"Catch up? What could've happened that was so eventful during the past eleven months?" Sensaina asked.

"Let's see..we all made honor roll, Hoshika got her braces off, Kimiko got her first kiss, I now have a boyfriend.." Izumi listed.

"I still can't believe you asked out the guy who I shared my first kiss with.." Kimiko commented with quite a bitter tone.

"You snooze, you lose." Izumi replied.

"So, what's new with you?" Hoshika asked.

"Now is there anything I can actually tell them?" Sensaina thought sheepishly.

"Um..." Sensaina trailed off. She turned her head to Jonetsu.

"I made a great friend, Jonetsu!" Sensaina said as she held Jonetsu's shoulders.

Jonetsu stood there awkwardly.

"Jonetsu, say hi!" Sensaina whispered.

"Bonjour." Jonetsu said tonelessly.

"Sensaina, do you want to go shopping with us?" Hoshika asked.

"I don't know..I was already shopping with Jonetsu..." Sensaina said as she turned her head away slowly.

"Oh come on, I thought you were our dedicated best friend!" Kimiko begged.

Sensaina cringed as the term 'dedicated best friend' brought her back unwanted memories.

"We can all go shopping some other time ok?" Sensaina compromised.

"Then we'll hang with you guys." Kimiko said.

Jonetsu shot Sensaina a disapproving look and so, Sensaina was dragged off by Kimiko, Hoshika and Izumi out from the store.

"You aren't going with her-kore?" Doki asked.

"I don't think so." Jonetsu declared as she went to go pay for Meihime's gift.

Sensaina walked behind the girls and waited until they decided to deliver what Sensaina would view as a form of torment to her. It was torment enough just being around these girls. She began to remember when she used to be friends with these girls and how she let them change. Instead of video games, she was watching the top rated shows of mtv and instead of manga, she was reading entertainment magazines. It was only until after she left their presence she realized how much of a typical middle school girl she was. Now being in their presence made her want to be anywhere else and thankful that she became the person she turned into today.

"Sensaina." Hoshika stopped walking and then the three of them halted as well.

"What?" Sensaina asked with little interest.

"We need to talk." She responded.

Sensaina thought she'd never hear these words until she was on some sort of rocky relationship.

"Do you hate us?" Kimiko asked.

"Uh.." Sensaina's eye twitched as she tried to think of an acceptable response. Even she knew she had to give a response quickly otherwise they'd start jumping to conclusions.

"No.." She responded hesitantly," Why are you asking?"

"You just kinda..disconnected with everyone from Yonmichi.." Kimiko said awkwardly.

Sensaina wasn't sure if there was anything else she could say. Normally, she thought if a situation like this ever came up, she believed she would be able to take it lightly, but it felt like..despite how cruel and how much she disliked the three girls, an imprint was left onto her.

The four stood awkwardly in silence.

"I suppose you would call it good timing,no?" Hirutaro asked.

"We don't have time to play with those dreamstones anymore..there's only one dreamstone we need now." Hatred said uninterestedly.

"I suspect you've already formed some form of strategy." Hirutaro stated.

Hatred didn't seem to be listening," One more dreamstone, all it take is the strongest dreamstone we can find..."

"You don't suppose this immensely strong dreamstone belongs to one of the Pretty Cure, do you?" Hirutaro asked.

Flinching back, Hatred shook his head. He ran a hand through his hair and suddenly, a strange feeling as if he was forgetting something came over him. He then remembered what he apparently forgot.

"I have a special seat for you reserved in the front row, so you better come!" Ayane's voice warned in his head.

"Oh god..." Hatred facepalmed," Ayane's Christmas recital.." He suddenly lifted his hand away from his face as if realization came over him.

"Maybe it's there..."

"Perhaps in the meantime, I'll create a diversion.." Hirutaro thought aloud, with Hatred deluding himself in his own thoughts.

"Maybe, I should check on their dreamstones.." Sensaina thought to herself," No, I can't just shape my hands in the heart and expect them to not notice."

"Good afternoon, Cure Songstress." Hirutaro said as he suddenly appeared leaning by a nearby wall.

"How did he get here..?" Sensaina asked herself quietly.

"Who's he talking to?" Izumi asked.

"Don't you get it? It's Sensaina's pseudonym for when she's-"

Suddenly, the three of them dropped to the ground with their dreamstones ripped out of them.

"They were quite loud, don't you agree?" Hirutaro asked.

Sensaina took a step back in fear.

"Your move..Sensaina." He hissed. Sensaina took another few steps back and turned away to run.

"I know I shouldn't have them alone with that guy..but, I don't know what he's capable of..and I don't want to face him alone." Sensaina said to herself as she ran. She ran down and across streets in search of both Jonetsu and Haruko. The afternoon quickly turned to early night and soon, Sensaina was exhausted and unable to find Jonetsu or Haruko. She sat herself down by a nearby wall.

"Don't let me fight him alone..." She panted quietly with red cheeks.

"Sensaina's probably still with those friends of hers." Jonetsu stated with Doki in her hands.

"I guess-kore.." Doki commented.

Sensaina, now only a few feet away from Jonetsu stood up and dusted herself off.

"I can't just let him get away with taking their dreamstones..that isn't what a Pretty Cure would do." Sensaina said to herself. As she stood up and walked away from the wall, she found herself in front of Jonetsu.

"Sensaina, what happened to those friends of yours?" Jonetsu asked.

"That guy from Malevolent took their dreamstones..and now..." Sensaina choked out.

"Say no more." Jonetsu said as she put a finger to Sensaina's lips.

Sensaina smiled out of relief and suddenly, Haruko appeared from behind the two of them.

"Haruko, how'd you get here?" Sensaina asked.

"I can't go Christmas shopping too?" Haruko asked. The three girls giggled it off.

"So..." Jonetsu said," Where to?"

Sensaina lead the way to where she left Hirutaro and her friends.

"Back with your sidekicks?" Hirutaro asked.

"They're not my sidekicks." Sensaina said frustratedly.

"It doesn't matter either way, it wouldn't change your defeat today." Hirutaro stated.

The three of them took out their dreamkeepers.

"Pretty Cure, Dream On!" The three shouted.

"Singing the everlasting melody, Cure Songstress!" Songstress introduced.

"Joining two hearts together, Cure Matchmaker!" Matchmaker announced.

"Growing everything in a lifeless land, Cure Garden!" Garden introduced.

"Guardians of dreams, side by side, together we are..." A pose was struck," Dream High! Pretty Cure!"

"Appear, Malvoids." Hirutaro said coldly as he tossed the three dreamstones in the air, letting them parasite on whatever they pleased.

One dreamstone merged with a broken glass bottle, another merged with a crumpled piece of paper, and the last one merged with a pair of scissors.

"Malvoid!" They all roared.

And so, a battle ensued between the Cures and the Malvoids. Elsewhere though, an extremely nervous Ayane with a silver tiara nestled into her hair accompanied by two swirly hairclips placed on either side of her head. She was donned in white with pink ballet slippers and was anxiously waiting for the arrival of a certain someone.

"Mom and Dad couldn't make it but..it doesn't matter." Ayane declared," As long as he shows up."

Suddenly, from out of nowhere, a boy who was a head taller than Ayane with dark brown hair and tanned skin placed his hands over Ayane's eyes. Ayane blushed and took the large hands away from her face.

"Kazuo..."

"You wanted to see me before the recital?" Kazuo asked.

"Oh yes,um.."

"It's just like her to pick a jock." Hideki said from behind a wall that granted him the ability to not be seen Ayane nor Kazuo.

"Anyways, I...promised myself, this moment would be the moment in which.." Ayane trailed off nervously.

"In which..?" Kazuo repeated.

"Kazuo, I love you so much." Ayane said lovingly as she looked deep into his very dark brown eyes.

"So much, well there's two words she doesn't usually add on to that line." Hideki said as he rolled his eyes.

"Ayane.." Kazuo ran his hand through her hair and leaned in for a kiss.

Hideki turned away and made a silent gagging motion.

Kazuo then left for his seat Ayane reserved for him, which happened to be next to Hideki's reserved seat. Ayane peered from the curtains to look at the crowd once more. She stared at the empty seat next to Kazuo.

"Still no sign of him.." Ayane said quietly.

Seeing Ayane, Kazuo winked in her direction. Ayane blew a kiss and backstage.

"Now or never..." Hideki said as he transformed into Hatred.

"Maybe it's time to use this thing..." Hatred said as he retrieved something from his pocket. In his hand was a black pointy sphere with an indigo aura surrounding it.

"It's able to extract the dreamstones of every person in any given area. Use it wisely." Hirutaro warned him earlier.

It seemed as if the sphere was a living thing, able to listen and obey to Hatred's somewhat spiteful commands.

"Do what's needed, take every dreamstone in here." Hatred said as he threw the sphere towards the stage," It's not like I care."

"Miss Ayane!" A girl cried from backstage," The audience, everyone here is losing conscienceness!"

"Gas exposure?" Ayane thought aloud.

"Why aren't we affected?" Another girl asked.

"Must be because whatever it is hasn't reached backstage yet." Ayane responded.

Hatred then stepped out of the corner he pushed himself into and stood in front of the remaining dancers.

"Why haven't they gotten their dreamstones extracted?" Hatred thought. He then glowered his eyes in the girls' hearts, where the dreamstones resided.

"Too hopeful." He figured as he saw the girls' dreamstones.

"You." Ayane said while crashing Hatred's train of thought.

Hatred looked up with a mix of spite and lack of interest in his eyes.

"You appear to be the one behind all this." Ayane stated.

Hatred remained silent.

"So, we will do everything needed in order to stop you, for the sake of our show!" Ayane declared as she and the girls went into fighting stances.

Hatred wasn't in much of a mood to fight, but for the sake of Malevolent he decided to fight.

Soon, after collecting the tainted dreamstones of the rest of the girls, it became a one on one fight between Hatred and Ayane. Ayane proved herself to be quite the fighter as she sparred with Hatred. No punches were landed but many were thrown. No words were spoken except for the occasional grunt and eventually, Ayane's evasiveness grew thin and her energy was decreasing rapidly.

"Just who is this guy?" Ayane asked in her head as took short heavy breaths.

Hatred was exhausting himself as well but refused to show any sign of growing tired and stood idly as Ayane caught her breath.

Ayane then began to spin around and confuse Hatred. Then, after a few ballet moves, she was able to lower Hatred's guard and land a punch onto his face.

Hatred closed his eyes and as he reopen them, his celadon eyes flickered metallic green. He emitted numerous indigo spheres from his hands and aimed them all at Ayane.

Ayane dodged the first few but soon they grew larger and larger and due to tripping, a sphere hit Ayane and sent her towards the wall of the backstage.

Ayane was lying flat on her back, no longer capable to stand up being barely conscience.

Hatred was then finally able to look at Ayane's dreamstone. It was light blue and pink with a pair of ballet slippers in the center, but there was something peculiar about her dreamstone. Though faint, it was seething with power, not comparabel to a Pretty Cure but still, just enough to start this whole operation.

"As expected from Ayane." Hated thought.

Hatred walked up and knelt beside her to remove her dreamstone.

"But why...?" Ayane choked out as she breathed heavily.

Hatred finally removed her dreamstone.

"Why not?" Hatred asked maliciously.

Though seemingly vicious and twisted, Ayane was hit hard by realization as she heard Hatred's voice.

"This voice...Hideki...?!" Ayane said before she lost conscience.

"Lyrics and vocals, the power of a song!" Songstress chanted.

"Pretty Cure, Music Heaven!" Songstress shouted.

"Joy and Passion,the power of love!" Matchmaker chanted.

"Pretty Cure, Lovely Oasis!" Matchmaker shouted.

"Tulips and Daisies, the power of flowers!" Garden chanted.

"Pretty Cure, Floral Escape!" Garden shouted.

The three Malvoids had now merged into one giant Malvoid and it seemed even the three attacks weren't enough to cleanse it.

"No good!" Songstress cried.

"Then we have no other choice." Matchmaker declared.

Toki held out the Destiny Casket.

Matchmaker placed the dreamstone into the Casket as soon as Garden opened the Casket.

"Specialize!" The three called out.

The atmosphere around them turned white.

"For Destinies!" Garden cried.
"For Hope!" Matchmaker shouted.

"For Dreams." Songstress said.

"With the miracle of magic, Pretty Cure shall arise!" The three chanted.

"Pretty Cure, Dreaming Wonderland!" The three cried. Within the white atmosphere, the 'Mega Malvoid' was soon cornered and rendered trapped.

"Awake!" The three shouted as they purified the Malvoid.

The clouds above them suddenly turned black and overshadowed the moon.

"Wh..what's happening?" Garden asked as she picked up Toki.

"Such a shame..you girls didn't see it coming..." Hirutaro's mouth was horribly distorted into a sick and twisted grin.

Suddenly, indigo lighting struck and Hirutaro cackled, the Cures were transported unexpectedly to somewhere they never thought be at this moment.

"Wh-why are we at the Heart of Dreams?" Matchmaker asked frantically.

"Your Dreamkeepers-desu!" Toki shouted as she saw them glow vibrantly.

"It must of been a form of instinct for them to take all of us here unexpectedly-kore." Doki explained.

"So..what's going on in the human realm?" Songstress asked.

"Who knows-kore? But while we're here..." Doki said.

"Let's check on Queen Titania-desu!" Toki suggested.

The girls rushed to the castle and found Titania in a somewhat powerless state.

"Titania!" The girls screamed.

"Her powers have been exerted.." Toki said somberly.

"How can you tell?" Garden asked.

"The stone on her crown.." Doki pointed out. The center stone of Titania's crown was toned down to grey.

"Queen Titania, are you alright?" Matchmaker asked.

"Yeah, I'll live.." Titania said as she seemed to flinch back pain," But, it's the citizens of the Heart of Dreams I'm worried about."

Titania then stood up and walked outside with her scepter clutched within her hands.

"T-Titania what are you doing kore?!" Doki asked.

"What does it look like I'm doing?" Titania said as the six of them were outside. She held her scepter up and suddenly, a light pink barrier encircled the Heart of Dreams.

"I'll make the barrier selectively permeable so you three can go back to the human realm." Titania said.

"Why are you sending us back?" Songstress asked.

"To get rid of Malevolent once and for all. I don't care who this Hatred is, but I do know I want him wiped off the face of the Earth. Now.."

Titania created a small hole in the barrier to let the three go.

"Doki, you left the key I gave you in the human realm didn't you?" Titania asked.

"Kore..." Doki responded shamefully.

Titania chuckled," It doesn't matter. It wouldn't be able to work right now anyways."

"We will defeat Hatred once and for all." Songstress declared.

"That's good to hear.." Titania said," Now go, Pretty Cure..!" The girls went through the barrier and were transported to somewhere desolate.

"Everyone..." Songstress said as she saw everyone around her, except Garden and Matchmaker, unconscious.

"They've all..been stripped of their dreams.." Matchmaker gasped.

"Each and every single one of them.." Garden added in horror.

Songstress walked to a nearby bench and found a boy with blond hair clutching a sketchbook.

"Andrew?" Songstress asked with a trace of denial in her voice.

"Guys..what's that?" Garden asked. Songstress and Matchmaker looked at whatever Garden was looking at.

A giant black castle was in front of them and that could only mean one thing.

"So I guess that's where Hatred is at.." Matchmaker stated the obvious.

"We have to..." Songstress trailed off.

"We have to take back everyone's dreams! Toki, Titania, Doki, they're counting on us!" Songstress shouted.

"Then in we go." Matchmaker grinned.

As the three walked in, they were immediately separated.

Alone, they were in dark, empty rooms. But..they weren't alone for long.

"Nice to meet you." A girl with red eyes and blue grey hair said to Songstress.