I don't own Hanazuki: Full of Treasures. Since I'm back in school, it's been rough, but I'm still managing to find time to work on this.
Bunnii- THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT! I was kind of worried that I was portraying all of Hanazuki's Emotions/Hemkas as too similar to one another, or not getting Hanazuki's character correct... so your review is really reassuring to me!
The Moonflower finds herself... right at the Volcano of Fears.
Great.
As if on cue, her courage, Purple Hemka, bounds up to her, striking a silly looking heroic pose.
"Greetings! I am your courage, the representation of your heroism, gallantry, and valor!"
Not to mention redundancy, Hanazuki thinks to herself, a smile on her face. She stifles a laugh as the Hemka attempts to flex, looking extremely awkward.
"But you, my dear Hanazuki, can just call me Purple. Since I'm the best emotion by far, I was definitely worth the wait, huh?"
The Moonflower pats Purple's head.
"I love all of you little guys equally. But I am very happy to see you."
The Hemka beams with pride.
"Yes! Because you have the honor of meeting me, your own personal courage!"
"You have a very high opinion of yourself, don't you?" Hanazuki asks, a smirk on her face, "Not that it's a bad thing. Hey, so... why are we at the Volcano of Fears?"
If she hadn't changed the subject, her courage would most likely just keep talking about how great he is...
Purple's eyes light up.
"Oh, yeah! Let me show you something," he starts, in a rather suspicious way. Taking Hanazuki's hand, he begins to guide her up to the top of the volcano.
Hanazuki could have sworn she saw a mischievous glint in those eyes... This was going to be another dangerous test, wasn't it? Where was mellowness when you needed him? Sheesh!
At the top of the volcano, Purple looks back at the Moonflower, his voice and expression softening.
"You remember falling down here yourself, right? And then all your friends fell in here, too. The only thing that saved you was a courage Treasure Tree..."
Hanazuki shudders at the memory. She couldn't even recall how they managed to get out of that one...
"How... could I possibly forget? That was a close call!"
The Hemka peers into the fiery pit of magma, a look of nonchalance on his face.
"Well, looks like your buddies are in a jam again..."
Hanazuki jumps at that statement, scrambling to the edge of the volcano to look. "What!?"
What she sees is all of her Hemkas, sans Purple, stranded on a ledge inside of the volcano, all of them screaming at the visions of their fears. It felt kind of ironic in a way, these Hemkas, just like the ones in her happiness' part, were all illusions themselves...
"So..." the Moonflower's courage resumes, "you have to be brave for them. You have to save them. That's your test. If you did it once, in real life, no less, you can do it again here."
"But-" Hanazuki starts, but she gets pushed into the volcano before she can finish. In surprise, she blanks out for a moment before remembering and realizing the peril of this situation, grabbing the ledge the mirage Hemkas were stuck on for dear life, stumbling a bit as she climbs up to greet them.
The mirage Hemkas stop their panicking to look at the Moonflower briefly, before starting to chatter all at once, each trying to talk with her.
"Okay, okay, one at a time, one at a time," Hanazuki shouts over their nonsensical babbling, "I'm here to help you guys get out of here..."
She turns around to see the vision of her own worst fear, the Hemkas getting attacked by the Big Bad, which begins to repeat. Mocked by this memory of the day she fell into this volcano. Frozen in terror, she turns lime green yet again. The mirage Hemkas try to comfort her, trying to turn her away from the painful illusion.
Then her bravery reappears by her side, forcing her to look up. The sky has blackened. Despair had stained the skies of the dreamscape.
"If this goes on, your despair will get more powerful! You need to show bravery. Fear's already done his part..." Purple nuzzles against her. "You are more than this, Hanazuki. I know you are. Who else can stand up against Twisted Unicorn on her own?"
Hanazuki blinks, starting to return to her senses.
"You... You're right. I can't let Despair control me." She swiftly turns around to face the smiling mirage Hemkas.
"Hemkas! Let's get out of here."
The illusion creatures promptly shapeshift into a backpack for the Moonflower to carry.
With the backpack on, Hanazuki leaps to a higher ledge, her highlights turning a royal brave purple. The Big Bad above them disperses to go elsewhere, hiding from her light.
Keep looking forward, never look back. Don't look down.
Purple happily follows Hanazuki, glowing as well, jumping and climbing the rock walls in the volcano, steadily finding their way out.
With her courage close by, the Moonflower manages to climb out, all of the mirage Hemkas safe and unharmed. They all cheer for her before fading away, the volcano melting into nothing, and the dreamscape, like all the rest, fizzles out into a cloudy void.
Purple jumps into her arms into a hug as their radiance fades.
"I knew you could do it. There is no doubt that you're a true Moonflower, Hanazuki..."
The Moonflower looks down at her feet.
"For a moment, I thought I had failed... Thank you for helping me there."
The emotion shakes his head in response, closing his eyes.
"There's no need to feel bad. Everyone needs encouragement sometimes."
After these words were spoken, a pink door appears in front of the two, cutely decorated with little heart shapes.
"And there's your love," Purple states softly, "she's been waiting to see you for quite a while."
Hanazuki reaches out towards the door, eyes wide.
"I want to see her."
Purple nods. "I know you do. And she wants to see you. Go on."
The Moonflower kisses Purple before she departs.
"Thank you so much for reminding me."
"That's our job," the emotion replies in a matter-of-factly tone, "good luck!"
Hanazuki smiles forlornly, kind of sad that her dream had to end soon.
But she still had her love to go.
However, the feeling of having forgotten something still lingers in her mind as she steps through the pink door into yet another new world.
Purple is straight up savage. Friggin pushed Hanazuki into a volcano.
... I need to stop.
We've reached the end of the rainbow, but not the story.