Chapter 7: Little Crying Girl
In the sunny and flowery Green Forest, the trees were all green, flowers where spread everywhere, and the birds and woodland creatures were playing peacefully with each other. Stood next to the entrance gates of the forest is a tree, about five yards high, that has a large painting hanging on it. On the painting shows a picture of Pigment Village all in color and in full detail. Then the painting begins to rattle and shake, and the picture begins to make waves. After a few seconds, the picture pops out the Pretty Cure girls, the fairies, Matt Oda, and Tint. The everyone landed safely on the ground while some of the flying fairies still float after being pushed out from the painting. After a safe landing, everyone looked around.
"Whoa…" Nozomi said in amazement. "This place is so flora." Everywhere the team look, they see are small hills, trees, and flowers that blooming and growing beautifully making everyone feel surprised and happy.
Tsubomi gasped in such amazement. "Look at all these wonderful plants and trees." she said with her eyes sparkling. "It's like I'm in my grandma's nursery again, but with more pretty plant life."
"Tsubomi, you sure do love flowers." Erika said with a little sweat-drop.
Everyone took a moment to look at this beautiful sight, until Ako makes an announcement, "Hey guys. I found something."
They turned to Ako, and Hibiki went up to her. "What is it Ako-chan?" Hibiki asked. Ako pointed to a sign she was reading. Hibiki reads the sign and says it out loud to everyone. "This way to Crafty Town. Follow the road." There is an arrow on the sign pointing towards to the open light from a distance, plus a stone walkway leading into the light.
Everyone looked at the road that heads out to the light knowing that's their only direction to go to find any clues of the first Wonder Color they're looking for. "Crafty Town…" Matt said to himself. "I wonder what sort of town is that?"
Everyone paused, but Urara calls out to them. "Hey guys, look!" she shouted. Everyone turned to Urara as she is pointing towards the entrance gates. There they see at the gates not only two tall pillars and a boundary wall covered with thick thorns, but huge thick trees blocked the whole opening space making it impossible to exit and enter through. They also noticed that the stone pathway that leads to the gates have been cut off as if it was erased from existence.
"Since when did these huge trees appear and blocked the entrance?" Aguri pondered.
"kyupi?" Ai wondered as she is in Aguri's arms.
"You mean we can't go back to Pigment Village through this gate." Nao said in shock.
"NO! That's not it." Matt said to Nao in a firm mood. Nao and the rest of the team turned towards Matt. "Remember what Sage Mark said? He and the other sages had to seal off the paths that lead to the other areas of Spectrum Land so that the Blots wouldn't infiltrate the areas so easily. These trees here weren't supposed to block the gates, but due to the Blots invasion, they are here now so that the Blots wouldn't invade Green Forest."
"So I see…" Yuri followed as she straightens her glasses, "but then how are we suppose to get back to Pigment Village?"
Matt points the huge painting that's on the tree. "Well that painting we came out got us here from Pigment Village. I'll bet it works the same way for getting back to the Village."
"You might be right Matt." Honoka responded. She then walks up to the painting. "Let me see something." Honoka puts her hand through the painting as the picture starts to make waves. Honoka took her hand out and smiles, "Yeah you are right Matt-san. Once we get the Wonder Color from here, we can use this painting to go back to the village." The girls and fairies smiled in relief knowing that they have found a way back.
"Um, I don't mean to be impatient," Tint said to everyone, "but we got a Wonder Color to find and retrieve. So what are we standing here for? Let's go."
"Right, our world is slowly starting to lose the colors as we speak." Makoto noted. "So let's move."
"Right everyone, let's get that Wonder Color." Love said in a cheer. Everyone nodded as they walked down the stone pathway and toward the opening light.
Meanwhile back at the castle and at the top of the tower is the throne room. Inside is Queen Chroma tied up and locked in a cage where she'll never get out. And a few feet away from her is the Blot leader sitting on the queen's throne, King Splat. He was twice as big as the regular Blots, he has a gray crown on his head, a gray royal cape tied to him, he has white gloves, a white belt with a black diamond on the center, and he had thick gray boots from his feet to his shin. The queen glared at the king.
"My dear queen, why do you have to be so mean like that?" said the king.
"You know why," the queen replied, "because what you are doing is unacceptable and diabolical. You captured Drawville, my castle, and the citizens, and now you're going to take back the Prism Diamond. You will never succeed."
"But your majesty, I will succeed. Once my henchmen and my general leaders obtain the Wonder Colors and I restore them into the Prism Diamond again, I will rule all over Spectrum Land and paint everything black. So try all you want Queen Chroma, you and your salvation army will never defeat me. Not even those Pretty Cure warriors."
Queen Chorma looks away and makes a concern look hoping that the Pretty Cures will triumph and save Spectrum Land.
Back at Green Forest, the Pretty Cure team was out of the small forest they first entered and out in an open field where they see many flowers and a waterfall. The team smiled as they see this fresh sight.
"Now this is a nice place to have picnic." Miki said with delight.
"Oh wow, it's so beautiful." Mana said in amazement while looking at this wonderful sight.
"I can see you girls really like the flora here in Green Forest." Tint said to everyone.
"Of course," Reika replied, "it's like seeing a decorative park filled with beauty all around you."
"Well that's just it." Everyone turns to Tint after she made that last statement. "Green Forest is really famous for its colorful flora. Everywhere you look is like seeing a rainbow garden here in this lovely forest."
"Kind of reminds us of the Garden of Light back home-mepo." Mepple stated.
"It sure looks like that way-mipo." Mipple responded.
Everyone kept looking around, but Matt rubs his eyes. Megumi sees Matt rubbing his eyes for quite some time. "Matt-san, are you okay?" she asked to Matt.
"Oh, sorry," Matt replied while rubbing his eyes, "it's just I got something in my eyes. I think the pollen from the flowers landed in them."
Tint sees Matt rubbing his eyes in pain. Tint looks around and sees the waterfall's base. "You can wash your eyes from that water base over there." Tint suggested. "That water is crystal clear and clean."
"Oh okay, thanks." Matt replied. He, along with Megumi who escorted him, walks to the water.
As the two got the waterfall's base, Matt tilts his head toward the water and he washes his face to clean his eyes. After a few strokes, Matt shook his head to rid the leftover water on his face, and he uses his shirt as a towel to dry off. "Ah, much better." Matt said in a confident mood. "Thanks for escorting me Megumi." Matt looked at her, but Megumi was staring out to the open and stood there. Matt makes a confused look. "Megumi…, is something wrong?"
"Shhh! Listen." Megumi said to Matt.
He paused, and then he turns to where Megumi is looking at, and he cups his ears to hear better of what Megumi is hearing. So far nothing, but then…, (SOB, SOB, SOB) Matt heard the sound, and it sounded like someone is crying. Matt and Megumi looked at each other and nodded. Matt then turns towards the group. "Hey everyone!" he shouted to the team. All the girls, the fairies, and Tint heard Matt, and they see him pointing in the direction of the sound. "I think we hear something." Megumi moved towards the sound. Matt sees her go as he followed her too. The rest of the team looked at each other and then they followed Matt and Megumi.
Megumi rushed towards the cry as she went around the waterfall. When she got close, the cry became louder to her. When Megumi approached to where the cry was coming from, there in shock she sees the source of the cry. On a small rock sat a little girl crying in sorrow. She had blonde hair that stretch to the base of her neck and with one curled bang on both sides of her head, she has a flower on the back and top of her head, she wears a bright yellow spaghetti strap girl's dress, and she wears brown shoes. Megumi continued to watch the girl cry as she heard the girl's voice. "…sniff...sniff…sob…Mommy…Daddy…" the girl cried. Megumi faced became concern as she slowly approaches the girl. The girl heard the sound of footsteps as she turns around toward the sound. She looked and sees Megumi approaching her. The girl gasped in fright.
"It's okay…" Megumi said calmly. "I'm not going to hurt you." She approaches the little girl very cautiously as the girl begins to shiver a little in fright. The moment Megumi is right in front of the girl, she crouched to the girl's head level and smiles calmly. She sticks her hand out telling the girl to trust her. "It's okay…I'm here for you."
Matt Oda approached and arrived around the waterfall to find Megumi. Matt sees Megumi and, in a flinch, he sees the sad girl on the rock. Matt's face turn depressed as he stares at the sad girl. "Oh…man…" Matt said with concerned. He watched as the little sad girl slowly hugged Megumi. Megumi still smiled calmly and hugging tightly and warmly to the girl.
The rest of the team arrived only to see Matt standing in front of them. Matt notices their presence and turns to them with a concerned look on his face. Everyone stared at Matt with little confusion. "What's wrong Matt-san?" Mai asked. Matt didn't respond, but instead he pointed toward the direction to Megumi and the girl. The team walks and looks to where Matt is pointing. When they came into view, they jolted a little when they see the little girl crying as she is still hugging Megumi. Everyone's faces turn concerned with little sadness.
"Oh, poor kid." Ellen said in little sorrow.
"She's lost." Komachi said.
The girl continued to cry a little as held tight to Megumi. "You're going to be alright." Megumi said in comfortable mood to cheer up the girl. "I'm right here with you."
After a quarter hour passed, everyone found a grassy area that contains a few rocks. Some of the team was sitting on the rocks while the rest are sitting on the grass. The girl was sitting on the grass and next to Megumi and Hime. The girl stopped crying and slowly starts to calm down. "Here, have one of my candies." Yuko said cheerfully as she gave her piece of candy to the girl. The little girl receives the candy, unwraps it, and then she eats it. In a snap, her frown face turned into a happy one.
"Delicious." said the girl. Everyone grinned to see the girl smiling again. After she swallowed the candy, the girl looks at everyone with a little grin. "Thank you guys for finding and helping me."
"No problem." Love said with a smile. "We are glad that we were able to find you."
"Technically, Megumi and Matt found them Love." Tarte corrected.
Love sweat-dropped in realization, "Ah, right…"
"But tell me," Karen asked, "What's a young and little girl like you doing all the way out here without your parents?"
"Are you lost?" Kumuri asked.
The girl shook her. "No, I'm not lost. I…ran away…from home."
This made the team blinked. "You ran away?" Rikka said in little shock. "But why?"
"Because…, my home was in trouble, and my mommy and daddy told me to run away to safety." She sniffed. "I didn't want to, but they told me to."
"What happened to your home?" Alice pondered.
"Me, my mommy, daddy, and everyone in the town was attacked by these mean people. They destroyed our homes, and they took over the town." she paused for a moment, and then makes a tear run down to her cheek. "Those awful meanies."
"Who are these 'mean people' you say?" Rin asked.
"I don't know. They were all black and so goopy. They were like black sloppy paint to me." The Pretty Cure team flinched as they know what kind of mean people the girl is talking about.
"I know who they are." said Itsuki in a mean look.
"Yep," Matt responded, "the Blots."
"So those Blots attacked your home." Iona pointed out.
The little girl nodded, "I tried to find help, but the gate was all blocked up and I couldn't get help. So I hid behind the waterfall to hide myself." Then the girl starts to make tears again. "But I don't know what to do. Mommy…Daddy…I wish you were here." The whole team looked at the sad girl for a moment. Then they all looked at each other in a firm look.
"Don't you worry little one," Hime said cheering her up, "We'll help your town and get your parents back."
"That's right you can count on us." Megumi followed.
The girl stopped crying and looks at everyone. "You girls…are going to help me?"
"Of course," Inori replied, "We're not going to let some nasty Blots ruin your happy family and your town."
"That's right," Setsuna followed, "We're all going to help."
"But, what can you girls do?" the girl wondered. "You look like normal girls to me."
"Believe you me-coco." Coco responded as he came up to the girl. "These girls are the best fighters you'll ever encounter-coco."
"Once we get to your town, you'll be amazed when these girls save your home-ropu." Syrup stated.
Everyone smiled at the girl knowing and willing to help her. The girl sees their smile, and she grinned too. Tint flew towards the girl and she smiles too. "Don't you worry," Tint said to the girl, "You will guarantee that these girls are your greatest heroes." Tint then winked at girl.
The little girl smiled even more, and her tears were gone. "Ah, thank you everyone." said the little girl. "I'm so happy you could help. My name is Daisy."
"Daisy…a perfect name for you." Tsubomi stated.
"Well Daisy, if we want to help, can you show us the way to your town?" Matt asked.
Daisy nodded, "Of course." Daisy pointed toward the stone pathway that the team just walked on from the entrance. "We just follow this road and it will take us to my home town."
"Then it's decided." Nozomi said as she stood up from the grass. "Let's head over to Daisy's town and save her home. Let's go."
Everyone agreed as they got on their feet again and continued to walk down the stone pathway that leads into another shady trees area. Ako and Aguri held tightly to Daisy's hand to keep her company. The team continued on walk as they left the waterfall scene and into the woods again.
Meanwhile in Crafty Town, the whole area is under attacked by the Blots. The buildings were made out of cardboard and wood as they were torn and broken down to the ground. All the people were panicking as they fled to safety from the Blot invasion. Some of the citizens fled to safety while the rest were captured and held as hostages.
A male resident was captured by two Blots. Then approaching to the man is one of the Blot's general leaders, the man in white. He gives an evil glare to the male citizen. "Speak citizen!" the man in white ordered. "Where is the Wonder Color?"
The male resident gave the general a mean look. "We'll never talk to you. Ever!" the resident shouted.
The general growled as he ordered his minions to take the citizen away. He turns back to the town that's been ambushed by him and his minions. "I will find that Wonder Color if it's the last thing I do for King Splat."
"I wouldn't be so sure." said a womanly voice. The general turned towards of whoever said that. There in his perspective is a woman in her mid-30s in a perfect figure. She is wearing a pink organdy on her arms and chest, with a white flowery collar on her neck and wide cuffs, and has a long magenta dress that touches the ground. Her hair is bright red, straight, and it stretched to her back, and the end of her hair is all curled up. Her hair bangs were short on her head, and two short bangs were sticking out to the side. She wore a high hat that's shape like a pencil's point. And last she carried a staff that's shape like a pencil with a rainbow tip on it. She approached the general in a firm look. "I Sage Pencilia will not let you hurt my people and destroy this town." She sticks her staff towards the general.
"You wanna fight lady?" the general asked in a mean look. "Then bring it on." The general's hands glowed in a white aura as the two prepared a fight.
Back at the stone pathway in the forest, The Pretty Cure team was strolling along happily as they are befriending well with Daisy. She is really happy and getting along with the team as if they were her big sisters. Shypre, Shararu, Moop, and Foop were flying around Daisy's head trying to make her happy.
"I can see Daisy is really happy again." Miyuki stated as looked and smiled at the little girl.
"That's for sure." Urara responded. She, Miyuki, and a few other girls smiled at Daisy seeing that she's playing happily with the fairies.
"Let's not get too cute on Daisy everyone." Karen noted to the team.
"Right gang," Matt followed, "We still need to the find that Wonder Color of this forest."
Daisy blinked when he heard Matt's words. "Wonder Color? You mean that magical green orb you're talking about?" Daisy asked.
Everyone stopped, flinched, and turned to Daisy. They were surprised to hear that Daisy knows about the Wonder Color the team is looking. Tint flies towards her with a firm look. "So you've seen the Wonder Color?" Tint questioned. Daisy nodded. "Where!?" Tint shouted.
"I'm not really sure." Daisy said in a confused look. "It was yesterday morning me, my mommy and daddy, and the town were outside doing some morning stuff. When all of sudden, a green light appeared from the sky and zoomed toward deep into the woods. I didn't know what that was, but our sage of our town knew what it is. She said it is a sign of danger, and that's when I ran away from home from those meanie Blots."
"A sage…" Matt pondered. "Y'know, Mark said there were other sages out here in Spectrum Land. Maybe the sage in the town we're going to might know where the Wonder Color is in this forest once we get there."
"Not a bad idea Matt." Honoka responded. "It's worth a shot if we want to save Spectrum Land."
"Well then, let's get going." Nagisa commanded in a calm manner.
The whole team continued to walk down the road, but Daisy makes a concerned look on her face. "How can you guys be so calm?" Daisy said to herself. Ako and Aguri heard Daisy murmuring. "I mean you are not scared of those black bad guys?" She looked up and sees Ako and Aguri smiling at her.
"Don't you worry Daisy." said Aguri with a cheer. "As long we stick together as a team, there's no way will be defeated by those Blots."
"She's right." Ako responded. "When it comes to putting our hearts together and communicating well together, we're an unbeatable team. No matter how bad the situation is, we always come out on top."
Daisy looked confused, "But how can you say that? You look like ordinary girls."
The two young Pretty Cure girls smiled. Ako winks at her, "That's because we are-"
Ako was interrupted when Hibiki called out to the three little girls. "Hey! Don't fall behind girls!"
The three girls looked up to Hibiki and heard her. Ako and Aguri turned back to the girl. "Well…you see what we mean." Aguri said. She and Ako grabbed Daisy's hands as they rush up to the rest of the group. Daisy doesn't know how these girls, fairies, and a young man are going to stop the Blots, but she smiled knowing that the team will do their best to save her family and home.
After a while of walking down the pathway and underneath the shady trees, they encounter an open light up ahead. Everyone got closer to the opening light, but they also spotted something else. "Is that…smoke?" Hikari wondered. Everyone observed very carefully, and Hikari is right, it is smoke. The whole team, including Daisy, ran toward the opening light to check out the scene. When the team was out of the shady trees, they encounter a cliff view with fences surrounding the edge of the cliff. They looked to find the source of the smoke and in a shock they see a town that half of it is destroyed.
"What happened here!?" Erika said in surprise.
Daisy approached in front of the group to see a better view, and then she gasped in sorrow. "My home!" Daisy starts to make tears again. "Mommy! Daddy!"
Yayoi sees Daisy crying and tries to cheer her up. "Don't you worry Daisy." said Yayoi. "We're here and will get your home and parents back." Everyone nodded and agreed on Yayoi's words.
Daisy wipes off her tears again, and then she smiles. "Thank you guys." The team smiled. "But I'm still wondering how are you going to beat those black bad guys?"
"You'll see when we get there-natsu." Natts replied.
"And you will guarantee that we are your best heroes of all time-davi" Dabyi stated. Daisy smiled even more.
Matt noticed an arrow sign pointing to a hill with a road that's going down. Matt turns to the team, "Hey, this sign says this downhill leads to Crafty Town. We better hurry and save the town and the residents before it's too late." the team nodded. Everyone rushed down the hill and hoped they make it to Crafty Town in time.