"Let's hurry, Celestria. Time to beat the bad guys. We are hot stuff." Lucy said. She was babysitting little Asuka and were playing with Celestria and Salamondra dolls that Lucy made herself with Asuka playing with a few bad guy dolls.
"Does he really say that?" Asuka asked.
"Probably." Lucy said. "Salamondra, this is no time for clowning. We need to stop the bad guys from... Uh... What do the bad guys want?"
"We want to win!" Asuka said.
"But win what?" Lucy asked.
"I don't know. What do the baddies usually want?" Asuka asked.
"It's different each time." Lucy said. "Knightwalker wanted others to fear her. Dark Regulus wanted payback at a girl for making fun of him. Rune Knight wanted to dispense true justice to all. However, the evil Black Wizard, who makes them bad, wants the magic jewels known as the miraculous that Celestria and Salamondra have."
"I know! We want the miraculous for Black Wizard! Hand them over, you goody two shoes!" Asuka said. The two of them played around with the dolls until Lucy was able to knock the bad dolls out of Asuka's hands, much to her disapproval.
"Celestria and Salamondra win again." Lucy said.
"No fair!" Asuka cried.
"Sorry, Asuka, but Celestria and Salamondra always win." Lucy said, but that didn't help. Asuka was still upset that she didn't win. "Don't cry. We can play another round. You can play as Celestria and Salamondra this time. I'll even let you keep them." She handed Asuka the Celestria doll. That seemed to cheer Asuka up as she claimed the doll, but that was when her parents came upstairs.
"I'm back, Asuka. Time to go." Bisca said.
"Thanks for babysitting, Lucy." Alzack said.
"Mommy! Daddy!" Asuka cried as she ran to them. "Lucy didn't let me win!"
"Asuka, I'm sure you're old enough to understand you can't win all the time." Alzack said.
"But Celestria and Salamondra win all the time." Asuka said.
"Well, you're right about that, but they're superheroes. They have to win all the time." Bisca said. "We should get going. Time to give the doll back, Asuka."
"No! I want it!" Asuka said as she refused to give it up.
"She can if she wants. I did tell her she could keep it." Lucy said.
"That's very nice of you, Lucy, but Asuka already has so many toys." Alzack said. "Come on, Asuka. Be a good girl and give it back." He tried to take the doll back, but Asuka refused to let go and caused the arm to rip off. "Now look what you did, Asuka."
"We're sorry about this, Lucy." Bisca said.
"That's okay. I can fix it." Lucy said.
"That's good to hear. Time to go, Asuka." Alzack said as he lifted up his daughter and the three of them were on their way out with Lucy trying to fix the doll. When the three of them left Lucy's room, Bisca's phone went off.
"It's the studio." Bisca said as Alzack put Asuka down. Bisca answered it to see what it was about. "Yes, Chapti? Really? I know I left it there." As she was talking, Asuka was heading back up the stairs.
"Asuka, what are you doing?" Alzack said.
"I left my bag up there." Asuka said as she hurried back up there. Lucy was still trying to fix the doll while that was going on.
"How's our hero?" Stella asked.
"Almost as good as new." Lucy said. Just then, she heard someone coming up the stairs with Stella hiding. Lucy looked and spotted Asuka. "Asuka?"
"I left my bag." Asuka said as she grabbed it. She was about to leave, but she still wanted the dolls. "Can I have the Celestria doll, please?"
"But your parents said no." Lucy said, but Asuka gave her puppy-like eyes and it was hard to say no for Lucy. Stella tried telling her not to do it, but she gave in. "Okay. You can have Knightwalker." She said as she gave the doll, but it wasn't what Asuka wanted.
"I want Celestria." Asuka said.
"I'm sorry, but I still need to fix it." Lucy said.
"Asuka, hurry! We need to stop by Mommy's work because she forgot something." Alzack said. With no time left, Asuka just put the doll in her bag and went downstairs.
"Boy, you played right into her hands." Stella said.
"I just can't say no when she gives me those eyes." Lucy said.
"Good thing none of Black Wizard's villains have them." Stella joked, but she might have been a little quick to judge.
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The Studio
Bisca got a call from her coworker that he never got an important file. So, the Cornell family stopped by the studio to try and fix this. While Asuka's parents were talking to Chapti, she played with the Knightwalker doll and used a magazine with Celestria on it as a substitute.
"Here I come, baddy. I'll win like always." Asuka said as her mind kept wrapping around the idea of winning.
"I'm sorry, Chapti. It must still be up in the studio." Bisca said.
"No problem. We can just go get it." Chapti said.
"Go on. I'll stay and watch Asuka." Alzack said. He was going to do that until he spotted Asuka and noticed something was strange as she was playing.
"Now I'm going to..." Asuka was interrupted when Alzack grabbed the Knightwalker doll and felt like she was in trouble.
"This is one of Lucy's dolls." Alzack said in a disapproving-tone with Bisca joining him.
"Asuka, we told you couldn't have them." Bisca said.
"But Lucy wanted me to have it." Asuka said.
"We told you that you couldn't." Alzack said.
"We'll have to return this to Lucy, but I'll be holding on to it." Bisca said as she placed the doll in her purse.
"No! Please!" Asuka pleaded.
"We're not happy about this, but we'll talk about it later." Bisca said as she walked out of there. Asuka was not happy about this either. She wants the doll, she wants to win, but she just can't seem to have any of that. The frustrations of a child can easily get out of control. Just perfect for a certain someone.
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Black Wizard
"The feelings of a child can be so out of control. Especially when they don't get what they want. I think I can fix that." Black Wizard said as he took an etherious in his hands and gave it some power. "Fly, my little etherious, and evillize her!" Black Wizard is etheriouizing a child. Celestria could have a problem with this one.
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The Studio
Asuka was crying on the couch about not getting the doll. The etherious flew over to her and went inside her cowgirl hat. That allowed her to be connected to Black Wizard.
"Puppetress, I'm Black Wizard. I'm giving you the power to control others like toys." Black Wizard said.
"Even Celestria and Salamondra?" Asuka asked.
"Yes, as long as you have their dolls." Black Wizard said.
"And I can win?" Asuka said.
"Yes, but there's something you'll have to bring me." Black Wizard said.
"Their miraculous. I'll do it!" Asuka said as she began to transform.
"What a smart little girl you are." Black Wizard said as he found this promising. Alzack stepped away for a moment, but he was coming back around to check on Asuka.
"Asuka, listen..." Alzack said, but he stopped when he saw Pupptress. Puppetress was wearing a teal dress with black puffy black sleeves and gloves. She also wore black leggings with shoes. Her skin was blue, her hair black, and her hat was teal as well with a sapphire gem in the middle. She was even levitating. "Asuka?!"
"I'm Puppetress, Daddy. I say it's time to play." She claimed as she flew right at him. Once she got past her daddy, she made her way up through the building to put her plan into action. She went up to the studio and saw her mother was still looking for something. She did spot the Knightwalker doll and grabbed it when Bisca wasn't looking.
"Here it is!" Bisca said as she grabbed the file she was looking for. She grabbed her purse and left with her missing her evillized daughter. Now Puppetress can really have some fun with the dolls.
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The Subway
A while later, Lucy met up with Erza. They went down to the subway and waited for the train while they made some plans.
"The movie starts in a half-hour." Lucy said. "If you want, we could grab a later show and then get the book you need."
"It doesn't really matter." Erza said until she spotted something. "Lucy, nine o'clock!"
"There's no movie at nine, and that might be a little later." Lucy said.
"No, I mean to your left." Erza said. She looked to the side and saw Natsu was standing there.
"Natsu!" Lucy said as he heart started racing. The train pulled up and Natsu got onboard with the girls getting in the cart in front of his. The train started moving with Lucy peering at Natsu through a window.
"You think he's going to the same movie as we are? Sweet." Lucy said as she was happy. "Wait. What if he thinks we're stalking him? He might get freaked out and order a restraining order!"
"What?" Erza said as she thought she was being strange. Lucy just continued staring at Natsu until he spotted them. When he saw them, Lucy quickly hid. Natsu waved at Erza with her waving back.
"He's waving, you know." Erza said, but Lucy was a little shy. Erza helped out as she grabbed her into the open and had Lucy wave back. Natsu thought they were a little funny.
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Puppetress
Now that Puppetress had one of the dolls, her plan can get into action. She used something like magic and caused the doll to float in the air.
"Knightwalker, come to life!" Puppetress said as she fired a shot from the gem on her hat and it hit the doll.
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The Train
Puppetress' power caused Erza to transform. Erza and the others were all confused on what was happening. Erza became Knightwalker once again with her completely under Puppetress' control.
"Lucy! Give me those dolls!" Knightwalker demanded.
"Knightwalker?" Lucy said.
"No. I'm Puppetress and I want those dolls now!" Knightwalker demanded, whining like the child controlling her.
"I don't understand. What dolls are you talking about?" Lucy asked.
"You said I could have one, but Mommy and Daddy said no. I want those dolls so I can win!" Knightwalker said. When she said all that, Lucy realized who Puppetress really was.
"Asuka?!" Lucy said. When the train arrived at the next stop, Knightwalker was making her move.
"I'm getting those dolls and winning!" Knightwalker said as she ran out of there and hurried to get the dolls.
"Asuka, this isn't a game!" Lucy called. Natsu needed a place to transform. That's why he hurried to the conductor's cart.
"Excuse me, sir. There's...a cat on the train!" Natsu said.
"What?! Thanks kid!" The conductor said as he hurried to the back of the train with Natsu using the conductor's room to transform as he let Igneel out.
"And just when we shook Jacob off." Igneel complained.
"I need to transform. Igneel, Fire Up!" Natsu said.
"What about the movie?!" Igneel said before he was pulled into the ring and caused Natsu to become Salamondra.
"Stella, I need to change." Lucy said as she was getting ready for action.
"Hey." Salamondra said and got her attention before she could change. "That was Knightwalker. Did that villain say anything?"
"Actually, yeah." Lucy said. "I think she was being controlled by this little girl that I usually babysit."
"And what was this talk about dolls?" Salamondra asked.
"I got some dolls back at home that she likes to play with." Lucy said.
"Your home? I'll take care of this." Salamondra said as he hurried off to get those dolls before Puppetress. Lucy hurried down to the tracks so no one could see her transform.
"I don't like the idea of Salamondra rummaging through my stuff." Lucy said.
"Just say the words." Stella said.
"Stella, Twinkle." Lucy said and became Celestria. Time to see if she can take on a childish villain.
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Lucy's Apartment
Celestria hurried as fast as she could back home. She swung over and landed on the roof with her spotting Salamondra arriving.
"Hurry, little dragon." Celestria called as they met up on the roof. Knightwalker was already there and was taking all the dolls as she put them in a bag. She grabbed the fix Celestria doll, but her arm was pulled by Celestria's whip and caused her to drop it. "Bad, Puppetress. You shouldn't steal from your babysitter."
"I need them so I can win and get your miraculous, you goodie-goodies." Knightwalker said.
"I wouldn't call myself that exactly. She probably is." Salamondra said with Celestria a bit annoyed. Knightwalker moved fast as she lunged herself at them, but they both moved out of the way. Celestria moved fast and grabbed her own doll. She used her whip and pulled Knightwalker's weapon out of her hands.
"You lose!" Celestria said as she passed it to Salamondra.
"Dragon Fire!" Salamondra used his powers and burned the weapon to ashes, but there was no etherious. Not what they was expecting. Knightwalker lifted a chair and threw it at them. It hit Celestria and allowed Knightwalker to escape. They followed her out the window, but she was already gone.
"Where's the etherious?" Salamondra questioned.
"I don't think she has one." Celestria said.
"How's that possible?!" Salamondra said, but Celestria soon figured it out.
"Knightwalker is controlled by Puppetress! She must have the etherious!" Lucy said.
"Right! Knightwalker is just a puppet." Salamondra said. They might have solved one problem, but he noticed there was another. "Please tell me you have the Salamondra doll."
"Sorry." Celestria said as her doll was the only one she got.
"We better move fast before I end up as Puppetress' latest doll, but how do we find her?" Salamondra questioned.
"By finding her parents." Celestria said as she used her whip like a phone and gave Bisca a call.
"Celestria? What's going on?" Bisca asked.
"Where are you?" Celestria asked.
"The television studio. What's going on?" Bisca questioned.
"I'll explain when I get there." Celestria said and ended the call. "You already used your powers. Recharge your ring and head for the studio."
"I'll be there as soon as I can." Salamondra said with Celestia going on ahead.
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Puppetress
With Knightwalker's help, all Puppetress has to do is wait it out. Knightwalker soon arrived with all the other dolls.
"Great. I can use these dolls to beat Celestria and Salamondra." Puppetress said. She used her powers on the dolls of Dark Regulus and Rune Knight. "Dark Regulus and Rune Knight, come to life!" With her power, she took control of Rune Knight and Dark Regulus. Loke and Officer Lahar fell under her power as well as they became their villainous alter egos. Celestria could have a real challenge on her hands.
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Celestria
Around the same time, Celestria came running into the building in hopes that Puppetress could still be there. When she got there, she heard some muffling coming from a closet. She opened it up and saw Alzack fall out with him tied up.
"Mr. Cornell?!" Celestria said as she helped him up. That was right when Bisca and Chapti came in.
"Celestria! Alzack!" Bisca called as they both hurried to her and help free Alzack. "What's going on?"
"I hate to tell you this, but I'm afraid your daughter has been etheriouized." Celestria said.
"I'm afraid it's true, Bisca. I saw it myself. She's the one that put me in there." Alzack said with Bisca getting scared.
"I'm hoping she's still here." Celestria said as she ran to the security monitors. She checked around and soon found where Puppetress was hiding. "There she is. For your own good, I need you all out of the building."
"No! I'm going to get our daughter!" Bisca said as she was about to ran off, but Celestria stopped her.
"I'll bring her back, but it will help me knowing you're all safe." Celestria said. Bisca didn't want to leave her daughter, but she trusted Celestria. Once the building was cleared out, Celestria hurried her way up to where Puppetress was hiding. She was just outside the room and ready to charge in until she felt a hand on her shoulder. She grabbed the person who did it and threw him to the ground, but it was Salamondra.
"Chill. It's me." Salamondra said. "I'm still in control, but we better make sure that doesn't change."
"Right." Celestria said as she helped him up. The two of them moved back and charged. They bust right through the door, but it was too late.
"Salamondra, come to life!" Puppetress said as she was using her power on the doll.
"No!" Salamondra shouted as he tried to stop it, but it was too late as she used her power on the doll and Salamondra fell under her control.
"Salamondra!" Celestria called in concern.
"Excellent work, Puppetress." Black Wizard said. "Now take control of Celestria and you will be the big winner."
"Give me that doll!" Salamondra and Puppetress said.
"Not so fast, big baby!" Celestria said as she got moving. She used her whip and swung around Knightwalker and Salamondra to get to Puppetress and spotted her hat. "The etherious must be in her hat!" She landed down and was going to go for Puppetress, but that was when Dark Regulus and Rune Knight came in. "One against five? Whatever happened to fair and square?"
"I guess heroes don't always win. Get her!" Puppetress said. Knightwalker might not have a weapon, but she still fought back. She tried directly attacking Celestria, but Celestria grabbed her and through her against Salamondra. Dark Regulus and Rune Knight tried long-range attacks, but she jumped around and swung through the room and managed to get out. "She has the doll! Get it!" She ordered her "dolls" to get her and that's what they did as all four of them chased after her. Celestria ran all the way to the top of the building with all four of them chased her to the roof, but they lost her.
"Where'd she go?" Knightwalker questioned. Celestria hid herself above the entrance.
"I've got to get them out of the way first." Celestria said. She took a cable that ran through the roof and put her plan in action. She started by hitting a spotlight and blinded the four of them. Celestria started with Rune Knight and Dark Regulus. She tied them both with the cable and knocked them off the roof; leaving them suspended on the side. Salamondra extended his staff as far as he could. Celestria jumped up and slammed her feet on it to launch Salamondra through the air and off the building.
"Give me that doll!" Knightwalker demanded.
"You want it? Go get it!" Celestria said as she tied her whip around the doll, gave it a strong spin, and threw it as far as she could.
"I'm gonna get it first! I'm faster!" Knightwalker said as she hurried after the doll. That bought Celestria some time.
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The Eiffel Tower
Celestria threw the doll all the way to the observation deck of the Eiffel Tower. A little girl found it and loved it, but that was when Knightwalker showed up.
"Give me that doll! It's mine!" Knightwalker shouted and gave the girl a good scare with Knightwalker taking the doll.
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Celestria
"Now that you're alone, I'm gonna..." Celestria came running back in the room, but Puppetress was no longer in there. "Where is she?" She had to her find her fast before she becomes Puppetress' latest doll.
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Puppetress
Puppetress retreated all the way back to the lobby of the building. Knightwalker was able to make it back to the building. She handed the doll over to Puppetress.
"Now I'm the winner." Puppetress said as she took the doll. Luckily, Celestria found her just in time.
"Drop that doll, Asuka!" Celestria ordered.
"I'm Puppetress, and you're the big loser, Celestria." Puppetress said. Celestria was about to act, but Puppetress had the others come back. Dark Regulus and Rune Knight freed themselves and Salamondra came back as all three of them smashed through the windows and came in. All four of them stood between her and Puppetress.
"It's not over yet. Open the Celestial Gate!" Celestria used her power and was given a yo-yo. "A Libra yo-yo?"
"Face it. You lost, Celestria." Puppetress said. The villains attacked again with Celestria ducking behind the wall. She took a look to see how to handle this. She spotted Salamondra's staff, Rune Knight and Dark Regulus themselves, Puppetress' hat, and Kngihtwalker's leg. Once she got the idea, she jumped into action as she began twirling the yo-yo and her whip.
"There might be four of you, but I'm still more dangerous." Celestria said and charged. She used her whip to block the long-range attacks. She tossed the yo-yo and grabbed Salamondra's staff with it being yanked out of his hands. She got between Rune Knight and Dark Regulus. She extended the staff and knocked both of them away with Rune Knight being knocked into Salamondra. Knightwalker jumped in the air and tried attacking her, but Celestria got her whip around Knightwalker's leg and tossed her aside. Puppetress was about to use her powers on the Celestria doll.
"Celestria, come to..." She was about to use her powers, but Celestria used the yo-yo and knocked Puppetress' hat off. She jumped over Puppetress and grabbed a hold of the hat.
"Sorry, Puppetress. You can't win every time." Celestria said as she ripped the hat apart and the etherious flew out. "No more evildoing for you, little etherious. Time to de-evillize!" She activated the whip and caught the etherious with it. "Gotcha! Bye-Bye, little guy!" She released the etherious after purifying it. "Miraculous Starlight!" She tossed the yo-yo in the air and called on the stars to restore everything with the controlled people returning to where they were and Puppetress became Asuka again.
"What happened?" Salamondra asked.
"You were acting like a child. Nothing really new." Celestria said. Asuka was confused on what happened until her parents came back inside.
"Asuka!" Bisca called. The family came together as the three of them were reunited.
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Black Wizard
"No! I was so close!" Black Wizard shouted. "You can't keep avoiding your defeat, Celestria. You'll fall eventually."
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The Next Day
"I'm really sorry I gave her the doll when you and your wife said she couldn't have it, sir." Lucy told Alzack as she was babysitting again.
"Asuka can be pretty persuasive. She gives you the eyes, doesn't she?" Alzack said. "She does the same thing with me. The trick is to make it look like it won't work on you. I've got to go, Asuka. Have fun with Lucy."
"Bye, Daddy!" Asuka said as Alzack was on his way out. "Can we play with Celestria and Salamondra?" After the whole thing with Puppetress, Lucy's had enough of the dolls.
"I've got a better idea. Let's go to the zoo." Lucy said. Asuka tried giving her the eyes, but Lucy was staying firm this time. "Oh no. Don't even try it with the eyes." Alzack's tip seemed to have worked.
"I love the zoo!" Asuka said. Whether it's against a child villain or any villain, Celestria and Salamondra always seems to win in the end. No matter what kind of villain they're up against, they're not going to be defeated so easily.
