Author's Notes
Hello, fans and viewers. Thank you for your long patience. Sorry for the wait, but I've been very busy from my previous job. I'm now going back to school for a better degree.
As I mentioned before, there's a poll about the next Precure fanfic I'm planning to make. It's still open.
I will do my best to finish this Precure fanfic story before the Wonderful Precure series ends.
Thanks again, and enjoy this 'crazy' chapter.
41. Crystal Mirror Image
"Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Two biggest news here in Crayon Point!"
A newspaper boy shouted at the city's citizens, holding a newspaper above his head. The headline news described the grand revealing of Mr. Impasto's surprising artwork of the fairy woman. But it wasn't only Mr. Impasto's surprising art that made the news. The info about the Pretty Cure team that caught the art thief has also made the front-page news. The news of the artist's masterpiece and the Pretty Cure's success in capturing the art thief has spread throughout the city. The citizens of Crayon Point are astounded by both amazing news.
In a colorful two-story building, the Pretty Cure team is gathered inside a living room where Sage Cray resides. Sage Cray sits on a comfy chair and shows the newspaper with Impasto's fairy woman artwork and the Pretty Cures that captured Mr. Collage, the art thief.
"Crayon Point is known for hearing the latest events and news," Sage Cray stated. "To think the legendary heroes of Spectrum Land made this city's front-page news."
"Hear that, everybody?" Cure Dream said with excitement. "We're famous!"
"I can't believe it!" Cure Lemonade said with great joy. "I'm on the news!"
"Don't you think you two are overexcited?" Cure Rouge said with embarrassment.
"That was one tough mystery," Cure Honey noted. "Mr. Collage was really sly to steal the painting like that."
"Yeah," Cure Diamond agrees, "He almost gave us the slip…"
Milky Rose calmly and cheekily stares with one eye open at Matt Oda and then says, "But thanks to Matt Oda, our Pretty Cure Gentleman , he helped us and saved the day."
Matt heard and became a bit shy. "Aw, gee…" he said timidly, "you're being too kind, ladies." All the Pretty Cures, fairies, and Tint smiled for their gentleman friend.
Sage Cray grins, then says, "As promised for helping me and the case of the Impasto's painting, I'll be glad to guide you, Pretty Cures, where the Wonder Color Brown and the guardian fairy are."
Cure March heard and responded, "Oh… Great…"
"Thanks, Cray…" Cure Lovely says calmly.
Sage Cray notices the two Cures' reaction and becomes curious. "Is something wrong?" the sage asked. "You don't look so thrilling."
"Oh!" Cure Princess hears and speaks, "It's just that… we never expect that the guardian of the Brown Wonder Color is a beautiful fairy woman we have to battle."
"Yeah…," Cure Bloom said with concern. "We mean, we challenged the previous guardians, and they were tough."
Cure Sword then says, "But to go up against a guardian that's not… burly…"
"It's quite unexpected," Cure Moonlight noted and remained calm.
Sage Cray hears the Pretty Cures' comments and says, "Ah, I see your point. But don't her beauty deceive you. She may have a magnificent appearance, but she can pack a punch if anybody battles her. So Pretty Cures, you must be guarded when encountering her at the highest mountain of Brown Mountains."
"Speaking of…" Cure Ace says, "How do we get there?"
Sage Cray calmly smiles. He then stands up and says, "I know a certain fellow that will get you to that fairy woman's domain in no time."
"You do?" Cure Beauty asks. "Who is it?"
"Come, Pretty Cures. I will show you when we get to the trolley station."
The team heard the sage and blinked.
"Trolley station?" Cure Black said in wonder. "He is referring to Stone and Boulder?" Everyone heard Black, and they all turned curious.
A few moments later, the Pretty Cure team and Sage Cray arrived at the trolley station of Cray Point. The heroic team and the sage also spotted Conductor Stone and Engineer Boulder, who were finishing the repairs to the trolley.
"Stone! Boulder!" Sage Cray called.
The two trolley men heard, turned, and spotted the sage and the Pretty Cure team appearing before them. The conductor and the engineer grin.
"Well, if it isn't Cray and the superheroines and super sleuthing Pretty Cures," Conductor Stone said with awe.
"Super sleuthing?" Cure Pine asks.
"Yeah," Boulder says, "you magical warriors made the news of apprehending that art thief and recovered Impasto's painting. Nice work!"
"Your flattery is too kind, Boulder," Luminous said with a little shyness.
"So, what brings you here?" Conductor Stone asks.
Sage Cray approaches the conductor and says, "Well, these lovely warriors and wonderful friends have made a great accomplishment and fulfilled my satisfaction…" The sage then leans closer to Stone and quietly says, "…that I think they are ready for… her." The sage then winks at Stone.
Stone got Sage Cray's wind. "Ahhh… right," Stone said. "I see they have proven your worth. I'll bet she'll be fascinating to have them on her ride."
The Pretty Cure team stares and is curious about what the sage and the conductor are whispering about. Sage Cray and Conductor Stone noticed.
"Cray, I'll take it from here," Conductor Stone said.
"Thanks, Stone," Sage Cray responds. Then, the old and wise sage starts to leave. He then says one more thing before he entirely leaves the station. "You're on your own now. Good luck, Pretty Cures and Mr. Pretty Cure Gentleman." The sage then left the station and headed back to his house.
Conductor Stone then appears in front of the Pretty Cure team. The conductor then says, "So Pretty Cures, I've been told you're going to the mountain that has the fairy woman and the Wonder Color?"
"Yeah, that's right," Milky Rose said. "Do you know how to get there?"
"I don't. But a good friend of mine knows the way." Stone then turns to Engineer Boulder, who is polishing the trolley. "Boulder!" The engineer heard and saw the conductor. "I'm taking these Pretty Cure heroes to… her ."
Boulder flinches calmly and says, "Right… I'll keep the trolley in good condition while you do… that ."
Conductor Stone nodded in response to his pal Boulder. He turns to the Pretty Cure team and commands them to follow him.
Within seconds, the Pretty Cure team and the conductor arrived at the station's main office. They all arrived at the front doors of the office.
"Why are we here?" Cure Beat asks.
Conductor Stone replies, "My good friend I mentioned is here, and she'll be taking you, Pretty Cures, to the mountain where the Wonder Color Brown is located. And trust me, she's very handy to get you heroes to your destination."
Stone then opens the doors, and everyone steps into the office. Once inside, the gang observes, spots security monitors, and tracks maps on the screens and control panels. The office has a few lockers, a small coffee table, and a coat hanger. At the far end of the office are two doors with a digitalized lock handle.
Then the team spotted a worker in jeans overall sleeping, laying their body on a moving chair, and lying their legs on the control panel. A thick cap covers the sleeping worker's head. Next to the person lying on the ground is a white goat with long antlers also sleeping. The goat also has a collar and bell around its neck.
The Pretty Cure team continues to stare at the two sleepyheads, but the conductor becomes irked. Conductor Stone approaches the sleepy worker and knocks on their cap. The sleepy worker wakes up.
"Ughh… Can you give me five more minutes…" said the worker in a tomboyish female voice.
When the female worker looks up with groggy eyes, she sees Conductor Stone staring sternly at her. The female worker noticed and jolted. She then immediately got up from her seat and quickly stood upright.
"C-C-C-Conductor Stone!" the female worker said with shock. "What a great surprise to see you!" She then shifts her eyes towards the sleepy goat. "Isn't that right, Billy?"
Instantly, she kicks the goat to wake him up. The goat feels the pain and immediately awakes. "Hey!" the goat Billy said with irk, "What's the big idea ba-a-a-a-othering my sleep?"
The female worker has a very concerned face, twitching her head and pointing to Stone. The goat looked and saw Stone staring at Billy. The antelope mammal jolted and quickly stood on all four legs.
"Stone!" Billy said with shock. "I was just thinking very hard about security procedures. That's all-baa."
Still with a firm face, Conductor Stone says, "Sleeping on the job again, huh, Coallie and Billy?"
"No, we're not!" Coallie said, trying to cover up her guilt. "Just like Billy, I was thinking about security procedures, too, whenever a disaster happens to you and your trolley service."
"Really? Then why wasn't I informed about the ambush attack that the Blots tried to crush us from their Blot iron horse? Didn't the employee manual say any emergency alerts notified by the security's instruments must be informed to all workers?"
Coallie and Billy made a big jolt in fright and falsely smiled. Conductor Stone sighed in great shame and rubbed his eyes.
"You two are completely useless…" Stone said gruffly.
Coallie sighs again and says, "Sorry, Stone. It's just sitting and watching is nothing but boredom. It's been too long since I last rode that wonderous and thrilling ride."
"She's implying her…, you know…, own trolley," Billy stated.
Conductor Stone heard and said, "Which is why I came to see you about that." Coallie and Billy heard and flinched. The conductor then turns to the Pretty Cure team. "These young people are the heroes of the Spectrum Land, and they need to get the Wonder Color held in the highest mountain in Brown Mountains."
"( Gasp! )… The Pretty Cures!?" Coallie said in great shock. Billy flinched in surprise, too. "And are you saying that they would ride…?"
The conductor didn't say a word, but he responded with a calm nod to Coallie. The female worker then sees the Pretty Cure team observing the scene. Coallie suddenly smiles in excitement.
"YES!" Coallie cheered. "Woo-hoo! Finally, I thought I would never get to ride that wonderful iron horse beauty again. And to top things off, the magical heroes, the Pretty Cures, will ride with me!"
"What a great turn of events- baa," Billy said with joy.
"Take it easy, Coallie," Stone said while being calm. "You're a professional. Escort these heroes of Spectrum Land to safety on that mountain, and I'll promise to double your raise."
"Make it triple," Coallie corrected. "You forgot about my raise last year."
"Oh yeah…Right… Also, I'll throw a bonus in your check if I hear the Pretty Cures have successfully retrieved the Wonder Color when they return."
Coallie and Billy heard, and the duo immediately made a saluted stance to the conductor.
"You can count on us, Sir Stone!" Coallie said with confidence.
" Baa! Me too!" Billy said.
Conductor Stone heard and nodded in understanding. He then turns around and walks towards the Pretty Cure team. He comes to a halt and says to the heroes, "She's all yours. Just make sure you embrace yourself from her thrilling ride." The conductor winks and then walks away, leaving the scene.
The Pretty Cure team made curious faces. "What did he mean by that?" Tint wondered. A few members shrugged.
Coallie and Billy suddenly appeared before the Pretty Cure team, and the team were slightly startled.
"I can't believe you're the Pretty Cures!" Coallie with great joy. "Here! Right before me! OOOO! I'm so excited!"
Cure Diamond becomes startled by Coallie's behavior. She says, "Whoa, easy there, Miss, uh…"
"The name's Coallie, Pretty Cures." She then faces her goat pet. "And this here is Billy."
"Baa! Please to meet you, Pretty Cures," the goat said.
"Please to meet you, Coallie and Billy," Cure Beauty greeted.
"Conductor Stone said you two can help us find the Wonder Color of Brown Mountains?" Cure White asks.
"Indeed," Coallie replies, "and I know how to get there. Follow us." Coallie and Billy lead the way, and the Pretty Cure team follows behind the two.
Then, the Pretty Cure team, Coallie, and Billy arrived at the doors at the back of the security room. Coallie then removes her thick cap and reveals her tied-up red hair. Attached to her hair is a hairpin, which she removed. Coallie places her cap on her again, then inserts her hairpin into the doors' keyhole. Once inserted, she turns the hairpin like a key, and it unlocks the doors.
"A hairpin key?" Cure Lovely pondered.
"What does this creative world think of next?" Cure Princess said rhetorically.
After Coallie unlocks the doors, she opens them. "Right this way, Pretty Cures," she said with a grin.
"Where are we going?" Tint asks.
"You'll see when we get there-baa," Billy replies.
Once everyone entered the doors, the Pretty Cures, Coallie, and Billy entered a huge metallic cage encased within the rocky walls. The Pretty Cure team pondered at the sight. When everyone got inside the cage, Coallie closed the doors behind her.
"What is this?" Cure Pine asks?
"Looks like some sort of cage," Cure Muse said and examined.
"Not exactly, Pretty Cures," Coallie said.
Then, the female worker went to a metal box with a lever. She pulls down the lever, and then the cage starts to move downward, slightly causing a quake before descending. The Pretty Cure team felt the shaking of the cage and the descending.
"Oh, it's an elevator," Cure Sunshine said and realized. Everyone else heard Sunshine and turned a bit surprised.
"Where does this elevator take us?" Cure Blossom asks.
Coallie heard and replied, "Down to a place where my big transporting pal will take you to the Wonder Color."
The Pretty Cure team did not know what Coallie said. Still, they all waited for the anticipation as the elevator kept descending.
After a few minutes of patience, the elevator stopped, and the Pretty Cure team turned alert. The elevator arrived at another set of doors. Coallie then deactivated the elevator's power and then opened the doors. Everyone entered the doors as the magical team became wary of what awaited in the next room.
Once inside the next room, the place is completely dark, but Coallie finds the light switch and turns it on.
Click! Click! Click! Click! Click!
The lights illuminated, brightening the room for everyone to see. When all the lights were lit, the Pretty Cure team looked and spotted something surprising in front of them.
A steam train, half the size of a regular one, appears before the team, with four attached passenger box cars, enough to fit at least six passengers inside them. The train is colored both greenish and red, and it has a steam whistle and a golden bell. The passenger cars are made of sturdy wood and contain cushions for the passengers to sit on and sturdy seat belts. There are also windshields on the passengers' cars, but no protective roofs or hauls surround the top half of the cars.
The Pretty Cure team is awed by the train they are seeing.
"Is that… a train?" Cure Princess asked.
"It looks so… odd…" Cure Aqua noted.
Coallie then says, "Oh! Don't let this oddball iron horse make you query. This beautiful baby will get you Pretty Cures to that mountain, the fairy woman, and that Wonder Color in no time. Why, you'll be there before you can say 'hot-diggity-dog,' Pretty Cures."
"Okay…" Cure Melody said awkwardly, "So what do we need to do?"
"Simple, just hop into one of those box cars and buckle up." Coallie then turns to Matt Oda. "And you, sir, will be with me and Billy in the train's engine room."
"Me?" Matt Oda said with a query, "Why?"'
"Trust me. I have a feeling you're going to enjoy the ride."
Matt Oda didn't understand and shrugged but accepted what Coallie said.
"May I join with Matt Oda as well?" Tint asked as she appeared next to Matt's shoulder.
"Sure," Coallie happily replies.
Before everyone boards the train, Cure Happy asks, "Is there anything else we should do before we get on?"
Billy the goat replies, "Nothing at all, except… be sure to hold tight for a wild ride."
Hearing Billy's response made the Pretty Cure team even more puzzled. But the gang kept moving forward, and the Pretty Cures and their fairies got into a passenger box car. They sat on the cushions and buckled their seat belts.
Coallie, Billy, Matt Oda, and Tint headed into the engine room. But Matt noticed something below him and under his feet before he got on. Matt spotted the metal rails the train was setting on them, but they looked different. While a set of metal rails are bolted to the wood on the ground, another set of rail lines are shaped cylindrical and are used to hold and balance the steam train and the passenger cars.
Matt observed the rails and became curious. "That's strange..." Matt said. "These rails look like..."
"Hey, Matt," Tint called to him, and the gentleman heard her, "What are you doing?"
"It's these rail tracks, Tint. Don't they look like-"
"Hey, Matt!" Coallie called to him, "C'mon! We're not going if you are standing there."
"Uh, right! Coming!" Matt quickly steps into the steam train's engine and controls.
Once everyone was on board and buckled up, Coallie turned some valves and knobs on the train's engine. Billy shoves the coal using his hard head and horns into the train's engine as it is ignited by the stoving flames. When the train generated enough steam, its wheels started to rotate, and the whole train began to move. The train made a jolt as everyone felt the impact.
"Hey," Tarte speaks up, "we're moving."
"We sure are-ropu," Syrup noted.
The train slowly moved along the tracks and deeper into the underground tunnels. The Pretty Cure team turned wary, wondering where the train would lead.
After a few seconds, railroad signal lights came up, flashing their lights and ringing their bells. Then suddenly, giant doors began to open apart as the sunlight shone into the cavern, lighting up the place. Everyone on the train sees the opening high view of Brown Mountains. The train exited the cavern and headed alongside the mountain's walls. Then the train slowly comes to a stop where the tracks end and its bumper stand. And a few yards away from the ending tracks is a small rock hill near a cliff's edge.
The Pretty Cure team turned curious.
"What happened?" Cure Peach asked.
"Why did we stop?" Cure Bloom questions.
"And what happened to the tracks-deshu?" Potpourri wondered.
" Good afternoon, Pretty Cures," a speaker box announced from the passenger cars. " This is Coallie, your engineer speaking. We will be taking off in just a few seconds. This is a friendly procedure and safety warning to inform you to keep your hands, arms, and magical fairies inside the cars at all times as the train moves at a high and exciting speed towards our destination. Thank you very much, and enjoy the ride."
Matt, who was with Coallie in the train's engine room, heard the woman's statement, but he made a surprising face. "Wait," the gentleman said, "why does that sound so familiar?"
Cure Diamond jolts a little in fright, and a few Cures notice Diamond's fearful state. "Wait a minute," Diamond said with fear, "I've heard that saying before."
"You have?" Cure Passion said.
"Where?" Cure Princess asks.
Diamond replies, trembling with little fear, "I've heard that line back in amusement parks. And there's one particular ride that has that line. And that's…"
Before Diamond could answer, Coallie nodded to her goat pal Billy. The goat noticed, then gently shook his head, chiming his bell. It made a soothing and ringing sound as the bell rang.
In the following second, magical rainbow tracks appeared, connecting from the railway and stretching far distance and midair of the mountains. The bumper on the end of the metal railway then drops, clearing the path for the train to take off.
The Pretty Cure team turned, shocked to see the magical rainbow rails appearing before them.
"Look at that!" Cure Dream says with great shock.
"More tracks!" Cure Lemonade stated.
"And they are... floating in midair!?" Cure Sunny said with surprise.
The Suite Pretty Cure team observed the magical rail lines as they discussed with each other.
"Hey, girls," Cure Rhythm speaks to her comrades, "Doesn't it almost look like the magical keyboard pathway we used to get to Major Land?"
"You're right, Rhythm," Cure Beat agrees. "I didn't know they're using the same transportation method as we did."
But Cure Melody questions, "But why did Coallie tell us to hold on tight?"
Cure Muse replies anxiously, "Because we're about to go on a wild ride."
"Huh? What do you mean-nya?" Hummy asks.
As the Pretty Cure team and Tint are curious to know what will happen, Coallie and Billy check the train engine's instruments, ensuring everything's ready.
Coallie says as she observes, "Steam pressures: steady and stable. Heat temperature control: Neutral and good. Gears and bearings: Smooth and turning. The tracks are lit and magically powered so that we can support our trip. Looks like she heard the bell."
"Her?" Tint asks, "Who's her ?"
"You'll know when we get there- baa," Billy replied calmly.
Coallie immediately rings the train's bell, alerting the Pretty Cure girls and their fairies.
" ALL ABOARD!"
Coallie shouted out to warn everyone on the train. Billy heard and gently pushed a lever with his hind legs in the train's engine room. The train then rotates the metal rail wheels, making the train move along the railroad tracks. Coallie pulls a string to sound the train's whistle.
Choo! Choo!
The train keeps moving as it now rides on the magical tracks.
Matt Oda observes the scenario, and then he makes a jolting expression. The gentleman immediately grabs the speaker microphone to warn the Pretty Cure team.
"Pretty Cure!" Matt called out as he alerted the magical heroines. "You better hang on to your frilly skirts and tie up your big hair cuz we're going on a roller coaster ride! And I mean a...
Roller Coaster Ride!"
The Pretty Cure warriors and the fairies in the passenger cars heard Matt from the speaker box. The girls and fairies turned concerned.
"Wait!" Cure Rouge said with surprise, "What did he just say!?"
Cure Peace shockingly says, "Did Matt said...?"
"...A Roller Coaster ride?" Cure Sword finishes the sentence.
Then, with the assistance of the magic power of the rainbow railroad, the train begins to ascend, climbing over the rocky hill. It took a few seconds of climbing as the train was about to reach the peak point. When the locomotive was on top of the hill, everyone looked down to see the drop and rainbow railroad going down in the mid-mountain air. Except for Coallie and Billy, everyone becomes scared.
"Oh, my smocks!" Tint shouted in great fear.
"Wowzers..." Matt said with a stunning face.
Coallie happily cheers, "Here... we... GO!"
The train begins to descend, and...
VRROOOOOOMMM!
The locomotive took a significant plunge at an incredible speed, then rode along the magical rainbow railway heading towards the tallest mountain of Brown Mountains. Everyone except Coallie and Billy screamed at the top of their lungs.
The train kept riding along the magical railroad tracks as it made sudden curve turns along the magical rail lines at an incredible speed. Coallie and Billy controlled the train's engine by observing the dials and instruments. At the same time, the Pretty Cure team held tightly and greatly screamed in fear.
" EEEEYAAAAHHH! " Cure Peach screamed.
"Slow down!" Coco yelled, "SLOW DOWN-COCO!"
"GAH! I'M SCARED!" Cure Rhythm yelled.
"I'm feeling dizzy!" Cure March shouted.
"Aaahhh! I'm going to hurl!" Cure Princess bellowed.
Tarte yells, "Jane! Stop this crazy thing!"
"Who's Jane-ropu!?" Syrup asked and screamed.
The train kept riding fast and traveling along the rainbow railroad as it passed different mountains and went through tunnels and caves of Brown Mountains.
In the train's engine room, Tint and Matt held tightly onto a bar to keep their balance as the train ran at a high speed. Tint feels timid about the wild train ride, but Matt…
"Woo-hoo!"
The Pretty Cure Gentleman cheered joyfully, and Tint was surprised to see Matt's thrilling condition. Coallie and Billy also noticed Matt's reaction.
"You're enjoying this, Oda!?" Tint asked with stun.
"Are you kidding?" Matt said rhetorically with a grin, "This does feel like a roller coaster ride. And I love roller coaster rides!"
"Seriously?"
"Oh!" Coallie said with great amusement, "Having fun, huh? If that's the case, do you feel giving my ol' iron horsey a good tootin?"
Matt heard and turned amazed. He spots the string that will sound off the train's whistle. He turns back to Coallie and says, "May I?" Coallie happily nods in response. Then immediately pulls the string, and then…
CHOO! CHOOOOOOO!
Matt happily grins after sounding the whistle.
"Did you like it?" Billy cheerfully asks.
"Like it?" Matt rhetorically said with a big grin again. "I wanted to do that in my entire life!"
"I figured he'd say that," Tint said with little concern.
The train kept riding up and down and all around on the rainbow tracks and continued towards its destination. After ten minutes of the crazy train ride, the gang finally arrived at the tallest and most prominent mountain of Brown Mountains. There is a plateau standing out next to the tallest mountain, and on it are metal railroad tracks and a stopping station. As the train approaches the mountain's platform, the rainbow railroad tracks start to end and attach to the metal railroad tracks leading into the station.
"There it is!" Coallie shouted as she saw their stop.
"That mountain is where you'll find the Wonder Color of Brown Mountains- Baa," Billy noted.
Matt and Tint looked out from the train's engine room and saw the mountain before them.
"So that's the mountain, huh?" Tint asked and observed.
"Wowzers," Matt said with surprise, "that mountain is very tall."
Coallie then grabs a speaker mic to inform the Pretty Cures. " Attention, Passengers!" Coallie speaks, " We are arriving at Crystal Mountain in a few seconds. Please keep your hands, arms, and fairies in the cars until the train comes to a full, complete stop."
"Well! It's about time!" Cure Passion yelled.
"Crystal Mountain…?" Tint and Matt questioned in unison.
The locomotive gets closer to the mountain's edge, and then Coallie turns dials and pulls levers. "Billy! Brakes!" Coallie demanded.
The goat heard and used his hind legs to kick a level on the floor of the engine room. The steam train's metal wheels suddenly stop to slow down the train.
As the train slows, the locomotive is transported from the rainbow railroad tracks to the metal ones bolted to the mountain's ground. The impact of the train contacting the mountain's ground and the metal rails made everyone on the train jolt for a quick moment. The train then slowly stops and arrives at a small station. When the train made a complete stop, extensive heat burst out from the steam engine.
Coallie then turns off the train's operating instruments and says, "Here we are, Pretty Cures! Welcome to Crystal Mountain. Please watch your step, gather your fairies, and thanks for riding with me, Billy, and my exciting train."
As the Pretty Cure team exits Coallie "exciting" train, the magical warriors and their fairies feel dizzy and horrified after their crazy ride. Matt and Tint joined the Pretty Cures and noticed the girls' conditions.
"Woo, ladies… You okay?" Matt said with little concern.
"We're fine…," Cure Aqua, "but we're just dazed, completely."
"Oh man!" Cure Melody complained as she kneeled on the ground, "My head is still spinning after all that."
"I think my heart just stopped," Cure Fortune said in great fright as her eyes widened.
"For a moment, I saw my life flashed before my eyes," Cure Beat said with a trembling and frightful face.
As Cure Blossom catches her breath, she sees Cure Marine kissing the mountain ground. "Uh, Marine!?" Blossom said with shock, "What are you doing?"
"Sweet ground," Marine said with great relief, "Sweet, SWEET, beautiful ground!"
Blossom turned embarrassed. "Marine…"
Matt witnessed the Pretty Cures' state, and the gentleman turned a bit concerned. "Gee, I guess you ladies never rode or used to roller coaster rides, huh?" he said.
"Speak to yourself," Cure Ace said while huffing and puffing for air. "We saw, and you look like you've been on a thrilling ride before."
"Yeah," Cure Muse agrees, "at least a dozen times."
Matt Oda admits himself and replies, "No doubt. When I was a boy, I've been on many roller coaster rides. And this crazy train ride felt like the one I rode many times at my country's most magical and happiest theme park." Matt then makes a concerned thought. "I forgot what that ride was called… ' Something Mountain.' Buut... I can understand how you young ladies feel. If it helps, I can offer you something nice after we retrieve the Wonder Color Brown."
"Oh, Matthew…" Cure White said with a little concerning smile, "Like we stated, you're a gentleman with such a unique charm."
"A Pretty Cure gentleman with such a unique and sweet charm," Cure Mint said and sweetly smiled.
As the other Pretty Cure warriors giggled and grinned at Matt, the gentleman shyly smiled at the female warriors' generous feelings for Matt.
Coallie and Billy appeared before the Pretty Cure team, and the female engineer said, "Not to interrupt your friendly moment, but you Pretty Cures are looking for the Wonder Color Brown, correct?"
"Yes," Cure Rosetta replies with a calm grin, "do you know where it is?"
"Certainly." Coallie then turns around and points towards an opening cave, heading deeper into the mountain. "Head into that cave in there and start working your way up to the peak of Crystal Mountain. You'll find the fairy guardian that'll be waiting for you."
"Thanks, Coallie," Muse replied with a calm grin, "We'll be back with the Wonder Color Brown."
"We'll be waiting here until you come baaaack with the Wonder Color," Billy stated.
With that, the Pretty Cure acknowledged the two engineers and then headed into the cave.
But then Tint makes a thought and turns back to the two engineers. "By the way, why is this place called Crystal Mountain?" she asked.
Billy replies, "You'll know when you head inside."
"You two like to keep us in the dark."
"Hey, we can't reveal everything to you, Pretty Cures. Our job contract says it's baaad for us."
"Oh! That reminds me, Pretty Cures," Coallie speaks and grabs the heroic team's attention. "I need to tell you this, or Conductor Stone will penalize my wage. As you progress further into the mountain, take note of one important thing. Don't always believe what you see at first. Trust yourself and believe in the true beauty within."
After hearing Coallie's advice, the Pretty Cure team turned confused. "Wh-What do you mean by that?" Cure Sunshine asked.
"You'll know when you get there."
"Figures…" Tint noted in disgust.
The heroes are still confused by Coallie's comments. Still, the Pretty Cure team pressed onward and enters the cave, heading inside Crystal Mountain.
The Pretty Cure team continues walking down the cave as time passes. It wasn't long until the cave started to get dark, and the Pretty Cure Gentleman Matt Oda brought out his flashlight again to light the way. The team became wary as they continued down the cave.
"It's really nice we have Matt, who's prepared for everything," Cure Berry commented.
"Yeah, no doubt about it," Cure March agrees. "I'd be freaking out if this cave is pitch black and dark."
Matt overhears the two girls and says, "Well, like I say, preparation is the key to success."
Afterward, Matt shone his flashlight up ahead and spotted something from afar. A small and faint glow appeared at the far end of the dark cave's tunnel.
"Hey, what's that?" Matt asks.
Everyone heard the gentleman and looked up to see where Matt's flashlight was shining. There, they all see the faint glow from their distance.
"It appears to be light," Cure Lemonade noted.
"Let's check it out," Cure White said.
The Pretty Cure team headed towards the glowing light. Once the heroes arrived where the source of the radiant light was, the gang gasped in great astonishment.
Numerous crystals hanging on the mountain's walls in many colors appear before the Pretty Cure team. They all shine in the most sparkling and dazzling appearance, like pure, clean glass.
"Whoa!" Cure Lovely said with amazement, "Look at all those crystals."
"There are so many of them," Cure Dream said with a big smile.
"It's like we just walked right into a jewelry store-coco," Coco stated as he observed the crystals.
"Wowzers," Matt said with great awe, "I know there are rumors of crystals residing in caves and mountains back in our world, but this takes the cake. Well, considering the fact we're in another world."
"I'll bet this is why Coallie calls it Crystal Mountain," Cure Princess noted.
As the Pretty Cure team observed every color crystal in their sight, Shiny Luminous spotted a path leading up toward the top of the mountain.
"Hey," Luminous called to the gang, "I think this path leads to the top of this mountain. If we keep climbing, we might be able to find to find the Wonder Color."
"She's probably right," Milky Rose agrees. "C'mon team. Let's move."
And the Pretty Cure proceeded by climbing up the path along the mountain walls.
Meanwhile, at the train station, Coallie and Billy are refueling and preparing their steam train if the Pretty Cure team recovers and returns with the Wonder Color Brown.
Billy the goat thinks and says, "Do you think the Pretty Cures will be alright? I've got a baaaaaad feeling about that fairy woman. She probably noticed their presence and has her usual sneaky tactic up her sleeve."
"Do not fret, Billy," Coallie replies calmly as she oils the trains' wheels. "I gave that warning to them. They just need to pass her deceptive test to prove themselves. And I can tell those Pretty Cures are not heroes to be tampered with."
"I hope you're right."
Back inside the mountain, the Pretty Cure team continues to climb up the path. Along the way up, a few Cures spotted crystallized walls on the mountain's side. The crystal walls are so shiny they can see reflections of themselves.
"Wow," Melody said with awe, "so dazzling."
"It's almost like looking into a mirror," White said as she saw the crystal walls and her reflection.
Tint sees the crystal walls but says, "I know they are shiny and nice, but remember Pretty Cures, we must get Wonder Color Brown to save Spectrum Land. So, don't get distracted."
"Yeah, we know," Rhythm replied and heard, "Don't fret yourself too much."
The Pretty Cure team kept climbing, focusing on reaching the top of the mountain. But as the team proceeds, something within the crystals observes the Pretty Cure team.
After a few minutes passed, a few Pretty Cure warriors and fairies started to feel weary after climbing up the mountain.
"Hey, gang," Syrup speaks up, breathing heavily, "can we take five-ropu?"
The rest of the gang noticed their weary teammates. "Everything okay, you guys?" Rosetta asks.
Syrup continues to breathe but replies, "Sorry, but climbing up mountains consumes much more energy than flying-ropu."
"Same here," Tarte says as he huffs and puffs in exhaustion. Chiffon floats next to Tarte and gently pats Tarte's back.
Pine takes big breaths and says, "Just... give me a minute... and I'll be okay..."
As the Pretty Cure team waits for their companions to regain energy, a crystal wall behind Shiny Luminous and Lemonade shows their reflection. While the two are focusing on their tired friends...
Whoosh!
Matt Oda blinked and flinched a little when he saw something zoomed within the crystal wall and went behind Luminous and Lemonade's reflection. The Pretty Cure Gentleman quickly shakes his head and then looks again at the crystal wall. There was nothing else except for the reflection of the two Cures. Matt became confused.
Moonlight noticed Matt's condition. "Matt, what's wrong?" Moonlight asked.
Heard the Moon Flower Pretty Cure and replied, "I thought I saw something fly fast in that crystal wall."
Moonlight heard and took a good look at where Matt was looking. But all she sees is the reflection of Luminous and Lemonade. "I don't see anything, Matt."
Matt remains confused. "Maybe the shine on the crystal made me see things…"
The weary Cures and fairies then recovered stamina.
"O-kay, gang," Tarte speaks, standing on his paws, "I'm good."
"Me too…" Pine says with a grin, "Let's move."
The Pretty Cure team continued climbing up towards the peak of the mountain.
After a few seconds of climbing, Lemonade flicks Rouge on the cheek. The Cure of Effervescence keeps teasing Rouge until the Cure of Passion has enough and faces Lemonade.
"Hey!" Rouge said with irk, "What are you doing?"
"Nothing," Lemonade said with a grin, "I just like to tease you."
"Lemonade, this is no time to be teasing. We need to get that Wonder Color. So focus."
"Alright…"
Lemonade and Rouge then continued with the others, but a few seconds later, Lemonade started to flick Rouge again. Rouge then becomes irked once again.
"Lemonade!" Rouge shouted.
"What!?" Lemonade said in a sarcastic tone.
"Stop doing that!"
Then, the other team members heard and noticed Rouge and Lemonade's scenario.
"What's going on?" Black asks.
But then a small pinch occurred on Black's cheek, and she quickly shouted in pain. Black turned to see who was responsible for the pinch, and Shiny Luminous grinned at her.
"Luminous!?" Black says in surprise. "Why did you do that?"
"Because I want to," Luminous says with a calm grin.
Black flinched in surprise to hear Luminous's response. "Luminous…? I would never expect you to have a teasing mood like that."
Luminous then starts to pinch Black again, only on her left arm this time.
"Ouch!" Black shouted, "Luminous, stop that."
White overhears Black's scream and turns to her best friend. "Black, what's wrong?" White asks.
"Luminous keeps pinching me," Black said with minor pain.
White hears but becomes completely confused. "What? Why would you hurt Black like that, Luminous?"
"I would never, White." White heard and turned around. There, she sees Luminous with a concerned expression on her face. Luminous says with concern, "What made you believe I would hurt an innocent soul? I would never do something harmful to my wonderful friends." White becomes even more confused.
The other team members observed the scene, not understanding the big dilemma.
"Uh…, What's going on?" Peach questions as she scratches her head.
But then, someone is poking Peach on her right cheek. Peach turned to the person who was responsible, and it was Pine.
"Pine!? What are you doing?" Peach asked in shock.
"Poking your cute face," Pine teased and smiled for Peach. "Why?"
Peach becomes very confused about her comrade's teasing. "Pine? Why in the world would you be picking on me like that. Y'know that's rude."
"But I'm not being rude."
Peach heard Pine's response, but it wasn't from Pine appearing before Peach. In fact, Pine's response came from behind Peach. The pink clover Pretty Cure turned around and saw Pine in Peach's sight. Pine, with a concerned face, stares at Peach.
When Peach sees Pine after turning around, Peach widens her eyes and turns around again. When Peach turned back, Pine appeared before her eyes, smirking and waving at Peach. She continuously did double takes, twisting and turning her head. Then Peach immediately steps back for a better view, and then she becomes completely stunned by what she sees…
Two Cure Pines are in Peach's sight.
"What the…!?" Peach shouted. "There's two of you!?"
When the two Cure Pines heard, they both turned to each other and stared for a second. Then, both flinched in shock.
"Huh!?" the first Pine screamed, "You're me!?"
"And you're me!?" the second Pine said in great shock.
Everybody else heard the commotion and turned to the situation. Once they all did, the whole Pretty Cure team turned surprised.
"Am I seeing things, or there are two Pines!?" March said in great shock.
"There are two Pines!" March said again.
…but then March noticed someone else stated that with the same voice. She then turned to see herself. The other March also did. After both seeing each other, both Marchs gasped in fright.
"What the!? Another me!?" Both Marchs said at the same time.
Everybody else notices the two Marchs, and the team becomes shockingly bewildered.
Glassan then says, "Do I have double vision, or there are two of the same Cures standing before us-daze!?"
"You're not hallucinating-daze."
Glassan heard her voice, and when she turned to the source, she saw a double of herself. The first Glassan flinched.
Then, it wasn't long until, out of the blue, every team member had their own double appearing before them.
"Okay, you copycat!" Sword said with irk, "Who are you!?"
"I'm Sword!" the second Sword replied with irk, too, "You're the copycat!"
Chypre and Potpourri see the two Coffret, both staring with a stern mood at each other. "Which is the real Coffret-deshu?" Potpourri said with fright.
Both Cofffrets said in unison, "I am! Don't listen to him. He's a fake-desu! No, you are! I'm the real Coffret. Stop copying me-desu! Antidisestablishmentarianism! Really-desu!? DAH!"
Black sees two Cure Whites appearing before lacrosse player Cure. The two Whites try to convince Black that one of them is the real White.
"Black!" White shouts to her best friend, "You have to trust me! I'm the real White!"
"Don't listen to her!" the second White speaks up. "She's the phony! I'm the real one!"
"Aw, man! I don't believe this," Black said with anxiety. "This is like Poisony all over again. Luminous! Help me out here!"
But when Black turned to her Lightful comrade, the lacrosse warrior became shocked to see two Luminous appearing before her. Both Luminous turned confused and faced each other, and both became surprised.
"What the!?" Luminous says with shock, "Who are you?"
"I can ask you the same thing," the second Luminous said with shock, too.
Black panicked at the sight of double Cure White and Shiny Luminous. Black took a thought to come up with an idea.
"I've got it!" Black calls to the pairs of White and Luminous. "What's the deepest secret I've written in my Pretty Cure Diary?"
"Easy," one of the Cure White's responded immediately,
"Your socks tend to get stinky. / You get smelly socks sometimes."
Both Whites made their statements simultaneously and turned to each other with great shock. Black makes a big facial surprise when the doppelganger somehow knows one of Black's secrets.
"How in the world did you know that!?" White said with gall and shock. "You couldn't possibly know that for an imitator."
"Of course, I've known that!" the other White replied with irk. "You could've read my mind quickly and easily know that."
The two Luminouses witnessed the issue of both Whites and turned to Black. "Black, what do we do?" The two Luminouses said at the same time. "Which is the real one?"
Black begins to panic and scratches her head fast and roughly. "ARRGHH! I REALLY don't believe this! This is way worse than Poisony!"
In another scenario, Blossom turns frightened to see two Marines staring aggressively at each other.
"Don't tell your Mirage Marine again!?" the first Marine said firmly.
"What are you talking about!?" the second Marine shouted back. "If it's Mirage Marine, then it's you to talk about."
The first Marine turned frustrated after the second Marine's insult. "You may be a copy, but you can't fully copy the real me."
"We'll see about that!" the other Marine yelled in return.
At the same time, both Marines then said…,
"Marine Shoot!"
The two Marines launched their attacks on each other. Both attacks collided and canceled each other. Both Marines gasped in shock.
"How can you copy my attack!?" the second Marine shouted. "There's no way you imitate my attack!"
"I should ask you the same thing!" the first Marine yelled in return.
As both Marines stared aggressively again at each other, Blossom panicked. "What do we do!?" Blossom said with concern.
"I don't know…" said a similar voice of Blossom.
Then Blossom turns to the side and sees a copy of herself, and vice versa. Both Blossoms turned shocked.
"Eh!?" The first Blossom shouted in fear, "Not me, too!"
"Same here!" the second Blossom screamed.
Cures Lovely, Honey, and Fortune are wary to see two Cure Princesses appearing before them. Both Princesses stared firmly at each other.
The first Princess then says aloud, "There's only one Princess slash Hime in this group, and that's me! For I am Himelda Window Cure Queen of the Blue Sky. My copy can't easily repeat that name and fast."
"Himelda Window Cure Queen of the Blue Sky!" the second Princess said. "I know my full name very well."
The first Princess turned shocked about the second Princess's statement, and the other Happiness Charge Pretty Cures were concerned about the situation.
"How are we going to solve this?" Honey said with a worried expression.
Then, Fortune came up with an idea. "Princess!" she shouted, "Change your appearance! Turn into one of your outfits!"
One of the Princess heard Fortune, and Princess made a grin. "Right!" she said. She then brings out her PreChanMirror and immediately says, "Pretty Cure! Kururin Mirror Change!" In the next second…
"Sherbet Ballet!"
The first Princess turned into a ballet dancer and made a dazzling pose.
"See?" the first Princess said, "I can change my looks, unlike you, copycat."
But the second Princess makes a grump and replies, "Speak for yourself. Watch!" Then the second Princess immediately says, "Pretty Cure! Kururin Mirror Change!
Sherbet Ballet!"
Shockingly, the second Princess also turned into her ballet dancer form.
The other Princess and Happiness Charge Cures immensely turned surprised.
"No way!" the first Princess shouted. "That's cheating!"
"No! You're cheating!" the second Princess shouted back.
"Oh man!" Lovely panicked. "This is bad!"
Soon, every Pretty Cure warrior, including their fairies, Matt, and Tint, have their own copies appearing before them. Everyone panicked, trying to figure out who's real and who's the imitator.
"We can't go on like this!" Berry declared in a firm tone.
"Not with our copies surrounding us," another Berry noted.
"Don't take my lines!"
"I'm the real Melody!" Both Melodys said at the same time.
"I'm the real Rhythm!" Both Rhythms said at the same time, too.
"You both harmonized-nya," both Hummys said in unison.
"Really, Hummy?" Both Muse said in unison and in grief.
"This is getting ridiculous!" Diamond stated with a disgusted tone.
"You said it!" another Diamond agrees with the first one.
"I don't need your agreement, you mimic."
Every Pretty Cure warrior and fairy panicked more about this double-trouble dilemma.
Matt Oda and Tint are facing their doppelganger problems as they try to figure out who's the real one and who's the fraud.
"Matt Oda!" Tint yelled at him, "You have to believe me! I'm the only Tint in this group who's the real deal."
"She's lying!" The other Tint shouted. "This Tint next to me is the fraud! Trust me!"
The Pretty Cure Gentleman hesitates to respond to the two Tints, then turns to his copy before him. His copy also did the same thing.
"There's only one true-blue Matthew Oda here," Matt Oda stated. "And that's me."
"Impossible!" the other Matt Oda said in revolt. "I, Matt Oda, know what true loyalty is to the Pretty Cure Team, and I know for sure. A gentleman's honest word. If it had to be someone imposing me and lying, then it's you."
The first Matt Oda turned a bit irked and said, "Hey! Look here, now…!"
At the same time, he still has his flashlight in his hand, and he flicks and shines it on the other Matt Oda. And when he did…
SHEEN!
The other Matt covered his eyes from the flashlight's bright light. But Matt Oda, holding his flashlight, blinked in discovery:
The other Matt Oda's whole body gleamed and shimmered from the light.
When the Matt Oda, holding his flashlight, moved its light away from his copy, the doppelganger shook his head, regained consciousness, and looked back at the first Matt Oda.
"Hey!" the other Matt Oda shouted, "Watch where you are pointing that thing. That's bright!"
The first Matt Oda didn't say or respond, but he observed and took thought. He once again shines his flashlight on his copy, and the duplicate covers his eyes again from the flashlight. And again, the copy's body glimmered and sparkled.
"Hey!" the glowing copy said with annoyance, "I said stop that."
After witnessing this finding, Matt Oda turns to the floating two Tints, who are staring at Matt Oda with curiosity. "What is it, Matt?" one of the Tints said. Matt didn't respond, but…
SHEEN!
Matt shines his flashlight on the two Tints. One of the Tints just covered their eyes from the bright light, but the other covered her whole body as her body sparkled and shined by the light.
"Hey, now!" the Tint covered with a shining body, "Watch where you are shining that thing!"
Matt noticed and took note of the shiny Tint. He wondered why his copy and Tint's shone and gleamed like that. Then Matt notices a small group of crystals on the rocky ground. He observes and makes curious thoughts. After a few seconds of thinking, Matt shines his flashlight onto the crystals. After he did, he made a firm confidence to see the crystals shine and sparkle from the flashlight's beam. It was at that moment it hit Matt.
"Hot dog!" Matt shouts in realization, grabbing everyone's attention, "That's it. Our copies are made from crystals. And they can't resist bright light. So…" Immediately, Matt shines on his copy and the copy Tint, both shining and sparkling. "Quick, Pretty Cure! Now's your chance!"
"Right, Matt Oda," Beat said. She then brings out her Love Guitar Rod summons her attack. "Heartful Beat Rock!" Beat then launches her attack onto the copy and shining Matt Oda and Tint, and it captures them. "Finale!" Beat's attack finally explodes as the copy Matt Oda and Tint feel the pain. Their bodies then entirely made many cracks, and then they shattered into crystal shards.
After witnessing the event, the Pretty Cure team has a valuable tactic to defeat the doppelgangers.
"Alright!" Cure Dream cheered.
"Hurry, Matt!" Moonlight called to him. "Shine your flashlight on the copies. And we can get rid of them."
"You got it!" Matt heard.
Instantly, the Pretty Cure Gentleman uses his flashlight and shines on the Pretty Cure team. While the real ones covered their eyes from the light, the copies covered their bodies as they sparkled from the light's beam.
"Get them!" Tarte cheered.
"Puri-pu!" Chiffon cheered, too.
The Pretty Cure team heard and summoned their magical attacks.
"Lovely Beam!"
"Rouge Strike!"
"Miracle Heart Arpeggio!"
In no time, many of the copies are beaten by the Pretty Cures' attack and shattered into crystal shards. Some of the Pretty Cure team members cheered, but…
"Heads up!" Milky Rose called out to the team.
When the team heard and looked up, every member jolted in fear to see more copies appearing from the crystals within the mountain walls. And it's not just only one copy of each Pretty Cure member. Appearing are three copies of Rhythm, seven copies of Berry, ten of Bloom, and so forth.
"Aw, man!" Sunny shouted in shock, "They're multiplying!"
Suddenly, the copies started to attack the Pretty Cure team using the same attacks from the originals. The Pretty Cure team fought back, too.
"Matthew!" March shouted, "Could use help here!"
"Hang on!" Matt shouted back.
The Pretty Cure Gentleman uses his flashlight to shine on the copies, revealing their shiny and glowing bodies. The Pretty Cure warriors fought back and shattered the copies into tiny crystal shards. The copies kept pressing forward and fought back, too.
But suddenly, Matt's flashlight starts to flicker. Matt notices and becomes surprised. It was then his flashlight went utterly out.
"Oh no!" Matt said with fear. "The battery went dead!" Hearing Matt's negative statement caused the Pretty Cure to flinch in fright.
But the copies overheard and started to attack by mimicking the Pretty Cure team's attacks. The magical heroic team quickly reacted and avoided the copys' attacks.
"What are we going to do!?" Peach said with concern.
"Without a bright light source, we'll never tell which copy we need to destroy," March noted as she avoided the copys' attacks.
At the same time, Sunshine, the Cure of Sunflowers, avoids the incoming assaults from the copies as she overhears the situation. She then looks around the area. Sunshine spotted a giant crystal-like stalactite hanging on the cave's ceiling walls. Sunshine then gets an idea.
"I've got it!" Sunshine speaks out loud. The Sunflower Cure brings out her Shiny Tambourine.
"What are you doing?" Bloom asks.
"Like Matt says, trust me!"
Sunshine then aims at the stalactite crystals and commands…,
"Sunshine Dynamite!"
Immediately, A bright and glowing beam shoots out from her tambourine and launches to the stalactite crystals. When the beam impacted the crystals, they instantly glowed in the brightest light in the area, making almost everyone in the cave cover their eyes.
But the bright light revealed the copies as their bodies shined and sparkled like diamonds. The Pretty Cure team noticed this phenomenon.
"Great work, Sunshine!" Blossom cheered.
"Quick! Attack!" Passion commanded.
The heroic team quickly counterattacked the copies.
In no time, the Pretty Cure team annihilated every single copy in their sight. After destroying the last copy, all that remained from the battle were the shattered crystals on the ground. The team breathed hard after they successfully won the battle.
" Phew! That's the last of them," Rouge noted and wipes off a sweat.
"Wow, was that crazy," Ace said wearily.
Natts rubs his head and says in fatigue, "I don't know why, but I'm feeling dizzy after seeing all duplicates-natsu. It almost felt like I had hallucination-natsu."
"You said it-ropu," Syrup agrees as he rubs his head too.
"Well," Bloom says wearily, "glad that's over. It was like foolishly talking to my reflection. That felt like I was going crazy."
"Tell me about it," Milky Rose agrees as she pants.
Tint noticed something among the shattered crystals as the team caught their breath. From Tint's perspective, it looked like a tiny body with a skirt dress and crystal-like wings on its back, lying on the ground, faceplanted.
"What's that?" Tint asks, seeing the small body. Her question got the rest of the Pretty Cure team curious, and looked where Tint sees the small body.
Then, the small body stands on its knees and turns to the Pretty Cure team. Revealing to the magical and heroic team is the head of a childish girl with shiny and short blonde hair. She makes a sorrowful expression on her face.
"What the…" Fortune says with a bit of a shock.
"Where did you come from, little one?" Berry asks.
The little girl with wings cries and says, " Mmm! You big jerks are so mean!" The Pretty Cure team then turned quizzical. "You had to ruin our fun when we pretended to be you."
"Pretending to be us?" Beat asks as she raises an eyebrow.
"Wait…," March speaks, "You mean, you're the one that's copying ourselves and our attacks?"
"How rude!" Ribbon yelled. "Don't you puny pixie know that imitating or impersonating someone is a crime-desu wa?"
"Who are you calling pixie!?"
Suddenly, another girlish voice shouted, and it alerted the Pretty Cures and turned to the source. Within seconds, more little girls with crystal wings appeared and floated around the heroic team. The Pretty Cure team became a bit more wary.
"FYI, we're crystal sprites," said a sprite with shiny brown ponytail hair. "Not pixies or fairies."
"Isn't pixies and fairies like us kind of the same thing-coco?" Coco asks.
A jade color hair sprite suddenly appeared in front of Syrup's face and pouts. " Ooo! Now you're being rude!" she said. "How dare you compare us to such insignificant and feeble creatures like you!"
"HAAAH!?" Milky Rose angrily shouted at the jade color hair sprite, "What did you say to my dear Coco-sama!?"
"I'm saying we're sprites who look more appealing and pretty than your fluffy and cuddly creatures."
"Not to mention we have more pizzazz and beauty than all of you," said a sprite with long red and glamorous hair.
"Yeesh, talk about snotty," Melody noted with disgust.
"More like egotistical," Rhythm says to her friend.
Tarte tilts near Chypre and Coffret and says, "When you compare these sprites and Matt Oda which one is more self-respect, it's undeniable." Chypre and Coffret agree with Tarte.
"Hey! We heard that!" shouted a crystal sprite, alerting the three fairies.
"Enough bickering," Tint interrupts. "Tell me why you sprites imitated and attacked us like that?"
"What do you think, little butterfly?" said a sprite with azure hair. "We all knew you, Pretty Cures, would be arriving here, so we performed a test on you. Or, in our case, a silly prank on you guys." The sprites giggled in mockery, agreeing with what the azure hair sprite said.
"Typical," White says, "just like the other trials we faced."
Aqua then thinks and says, "But how was it possible you could mimic all of us as well? You all managed to copy our appearance, attacks, and behaviors like a mirror image. How did you sprites do that?"
"Allow me to explain," said a bespectacled sprite with pink hair that looked bigger than the others. She appeared before the Pretty Cure team. She straightens her glasses and says, "I'm Dazzle, the leader of all sprites, and what you say is sort of true.
We sprites are formed from these magical crystals in this mountain. They're all created by our master. And these crystals reveal a clean reflection whenever something appears before them. Like a mirror, you say.
But you see, these crystals here contain a magical power. Not only do these crystals show your reflection, but they also reflect your personalities, skills, and magical spells whenever your reflection appears in these crystals. And since we live in these crystals, we can take your reflection as you say… making a duplication and becoming like you. And once that happens, we can imitate you perfectly, like Pretty Cures, just like we know your secrets and magical powers."
"Pretty Cool, huh?" said a sprite with a cheeky attitude.
Lovely whispers to herself, " Ugh…, this reminds me of Phantom when he took my shadow…"
"I still think that wasn't nice," Egret said.
"You said it!" Marine said with a pout.
Matt heard and realized something. "So that's what I saw," he said, grabbing everyone's attention. "A moment ago, when Pine and the others needed a rest, I saw Luminous and Lemonade's reflection on a crystal wall. But then, in the next second, I saw something flying into their reflection, but it was so fast that I couldn't figure out what it was. …Until now."
Dazzle heard the Pretty Cure gentleman and approached him. Matt Oda noticed Dazzle.
Dazzle says with irk, "And you, Mr. Gentleman, ruined our moment when your flashlight shined at us. Don't you know how sensitive we are to bright light. It hurts our eyes."
"Right," Blossom noted, "Like a mirror, whenever a beam of light shines on crystal, it makes a reflective and bright gleam. That's why all of you as our copies glowed from bright lights like Matt's flashlight and Sunshine's Dynamite. That gave yourself away."
"Yes, and I was not expecting that, giving the Pretty Cures an advantage like that."
Matt remained and replied, "Hey, let me be frank. I didn't mean to cause such harm, but with you copying and causing mischief on us, it would be a fair share to expose your weakness. After all, you guys started this mess in the first place, and we just passed your test, …or prank, the moment we set foot in here." Dazzle heard and kept staring at Matt. "As a gentleman, I'm just stating the facts."
After Dazzle hears Matt's statement, she makes a calm face and says, " Meh, well said."
Sword says, "So you probably know why we are here."
"Right, you heroes of Spectrum Land are looking for the Wonder Color Brown, correct?" A few members of the team responded with a nod. "Well, we don't have it. But our master does. She's been expecting you 'heroes' to be here and eager to challenge you. But as the guardian of the Wonder Color, she has to ensure you're worthy enough to satisfy her conditions. And, with a little help from your 'gentleman' friend, you've passed our master's test."
The Pretty Cure team made a grin to hear the good news.
"So, where is this master of yours since she has the Wonder Color?" Peace asks.
"Hold your horses, Blonde…"
Then Dazzle snaps her fingers. The shattered crystals then started moving and floating to the climbing walkway's edge. When all the crystal pieces were together, they glowed and formed a giant and floating crystal platform. The Pretty Cure team became awed.
"Hop on," Dazzle speaks. "We'll take you to our master. She's waiting for you."
And the Pretty Cure team did as every member stepped onto the floating crystal platform one by one. The crystal sprites floated next to the Pretty Cure team.
Dazzle boarded and floated onto the platform last. "Hold on tight," she said. She then snaps her fingers again.
Suddenly, the platform started to jolt at first, then moved upward, heading to the top of the mountain. The Pretty Cures held tightly and kept their balance from the hovering platform. The team looked up to see an opening as they reached the mountain's top.
In the next second, the crystal platform reached the top of the mountain and suddenly stopped like an elevator. The heroic team felt the jolt of the platform. After regaining their balance, everyone looked to see where they were. The Pretty Cure team then turned awed again at what they saw.
Appearing before the Pretty Cure team is a flourishing scenery of grass, flowers, and little ponds everywhere. Butterflies and little birds were hanging around the whole field as well.
The team observed the scenery.
"Wow," Princess says with amazement, "I can't believe there's a pretty field on this mountain."
"Ah!" Blossom said and smiled, "Look at all these beautiful flowers."
"Still like talking to flowers, huh?" Marine notes as she observes Blossom.
Beauty then says, "So, where's your master? You said she has the Wonder Color Brown?"
"Ah, right," Dazzle heard and replied, "This way, Pretty Cures."
Dazzle, the leader of the crystal sprites, leads the way as the Pretty Cure team follows her.
After following Dazzle, the sprite stops, and the Pretty Cures did, too. Dazzle turns to the Pretty Cures as the bespeckled sprite grins at the heroes. The team turned curious.
"Pretty Cures," Dazzle speaks, "This our master, Flora ." Dazzle presents her master to the Pretty Cures by showing them. But when the team looked, they all turned confused.
All the magical heroes see in their view is a tree with colorful flowers standing on a small green hill surrounded by a crystal-clear pond.
"Your master… is a tree?" Peach said with confusion.
"Okay…," Lovely says awkwardly, "I didn't expect this."
Tint says with little disappointment, "We came all this way just to meet a tree? I'm a bit disgusted."
"I totally agree," Black said. "I thought we would surely encounter the guardian of this mountain and the Wonder Color."
"Right," Sword agrees, "We don't have time to admire some bland and unappealing tree. We have a mission to save Spectrum Land."
"WHO YOU CALLING BLAND AND UNAPPEALING!?"
A loud and feminine voice spoke out, alerting the Pretty Cure team. Every member looked around to see who made that scream.
"Uh, Dazzle?" Pine says, "Did you make that scream to us?"
"I hate to burst your bubble, but it's not me," Dazzle replied with a haughty tone.
"Then who said that?" March wondered.
"I Did!"
Everyone heard the same voice again and then turned to the tree before them. Suddenly, the tree started to glow into a rainbow aurora light. The Pretty Cures covered their eyes from the light. Then, the tree started to change its shape. Its branches got thinner, the trunk became curvier, and the flowers turned into hair waves. After the tree transformed, it stopped glowing from its aurora light. They uncovered their eyes from the light and looked. And the heroic team couldn't believe what they saw in their eyes.
Appearing before the Pretty Cure team is a young woman in a long dress with a curvaceous and alluring body, long, vivid, rainbow hair, and wings on her back, floating gently with her eyes closed. The woman then lifts her head and opens her eyes, revealing her crystal blue eyes. She sees the Pretty Cure team and makes a cheeky grin.
The magical heroes are bedazzled by the woman's appearance.
"What the…" Happy says with surprise, "Where did you come from?"
"And… who are you?" Diamond asks.
"How utterly rude," the woman with wings says. "You don't know, even though Dazzle introduced me. Hmph! Some Pretty Cures heroes you are. But, if you must know, I'm Flora."
"You're Flora?" Honey asks.
"Wait a minute," Matt says, grabbing everyone's attention, "Why does she look so familiar? Have we seen her before?"
When they heard Matt, the warriors and the fairies observed the woman again. Curious minds then clouded into their heads.
"Yeah," Natts says, "I got the feeling we have seen her before-natsu."
"But what was it?" Tarte pondered as he scratched his head.
The whole team continued to ponder about the woman with wings until…
"Ah!" Tint shouted in realization, "She's the fairy woman from Mr. Impasto's painting!"
When Tint made that statement, the team heard, and memories about his painting appeared in the heroes' heads. After carefully comparing in their heads the painting and the woman before them…
" EEEEEEHHHHH!?"
"Y-Y-You're right, Tint-desu wa!" Ribbon agrees in shock.
"It's her!" Heart shouted in shock. "It's really her!"
"She's the keeper of the Wonder Color Brown!?" Beat asked in great panic.
Flora kept her calm and cheeky grin as she saw the Pretty Cure team's reaction. She says, " Hehe, you did your homework about me. And yes, Pretty Cures…" Flora then makes a graceful stance to greet the team and says,
"I am Flora, the beautiful guardian of the Wonder Color Brown."