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## Secret of the Star Pieces

*Balala the Fairies: Magic Star Fate Castle, Episode 5*

星瓣的秘密
*Xīng Bàn de Mìmì*

"**Secret of the Star Pieces**" (星瓣的秘密 *Xīng Bàn de Mìmì*) is the fifth episode of Balala the Fairies: Magic Star Fate Castle.

## Summary

*Xia Letong discovers the magic powers of the Star Piece in her possession and misuses it, straining her friendship with her friends.*

## Plot

On her throne, Fesna contemplates that she’ll have an easier time, since the Fairies already found a Star Piece. She summons Fuke and Pipi who begin flattering her. Musing that sweet flattering words can make one let their guards down and lose sight of themselves, Fesna creates Honeyed Words Butterflies from Fuke and Pipi’s flattering and sends them off to ensnare the Fairies with flattery and get their Star Piece.

In her room, Letong wakes up and realizes she still has no idea how to complete their group practical assignment. She is distracted by a smell and finds a doughnut on her desk. Just as she is about to eat it, she pictures Buding getting angry that she ate it and gives up the idea. However, just as she places the doughnut back down, strong sunlight streams from outside, which reflects on the Jewel Box’s clasp. Letong reaches for the Jewel Box but finds it too high, and her attempts to retrieve it results in the box toppling over the side, the Star Piece flying out, and the Doughnut breaking into pieces. Panicked, Letong attempts to fix it, and accidentally places the Star Piece on the doughnut briefly, causing it to glow pink, as and angry Buding flies to the room. Letong tries to obstruct Buding’s view but it is futile and Buding sees what has happened to the doughnut. To both of their surprise, the doughnut isn’t broken, but even better than before - with a rabbit motif and a perfect amount of honey topping it. Initially confused, Letong pretends she fixed the doughnut up herself when Buding misunderstands and heaps her with praise. Letong smiles while holding on to the Star Piece, thinking she has a solution for the incomplete group practical assignment. Letong happily cycles to school.

At the sports field seating area, Keke laments about the group practical assignment – a delicious yet nutritious breakfast, while Yinyue reads a book, noting that Letong is late. Letong shows up and explains that she prepared doughnuts for them, in addition to the group practical assignment. Bragging that she is a culinary genius, she shows off her prepared breakfast. Keke, Yinyue and their Elf partners try some and are impressed, although Yinyue still questions if Letong really prepared that meal. Letong brushes it off, saying that they should just submit her cakes for the group practical assignment and get full marks. When Keke points out that their teacher said that everyone needed to work on what they present, Letong dismisses Keke’s sandwiches as burnt, and Yinyue’s meal as soulless, and that she can get the group practical assignment done on her own. This rubs Yinyue the wrong way, as she leaves with Keke, saying that Letong should do it on her own then.

Letong imagines creating many snacks with the Star Piece. Buding finally realizes that Letong had been using the power of the Star Piece to cheat and lectures her, explaining that the Star Pieces are fragments of the Star Gems, and that to recreate the Star Gems, they need every single Star Piece. The Star Pieces are attracted to one another, but only the Fairies are able to awaken the Star Pieces, so their mission is to collect every Star Piece. Letong traps Buding in a doughnut and wanders off. The whole spiel is overheard by Fuke and Pipi who summons the Honeyed Words Butterflies.

In the greenhouse, Letong vents her frustration that no one appreciates her genius and good intentions. Fuke and Pipi appear out of nowhere to agree with her and request to try her food. Initially suspicious, Letong refuses. However, Fuke explains that they want to learn how to make such good food. Letong begin to engage Fuke in conversation. Meanwhile, Pipi sneaks off while Letong is distracted to search her bag. Pipi succeeds in finding the Star Piece just as Letong grabs her bag to pull out her lunch box to show Fuke her creation, and the pair open a Transfer Gate to return to Fesna. Letong leaps in after them, but Buding arrives too late to jump in herself. She decides to find the other Fairies.

In the Transfer Tunnel, Letong, Fuke and Pipi struggle for the Star Piece. However, Letong loses grasp of her lunch box. The three land in a snack-themed area of the Star Fate Wonderland and Letong manages to grab hold of the Star Piece. Knowing that Letong can’t just leave the Star Fate Wonderland on her own, Fuke and Pipi leave to report this information to Fesna. Meanwhile, Letong laments the loss of her lunch box but quickly gets over it. She attempts to create snacks as she did in the real world, but nothing happens. Suddenly, the Star Piece glows and floats on its own. Letong remembers Buding’s words as the Star Piece flies off, and Letong gives chase. Even though she catches it, she is dragged along by the Star Piece. When it finally stops, Letong finds Fesna waiting nearby. Letong is forced to flee with Fesna chasing after.

Back at the greenhouse, Buding finishes explaining the series of events to the other fairies. While Keke wants to save Letong, Yinyue is still snippy, saying Letong doesn’t need their help. However, remembering how happy Letong was to share the doughnuts she made with them, Yinyue agrees to help.

In the midst of the chase, Letong spies her fallen lunch box and makes to grab at it, but Fesna appears over it, demanding the fragment of the Star Gem. Letong refuses, attempting to use the Star Piece to attack, but failing once again. Fesna fires a projectile that knocks Letong over, causing her to drop the Star Piece. Fesna telepathically retrieves it and fires another projectile at Letong, who begs for Yinyue and Keke’s help. Before she is hit by the projectile, however, she was pulled out of the way, surprising Fesna. It is Keke and Yinyue who transform to their Fairy forms. Buding arrives as well and tells Letong to transform as well.

Letong, now transformed into a Fairy, demands Fesna return the Star Piece. However, Fesna merely laughs, saying that the Star Piece, even though it is a small piece, greatly increases her powers, demonstrating this by making a cloud glow. She attacks the Fairies, demanding the location of the other Star Pieces. Keke trips and Yinyue creates a shield to block Fesna’s attacks from hitting her. Letong helps Keke up and they regroup behind Yinyue’s shield and launch attacks of their own. However, with the power of the Star Piece, Fesna easily dissipates their attacks. Her next attack destroys Yinyue’s shield and knocks the fairies down.

Yinyue thinks that even if they combine their powers now, they won’t be able to defeat Fesna. Letong feels her fingers touch something and it is revealed to be her fallen lunch box, which she is glad to find. Yinyue chides her for still thinking of food at a time like this, and Yinyue apologizes. She reveals that even though the food she created for the group practical assignment were cheats created with the power of the Star Piece, the Doughnut she prepared for her friends was actually handmade. She opens it and reveals a doughnut with three-colored frosting, representing the colors of the three girls.

Yinyue compliments it, saying that it looks better than the group practical assignment. They each take a piece corresponding to their color, intending to regain some strength for the fight, but their doughnut piece starts to glow and merge into another Star Piece.

This new Star Piece augments one side of Letong’s wand. As it does so, the piece in Fesna’s hands fly out of her grasp and onto the other point of Letong’s wand. Furious, Fesna casts her Shadow Butterflies. The other fairies launch their own attacks, with Letong firing off a powered-up version from her staff that easily pierces Fesna’s attack. Fesna is forced to turn into a butterfly and retreat, swearing her return. Letong calls after her that she has nothing to fear now that she has friends by her side. The girls decide to return home and eat doughnuts.

At the seats by the sports field, Buding reiterates the importance of the Star Pieces and places both that they have in the Sweet Star Jewel Box. Letong wants to celebrate, believing their job to be done, but Milu reveals that they need fifteen to even reform a single Star Gem. Buding tells the girls that there were three Star Gems, for a total of forty-five Star Pieces. Letong is dismayed, but Keke cheers the team on.

## Characters

*In order of appearance:*

* Fesna
* Fuke
* Pipi
* Xia Letong
* Buding
* Yan Keke
* Bai Yinyue
* Milu
* Lubi

## Trivia

* Star Piece Count: 2
	+ Xia Letong: 2

## Errors

* When Milu first emerges from Keke's bag, Buding emerges from Yinyue's bag next to him, instead of Lubi.