Chapter 3

**Now I'll never be lonely again** is the third chapter of Mirai Pretty C̶u̶r̶e̶, and the first chapter from Hime's prospective.

## Chapter

Cure Princess blinked, had Kiriya really said that? Yes he had!

"Yay! I'm so excited to make a new friend! You're my first friend, besides Blue-sama and Ribbon ever!"

"Really? You're one of my first friends too." He smiled.

"We're matching! We can both be first friends!" Cure Princess decided to change out of her cure form, blue light spun around her as she changed back into Hime.

"I'm fashion expert, Himelda Window Cure Queen of the Blue Sky!" Kiriya's eyes grow big. "It's a mouthful I know, around here I go by Shirayuki Hime!"

"Nice to meet you Himelda Queen Pretty Cure of the Blue Sky Kingdom."

"It's Himelda Window Cure Queen of the Blue Sky! No Kingdom, no Pretty either! And you can just call me Hime!"

"Oh sorry," Kiriya shifted his gaze. He did that a lot.

"Can I just call you Kiriya?"

"Okay, I guess."

"Yay! So what do friends do?"

"I don't know."

"I wish Ribbon was here to give us advice. Hmm... I know! Let's go find her, and become friends with Dark Dream too!"

"I think Dark Dream might being have a hard time right now, she might want to be left alone."

"Oh. Did I do something to cause it?"

"I don't know, I'm pretty sure not though."

"If you say so... Would you like to come to the Blue Sky Kingdom Embassy with me?"

"Okay." Hime did a little jump. She had finally made a friend, perhaps Kiriya would even fight with her?

The two of them walked through the woods. The wind whistled through the trees, toying with their hair. A few birds flittered overhead. Hime sung joyfully, as Kiriya trailed behind her. Hime hoped he liked her, he seemed a bit apprehensive, but he was a little quiet, and almost had a melancholy feel to him, so he probably did like her and want to be her friend, still a seed of doubt lingered in her mine.

"We're here!" Hime gestured to a small white house. She skipped up the steps and opened the door.

"Hime, come inside, I sense a sinister presence." Blue said. Hime glanced around, she certainly hoped it wasn't that Sasorina creep from earlar.

"That's not good, I'll go get my new friend Kiriya, I would hate for him to be hurt by whatevers causing this." Hime dashed off and pulled Kiriya into the house. Hime was jittery, she couldn't wait to introduce Blue to her new friend, he would be so happy for her. Hime grinned at the thought. Her happiness was soon interrupted when she saw Blue's face turn pale.

"Hime, that boy, don't trust him." Kiriya flinched at Blue's words. Hime glanced at Blue, then at Kiriya. She couldn't believe it, Kiriya had helped to protect her, how could Blue feel this way about him? And besides things were finally turning around for her, now it could all be taken away in an instant.

"But he's my friend!" Hime cried.

"I am from an evil place called Dotsuku Zone, that's probably why you felt that way around me." Hime gasped.

"Why didn't you tell me that?"

"I don't want them to know."

"Why not?" Blue narrowed his eyes.

"Because the Jaku King would kill me if he found out that I was actually allied with the Precure." Hime thought that was brave of Kiriya to decide to become friends with his former enemies like that, and to talk about it too of all things! Hime felt like she could never do something brave like that. She was always running away from real fights and she couldn't get the strength to confess what she had done when she had helped to add to the already increasing evil in the word.

Blue muttered something under his breath about that Mirage woman he talked way too much about and how he wished she could take after Kiriya before continuing. "I believe that you're with us, but do anything to hurt Hime and you will lose my trust." Kiriya nodded.

"Don't tell anyone okay?" He replied.

"I can't promise that, but I will do my best." Kiriya looked a bit paler than usual at Blue's reply.

"I'm so happy!" Hime clapped her hands, it was the best day of her life since her parents were imprisoned by Queen Mirage and the Blue Sky Kingdom was conquered. She had a friend, and she could maybe even make a new friend soon with Dark Dream! Maybe Kiriya and her could even become Pretty Cure together and fight! That would be awesome! Hime brought Kiriya into the living room. The two of them sunk into someteal chairs.

"So tell me about yourself, and then I'll tell you about myself!"

"Okay..." Kiriya avoided eye contact, again, he did that a lot.

"There's not too much to tell. I was created by the Jaku King, along with a bunch of others, to get the rest of the Prism Stones, so he could live forever and destroy the world..."

"T-That's just awful. To be born like that, without anyone really truly wanting you for you, just for their own selfish desires. To make matters this Jaku King person wanted to use you to make other people unhappy." Hime squeezed him tight. Kiriya tensed.

"O-Oh um!" He stammered. "It's not so bad..."

"Don't lie to me!"

"I'm not lying, okay fine, maybe a little." Before Hime could respond the door clicked open.

"Ribbon!" Hime cried. She hoped that she had Dark Dream with her, maybe the three of them could even be a Pretty Cure trio!

"I'm sorry Hime," Hime's face fell. This wasn't good. "Dark Dream seems to be having a hard time, and feels like you deserve better. I managed to bring her here but-"

"I'll go to talk to her! She'll have to listen to reason!" Hime marched out the door.

"Wait Hime!" Ribbon cried. Hime didn't need Ribbon's help, she was going to make friends with Dark Dream herself.

Hime glanced around for Dark Dream, stopping in her tracks when she saw her standing across from the Embassy. She wanted to move towards Dark Dream, but her legs felt like lead. Her mouth went dry as she tried to call out to Dark Dream, rather then the hello she was aiming all that popped out was a squeak.

"Are you okay?" Dark Dream called out. Hime beamed, Dark Dream was finally talking to her! Hime managed to walk over, her palms clammy, and strides stiff.

"H-H-H-H-Hi."

"Hello, I'm sorry but I can't be your friend. I'm a clone of Cure Dream, like I said earlier a brave girl like you deserves better." Hime wanted to cry, Dark Dream has rescued her, and Hime only had one friend, Kiriya, and he was a boy.

"Please..." Hime peeped.

"I'll hate myself if I do." How would that work? Hime wondered, she disliked herself because she had such difficulty making friends.

"Give it a chance, friendship is a good thing, and if it's too hard, then just tell us." Kiriya walked up behind Hime. She felt a wave of courage pass over her, it would be a lot easier to talk with her first friend by her side.

"I can't, I was created to spread dyspair."

"So was I." Kiriya grabbed Dark Dream's hand.

"You were?"

"I was once evil too, but I changed. You can, and Hime and I will help you."

"Really?" Dark Dream's eyes light up.

"I really want you to be my friend. We can fight monsters together." Hime whispered.

"I don't know, I feel like I'm intruding, on the real one's life, Nozomi-san's life, and on yours." Dark Dream's lip trembled.

"Stop being so stubborn, I wouldn't do all of this if I didn't want you. Being friends with you, would bring me more happiness then not being friends with you." Hime spoke a bit louder.

"Okay..." Dark Dream blurted out, immediately her hands flew up to her mouth. Hime couldn't believe it, two friends! In one day! She leaped into the air. Screaming with joy, she gave Dark Dream a big hug, almost knocking her over.

"I'm so so so so so happy! Now I'll never be lonely again!"

## Characters

Shirayuki Hime

Irisawa Kiriya

Dark Dream