Follow Me! Pretty Cure

**Follow Me! Pretty Cure** is the second fanseries by Nexus Schwarz with a strong emphasis on wishes, the characters being loosely inspired by fairy tales, and that friends can be found in unlikely places.

## **Plot**

Centuries ago, the **Pretty Cure** were legendary warriors who sealed away **Eternal Greed**, an evil Astral who desired to consume all of Earth's mana, with the **Infinite Wish Lantern**. Shattering the lantern and scattering the pieces helped protect the world.

In the modern era where magic and technology have begun to merge, two young women each found pieces of the Infinite Wish Lantern but want to use them to release the monster! Looks like the Pretty Cure must rise to the challenge again, but can they become friends before it's too late?!

## **Pretty Cure**

**Nina Radiant, the Adventurous Meister / Cure Flow**
**Voiced by:** Saori Hayami / Hynden Walch
**Inspired by:** Cinderella
**Intro:** *"Master of the Elements, Cure Flow!"*
**Main Attack:** Pretty Cure Flowing Strike!

* Sub Attacks: TBD

**Theme Color:** White/Chromatic
**Element Changes:**

* With Sparky
* With Rainy

**Scorch Element**

* **Intro:** *"Master of the Passionate Flames, Cure Flow: Scorch Element!"*
* **Theme Color:** White/Orange
* **Main Attack:** Pretty Cure Scorched Conquest!
* **Sub Attacks:** TBD

**Splash Element**

* **Intro:** *"Master of the Serene Waters, Cure Flow: Splash Element!"*
* **Theme Color:** White/Blue
* **Main Attack:** Pretty Cure Splashing Cutter!
* **Sub Attacks:** TBD
Nina has always been quiet which caused her to feel distant from her classmates as she kept to her books. With Sparky's help, she discovered that she had found a legendary item in her attic: a piece of the Infinite Wish Lantern. She tends to stumble over her words and tries to keep Sparky and Rainy out of trouble, but can be firm when it counts.

- **Sparky** (**Voiced By:** Ami Koshimizu) is a little too curious for her own good, *sparking* the three's troubles the most. She can sense someone's inner "adventure", personally finding that Nina's will be the best she's ever seen. (Whatever that means.) She has a good heart, becoming passionate for anyone she considers a good friend. She says, "Score!" as she cannot say, "scorch" her form name. (**Inspired by:** Aladdin)

- **Rainy** (**Voiced By:** Megumi Toyoguchi) on the other hand goes her own pace as she supposedly sleeps the day away. She tends to nap on Nina's hat more than be useful to her meister. She's also very encouraging when she's not raining on her sister's fun. Rainy can sense a mortal's inner song (or "soul song") similar to Sparky and considers Nina's her favorite. She tries to say her form name but says, "Splat!" (**Inspired by:** Aurora aka Sleeping Beauty)

**Silve Miroir, the Mirrored Blade, the Trusted Meister, and Duchess of the Miroir Kingdom (or Sylvan Lumen) / Cure Sharp**
**Voiced by:** Yōko Hikasa / Kimberly Brooks
**Inspired by:** Snow White
**Intro:** "Master of Blades, Cure Sharp!"
**Main Attack:** Pretty Cure Sharpened Divination!

* Sub Attacks: TBD

**Theme Color:** Black/Metallic
**Blade Change:**

* With Spirit

**Thrust Blade**

* **Intro:** *"Master of the Elegant Spear, Cure Sharp: Thrust Blade!"*
* **Theme Color:** Black/Copper
* **Main Attack:** Pretty Cure Thrusting Surge!
* **Sub Attacks:** TBD
Silve is a genderfluid teen who desires nothing more than to become someone suited for her position as a duchess of the Miroir Kingdom. She elects herself Nina's mentor in becoming a meister, teaching her tips and tricks to help manage the twins. She also considers herself a master of languages...for the sake consuming more media. Silve's magic after becoming a meister has been limited to the ability to lengthen her nails into small, steel-like edges (typically when she is angry, as she usually restrains herself), the inherent ability to handle any physical blade without trouble, and resisting bladed attacks to a degree.

- **Spirit** (**Voiced By:** Masakazu Morita) is a gentleman of an Astral, trying just as hard as his meister to be the best. However, being much smaller than he used to be on Earth causes him to overestimate his abilities and he unintentionally makes minor problems more troublesome. He is able to sense what a mortal places their trust in the most. Spirit cannot pronounce his form name, Thrust, correctly, and says, "Trust!" by mistake. (**Inspired by:** The Huntsman from Snow White)

## **Allies**

**Lori Vogel and Plumette:** Lori is in the Libra class with Nina. A shy elven girl hailing from the Secret Isles with invisibility magic who befriends Nina on her first day of school at the academy with Sparky's "help". She is in the theatre program as a writer, is one of Integra's closest friends, and has won a few school awards for it as well. Back in Celeste Vista, Plumette was an ordinary maid at the castle that Sparky remembers very fondly because she admires her beautiful wings. Plumette tries to be a big deal and even smacks Sparky around for "insulting" her royal position...that isn't even real. (**Inspired by:** The Ugly Duckling [Lori] and The Swan Princess [Plumette])

**Astral Academy Headmaster (Archduke Jacob Miroir, the Mirrored Vine):** As Silve and Integra's uncle, Silve is usually nervous around him as he is the one assessing her merit to become a duchess once she graduates. He on the other hand is very proud of her (allowing her to occasionally attend the school as a boy named Sylvan Lumen, for example) and is especially so once he finds out that she and Nina are continuing the legend of the Pretty Cure as Wisp had witnessed. (**Inspired by:** Jack and the Beanstalk)

**Astral Academy Deputy Headmistress Wisp:** Jacob's Astral who through their strong bond can maintain her true form always. She was formerly a high-ranking knight in Celeste Vista so Spirit, Rainy, and Sparky all deeply respect and admire her. She tends to be exasperated by Sparky's energy and doesn't usually trust her to keep her paws to herself, but knows that she has a good heart. (**Inspired by:** Will-o'-The-Wisp)

**Astrals:** Astrals are creatures from the Transient Plane, a mysterious realm of interdimensional energy. They are summoned to the Material Plane, Earth, when a Miroir Kingdom mortal makes a strong enough wish to guide them. (As the kingdom protects the gate to the Transient Plane, the Astrals can sense their wishes more clearly than outside the kingdom's barrier.) They initially appear to be round orbs that are a head tall with some traits resembling their original forms (such as the twins' elemental qualities) and only being able to talk in one-word sentences. They can sense various innate qualities within mortals which help them choose their meister properly. They can maintain their true form once there is a strong enough bond between them and their meister, talking normally as well. No matter what, a meister can understand their own Astral regardless of their vocal tic but not others. When an elf has an Astral partner, their magic is weakened as the Astral takes from their mana to sustain themselves on Earth.

## **The Outsiders**

**Eternal Greed:** (**Voiced by:** Show Hayami) An evil dragon-like Astral that was sealed away many centuries ago by the Pretty Cure with the Infinite Wish Lantern. The evil Cures want his help in destroying the Material Plane aka Earth and use the Desserted to collect the fragments. (**Inspired by:** Dragons)

**Diana Hunter, the Wild Meister / Cure Tamer**
**Voiced by:** Yūko Kaida / Colleen Clinkenbeard
**Inspired by:** Red Riding Hood
**Intro:** "Master of Beasts, Cure Tamer!"
**Main Attack:** Pretty Cure Tamer's Melee!

* Sub Attacks: TBD

**Theme Color:** Red/Animal Features
**Wild Change:**

* With Apollo

**Wild Slash**

* **Intro:** *"Master of the Enduring Claws, Cure Tamer: Wild Slash!"*
* **Theme Color:** Red/Wolf Ears and Tail
* **Main Attack:** Pretty Cure Delusional Slash!
* **Sub Attacks:** TBD

Diana is Integra's personal knight who was taken in by Integra's father the king when her family in the Secret Isles abandoned her for her "useless" magic that allows her to empathize with animals, even mythical creatures such as Astrals. Even if she and Integra were raised together (or as Integra claims, that "[they've] been besties since they were babies"), she's always resented both Earth and the Secret Isles as she feels she doesn't belong to either. With Apollo's help, she found a piece of the Infinite Wish Lantern four months before the story started. She was eager to help Eternal Greed to fulfill her wish of getting rid of people who judge her for her origins without knowing her. (She begins to regret it when she has to create Desserteds to accomplish this, but by this point, it's too late.) Integra (despite her reluctance to admit it), and soon Nina and Silve, are the few friends that she has and she will always listen to them despite them all being rivals as Precure. She tends to hold onto Nina once the younger Cure gives her permission to and they enjoy cooking together. Diana is quite good at foraging for things in the woods with her enhanced sense of smell and Apollo's help find things to cook with.

* **Apollo** is fiercely protective of his meister, growling at anyone in her path and ready to attack at her command. He communicates in barks and could sense Diana's wild spirit. (**Inspired by:** The Big Bad Wolf)

**Integra Miroir, the Mirrored Sharpshooter, the Steadfast Meister, and Crown Princess of the Miroir Kingdom / Cure Launch**
**Voiced by:** Yū Shimamura / Christine Auten
**Inspired by:** The Princess Who Never Smiled
**Intro:** "Master of the Perfect Shot, Cure Launch!"
**Main Attack:** Pretty Cure Launching Volley!

* Sub Attacks: TBD

**Theme Color:** Pink/Fashion Era
**Form Change:**

* With Bandit

**Ranger Track**

* **Intro:** *"Master of the Determined Arrow, Cure Launch: Ranger Track!"*
* **Theme Color:** Silver/Medieval Era
* **Main Attack:** Pretty Cure Chaotic Tracker!
* **Sub Attacks:** TBD
Integra is quite theatrical, able to sing (or cry) at the drop of a hat thanks to her training in the Astral Academy's theatre program. Right on the day of her coronation, Cure Tamer interrupted the event by jumping through the stained glass windows in the throne room, shattering both the beautiful ancient glass and Integra's previously small world. When Tamer kidnapped her, she assisted in the theft of the Druid's Circlet, a beautiful yet rumored to be dangerous tiara. When she first donned the item, she crowned herself the **Queen of Disaster** and now uses that to create disguises to do as she pleases via the Infinite Wish Lantern fragments' powers. For example, she tends to abuse wishes to teleport into Nina and Silve's dorm room and invite herself in with no notice, much to Silve's exasperation, or change the queen's cloak into dragon wings for a quick getaway to complete her villainous disguise. Integra latched onto Nina quickly and always is ready to impress her new friend, claiming that she is similar to her friend Lori in the theatre department. When she aims her magic at a person with her never-missing eyes, Integra can shoot small wind bursts that enforce an emotion (typically fear, but she used to use her shots to inspire courage in Silve when they were children) into them. The duration and intensity depend on a person's willpower to resist it, although never lasting more than two minutes.

* **Bandit** is passive, waiting for his meister's command rather than acting on his own and doesn't seem to say anything. As he resembles a living pile of bandages (with glowing periwinkle eyes as his only visible feature), he could be considered fearsome if he didn't soften up at anything Integra does for him. He could determine Integra's straight-forward nature. (**Inspired by:** Robin Hood)

**Desserted:** Corrupted Astrals who have been forced to come to Earth without a meister to control their mana consumption. When they are defeated, they either return home or befriend the Pretty Cure to strengthen their powers.

## **Family and Civilians**

**The Radiant Family:** **Stephanie** and **Franklin** are Nina's parents who tend to embarrass their daughter whenever they sing their praises of her or by their lovey-dovey antics in public. Stephanie is a magitech researcher and Franklin is a magitech engineer, both famous within their fields. Silve helps them with their projects from time to time and they not only teach her Italian on the side, but they consider her another daughter of the family and insists that she calls them Steph and Franky respectively. Nina also has two older sisters in secondary school, **Hilary** and **Mallory**. Hilary is quiet and inspired Nina's love for books and Mal is sporty and encourages Nina to make some friends in her new school while they're not around. They are all frequently distracted by their work/hobbies while Nina kept the house under control. (**Inspired by:** TBD [parents], the Gingerbread Man [Mallory], TBD [Hilary])

**Elizabeth and Robert Miroir, the Mirrored Enchanter:** Silve's parents who love their child very much but tend to be busy with their royal affairs. They visit the academy as often as they can and have many calls from wherever they are with Silve. They claim that there's no need for formalities between family, and that Nina can call them Eliza and Rob respectively. **Eliza** is the royal family's personal tailor and a Secret Isles-born elf with the magical ability to manipulate and materialize cloth. Any clothes she makes will fit to the wearer's body type, granting the ultimate comfort. (She is very popular with elves as their body types are very different from humans and there aren't as many clothing lines with them in mind.) **Rob** can create runes to reinforce stone or create precious stones and is assigned to maintain the castles in the kingdom. (**Inspired by:** Rose-Red [Elizabeth] and Rothbart from the Swan Princess [Robert])

## **Items**

* **Wish Lantern:** The Pretty Cures can transform with these handheld lanterns after saying the invocation, **"Astrals, follow my light and let's Pretty Cure!"**
	+ **Wish Pendant:** The Wish Lantern's original form: a star-shaped crystal pendant that each meister earns when they first bring forth their Astral. They are in their respective colors: Nina-Orange/Blue, Silve-Copper, Diana-Red, and Integra-Forest Green

* **Infinite Wish Lantern Fragment:** One of the many pieces of the legendary item used to seal Eternal Greed away, the villains can summon any Astral from the Transient Plane to search for more fragments. Using another wish, the girls became Pretty Cure with the fragment's power strengthening their Wish Lanterns. The fragments can also teleport them to wherever they've physically been and allow the villainous Cures to communicate with Eternal Greed even in his isolation. To summon a Desserted, the villains use the spell, **"Take a bite out of this world, Desserted!"**
* **Druid's Circlet:** This enchanted tiara has a few of the Infinite Wish Lantern's fragments embedded inside to allow communication between Earth and the Transient Plane. However, Eternal Greed's mana that was sealed by the fragments was so powerful that it corrupted this item, and soon the wearer, the longer it is worn. And as Integra practically wears it all the time...

## **Locations**

* **Material Plane (Earth):**
	+ Miroir Kingdom: An ancient but small kingdom in the Scandinavian Mountains in Europe that strives to maintain the elves' knowledge of the mysterious Astrals, even into modern times. As it is a magical hotspot (having gates to both the Transient Realm and the Secret Isles), a magical barrier that can even hide it from human radar technology was crafted to protect the Astrals from misuse. Magitech is on rise, Nina's parents being famous within the field, allowing inventions such as flying devices to exist much faster than they would in our world. After the discovery of magic by Earth humans in the 80s thanks to rumors of celestial warriors, they have loosened travel restrictions and imports/exports to the outside. When the Mythical Pretty Cure had saved the world two years ago, elves started to leave the kingdom in order to see this magic for themselves.
	+ Astral Academy: This academy trains newly minted meisters in the art of mana control to ensure that they and their Astral can coexist peacefully. They also provide basic education and many extracurricular activities, with many students and graduates becoming famous in their fields.

* **Transient Plane:**
	+ Celeste Vista: A western kingdom of Astral, it is ruled by the **Astral Queen** (**Inspired by:** The Snow Queen) and was where Sparky, Rainy, and Spirit once lived before joining their meisters.
	+ Kyuudou: An eastern Astral kingdom ruled by the **Astral Emperor** (**Inspired by:** Urashima Taro).

* **Secret Isles:** While the Cures *know* of this realm, travel to and from this kingdom is limited. In ancient times, there was a war between gods and mortals. The mortals who supported the gods and won became the citizens of the Miroir Kingdom. Those mortals who lost were banished into a pocket dimension realm that came to be known as the Secret Isles. Even now, they resent the Earth mortals for banishing them and their superior magic, as even humans born in the realm can easily use their magic unlike Earth humans. However, they have recently begun to discuss peace the two realms as the seal was loosened slightly. Eliza is one of many citizens who decided to move to the kingdom permanently. When traveling between the two realms, one must be mindful of the sickness they feel from acclimating to the different level of mana saturating the air compared to their homeland.

## Trivia

* Much like Mythical, the girls have a focus title which reflect their theme subthemes and a genre of music as they are performers in some fashion while Flow and Sharp's duo title is, "Magician's Duet."
	+ Nina: Prismatic Trance
	+ Silve: Metallic Sonata
	+ Diana: Roaring Metal
	+ Integra: Shining Glamour

* Lori is Mono's cameo character who has a Curesona named Cure Feather.