In the Basilicom in Celestia, Arfoire and Rei Ryghts are in a room with Histoire, IF, and Compa locked up. It appears to be a library. IF and Compa are in chains while Histoire is secured in her book form. Rei places Histoire on a table.
Rei Ryghts:
This time, we're going to rewrite history.
Arfoire turns to look at IF and Compa.
Arfoire:
And if you two try anything, I'll waste no time in killing you.
Rei Ryghts:
Heh. Don't waste your time, darling. I'm going to erase them from history too. They'll never be born.
IF and Compa become nervous. Compa turns to IF and whispers in her ear.
Compa:
Did you talk to Lady Vert before they took you?
IF:
Yeah. All we can hope for is that those four reunite, and come to get us.
Arfoire:
Don't hold your breath humans, but I gave them a little present when you escaped from us the first time. They're probably tearing each other to pieces, or they're already dead.
Rei Ryghts whispers something to Arfoire.
Rei Ryghts:
Didn't you say that Purple and Black Heart wore off the spell?
Arfoire:
Yes, so we can't waste anymore time.
Rei Ryghts opens up the tome, and grabs a feather pen.
Histoire:
Rei, please don't do this!
Histoire tries to transform, but she is shocked by electricity when she does so.
Arfoire:
Uh uh, Histoire. I placed a sealing spell on you so you can't transform.
Rei leans the pen down onto the book...
Purple Heart:
Arfoire! Rei Ryghts!
Both of them stop dead in their tracks.
Arfoire:
Stay here. I'll distract them.
Rei Ryghts:
Be careful.
Arfoire leans the room. She opens the front doors to the Basilicom, and sees the four goddesses hovering above her and the castle.
Black Heart:
Oh look, it's one half of the antiquated ex-goddess couple. Where's the other one?
Rei Ryghts:
Rewriting history as we speak.
All four of the goddesses tense up, but remain relaxed.
Arfoire:
We finally got what we wanted, so you four should just go home and enjoy your lands while you can.
Suddenly, the entire land of Lowee disappears!!!
White Heart:
My home!
Rei Ryghts: It was way too cold there.
All four goddesses are shocked.
Arfoire:
I told you so.
Arfoire begins to ascend off the ground. She reaches the same level as the other four goddesses.
Arfoire:
You four have done your hardest to try and stop us, especially you Neptune, but it's time to end this game.
She starts cracking her knuckles on each hand.
Arfoire:
I'll entertain you four until Rei finishes erasing your lands, and then we'll make sure that you, and your two human allies, never exists ever again.
Purple Heart:
A part of me wants to kill you, but at the same time I feel sorry for you.
Arfoure stops for a second.
Purple Heart:
Honestly, I did come here to stop you from erasing history, but I also came to give you and Rei Ryghts a future.
Arfoire gets annoyed.
Black Heart:
We did?
Purple Heart:
Arfoire, all this time you're going along with this because you don't want to fight Rei Ryghts again. I also think you blame yourself for making the humans hate goddesses. It's not to late to-
Arfoire:
Little girl... Don't you DARE talk to me as if you know me! There's no other way to settle this, and I don't care if I end up killing all four of you know!
Arfoire's Red Sharecite around her neck glows red, and then her eyes follow suite. A red light engulfs her, and body armor forms around her body. It's purple and black. Her spear appears in her hand.
Arfoire:
Time to show you what the original goddesses were made of!
Arfoire charges at the four goddesses! The four charge at her as well. Soon, the sound of clashing spears, hammers, and swords fill the sky! Inside the Basilicom, Rei Ryghts continues to write in Histoire. Outside, Leanbox disappears! Green Heart stops fighting and turns to look in the direction of where her land used to be.
Green Heart:
Leanbox!
Arfoire takes the opportunity to punch her, sending her flying backwards. Black Heart swoops and raises her sword above her head. Arfoire kicks her in the stomach. She throws her spear at her, and it hits Black Heart in the head. White Heart swings her sword at Arfoire. Arfoire grabs the blade of the sword, and pushes the axe backwards! It hits White Heart in the forehead. She grabs White Heart's arm and swings her into Purple Heart. Both goddesses fall down.
Black Heart: How is this old hag beating us?
Arfoire: Aside from being the original goddess, your share energy is low. The citizens of all four lands were either attacked by monsters, or they flat out disappeared. Not to mention, the current goddesses didn't do anything about it because they were busy fighting each other.
White Heart: That's because YOU put a spell on us! Arfoire: Ah yes. I call it, "The Console War" spell. It was rather entertaining to see you all scrabble amongst yourselves. I was hoping that you all would end up killing yourselves in the process, but I guess if you want something done right you'll have to do it yourselves.
Arfoire lifts her hands up. A giant ball of red energy emerges from them. Three of the goddesses try to move out of the way. Black Heart moves forward to try and stop Arfoire. However, Arfoire throws the ball of energy towards them, and it engulfs all of them at once! One by one, they all hit the ground.
Inside the Basilicom, Rei Ryghts writes something else into the tome. Outside, Lastation and Planeptune disappear! Both Purple, and Black, Heart are horrified.
Rei Ryghts:
It's done! All four lands are gone!
IF and Compa feel defeated. Outside, all four goddesses are on the verge of breaking down.
Black Heart:
I'm sorry, guys...
White Heart:
Just get it over with already, Arfoire...
Arfoire:
With pleasure!
Arfoire raises her spear above the four goddesses. However, with tears streaming down her face, Purple Heart grits her teeth and leaps towards Arfoire. Arfoire swings her spear down towards White Heart, but Purple Heart blocks it with her sword!
Arfoire:
Why am I not surprised...
Suddenly, Black Heart swings her sword at Arfoire. She blocks it with her spear. She manages to hold off the two goddesses. White Heart can't believe that they're still fighting. Green Heart walks over to White Heart, who is still on the ground. She lifts her up, and hands her back her axe. They smile at each other. Then they fly towards Arfoire. All four goddesses begin to glow. A multi-colored light appears around them individually.
Arfoire:
WHAT!? But their lands are-
Both Green and White Heart hit Arfoire at the same time! The power from all four goddesses hit shove Arfoire backwards. She slams into the wall of the Basilicom, creating an entrance into the room where Rei, Histoire, IF, and Compa are. Rei Ryghts is startled. She gets up, and sees the four goddesses in the room. She frowns and bears her teeth. Lightning starts to flash outside and around her. The four goddesses get ready for a second fight.
Rei notices Arfoire on the ground. She's not moving. Instead of fighting, she leans down and picks up Arfoire. She remembers Histoire, and turns to go back to get her. A green spear lands between her and the table where the tome is.
Green Heart:
They're all coming with us.
Rei Ryghts turns to looks at Arfoire, and then back to the goddesses.
Rei Ryghts:
This isn't over.
A flash of light appears, and both Rei Ryghts and Arfoire are gone.
Restoring the Lands.
Green and White Heart free IF and Compa of their shackles.
IF:
You did it!
Compa:
We knew you could!
White Heart:
I actually thought that we couldn't, but some of us refused to give up. That kept me going.
Green Heart:
Nothing was going to stop me from getting to you, Iffy!
IF turns bright red.
IF:
I-I-I know! I'm glad you're safe too.
Green Heart's eyes light up.
Black Heart:
Hey, "Lovebird Heart," we still have business to do.
Green Heart clears her throat.
Green Heart:
Oh my, you're right!
Green and White Heart rush over to where Purple and Black Heart are. They're at the table where Histoire is, still trapped in her book form.
Histoire:
Great job, ladies! Now, you have to rewrite the names of your lands back into me to bring them back.
Purple Heart grabs the pen and begins to write. Outside, the four lands return. IF and Compa notice this outside.
Compa:
They're back!
Histoire:
Great. Now, if only I can transform back into my human form again?
Purple Heart:
What do you mean?
IF:
Arfoire said she put some kind of spell on Histoire to keep her as a book.
Black Heart:
I've had enough of that woman and her spells.
White Heart:
Well, she is a witch after all...
Purple Heart:
Is there any way to free you? Like a potion or something?
Histoire:
I don't know. Look in one of the books in the room. This is a library. Arfoire probably keeps a book of spells in here or something.
Black Heart:
That could take days-
Purple Heart:
I found it!
Black Heart: Huh?
Black Heart turns around. She sees Purple Heart at one of the book shelves. She is holding a hefty book with the title, "Spells and Curses."
Black Heart:
You must be the protagonist of a video game, novel, or something, because that was way too fast and lucky!
The four goddesses open the book and eventually find a page that talks about binding spells. There's an antidote next to it. The four of them read it out loud, and Histoire transforms back into her human form.
The next day, everything seems to be back to normal. Purple Heart lands down in front of her Basilicom. She transforms back into Neptune, and walks inside. Histoire is waiting for her.
Histoire:
Hello, Neptune.
Neptune:
Hey, Histy.
Histoire:
How was monster hunting?
Neptune:
Alright... I guess it would have been better if I did it with Noire, or maybe all four of the goddesses as well. But, I know that they all have to hunt down the rest of the monsters on their own lands, so I under-
Neptune turns to the entrance of her bedroom. Inside, Noire, Vert, and Blanc are waiting. They're sitting on the floor. Vert and Blanc are smiling, but Noire is trying to hide her embarrassment. Her face is also red.
Noire:
H-Hello... Neptune...
Neptune smiles.
Neptune:
Hey Noire... Guys! I'm glad you're all here, but I thought you're all busy.
Vert:
We are, but we all came to the agreement that maybe we could spend some time together as a break every once and a while.
Noire clears her throat.
Noire:
I-I-It's not like I'm happy to hang out with you or anything, Neptu-you guys, but we also have to find Arfoire and Rei Ryghts.
Neptune sits down next to Noire and wraps her arm around her.
Neptune:
You're right, Noire. We defeated Arfoire because we all worked together.
Blanc:
I hate to say it, but do you think we can beat Arfoire AND Rei Ryghts by ourselves? We barely defeated Arfoire, and we don't know how strong Rei Ryghts is either.
The group goes silent for a bit.
Noire:
Come to think of it, how did we even beat Arfoire?
Vert:
I can answer that. I've been investigating it ever since we went home yesterday. Apparently, we shared Share Energy. Even though our lands were destroyed, we shared what remaining Share Energy we had left between the four of us and combined it when we fought Arfoire together.
Neptune:
I thought you were going to say we beat her with the power of love.
Vert:
Well, I guess you can say we also beat her with the power of teamwork.
Noire:
My question though, Neptune, is why did you say that you wanted to save Arfoire?
Neptune:
What do you mean "why?" She's suffering too. She and Rei are the original goddesses. If there's a chance that we could save them, I would like for them to turn back to what they were before.
Noire sighs.
Noire:
I honestly like that you want to try and help them, but remember: They would rather see us dead before we even try to help them. I mean, we had to pull that Share Energy combination... Whatever it was, out of thin air so we could win.
Blanc:
Do you think it could work again?
Noire:
Hopefully, it won't have to come to that. I hate feeling that powerless. I thought of Arfoire as old news, but she really packs a punch. Who knows what Rei is capable of.
Neptune:
Not to mention that they also created an army of monsters...
A lightbulb goes off in Neptune's head.
Neptune:
Hey! Maybe we should do something similar.
Noire:
Raise an army of monsters?
Neptune:
No, silly! I think we should-
Neptune's stomach grumbles.
Neptune:
How about we talk about this over some pudding?
IF:
Can we join in to?
IF and Compa walk into the doorway.
Neptune:
The more the merrier!
The group huddle around together to discuss Neptune's plan. Histoire looks at them with a content smile on her face.
End of Part 1.
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