Electric Pretty Cure

An Exciting Errand! The Birth of Cure Charge! Part 1

The warm sunshine is pouring through the blinds, lighting up my bedroom. It's 9:00 am on a Monday, I should be at school right now, but I'm laying in bed, playing a game on my laptop.

My name is Nana Denki. I'm thirteen years old, and I'm in the eighth grade. Or at least, I'm supposed to be. You see, last year I dropped out of school. Why? Because school was torture for me.

I have absolutely no friends, I even get scared of the few friends I have online. I spent hours every day at school with no one to talk to, no one to hang out with during our free time. I can't even talk to people at all without freaking out. Teachers, students, even my own mother.

The worst part about school though, was hearing people. Not hearing people talk, but hearing people's inner voices.

For some reason, ever since I was a little kid, I've had the ability to hear and feel the innermost feelings of others. It didn't start out that bad, but as I got older the feelings became louder and louder.

Having to bear the emotions of others is absolutely horrible, especially since almost all of the feelings are sad. It started to affect me very strongly. It's difficult to keep yourself from being negative when you're not exposed to much positivity.

School eventually got so difficult that my mom finally agreed to let me take a break from school. She told my school that I was suffering from a serious health condition, which isn't entirely a lie.

I figured things would get better after I took my break, but things really only got worse. I don't leave my room much anymore, and I barely ever get any sleep since the feelings in my head are so overwhelming. I don't even remember the last time I left our apartment.

"Nana, can you come here for a moment, I need to talk to you!" my mom yells from the living room.

I don't make any effort to get up, I haven't slept, and to be honest, I'm also just lazy. I hear a slow creaking, and the door to my room opens behind me. My mom is standing in the doorway, dressed in her work suit.

"Nana, I'm sorry about this, but I'm probably going to end up working overtime tonight. I won't have time to buy ingredients for dinner. I need you to go to the market down the street and pick up pork, rice, and carrots. Then you can go to the candy shop and buy yourself something sweet as a reward. I know you hate going out, but I don't have any other choice. Please help me out." Mom takes a deep breath and sighs, looking at me with pleading eyes. She seems to be on the verge of tears. It's not surprising though, she's always been a very sensitive person.

I close my eyes for a moment and try to empty my mind so I can think clearly. "I hate this so much why is the world like this I'm so tired I just want a break from all of this." The darkness of others starts to fill my brain again.

It will only get worse if I go outside. I can already barely deal with it... But my mom, she needs me to help her. I never do anything to help other people, not even to help myself. I should at least try for once.

Yeah, I'll try my best, that's all I can do.

"O-okay," I stammer, getting up out of bed. "I'll umm, do it."

My mom walks over and hugs me tight. "Thank you so much Nana."

She waves me goodbye and leaves my bedroom. I hear the apartment door open and shut.

I start to get dressed, putting on a gray hoodie with one pink sleeve and one green sleeve, a pair of black biker shorts, and plain looking black shoes. I don't want to stand out much, it'll be hard enough without people staring at me. I give my shoulder length pink hair a quick comb through with my fingers, I don't have the effort to actually style it.

After grabbing the money my mom left on the kitchen counter, I gather myself and finally step out of the door.

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Deep underground, in a dark, dreary cave, a group of 5 stone covered monsters gather. They sit around a large table, arguing loudly.

"We need to try harder! Our father conquered the wavelengths of hundreds of planets, we've never even taken over one!" says Rumble, the one with a pair of blue horns.

"Rumble is right, I know we've been trying pretty hard, but we aren't making significant progress yet. The humans are still somewhat content. The wavelength won't weaken completely at this rate!" cries Thunder, the monster with a pointy purple nose.

"We've got to find a way to speed up the process. We have to show our dad that we're capable conquerors." says Boom, a monster that's covered in green spikes.

"Wait... I've got an idea!" exclaims the purple nosed monster.

"Tell us! What is it Thunder?!" asks Rumble, full of anticipation.

"What if instead of trying to alter the human's wavelengths from a distance, we go up to the surface and use the fragile minds of humans to our advantage?"

"That's actually a pretty good idea," says Shake, the monster with deep red eyes. "We can use the humans to do the dirty work for us, so we don't have to lift a finger. Easy."

"So, does anyone know how we should go about this?" asks Rumble.

"I do." whispers Tremble, the monster with eyes so dark they resemble a black hole. His voice is so quiet that it's barely audible.

"What have you got?" asks Thunder.

Tremble stands up and walks toward the mess of wires and cords in the corner of the cave. He picks up the end of one cord and a shockwave runs through it, racing up and above ground into a satellite. The shock shoots out from the satellite and travels around the city until entering a small shop and landing in a tray of chocolates.

"This should work." Tremble says simply and quietly.

The other four stare at him, grins growing on their gross, grime covered faces.

"This is it! We're finally going to make dad respect us! He'll regret ever doubting the Earthquake siblings!" yells Rumble, determination in his eyes.

"Yeah!" the rest of the siblings join in his enthusiasm.

"We'll take over Earth, once and for all!"