Once upon a time, we dreamed of living in our fairy tale:
To be a princess who has survived all the difficulties on her way, because the world is quite cruel to her - looking at her with green eyes.
Become a shrewd girl who, with the help of her wits and intelligence, will outwit all her opponents, because people are stupid by nature - only a few can look back twice.
Try on the role of a prince who saves his princess, helping others along the way and defeating "ne'er do wells", because we need to remind everyone that there is kindness in every person - just not everyone remembers it.
Or...
To be just a hero of the story, to experience the same emotions, feelings, connections and sufferings, having visited another world, because empathy is the key to humanity.
Adults, of course, can deny these dreams, because fairy tales are just fantasies - but they themselves have forgotten that they, too, were children once.
Now, what do you dream about?
Once in the portal .
- "W-What is this place?"
Lucy saw a strange world, as if it were painted with watercolors.
- "Miss... Please don't give in to the white lady."
It was a beach, with shells and motionless crustaceans painted on it. To the left was a motionless forest, and to the right was calm sea water.
- "This world is just an illusion. Just the stomach of a white lady."
And in the distance there was a castle. It was incredibly beautiful, as if it were straight out of a fairy tale.
- "S-Stomach?... O-Oh no..."
But what was not painted were the pale children, the shells of the fairy queen's victims.
- "Adri !!"
And Lucy ran to the queen's castle.
- "What the?! Where did this uninvited guest come from?!"
He was guarded by guard fairies. They tried to defeat Lucy with their thorns.
- "Hah!... "
But they failed.
When she reached the throne room, she found herself confronted by a truly elegant woman.
- "Greetings, dear Lucy."
Her eyes were like a rainbow and they were kind and unselfish. Her hair was incredibly white and at the ends it shone with seven colors.
- "W-Who are you?... "
She herself was like a bird - like an angel who came from heaven, and on her was a wreath - decorated with flowers.
- "Who? Me?"
And her name was...
DEMON OF PHANTASM – ELYRIA
"The Summer Solstice Heron of Eternal Dream"
- "So you are the one that Adri wanted to summon?!"
- "How rude, but yes. Adrianne was desperate, after all, she felt that no one would understand her. She wanted to convince her mother, but she slapped her harshly and gave her an ultimatum to immediately pack her things and return home."
- "I know that! But why did she want to summon YOU?!"
- " No one has called me for a long time. Usually, my servants bring unfortunate people to me, I don't even know myself. But after seeing her sad little face, I decided to take her for myself."
- "And what do you want to do with her?!"
- "I just want to make her dream come true - to stay in this village and be loved. She told me about you, and she wanted to take you with her so much. And I know you want her to stay with you too."
- "...!"
- "She said that her fantasy would be incomplete without you, and you also have fantasies that you wanted to live in."
A bed appeared from under the floor, in which Adrianne was sleeping in; the bed itself resembled an open Venus Flytrap.
- "Well? Come on, Adrianne's been waiting for you."
- "No."
- "Hm?"
- "I said no! To live only in one fantasy? That's absurd! I don't know how you hunt people, but I've seen your victims! But even if I hadn't seen them, I still wouldn't have agreed!"
- "Why?"
- " ... I know it sounds idiotic, but I don't agree because you're a demon! Look at yourself, you dragged Adri into this world, a world that's artificial! W-We were always told about how demons want to manipulate people. I can't let you hurt Adri !"
- "A grimoire? That's it! Then I should be grateful to your little friend. Maybe I'll finally... But Lucy, do you think that all demons have selfish goals? I really only wanted the best for Adrianne, do you at least have an idea how she, poor thing, is tortured to prolong her fragile life. I only offered a way out of the situation, and she agreed."
- "... I know, I can't imagine how bad she is at home, but that doesn't mean you can take advantage of her! I... I've seen your victims! Difficulties must be overcome, not run away from them!"
- "... I wonder how you were able to see my children?" - The white lady's face twisted into a grin.
- "...And Adrianne?... She didn't see them?"
- "I see, only those who came to the fantasy world of their own free will be blind. Well, since you came here to save your friend..."
White roses bloomed in the hall, the bed slammed shut and rose to the ceiling, and the queen took a purple flower from her wreath.
- "Then I'll have to eat you."
ACT 1 – TATARINOV'S ASTER
"I will not forget about you"
The fairies with asters in their hands began to circle around Lucy. The asters themselves shot out homing sharp petals and Lucy dodged them. These flowers were like purple stars, and Lucy dodged them as if in a dance, shooting her light bullets at them, like sunbeams. When all the fairies were defeated, the queen took out three flowers of different colors and called her "trinity"
ACT 2 – THREE SISTERS
"Scarlet faded gracefully, Yellow yearned for her, and White still waited for her."
The surroundings became darker and three fairies appeared in front of Lucy. The red one disappeared and then appeared; the yellow one cried toxic tears, flying around; the white one attacked only at the most unexpected moment - trying to attack Lucy from behind. Lucy first destroyed the red one, from which the yellow one began to cry even more bitterly, and the white one began to attack more often. When Lucy destroyed the yellow one, the white one began to dodge and attack with great speed. Lucy concentrated her energy and began to shoot more accurately, and the last sister was destroyed, the queen took out another flower with its leaves.
ACT 3 – MANJU AND SAKA
"The evil will of the gods separated the two lovers, cursing them never to meet each other."
Two fairies attacked Lucy from opposite sides, one attacked with petals, the other with leaves. Lucy destroyed the first, the second immediately rushed after her and healed her. Lucy quickly realized that they were working together, so she began to aim at both of them from different directions. She pointed her dual pistols in different directions, trying to destroy them at the same time. When both fairies were destroyed and the queen's face was already irritated, and the castle began to crack. She tore a flower from her wreath and a new act began.
ACT 4 – THE LOTUS EATERS
"And from the mud pure lotuses blossomed, and according to legend, if you swallow one of these, you will see paradise, and you will renounce everything earthly."
Lotuses began to bloom from under the floor, and fairies hatched from them. The lotuses began to shoot petals, and the fairies began to attack Lucy. The floor became sticky and Lucy barely dodged the attacks - as if she was walking through a swamp. A petal accidentally fell into Lucy's mouth, from which she began to see hallucinations and quickly spat out the petal. The fairies began to forcibly try to shove the petals back into Lucy's mouth, but she shot them back and the castle shook again. The Queen, angry, pulled out another flower.
ACT 5 – GARDENIA
"And I am an unloving lover"
Fairies with gardenias began to circle around Lucy, circling her and hiding from her to attack her. Lucy began to destroy those she saw, but when only those who were hiding remained, Lucy began to shoot in different directions. Some fell, and others, coming out of their cracks, began to attack her. She quickly dealt with them and the queen, barely restraining herself, tore off another flower.
ACT 6 – MORNING SPECTACLE
"Willful Promise"
The castle was already collapsing and the fairies and petunias were trying to save it. Lucy started shooting at them, and they started shooting back. The queen's acts were getting weaker and weaker, and her "kind" shell cracked. The fairies tried to play on Lucy's pity - after all, she promised her friend that she would meet her here, in the fantasy world, to which Lucy started shooting at them even more often. The queen, unable to bear it, tore off another flower in an attempt to kill Lucy.
ACT 7 – SWEET PEA
"A bitter farewell and a weak joy"
Sweet peas grew and began to shoot peas at Lucy, or rather the fairies that hold them. Lucy was starting to get tired - she was meeting an opponent for the first time who uses more than five acts, and there seemed to be no end in sight. However, the shell began to fall, revealing the essence of a demon who uses his minions to defeat the enemy, and does nothing himself. Lucy exterminated these fairies and only one flower remained on the wreath and Elyria abruptly threw it, starting her penultimate act.
ACT 8 – EVENING PRIMULA
"Despair"
The last fairies desperately tried to protect their mother, shooting donkeys from their turrets . Lucy was already annoyed and simply destroyed them all and screamed "Come on, attack me, beast!" Elyria tore out her human form and a huge, terrible, bloody monster came out of her that was ready to tear Lucy apart, and the castle was already in ruins and instead of a blue sky in the stained glass windows there was blood red, and white roses turned red with thorns standing out. Finally, the last act began.
LAST ACT – WHITE HERON ORCHID
"Even in my dreams - I will think about you"
Filled with anger and cruelty, Elyria began to crawl sharply after Lucy, trying to grab her. Lucy began to shoot at her, dodging her bloody hands. "So this is how many you killed..." Lucy thought and she was already truly scared. She thought that nothing worse would happen, but now she was fighting a demon to the death. He was not weakened, he was not friendly - this was the demon himself, acting only on his instincts. "YOU INSOLENT BRAT!!! I WILL DESTROY YOU!!!" - Elyria screamed with a hoarse voice - no longer seeming kind and merciful like her mother's. The hand managed to wound Lucy, and for the first time she felt a strong loss of blood, her dress was torn, and she fell. Elyria was already ready to eat her, but she heard something fall and someone harmed her from behind. Lucy looked, and she saw... Adrianne?! She barely escaped the trap, and barely managed to strike her. That moment of misunderstanding was enough for Lucy to get up and run to Adri to continue to dodge the demon.
- " Adri , are you okay?" Lucy whispered, holding her in her arms.
- "...No." Adrianne cried , feeling very guilty.
Elyria was furious and they started chasing Adrianne and Lucy. Adrianne then combined Lucy's guns and whispered - "Let me help you ... I must atone for my terrible offense ...". Adrianne pointed the muzzle at Elyria and began to shoot, while Lucy dodged the attacks of the white lady. The white lady began to scream in pain, and she began to desperately try to eat these girls. Lucy held Adrianne like a prince who drags a princess from a castle, Adrianne, although she felt terribly weak (after all, she was almost digested), tried to shoot back at the terrible monster - after all, she was holding a gun for the first time. Lucy then staggered and fell, because she could no longer strain herself because of the wound and they came up with an idea. They held the gun together, and concentrating the remaining energy, they combined their act stoppers ...
ACTSTOPPER - FADING RADIATION : BLAZAR
The beam pierced the white lady and the castle collapsed. They hugged each other tightly with joy. The world around them evaporated and they found themselves back at school. Everything would have been fine if...
- "Adrianne Pleiades ."
Adrianne felt a cold end on the back of her head. Lucy looked around and saw her father. She looked around and saw Sterling and Aislin standing to the side, Sage crying into Momosuke's chest who wanted to comfort her, and her father and Adrianne's mother.
Lucy: "D-Dad?... "
Clockman: "Y-You're bleeding! Quiet, little bunny... Daddy will sort it all out."
Sage saw the blood flowing from Lucy and she quickly ran to Lucy and pulled her away from Adrianne to heal her. The Clockman dug his spear deeper into her neck, but not enough for Adrianne to be hurt by his spear.
Enchantress: "Fortune! Don't you dare kill my daughter! You know you don't stand a chance against me!"
Clockman: "Don't be afraid... We must teach the younger generation their place."
Adrianne: "I know... You can execute me..."
Enchantress: "Adrianne!"
Clockman: "Well, you know, the main thing for me is to find out where you dug up that damned grimoire from. Although what you did at school, and as a result, at our school, won't be forgiven so easily. You need to be interrogated, and then we'll decide."
Sage : "Fortune!... "
Clockman: "We have witnesses to write a dossier. I'm not usually strict with children, but two demons have wandered into our village! And these will-o'-wisps are clearly Adrianne's doing."
Aislin : "Well, Uncle Clockman, maybe we shouldn't?... "
Sterling: "Adrianne just wanted..."
Clockman: "Be quiet! Let Adrianne tell us about her motives. For now, Lucy needs to be treated, the wound is serious."
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