In this episode, The Beasties were in for a joyous celebration. Double—no, triple, for the fact—celebration for The Beasties. One, Josh and Macques were finally married. Two, Maeye and Aradeth have become proud parents of a lovely cross-bred baby Dove-Lion Beastie. And three, The Beasties were beginning their first jobs in the Military Agency with their Cyprine Crystals.
In the Military Agency, life was treating The Beasties pretty well. Adventurous and challenging, and simply so much better. Their life-long goal to gain the best adventures in life has been achieved. It turned out to be even better than they ever imagined in the Earth dimension and more than any mortal could have. They were enjoying every moment of their life in the Military Agency, especially when they get exemption from school and get to hang out with the action people. Kale was able to be with her present crush Zebeth and Josh was able to hang out with her Macques, as he was also part of the agency. Zack, the Gen-X nekos’ member, enrolled himself into the agency to continue his promise to become Josh’s most faithful guardian.
Looks like one of our Beasties got more than what she bargained for.
Anyway, as time passed by, Fresco began to become suspicious when she noticed that Maeye has been coming to the military grounds quite constantly, demanding to see her husband General Aradeth. They were even seen by The Beasties often having heated fights with each other, as in shooting aura at each other and throwing things at each other. It would be a bad influence to Fresco’s nephew if it weren’t for Journey and Hydro willing to baby-sit him while the ‘war’ was carried out.
This is where Fresco’s long-lost brother Derek, who went with Maeye together to the Danger Zone earlier than The Beasties, makes an appearance. He was part of a certain secret together with Aradeth and Jeryl the Mayor and he knew something The Beasties didn’t know. So, after much persuasion from The Beasties, Derek agreed to reveal the secret under Aradeth and Jeryl’s permission.
The Beasties soon found out that they weren’t supposed to be in the Military Agency because they are of royal blood and being in the Agency was very degrading for them. They also found out that their former past life was The Legendary Cyprine Princesses who guard the Danger Zone from the dooms of the whole galaxy ecosystem. This means that the Treasure they won from the Treasure Hunt was actually meant for them.
Aradeth explained further into the legends of the Crystals that the Rabbit Beastie bandits in the legends didn’t start out as bandits. They were actually a clan of people born from the purest stars of the galaxy and was sent to Planet Beasts to protect it while it is being formed. The Cyprine Crystals were the only things they have brought with them to Planet Beasts. But at upon reaching the planet, the Shield of their physical space travel broke and they were barely alive once they’ve landed on the planet. The impact of the vacuum pressure of the galaxy wiped out their entire memory and of their mission to be in the planet. Life was pretty harsh on the planet because it was still developing, which forced them to become bandits. The only thing they remember was that they were of royalty and pureness and that the one who bears the bow was The Ultimate Leader, whom the rest of the group swore to protect. Only when they began to actually use the weapons to fight the evil 10th dimension beings, were their memories restored. After their death, the people of the planet have kept the Crystals real safe in order to wait for their saviours’ return to claim them back.
When The Beasties asked what those bandits have to do with their identity being the Cyprine Princesses, they were shocked to know that the bandits were actually the first past life of The Beasties themselves! It was also written in the stars of the prophecy that once The Princesses have gathered together, peace will be at their feet.
Maeye has a secret tattoo on her back written with invisible ink that shows the constellation of The Cyprine Princesses and she was part of the constellation too—as a Guide and Guardian till the end of time to gather them together as one. The Beasties also know that in Jeryl’s past life, he and Kaplan were twin brothers, just each on the wrong side. So that’s what the vision Josh had in Book 4 meant.
It had been years, too many years for the people of Planet Beasts to wait for the return of The Princesses and now that word has been out that The Princesses have returned and acknowledged their true identity, they couldn’t care to hide their secret anymore. Everyone was waiting for the moment to bow and pay their endless respects and gratitude towards ours truly, starting with the Military Agency. Wow, the people knew all along that The Beasties were actually The Princesses and yet they didn’t tell? They really did a good job hiding their feelings.
The revival of The Princesses was quickly announced and they have made their royal appearance. They dressed up in really fancy dresses (nightmare for the tomboys in the group) and appeared before the people. Awkward as it may feel, The Beasties pulled through. They were taken toa tour around their castles (one personal castle for each Princess—unbelievably posh!) which was situated at the top of the Planet Beasts’ galaxy.
Later that night, Macques gathered The Beasties in Maeye’s home and started to discuss something serious. It was about an evil clan called The Kaplans and its Kaplanites (followers of Kaplan).
He said that in The Princesses era, Lord Kaplan has been the biggest threat towards the planet because of The Princesses’ identity and his greed for the Cyprine Crystals. They have been loads and loads of war between them and The Princesses were able to fend him and his clan off. But during the final battle, although Lord Kaplan was able to be destroyed and thrown into a dark dimension, the loss was great and all The Princesses perished. When they were about to reincarnate, there was a slight dimensional clash and that was the cause of The Beasties being wrongly reincarnated. Peace and harmony, and the balance of the whole galaxy ecosystem temporarily collapsed and although it was restored back where it should be, many lives were lost and it wasn’t easy indeed.
But there had been rumours that Lord Kaplan wasn’t exactly dead, just frozen in the dark dimension, waiting for his chance to strike back. This is why The Beasties have to start retrain themselves using a different mode. It wasn’t like the usual training they learn in school; it was so much more intense that it was almost unbearable. But they had to do it.
It was for the good of the planet.
Soon, as expected, Lord Kaplan and his Kaplanites came to Planet Beasts to once again destroy The Beasties and take the Cyprine Crystals. They fought a hard battle, but they were somehow outmatched by Lord Kaplan’s right-hand man, a Black Dragon Beastie called Ordine a.k.a. Dark Flame and his scythe Pelrune which held a powerful sorceress spirit.
Dark Flame turned out to be a real opponent to behold and The Beasties were defeated. They were sucked into Dark Flame’s magical dimensional traps. In there, Josh and the other Beasties got to see a full version of their past lives. Josh got to see that when she and her sister were kids, they were taken by Lord Kaplan and were trained to be in the bad side for his own purposes.
In this vision, Josh found that Erodius used to be the good guy and was the Keeper of the Cyprine Crystals for the incoming Cyprine Princesses. Her (as a kid) and her sister tried to attack Kapleen and Erodius but ended up being with them instead after Kapleen found out the Cyprine Mark hidden on their foreheads. It wasn’t easy (except Journey) but they were able to reform the girls.
Soon there were more Cyprine Princesses found: Fresco, Kale, Laurel, Hydro and Eolian. These 7 Princesses became the best of friends and the greatest of pals. But Josh was still a little bit on the I’ve-betrayed-my-lord sort of feeling. She may be reformed, but it takes more time to reform the heart.
All that has changed when Josh came across the Earth representative, Benedict. They kinda kicked in with each other and became, well, more than just mere friends. They actually became engaged when they were a little older. Benedict was friends with Macques, and he didn’t know that Macques was also in love with Josh. This love triangle sure is pretty complicated.
Soon, the day for the crowning of The Cyprine Princesses arrived. Everyone in the planet was present for this moment. Erodius finally took off the necklace he had been wearing and release the Cyprine Phoenix, Protector of the Crystals. It was a really grand moment as The Princesses were crowned one by one with the Cyprine Crystals. The best part was when Josh was given her Crystal, she immediately revealed The Cypress Queen that she was. Truly a beautiful moment.
Some of The Princesses have their share of romances as well, like Kale with her sweetheart fiancé who later became her husband Zebeth, and Fresco who was in a relationship with a Fish Beastie who called himself Cora.
The rest were pretty much history: the final war where The Princesses lost their loved ones and their lives defending the planet, the destruction and banishing of Lord Kaplan, the death of The Princesses, the spirit of The Cypress Queen healing the planet with her staff, the reincarnation of The Princesses’ sparks and the dimensional clash that cause the mis-reincarnation…
Josh woke up to find herself in an illusion land created from the gadget she was imprisoned in. There she got the meet her past-life self and was given encouragement by her to continue fighting.
She and The Beasties finally broke free from the prison they were in. Dark Flame was shocked to see that his powerful tool has failed him. The Beasties transformed into their Princess battle mode and transformed their Crystals into the weapons they were. Throughout the battle, more and more people died for them: Zebeth (sobs ), Zack (double sobs ) and Derek (sobs? ), just to name a few.
In the midst of the battle, Fresco accidentally filtered through Dark Flame’s mind and she was holding Josh at that time, so Josh could also see it. They saw Dark Flame’s terrible past, filled with hatred and ignorance, and how he came about to become one of The Kaplanites. Due to that, Josh refused to fight with him, but instead asked him to change and join forces with The Beasties instead. Dark Flame felt so insulted that he encased her in a glass monument.
When he presented Josh to Lord Kaplan, as expected, Lord Kaplan destroyed Dark Flame, with the reason that he hated Dark Flame who was too smart and formidable to be in the team. That was a nail hit through his heart; he never asked to be hated and he never wanted to. Josh looked as Dark Flame slipped to his death and was so mad, she broke free from her encasing and transformed into the Cypress Queen status, much to everyone’s surprise, because they didn’t think someone that young could be so strong.
Needless to say, Josh and Lord Kaplan hit on a really, really intense battle—a fight to the death. After many failed attempts, Josh finally resolved to let what he wanted all these millenniums: the power of The Cyprine Crystals. But Josh was pretty smart on this one—she could control the level of the Crystals’ power (something Lord Kaplan didn’t know much), and that includes the amount of power. She sent in too much power for the evil Kaplan to take and he exploded.
KABOOM! goes the evildoer, and HURRAY! for the victors of justice!!!
In the midst of the explosion, the last thing Josh saw was Dark Flame extending his hands to her before she blacked out. The planet was healed back to its original state in the ending of the explosion process. Josh was immediately rushed to the Maha for treatment, The Beasties and Macques waiting for her anxiously outside.
Well, good news to Macques because as soon as the treatment was over, the doctor announced that Josh was actually pregnant throughout the whole war and was surprised to see the babies able to survive such fatal blows. Macques almost fainted in shock because of that, but he recovered soon enough.
The burial for the dead was done, and Derek’s body (he didn’t actually die because Fresco suggested to share part of her life span to him. The rest of The Beasties did the same for him) was kept in Josh’s top part of the castle to heal. Josh also kept Pelrune in that part, and Pelrune promised to stay faithfully in that room until there comes a day when the rightful person was ready to use her.
Was it why Dark Flame has extended his arms to Josh? To be reborn through her? Who knows…
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