Kimble slowly sat up with her hands on the ground before her, crouched like a cat. She shivered as she met Alicia's eyes, and then brought her head down, her ears lowered as if expecting her end. But then, they perked up upon hearing her verdict. "R-Really? I won't be k-killed?" She broke down from the emotional release, and wept with a snotty nose, hugging Alicia's legs. "Oh thank you! You're a saint!" The Beckoner gave a faint smile, and nodded. "Do you see this?" The small Patron asked, and other Beckoners appeared on Sylvia's and Sally's shoulders. They seemed displeased with what Alicia has done, but Alicia's Beckoner spoke: 
"Such a pitiful, miserable soul, hardly worthy of the title of monster. If it were not for Justine, she would have never been a threat. But now you are witness to true justice." It strung a poignant chord with its harp.
"Alicia has given mercy to an innocent. She is burdened by the blood on her hands, but despite it she has learned from her mistakes, and is convicted to protect the world of man." The other Beckoners looked surprised, but slowly nodded to what was being said.
"If we are to also be just, we must do the same, and change." Then, the Beckoner disappeared, and the other Beckoners, looking shocked, also disappeared, leaving the Beacon girls to only wonder what was happening with their Patrons.

"Well, that was crazy," Sylvia commented, and sighed. "But it looks like we won't have to kill you for being excommunicated after all, heh." Sally's ear-like head piece bounced on her head as she knelt down and petted Kimble. "Yay! I'm glad everything ended well." But just as everything seemed to settle down, a lone girl could be seen peeking from the front door of the castle; she looked sickly, with pale skin and bags under her eyes. Her eyes widened as she saw Penny and Alicia, and then nodded, as if she heard somebody's voice. "Umm, excuse me. Are you Penny and Alicia? I have a message to give to you." She shyly approached, and explained: "Our savior Mariette has freed us from our prison down in the dungeons. She sent some of us to collect anything valuable in the castle, and is now going to fight Justine herself with the rest." But suddenly, Alicia's Beckoner appeared again, looking distraught. "Alicia! June has been attacked in the library! She needs immediate assistance!"

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The pink magical girl gasped as Mariette approached her, intimidated by her emotionless demeanor. She brought her hands up to her chest, and gulped. "I-It's...Nancy." She finally managed to speak, blushing profusely. She lifted a foot behind her, and poked the tip of her boot against the stone floor of the dungeon.
"A-Actually, maybe I-Mhhh!" She was in the middle of her mumbling when the dark magical girl struck, her body having frozen stiff from the sensation that followed. Mariette could hear loud gasps around her, followed by the sound of someone hitting the floor; they fainted from the shock of seeing her claim Nancy's lips. Ten seconds passed, and Mariette opened her eyes to see that Nancy still kept hers closed, clearly focused on the spell. 

A second later, Mariette could feel the Rejuvenation magic envelop her entirely; all her bodily injuries and aching was swept away, carried away by illusions of sparkling bubbles and white flowers.
She also felt energy flowing into her; the burden countless of sleepless nights was gone, and Mariette felt like she had hibernated an entire winter. She could even feel how Asengav's oppressive hold on her had loosened, as if she had nothing to fear from the Horror. Her clothing was still disheveled, but otherwise she felt like she could jump from the energy.
Nancy opened her eyes, and then withdrew her parted lips, her eyes a bit dazed from the experience. "Oh...Oh my..." She put a hand to her chest, and looked as if she would fall back. Fortunately, a magical girl was there for her to lean on. "That was...amazing," she whispered. "My heart is beating...so fast. And it's...not stopping. Gosh..."
Most of the girls didn't seem to know how to react. Some girls were disgusted by what had happened, but a significant number were different; their eyes seemed to shine even more as Mariette commanded them, with wide smiles. And Nancy had the widest smile of them all.

Mariette attempted to endure her Bane, but it proved futile before the countless broken mirrors that lined the stairway up the tower; she felt as if the shattered images were reflecting her greatest nightmares, and it didn't take long before she had to scream from terror, writhing from the pain. The magical girls accompanying her noticed this. "Our savior is in pain!" "But how? Nobody's attacked us!" "It looks like a curse...Justine has cursed her!" Nancy shouted out. "My magic can't help against magical effects, so it must be a wicked hex by the vampire." She went to a broken mirror, and lifted it up from the wall. Mariette's involuntary reaction caused her to exclaim in understanding. "Everyone, throw all these mirrors away!" She shouted, and tossed the one she held down the chasm of the tower. "They are the cause for Mariette's suffering!"

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Alex' barrier broken as the stone floor impacted against it, only to hold when it was put a second time. The floor was stopped, and in time as well; they were now but ten meters above the rolling waves of the ocean. Helga burst from the waters, clutching the unconscious bodies of both Janet Howall and Samantha Howard, known to the Mahou as Shade when she was transformed. "Never!" She cried, and bellowed like a dragon.
Justine sneered as she slowed her descent, and scoffed when Scout used the Black Coin. The dome of silvery light had enveloped Scout completely, and destroyed the spear in the process, letting her unfold her wings just as Sue had back in the castle.
[color=662d91]"Damn you, Mint! How many pawns did you send?"[/color]

She felt the storm pick up around her, and glanced up to see that Sue was brewing a storm, limiting her movements. Justine snarled, clearly upset as Alex then shot himself right at her, and she was unable to dodge. She gave a crazed grin; one of her black wings turned red and changed shape into a muscular arm with sharp claws, and it grabbed Alex by her waist, just as Scout opened up with a barrage of star shots. Justine used Alex as a shield to block the shots; her three other wings looked tattered, with star-shaped holes, but she herself only incurred light injuries. To her disappointment, she saw that he was unharmed, his multiple barriers having broken but saved him. Justine then threw Alex right at Scout before the magical boy recovered from the barrage, aiming to knock the silver-winged monster girl down into the water. She then summoned her spear, and threw it upwards; it pierced Sue's black wing, causing her to falter and end the spell as she had to focus on staying aloft with a single wing.

[color=662d91]"I have come this far! I won't let anything stop me! Father has deemed love obsolete! He will grant me my utopia!"[/color]
Justine shrieked, and stepped down to the stone floor. Helga growled, but was unable to act as she was on the opposite side to make sure Janet and Samantha didn't fall. Lily stood there defiantly, her hands clutched into fists at her sides.
[color=662d91]"There will be no more pain, no more suffering, and no more fools who make the mistake of falling in love!"[/color]
She now stood right before Lily, the dagger lifted at her side.

Lily began speaking, eyes ablaze with determination. 
[color=fff200]"You're right, Justine. Love can be painful. Love can cause misery and sadness, it can make you feel like nothing matters anymore. I understand those feelings. I understand why you want to erase all the pain we have in our hearts after what happened to your family. But love...is so much more."[/color]
Lily did not blink as she stood before the monstrous vampire.

[color=fff200]"Love is about overcoming that pain! It is about sharing in those experiences, about lifting that burden off your shoulders! It is about accepting your feelings, not running away from them!"[/color]

Justine looked furious, and screamed as she lifted the dagger. Lily grabbed the sharp end of it just as Justine was about to stab her, and brought it close to her heart. Justine's smile widened.
[color=662d91]"Yes! I have finally sacrificed the blood of the pure! Come, Father! Bless us! Bless the world!"[/color]


But nothing happened.

[hider="SUPER HERO"][youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5qqwTR7EXA[/youtube][/hider]
[color=fff200]"Justine...Even if you deny your own feelings, and claim you didn't love your sister...Can you say the same for her?"[/color]
Justine's eyes widened in shock, and lifted the dagger; the blood on it flowed down the handle, leaving it clean. She dropped it, and she looked at her palm, now painted red.
[color=662d91]"No, it can't be...Why didn't it work?"[/color]

Lily shook her head slowly.
[color=fff200]"Your sister loved you more than anything else in the world. She stood by your side, and did everything for you. Do you really think she would want a world without love? A world where she couldn't love you?"[/color]

Justine stepped back, and shook.
[color=662d91]"C-Caroline...Is it true? Did you really...Still love me?"[/color]
She clutched at her chest, and tears drifted down the monster's cheek.

Lily went over to Alex, and took his hand.
[color=fff200]"There is no purity in a world without love. It is nothing but lunacy to think like that!"[/color]

Lily wrapped her arms around Alex, and glowed in bright yellow; electricity sparked around her, and with a resounding flash, the magical girl had returned:

[img]http://i.imgur.com/XIwV8vu.png[/img]

Lily pointed her staff-holding arm towards Justine, still holding onto Alex with a wide, confident smile. Justine reeled back, clearly pained as she shielded her eyes from the light. Lily then pointed her staff up, and began charging; a black storm cloud grew over Justine.

[h3][color=fff200]"Everyone! Let's show Justine the meaning of true love!"[/color][/h3]