It is said that some people have lived multiple lives before, a phenomenon known as “reincarnation.” Every so often, an embodiment that is the “spirit” of a era, comes into being. Life changes for four girls when The Futurelands, the world responsible for preparing souls for reincarnation, comes under attack by The Tempus Group, disturbing the balance of time and sending the memories of the Decade Guardians to Earth. Can the girls’ learn more about their legendary past-selves, all while saving the future?
A Pretty Cure OC fic with a time and history motif, written by SingMeloetta. It is currently a work in progress, but the published parts of the fanfic can be read on Archive of Our Own.
Temporal Spark Pretty Cure contains examples of:
- Abusive Parents: Audrey has an emotionally abusive mother, and the abuse only gets worse when we finally see it play out.
- Ambiguously Brown: Coco and Whitney, though Whitney especially.
- Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: Audrey as the blonde, Coco or Whitney as the brunette and Jane as the redhead.
- Beauty Contest: Audrey participates in these extremely often, and loves the stage, although her mother is more than a little bit obsessed with keeping up the Monroe's legacy in the pageant world.
- By the Power of Grayskull!: "Pretty Cure! Spark of Time!"
- Darker and Edgier: Not necessarily on purpose, though due to the theme of reincarnation it is bound to seem like this during some sequences.
- Elemental Powers: Cure Jitterbug has beauty, Foxtrot has crystal-based powers, Disco has light and Cure Twist has nature.
- Historical Domain Character: Most of the members of The Tempus Group are all based on historic villains. Luckily, it does this without using most obvious choice.
- Alpone is based on Al Capone
- Roixillian is based on Maximilien Robespierre
- Yurinika is based on Yuri Gagarin
- Bethory is based on Elizabeth Báthory
- Atlack is based on Blackbeard
- Malt Shop: Schape Shakes, which Audrey's grandfather owns.
- Monster of the Week: The Sonarch, monsters created from the corruption of the timeline.
- Power Dyes Your Hair: Especially in the cases of Cure Jitterbug, Twist, and Disco.
- Reincarnation: A major theme of the series.
- Theme Naming: The Cures' alter-egos are all named after popular dances from their respective decades. The girls themselves are all named after a combination of two popular icons from the decade.
- Toast of Tardiness: Whitney's introduction scene in Episode 3 has her waking up late for school. You can guess what happens next.
