Rascal is on a park on earth. He lays against a tree. He feels terrible and weak. He stands up. He must regain energy. If he stays that weak, he can't even return to the Shadow Realm.

Slowly the joker walks further, not knowing where to go. Lanterns slightly light up the path. The stones crackle under Rascal's curly shoes. But then he feels that his energy is fading away again. He falls and everything turns black.

Chloe is walking in the park that night. She looks at the stars in the sky. She sits on a bench. She looks at the lake. The stars reflect in the water. She is so happy that earth is saved.

Suddenly she sees a silhouette on the ground. Chloe stands up and walks towards the figure. The person probably needs help. But when she sees who it is, she gasps. She wants to flee to get the others, but then notices the joker's injures. Scratches are all over his face and his clothes are torn.

'W-where am I?' it suddenly sounds weak. Chloe scares and stares at the joker who just woke up again.

'Glitter Breeze...' he says. 'You probably feel good to know that you... have weakened, humiliated and defeated me...' Rascal closes his eyes. 'Go ahead and kill me.'

Chloe doesn't say a word from shock. She just stares at the injured face.

Rascal opens his eyes again. 'You're still here, Breeze?' He stands up. His knees are shaking.

Chloe is ready to transform, but Rascal says with a weak voice: 'Don't bother, Breeze. I don't have the energy to fight you.'

Slowly he walks towards the bench and sits down. 'I don't expect you to understand my reason to revive Nogo.'

'What reason?' Chloe cautiously walks towards him, expecting an attack. But she sees that Rascal is serious. The injures, the torn clothes and the messy hair proves that he is weakened.

Rascal closes his eyes again. 'In stories I am always the creepy, bad clown guy. I'm a joker. No one likes a joker, not even in card games. Nogo is the only one who understood me. He said that I will get my revenge. I wanted that. I even started to love destruction and became the bad guy.'

'I understand, Rascal.' Chloe sits down, next to him. 'The same happened to Ulric, Brute and Brooha.'

Rascal looks at her. 'You do? And I thought those pixies were just failures... Not strong enough to handle being a subordinate of Emperor Nogo...'

'It's understandable to feel that way if people mistreat you like that.' Chloe looks at him.

Rascal turns his head away. 'Yet I mistreated others for it. But why are you talking to me? You hate me.'

'You seem so different now,' Chloe says. 'But in a positive way. It is good to know that you have good inside you.'

'Good?!' Rascal looks at her. 'I tried to kill you!'

'Because we were in your way. You want revenge after everything.'

Rascal says nothing. He just stares at his hands. But then he starts to feel dizzy.

'Breeze, I am going to faint...'

Right after saying it, Rascal falls of the bench.

Slowly Rascal opens his eyes. But where is he? He doesn't regonize antything.

'Good, you're awake,' a voice sounds. It's Chloe. 'I brought you home after you fainted. I have some food for you. You are probably hungry. You were sleeping for two days.'

Rascal feels the empty feeling in his stomach and sighs. He sits up. Chloe gives him an sandwich and Rascal eats it.

'That was delicious,' he says, after finishing. 'But why did you help me?'

'Because I know you are good inside.' Chloe looks at him, a bit worried. Where is that joker that playfully mocked everyone and made bad puns? Rascal isn't himself.

'You can become a better person if you want to.'

'How? And I can't betray my master like that. He will kill me for it!'

'Nogo only used you,' Chloe says. 'Remember how he absorbed you and killed you?'

'Glitter Lucky hugged him,' sighs Rascal. 'But I was too good to get killed by that, but it has hurt me a lot. And because Nogo absorbed my energy, I have little to no left myself.'

'I will help you regain your strength,' says Chloe.

'Uh... Are you sure...'

'Yes. And I will help you to become a better person. I will show you the good things in life. And the power of love and friendship.'

'I don't believe in these things.'

'Have you ever felt love before?' Chloe sits down, next to him and looks him in the eyes. Rascal blushes and turns his head away. He feels something weird in his stomach. It tickles.

She is beautiful, he thinks in himself. He scares. Did he just suddenly think that without noticing?

'You might be right, Breeze,' whispers Rascal, without looking at her. He has a warm feeling in his chest when he is around her. He has felt it before, but he thought that it was joy because he playfully mocked her.

'That's a good sign,' Chloe says. 'You better get some rest now.' She puts the joker down and puts a blanket over him. Just now he notices that he is laying in a bed. A very soft one.

Rascal wakes up. It's evening. He feels great. Now he can go to revive his master and destroy the earth!

Suddenly everything that has happened the last few days comes back to him. He goes out of bed. Where's Chloe?

Then he notices her. She lays on the floor with a blanket but no pillow. He kneels down and strokes Chloe's blue hair.

'You're beautiful, deary...' Rascal whispers. He has the chance to kill her, but he doesn't. The warm feeling in his chest and the tickling in his stomach stop him from doing that. He doesn't understand it. He knows he now cares for Chloe, but why? And what are those strange feelings? Does it have a name?

Rascal smiles as he continues to caresses her hair. He hopes Chloe doesn't wake up, so he can continue to stroke her soft hair.

Suddenly he freezes. What is he doing? Why is he stroking his enemy's hair? What is wrong with him? He must kill her and revive Nogo!

Confused by the feeling and thoughts, he stands up. The best he can do is to get some rest. Later everything will become clear to him. Chloe, that silly little girl is helping him so he won't have any trouble.

But it doesn't become clear to him.

Rascal wakes up again, but this time the sun shines. He sees Chloe, she is doing something at her desk. Rascal goes to her to see what she is doing. She is doing maths.

'Why are you doing that?' he asks. 'For fun?'

Chloe looks up. 'It's for school.'

'I can see you doing it for fun,' Rascal jokes. 'That's why you are so smart and able to defeat me with your knowledge!'

Chloe giggles. 'Thanks Rascal.'

Rascal grins and blushes.

Chloe stands up. 'Wait here. I am going to get us something.'

Rascal looks around her room while she's gone. He sees a mirror and looks at himself. He sees the red scratches on his face and his torn clothes. One sleeve is completely gone so he sees that his arm is also full of scratches. The golden belt around his waist is gone and so is the pink-reddish belt around his neck. His hair hangs down and the Buffoons each just hold a small part of one haircolour. The rest is loose. His purple bangs are also really messy.

He looks at other things in the room. He sees a bookshelf full of books and wants to take one out, when Chloe comes in.

'I brought some food for us.' Chloe puts a tray on her desk. 'Come and eat.'

Rascal doesn't say a word and sits down on a second chair. Deep in thoughts he eats a sandwich. He doesn't understand why he does not want to kill Chloe. Even the will to revive Nogo is less than before. Is it because of the warmth and the tickles? It feels great. He only feels it when he is around Chloe. He doesn't want to give it up.

'Breeze?' he suddenly asks.

'Yes Rascal?'

'Why did you sleep on the floor at night?'

'Because you were in my bed and you need your rest to get your energy back.'

'But musn't that hurt? The floor is cold and hard. This is your room. You should sleep in your own bed with a pillow. I can sleep on the ground.'

'No,' Chloe says. 'You need rest. I can handle the floor.'

Rascal is silent again. He does not want to upset Chloe and have a fight with her. Besides, it feels good to know that Chloe wants him to get better.

'It was delicious, wasn't it?'

Rascal nods. 'Yes.'

'Good. And now I want to show you things. Things most people on earth do.'

'Like what?'

'What do you think of watching a movie? Later, when you feel better, we can do other things.' Chloe puts a disk in a DVD player and turns her television on.

'Much better quality than the tv of Brute's grandmother...' Rascal mumbles.

'Come on, let's watch.' Chloe gets the remote and sits on her bed. 'Sit next to me, Rascal.'

'Are you sure?'

'Yes. Come on.'

Rascal sits down next to her. The movie starts, but he only keeps an eye on Chloe. He wants to stroke her hair again. He will, tonight. When she's asleep.

After a while he finally pays attention to the movie, but he has missed a big part of the beginning so he does not understand well what's going on. But he still enjoys it. Strange, because it is about love between vampire's and humans.

After the movie, Chloe decides to play a card game. Rascal enjoys it and has a big smile on his face. He can't wait until he has enough energy to play tricks again.

They both laugh a lot with each other and talk. Then the subject changes.

Chloe puts her cards down. 'Rascal, may I ask you personal questions?'

'Yes...'

'What kind of person were you before joining Nogo?'

Rascal sighs. 'I... Rather not talk too much about it. 'Let's just say that I was different.'

'What do you mean?'

'I don't know anything about my parents. Nogo basically took care of me at a young age. That's why I became in love with destruction and pain... When I was around other people, I heard them talk full of hate about jokers. How creepy and bad they were...'

'Is that why you don't want to betray Nogo?'

'Yes... But if he knows what I am doing... He would kill me!'

'Wait...' Chloe says. 'What do you mean by "if he knows"? He is death, isn't he?'

'I think he somehow may be still alive, but if I don't have my energy, I can't connect with him so I don't know if he is alive or not.' He sighs deeply. 'Tonight I thought that I got my energy back, but I was wrong.' He doesn't tell about his thoughts to kill her and the fact that he enjoyed stroking her hair.

'It will come back, I promise.'

'Thanks Breeze.'

'Call me Chloe.'

It is night. Rascal lays in bed. He is awake. He waits for Chloe to be asleep, but it is a really cold night and it seems like she can't warm up. She shivers and Rascal notices it now for a few hours.

Chloe puts her blanket over her head, in hope to get warm but it doesn't work. The floor hurts her head and she shivers.

'Now I am done!' Rascal says.

Chloe feels that he takes the blanket away. 'What are you doing Rascal?'

'I can't take the shivers anymore. I am not the only one who needs rest.' He picks her up. 'You are going to lay in your bed.'

'But you need to heal!'

Rascal looks at her. 'Then there is only one way to fix this. We are going to stay in bed together.'

'W-what?!'

Rascal says nothing but takes her hands, presses her against himself and puts her on bed. He lays next to her and puts the blanket over them. He gently strokes her hair. Chloe is frozen by the sudden move of the joker.

When he falls asleep, he has his arm around her. She stares with her eyes wide open to the ceiling, but they slowly close.

Rascal is warm for a cold-hearted villain.

The next day Rascal wakes up. He sees that Chloe is still asleep and has his arm around her. He starts to stroke her hair again.

'You are a beauty...' He whispers. He grins and closes his eyes. He continues to stroke her hair sweetly. After some minutes she wakes up.

'Rascal, what are you doing?' she says, shocked.

'I thought I could keep you warm,' he says and laughs. He let's her go. 'I really appreciate it that you are willing to help me, Breeze.'

'No problem, but I have been thinking. The rest of the Glitter Force should know about you.'

Rascal looks at her. 'They won't trust me after everything that has happened.'

'They will if you tell them what you've told me, I promise.'

'Are you okay with it if they know after I got my energy back? I don't want them to see me like this.'

'I trust you,' Chloe says, 'so that's okay.'

'What are we going to do today?' Rascal asks.

'Maybe we can go outside,' Chloe says. 'I can show you around some places.'

'Sounds good to me.'

'But you can't go out like this,' Chloe says. 'Your clothes and hair should be fixed. Let me take care of that.' She looks at him. 'And you should probably take your mask off.'

'My mask?! No way!'

'But Rascal, it will draw attention!'

'I am not going to take my mask off!'

'Fine,' Chloe sighs. 'But at least put on some normal clothes.' She goes away and then comes back with clothes from her father. 'These should fit you since you're really tall.'

'Thanks Breeze.' He puts the clothes on. It's a simple, blue shirt with darkblue pants. His torn clothes are left on the bed.

'And now your hair.' Chloe gets a hairbrush, presses Rascal on bed and sits behind him. She takes the Buffoons out and starts to brush his hair very softly. Rascal closes his eyes and enjoys every second.

'I am done!' she says after five minute's. She pushes Rascal towards the mirror. 'What do you think?'

Rascal looks at himself. His hair hangs down and it's still a bit messy, but this time it looks good.

'I prefer my jester hair,' says Rascal. 'Where are the Buffoons?'

'In my drawer,' Chloe answers. 'Come on, let's go. Also, don't move with your eyes. It will scare people. They should think it's a normal mask.'

Rascal nods.

And so the two are going to the park to feed ducks since they should get rid of the bread. Chloe gives Rascal a piece of bread. He tears the bread into small pieces and throws these into the water. He stares at the ducks which eat the bread with joy.

After that they go to a store. Chloe has to buy stuff for her mother. A child asks Rascal why he wears a mask.

'Because... I want to...' Rascal forgets that he shouldn't move with his eyes, so the child screams and runs away when the joker blinks.

'What did I do?' Rascal asks.

'Your eyes, remember?' hisses Chloe.

'Oh yes... I forgot.'

'When I have everything we need, we are going home to give it to my mother. Then we can do something else.'

The two walk to Chloe's house. They don't say a word to each other. This gives Rascal the time to think. He wonders so many things. He feels good, but his energy is still gone. He can't float, he can't use his tricks, he can't do anything. He is more like a confused human who doesn't know what he wants than the joker who is the highest ranked subordinate of Emperor Nogo. And why does he want to spare his enemy instead of killing her? And what are those strange feelings when he is around her? Why does he like it more than reviving his master? Is he betraying him?

'Rascal, did you hear my question?'

Chloe suddenly waves for his eyes. 'Hello? What's up with you?'

'I have been thinking of things,' Rascal admits. 'I am so confused.'

'Let's go for a walk and talk. That will probably clear your mind.'

Rascal agrees and so the two are going for a walk. Chloe asks him what he thinks of every activity so far.

'I like it.' The best is being around you, he thinks, but doesn't say it. What would she think of him? And worse, what would Nogo think?

'Do you feel different?' Chloe looks at him. 'I mean, do you still want to revive Nogo?'

Rascal stands still. 'I am not sure...'

'You have good inside you, Rascal,' Chloe says. 'Don't ignore that. You can become a better person, which is good.'

'Not for my master...'

'But remember, he only used you for your powers. Life has good things and you can't just destroy that. Love is the best thing in life. When you have that, you are happy and no one can take it away from you. Our greatest strength is friendship and love, and we wouldn't be able to defeat Nogo if we didn't believe in ourselfs and others. We do everything for each other. Like how you wanted to revive Nogo, were loyal to him and even sacrificed your life for him.'

'How does it feel, friendship?' Rascal asks. 'I never had a friend because I never believed in friendship.'

'I am your friend,' Chloe says. 'This means that we can have fun together - like how we played cards -, and I will do everything to help you - I will help you regain strength.'

'Thanks Breeze...'

'But call me Chloe, okay?'

'How did you guys suddenly stand up while you were on the edge of losing?' Rascal asks. 'I mean, when I stole your last Glitter Charm, kidnapped Candy and got your negative energy, you looked so hopeless, but ended up defeating me, Ulric, Brute, Brooha and Nogo... You even defeated the Shadow Force.' Rascal remembers how he feared them and said "woe is me, woe is me" but started laughing when he realised Nogo was coming back.

'We will do everything for a good ending,' Chloe replies. 'As long as we don't give up, a good ending is possible. Not even Nogo can channge our mind! And we will do everything to protect our loved ones and the earth!'

'It's terrifying how strong it makes you...' Rascal stammers.

'It's the power of being good and love.' Chloe puts her hand on Rascal's shoulder. 'There is nothing to be afraid of.'

Rascal sighs. 'But why did it hurt so much? After Lucky hugged him, I crashed down on earth and never felt so much pain in my life. I was stuck in a nightmare, full of pain, and when I woke up I felt weak... So weak that walking a few steps cost all my energy... And the third time I woke up... I...'

A smile appears on Rascal's face. 'I saw you. Even though you were my enemy... I feel good to know you take care of me.'

Chloe smiles too. 'We're friends now, and that is the best thing in life.'

Rascal looks at her. 'Breeze, you are right.' He smiles. 'It is new for me and confusing and I need time to turn good... But you're right.'

The two give each other a big hug.