Star☆Twinkle Precure EP46 - Darknest Descends! Battle at Star Palace

The Cures are called to the Star Palace by the Princesses to conduct a ritual with Fuwa and the Twinkle Imagination that will allow them to bring peace to the universe. But the Cures fight Garouga, Tenjou and Kappard when they attack the palace, the three revealed to be wearing special armor that Darknest provided to convert their twisted imagination into power. The battle is soon joined by the Starscape Alliance with Eyeone now supporting the Cures, Hikaru eventually attempting to convince both sides to cease fighting. But Darknest uses the Notraiders' armor to destroy the palace's barrier and immobilize the Starscape Alliance, revealing her true identity as the thirteenth Star Princess Ophiuchus. Ophiuchus explains that she became disillusioned with the universe she and the other Princesses created together, revealing her goal of using Fuwa to erase it to her subordinates' shock while revealing that she destroyed Garouga's planet. Ophiuchus soon places Garouga, Tenjou and Kappard under her control before the Curse exhaust their Twinkle Imagination to purify them, Ophiuchus uses this opportunity to capture Fuwa and the other Star Princesses before departing with the Star Palace.