PreQuill

PreQuill (プリクイル PuriKuiru) is one of the transformation items used by the Soaring!! Pretty Cure team. When used in tandem with an Azure Compass, they allow a Cure to transform with the phrase ‘Pretty Cure, Navigation!’

History
Knowing about the legend of the Pretty Cure, Princess Plume of Avion left them in her place along with the Azure Compasses as a form of last resort just before Meridian took her away. Young fairy general Wren found these trinkets in the place where Plume previously resided, taking one PreQuill and one Azure Compass, leaving only three left. Travelling to Earth while running away from Meridian, he found Yasuko Ito (who was in her third year of junior high school at the time), who later transformed into Cure Horizon. His plan was to return and take another pair once Horizon was found, but he unfortunately was cursed by an unknown Meridian affiliate before he could, leaving him brain-dead and in the care of Horizon.

Several years later, the rest of Plume’s sisters found the three pairs of trinkets left behind. Not knowing there used to be four and Wren took one of them, they sent the remaining PreQuills through Avion’s cross-dimensional transport system, as well as giving sibling fairies Merle and Merlin the Azure Compasses and sending them to follow the trinkets in hope the Pretty Cure would be found.

Appearance
The PreQuills look like standard quill pens, comprised of a feather and a pen put together. The pens come in blue, pink, orange and white to match each Cure’s theme color. The feathers also come in an eagle feather, a warbler feather, a parrot feather and an avocet feather to match each Cure‘s respective bird. They disguise themselves as everyday objects (a keychain for Ahina, a decoration for Kanna and a pair of earrings for Chie) and only reveal their true form once a Cure transforms for the first time. They can also be used and work as regular quill pens.

Trivia

 * Yasuko is the only Cure not to have her PreQuill disguised before transforming for the first time, presumably because Wren gave it to her with her Azure Compass instead of finding it on her own.