After a short defensive fight against Princess Emeraude, the Magic Knights have no choice but to kill her. Her dark side then takes over, seeking to destroy the Magic Knights for killing her love. Feeling responsible for her actions, she had imprisoned herself, and eventually summoned the Magic Knights to kill her, as no one from Cephiro could harm the Pillar. After this, they finally reach where Emeraude is imprisoned, but the three learn that she had fallen in love with Zagato, which had hindered her ability to pray solely for Cephiro's well-being.

After the girls find Zagato, they fight and are able to destroy him. As the girls progress on their journey, they overcome their differences, learning how to work together and accept each other as friends. Guided by the creature Mokona on their quest, the girls discover their respective element-based magic and awaken the three Rune-Gods ( 魔神, Mashin), creatures who can take the form of giant robots that the girls must pilot. The girls are then tasked with rescuing the current Pillar, Princess Emeraude, from her abductor, the high priest and antagonist Zagato, after which they will be returned to Tokyo. There they learn that Cephiro is influenced by one's will and that the Pillar maintains Cephiro through prayer.

While on a field trip to the Tokyo Tower with their respective schools, the girls find themselves drawn into another world, Cephiro. Magic Knight Rayearth focuses on three eighth-grade girls: the tomboyish, headstrong but short Hikaru Shidou ( 獅堂光, Shidō Hikaru) the quick-tempered and no-nonsense only child Umi Ryuuzaki ( 龍咲海, Ryūzaki Umi ) and the intelligent and ladylike Fuu Hououji ( 鳳凰寺風, Hōōji Fū). Magic Knight Rayearth begins with the protagonists' field trip to the Tokyo Tower (pictured). The manga was adapted into two anime series in 1994 and an original video animation (OVA) in 1997. Rayearth combines elements from the magical girl and mecha anime genres with parallel world fantasy. The series follows three eighth-grade girls who find themselves transported from modern-day Japan into a magical world, where they are tasked with rescuing a princess. A sequel was serialized in the same manga magazine from the March 1995 issue to the April 1996 issue, and was published by Kodansha in three bound volumes from July 1995 to April 1996. Appearing as a serial in the manga magazine Nakayoshi from the November 1993 issue to the February 1995 issue, the chapters of Magic Knight Rayearth were collected into three bound volumes by Kodansha, and were published from July 1994 to March 1995. Magic Knight Rayearth ( 魔法騎士（マジックナイト）レイアース, Majikku Naito Reiāsu) is a Japanese manga series created by Clamp.

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