The Wind Kingdom, in the dusty Southern parts of planet Earth, consisted of little more than an open dusty field and one giant round stone building. In the years the Kingdom had existed, less than fifty people actually lived there, and so the round building had sufficed. The center of the building was a courtyard big enough for a five-stall market, and most common people lived on the first three floors, the top floor reserved for guests of honor, the wise advisors of the Wind Kingdom, and of course, the King and his only son, John Egbert.
It was clear John was a worthy Heir when he caused a massive dust tornado to sweep across the plains at age five. Because his grandmother had been a Life-Healer, not a Wind-Master, there had been some doubt. Now, at age thirteen, John was the buzz of town, with large square-rimmed glasses and short tousled black hair like his grandmother. He was tall and strong, though slightly lanky, and held a messy set of buck teeth.
John loved to play pranks.
The servants had learned to check the doors for waiting buckets of water and to avoid any 'gifts' John had left for them. The King, John's father, was also subject to many of these jokes. He didn't mind, though, and chuckled at a couple of strategically placed pranks. He had long ago grown to old to prank people himself and was proud of John's achievements.
However, now John waited outside the dimly lit round building for his cousin in the nearby Kingdom of Life. The King had suddenly fallen ill, and John becoming King was very possible soon. As much as the advisors in the Kingdom knew, John knew there was more to know about the Wind Element out there and so he had contacted a friend on the planet Alternia. His friend knew of a troll on Alternia that was a Wind-Master, but couldn't travel to Earth because of a condition he had. John instead decided to travel to Alternia, though he had never stepped a foot outside the Wind Kingdom. His cousin, Jane, was taking John to a nearby portal station that could take them to Alternia. Hopefully all would work out.
Little did John know that future events would turn his fates around.