PROLOGUE
Silence fell in the courthouse in the kingdom of Merry Melodies. The bailiff escorts CATWOMAN, a feline-based vigilante from Gotham City, JAMES POTTER & LILY POTTER, wizards from the world of Hogwarts Castle, ROCK, a cyborg from Metropolis (anime) and JONATHAN BRISBY, a mouse from the world of NIMH.
"The honorable Judge Granny presiding", proclaims the bailiff as the judge approaches her bench. Judge Granny clears her throat.
"Lily and James Potter, Rock, Catwoman, Jonathan Brisby, you stand accused of conspiring against the king. How do you plead?"
"Not guilty", the prisoners reply.
The crowd waits in silence as the trial wears on. Jonathan tells his story:
"It all started in NIMH…I had been working with the rats on something. Something big" Jonathan tells, "We were going to move the rats to a place called Thorn Valley. But, a rogue named Jenner and the fiends came, sabotaged our plans and led us to destruction.
"I object", says GENERAL ELMER FUDD.
"On what grounds?" says Judge Granny.
"The pawasites are not fiends and Jennew was a twusted ally of the king", says Fudd. Jonathan challenges the General.
"Jenner was a traitor", the mouse exclaims as he steps towards General Fudd. One of the guards tasers him before he can take another step. Fudd steps up and says:
"You should not have sympathy for these cwiminals. I wouldn't be surpwised if these hoodwums led the upwising that killed our king. Pwease…on behalf of the king, make the wight choice."
"What is your verdict?" asks Judge Granny. One of the jurors, SPEEDY GONZALES, stands to say: "We find the defendants, James and Lily Potter, Rock, Catwoman, and Jonathan Brisby……Guilty of conspiring against the king."
Judge Granny feels something isn't right, she contends in a staring contest with an enigmatic figure in a dark cloak. It is virtually impossible to see his face under the hood of the cloak. The cloaked figure makes a gesture towards the judge that sends a chill down her spine. The figure soon rises from his seat and walks out of the courtroom. The bailiff snaps his fingers to get Judge Granny's attention back on the case.
"Excuse me", says Judge Granny, clearing her throat again, "I sentence the five of you to death.
Lily Potter begins to sob as the guards come to take them away. Catwoman fights ruthlessly until she is beaten over the head with a guard's club. The crowd throws paper, rocks, even rotten tomatoes at the prisoners as they are escorted from the courtroom.
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Judge Granny retreats to her office before heading home. She sits at her desk and ponders her last case. Something about that last case just didn't feel right, she thought to herself. Suddenly, she felt cold. The same chill that went up her spine during the trial had come back and with full force.
"Are you aware of what you've done?" says a voice from nowhere.
"What was that?" asks Granny, "Who's there?"
From the shadows the cloaked figure appears.
"What you just did may have altered the entire universe. Your world and others."
"Others? What do the other worlds have to with this?"
"Those prisoners you put away are from the other worlds, now, how do you suppose they'll react to that?"
"No! I will not have it. I've spent years convincing the citizens of Merry Melodies that there are no other worlds."
The figure slams his fists on her desk.
"Won't have it?! You're too late! You've let Fudd mess with the balance. And now Merry Melodies will pay the price for your mistakes!"
"There has to be some way to reverse this…"
"There is one way. There is talk among the Elder Sights that there is a sword, the Majestic, that can make things right. So, the way I see it, you find this "wielder", you find the key to peace among the worlds."
The cloaked figure backs away from the desk.
"Where are you going?" Granny asks, "I have so many questions."
He turns around to walk further into the shadows.
"Find the wielder, save the universe" he repeats over and over until all you can see is what appears to be a small bushy tail before he completely disappears.
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