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-PAST-
The Dark Magician falls and dissipates, swearing revenge on the Maple World. The five knights, worn out, slumped to the floor. In the palace, the old Empress smiled weakly, and passed her powers to her new born and passed away peacefully, glad that the Dark Magician has finally fallen.
-NOW-
The young Empress, lying on her pet, the Divine Bird, suddenly felt a strange disturbance. She snapped opened her eyes, trying to identify it. After she managed to identify it, her eyes widened and she gently plucked out a feather off the Divine Bird and folded it into a horn. Gathering all her breath, she blew the horn. The five commanders of the Empress, sparring on the practice field, stopped and pricked up their ears. Mihail, the commander of light, smiled and said, "It's finally time."
The Dark Magician paced about in his fortress, located in one of the abandoned islands floating around the Maple World. A little boy, sat at the corner, playing with his puppets, as girlish as that may sound. But when he looks up, the never ending desire to kill was clear in his eyes, contrasting his pure and cute appearance.
"It's time to make our move," the Dark Magician announced, "Francis, please go to Victoria Island and set up a foothold for my return there."
"Yes, sir," the little boy replied. He stood up and downed a cloak and skilfully picked up a few strings from a bucketful of them. The strings led to a bagful of puppets and he dragged it along. The little boy then got on a carrier and manipulating the control wheel with a doll, he sat on the seat in the carrier and began playing with his puppets.
The carrier then dropped him off at the Florina beach, where he took a disguise of an innocent beginner, arriving there accidentally. He took the ship back to Lith Harbor and walked all the way to Sleepywood. The monsters on the way all fled upon sight of him, but he knew that it was all planned when he played with the puppets on the ship.
Arriving at Sleepywood, he managed to find an isolated spot near the Evil Eyes and sat up a house there. He did it within minutes, with the help of his puppets, and he soon settled down on a chair, planning his first move…