The world has changed. I feel it in the water. I feel in the earth. I smell it in the air. Once that once was is lost. For none now live to remember it.

It began with the forging of the great rings.

3 were given to the pre-schoolers, young yet keepers of the future. 7 to the teenagers, great fighters and crafters of the weapons. And 9, 9 rings were given to the race of kids. But they all were deceived, for another ring was made.

In the land of factories, and through the gooeyness of Tapioca, the dark lord Grandfather forged, in secret, a master ring to control all others. And into this ring he poured his cruelty, his madness, and his will to dominate all kids.

One ring to rule them all.

One by one, the free lands of Kidland fell to the power of the master ring. But there were some, who resisted.

A last alliance between Kids and Teenagers marched across the valleys of Adulthood, and on the slopes of the Tapioca Factory, they fought for the freedom of Kid-dom.

*A battle takes place*

Victory was near. *Father walks into the battle* But the power of the ring, could not be undone.

*Father then starts to turn all the kids and teenagers into adults*

It was in this moment, when all hope had faded. When Benedict, son of the king, took up his father's sword.

*Benedict 100 slays Grandfather and he explodes*

Grandfather was defeated.

The ring passed to Benedict, who had this one chance to destroy adulthood, forever. But the hearts of teenagers, are easily corrupted.

*Numbuh 100 tells Benedict to follow him as they stand on the edge of the platform above a volcano of Tapioca*

"Cast it into the tapioca" - Numbuh 100

*Benedict looks at the ring, then looks back at Numbuh 100 and smiles*

"Destroy it" - Numbuh 100

"No" - Benedict

*Benedict starts to walk away*

"Benedict!" - Numbuh 100

The ring of power has a will of it's own

*Benedict is walking through a forest, when he is captured and turned into an adult*

It betrayed Benedict, into his adulthood. And some things that shouldn't have been forgotten, were lost.

History became legend. Legend became myth. And for two and a half thousand years, the ring toiled into obscurity. Until, it ensnared a new bearer.

"My precious"

The ring fell to the creature Fanny. Who took it deep into the tunnels of the treehouses. And there, it consumed her.

"It came to me, my own, my love, my precious"

The ring gave Fanny unnaturally long life. For 500 years it poisoned her mind. And in the gloom of Fanny's room, it waited.

Darkness crept back into the world. Rumor grew to the far end of the east. Whispers of a nameless fear. And the ring of power deceived, its time had now come.

It abandoned Fanny. But something happened then, that the ring did not intend. It came upon the most unlikely creature, a kid, Monty Uno of Cleveland.

"A ring?"

"NOOOO, MY PRECIOUS IS LOST"

*Monty hides the ring in his pocket*

For the time will soon come, when kids, shape the fortune of the world.

What will happen to the ring? What happens to the creature Fanny and Monty Uno? Tune in next chapter to find out. Thanks for reading.