The King's Staff Stolen

"In the ten years since Sir Helia's death... equality and freedom had spread throughout the lands," King Saladin said during a meeting with his knights. "the Staff of the Eternal Circle has given us the strength to stand together against all injustice..."

Lady Musa began clapping as the other Knights of Justice joined in.

"Magix has prospered beyond our greatest dreams!" King Saladin finished finally.

Just as King Saladin's knights were about to applaud again, a huge griffin attacked the castle.

"It's a griffin!" Sir Nabu whispered.

The griffin then attacked the king.

The knights began to battle against the griffin.

But the griffin wounded King Saladin and it stole the Staff of the Eternal Circle.

"Don't mind me," King Saladin said. "find Palladium and go after the staff."

The griffin just then flew off with the staff in its talons.

"Send word across the land," Lady Stella called out. "the Staff of the Eternal Circle has been stolen!"

Horns began to sound as the knights raced out of the castle.

"Goldenwings," Palladium said to the baby chick. "protect the staff!"

While in the sky above Magix, a big battle raged on against Chicko & the griffin, at which point Chicko made the griffin drop the staff into the forbidden forest below.

More horns sounded as those who lived in nearby villages were alerted.

Two of Lady Flora's farmhands heard the news while working out in the field.

"The Staff of the Eternal Circle it's been stolen!"

Tecna who was doing her own chores nearby where the farmhands were working gasped when she had heard the news and raced off to tell her mother.

"No," Lady Flora said to Tecna sternly once she had heard what her daughter asked her. "absolutely not!"

"But Mother the Staff of the Eternal Circle is missing," Tecna protested to Lady Flora. "I must go after it!"

"That a job for knights not for a young girl." Lady Flora said to Tecna.

"But I want to be a knight! I'll go on grand adventures... fighting evil... rescuing damsels in distress," Tecna told her mother. "what is a damsel anyway?"

"Now Tecna! Tecna stand still and try on your new dress!" Lady Flora chided.

"Mother I don't want a new dress! I want to save Magix," Tecna protested to Lady Flora. "if you'll just let me I know I could fine the the Staff of the Eternal Circle all on my own!"

"The knights will find the staff and they'll do it by working together!" Lady Flora said sternly to Tecna.

"While I'm working here! Doing the chores... fetching the eggs... taking care of the house... boring," Tecna complained to her mother. "where's the glory in that?"

"Tecna one day you will learn what Magix means," Lady Flora said gently. "till then... you'll stay with me."

"Oh alright!" Tecna said taking off the new dress that she was being forced to try on.

Tecna then ran outside to do more of her chores feeling terribly upset as Lady Flora turned to a family portrait on a tapestry.

"What would you do?" Lady Flora asked Sir Helia seeing his face in the portait.