Pit fell farther and farther into blackness.
It streamed past him and somehow he could feel air blasting against him, he spread his wings out and felt the wind buffet them and gradually began slowing down.
He was still in the strange black dimension that surrounded the castle he had leapt from so folded his wings inwards and dove down.
Merlon was tending to the plants in his garden at Flipside when he suddenly heard a large crash sound.
He ran out into his house and consulted the Light Prognosticus.
He was deep in thought for a moment.
"This must be Peach..." he thought, "That must mean Mario has completed the first world all as foretold in the Light Prognosticus!"
Merlon raced outside and dashed through Flipside before hopping onto the elevator, eager to meet the second of the four prophesied heroes.
The elevator went up and up and as it did, Merlon got more and more excited.
Finally at the top Merlon exited the elevator and gasped in shock.
Instead of Princess Peach it was an angel with white wings, even worse Mario was nowhere to be found, it appeared that he was still within Level 1.
"What in the world!" gasped Merlon.
He began consulting the Light Prognosticus again and again furiously flipping through it trying to find anything that would clue him in as to what was going on, but he had no such luck.
Finally with groan of anger, Merlon slammed the book shut, and stared in rage at Pit, "Who are you?! Some agent of Count Bleck's!"
"I won't let you weave your evil magicks here!" Merlon yelled and stretching his fingers out began to cast some sort of spell.
A net began to form around Pit, but before Merlon could finish, Pit dove into the door to World 1 and disappeared.
"Wait a minute..." Merlon thought, "Only a prophesied hero could open those doors..."
Merlon was suddenly very confused.