The team had returned to Mystrallia, only to find it still cursed by Mistress. Pets had been turned to stone, the sky still dark, and people were still in fear due to Mistress' impact. While Artemis wanted to help everyone, she was more concerned about her mother's deteriorating health. The reason was because her mother's illness was a curse placed on her by one of Mistress' followers, when they were trying to revive her. The curse was that her health would keep on lowering, so much so that she would die as a result of the curse. And so she and Sarah stopped at her mansion to free her mother before it was too late. Thankfully, they arrived just in time. Her mother was relieved that she was cured, but she wondered how she got cured instantly. The team was glad that they freed her mother, but they wondered if the school was okay.

However, the school was also hit pretty hard, and suffered the same attacks the town had. Despite the fact that the same effects were present in the town, two bright lights had survived: Ran Hibiki, and Emma Hanwood. Bella was relieved that her best and only friend had survived Mistress' attack. Bella knew that she had been gone for far too long, and wanted to aplogize for her 10-year absence and return her magic ring. Emma was alone outside, when Bella appeared and said to her: "It's been far too long, I am sorry to have kept you waiting for ten years, Professor Emma." She then showed her face to Emma, while still keeping her hat on. Emma was confused, because even though 10 years had passed, she still looked the same before her disappearance. Bella then landed in front of her, and the two embraced each other with tears of joy. Bella kept on aplogizing to Emma, for she was sorry to have kept her worried for longer then she anticipated. After a few minutes of apologizing, Bella then returned Emma her ring, but was grateful that it served its purpose. Emma was confused, until Bella explained its secret ability to detach a pet's soul from its body. Emma was surprised to learn about her ring's crazy ability, and even more surprised to find that its dark ability had kept Bella alive. Emma explained that most of the staff along with Gole. After a long chat together about what the two had done when they were apart and what had changed, the two overheard three familiar voices conversing with voices that Emma was unfamililar with. The two then left after the voices.

As Bella went to reunite with Emma, Ran was alone looking at the sky. She was thinking about what to do now, since most of Mystrallia was decimated despite Mistress' defeat. She soon spotted Palutena riding Selene while watching Bella reunite with Emma, which immediately caught her attention. Pegacorns were a very rare species in the World of Magic, and very few mages were able to tame them, or see them in the wild. Ran got extremely excited to see her, and wanted to gather as much information on the tamed Pegacorn. Sarah had spotted Ran as well, and noticed that she was looking at them in surprise. The team then flew down to greet Ran, who was relieved to see Sarah safe, and also excited to see Selene. Ran soon noticed Sarah's armor from the Shining Rod. While Ran was super intrigued to see Sarah's armor, she was baffled on how Sarah aquired the armor. This was due to the fact that she was unaware of the history of the Ultimate Power and the Shining Rod, and so Jonathan and Artemis had to explain to Ran about the history. After Ran got her short history dump, she quickly went to see Selene. She was also introduced to Pit and Palutena, who were the only people from another world to visit Mystrallia. This was due to the fact that Mystrallians were forbidden to inform native people from other dimensions about Mystrallia's existance. Even magical users from other dimensions were forbidden to learn of Mystrallia.

Once the professors arrived at where the young heroes and the goddess were, Sarah introduced Emma to her new friends, who helped her defeat Mistress. Emma was pleased to meet the human duo, and thanked them for keeping Bella safe when she was in her spirit form. Bella was also introduced to Sarah's classmate Ran, the girl who released the Shooting Star broom. Bella knew that much of Mystrallia had changed since she was gone for ten years[not counting the kidnappings from Mistress' dark followers]. Bella knew of the Shooting Star, but had no interest in coming its new owner despite losing her ability to wield the Shining Rod.

Sarah had found Alma and her minions turned to stone, along with a bunch of other students. She later got informed of Gole's petrification from Emma. Sarah wanted to save everyone from their stone prisons, even Alma. Despite their rocky relationship as rivals, Sarah wanted to save her due to her feelings of wanting to challenge herself. Sarah's selfless desire to save everyone, even those she did not know, or had a soured relationship, activated the Shining Rod. Emma explained that her desire would allow her to use the Ultimate Power to break the curse over the entire kingdom. Sarah soon began to activate the curse-breaking half of the Ultimate Power: "What's done is done until it's undone," Sarah yelled out. The Rod then transformed into its bow form, without the need to activate the First Word. Sarah then launched an arrow into the sky, which not only dispelled the darkness, but also released a special magical stardust that freed everyone from their stone prisons. When the curse was lifted, the entire kingdom triumphantly celebrated the true defeat of Mistress, now that her curse over the kingdom had been removed. After the curse was removed, the armor that Pit and Sarah wore faded away and returned to the rod. The Rod still kept its new form though, reminding Sarah that the Ultimate Power could be activated again the next time another great threat arose.

Alma soon awoke and saw Sarah's human friends and the Rod. Alma was dumbfounded by the vistors, and angry at the same time. Alma was mad because she believed she had broken Mystrallian laws. "When I get all the teachers over here, you will be expelled for sure," She boasted before Gole arrived. Gole was not mad at Sarah like Alma had expected. Gole was proud of Sarah because she had accomplished feats that no one else was able to do: "You revived the Seventh Word, unlocked the Ultimate Power, defeated Mistress, and returned one of our most prized teacher back to us." After expressing his gratitude to Sarah, he then moved on to the humans, Artemis, Lilly, and Jonathan. He was thanking them since they not only helped Sarah with the words, they also joined in the fight despite the odds. He was especially interested in the humans because they came to Mystrallia not out of persuasion or a selfish desire, but out of a selfless desire to save their friend's world. After spending some time with the human heroes, he then focused on Jonathan. He knew that Jonathan was not one of his students, and was curious to learn more about the mysterious young boy who helped the humans and the other girls. Jonathan was embarressed, but he quickly introduced himself to his dream school's headmaster and explained his reason for participating in the battle. He also explained his desire to join the school and wondered if he could swap schools. Sarah then joined in and explained that there was another student who wanted to switch schools. However, before Gole could make a decision, Jonathan's father came in furious at his son for escaping. He had also survived the attack from Mistress, and had followed his son in secret to Skytree Academy. He had overheard his son's conversation with Gole and was past his breaking point with his son's constant rebellious personality and his desire to go his own way. His father shouted to his son, "You will return home now!" Jonathan protested and explained that he was fed up with his father's stubborn attitude. "For years our family was on a set path, it gets old after a while," Jonathan began to counter, "that is why I broke free of your selfish wishes, and began to make my own path!" Gole was impressed by Jonathan's assertivness toward his father. He was so impressed by Jonathan's attitude, that he decided to start the student exchange immediately. Mr. Cabel was even more furious, but he knew that there was nothing he could do to stop Gole. Jonathan was glad that he would be able to finally attend Skytree Academy, even if he had to wait until next year to start as a proper student. Lilly was also pleased despite not showing her emotions as much as Sarah was expecting her to. Gole then told Sarah and Bella that Pit and Palutena needed to return home. Since they were the only mages capable of activating the leyline thanks to the fifth word, it was up to them to send them back to Skyworld. Gole reassured them that it would not be the last time the human duo would be coming to Mystrallia.

A few months later...

Sarah Hasley and her friends were graduating from Skytree Academy. Specifically, Sarah was graduating her first year, Artemis her second, and Lilly although a first year, was permanently leaving Skytree and transferring over to Ventus Ark. Jonathan was not a part of the graduation ceremony, but had left Ventus Ark for Lilly. Headmaster Gole informed the graduates below third-year that he hoped to see them again for another amazing year of school. Sarah was extremely glad because her new life as a mage of Mystrallia had just begun.

And that's the end of the first story! Be sure to read the short story Pixie Panic, and be on the look out for the sequel series Tales of Mystrallia! Until Next Time!

-Uprising4c