The camera shows a city street at Night, zooming down to ground. The screen changes to a little yellow chick looking creature making a small "Timmu Timmu" noise hopping in front of Leo. The blonde haired boy raised an eyebrow at the peculiar creature
Leo's eyes widened, it looked like the first creature from earlier, but without the ears.
On another side of a town, in the middle of the day, A pink chick creature had done the same thing, in front of Emma, her green eyes following it as it hopped along.
Emma's eyes widened. Two of them? "What's going on? What were those things?" Alice and Francis asked, everyone in the theater was curious as well
The screen flash cuts back to Leo as he follows the creature to an alleyway, hopping down to what looks to be an abandoned theater, it's lights shining brightly.
"A...theater? Why a theater?" Leo asked. Unaware that Balan was starting to smile...
The scene quickly changed to Emma seeing the same thing, in broad daylight. She looked to see if anyone was playing a joke on her. When she didn't see anyone, she carefully went to follow it down the alley.
"Emma dear? You're not considering on going IN there are you?" Francis asked, looking at the screen with worry.
The screen changes back to Leo as he's now at the door of the theater and begins to walk in. The screen changes to a poster of a strange silhouette in front of a bunch of settings and objects, as Leo opens the door, and the screen goes black
"Leo...please be careful in there..." Alice said, a worried look on her face.
The screen lights back up to reveal the door being opened from the inside, as Emma peeks her head in. She slowly walks inside and looks around, unaware that a mirror lights up, revealing Leo on the other side. Leo glanced around before looking at the mirror, thinking that for a second he saw someone as it changed back to his own reflection. Leo glanced around before he continued on, not noticing that it changed back to reveal Emma again
"How?! How is this possible?!" Alice and Francis asked. Leo and Emma looked at each other. Balan quietly chuckled to himself, as he knew when his theater appears, HE appears.
The walls were adorned with posters. One showing a little girl with green hair, looking at a kitten, a clocktower in the background, while another one depicts a firefighter saving a child from a blazing inferno
"Hey...wait a minute, that's me!" Cass cried at the poster "Me too!" Eis exclaims.
A shattered mirror is shown as the kids pass by it, their reflections scattered among the shards of broken glass as they continued on, before stopping in another room, with their reflections mirroring each other in the floor as they stare at something...or someone.
"I suppose, and I guarantee...that both of the children are looking at me!" Balan said, bouncing in excitement as Lance rolled his eyes at his counterpart
On the other side of the room was a strange looking, fancy dressed individual, with a white top hat, looking at a yellow tear shaped gem. When the screen gets closer however, the gem is revealed to have Leo's reflection, and Emma's reflection as he turns it. "Oh?" He asks in a deep voice. He turns his head to reveal nothing but a black felt like face...until a big white toothy smile cracks underneath.
"Is that you Mr Balan?" Yuri asked, glancing at the top hatted maestro "Yes Yuri dear! My time to shine is here!" He said proudly as confetti and glitter fell around him.
"Why hello there..." He said as he slowly put down his gem and stood up. He suddenly spun around at an unbelievable speed before appearing in front of Emma and bowing down to her "And WELCOME!" He said, before lifting his head, revealing his eyes to be INSIDE his hat ribbon.
Alice and Francis looked at Balan Worriedly, he wasn't going to HURT their children...was he? Meanwhile, Leo began to wonder if he had gotten to this point, maybe he could avoid the theater and pretend he didn't see it, if anything this looked like a waste of time to him
Leo jumped back with wide eyes, confused at the strange individual in front of him
"Wait a minute...How are you in front of Leo? Weren't you just in front of Emma?" Cal asked, Alice and Francis were wondering the same thing.
"The theater appears to those in need, so my help they can heed, So if their hearts I would have to have see, the theater appears at the same time and so does me!" Balan explains, although no one understands what he means
Balan begins to stand up again as he waves his arms with dramatic flair "Here Child! Have this!" He said, making the chick creature appear in his hand, when the screen changes back to Emma's side, showing the pink chick creature falling into her arms. The screen changes back to Leo as Balan spins back to him, holding a magnifying Glass and examining his eye, before spinning in the opposite direction to Emma, as he planted a hand on her back and stretched out her bottom jaw, before shooting up into the ceiling, and landing back on Leo's side, as he planted another hand on his back as he checked his ribs with a stethoscopes, forcing Leo to put his chick friend on his head. "And tell me: What is it that you miss?" He asked before diving back to Emma, who backed away before he did something. Balan smiled as he shot back over to Leo "But of course! It's a piece of your heart!" He said before grabbing Leo and running down the hallway at a incredible speed, into what looked to be a small theater room.
Leo looked incredibly confused, but then it hit him: THIS was what he would find in that alley, THIS was what was going to happen before that bright light appeared. "NO, NO WAY! I REFUSE NO WAY AM I GOING TO DO THAT!" He though in his head, however Balan seemed to know what he was thinking "Oh Leo, I'm afraid that's not the case, your heart's balance needs to be helped post-haste!" He said, suddenly appearing next to him.
Emma appeared to be in the same predicament as Balan finally let her go, but she spun around before Balan sets her straight on the ground. He then punts a chair filled with several items before hopping back to push a bookcase away, and reappearing to sweep a table, before the camera zoomed in on his face as he paused for a brief moment, with his his eyes closed and he raised his hand
"What are you about to do?" Harold asked, fascinated by Balan's speed and strength...the same couldn't be said about his wife though, or Mr Cole. "You...aren't going to hurt them are you?" Alice asked. Balan only grinned. He knew what would happen next.
Balan opened his eyes as he snapped his fingers "Which means, It's Time for the show to start!" He announced as the camera shows Balan's magic flipping switches backstage and making spotlights glow. The screen then shows Balan at center stage, the spotlight on him.
"Showtime! My favorite part! I always enjoy the performance at the start!" Balan gushed, as his eyes began to shimmer
The beat of a drum as loud upbeat music began to play and Balan began to dance, flipping to the side of the stage. He then cloned himself into five and the middle one then shot towards Leo at a fast speed. Leo jumped back as Balan spun around him, before transforming into a chair underneath Leo. The scene cuts back to Emma as she receives one as well. The screen cuts back to Leo as his little chick like creature jumps up and chirps at him
"Hey, what are those things anyways?" Wang Lei asks. Balan smiles "Those are Tims! Charming little creatures, the color of their fluff gives them different features!" He says, not taking his eyes off the screen.
More Tims come from the sides of the stage as the 3 Balan clones merge into one. Balan stands on the stage and throws his arms out, opening the curtain and releasing a wave of rainbow water, sweeping away the Tims. Emma gasps as the rainbow flood rushed towards her, as her Tim simply looks forward and jumps in joy
"EMMA! You better not hurt her or I SWEAR I WILL hold you responsible!" Francis yells at Balan, but the maestro isn't fazed. In fact, Balan's smile seems to get bigger.
The scene cuts back to Balan, who is now "swimming" in a underwater scene with a snorkel and goggles on.
The children giggle at Balan's antics "You're silly Mr Balan!" Cass says through her laughter.
The top hatted man then jumps out of the "water" and into a small moonlit replica of the alleyway from before. He jumps on the two buildings before splitting them apart as Leo then falls through the two Buildings and into a crystal void, along with his chair and Tim
"LEO!" Alice cries as she sees her son falling. Balan quickly reassures her "Now now madam, he's Alright, it didn't happen yet, no need to get into a fight." He said as Harold tried to calm her down.
The camera cuts back to Emma floating in the same void, only to land in a innertube in the middle of a raging, stormy ocean, with a large golden eye looking at her. The camera zooms out to reveal Balan holding a glass of water with Emma inside of it. Balan quickly drinks the glass of water before making a bunch of doors appear
"EMMA!" Francis cried as he stood up to confront Balan. "Mr Cole! Please!" Julia tried but one hard look told the maids that he hasn't forgiven them "Now I don't know WHAT you're trying to pull, but I'll tell you this: you will NOT hurt my daughter!" He yelled as he swung his cane at Balan...only for it to transform into a large flower in his hand. "Now I'll say what I said before: It hasn't happened yet, You don't know what's in store." Balan said, transforming the flower back into a cane. "And while I'll admit that you have a strong arm, please sit down and refrain from harm!" He said.
Balan twirls as one of the doors opens, revealing a neon laser grid inside. He and 4 other clones of him dance as they zoom through the void. "Now let us go find your heart little one!" He says as he spins around, his eye reflecting a door as it opens to a white void. The white clears to reveal Leo again, as his yellow Tim snuggles against his cheek. The blonde haired boy reaches for the it as the camera zooms back to reveal a crowd of Tims, with Leo's Tim on his head, all joyfully chirping.
"They're so fluffy! They remind me of baby birds!" Sana squeals
They all suddenly spring forawd, causing Leo's chair to rapidly spin on its back legs as a blue Tim transitions back to Balan, who is jumping from behind a door onto a grassy stage, the Tims jumping into the doors as fireworks go off behind him. "A journey to Wonderworld we shall embark upon!" He exclaims joyfully as the camera zooms back to reveal Emma's chair slowing to a stop, as her pink Tim jumps on her head. The camera then zooms out even further to show a spiraling hallway until it finally stops to the outside of the theater with Balan standing in front of it. He bows to the camera before turning around and using his magic to bring the words at the top of the theater to life before spelling the words "Balan Wonderworld" in front of the camera as the screen goes white
"Well, now you know how your kids get to the theater, and what's in store for them." Mirabella says calmly as Alice breathes into a paper bag and Harold tries to calm her down "Calm down honey...it'll be OK." He soothes as Francis holds his daughter tightly, before walking up to Balan, a checkbook in his hand "OK Balan, you win. Just name your price if it means you'll leave Emma alone..." He said, pulling out a pen. Balan shook his head "Money has no value to me. You're daughter is missing a piece of her heart, can't you see?" He said as Francis looked confused "You keep saying that but she looks fine. What is this 'heart piece' you keep talking about?" He asks.
"I'll keep it simple and plain, Emma is out of Balance, her heart is in pain. When the balance is broken, your heart calls out to me, in Wonderworld she finds her heart, and she's home free." Balan explains. Francis is even more confused than before until Mirabella stands up to address the crowd.
"OK, We've gotten to the start of our story, so let's see our fine inhabitants." She says as Attilio looks confused "Inhabitants?" He asks. "Well, you didn't think this was ONLY about Leo and Emma did you? They're not the only ones in Wonderworld. If they were then why would you be here?" She asks cryptically as the screen glows white again