A young chipmunk with a red nose and long red hair looked out over the ancient city that her family had ruled for years. She sighed as she saw her citizens imprisoned and slaving away for the cruel tyrant that had taken over. The only reason that she was alive was so that her people wouldn't rebel against their tyrannical leader, a tall muscular rat with a shaman's powers that had taken over shortly before her uncle and her cousins had gone into hiding. The rat's name was Tezoh. Her uncle had died trying to come back and rescue her, but she had never found out what had happened to her little cousins, Chipperson and Dalton Acorno of the royal family of El Acorno, the city of the Golden Acorn. She looked around until she spotted the tyrant. He had killed her father, and her uncle, but she was still alive.

She hoped with all her heart that the prophecy would come true in her people's favor. A traveling gypsy moth who had come before her father was killed

"When the golden twins arrive,

And the guardian of the acorns is awakened,

The kingdom shall rise from their darkest hour.

The twins shall return with a team of heroes.

The inventor shall gain her father,

The adventurer shall gain his friend.

The scout shall find the staff,

The brothers shall unlock the staff's powers."

It was the next half of the prediction that worried her though.

"Turned to gold the powers of heart,

Fly again powers of the soul.

Twins shall fall and rise once more,

But never shall the royal twins rule again."

This meant that the twins of her uncle would not take the place of her uncle and father as the co-rulers of their city, as they had. Twins were a sacred part of their city and it's religion. To have a set of twins rule the city, like her father and uncle, usually meant a fruitful time and that the next generation was going to be a great ruler. Unfortunately, with the princess being held captive and the twins missing, the people didn't know what they could do.

Making sure that her guards were preoccupied at the moment, the young chipmunk made her way down to the royal prison. There was only one prisoner in there at the moment. He was a tall mouse with orange hair and a mustache. He also had a black nose and a set of broken goggles on his head along with a dirty old pilot's hat. His flight jacket and scarf were also torn and withered from age. The mouse looked up at the princess with his dark black eyes and gave a weak smile to encourage her. He had only arrived a few years ago by accident, but had been captured for being an outsider. He had crashed just outside the city and the guards had taken him prisoner. Had the princess not intervened, Tezoh would have killed him. Thanks to the princess, the mouse was allowed to live as a prisoner.

"Good morning, G."

"Morning, Cora." Princess Coralline smiled kindly to the older mouse. She hated being called Coralline, but it had been her mother's choice for her name. "Something's going to happen… I can feel it in my bones… I'm going to fly again…"

"I hope you're right, Geegaw… I wouldn't mind letting you fly again… I'd actually like to see a flying machine…"

"How about I tell you about my daughter again? You always like hearing about her."

"That's because you make her sound so amazing…"

"Hehe, one day I hope to let you meet her for real, then you'll see just how amazing she really is."

"Me too."

Okay, so this chapter is a bit of a hint for things to come as well as a bit of a predictor on what's going to happen. Do you recognize some of the characters that I've listed here? Haha, have fun with this folks. :D ;D