Post by Ben on May 9, 2009 18:43:42 GMT -4
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THIS IS HOW OUR STORY BEGINS,
WITH A ONCE UPON A TIME
YOU THOUGHT FAIRY TALES DIDN'T EXIST, THAT THEY WERE MERELY STORIES TOLD TO CHILDREN IN ORDER TO PUT THEM TO SLEEP AT NIGHT, A STORY TO FILL THEIR HEADS WITH IMPOSSIBLE MAGIC AND GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO DREAM A HAPPY DREAM. YOU BELIEVED THAT THEY WERE MADE UP TALES, MYTHS, LEGENDS, AND FABLES. YOU THOUGHT THEM TO BE FOUND IN ONLY BOOKS, AND FOR THE MOST PART YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN RIGHT. BUT EVERY LEGEND THERE IS A BASE THAT IS FACT, A HISTORY THAT MIGHT JUST BE REAL.YOU MAY NOT BELIEVE IT, BUT ONCE UPON A TIME THESE FAIRY TALES, THEY EXISTED. CINDERELLA, LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD, SNOW WHITE, GRETEL, SLEEPING BEAUTY, AND RAPUNZEL ARE ALL VERY REAL. THEY ARE JUST A FEW OF THE NAMES THAT BECAME LIVING LEGENDS IN A LAND THAT IS NOT VERY FAR FROM OUR OWN.
IN A PARALLEL WORLD, THROUGH A MAGIC MIRROR, IS A LAND OF MAKE-BELIEVE. IT IS HERE THAT CASTLES AND DRAGONS ROAM. YOU SEE, MAGIC EXISTS NOT IN YOUR IMAGINATION, BUT IN EVERY DAY LIFE. THERE ARE PRINCES, THERE ARE PRINCESSES, AND THERE ARE EVEN DARK CREATURES THAT YOU DARE NOT THINK UP FOR FEAR OF A NIGHTMARE PLAGUING YOUR PRECIOUS SLEEP. THEY ALL LIVE, THEY ARE ALL REAL, AND THEY ARE ALL A PART OF A WORLD IN WHICH YOUR DREAMS CAN BECOME A REALITY. THEY ARE A PART OF THE NINE KINGDOMS, A LAND DIVIDED AFTER THE GREAT FAIRY TALE WAR. IT WAS ONCE WHOLE, AND IT WAS EVEN ONCE A HAPPY PLACE TO BE. BUT HUMAN NATURE GOT THE BEST OF THEM, AND SOON UNHAPPINESS WAS THE ONLY THING TO BE FOUND. IT TOOK SIX REMARKABLE WOMEN, ALREADY MENTIONED HERE, TO STAND UP AND SAY, "ENOUGH". IT WAS THEY WHO TORE THE LAND INTO THE NINE SEPARATE KINGDOMS WE KNOW TODAY, AN EFFORT TO RECREATE THE PEACE OF LONG AGO.
AND IT IS HERE THAT OUR STORY MORE OR LESS SHALL BEGIN. THERE IS A MIRROR, A MAGIC MIRROR, THAT HAS GONE MISSING. SUDDENLY STRANGERS HAVE APPEARED WITHIN THE NINE KINGDOMS, CLAIMING TO BE FROM A PLACE CALLED LONDON, ENGLAND. THERE ARE RUMORS SWIRLING THAT THIS ENGLAND IS A PART OF A MYTHICAL TENTH KINGDOM THAT JUST MIGHT EXIST, THOUGH NONE EVER THOUGHT IT TO BE SO. IF THIS IS
THE CASE THEN IT WOULD SEEM THAT THE PRECARIOUS BALANCE THAT THE FAIRLY TALES HAVE COME TO LIVE UNDER MIGHT FINALLY FALL APART ONCE AND FOR ALL. NO ONE IS CERTAIN HOW THIS STORY WILL UNFOLD. PERHAPS ANOTHER WAR IS IN THE WORKS; PERHAPS THE END OF STORYTELLING AND MAGIC ALTOGETHER. WHATEVER HAPPENS, YOU SHOULD KNOW ONE THING: THAT THIS STORY IS UNLIKE ANY OF THE OTHER STORIES YOU HAVE EVER KNOWN. IT IS HISTORY READY TO BE CREATED. THIS IS
NO FAIRY TALE.
NOT ANYMORE.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
THIS IS HOW OUR STORY BEGINS,
WITH A ONCE UPON A TIME
YOU THOUGHT FAIRY TALES DIDN'T EXIST, THAT THEY WERE MERELY STORIES TOLD TO CHILDREN IN ORDER TO PUT THEM TO SLEEP AT NIGHT, A STORY TO FILL THEIR HEADS WITH IMPOSSIBLE MAGIC AND GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO DREAM A HAPPY DREAM. YOU BELIEVED THAT THEY WERE MADE UP TALES, MYTHS, LEGENDS, AND FABLES. YOU THOUGHT THEM TO BE FOUND IN ONLY BOOKS, AND FOR THE MOST PART YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN RIGHT. BUT EVERY LEGEND THERE IS A BASE THAT IS FACT, A HISTORY THAT MIGHT JUST BE REAL.YOU MAY NOT BELIEVE IT, BUT ONCE UPON A TIME THESE FAIRY TALES, THEY EXISTED. CINDERELLA, LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD, SNOW WHITE, GRETEL, SLEEPING BEAUTY, AND RAPUNZEL ARE ALL VERY REAL. THEY ARE JUST A FEW OF THE NAMES THAT BECAME LIVING LEGENDS IN A LAND THAT IS NOT VERY FAR FROM OUR OWN.
IN A PARALLEL WORLD, THROUGH A MAGIC MIRROR, IS A LAND OF MAKE-BELIEVE. IT IS HERE THAT CASTLES AND DRAGONS ROAM. YOU SEE, MAGIC EXISTS NOT IN YOUR IMAGINATION, BUT IN EVERY DAY LIFE. THERE ARE PRINCES, THERE ARE PRINCESSES, AND THERE ARE EVEN DARK CREATURES THAT YOU DARE NOT THINK UP FOR FEAR OF A NIGHTMARE PLAGUING YOUR PRECIOUS SLEEP. THEY ALL LIVE, THEY ARE ALL REAL, AND THEY ARE ALL A PART OF A WORLD IN WHICH YOUR DREAMS CAN BECOME A REALITY. THEY ARE A PART OF THE NINE KINGDOMS, A LAND DIVIDED AFTER THE GREAT FAIRY TALE WAR. IT WAS ONCE WHOLE, AND IT WAS EVEN ONCE A HAPPY PLACE TO BE. BUT HUMAN NATURE GOT THE BEST OF THEM, AND SOON UNHAPPINESS WAS THE ONLY THING TO BE FOUND. IT TOOK SIX REMARKABLE WOMEN, ALREADY MENTIONED HERE, TO STAND UP AND SAY, "ENOUGH". IT WAS THEY WHO TORE THE LAND INTO THE NINE SEPARATE KINGDOMS WE KNOW TODAY, AN EFFORT TO RECREATE THE PEACE OF LONG AGO.
AND IT IS HERE THAT OUR STORY MORE OR LESS SHALL BEGIN. THERE IS A MIRROR, A MAGIC MIRROR, THAT HAS GONE MISSING. SUDDENLY STRANGERS HAVE APPEARED WITHIN THE NINE KINGDOMS, CLAIMING TO BE FROM A PLACE CALLED LONDON, ENGLAND. THERE ARE RUMORS SWIRLING THAT THIS ENGLAND IS A PART OF A MYTHICAL TENTH KINGDOM THAT JUST MIGHT EXIST, THOUGH NONE EVER THOUGHT IT TO BE SO. IF THIS IS
THE CASE THEN IT WOULD SEEM THAT THE PRECARIOUS BALANCE THAT THE FAIRLY TALES HAVE COME TO LIVE UNDER MIGHT FINALLY FALL APART ONCE AND FOR ALL. NO ONE IS CERTAIN HOW THIS STORY WILL UNFOLD. PERHAPS ANOTHER WAR IS IN THE WORKS; PERHAPS THE END OF STORYTELLING AND MAGIC ALTOGETHER. WHATEVER HAPPENS, YOU SHOULD KNOW ONE THING: THAT THIS STORY IS UNLIKE ANY OF THE OTHER STORIES YOU HAVE EVER KNOWN. IT IS HISTORY READY TO BE CREATED. THIS IS
NO FAIRY TALE.
NOT ANYMORE.
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