Generic RPG Town Music is playing in the background.

A little girl, no more than six years old, runs down what can’t even be called a road. She’s wearing a simple light blue dress. Her feet are bare, but she is used to it and even prefers it, as she can feel the warm soil with each step. A small, puppy with light-brown fur runs beside the girl with its tongue hanging out. The fact that the puppy appears tiny even next to this small girl, shows that the puppy can’t be more than two months old. The puppy’s brown, soft ears flap as it runs and hops circles around the girl and looks at her friend with the most adorable black eyes that reflect the light of all the joy in the world.

It’s a dirt road formed by generations of families walking here, through this small farmer village. Simple one-story buildings with thatch roofs sit atop gentle slopes on both sides of this dirt road. There are more green lush trees here than the buildings themselves. Birds sing and fly from branch to branch. Nearly every house and tree has a wooden birdhouse attached to it, built as a shelter for the small gentle creatures during the winter. The people here enjoy the company of such lovely animals.

The tallest building is a weathered windmill. It has seen better days, but it is sturdy as it was built by capable craftsmen, who pass down their knowledge from father to son. A gentle breeze barely pushes the blades of the windmill.

“Good morning, mister Rabajack!” the little girl happily greets the old blacksmith, who is just heading out from his smithy, carrying the tools he crafted for the men of the village. The blacksmith’s clothes are simple, he’s still covered in dust and didn’t remove his signature apron. He has a short black bear that somehow never manages to hide his gentle smile.

“Good morning, Lily!” the blacksmith greets the girl warmly with a smile and tips his hat to her. “Where are you off to this late?

“To look at the sun setting!” the girl answers cheerfully. “The sky is so clear! It is the most beautiful thing!”

“Haha, well, don’t be long, or your mother will worry about you!” the old man warns the girl.

“It is going to be fine! I have Luffy with me!” the girl picks up and kisses the small furry pup, before putting him down to the ground.

“Hahaha! Maybe I’ll be in time to come join you after I bring these to your uncle.”

“Really?” the girl’s eyes widen and she jumps up in excitement. “I’ll be waiting! Please hurry or you’ll be late!”

“I will, it’s a promise!” Rabajack says and walks past the girl.

Lily hurries ahead, to the gentle stream of crystal-clear water at the edge of the village. She runs over the slightly arched wooden bridge. Lily is used to hearing the wooden planks squeak from rubbing against each other when MR. Rabajack or the miller, Mr. Powder, walk over the bridge, but the planks don’t even move under her light steps.

Lily runs up the hill with a giant oak tree on top of it and looks to the horizon. The sky is turning orange as the sun sets, its disk will be in full view for only a couple minutes more. In the distance Lily sees three more shining birds flying in her direction. She can’t look directly at the sun, mommy always says she’s not allowed to do that, so Lily raises her arm and opens the palm of her small hand directly between her eyes and the bright sun.

Birds are singing and flying about, a white rabbit is playing with the puppy. This evening is about as perfect as it can be. If only Mr. Rbajack would hurry or he’ll miss everything!

Then Lily sees something rise on the horizon, directly in front of the sun. She can’t make out what it is. It rises higher and higher, like a mountain, obscuring the sun, shining in all the different colors of the rainbow and just rising higher. It turns darker as the shiny mountain completely obscures the sun and grows higher, like a pillar, higher than any mountain Lily has ever seen. Meanwhile, the shiny birds also appear larger as they approach.

“Lily!!!” the girl hears the familiar hoarse voice of Mr. Rabajack coming from behind her. She turns around and sees him running as fast as his out of shape body allows him.

“What’s wrong?” Lily asks the blacksmith. Her puppy is barking at the sky where the large birds approach.

“Come here quickly!” Rabajack shouts, running up at the slope of the hill. Lily doesn’t move, confused and a little frightened from the change in the blacksmith's face and voice.

The blacksmith runs up the hill and grabs the girl. He lifts her up, pressing her against his chest and turns around to run back. Lily looks over his shoulder and sees that the birds are unlike any birds she has ever seen. The three of them now appear as large as a cloud. A strange, morphing, watery cloud, flying through the sky above, now almost directly over her and Mr. Rabajack. Featherless, with thin, wide wings, instead of beaks they have long mouths like lizards. Then they open their mouths and Lily sees more water appear out of their mouths, like a waterfall, falling straight at her…