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Once upon a time, a single drop of sunlight fell from the heavens. And from this small drop of sun grew a magic golden flower. It had the ability to heal the sick and injured.
No one knew about the flower. No one, except for a single woman. Somehow she found out about its power, searched far and long, until she finally found where the flower grew.
She was a wicked and egoistic woman. She wanted to keep the flower’s power all to herself. She soon realised, the flower could not only heal, but also restore health. All you had to do was to sing this special song, and you grew younger. So, the woman did what any wicked person at her place would - she used the flower to live forever.
Centuries passed, and still, the woman was the only one to know about the flower. But, as it usually happens, all secrets must finally come to light.
In the village of Old Corona, the village leader and his wife were expecting the baby. They tried for many years, and they finally succeeded. But, their happiness was short-lived.
Soon, it turned out, the young mother was deathly sick. The village leader called each and every doctor. He even sent for a doctor to the capital, but none of them could help. The young woman was dying.
Not wanting to let the woman he loved die, the village leader turned to legends and myths. He remembered a specific legend about a Sundrop flower, said to have power to heal sick and injured. He searched day and night, and finally managed to find it.
Now, the wicked woman, who used the flower’s power for centuries, was furious. She believed the flower was hers and hers alone. She trailed after the village leader back to Old Corona. With horror, she observed how he crunched the flower, mixed it into potion and gave it to his sickly wife. She thought the flower is gone. But, against all odds, she decided to wait and see, what will happen.
Soon, the wife recovered and have birth to a lovely boy. What was surprising, however, how the boy was born with blond hair, while no one in the family shared the trait. It didn’t matter, however, as both the young mother and her child were healthy.
The mother was an alchemist. To celebrate their son’s birth, she created a lantern with colorful fluorescent vials attached to it. The happy parents lifted the lantern to the sky, observing how it slowly flew higher and higher.
Their happiness didn’t last long, however. The wicked woman realised, the boy’s hair were the effect of the flower’s power. One night, when everyone in the village was asleep, she slipped into the village leader’s house. She figured she would only need a single lock of the baby’s hair. She sang the song, and the boy’s hair lit up. When she cut it, however, immediately they turned black, losing their power.
It was at that moment the baby woke up and started crying. The wicked woman panicked, when she heard the parents wake up too. In her panic, she grabbed the baby and fled the house, followed by the outraged screams of the parents.
The whole village woke up, men grabbing their horses and following the wicked woman. But to no avail. Soon, she disappeared into the forest, taking the village leader’s son with her. The villagers scanned the forest for days, weeks, months. But they didn’t find any trace of the wicked woman, nor the baby.
Years passed. And right there, in the middle of the forest, in the tower hidden in a secret tunnel, a boy with blonde hair and blue eyes grew up, under the careful protection of his Mother…