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It all began in 1967; in McDonaldland, Ronald McDonald, a 21/22-year-old clown and student at Hamburger University, was celebrating the 4th Of July with his friends and family. This included his cousins, Kingsley Bing (The Marvelous Magical Burger King), and Wendy Dandytale. Then there are the friends; Panera Psomi (Kinglsey’s girlfriend and future mascot for Panera Bread), Sir Skakes-A-Lot, The Duke Of Doubt, Sundae (Ronald’s pet dog), Grimace (or “The Good Grimace” to avoid confusion with his evil cousin), Birdie The Early Bird, and The Hamburglar.
During their trip to the beach, the large group go on a boat ride with Captain Crook. There, the captain tells them of the mysterious sirens. Once back on land, they continued their fun until they went to ride in hot-air balloons. Ronald, Sundae, Birdie, Grimace and Hamburglar had managed to fit into a basket as Kingsley, Panera, The Duke Of Doubt, Sir Shakes-A-Lot, and Wendy went into another. As they were all up in the air, a storm came by surprise. Kingsley’s balloon had managed to land in time. But for Ronald’s, it was a different story. The aggressive gust of wind had spirited him and his McDonaldland gang far, far away.
In time, Ronald had managed to gain control of the vehicle. But, by the time he could, they were within the South China Sea. Eventually, they landed on an island right near Manila, Philippines. To their shock, this island had the Triple Mocha Fortune cabin, the Red Velvet Magic Shack, the Mixed Berries Forest, and The Dark Caramel Mill to top it all off! But, the best thing about the island was its sole citizen; Astraea Kyllini (future mascot for “Starbucks”).
Calm, warm, and studious, Astraea bore a mysterious aura. For, unbeknownst to Ronald and friends at the time, Astraea can turn into a siren just by the touch of water.
During the night, as all were asleep, Astraea took on her siren form and went to the underwater Siren kingdom. This was to seek the help of her mother, Melusine (the first Starbucks Siren and descendant of the Melusine of lore). Yet, this was fruitless as when Astraea was about to ask, Melusine was busy with a (troubling) phone call with Mercury-Dynamis Kyllini (mascot for Il-Giornale Coffee, head of the royal Kyllinis and Astraea’s father). Disenchanted by overhearing her parents argue, Astraea returned to the island to sing at the lagoon.
Meanwhile, Ronald had woken up earlier to find Astraea gone. Concerned for her safety, he and his friends went out to look for her. This led Ronald to be hypnotized by Astraea’s voice until he fell into the lagoon. Fortunately, Astraea had managed to save him in a nick of time. Shortly after, Ronald isn’t told of Astraea’s real issues but senses her depression. To comfort her, he puts on a magic show at The Red Velvet Magic Shack.
As Ronald performed, a small circle began shimmering from the ground. Curious, Ronald and Astraea dug up the glowing object which revealed to be a small crystal ball. And within this sphere, lived a prisoner; a lonely and sad prisoner who was cursed by wicked magicians. And, with Ronald’s magic, the prisoner just might be set free.
Moved to pity, Astraea allowed Ronald to free the prisoner with much success. Now in his original form of a clown named “Bathos”, the emancipated being had flown away as he thanked his new friends.
Soon after, Kingsely, Panera, Wendy, The Duke Of Doubt, and Sir Shakes-A-Lot had arrived. After the storm, Kingsley and his team decided to look for the McDonaldland gang and used their own magic to track them down. Once there, it was revealed that Astraea is Panera’s cousin (Mercury-Dynamis is the brother of Panera’s mother, Demeter.).
Yet, when Panera and Ronald asked Astraea if she wanted to return to McDonaldland with them, Astraea declined but promised to write to them. So, Ronald, Panera, Kingsley and their pals headed back home.