• Legend has it that there was a time when theworld was ruled by the Emperor of Tales. What was most special about this ruler washis charmed scepter which guarded inside itthe lives of all people under the shape of fairytales. Thus, an everlasting remembrance ofeach person could be safely kept. Themoment a man was born, a new "once upona time ..." was imprinted in the emperor’s• The king had a daughter: Princess Tales. Shortly after her birth, the Darkness Emperorand his servants, enemies of fairytales, triedto kidnap the Princess. The Emperor hid thetwo treasures: his daughter and the scepter,and surrendered himself so that those peoplecould not reach to the Princess. • Hazard made that the girl, who had been raisedaway from the empire, could hear the story ofthe Fairytales Emperor, the very day she turnedfifteen. To her great amazement, she realised thatshe was a Princess. She went to the palace andentered the throne room, eager to take herrightful place. When he saw her, the DarknessEmperor understood who she was and, terrifiedby the thought that he might lose his throne,ordered his servants to kill the girl. • Seeing all these, the Princess made use ofthe only power she had: the scepter. Sheshowed her tale and her father’s tale toeveryone in the palace. The word was thenquickly spread on the entire realm that “ThePrincess was back!”. The Darkness Emperorfled away and the Princess regained herthrone, becoming thus the Fairytales Empress.• As a reward for the people who helped her,the Empress printed all the tales in the scepteron books pages so that everyone could readthem whenever they might want to. • This is the way stories were brought to lightand this is how they came to be read even