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A long time ago, far, far and even farther away lived The Little Princess, who 

we all know, in her magical kingdom.   The princess was kind, smart, and 

beautiful and the people in her kingdom adored her.   She was a princess who 

knew no fear.   Her favorite activity was to go on amazing adventures with her 

magical friends.   Sometimes the adventures were exploring new regions of her 

kingdom, or finding new friends to play with.   But sometimes her adventures 

were full of peril and epic battles filled with bad guys.   No matter the 

adventure, she always found a way to make someone happy and bring joy to her 

kingdom.  

In any magical kingdom there are bound to be bad guys who don't care about happiness, 

but this kingdom seemed to have more than usual.   There was the evil Chocolate 

Doughnut who wanted to trap her in the TV.   The bad Piggy Bank who tried to keep her 

special gold coin her daddy, the King, gave her.   The annoying R.A.L.P (Rude And Loud 

People) gang who liked to make as much noise as possible, just to annoy people.   Even 

with all these silly bad guys and crazy situations, the little princess didn't stop 

traveling throughout her kingdom and doing good.   She had many adventures that 

spanned the depths of the earth to the furthest reaches of the universe...and her 

imagination.   But none of her previous adventures could compare to the one that she was 

about to face.

The Little Princess was asleep in her bed when the 

sun gently reached out, with a special ray of light, and 

kissed the tallest tower of the castle.   The sun did 

this every day to announce to her that it was time to 

wake up.   The princess chose this room, when she 

became big enough, so she could be the first to get up 

and have more time to play.   She got up out of her 

bed, got dressed, and headed down to the kitchen to 

eat breakfast.   She had a day planned full of fun and 

adventure and she knew she needed to eat a good 

meal before she started.

She walked down to the kitchen and looked for one item in particular.   She 

searched the pantry, the cupboards, and even the stockpile of oatmeal but 

couldn't find her oitmeal.   Oitmeal?   You have never heard of oitmeal?   This 

was the princess's special breakfast that she loved, she even loved it more 

than pancakes!   Determined to get her special breakfast, the princess ran 

back to her room to prepare for her adventure.   She packed some of her 

favorite magical toy friends, including Candlelight and Robot Straw, and set 

out for an amazing adventure.  

The first stop on her journey was a nearby village.   "Surely some of the villagers 

have to have some oitmeal," said Candlelight from the princess's packed bag.   She 

took him out of the bag and he walked by her side.

"Let's ask them if they have some we could buy," said the princess.   She walked into 

the village and saw that the people were gathered in the town square.   Everyone was 

upset and some people were even crying tears!   The Little Princess quickly ran to the 

middle of the crowd and asked, "What's wrong, what's going on here?"  

"Our oitmeal, someone stole all of our oitmeal during the night," cried one of the 

villagers.  

"Other villages have sent word stating that their oitmeal is missing too," wailed 

another villager.  

"Did anyone hear anything strange during the night?" asked the princess, trying to 

find clues as to who did this.

"I remember hearing something strange," said someone.   "Almost like a 'ticking' 

sound."

"Yeah, and I saw some strange red lights," yelled a different villager from the 

crowd.

The princess thought for a moment then realized who the villain was.   A ticking 

sound and red lights could mean only one thing, The Countdown Timer...of Doom!!!  

The Little Princess and the Countdown Timer were archenemies.   The Count, as 

most people know him, had tried on numerous occasions to stop the princess from 

having fun and stealing her joy.   Out of all the villains the princess had faced, he 

was the worst.

"Don't worry, I will find the Countdown 

Timer and return all the oitmeal to the 

kingdom," said the Little Princess.   As they 

left the village, all the people wished her 

well and cheered her on.   One of the 

villagers handed her a map to help her find 

her way to The Count's castle.   She looked 

at the map and headed toward the dark path 

that would lead to the domain of the 

Countdown Timer.  

Of course this wasn't a pleasant pathway, one with 

fluffy bunnies and cotton candy and rainbows and 

jelly gumdrops.   No, this pathway was dark and 

scary.   It was full of huge cracks, and little animals 

with red glowing eyes ran alongside it.   "It sure is 

dark here," said the princess.

"Oh, I know how to help," said Candlelight.   He 

turned his fire on and the light shone so bright that 

they were able to see and realize that the pathway 

wasn't scary, just dark. 

With Candlelight lighting the way, the Little Princess was able to navigate the pathway 

and jump over all the cracks without harm.   They were able to see that the creepy 

animals with red eyes weren't anything to be afraid of.   They were send alarms, the 

princess's favorite little critter.   The pathway was coming to an end and the princess 

could see what obstacle awaited her next.   The Burning Fields of Sto Vee Topp.   This 

was a dangerous place where peril and imminent doom awaited the unlucky traveler.  

The field was full of giant spiraled heat traps that would randomly turn on and 

vaporize anything that wandered too close. 

"We have to be careful here, no wandering off," said The Little Princess.   "We must 

follow the map's instructions."   As soon as she said that, gigantic walls of fire shot 

skyward all across the burning field.   "Only a few people have traversed these fields 

and made it back to tell about it," continued the princess.

"I don't know if I can do this," said Candlelight with a shiver in his voice.   "It looks 

too scary.   The map shows us walking in a zigzag pattern next to the traps."   He 

looked around and saw a sign that had "shortcut" written on it.   "Look here, a 

shortcut!" he exclaimed.

"No shortcut," said the princess in a bold voice.   "We must follow the map's 

instructions.   I know that way looks easier but I also would bet that it is a trap from 

The Count."   She turned to face Candlelight, "My Daddy, the King, tells me to follow 

instructions.   Things are always better when I follow them.   Sometimes I don't, then 

later I always wish that I would have made a better decision."

"Okay, let's do this," said Candlelight.

They were about halfway through the Burning Field when 

Candlelight started to wander off the path.   All of the 

zigzagging and the heat was making them both dizzy.   The 

ground started to shake around him when the princess 

grabbed him and pulled him back on the path.   A wall of fire 

exploded skyward where Candlelight stood only moments 

before.   "Thank you!" shouted Candlelight, trembling.   "But I 

think this is getting too dangerous.   Maybe we should go 

back."  

The princess shook her head, "We can't go back now, we 

made a promise to the villagers and we can't let them 

down."  

"I know, you're right," sighed Candlelight.  

"I never break a promise," said The Little Princess.   They 

continued on through the field.

The Countdown Timer of Doom paced back and forth in his castle high above the 

burning field.   "They shouldn't have been able to make it this far," he said in his 

overly theatrical voice.   "Nobody has made it this far."

"What shall I do master?" asked his security commander, The Dial.   The Dial was 

short and round and his main job was to keep people out of The Count's domain.   He 

was in charge of turning up the heat in the burning field as well as all the other 

security measures.    "Should I call the legion of Wooden Spoons to chase them out?  

Or the army of Foy Ill to wrap them up and send them away?   Or how about the 

dreaded League of Ka Nives to scare them out of the kingdom?" suggested Dial.

The Countdown Timer sat there quietly for a moment looking out a window.   "No," 

he said and paused for effect, "I want to get rid of them, permanently."   The Count 

turned from the window and looked fiercely at Dial and said, "Release...the Tickle 

Dots!"

The Little Princess and Candlelight walked past the last trap in the burning 

fields and exhaled a sigh of relief for making it out safely.   She checked her 

map and saw that there were no more traps and that the castle was just a little 

further ahead.   She looked up from the map and saw that the sky was fading 

from baby blue to black, and quickly...too quickly.   As the darkness 

approached them, she heard another voice from her bag.   "Do you hear that?" 

asked her friend Robot Straw from inside her bag.   Robot Straw was a little 

robot shaped like a straw but could transform into many different shapes and 

figures.

"No, I don't hear anything, I only see the darkness coming for us," said the 

princess.  

"I hear something...it sounds like...laughter," said Robot Straw in his robotic 

voice.   "Let me check my database."   After a series of beeps and boops he 

said, "Oh no...Tickle Dots."  

"Run!" screamed the princess.  

Tickle Dots!!!

Robot Straw jumped out of the bag and 

ran toward the Tickle Dots.   "I will stay and fight 

them, beep boop, you must get to the castle and stop 

The Countdown Timer," said the robot.  

"No, we can't leave you," said the princess.

"You have to, the timer must be stopped at all cost," replied the robot.  

"There are too many of them," argued The Little Princess, not 

wanting to leave her friend.

"I can handle it, now go," finished Robot Straw.   With reluctance, the 

princess and Candlelight quickly detoured and ran toward the castle while 

the Tickle Dots focused on the robot.  

Robot Straw stood alone on the pathway when he started to transform into C.H.I.P.S.r 

(Combat Heavy Integrated Protection Service robot (the "r" is silent)).   C.H.I.P.S.r was 

a fighting machine.   He stood over eight feet tall and had four arms and was completely 

covered in weapons and armor.   As the Tickle Dots approached, he fired off his missiles, 

lasers, and other long range weaponry.   Tickle Dots were falling from the sky by the 

hundreds, but they kept coming, there were so many.   They were too close now for the 

long range weapons.   He quickly transformed a sword for each of his four hands and 

began to fight them off.   After a few minutes, the Tickle Dots started to overtake him 

and attach themselves to him.   C.H.I.P.S.r had so many of them on him that it was too 

difficult to stand.   He fell to the ground and the Tickle Dots started their relentless 

tickling.

The Little Princess and Candlelight looked back in horror 

as they heard C.H.I.P.S.r laughing uncontrollably.

"We have to help him!" exclaimed the princess.  

"No," said Candlelight, "we are almost there.   He wanted 

us to go on."   They turned back around and Candlelight 

pointed toward the castle. "Look!"

"The castle door," they said at the same time.   They ran up 

to the door, opened it, and walked in.

"This isn't what I was expecting at all from such a bad, bad guy," said the princess.  

"It looks way too happy to be the evil layer of such a villain," said the candle.   The 

interior of the castle was beautiful.   There were walls painted with bright colors and 

beautiful paintings scattered throughout.   Blooming roses of all colors were the design 

in the rugs and flooring.   The castle was breathtaking!   When they made their way 

into the main hall, they saw the most magnificent sight of all.   The chandelier was 

made of seven gigantic diamonds, six in the shape of a hexagon and one, the biggest, in 

the middle.   From the tip of the diamonds, a rainbow connected with the opposite 

diamond.   All the rainbows met in the center and made the biggest, brightest, and 

most beautiful rainbow light anyone has ever seen.

"That is so beautiful," said Candlelight staring in awe.  

"Why would he have all of these things?   I doubt he finds any joy in all of this," said 

the Little Princess.   Just then, they heard a noise from the upper balcony.  

"Bwa ha ha ha ha ha....haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa," laughed the Countdown Timer of Doom.  

"You think I find joy in these silly things?   Bwa ha ha ha ha...haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, you 

are so wrong," laughed The Count.   "Go look in my kitchen and pantry."   The princess 

and the candle cautiously walked into the kitchen and gasped.

"The oitmeal!" exclaimed the princess.   "It's all here, the entire kingdom's supply!"  

"He hasn't even eaten a single bite of it," said Candlelight.  

The Little Princess thought back to all the lovely and beautiful things she saw in the 

castle.   "It makes sense now, I know why he has all of these things."   They walked 

back into the main room and the princess confronted the timer.   "I know your secret, 

I know why you are taking all of these things.   You are the most unhappy, mean and 

sad person in the entire universe and you have to steal people's happiness in order to 

bring you joy."  

"You got me," sighed the timer, "but there is one thing left for me to steal," he 

paused for his theatrical effect.   "You!"

"I know you bring so much joy to your parents, the King and Queen," said the timer, 

"and they love you more than you can ever know.   You are so special to them and I 

know they would do anything for you.   Nothing can bring me more joy than taking you 

and taking your parents' joy."   He turned toward his henchman and said, "Dial, turn 

the heat up, capture them at any cost."  

"You will never capture us!" exclaimed the princess.   She grabbed her special light-

up sparkly wand and prepared for a fight.   Candlelight stood beside her and ignited 

his flames bigger than the princess had ever seen before.

The Dial threw all of his bad guys at them, the Wooden Spoons, the Foy Ill and 

even the Ka Nives, to capture them.   The princess whirled and spun and cut at the 

approaching bad guys.   She sliced, and diced and hacked her way through the 

Wooden Spoons, chopping them down into tiny little toothpicks.   The Foy Ill 

attacked Candlelight and had him stuck in a corner.   He called out for help and the 

princess ran to save him.   They worked together as a team and fought the Foy Ill.  

Candlelight used his fire to fight some of them while the princess attacked with 

her wand.   They easily defeated the Foy Ill bad guys.   Now, the only foe between 

them and The Count were the Ka Nives.   The Ka Nives rushed toward The Little 

Princess and Candlelight.

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