Once you open the cover of this manuscript, you'll find yourself into a magical realm. A world full of wanders and very different from your own.

Do you believe in magic?

Do you believe in miracles?

Some of you believe, some of you don't believe in them but trust me, they exist and one of them is the world of dreams. Every dream of yours is a miracle came from the depths of your soul.

The world that you're about to enter is also a dream, or better said one of my dreams.

It's a world where humans and magical creature live together in friendship or rivalry. A world in which magic is the basis of the existence of every element within it.

Magical plants and creatures, humans, mixed races, kingdoms, powerful items, treasures, heroes and heroines, evildoers are waiting for you inside these pages.

You only have to closely follow my steps!

In this world there are two big continents and a couples of islands in the ocean.

One continent in the north hemisphere called "The land of the Moon" and one in the south hemisphere called "The Land of the Sun". At the east, west and between them are numerous islands.

The land of the Moon has four nations and the southern continent has seven but our story starts somewhere on an eastern island that is well hidden from the rest of the world.

I said hidden because once you enter the "Sea of Clouds", either you get lost and don't go out or you end up outside without realizing what route you have taken.

The Sea of Clouds is a natural phenomenon that happens probably because of the numerous active volcanoes from that area. Well, somewhere a bit far from these lava monsters is situated our island where only one nation is standing: "Tangeria", the land of the fairy-foxes.

They are intelligent creatures who know a lot about the rest of the world, even though no one knows about their existence.

There is a rule in Tangeria who states that the tangerian people can't leave into the outside world until they turn twenty years.

These creatures have some kind of magical powers and they can live for hundreds of years but the powers can't fully be controlled until their adulthood stage. This is actually the main reason for the ban on leaving the boundaries until adulthood.

So, our action starts right when Kun, the big brother of Tangerine and the crown prince, returns from the outside world to Tangeria and starts telling stories to her younger sister about his adventures. She becomes curious and her desire to see the vast world grows with every story told by her brother but she is only sixteen years old, so she has to wait another four years until she can go out to explore the world.

Patience has always been a quality that Tangerine was lacking and the result will be revealed in the next pages.

At the age of 20, Kun Tan, the young prince of Tangeria leaves behind his birthplace to venture into the outside world.

Back then Tangerine, his younger sister, was only ten years old. Now, it is almost time for Kun to return home.

Tangerine knows this, so in every morning she runs toward the shore and sits there on the rocks for hours looking at the horizon. The ocean is immense and blue in front of her eyes, the most beautiful image she has seen in her life. Nothing scares her, not even the stormy days when the waves violently hit the rocks and splash her with cold water. She always repeats her grandmother's words: "It doesn't matter if I get hit by strong waves or silent drops of rain, as long as my heart stays still, I can conquer the world".

"My grandmother is right", she says to herself. "She's such a strong woman! My heart will not waver. I am going to wait here everyday until Kun returns. I strongly believe that my brother will be back in one of these days."

After a week of waiting, finally, when the sun is shining above her head blinding her view, she spots the tortoises coming toward the shore.

"It's the tortoise king, it's the tortoise king! The tortoises are coming back, signaling the ones who were waiting for their loved ones to return.

The return of the tortoises was marking the beginning of summer and "the paper lantern festival". With this occasion, those who left are returning home riding the tortoises. It is the only available method to safely reach Tangeria, that's why this period is also the time for our prince to come back home.

While the tortoises are advancing toward the land, the little girl's eyes are exploring the horizon hoping to see her brother's silhouette but his shape must have changed a lot in the last six years so she couldn't recognize it.

After some minutes of searching in vain, she hears a voice, so she turns to the left.

"Tangerine, it's me! I'm back!"

He takes her in his arms and kisses her beautiful long reddish-orange hair. He could not miss it not even in a huge crowd. She is the only one in the whole Tangeria with such a beautiful and rare hair colour.

"Brother, it's you! You're finally back! I could not recognize you in this crowd. You've become so mature!"

"And you've grown into a beautiful young lady in these six years, my little sister! Hard to say if is you or not! Hahaha..."

"Stop making fun of me Your Majesty Kun Tan!"

"Don't use my full name next time! I may be the next king of Tangeria but I am still your big brother and nothing will change our relationship. Before being who I am, I am firstly your family. You must only call me Kun, like in the past. I will always be your Kun."

"I know, I know big brother! I was just teasing you. Let me take a look at you, you're so handsome now! You must have broken the hearts of many girls out there, young man! Say, how many!"

"Are you kidding? Not so many! Just a few."

After these remarks, they burst out laughing and staring one at each other.

Indeed, he is not a shapeless young boy anymore, he is a well built man. A tall man with muscular arms, strong chest, long black hair and grey blue eyes is standing in front of Tangerine now.

A future king dressed up in vivid colours, wearing a long earring with a green stone in his right ear and an invisible half-moon in the left ear, a ring with blue stones and a shell flute at the neck.

When his black hair was blown by the wind, it was covering the blue sky above Tangerine's head and was sheltering her from the strong rays of the sun. He is back and is her own sun.