Once in a faraway place, there was a good king named Agapay, who 

together with his son, Yishuar, ruled very well the thriving city of 

Hophos. Their fair palace was in the centre of some very lovely 

mountains, and there was the beautiful River Zoay that ran in front 

of them. Everyday, they would come down to visit their people that 

they loved very much, and the people loved them too. Agapay gave 

them rings that gave them the King's special power that kept 

darkness away from their kingdom. Because of this, the city was full 

of light, and nothing scary could come in. The King, his son, and his 

people were like one big happy family!

In their court, there were many people who served the King and his 

son with love. However one knight named Beelzu grew jealous of 

the power and influence that they had. He thought he should be 

king! He began to learn about the evil power of darkness, because 

that was the only thing that the King hated. He thought that he 

could get what his jealous heart wanted that way.

One day, the people were particularly busy, and they didn't notice 

when darkness crept into town. Very quickly, they all saw a large 

house being built on the hill at the other end of their town, and soon, 

they were all being invited to come to dinner at the house. Everyone 

in Hophos dressed in their best clothes and came without asking any 

questions, because who doesn't like free food?

At the dinner in the strange house, they were served food that they 

had never tasted before, and the new neighbour asked them all about 

the king. Each time they said something nice about their king, their 

host turned it around and said it was because he was a bad king! By 

the time the dinner was over, the dark power in the food and the 

words of the host had worked, and the people wanted a new king.

Their new neighbour, who was actually Beelzu, promised to help 

them, but they would have to give him their rings that King Agapay 

had given them and make him their new king.

So, they all agreed and placed their rings on the table. A large crown 

was put on Beelzu's head. Agapay was not their king anymore! Then, 

everyone went back to their homes thinking that they had done the 

right thing, and not knowing the power they had lost that night!

In the morning, they woke up to find that overnight, the big house 

had turned into a castle, and a huge wall had been built all around 

their fair city. They could also see the tops of a vast forest behind the 

wall. When they asked their new king about these changes, he told 

them it was all to protect them from their enemies. So, they went 

back to their day to day lives unaware and powerless to stop any 

other changes that would come into their city. 

King Beelzu began to poison their minds more and more against 

their old king. Everyday, the city grew darker and darker, and Beelzu 

told the people that it was one of King Agapay's tricks. The city 

became so dark that they even had to use candles in the daytime! 

Also, people began to disappear and never be seen again!

Poor King Agapay was very worried about his people. He knew 

immediately what had happened in his beautiful city, because Beelzu 

and some of the King's guards had been overheard planning to take 

over the fair palace before they were thrown out. Everyone in the 

palace was in an uproar with the latest news! 

Think of the worst punishment you know. Well, the law said that the 

punishment for turning against the King was worse than that! The 

King was a just king, and he knew the law had to be followed or 

there would be lots of problems, but he and his now grown son loved 

the people in Hophos a lot, and they didn't want to see everyone in 

the city punished like that!

Together they came up with a plan that would save the people and 

take care of the law too. Yishuar would go into the city himself.

So, Yishuar, the young prince put down his crown, went out, and 

crossed the river. There he saw the huge forest through which he 

crept as secretly and quietly as he could. Then, he threw a rope over 

the wall, and climbed over. He was saddened to find his much loved 

city and its people to be very different.

Gone was the beautiful blue sky. In place of it were dark and scary 

clouds. The houses had lost their beautiful colours as well and had 

now become very grey and boring. Then, he saw the big castle on the 

hill, which was dark and scary looking. He knew that darkness had 

come into this city, and that the people had not used their rings to 

stop it. Now, they were under it's power. The people, whilst doing 

the same things they used to do, no longer looked very happy. 

This made the young prince even sadder, and he tried to help people 

all over the city where he could.

Yishuar went down to the marketplace in the square in front of the 

castle's gate and began to help people and tell stories. Most people 

didn't recognize him, but many of the little kids seemed to know 

him and ran to him whenever they saw him. Pretty soon, he began 

to tell the people about how King Agapay was saddened by what 

they had done but wanted to win them back. Some people decided 

to go back to Agapay and became good friends with Yishuar.  

Wherever he went, the place just seemed to light up again, and 

those who listened felt happy again like they hadn't in a long while.

Of course, this got him in trouble with the guards out the front of 

Beelzu's gate. Remember the worst punishment? Well soon, the 

good prince, Yishuar was standing before King Beelzu who said he 

would get the worst punishment ever for speaking against him, 

and he had him punished in the marketplace in front of everyone 

as a warning to others and thrown into his dungeons! Beelzu had a 

party that night with his guards to celebrate taking the King's son.

When King Agapay heard that his son had gotten the very worst 

punishment ever, he was sad, but he said to the people in his court, 

"My son has suffered for the crimes of the people. My son is worth   

millions of people! So, there is no more punishment needed now!" 

Everyone agreed. 

But that was not the end for Yishuar! One morning soon after, 

Beelzu woke up to find that the rings that Agapay had given to the 

people were gone! He ran down to the dungeons and found that 

Yishuar was gone too! Everyone, except Beelzu, knows that light is 

more powerful than darkness, and you can't keep a good prince 

down! Beelzu was walking out of the dungeons puzzling about it all, 

when suddenly, there was a light and he was knocked to the floor! 

There was Yishuar standing over him saying, "I've been looking for 

you, and now I've found you!" Then Beelzu got the biggest beating 

ever. When he woke up and saw his floral underwear hanging from 

the flagpole, he knew that he had lost a lot that couldn't be gotten 

back!