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When the tree disappeared the world turned dark. I was walking through the darkness. There was nothing around, everything was as black as the pitch-dark night without stars and the moon. Later, it seemed to me that I started to see the light. I thought it was a rock with something sticking out from it, but I wasn’t sure… So I came closer. It was a sword. "Can it be true?” I asked myself. “Can it be the Magical Sword of Light Xenon? It‘s amazing!” Then a quiet high pitched voice said, “Yes, indeed, this is the Sword of Light.” I looked around, but I couldn’t see who was speaking with me. “Who are you, and where are you?“ I asked the voice. A stranger said, “I am a fairy and I am down here on the rock”.