Prologue

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Boo Woods was always identified as a spooky and dangerous place. Hence it's name, it was inhabited by a common species of ghosts called boos. It was a forest surrounded by dead trees. The only source of light was from the full moon that illuminated down on the woods. No sign of life except for a few crows perched on the long, bare branches of the trees. They stared vastly at a large tower above a large cauldron pot in the middle of Boo Woods with narrowed eyes.

A transparent white orb, visibly wearing a monocle, hovered towards the tower. His small beady eyes seemed to be stricken with panic. He quickly phased through the door of the building, entering the front entrance full of smaller boos similar in appearance to him—excluding the monocle. They all stopped what they were doing and turned their round spherical bodies at the one that just entered, rather perturbed at him for disturbing them all of a sudden. "M-my apologies everyone... Please carry on with your duties.." the ghost said.

He rushed through another door to meet eyes with a particularly larger and imposing Boo. This Boo wore a gold crown decorated with red and blue gems on his head. He, of course, was identified as their current King. He gazed at the boo that just entered his domain without warning. The king wasn't disgruntled at him after noticing that he seemed rather anxious about something. That would explain why he didn't think of announcing his presence before barging himself into the king's space uninvited. He knew that his boo subjects can be easily frightened if something had provoked them into feeling that way. Instead he greeted his loyal subject in a calming and elegant manner, "what seems to be troubling you, my fellow Boonstructor?"

"Your majesty, I greatly apologize for the intrusion but we are in terrible danger!" The Boonstructor answered.

The King raised a brow in bewilderment. "In danger? What do you mean?"

"T-the Broomies! They are coming!" The Boonstructor warned, raising his voice a little in trepidation.

"What?!" The king gasped. "Ready the soldiers! We can't let our guard down! We must fight back!"

"Of course, my liege! I'll prepare them for battle right away!" The Boonstructor answered the king, bowing in respect before leaving the ruler alone in his throne room.

Ghosts and witches have always been enemies. One can never agree which one is the most dangerous or terrifying of both sides. It was never opposed to be any different with the Boos and the Broomies either. Boos were a species of ghosts that could make illusions and Broomies were a species of witches that could cast spells. Boos and Broomies have clashed with each other in combat for centuries now, but why?

The Broomies have been fighting the boos because they want to take Boo Woods and use the magic cauldron they had for themselves. King Boo was deeply aware of their foul schemes of rivalry against the boo kind. No matter how many times he tried to draw them away from his woods, they always returned for another match against him and his subjects and it was about that time again.

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