Once upon a time, there was a caterpillar named Arthur Lemarcus Banks III. He always dreamed of becoming a beautiful Butterfly so he could fly away freely.
Being the impatient little Caterpillar that he was, he glued some fake wings on his back, and flew around with real butterflies.
All the butterflies were fooled, and welcomed him into their pack.
He even changed his name to Marcius Bankakus just to feel cooler. Butterflies with names like Arthur, were picked on.
Marcius was living a good life. He had everything he wanted and he didn’t have to wait as long as other caterpillars did. He even became popular! He was one of the best Butterflies out there, and he wasn’t even a real one!
One day A giant man was walking through the forest of Joueurs. He was looking for the best Butterfly to join him. When he saw Marcius, he was struck by his beauty and grace. It was attraction on first sight.
The Man glided over (walking wrinkles his suit) to the Butterfly as if he were magnetically pulled towards him. He introduced himself:
“My name *beeep* but I am known as The Man. What are you called?”
The butterfly in all his glistening glory, gave him a sloppy smile and said confidently:
“I am called the Great Marcius Bankakus, The Greatest Butterfly of All Time” His Sloppy grin widened as he did a quick Twirl.
The Man was impressed. He had to have him. He didn’t care how many gold plates he would have to offer him. He pulled out his leather sack and offered up the entire bag upfront.
“I will give you all my gold plates if you follow me for a couple years” There were many gasps heard through-out the forest as many saw how large the bag was.
Marcius thought about his options for a milli-second before greedily grabbing the bag.
“I will do it!” he shouted. He could not believe had tricked so many people into believe he was a Butterfly!
The Man believed he had made a great bargain. But soon he would realize just how “un-great” it really was.
A month had passed, and everything still seemed bright. The Man was taking his Butterflies out for a “Stroll”. He was allowing them to fly really high up, today. The anticipation was buzzing in the air.
“Ok, I will let you fly to the Sun but you must bring me back an Orange Orb as proof” Before the man even finished the butterflies took off. He smiled knowing he would get more than 1 from Marcius, he had exceeded everyone in everything else.
It was just before Dusk when the Butterflies finally returned each carrying an Orange Orb. There was something wrong. The Man could only count 11 Orbs. He was expecting at least 15!
-Earlier-
Marcius took off with the rest of his comrades, but something was off. He wasn’t flying straight anymore. He landed on the nearest branch to make sure everything was alright.
That’s when he noticed the Glue was wearing off on his wings. Oh no, he thought. What should he do? Afraid to use his wings, he crawled down the branch looking for anything that could help him. Half down the branch he got stuck in something. It was wax-like but sticky, and a weird blue color.
Being behind in time, he quickly re-attached his wings and took off quickly without waiting for the adhesive to dry.
When Marcius approached the sun, the heat from the Big Star melted the “blue stuff” and Marius’ wings fell off.
“Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo” was heard for miles as Marcius fell back down to the earth.
-Present-
All the Butterflies except Marcius had arrived and The Man had become a little nervous. His biggest investment was missing. What was he to do?
A day later, a blue streaked Caterpillar, crawled into the lands of Tornoto. The home of The Man and his Butterflies when they are not traveling.
No one recognized it, and it was the first time some of the Tornotonians had even seen a Caterpillar. Marcius Crawled to the Centre of the land to see The Man.
The Man, who had been mourning the lost of his special Butterfly, was shocked when an ugly caterpillar crawled up his desk.
“Who are you and what do you want?” The Man boomed, making Marcius cower.
“My name is Arthur Lemarcus Banks III, but many know me as Marcius Bankakus” The Caterpillar bowed his head in shame, as the look of horror appeared on The Man’s face.
“You Lie!!” He stood up and examined the Caterpillar. The more he saw, the more disgusted he became.
The Man didn’t know what to do, he had promised the Butter… Caterpillar 2 years and had given him all that MONEY. The disgust towards the Marcius had turned into anger towards himself for being so stupid!!
The Man was now stuck with a Useless Caterpillar and did not have any gold plates to buy another Butterfly.
He tried trading the Caterpillar telling buyers that Marcius had potential for he hadn’t turned into a full Butterfly yet.
But no one was stupid enough to take him. The Man was stuck and had to deal with Angry Butterfly constantly giving him Dirty looks. This is going to be a long 2 years…
Oh No….
The End!
Regular Season begins tonight! Here’s hoping we “witness” some Great games this week to make up for that long wait.
Cheers!
