A voice from nowhere has said "Sister, come with us," and the princess had risen into the air and disappeared.

The princess chases the bat back into her world and disappears.

Its princesses and their respective worlds are disappearing, causing a ripple effect on Earth where their stories are popular.

There is never advance warning, the princess simply disappears one night, sometimes to return, sometimes never to be seen again.

The Magic Realm finally collapses after its last princess, smiling with joy, disappears.

But when he got there, the princess, for she indeed it was, had disappeared completely, and he began to wonder if his eyes had deceived him.

For months the sea trade routes have been raided by pirates, but their latest success stirs great political unrest, for the princess of Ierendi has disappeared on her sea voyage on one of the Guild's ships.

As soon as the two princesses had disappeared, "There, there!

This is a pressing issue, for the crowds (off stage) are fed up with the democracy that has been thrust upon them for 22 years, since their princess disappeared.

That's the way of the world: The princess can disappear, but the witch is forever.