Soudin came out of the castle then; he’d heard fighting and noise outside, but had gone too deep in his mind to realize what was going on. It was nighttime and the battle was already over by the time he came outside. He flew to the battlefield and saw dead bodies sprawled across the floor, some of them belonged to his men, and most were from the other army, the one that had come to attack him earlier.

Then he saw his pumpkin, along with the survivors and his men, standing there.

Greta spotted her grandfather first, and ran towards him.

“Grandfather, you’re alive!” she yelped happily as she embraced...