Nadja is summoned to receive a package of gifts for her 13th birthday and discovers her mother is possibly alive. The Dandelion Troupe arrives in town, but so do two goons who are after Nadja.
Nadja Applefield and the Applefield Orphanage are introduced. Nadja is summoned to receive a package of gifts for her 13th birthday (a dress and a diary), and reads in the accompanying letter that her mother is still alive. The arrival in town of the Dandelion Troupe for a dance performance is misinterpreted by two goons, Rosso and Bianco, who set fire to the orphanage.