A beautiful child, trapped inside a huge flower underwater, summoned The Legendary Magic Knights to help the world she lived in... Tokyo, 1993. Hikaru Shidou and fellow students from a girls-only junior high school were on a study tour at Tokyo Tower. Fuu Hououji, a student from a girls school that had high academic standards, and Umi Ryuuzaki from an exclusive girls school, made an acquaintance with her for the first time. Suddenly a huge blinding light surrounding them. The beautiful child appeared, begging help from The Legendary Magic Knights. The floor underneath the three girls melt, sucking them in, transporting them to another dimension. They were up in the sky when they got there, falling rapidly to the ground. Just in time a giant flying fish came to the rescue. They never knew that a fine young man, dressed in black, had been spying on them from the mirror-like surface of a small pool inside his palace. The fish dove down into the surface, leaving the girls falling to the ground. They introduced themself to one another. Then came a little boy, actually a 745 years old magic guru, telling them that the world was Cefiro, and it was Princess Emeraude who had summoned them to become The Legendary Magic Knights. They were panic-stricken when he told them they could only return to their own dimension after rescuing Cefiro first. Back at the palace of Zagato, the young man aforementioned, he spoke to his agents about the arrival of Magic Knights. He then ordered Alcione to murder those girls. Meanwhile, the magic guru explained that since the Princess had been captured, the peaceful and tranquil world of Cefiro where human, fairies and other creatures had once lived in harmony, had changed into a horrible world full with constant battles and chaos. He told them Princess Emeraude, who served as The Pillar of Cefiro, had used to kept the peace only with her prayer, and it did work since in Cefiro a will determined everything and trust was the ultimate power. But a high priest, Zagato, kidnapped the Princess and held her captive in some place unknown, as his power was equal to the Princess'. The Magic Knights had to come from another dimension, resurrected their Machine Gods and saved the Princess. They needed appropriate equipments, so he gave them armors and inherited his magic from the elements of fire, water, and air to Hikaru, Umi and Fuu. Just after he had taught Hikaru how to use her magic, a tiny bird came and told him that Zagato's agent was about to come. He summoned a griffin and ordered them to leave, while he stayed and trying to slow down the enemy. He told them to head to the west, find Silent Forest where Presea lived. At that place they would get their weapons and Mokona. Just before the griffin took off, Hikaru asked him his name, and he told her it was Clef, Guru Clef. The agent landed behind Clef and greeted him. It was Alcione riding on top of a unicorn. She turned out to be his former disciple. She attacked him with Sharp Ice Shootings, and he responded with Round Wall spell. Alcione then summoned a two-headed giant wolf to keep him busy, while she went on chasing the Magic Knights. She managed to keep up and attacked them with the same spell she'd casted before. Finally Hikaru faced Alcione and casted her Fire Arrows. She went limp as the flames consumed the agent and her horse. Then Hikaru spoke to the griffin to take them to Silent Forest. The girls finally arrived at the Silent Forest. They spotted a house nearby and calling for the owner. But the house was unlocked so they went in, and found a little bunny-like creature that they thought was Presea. Suddenly a cage was dropped, trapping them inside. A beautiful girl came out, thinking it was Mokona inside the cage. But she quickly realized it wasn't the bunny. She accused the girls for messing around. They refused to take the charge, telling her the front door had been unlocked so they'd just stepped in. She was shocked hearing this. She explained that Guru Clef made that key that wouldn't worked properly only to the Magic Knights. She then released them and introduced herself as Presea, the famous weapon creator in Cefiro. She had been told to give them weapons. Then she led them to a room where her weapons were kept. In the room, she let them choose their weapons. Presea only made weapons that could only be used by one person, so each person would have a unique one. The girls had to go to the Legendary Spring of Eterna to get Escudo, the mineral their weapons would be made from. Escudo, the Legendary Ore, was the only mineral able to make advancing weapons, the ones changing into better forms and becoming more powerful, together with the growth of their owners' skills and mental energy. The weapons made from Escudo were the keys to rise the Machine Gods. The girls had to carry weapons, as in Silent Forest all kind of magic were held disfunction by the forest barrier. So they searched for the right weapons and found a sword for Hikaru, a rapier for Umi and a set of a bow and arrows for Fuu. Then, Presea told them Mokona would guide them to the spring. Outside Presea's house, the Magic Knights was about to go. Presea used this last moment to ask them their names, while up on the branch of a tree, a young man had been watching them silently.
Synopsizes: MKR vol 2, MKR vol 3, MKR vol 4 MAGIC KNIGHT RAYEARTH: Introduction, Characters, Links, Download, News Magic Knight Rayearth and Magic Knight Rayearth 2 © CLAMP