Henry was hiding from his babysitter at the food court. He was 11 years old, almost 12 indeed, and he had constantly told his parents he didn't need a babysitter anymore, specially someone as mean as Amanda who was just 4 years older than him.
In fact, Amanda wasn't mean but Henry was a very spoiled kid and he was constantly arguing with her because he wants to do things that are not appropriate for his age. She even had agreed to take him to the movies today, but when he tried to watch a very violent movie, she told him they're going back home. He made a tantrum and ran away and now she's looking for him.
While Amanda was looking for Henry, she met Tabatha, a friend of her, who was also looking for someone, her boyfriend Xavier who mysteriously disappeared almost half an hour ago. They decided to help each other and they went to the arcades where a lot of boys used to go in that mall. May was watching them from the second floor and she decided to follow them from a safe distance.
Meanwhile, Henry quickly looked around from his hideout and when he watched that Amanda was leaving the food court, he finally came out from there. He cautiously made a few steps until he found a weird thing on the ground. He took it and noticed it was a magic wand. "Oh, it's just a stupid toy that a stupid kid should have dropped." He said before he threw it away, however he didn't notice that the magic wand immediately shot a beam that hit him on the back.
"What was that?" He said while he turned around but he didn't look anything interesting and kept walking until he was next to the magic curtain. "Huh? A curtain? I don't remember there was a curtain here before." To any other person, that curtain was invisible to their eyes, but as Henry got hit by the magic wand he now can watch magic stuff like this. Unfortunately, he doesn't expect what he will find on the other side.