See, there was this mean guy called Drosselmeyer who used to write fairytales that came true, and he wrote a story about a Prince and a Raven and they escaped from the story and then the prince shattered his heart to seal the raven away, but Drosselmeyer died before he could finish the story but he made a writing machine so he could finish writing it even after he was dead.

And Drosselmeyer always wrote tragedies and everyone almost died, even the Prince! Especially the prince.