Marie wakes up in her bed the next morning with her arm bandaged. Noticing the Nutcracker about to be taken captive, Marie throws a slipper at the Mouse King, fainting afterwards (cutting her arm on the toy cabinet's glass door in the process). The battle is first in favor of the dolls, but they are soon overwhelmed by the Mouse KIng's army. The Nutcracker soon comes alive and leads an army of toys into battle against the Mouse King.

Around that time, the Mouse King and his army invades Marie's house. Marie's slumber is disrupted by the grandfather clock chimeing, and Marie belives Drosselmeyer is sitting on top of it. Marie becomse upset and takes the nutcracker away from Fritz, as she promises to take care of it. Marie enjoys the gift, but then her brother Fritz accidentally broke it when he wanted to play with it. On Christmas Eve, a girl named Marie is visited by her godfather Drosselmeyer who persent Marie a nutcracker as her present. The prince, however, still rebels against the Mouse King, as the story introduces the Mouse King and the Nutcracker Prince waging in a battle against each other, which soon brought the attention of the story's protagonist. He becomes successful as he transformed the prince into a nutcracker and overthrew him. He is an oppressive ruler who wishes to rule over a magical kingdom where he comes from. The Mouse King (also known as Rat King in some versions) is the main antagonist in the novel and ballet adaptation The Nutcracker.

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