On the way to school, Max and Shelly visit Sardo's Magic Mansion to get some art supplies. Sardo talks Max into buying a pencil box containing a pencil and eraser. At school Max uses his new art supplies. He has trouble drawing the fruits on display as a model for the class, so he erases one of the fruits in his picture. After he erases it, it disappears in real life as well. After testing this out a few more times, Max finds that he does have the power to erase things into obvlivion. But when he erases his twin sister Shelley, without thinking, he's forced to erase himself into oblivion to find her.