According to the game's story, Q was a very knowledge-hungry hamster ever since he was young, and he was very ambitious. When he found out about Princess Hatena's book of five ancient riddles, he became determined to get the legendary power that the book could give him. He traveled all the way to the Princess' castle with all the sunflower seeds he had to buy it. But when the Princess refused, he became angry and kidnapped her inside her own library.