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In a small castle in the forest a group is stratagizing around a large map on a table. A knight enters the room to deliver news.
"Sir, there's news from the battlefield, Avalon has fallen."
"My gods!" Maurice declared smacking himself in the for head.
"If only he had come, we might could have had a chance!" Gaston was saying sadly.
"But he didn't did he? Ogres are not men!" Maurice snapped at his nephew.
"We have to do something, we have to stop them!" Gaston cries in fear.
"They are unstoppable!" Maurice responds with a tone of defeat.
"He could still be here at any time your majesty." Another knight says hopefully.
"It's to late Colonious, it's just to late." He esclamed.
Just then a loud banging sound comes from the door.
"It's him, it has to be!" The knight says opptomistically .
"How could he get passed the walls?" Maurice asked "open the door!" He ordered.
The guards remove the wooden block and opens the door but sees nobody there.
"Well this is a bit of a let down!" A voice rang out from behind them.
They turn and see a man sitting on the king's chair.
" you sent me a message. Something about about um, help help we're dying, can you save us? The answer to that question is yes, yes I can for a price!"
"We sent you a promise of gold." Maurice informed him.
"Ah, no. You see um I uh make gold, I want something a bit more special, I want..."
But just then he was intterupted by a piercing, bloodcurling scream!
"What was that?" The dark one demanded to know.
" that was nothing, just.."
"show me what that is now or I will turn you all to toads!" The dark one declared sharply. Just as another scream happened this time coming closer.
A woman appeared clutching her hand crying and hoolering . "it bit me, I went to feed it and it bit me, I can't take it anymore I quit."
even more curious then before he made them continue to take him to this mysterious 'it' that people seemed to be so secretive about.
they soon stopped before a door, and Maurice stopped "just be careful its wild and it bites!" Was the warning. And then the door was opened.
peering inside it was so dark and smelled of urine and fecies, and vomit and also bad body odor. The smell almost brought tears to his eyes. But it was almost hard to see what was inside but by looking closer he sees a tiny, thin excuse for a child. The child's teeth were bared at him.
The dark ones heart went out to the poor child, she was so dirty, and looked like she hasn't eaten in days, her face looked like somebody had slapped her recently. He turned to Maurice " I still haven't named my price, well my price is what I want is that child!"
Maurice looked at him in shock "you want a dangerous biting thing like that?" The dark one only nods feeling his heart break for the child each time the man called the child it.
"did the child have a name?" The dark one asked.
"none, her mother died without giving it one." Maurice responds.
the dark one goes to her and uses magic to put her to sleep. He takes chains off and lifts her into his arms. "By the way congradulations on your little war." He says softly and magics away with the child.