Chapter 1: A Epic Tale To Tell

Way back in days of old,there was a legend told,about a hero known as Galavant.

Square jaw and perfect hair,cojones out to there,there was no hero quite like Galavant.

Tough,plus every other manly value,mess with him he'll disembowel you. Yay,he ruled in every way,a fairy tale cliche,and people called him Galavant!

The man we're speaking of,he had a lady love,and Madelena she was one fair maiden.

Long legs and perfect skin,a body built for sin,with cleavage you could hold a whole parade in.

Ah,true love was never this ecstatic nor as widely acrobatic yes,he loved her to excess,thrice daily more or less,and she'd be screaming "GALAVANT!"

One tiny problem,soon would arise,Richard a nearby king of wealth and stature. He watched Madalena,lust in his eyes and,he asked her for her hand,well more like a demand,well more like had his henchman snatch her.

"GALAVANT HELP!"

Which brings us to today,the royal wedding day,no one can stop it now but Galavant.

Poor Madelana waits,behind King Richard's gates,for the arrival of her Galavant.

Now,at last begins a true adventure epic,wild,a real butt clencher,so huzzah and tally-hoe,sit back and here we go,attend the tale of Galavant!

It was a fairly beautiful and busy day in the kingdom of King Richard,a day like this could only mean one thing: a royal wedding was about to occur. Standing at the window of the tallest tower in King Richard's castle,was the gorgeous fair maiden Madelena,however she wasn't in a very good mood. For she was about to forcefully be wed to the nefarious King Richard against her will and the only thing she wanted was her knight in shining armor Sir Galavant to come to her aid. She was wearing a beautiful white dress and sported luxurious black hair that was kept very long. Her sulking was however interrupted by the concerned King Richard asking "Is everything alright my princess?" to which she turned around abruptly to see the king wearing a golden crown accompanied by black and gold jewelry strung across a black wedding outfit.

She made up a lie and meekly replied "Yes my king." as Richard falling for it chuckled back "I should think so. In a few moments we shall marry and you will instantly become the richest and most powerful woman in the land."

Madalena despite obviously not caring slowly trudged down the stairs that led to the window and lied once again "Yes my king. Very exciting." as Richard continued still not catching onto her lie "And then…tonight….you will join me in my bed." Madelena realizing what that meant merely got a disgusted look on her face and replied more sternly "Yes my king."

"We're going to do it!" Richard giddily exclaimed as he snapped his fingers like a little child while Madelena getting more and more annoyed with him respectfully replied once again "Yes." to which the old king continued his ramblings "We're not going to just sit and open gifts and talk about how much fun this wedding was okay? We're…..doing…...it."

"Yep."

Richard then got a pleased smile on his face and bowed to his soon to be wife "My lady." before he started to leave the room to which Madelena gave a silent sigh of relief thinking it was over,until he suddenly turned around and clarified "I mean of course we're going to open some presents but then we're going to do it." to which Madelena instantly snapbacked "GOT IT!"

Richard however ignored it due to his unfathomable stupidity and instead called out "Lucy? Lucy? Lucy! Oh where on god's flat earth is that crabby girl? You know when I was contemplating on kidnapping you and forcing you to marry me against your will,do you know what she said to me?"

"What my king?" Madelena replied in an uninterested tone of voice to which Richard replied in Lucy's own words "Maybe with a woman in charge some actual work can get done here you blockhead. She called me a Blockhead. That was very rude. Rude indeed!"

Once Richard realized that Lucy still wasn't there yet,he took a very deep breath and shouted at the top of his lungs one last time "LUCY VAN PELT GET OVER HERE NOW!" to which a shrill and crabby voice instantly responded "I'm right here my king!"

Shortly afterwards Lucy Van Pelt angrily and loudly stomped up the stairs leading into the room with a very annoyed look on her face as she wore a blue peasants outfit with a cone shaped hat and ribbon hanging from it,it was a little more old fashioned and peasantry compared to her usual outfit but all and all it was how she usually looked.

Once she finally made it to the room so she could see what the king wanted,Richard's stern and strict scowl turned back into a smile as he gleefully asked her "Ah Lucy there you are. Be a dear and help Madalena prepare for our soon to be wonderful wedding." before Lucy rolled her eyes and tightly grabbed Richard by the beard despite her much smaller size compared to him and growled "You interrupted my beauty sleep Richy."

Richard despite being obviously frightened by the girl,he still tried to defend himself admits all this by saying "You know I seriously recall asking you to not call me Richy and yet you continue to do it Lucy-" but was interrupted by a fierce and painful tug at his beard as Lucy interrupted "Cut it Richy,fine I'll help the maiden…..for 5 shillings please." She then held out a small metal can full of coins of all sorts to which Richard reluctantly obliged as he took out five silver shillings from his pocket "Ok fine,but just this once." before he dropped them into the can. Lucy instantly let go of his beard and developed a smug gring as she thought to herself "He says that every time." while Richard regained his posture and trudged out of the room while Lucy fiddled with the jar.

Madelena was now staring out of the window once again as Lucy sat down the can and enthusiastically told her "Come on maiden,we need to get you prepared for your big day. I'm the flower girl you know." to which Madelena slowly walked down the stairs and stood in front of a mirror as she whimpered "Yeah it's my big day,but I don't love him."

Lucy however seemed to take great offense to this statement as she scoffed and retorted back "So what about love? What does love have to do with any of this? Love is not going to make you become royalty you know."

"But I don't love him,I love Galavant. I just want him to come for me and take me away from this wretched place." Madelena somberly replied to which Lucy firmly asked while she got up on a stool and fixed up her hair "What does that Galavant schmuck offer that Richy doesn't? Love? Well love won't get you eternal fame and fortune,5 star meals every day and night,and the power to do anything you could possibly want. And you'd still pick love from a pretty boy knight over a position of power as a queen? Man I wish I could be a queen. Queen Lucy. I'm lucky enough to even be a servant here. At least I'm living in a castle."

Lucy then started to gleefully fantasize about her own dreams of becoming a powerful queen while Madelena's eyes suddenly widened when she heard that,true she didn't really think about it when the king told her about her incoming status as Queen,but now that Lucy was really starting to hammer it in,she surprisingly responded with a devilish smile "Now that you bring that up."

It was now wedding time and the famed knight himself Galavant was quickly riding on horseback to the castle while he effortlessly knocked out the few soldiers that stood in his way. He was wearing typical knights armor except it was a mixture of black and brown,and also without a helmet so it could show off his short brown hair and completely shaved beard. After he managed to get past the security at the front gates,he was soon walking down the empty hallways of the castle's church and made absolute mincemeat of the rest of the guards with his hand to hand combat and sword skills,and he was getting more and more determined as he was approaching the chapel.

Galavant: By all the stars above,I'll save my one true love.

Guards: Hey look! Oh wow it's him! Its Gala-

Two guards giddily exclaimed at the sight of Galavant before they were instantly knocked out by the brave knight.

Galavant: I shall not be denied,until she's by my side,I suggest you fall.

He commanded a cowering guard as he instantly did what he asked and fainted on the ground to which the knight loudly replied "Thanks!"

The wedding was now officially going underway and Lucy was the undisputed flower girl while Schroeder was providing the music on a tiny black piano as he wore a peasant's outfit like Lucy except it was black with purple stripes. He had insisted and pleaded to be able to play Beethoven of course and King Richard being the overly giving in king he was gave him his permission. Richard and Madelena were just about to be officially wed as Richard wore an extremely happy smile with his bodyguard Gareth behind him,but Madelena merely gave a frown. Gareth was a tall,towering and most of all threatening looking man,he wore a large suit of brown armor,sported no hair whatsoever on his head,and had little to no emotion in his eyes.

"And so on this glorious day,we celebrate the union of our greatest king." The pope happily announced to the soon to be newly weds and the rest of the chapel before being suddenly interrupted by another voice "So sorry to interrupt."

The entire crowd as well as Lucy and Schroeder stopped what they were doing and turned around to see Galavant proudly standing at the door way with his sword in hand as Richard got an annoyed scowl on his face while Madelena happily gasped at the sight. Lucy however was absoultely furious at his interruption and shouted "Get out of here you blockhead! You're interrupting the wedding!" to which Richard shushed the girl with an arm motion before Galavant happily greeted Madalena "My lady."

Gareth out of pure instinct was about to pull out his trusty,razor sharp sword to attack the intruder only for Galavant to try and call him off "All right,all right hold on. Now Gareth and I could surely fight all night to an even draw if that's what you want. Hell you can even send all your men to help him if you so desire. But I'll fend them ALL off,'Cause here's the thing." He then surprisingly dropped his sword down on the blood red carpet of the chapel and slowly proceeded to walk forward as he told the king "I love her Richard."

Lucy,who was now laying on Schroeder's piano was now suddenly snickering at the display as the blonde boy raised an eyebrow and asked out of curiosity "What's so funny Lucy?" to which she merely replied "Watch this." while Galavant confidently continued "She's the first thing I think of in the morning and the last thing I think of in the eve. And you can offer her great fame,and you can offer her great fortune,but only I can offer her…...great love. And that is what she chooses."

He had now reached the base of the wedding altar where Richard and Madelena were and bowed graciously for his true love,but Madelena however gave a nervous and regretful smile as she unexpectedly intervened "Well actually-".

Galavant quickly raised his head up out of sheer confusion of what was going on as she frantically continued "I don't know. I've been thinking a lot about it ever since he kidnapped me and ever since he and Lucy clarified things to me….I'm gonna go with the fame and fortune. Seems like an easier life you know?"

"Yes." Richard gleefully whispered to himself in triumph that Madalena was ditching Galavant to be with him as Lucy whispered to Schroeder with a smug smirk "You'd have to be a complete nutcase to choose love over fame and fortune. With an exception though-"

"Not gonna happen Lucy." Schroeder sternly interrupted her attempt to try and hit on him as Lucy gave off a pouty face and diverted her attention back to the wedding alter. In a full on swoop Galavant's heart was completely shattered into tiny,little bite size pieces,the woman and more importantly love of his life was going to marry his sworn enemy to pick fame and fortune over his undying love.

"Oh I'm really sorry Gal,I hope we can still be friends." Madelena meekly apologized for her betrayal when she saw how heartbroken Galavant looked in his eyes,but alas he was too shocked and heartbroken to realize that Gareth had since walked up to him and delivered a swift and hard punch to the gut as he fell over in defeat.

Madelena,Richard and even Lucy smiled at the display as he happily asked his wife "Hold that thought darling." to which he walked over to the defeated knight and said in a deep and quiet voice "Good night,sweet prince." before he lightly tapped his foot on Galavant's face obviously not knocking him out.

"Oh damn it Gareth would you just do that for me please?" Richard frustratingly commanded Gareth as the body guard looked down at the broken down hero and bid him farewell "Night-night." before he knocked him clean out with a boot kick to the face.

ONE YEAR LATER

It was quite a fairly beautiful morning in a seemingly average village far far away as the lovable blockhead himself Charlie Brown slowly woke up in his hut unexpectedly happy,cheerful,and somewhat nervous at the same time. He rubbed his eyes and yawned before he stared out the bedside window as the sun slowly rose over the nearby hills while he thought to himself "Today's the big day for you Charles. Don't mess it up." Today was obviously something big and important for the boy as those emotions got seemingly more prominent by the minute. Once he cleaned himself up for the day,he walked outside to see that his sister Sally was already fawning over Linus,who was busy tending his front yard garden with his blue blanket of course.

"You're doing this already Sally?" Charlie Brown thought to himself out of disbelief before he headed to the backyard with a purple bowl of dog food in hand to obviously feed Snoopy as he quietly lay on his same old red doghouse,with his little bird freind Woodstock laying on his belly.

"Snoopy? Snoopy?" He politely called out to the sleeping animals to which the dog as well as the bird slowly woke up and yawned while Woodstock fluttered around due to his sub-par flying skills. After Snoopy stretched out his arms,he slowly turned around to see the bowl of dog food in his owner's hand and immediantly snatched it away to eat while his owner continued in a more serious tone of voice "Now today is very important. Pretty soon Sidney will be picking the three of us up,and I need you two to be on your very best behavior for Sir Galavant. Got it?"

Snoopy and Woodstock both stood up tall and did an army like salute to which Charlie Brown rolled his eyes and whispered to himself "I just hope they don't embarrass me in front of him. Hmph they probably might anyway."

He left the backyard and headed towards Linus,who was still being accompanied by Sally and they were all wearing typical peasants uniforms that had similar looking coloring to their normal selves,so Charlie Brown still sported the typical yellow shirt and black zigzag along his stomach. He slowly walked up to Linus who was "busy" with his blue blanket and happily greeted him "Good morning Linus. How are you doing this fine morning?"

"I'm doing alright Charlie Brown,I have to say you are in a fairly good mood today. What's the deal with you?" Linus lifted his head up and calmly asked when he saw how unusually happy Charlie Brown seemed to be.

"Today's my first day as an assistant squire for Sir Galavant along with Sidney,Snoopy,and Woodstock." Charlie Brown ecstatically clarified the reasoning for how happy he was as Linus replied with slight disbelief "It's truly a sight to behold. You guys all hand picked by Sir Galavant himself,for all those years you've gone on about being a wishy washy failure,but it seems like the lord is finally throwing you a bone here."

Charlie Brown then suddenly got a little nervous as he politely corrected the boy "Well not exactly hand picked Linus,Sidney was the one looking for squires. I haven't even met Galavant because I never thought he'd see anything in me. I mean what if he see's me as just a failure,and not even enough to be cut out to be a squire?"

Before Linus could try and give Charlie Brown some words of wisdom or advice,Sally decided to give her two cents on the opportunity and remarked "If I had my way,I'd make you his son so it'd just be me and my sweet baboo." as Linus sternly retorted "If it was just me and you,I'd probably move away." before two other voices suddenly joined in their conversation as the first one said "You know Chuck,this is your big shining moment in the sun. You get over there and show Gal that you are a worthy squire." and the second voice also congratulated him by saying "I knew you would get into the higher ranks eventually Charles,right Sir?"

"I always knew he'd get into the high ranks,and stop calling me Sir."

These voices belonged to none other than Peppermint Patty and Marcie as they both walked other to their friend before the former gave the kid a noogie. Once she finished her assault on Charlie Brown's head,she patted him on the back and stated in the hopes of getting him excited "Just think about it Chuck,pretty soon you'll be going on grand adventures with one of the world's most respected knights. You should be ecstatic."

"I don't think Charles will be doing anything of that caliber sir. Every since Mada-" Marcie tried to rationally disagree with Patty's predictions on what Charlie Brown would be doing with Galavant before she was swiftly interrupted by the boy quickly placing his hand over her mouth before he frantically whispered "Marcie,we're not supposed to talk about that remember?"

Marcie quickly remembered the only major rule about their town and meekly apologized "Oh yes,sorry Charles. It's just that it's such an interesting and tragic story,that I forget to not talk about it when Sir Galavant could be around." The group then stood in mostly awkward silence after that little incident until Charlie Brown spotted the slowly arriving brown horse of Sidney's as the others also noticed and started to give encouraging words of wisdom before Charlie Brown called for Snoopy and Woodstock.

When the two animals did arrive however,Charlie Brown was mortified to see that both of them were wearing overly decorated knights armor that completely covered them from head to toe. They also sported a tiny sword and tiny shield that caused Charlie Brown's jaw to drop as he exclaimed "Snoopy you two can't wear those ridiculous outfits. You're going to have to leave them behind."

Snoopy however only whispered to Woodstock for a moment and instead threw away the sword and shield,while still wearing the glistening silver armor as Charlie Brown asked out loud for almost the entire village to hear "Why can't I have a normal dog like everyone else?"

Sidney soon arrived at the Brown's residence with great enthusiasm that was pretty much common for him as he sported a brown vest on top of a green button up shirt,black curly hair,and a brown spotted horse. What was strange though was that he was apparently not alone,for there was also another person with him as well and she certainly looked more...foreign with an exotic looking velvet dress and a snow white horse.

The others all gasped at the site of the woman and Snoopy even wolf whistled at her phenomenal beauty and graceful appearance,but there was no time for gawking as Sid cheerfully asked "Good morning children,would you mind telling me where that Charlie boy and his animal companions are? They're going to be late for their first day with Sir Galavant."

Charlie Brown on the other hand was so excited at the prospect that he nervously stammered to the man "R-r-r-right here Sir." to which Sid looked down at the kid and got off his horse to greet him with a handshake as he stated "So Mr Brown,despite your younger age compared to most squires,I am confident that you will do a excellent job assisting Sir Galavant."

"It's a pleasure to meet you Sidney. I mean we've met before when you hand picked me,my dog,and his friend but not like this I mean." Charlie Brown uncontrollably stuttered as Sidney could see right through his nervousness and replied "I see that you're nervous. It's alright to be nervous,why when Sir Galavant picked me to be his squire,I nearly had a heart attack."

This caused a quick chuckle from the group except for the fair maiden who seemed to be getting increasingly impatient as she made an obvious grunting sound to get their attention to which Sid urgently remembered "Oh my goodness gracious,we must immediately get the princess to Sir Galavant."

"The Princess?!" The entire group exclaimed out loud in utter shock and confusion to which Sid frantically replied as he got back up on his horse "Oh yes,the princess here has an incredible proposition for Sir Galavant and we must get her to him immediately. Come on you three,there's no time to waste."

Charlie Brown,Snoopy and Woodstock all got up on Sid's horse and proceeded to head off to Galavant's place of residence,and Charlie Brown was having all sorts of panicked thoughts enter his mind as he heard his friends call out encouraging words before they eventually couldn't be heard anymore.

"A princess,will I be going on a journey with a princess? What could this be? Why did a wishy washy guy like me get this job?!" He nervously thought to himself as he stared at the princess that was riding behind him,who didn't even have a single word to say,only a look of desperation and determination on her face.