Grimm grimaced as he stabbed the bear in front of him through the heart. "Nasty business, this," he commented as the bear fell backwards into a pool of its own blood.
"Watch out for bears, Grimm!" Henry the Owl shouted.
Grimm turned around as quickly as he could and stabbed the attacking bear, before slashing its chest open and kicking its limp body to the side. "Yeah, kiddo," he said. "I know. More than anyone."
Grimm, after all, was on a Quest from the King. A King's Quest, if you will. He had to rescue the princess from the Bear Bogs of Bologna. And he'd been trekking through them for weeks now.
"Henry, I just don't see what we could be missing." Grimm pulled out his Map. "I think the tower should be around here somewhere, but I just can't find it."
"Watch out for bears, Grimm," Henry the Owl said solemnly.
"Gah!" Grim stabbed a bear that attacked him from behind with his sword. "You need to warn me sooner."
Henry the owl nodded seriously. "Watch out for bear, Grimm."
"Just 'bear'? Wait a minute..." Grimm stared into the thick fog of the marsh.
The tower was there. But it was moving. On four bear feet. The stone tower wobbled along as its bear feet walked upon the surface of the bog, probably because of the legendary Wizard. He was the one keeping the princess captive.
Grimm ran up to it, hindered slightly by the bog, and jumped in the entrance before the tower could rear up and claw him. Henry followed not long after.
"Watch out for bears, Grimm," Henry stated hopefully.
Grimm nodded and began running up the seemingly endless rustic stairs of the ten-story tower. Before long, he was at the top. But something was wrong.
Grimm gasped. "The Princess...!"
"THAT'S RIGHT, GRIMM," a deep and evil voice said from the shadows. "SHE HAS BECOME A BEAR."
In the center of the room, tied to a chair, was the Princess. But she had been turned into a pink bear.
"Damn you, Wizard..." Grimm drew his sword. "Where are you?"
The Wizard stepped out of the shadows on his four paws. "HERE," he said with a bearish smirk.
Grimm attacked the Wizard and attempted to stab him, but the illusory Wizard was dispelled. Another stepped out of the other corner of the room. "HERE, GRIMM."
Grimm ran over, and attacked it, but this time was hit by his own attack. He cringed as the slash ran over his back.
"WHAT'S THE MATTER, GRIMM? IS MY MIRROR MAGIC TOO COMPLEX FOR YOU? HAHAHAHAHA!" The Wizard's voice rang out from all around the room, making finding him near-impossible.
"Watch out for bears, Grimm," Henry called as he fluttered around above the princess, who was making no move to attack him despite being a bear.
"That's it!" Grimm shouted. He ran up and stabbed the 'princess' through the heart. The princess flickered and turned into the Wizard, a grizzly bear with a wizard hat.
"No bears are pink, you know," Grimm said with a smirk. "I should've realized, but I was too angry to notice. Henry brought me to my senses. Now, where's the Princess?"
The wizard laughed, but it turned into a cough quite quickly. "Grimm!" The wizard smiled. "Your princess is in another tower!"
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Grimm cried out to the heavens.
But they weren't listening.