A TTS version of an Old Tale-

Wadi, a young growing princess, roamed the halls of her father's castle. Maboul was the king of all the desert land and forest on the edge of the desert. Together Wadi and father lived in the castle and she helped him rule. The kingdom included several levels of people, and was inhabited by many. In the streets small cryptids and hens ran wild. In the forest behind the castle though bigger and more dangerous cryptids roamed.

The thing was in these times marriage comes at a young age. For this specific town it was 13. This was so because, people died younger than today with all our medicines. So here, if you were 50 years of age you were either dead, or getting there. So Wadi was almost thirteen and was scheduled to be married on her birthday. Form there she would rule with her new husband. She was to marry a clone of the PERFECT agent. She was scheduled to marry Francis. Wadi, upon learning this would not have it, yet her father was the ruler not her, so therefore he chose who he wanted to rule.

This thoroughly depressed Wadi for her love was Zak Saturday, but there was no way on Heaven or Earth that her father would allow the key to an ultimate evil to rule his kingdom. No daughter of Maboul's was going to be engaged, let alone married, to an ancient Sumerian beast. Sumerians had been the ancient enemies of the Hassi anyway. They're rivalry made them move continents.

The sun was now fading far into the distance, so Wadi hurried down the long broad hallway. Soon she reached the steps and picked up her dress with one hand, scurried down the steps, and grabbed her lantern. Then she headed to the woods behind the castle.

She broke into a jog making sure not to let the lantern drop or let the base hit her in the forehead as she had once carelessly done, fell into a river and Zak had saved her, but even when Francis wouldn't jump in to save her, Zak did, but her father still chose Francis.

The bottom of her dress was being covered in scattered leaves and dirt, nod doubt her father would notice, or one of the maids. That would arouse questions, no matter. She would just say that she was trying to pick some flowers, and had gotten lost the night before. She finally reached and empty clearing. She was alone now. Where was he? A twig snapped behind her so she spun.

"Who's there?" she asked.

Then her true lover, Zak Saturday came out of the trees, riding his noble and loyal companion and friend, his Komodo dragon, Komodo. (He's bigger than you think.)
"You couldn't of picked a more dangerous place to meet."

"What? My father doesn't let himself or any of his men in the forest at night."

"Which probably means it's a dangerous place."

Zak's eyes started to glow.

"What? What is it?"

"Go away NOW!" He yelled into the distance.

"There are dangerous cryptids in the forest at night, well in the daytime too, but even scarier ones at night."

"But, you can protect me."

"I thought you didn't need protecting."

"Well, I don't but that's a different story. But you can protect me right?"
"Your father doesn't like my powers, or anything about me. I better not use them, even protecting you,"

"You just used them a minute ago, and besides my father's not here right now he's at the castle."

"Okay, then maybe I can use them a little, but do me a favor being so closed in, in this clearing is making me paranoid, can we go by the river, so we'll have at least one escape route?"