It was a typical Friday night at the Evans' family apartment. Rachel was out at the theatre getting ready to perform in front of a sold out audience, and Sam was at home getting their five year-old twins, Joseph and Kailyn, ready for bed. He would have liked to share this time with his wife, but he knew she was out following her dreams, so he gladly did this on his own.

After a bath, a visit from the tickle monster, two picture books, and numerous trips to the bathroom for cups of water, Sam finally got the two rambunctious kids to lie down and go to bed. He hugged and kissed them goodnight, flipped on the nightlight, and shut the door, leaving them to fall asleep. He then went back to his own room and climbed into bed, picking up the book he had been reading for the past week. He had just enough time to read the last chapter before he heard the sounds of little feet running down the hall.

"Shouldn't you two be in bed?" Sam asked when he shut his book and looked up to see the twins standing hand in hand in his doorway. Kailyn had the thumb of her free hand jammed in her mouth.

"Can't sleep, daddy," Joseph told him. "There are monsters in there. We want to stay in here with you." Kailyn nodded her head vigorously in agreement.

Sam had a weak spot when it came to his kids. He could almost never say no to them. "Come on. Get in here," he said with a sigh and a smile motioning for them to hop in bed with him. He scooted over so he was in the center of the King sized bed with Joseph and Kailyn on either side of him. "You two have to go to sleep if I let you stay in here though."

"Mommy called you Farm Boy this morning, and you called her Princess," Kailyn said as she snuggled up to her daddy. "Why?"

"We just have little nicknames for each other," Sam replied. "It's like how I call you my little munchkin."

"Why those nicknames though?" Joseph asked.

"It's a long story, kiddo."

"We like stories, daddy," the little blond girl smiled up at her daddy.

"I thought we were going to go to sleep?"

"We wanna hear the story, daddy," the young brunette boy told him. "Please?"

"Please daddy?" she said sticking out her lower lip and giving him a pouty face that made his heart melt.

"Oh alright," Sam sighed. "I'll tell you the story. It's a really special one, too."

"Really?" the twins asked in unison.

"Yes really. It's a classic tale of true love and high adventure. It's got everything. Fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles."

"It sounds amazing!" Kailyn exclaimed.

"It is," Sam replied pulling his kids as close to him as possible. "Now, it all starts in the kingdom of Lima, Ohio . . ."