Hello everyone, and to the new readers who might be reading this HELLO! I know i promised that i was going to post a new chapter for FATE. But i had to get this typed out and posted. This new story was indeed haunting me. I just had to type it down. this story is somewhat based on a story i have read a few years back. I don't remember the title nor the name of the author( so don't ask)but it was based on the story of "The Frog Prince" i loved the way this author had wrote it(too bad i don't remember her name). For those of you who enjoy listening to music while reading i highly recommend listening to Gregorian "Scarborough Fair". if you hate listening to stuff like tha please ignore what i have requested. ANYWAYS! ENjoy!
DIZCLAIMER: thou shall not lie. THou shall not steal. thou Shall not own Yu-gi-oh!
NEAR THE EDGE OF A THICK FOREST, there is a clearing and on that clearing there is a humble house, perched as if overlooking the whole town before them. In that house lived Takeshi and his wife, Takeshi is 52 years old. Takeshi lay asleep in his house, or…he was TRYING to sleep but his dogs…his dogs couldn't stop barking.
He groaned and grumbled, and before his wife could badger him into dealing with the situation, Takeshi forced his brittle bones to get up.
Slowly he walked outside his house and immediately starting swinging his walking stick at his dogs, "GET! Stupid mutts! What is wrong with you hooligans?!" he growled. Takeshi's dogs were known to be extremely overprotective, they would bark at anything, if the neighbor's chickens escaped and was wondering in Takeshi's property, they would bark. If a small child was wondering around, they would bark. Even if a branch fell from the tree, they would bark. So when Takeshi heard his dogs barking, he assumed one of the pigs escaped from the pig bin. And normally, all Takeshi had to do was swing his walking stick at them, and they would stop. But it was not the case this time.
His dogs kept barking and barking, pacing back and forth, snarling and showing their sharp canines. He noticed that they kept growling at someone or something at the edge of the forest, but whatever it was Takeshi could not see it, he may be old, but his eyes was as healthy as a ten year old boy.
"Crazy dogs," he muttered, he was about to go inside back into his house, until he heard his horses in the stables suddenly acting up. This caused the old man to be concerned; for never in his life he has heard his horses go uneasy. He ran as fast as his skinny legs could take him to the stables. What is going on? Thought the old man.
As he opened the gates to the stables, the horses went frantic, like the dogs, they too started pacing back and forth, neighing and slamming their hooves on their doors trying to get out. But why? What was causing his animals to start this commotion?
He looked around in disbelief; his heart was starting to beat fast. What is going on? Why were all his animals behaving this way? Then suddenly to complete his horror, his dogs started howling.
"NO!" yelled the old man in fear, "Stop! Stop!" he swung his stick at them. The dogs kept howling, "Stop it, you fools!" yelled the man swing his stick frantically at his dogs. They did, and suddenly, everything got quiet.
The man looked around, he noticed that his horses has stopped neighing and slamming their hooves and stood perfectly still. He glanced down at his dogs and was surprised to see they were doing the same thing. But all the animals stood still, their eyes focused on the edge of the forest.
And suddenly, voices rang out and Takeshi began to hear a song he thought he would never again during his life.
"Are you going to Scarborough Fair?"
Every bone in Takeshi's body began to shudder. No, he thought, this can't be. Was this some kind of sick twisted joke? Has he finally lost it? Was this some sort of crazy dream?
"Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Remember me, the one who lives there…"
No, it can't be real. He had thought it was all a myth. A legend, a story told to young children, especially to the young maidens to stay inside after dark.
No, HE is gone; Takeshi had been told in his youth that HE no longer exists. HE never existed.
"She was once a true love of mine…"
Takeshi only stood there along with his dogs listening in horror. This is a dream, the man thought trying to console himself. Yes! That was it! It was all a dream.
When the song had finished, the old man turned toward his house to go back to sleep, only to see that his neighbors nearby were also standing there, staring at the forest puzzled and terrified. The man's heart sank, so it wasn't a dream…the Elfin Knight has indeed returned.
Ok, let me explain about the whole dogs howling thing, just in case some of you are not familair with this superstition. in my culture(i'm Hispanic i'm not sure if there is any other race who believes this) we believe that when a dog howl's it's usually a sign that someone is going to die or something bad is going to happen. Yes, i too believe in that superstition so i yell at my dogs when they howl. oh, for those of you who DID enjoy listening to the song i have requested and you happen to be a green day fan please listen to Gregorains' version of" Boulevard of Broken Dreams" it sounds soo Haunting! just like there version of "Scarborough Fair". As always Read n' Review.