The next morning came by slowly. It was good and bad at the same time. There was time in the night for the king and queen to cuddle up, along with the princess and her rogue. But it also felt like tomorrow would never happen and the prince would never be rescued. But one of the servants awoke the king, the princess, Moose and queen just as the sun started to rise, telling them that everything was prepared. Tom immediately helped his wife get dressed and they made their way into the throne room. Waiting there was Josie and Moose.

Tom walked over to him. Moose was holding a thick cloak and a leather drawstring bag. Tom gave him a smile. "Do you have everything that you will need Moose?" Sierra asked, wrapping her robe around herself from the chilliness outside. Tom moved over and rubbed warmth into her shoulders.

"Yes my queen." Moose said. "Your servants were kind enough to hand me everything when they woke me… not that I was sleeping much anyways."

Josie smiled. She walked over to Moose and held his shoulders. "Please… please bring him back to us." she begged.

"I promise you, I will bring him back." Moose said, moving to hug Josie. Josie hugged him tightly. Tom smiled. Tom walked over to the knight and he patted his arm.

"There will be enough provisions there for a full month. Double the amount for when you save Kevin." Tom said.

Moose nodded. He looked over. "The ride to and from the mountain should take two weeks. Maybe a few days extra when trying to kill Abraxas." he said. "If I don't return in a full month-"

"I will be sending an army." Tom said with a smile. "Please try your hardest to bring him back to me."

"To us." Sierra said.

Moose nodded. Sierra moved his hand over to the front entrances on the palace. Moose followed the royal family and the small amount of servants. They walked over towards the front gate, where a Tina was waiting with a black stallion. She walked over to Moose and placed the reins in his hands. Moose gave her a smile and nodded as she walked away. Sierra and Tom walked over to him as he hopped onto the horse.

"Moose…" Sierra said. "This is our boy."

"Our son." Tom added, gripping his wife's hand and rubbing her wedding ring.

"So bring him back to us safe and completely unharmed."

"I love Kevin with all my heart." Moose said. "I would never hurt him."

Tom nodded. He walked back over to one one his servants and took something from her hand. Tom walked back over to Moose and held something out to him. "This is my blade." he said. "I used it when I was training as a knight."

"My king-"

"It's Tom now." Tom said. "You're my son's lover. When you rescue him. We will speak to one another in a more condense manner. But as of this moment, you are close to family now."

"Please, take the blade." Sierra said. "End this… once and for all. Save our boy. Bring him back to us."

"But if Abraxas comes back to Riverdale-"

"We will handle him." Josie told him. "If Abraxas does come back, we will try to lead him away or try to capture him. You just need to focus on rescuing Kevin."

Moose nodded. He looked over at the horse he was given and rubbed her mane. "What's her name?" he asked.

"Her name's Layla." Tina said with a smile.

Moose nodded, rubbing her mane again. "I will not return without Kevin."

Tom and Sierra nodded. Moose moved to tie his leather bag against Layla's saddle. Moose grabbed Layla's reins and snapped them. He rode off down the path as the sun slowly started to rise. The king, queen and princess watched as the knight rode off with top speed. Tom grabbed his stepdaughter and wife's hand, pulling them close against his chest.

"Now." Sierra said. "We need some sleep. Come, come, come. After we rest, we can worry about everything else later."

Tom nodded. He gave his wife a kiss on the cheek and took Josie's hand in his. They all turned around and walked back inside of the palace.


Kevin was awoken abruptly by a loud roar. The young prince sat up startled, looking around. At first, he tried to convince himself that Abraxas kidnapping his was a nightmare, but looking around he noticed that of course… he was really the dragon's hostage. Kevin looked over and saw the huge, scaly purple beast stretching himself out on the broken mountain that he was laid down upon. Kevin moved to take a step away from him, but Abraxas turned over to him. Kevin immediately froze. The dragon walked over to him and grabbed him by the body again.

"No… no, please." Kevin screamed as Abraxas flapped his winged and took flight in the air.

Abraxas flew down the mountain and dropped Kevin against the huge rock formation. Kevin moved back against the mountain in shock and fear. Abraxas sniffed him again before walking away from him. Kevin felt frozen. He didn't want to move, so he stayed where he was. Kevin looked around the woods. It was completely filled with orange because of the sun beginning to rise. If Kevin wanted to escape, but he couldn't. The sun would just make him look paler and even more noticeable to the dragon. Maybe he could try to escape when the sun set again. Maybe he could try to escape when Abraxas was sleeping.

His thoughts of escape were cut short when the loud stomps through the woods signaled Abraxas' returned. The dragon walked over to the prince with something in his mouth. Abraxas leaned down and dropped something down on the ground. Kevin looked down and saw that it was a few fish. Abraxas growled angrily at Kevin, almost as if he was forcing him to eat. Kevin rushed over and took one of the still wet and raw fish. To please his captor, he bit into it. He would get sick, but just had to do what he had to do. Kevin would follow his orders and his demands if it meant by the night he would be able to escape. Kevin ate the raw fish, making the dragon almost smile. But not a happy smile, a smile like he was pleased with himself. He captured a prince and is able to force him to eat whatever. Seemed pretty fucking proud.

Kevin ate what he could, tossing away the bones and the skin. Abraxas noticed he was finished and walked over to him.

"W-What do you want from me?" Kevin asked. Abraxas snarled at the prince, making him flinch. Abraxas couldn't even communicate if he wanted, so he refused to snarl or growl at him. Abraxas moved to grab him again, and Kevin held out his hands. "No, please!"

Abraxas ignored him and grabbed him again by the side of his body, his teeth avoiding the covered wound. Abraxas flew him back all the way up to the cracked and crumbling mountain. Kevin laid completely down on the rock, as to avoid annoying the dragon that was holding him against his will. Abraxas took flight in the air and did what he did the last time and begun to circle around the mountain he was laying on. Kevin was going to escape. He wanted to escape. He would escape. He just hoped that when he did escape. If someone was coming for him, he needed to meet him halfway. He would have to meet his rescuer halfway.

Kevin thought about what his rescue would be like. Who would come for him? Kevin had a hope that it would be Moose. The young prince just wanted Moose. He wanted his beautiful knight to come, in shining armor and horse. Kevin just wanted Moose to be here with him. Kevin crawled, moving to look at how far down it would be. It would be pretty far if he jumped, but if he just slowly climbed down when Abraxas was asleep he could probably make it far into the woods to meet his rescuer or rescuers. Kevin turned back up to look at Abraxas, who was still flying around the mountain. He'd just have to wait until that dragon was asleep. And then he could make his escape.

And see his Moose again.


Moose had been riding through the woods for hours. The sun was now at it's highest peak in the sky and the orange of the sky had become a light baby blue. Moose looked down at the map that Sierra and Josie had drew him, looking over at the mountains that he needed to reach. It was be a long journey on horseback. He wasn't as fast as Abraxas. But he needed to try. Moose would rescue his prince one way or another. Or he would die trying. The knight moved to turn over as he was instructed on the map when Layla started to whine and jump.

"Woah, woah, woah, woah." Moose cried, holding her reins tightly in one hand and rubbing Layla's mane. "Easy girl, easy… that's it. Easy."

Layla calmed down, resting her hooves down on the ground. Moose looked forward to see what she was freaking out about. Moose jumped off of the saddle and instructed Layla to stay with his hands. He walked over to where Layla would have been riding. There was something dark on the light grass. Moose knelt down. Blood. Blood that could only belong to his prince. Moose ran over and hopped back on to the saddle of the horse. He slammed down on to the reins and Layla ran as fast as she could. Moose looked down, following the trail of small and medium sized blood droplets. Layla kept on running and running over to the trail.

Moose's heart was hammering, hoping that he didn't discover the mutilated body of his lover. That was his worst fear. Moose had told Kevin all of the time during their meetings in the garden how he was afraid of losing him. Kevin would always smile and cup Moose's cheeks in his hands. "You'll never ever ever, lose me." he would say, moving to press a kiss onto his jawline.

Moose needed him back. He needed Kevin back. He would bring his prince back. Moose pulled on Layla's reins a bit aggressively when he noticed the blood stop. "Sorry girl. I'm sorry." he whispered to her. Moose jumped off of the saddle and walked over. The blood stopped, and it led to a deep ditch. This must have been where Abraxas was holding Kevin. The blood had to be from the dragon hurting him in some way. Moose growled. Abraxas was dead. Dead. Moose got up and walked over to Layla. He moved to hop back on.

Moose sat down against her and looked over at the map. He needed a way to get there faster. "If I make a right down this path instead of going on and riding forward to the mountains, I can make it there a few days earlier. It'd be a two day ride instead of a full week. What do you say Layla?"

The horse just snorted. Moose chuckled.

"Just hold on just a bit more my prince." Moose whispered, snapping Layla's reins and making her run to the right. "I'm coming Kevin. I'm coming."


Abraxas looked down at his hostage prince as he flew around the mountain that he laid him down on. He was laying down, clutching his side where the herbs were healing his cut. He looked asleep. Good. Abraxas was waiting for the cavalry to come. He knew what he was doing when he tried to kidnap the prince and princess. He might not have managed to get the princess along with Kevin, but he knew that the kingdom would do anything to bring back the young man.

Abraxas knew that the king and queen would come with an entire army. And when they did, he would kill them. And he would finally be able to have that land all to himself. Abraxas flew down and slammed himself onto the mountain. It was only a matter of time until he got what he wanted. Abraxas licked his large teeth. It had been awhile since he had eaten a human. And he couldn't wait until he managed to swallow all of those knights and the king and queen.