Valerie and Tucker walked over to the hen house as the sun began to set that evening. The skeleton parrot walked over to the female skeleton parrots and began to flirt with them. But he was unaware that his wife was watching him and growled. She marched right over and punched him right off his feet, right into Tucker's arms.
Valerie sighed and said as she began to collect the eggs, "How am I gonna do great things, if I'm stuck here with these silly ghost parrots?"
"Val, you know my parents just worries about you right?" Tucker pointed out.
Valerie sighed in regret and said, "Yeah I know. I'm sorry Tucker. I just don't stuck here doing the same thing for the rest of my life."
A shadow suddenly loomed over them from the doorway of the hen house, causing them both to look and gasp in fright and drop a few eggs as the skeleton parrot squawked in fright.
Suddenly, ecto blasts smashed the windows and flaming arrows. Causing Maurice and Angela to scream in fright as several men and ghosts entered the room, weapons in their hands.
"What's going on?!" Angela shouted at them.
From the doors, Vlad in his ghost form entered the house and then changed into his human form with a grin.
"Vlad!" Both Maurice and Angela shouted in shock and anger.
"Well, well. Angela and Maurice Foley. I was in the neighbourhood and thought I'd invade." Vlad said suavely as he walked closer to Angela.
He placed a hand on her chin and asked, "How about a little kiss dearie? Doesn't matter to me if you're married still."
Angela slapped his hand away and screamed, "Impertinent pig! I demand you leave immediately!"
Vlad walked over to the fireplace and said, "So rude! And after I came all this way to see my old friends."
"You're no friends of ours Masters! You have my brother-in-law's blood on your hands!" Maurice roared at him, holding his wife close to him.
"What could you possibly want now after all these years?" Angela demanded.
"I want Camelot." Vlad answered simply.
VLAD
Let's go back to war and violence
I'm so bored with peace and silence!
Nights of evil, filled with fear
Your worst dream, that's my idea of fun!
He grabbed Damian's shield off the top of the fireplace and threw it at the table. Angela caught it and snapped at Vlad, "You're mad!"
Vlad however, took that as a compliment and said, "I'm so glad you noticed. I've been working on it for years."
Let darkness find its sad ways;
Let's go back to good old bad days
No more foolish acts of kindness
Arthur and his kingdom will be mine!
Vlad pulled out his sword as his minions all nodded in agreement with him. Vlad cut the images of Tucker and Valerie off the tapestry as he said, "And dear old Maurice and Angela, you're both going to help me."
"There is no way we would ever help you Vlad." Maurice said firmly.
"I would rather die!" Angela said, agreeing with her husband. "My brother died protecting our kingdom from people like you and there is no way, I will ever help you!"
"I think you'll find you won't be able to resist!" Vlad said as he held the images up and then cut them in half, revealing Tucker and Valerie, being held in the arms of a couple of ghosts named Skulker and Vortex.
Both Maurice and Angela both gasped, but before they could do anything, they were grabbed by a couple of Vlad's human minions.
"Don't you dare lay a hand on them!" Angela demanded.
Valerie managed to get of Skulker's grip and grabbed a mace as Vlad began to say, "Follow my plan….."
She swung the mace at him, but Vlad blocked it with a shield and grabbed Valerie tightly by her wrist as he finished with a sneer, "And they won't be harmed."
A few moments later, all of them were gathered outside. A huge hole had been dug in the centre of them all, filled with some water and Maurice, Angela, Tucker and Valerie were being held by Skulker, Nocturne, Bullet and a human minion.
"Years from now, no one will bother to recall your good King Fright Knight! Because all of this…will be mine!" Vlad announced.
He turned at Angela and began to explain his plan to them all.
VLAD
I've got a plan; it includes you
You Angela and your family, will lead me to Camelot!
Where I will claim all that is mine
Bullet and Skulker pulled Tucker and Valerie away from Maurice and Angela a few metres as Vlad continued.
In the back of your wagons, my men will all hide
You two will sit up front as the gates open wide
Now watch me create my powerful army with pride!
Nocturne and the human minion pulled them both back over to Tucker and Valerie. One of the minions bought over a box and knelt before Vlad, who then opened the lid and pulled out a vial of green glowing liquid. He then snatched the skeleton parrot and held him in his hands.
With this potion, I bought from some witches
A drop on this parrot; and watch as it switches into a weapon.
That I can use at will.
Now this parrot can kill!
He poured some of the green liquid into the hole. He then grabbed an axe and threw both the skeleton parrot in at the same time.
A huge beam of energy came out of the hole and suddenly, the parrot appeared, only this time he was a bit larger and he now had a huge bladed metal beak.
"A blade beak!" Vlad announced with pride at his creation, while everyone stared in complete shock.
"Now all of you enter quickly! I'll transform you all into powerful men and ghosts, with hands of steel!" Vlad ordered.
A man with two spiked balls jumped inside and once again, a beam of energy came out and suddenly, the man was now a metal monster, with the spiked balls on chains for hands.
The other human men continued to jump into the water with weapons, changing them into monsters with all sorts of weapons attached to them. Bullet jumped inside with a sharp bladed hook and came out more powerful and now one of his hands had a hook attached to it. Skulker then ran over to go next, but both he and Bullet were unaware that they let go of Tucker and Valerie.
Bullet jumped inside with a ghost named Technus and suddenly they came out of the water, fused together to create one powerful ghost.
Nocturne jumped inside with two bladed swords, the swords fused within his body and now, he could summon them at will on his arms. Skulker walked back over and grabbed a hold of Angela's over arm, while Tucker and Valerie quietly hid behind them.
"You two get to Camelot and warn Fright Knight." Maurice whispered to Tucker and Valerie.
"We can't just leave you here!" Valerie said, refusing to leave behind her aunt and uncle.
"Children listen, Vlad will be at Camelot in three days. Take the main road and get there before us. Now go while you have the chance, you two are our only hope." Angela said.
They both nodded and snuck out of the hole in the stone wall behind them. All of Vlad's now transformed human and ghost minions danced around the smoking hole, chanting as if they were a tribe.
MINIONS (CHANTING)
Bring on the darkness, bring on the gloom
We are the army of death and gloom
Bring on the darkness, bring on the gloom
We are the army of death and gloom
The skeleton parrot suddenly started getting into the rhythm and began dancing with them all.
VLAD
Only one will be revered
Worshipped, hated, loved and feared!
I'd just like to say a few words:
I, me, mine!
Vlad stood on some crates above all of them as he changed into his ghost form, signalling his power and his madness.
You were mistaken if you believed
Vlad Masters was someone who'd crumble and leave
Now I am back and I will be staying this time
I told you once! I told you twice!
Everything you see before you
Every last bit….will….be….mine!
Above them, the green smoke formed the three rings of Camelot, but suddenly, one of them changed into a snake and devoured all the other rings, while Vlad laughed.
"To the wagons! Next stop, Camelot!" Vlad ordered as he flew and stood on top of the stone wall.
The minions began to pack the wagons, even grabbing the skeleton parrot's wife and stuffing her into a cage. As Tucker and Valerie were heading towards the stables to grab their horses, they suddenly heard a roaring noise and looked up to see Behemoth flying towards the wall.
They both quickly hid under a shelter, hoping to not be seen as Behemoth landed on the wall. They both heard Vlad walking towards Behemoth and decided to listen in, until they could find the opportunity to escape.
Vlad smiled and walked over to Behemoth and said, "Ah my faithful pet. How was the flight? Panic spread across the land?"
Behemoth grinned and said, "Precisely."
"My plan is perfect, without the sword Fright Knight is vulnerable and now, the Soul Shredder is mine!" Vlad said, feeling more excitement.
That's when Behemoth's grin dropped and began to say nervously, "Unfortunately Master, that's where we enter the grey area of you having the sword."
Vlad's grin dropped. He grabbed Behemoth by the ear and pulled his down as he sneered, "You mean to tell me, you lost the Soul Shredder?!"
Valerie and Tucker's eyes widened at hearing that and decided to continue to ease-drop. Behemoth then spoke, "It wasn't my fault! I was attacked by a ghost puppy!"
Now Vlad was angry! He continued to pull on Behemoth's ear as he continued, "My magnificent beast, was defeated my small puppy?! Where is the sword then?"
"In a place of untold danger. The Forbidden Forest." Behemoth answered.
Valerie and Tucker gasped. Valerie then whispered, "We have to get to the Forbidden Forest and find the sword. It's the only way that Fright Knight can stop Vlad."
Tucker didn't like the idea of going into the Forbidden Forest, after hearing so many stories about people and ghosts going in there, but never coming out. But, he also knew there was a chance to get the sword and whether he liked or not, he agreed with his cousin and so, they both as sneakily as they could, continued their way to the stables.
Vlad roared in anger and blasted Behemoth right on the noise, causing his pet to roar in pain.
"The Soul Shredder is the one thing that can keep me from my conquest of Camelot!" Vlad shouted.
He suddenly heard the sounds of a horse and turned to see Valerie and Tucker riding Valerie's horse down the road, escaping their home.
"THOSE BRATS!" Vlad roared.
He turned around and shouted, "Skulker, Bullet and Blade Beak! Go after those children and bring them back alive!"
He then turned to Behemoth and said while pulling him closer, "And as for you, you are going to lead me to the Soul Shredder!"
