chapter 2-Evil in the Air
Suddenly the doors of the stone castle burst open with a great gust of wind. Lightening flashed within the kingdom and bright turqoise flames danced across the floor before a shadowy figure emerged from within them. He was dressed in black with a colorful red parrot on his shoulder.
"Joshua"squeeked the dwarves running to sheild the baby.
The figure stood for a moment surveying his suroundings before speaking"Well well well.....what a glittering assemblige King Lancelot...........royalty.....nobility........and.....hahahahahah......how quaint even the rif raf" he said still chuckling as he motioned towards the dwarves.
"Are you.. talkin ta me?" Dumbo said trying to act tough, strutting forward to challenge the King of darkness.With one swift motion Shorty grabbed Dumbo's shirt and pulled him backwards.
Joshua gave the dwarves a quizical look before shifting his gaze back to King Lancelot and continuing"Anyway....My queen and I really felt quite distreesed at not recieving an invitation to this little ......um...........gathering....of yours"he stated calmly looking at the King and Queen.
"You weren't wanted"mumbled Blondie from his place next to Dumbo
"Weren't wanted?"Joshua questioned looking at the dwarves with vengance gleaming in his ice blue eyes.
"Sorry....um...he didn't mean that,see what he meant to say was that it......was......um lost......yeah lost in the mail.......uh huh that's right lost in the mail"Dumbo covered nervously
"Shut up moron" whispered Shakespeare putting his hand over Dumbo's mouth in an effort to stop him from saying something he would regret.
"No you weren't wanted"repeated Blondie trying to hide how nervous he really was.Truth be told,King Joshua could strike him dead right then and there without lifting a finger then return to his conversation as if nothing happened.Blondie just hoped that Joshua would ignore him this time.The evil King was certainly not a force to be reckoned with.Well, the evil King was but his queen definately was not.
"Not wa....oh what an akward situation.....well then I best be on my way" he said turning around to leave.
"You're not offended your exellency?"Queen Kathryn asked timidly.
"Why no your magesty,and to show I bear no ill will I too shall bestow a gift upon the child"he stated grinning evily turning around to face the terrified king and queen."Listen well"he said raising his arms above him to cast the spell" the princess shall indeed grow in grace and beauty, beloved by all who know her,but..........before the sun stes on her sixteenth birthday she shall hit her head upon a wooden door and die."Joshua finished with a smug look of satisfaction on his face. Laughter erupted around him. Even the king and queen could not contain their amusement.
"Seize that creature" the king struggled to say through his fits of hysterical laughter right before falling off of his throne and rolling around on the royal red carpet.
"Its not supposed to be funny"he stated matter- of- factly to the giggling court before turning around and walking calmly towards the entrance. "shes going to die" he said motioning towards the baby before making his way back to his mountain lair.
Suddenly the doors of the stone castle burst open with a great gust of wind. Lightening flashed within the kingdom and bright turqoise flames danced across the floor before a shadowy figure emerged from within them. He was dressed in black with a colorful red parrot on his shoulder.
"Joshua"squeeked the dwarves running to sheild the baby.
The figure stood for a moment surveying his suroundings before speaking"Well well well.....what a glittering assemblige King Lancelot...........royalty.....nobility........and.....hahahahahah......how quaint even the rif raf" he said still chuckling as he motioned towards the dwarves.
"Are you.. talkin ta me?" Dumbo said trying to act tough, strutting forward to challenge the King of darkness.With one swift motion Shorty grabbed Dumbo's shirt and pulled him backwards.
Joshua gave the dwarves a quizical look before shifting his gaze back to King Lancelot and continuing"Anyway....My queen and I really felt quite distreesed at not recieving an invitation to this little ......um...........gathering....of yours"he stated calmly looking at the King and Queen.
"You weren't wanted"mumbled Blondie from his place next to Dumbo
"Weren't wanted?"Joshua questioned looking at the dwarves with vengance gleaming in his ice blue eyes.
"Sorry....um...he didn't mean that,see what he meant to say was that it......was......um lost......yeah lost in the mail.......uh huh that's right lost in the mail"Dumbo covered nervously
"Shut up moron" whispered Shakespeare putting his hand over Dumbo's mouth in an effort to stop him from saying something he would regret.
"No you weren't wanted"repeated Blondie trying to hide how nervous he really was.Truth be told,King Joshua could strike him dead right then and there without lifting a finger then return to his conversation as if nothing happened.Blondie just hoped that Joshua would ignore him this time.The evil King was certainly not a force to be reckoned with.Well, the evil King was but his queen definately was not.
"Not wa....oh what an akward situation.....well then I best be on my way" he said turning around to leave.
"You're not offended your exellency?"Queen Kathryn asked timidly.
"Why no your magesty,and to show I bear no ill will I too shall bestow a gift upon the child"he stated grinning evily turning around to face the terrified king and queen."Listen well"he said raising his arms above him to cast the spell" the princess shall indeed grow in grace and beauty, beloved by all who know her,but..........before the sun stes on her sixteenth birthday she shall hit her head upon a wooden door and die."Joshua finished with a smug look of satisfaction on his face. Laughter erupted around him. Even the king and queen could not contain their amusement.
"Seize that creature" the king struggled to say through his fits of hysterical laughter right before falling off of his throne and rolling around on the royal red carpet.
"Its not supposed to be funny"he stated matter- of- factly to the giggling court before turning around and walking calmly towards the entrance. "shes going to die" he said motioning towards the baby before making his way back to his mountain lair.
