Ch 3 - Into the Night

"Don't despair your magesties I'm positive everything will turn out fine"said Curly trying his best to console the worried king and queen.

"Can you undo this horrible curse"asked King Lancelot asked form his seat on the royal throne as he downed another bottle of vodka. See, after about an hour of laughing hysterically all of a sudden he realized that his daughter's life could indeed be in danger and fainted on the spot. After being revived he immediately started drinking.

"No sire Joshua's powers far exceed ours"Dumbo said sadly dropping his gaze to the floor.

"Wait wait"yelled Aaron,the village idiot,running into the castle waving his hands frantically above him."I still need to give the princess my gift"

"Aaron what happened last time you convinced yourself you were a magical creature?" King Lancelot asked patiently placing his hands on the boy's shoulders to steady himself, as he was just a little bit tipsy. He had been over this issue with Aaron many times and had successfully convinced the blonde that he was a somewhat normal human being and did not posses supernatural qualities.

"Um....I flew out the window."Aaron replied with a childlike smile.

"Yes Aaron, and what happened when you 'flew' out the window?"

" I fell"

"Yep, and why did you fall Aaron?"

"Because i'm not a fairy"

"Very good Aaron"the king replied nodding his head slowly

"I know i'm not a fairy, i'm captain Kirk of the Jiggy Wiggy One" Aaron informed the King nodding his head up and down.

" Fine go ahead Aaron" the king said rolling his eyes and turning to Queen Kathryn"I can't handle this,......I need a drink" he mumbled to her as Aaron tried to preform his magical spell.The queen simply helped Lancelot to his throne and sat him down. Then she turned around and nodded for Aaron to begin.

"Sweet princess,if this evil curse does come true and you hit your head upon a wooden door, a ray of hope there still may be in the gift I give to thee,not in death but just in sleep, the fateful propecy may still keep,but from this slumber you shall wake, at true love's kiss the spell shall break"he finished. Not a word was spoken.Everyone seemed to be in awe for these were the most intelligent words ever spoken by the idiot." Okay now I really musy be getting back to my spaceship the commander is awaiting my return"Aaron said animatedly, breaking the silence within the great castle"Beam me up spanky".With that he cartwheeled out of the castle making strange humming noises and returned to his 'spaceship'.

King Lancelot obviously still fearful of his daughter's life did then and there decree that that every door in the kingdom should on that very day be burned.So it was done.

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"Oh silly humans"said Shakespeare watching as thousands of doors were consumed in flames in the courtyard.

" Dude come here and have some McRonald's" said Dumbo drenching his fries in BBQ sauce.

"Well I seriously doubt a bonfire will stop Joshua"said Curly taking a sip of his pepsi."especially if Queen Hilary gets involved,and she most likely will"

"of course not but what will?"exclaimed Shakespeare finnally sitting down and biting into his now cold burger

"Perhaps if we tried reasonong with them"Shorty said optimistically

"Reason?......with the king and queen and darkness?...........yeah that'll go over real well..........i can see it now.......um, excuse me we were wondering if maybe you would reconsider and take the evil curse off of your enemy's daughter?......................sure Shorty peice of cake." said Blondie sarcastically

"Well they can't be all bad"replied Shorty

"Wanna bet"asked Dumbo with a mouth full of fries

"Oh bite me, it was only a suggestion"replied Shorty

"Yeah a bad one"said Blondie returning to his food

"We could just attack them"suggested Shorty again

"That's not very nice" said Curly

"Yeah and besides our magic can't be used in that way"Shakespeare said dismissing the option quickly

"Of course not, it can only be used to spread joy and happiness"said Curly with a wistful smile on his face

"Dude,should i be sharin a room with you?" asked Dumbo nervously as Blondie burst into a fit of hysterical laughter

Shakespeare was not amused "Guys focus on the main problem here, I'm positive that finding a way to save his daughter's life is more important to the king than finding out if Curly's gay" he said in an authoritive tone.

"Sorry" chorused Blondie and Dumbo still trying to hide their giggles.

"For the last time, I'm not gay!!!!" protested Curly at the same time.

"Hmmmmm...............there has to be some way to......... " he trailed off, sitting down deep in thought"THERE IS!!!!!!!!!!" he yelled jumping up from his seat, scaring Blondie and Dumbo who screamed in terror and clung to each other at the sudden outburst then looked at each other stangely and backed away slowly.

"There is?"Shorty questioned curiously

"Yes, I'm going to...wait" he said running to the balcony and quickly closing the curtains "Follow me" he said making himself tiny.The other's did as they were told.They all followed Shakespeare under the table exept blondie whoforgot to wave his wand and ended up smacking his head on the wooden table and falling over only to be dragged under by shakespeare.

"I know"said Curly "were going to turn her into a flower aren't we, oh she'd make a lovely flower'

"Duude, STOP"said Dumbo watching Curly out of the corner of his eye

" No were not going to turn her into a flower dumbass,were going to take her back to our home and raise her as our own child"said Shakepseare"with no magic at all" he added seeing their skeptical looking faces

"Oh yeah thats a muuuuch better suggestion, for once i agree with curly"said blondie rolling his eyes.

"Why no magic?" asked Shorty eyeing Shakespeare warily

"Because Hilary and Joshua would find her for sure"Shakespeare said matter- of- factly

"Oh, I know Curly can be the mother"shouted Dumbo giving Blondie a high five as they both burst into hysterical laughter.

"Shut up jackass"said Shakespeare angrily

"We can't raise a kid" Blondie said realizing this for the first time

"Sure we can,let's go talk to the king and queen"Shakespeare said exiting the room with Shorty Curly and Dumbo on his heels,leaving an angry Blondie standing in the middle of the room pouting.

"But.........but.............but.. oh damn it"said Blondie stomping his foot"FINE" he finally agreed.

So the King and his Queen watched with heavy hearts as their most precious possesion, their only child disappeared into the night.