Thanks so much for the reviews! Here is chapter three!
Chapter 3
Two Towers...(haha)
Dan and Bill followed the map that they had been given at the tavern carefully. "These woods here," Dan pointed out. "I think they lead us right to the tower, at least they should."
Bill nodded in agreement. "Yeah, and that outcropping, what do you think that is?" He pointed out.
"Only one way to find out!" Dan replied. They smiled at each other and entered the woods. The men that Queen Joanna had hired to make sure that they stayed on the right trail were still there, ready to attack them.
"Pretty palace princes..." One of them mocked Dan and Bill and held a knife in the air.
The others slowly emerged and circled them trying to scare them but not succeeding.
"We are just looking for the tower, we will be out of here soon." Bill reasoned with them.
"Tower...hmmmm...The tower is right there." One pointed to the tower.
"Yes, now leave our forest!" The leader demanded. "Before we kill you." He crossed his arms and waited for them to leave.
"That was odd." Bill remarked when they were finally out of the woods.
"I know." Dan replied. "I thought we were dead men."
"Well, thank God we are alive."
Dan nodded and they headed toward the tower. But as they approached it, an old woman came from out of nowhere. She gave a weak smile and then pointed to Dan. "You, you must go to the other tower. There are two towers, two fates in the towers."
"Who are you?" Dan asked her.
She smiled all knowingly and disappeared just as she had come.
"What do you think it means?" Bill asked him.
"I think it means you get to take on this tower and I get the one down the hill someplace."
"But you dont even know where you are going." Bill commented.
"No, but I know that the woman we just saw will make sure that I get there safely. Good luck on getting the princess from the tower." The two men parted ways and Bill headed off to his tower.
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BILL'S STORY...
Bill continued on the path, wondering why in the world there were two towers so near each other. Weren't they supossed to be spread out? Anyways, he should be greatful that he at least was getting the chance to 'rescue' a princess from a tower of some sort.
As he approached the tower, he was suddenly very glad that he had brought along his sword. The dragon that guarded the tower was very huge and looked ferocious. He breathed fire that almost scorched Bill, but missed him by a hair.
The dragon pretended to die as Bill "killed him" so to speak. But the potion had made the dragon invinsible. So he disappeared and the entry way was suddenly open. But not completely. The door was locked.
"Hello!" Bill shouted up to the top of it.
"Hello?" Sarah shouted down to him. "Ah, you defeated the dragon. Here, let me get you the rope ladder." She threw down the rope ladder and Bill climbed up all the way to the top.
Sarah helped him into the tower and he landed on top of her, but not too hard, thankfully. He laughed. "If you have a ladder, why dont you just climb down yourself?" He asked.
Sarah thought quickly. "Well, I am afraid of high places, in fact, I dont look out my window very often. My cousin, Rupunzel, she fell from one of these high windows at one point and..."
Bill just stood there smiling at Sarah as she made excuses and made up stories. "What is it?" She demanded.
"Nothing." Bill replied. "So, now we get married, right?" He asked her.
"I suppose so." Sarah replied. "But I didn't get your name."
"Ah!" He smiled and bowed. "Sir Bill O'Riely, at your service!"
Her face dropped, but then she quickly put her smile back. This wasn't Dan, but he was still a loard of sorts. "Well Bill, I am Sarah." She curtsied and then the two got to talking. They talked for hours and hours until they were comfortable around each other.
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DAN'S STORY
Dan followed the path that the mysterious old woman had told him to. The trail was old and covered with lots of brush. The forest that surrounded looked dead.
There were stone statues that looked so very real, Dan felt like he could reach out and touch them and there would be skin instead of stone there. But he knew that was impossible.
A strange creature, half man and half horse approached him. "Who are you and what are you doing in these parts?" He asked.
"I am Prince Dan..." Was all he could manage.
"Figures. And you are here to get to the top of the tower and rescue the princess?"
"Well, yes." Dan replied.
"All the men that come here say that, but Alexander kills them all."
"Alexander?" Dan asked.
"Yes, he is a...Well, you'll see him. Just be prepared, have a sword and a shield of sorts. Oh, and you should know his story. He was once the most handsome lad in all the land, and he was destined to marry one of the richest women in the land. But he didn't want to, he was in love with a commoner, Chanel, and they ran away. But his father hunted them down and had him turned into a beast. Then, a magical woman put a spell on Chanel that made her never age, so that she could wait for the day when her belovid might no longer look like the beast."
Dan stared at him in shock. "So, what should I do about this thing? Should I not kill it? And by the way what is your name?"
"Marus."
"Marus, what should I do?"
"You'll find that out all on your own." He disappeared like many of the others who had guided him.
"Thanks." Dan approached the tower only to be confronted by the ugliest creature he had ever seen in his life. It was a three headed creature, one head was a dog, another a snake, and the other a lion. The body was a dragon body. It was rather scary to say the least.
Dan pulled out his sword and swung it at the head that was like a snake. He figured that since that head was the longest, he could chop it off easiest. He hopped around, running from the ferocious beast and trying to get it into the right position so that he could attack it and kill it.
Dan noticed the air around him turning gold and wondered what it was. Faeries, dozens of them, all sprinkling their golden dust. Dan and Lucian both stopped and stared at the Faeries and then Alexander fell asleep.
Dan was about to drive a sword through his heart when he felt a gentle hand on his wrist. A woman wearing a white cloak emerged from behind him along with the Faeries. "Chanel?" He whispered.
She only nodded and went over by the creature, giving him something in each of his mouths. Slowly but surely, the creature turned into a man. He only wore a black cloth around his waist, and he didn't move at all. "Alex, come on." Chanel held his limp body. "Please! I didn't wait a lifetime for nothing! I need you." She cried.
"Kiss him." Dan told her.
"What?" She looked over at Dan in shock.
"Well, in most legends, the prince must kiss the princess, but in this case, you are the only one in love and awake, so I think if you kiss him, he might just wake up." Dan answered.
Chanel nodded and placed a kiss on Alex's lips. Alex was suddenly filled with life again. Alex leaned into her, still weary, but most certainly awake. "I...Love...You..." He stammered out to her.
"I love you too." Chanel was an emotional wreck, crying tears of joy that her belovid was finally completely hers. The king that had done this to them was dead, of that she was positive.
"Thank you for waiting for me." Alex added.
"For you, I would wait lifetimes." She leaned in and kissed him again, this time sweetly and romantically.
"Okay, this is amazing and sweet you two, but is there anyone in that castle? Because someone said that I needed to rescue her..." Dan interrupted.
"Yeah, go have a look. And dont worry, no more scary creatures are going to pop out at you." Alex replied.
Dan made his way to the top of the tower only to find a sleeping lady at the top of it. She was medium height, 5'4 or 5'5 and had brown hair pulled back. She looked so peaceful. Her lips were not smiling nor were they frowning, they were just plain.
Dan thought about what had just happened, to break the spell downstairs. They had to kiss. He leaned in and kissed her on the lips, hoping that she would awaken. It took her a few seconds, but she came out of it...
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