Chapter 9
"Come. We must go to the dungeon and cheer him up." Beryl told her faithful pet as she rose from her throne and then walked to the dungeon with the three little fairies flying after her down a long hallway and down a flight of stairs. Beryl then unlocked a door that led to a dirty dungeon where Prince Endymion sat on a stone stool while chained to a wall.
"Oh, come now, Prince Endymion. Why so melancholy?" Beryl asked the trapped prince. "A wonderous future lies before you. You, the destined hero of a charming fairy tale come true." Beryl told the prince as she began a wicked prophecy.
"Behold.." began Beryl as she snapped her fingers causing a glass ball to appear and began to glow a sickly black color as it began to show King Kallen's castle, and more images.
King Kallen's castle
And in yonder
topmost tower
Dreaming of her true love
the Princess Serenity.
But see the gracious
whim of fate.
Why, 'tis the selfsame
peasent maid,
who won the heart
of our noble Prince,
but yesterday.
She is indeed
most wondrous fair.
Gold of sunshine
in her hair.
Lips that shame
the red, red rose.
In ageless sleep,
she finds repose.
The scenes in the crystal ball then change revealing a new scene.
The years roll by,
But a hundred years
to a steadfast heart
are but a day.
And now the gates
of a dungeon part
and our Prince
is free to go his way.
The scene in the crystal ball now shows a very old Prince Endymion riding a very very old Mamoru out of the gates of Beryl's castle.
Off he rides
on his noble steed
a valiant figure
straight and tall
"To wake his love with love's first kiss and prove that true love conquers all." Beryl told Endymion causing him to quickly stand up and try to go after her as the wicked witch laughed evilly.
"Why, you-you..." began Rini as she tryed to fly out from her hiding place but Luna stopped her.
"Come, my pet. Let us leave our noble Prince with these happy thoughts." Beryl told Morg as she held out her hand for Morg to climb onto. The evil witch then laughed as she walked to the dungeon door while Prince Endymion tried to free himself.
"A most gratifying day." said Beryl as she opened the door, walked out of the dungeon and then shut and locked the cell door.
"For the first time in fourteen years I shall sleep well." Beryl told her crow. The wicked witch and her crow then headed to her bedroom.
Back in the dungeon, the three good fairies flew into the cell and the resized themselves.
+The Dungeon+
"Shh! No time to explain." Luna told Prince Endymion as she used her wand to break the chains around Prince Endymion's wrist while Diana broke the chains around Prince Endymion's ankles and Rini broke the door's lock.
"Wait, Prince Endymion." Luna told the prince who had gotten up and was about to leave the cell.
"The road to true love may be barred by still many more dangers which you alone will have to face. So arm thyself with these enchanted roses of virtue and this mighty sword of truth." Luna told the prince as she conjured a beautiful red rose which appeared in one of the prince's hands and then conjured a sword that appear in his other hand.
"For these weapons of righteousness will triumph over evil. Now, come. We must hurry." Luna told the other fairies and Prince Endymion as she ran out of the room with the fairies and Prince Endymion right behind her but they ended up running right into Morg who began to caw in alarm as he flew up the stairs causing Prince Endymion to lead the fairies through another hallway that led up some stairs and straight into a group of youma led by Morg.
As the youma ran down the stairs, the three good fairies shrunk themselves and then followed Prince Endymion who was being chased to a window.
There the young prince began to fight the youma until he jumped out of the window and landed on a ledge where he then slid down the ledge until he reached the ground. Morg cawed at the youma on ledge causing them to toss boulders down on the young prince causing Mamoru to whinnie in fright.
"Endymion, watch out!" warned Luna as she used her magic to turn the boulders into bubbles.
Prince Endymion then tried to run to his horse while the youma fired arrows at him causing Luna to used her magic to turn the arrows into flowers while Rini freed Mamoru just as Prince Endymion ran over to his horse, climbed on and then began to ride out of the courtyard just as more youma poured hot sludge in front of the enterance way of the courtyard causing Luna to use her magic to turn the sludge into a cresent moon.
Morg cawed as loud as she flew off to get Beryl causing Rini to turn around and then used her magic to attack the bird who kept dodging the spells until she reached Beryl's tower where Rini turned the evil crow into a stone statue and then flew off.
"Silence!" yelled Beryl as she walked out onto her balcony. "You, tell those fools to..." Beryl began to tell her crow before she gasped in horror.
"No! No!" said Beryl in shock as she watched the three good fairies fly out of the gate with Prince Endymion riding his horse right behind them.
The youma then raised the draw bridge as they tried once more to stop Prince Endymion.
"Watch out, Endymion!" yelled Diana as the three fairies used their magic to help the prince ride his horse off of the bridge and onto the other side while Beryl walked over to the tallest tower of her castle.
"Hurry! Hurry, Endymion!" Luna warned the prince as Beryl used her magic to summon lightning to attack the prince causing him to dodge each of her attacks.
"A forest of thorns shall be his tomb. Born through the skies on a fog of doom. Now go with the curse and serve me well, round Kallen's castle, cast my spell!" cursed Beryl as she used her magic to create a thick dark cloud that journeyed through the sky and then circled over head King Kallen's castle. Lightning then struck the ground in front of the castle causing horrible, thick black vines to encase the castle and the land around it causing Prince Endymion to slice through the thorns while Beryl laughed evilly.