Zachery the Knight

[xythan_shadow]

Queen Tivania LeStrang was walking through the courtyard, her hair gently flowing in the breeze. In her hand she carried a lovely bouquet of flowers that released an aroma that matched her subtle scent. She loved to walk around her castle and her subjects' morale was always increased by seeing her.

She turned the corner to see a few of the kids that frequented the castle playing near the moat. She didn't know their exact names, but she recognized at least a few of them. She saw the daughter of the baker hiding behind the orphan Zachery. She knew a lot about Zachery, seeing as how he was a frequent visitor to the court doctor. And it seemed today would be another day he would need the doctor's service. He was defending the young girl from three boys. The target was obviously the sweet roll that she held in her hand. The sweet cinnamon smell wafted up even to her nose and proved the skill and expertise of the master baker of the town.

Zachery turned slightly to the young girl and said, ?Cynthia, run!?

She started to run down the moat towards the town, and as soon as one of the three bullies turned to chase her, Zachery jump and knocked him down then blocked their path. Cynthia got away, but Zachery paid the price. The three bullies weren't kind to the little kid that prevented them from their ill-gotten sweets. Even though Zachery was older than them by two years, he wasn't nearly as big as them. The queen watched sadly as the bullies beat Zachery before leaving him bloodied and hurt beside the moat bank.

Queen LeStrang's heart broke for the young man. She motioned for a guard and when he arrived, told him to retrieve Zachery and take him to the doctor. Once he was out of sight, she ducked down, grabbed a small amount of the soil and smiled. Standing back up, she plucked the reddest rose from her bouquet. She then reached deep into the group of flowers and plucked a single rare starflower from the group. She put down her bouquet of flowers before she plucked the petals from the rare and beautiful starflower and rose. She merged her hands together, mixing the petals and soil before whispering,

?Young man, noble and true
Whose body does not fit the part
Let your strength and size grow to match
The Valor found within thy heart.?

She opened her hands and blew the contents into the air. They rose on a wind, swirled above her head before flying down to the boy. They twirled and danced on the wind above him before they sprinkled and fell on the kid. They glowed for just a moment before fading. Then the guard that the queen sent arrived, picked him up and took him into the castle.

The queen smiled and picked up her bouquet. She thought to herself, ?You know, a sweet roll does seem like a good idea today.?


I have no idea when I will finish this. Seriously, I just had this start running through my head so I had to get it out. As always, comments and critiques are welcomed.

[arpeejay]

Nice start. Finish it within the next hour, please!

xoxo

Richard

[trekka]

An excellent start....now get moving on the next release =).

[willfrog13]

Very interesting start.....Please continue soon.

Thanks,
Will

[redroger11]

Even short bits of your work are welcome and appreciated. Keep Writing. We love it.

redroger11