Chapter Six


"Can I have your attention everyone?" Paul called as he stepped up to a podium in the center of town. "Everything my Uncle Albert has claimed about the fantasy beings are not true at all! He's not letting you hunt them to keep the town safe, he just wants to have a bunch of fancy new decors for his room!"

Everyone was shocked at Paul's speech, they couldn't believe that their king would just hunt for fun. "How would you know that he's doing all that? You must want to doom us all!" One man claimed.

"Well I can show you what he does! Ringo, Dad show them the furs and scales!"

Carrying a large crate, Ringo opened it up and showed the villagers  what happened to the beings they hunted. "He's selling these overseas to just become even richer than he already is. Is this what you want happening to innocent creatures?"

"How would you know that the dragons are harmless? King Albert always told us that no one ever came back alive when they go to slay a dragon and he tells us that they eat anything in their way!"

"Well... Umm....."

"We can show you!" A voice came from the audience, and with that, Louise and Harold lead their son up to the prince. "Our son was missing for over twenty years, but we found out that he was raised by dragons. If they were as violent as the king says, they would have killed him on the spot, but they didn't!"

"It true." George added. "I can get my dragon family to come here and they can show them too."

This got everyone's attention, they began to wonder if their king was wrong. But their thoughts didn't last long as Albert saw all the uproar from the town and barged in. "And just what are you all doing here?!" He bellowed.

"You know what you did Albert!" Jim snapped, storming up to him. "You're killing innocent beings and making up stories about them just so you can sell their pelts!"

"Well we must use up the beasts somehow, I sell them to those who need pelts for warmth and sell the meats for food." He stuttered.

"Selling for over a hundred pounds? Last time I checked the poor can't afford that much." Paul sassed.

"My own nephew and brother are against me! You people won't let them get away with them disrespecting your king would you?!"

"He's a bigoted man! You all need to make your own decisions, don't let your leader make them for you!"

Not wanting them to go against him, Albert ordered his knights to grab and throw them back into the prison. "I'll deal with you later Paul, for now I'll have a nice chat with my traitorous brother."

After being thrown into the dungeons, Paul peeked under the door, only to see his father drop to the floor, a knife deep in his side. "Dad... No.." His lips began to quiver. "That bastard!!"

"Paul, calm yourself.." Ringo whispered, stroking his hair. "We need to think of a plan to deal with Albert or else we'll be his next victims.."

"Well I hope that the villagers now know what happens to whatever they kill."

Looking out the window, Ringo hoped to have seen people protesting against the king's actions. But instead he saw the knights preventing anyone from going anywhere near the castle. "He's like a tyrant.. We need to get out of here, tomorrow I can inherit the crown and kick uncle Albert out of here!"

"But how? We don't know how to escape and we don't even know anyone outside who can help us.."

"Hey.. Isn't that Prince Paul?" Someone from the nearby cell asked.

"Umm.. Yes, that's me. Who are you?"

"Your uncle sent us out to kill a dragon to set us free, but we discovered that they're just like us."

"And he didn't fall for that fake skull either. Should have used a lighter coloured clay. We're John and Stu by the way. That stupid king nabbed our girls and doing god knows what with them."

"He's a monster! Why does he do all this anyways, all for money can't be the only reason."

"Well.. My Mom once told me that back then, everyone was always terrified of anything as large as a dragon, they attacked to defend themselves. Now that we have more advanced weapons, people have become obsessed with killing and seeing creatures as nothing but trophies."

"Well what can we do about this? I want to start an event to protect the poor things, stop the hunts and show everyone that we can live in peace with the dragons."

"One sec, I think the clay skull can be used like a battering ram. Yes! The door's down!"

Now that their door was down, John stole the keys from the somehow still sleeping guard and freed Paul and Ringo. "Now lets get out of here! We got a king to stop!" Stu exclaimed.

Meanwhile in the west wing, Albert saw Cynthia and Astrid banging against the walls of a cage. "I know you both were filthy witches! Just like Pattie." 

"We're not witches! And even if we were you would be much filthier than us!" Cynthia growled. "You better let us go right now or else our boys will kick your ass!"

"Shut up you! Once I get my nephew out of the way, I can rule unopposed! All that trash can go die for all I care."

And while the evil king was busy gloating at the two girls, they noticed Pattie sneaking behind them and knocking him out with a nearby shield. "Pattie! Why are you here?"

"I felt kinda bad just sitting back while all of you were going up against the king, I felt I had to do something too. Now lets go and find the boys."

"We're right behind you Pats." John said. "This castle's enormous! How do you ever get around here?"

"Well I guess I'm used to all the rooms. But that doesn't matter now, we-"

"Wait! Where's Corona?" Pattie asked.

"He slipped away while we were walking around the town, we didn't see him in the dungeons so he must have gotten away."

"Well I hope he's safe.. But now we'll need to make sure the king's exposed for his crimes and that we can save everyone!"

And with that, the group tied up Albert to keep him from escaping and made their way to the main hall. "A knight!" John panicked, hiding behind Stu.

"Don't worry guys, this is Maureen, she's on our side." Ringo assured to them. "What's going on out there?"

"King Albert ordered all his knights to commit mass murder to anyone who opposes him! You guys need to get to safety!"

"We're not running Mo, this man has gone too far and we need to do something about it!"

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