Please come in and make yourself at home, and I will continue our story.
Morning came, and Xaviar and Arianna started thier
journey east to find the king.
It was a long trek and took them many months
to reach the kings land. Summer was nearly over, and Xaviar
explained to
Arianna that they would have to spend the winter months here as it would be too
treacherous
to travel back to his own castle during the frequent and
dangerous snow storms. They made camp in the forest
for the night and slept
under the stars. The morning greeted them with armed soldiers standing over
them. One of the
men asked Xavier what he was doing on the kings land, to
which he replied "I have come to seek an audience with
the king on a matter
of great importance". "I am known as Prince Xaviar and this is my companion,
Princess Arianna".
"We have traveled from the lands to the west of here
called the Forest of Dreams". The soldier thought of this for a while,
and
told Xaviar and Arianna to follow them back to the Kings castle. By midday they
reached the Kings castle, where they
were shown to a room to clean up before
seeing the King. Finally, a young man had entered their room and announced
that
the King would now see them. The Kings throne room was adorned with gold
and jewels as well as his throne which sat in
the center of the room. The
King motioned for them to come nearer, Arianna was the first to curtsy before
the King and Xaviar
knelt on one knee before the King as was the customary
way to pay respect to royalty. "I am King Orious, welcome to
my kingdom, and
you sir, what is your name?". "I am called, Xaviar, Prince of the Forest of
Dreams, and this is Princess
Arianna". Xaviar replied. After exchanging
stories about each of their kingdoms, Xaviar went on to explain why he
and
the Princess had journeyed to see the King. As he told King Orious about
the Unicorns and how he had sworn an oath
to protect them, a hooded man had
burst into the room. The man lowered his hood and told the King he came to warn
him
about the prophesy regarding the Unicorns. King Orious demanded an
explanation of this mans insolence. The man identified
himself as Mardrake of
the castle mardrake just south of the kings land. "Please forgive my lack of
proper invitation your
majesty, but I have news of the prophesy." he told the
King.
Oh my, I must go! The Unicorns require my immediate
attention. Please come back and see me soon and I will finish
the
story.
Princess Stacey