Chapter X
The princes
struggled out of their final challenge. Tiger had encouraged the team in the
maze, stayed behind to fight the monster cave while the rest went ahead, helped
them come up with a plan to put out the raging fire in the forest, and refused
to abandon his group when he was tempted, but Talon had always taken the credit
for Tiger’s victories, hoping to claim Rose as his own.
The moment
of truth was drawing nearer. The crowds drew closer and held their breath as
King Malicis walked regally towards the bedraggled group.
“I have
been watching you using this orb generously provided by Thorn. I have watched
each of you and carefully made my decision.” He dipped his head to Thorn before
continuing. “My original plan was a deadly tournament, but the addition of
Thorn has made me change my mind. One of you, through these challenges, have
shown me that you are fit to marry my dear daughter, Rose.”
Malicis
rested his gaze on Tiger before going on. “Tiger. You have shown that you are
smart, brave, strong, willing to make sacrifices, strategic, and loyal. These
are qualities that I want my daughter’s husband to have.”
Tiger
looked shocked, and proceeded to numbly trot up to the king, who replaced his
red crown with a black one. “The winner of the competition, Prince Tiger of the
Golden Spruce Kingdom!”
Those of the said kingdom went wild. Rose ran up to meet her future husband,
eyes shining but doubt lodged deep in her heart.
****
Thorn made
his was through the crowd of kingdoms preparing to leave, searching for Tiger.
He was a lucky prince, marrying such an amazing princess. He was glad he was a
castle guard.
Thorn
looked up and gasped. Tiger was giving his speech to his subjects on the top of
the tallest tree, but that wasn’t the cause of Thorn’s shock. Behind the
prince, a light brown pelt covered by leaves was extending a paw, giving a
rough shove, and sending Tiger shooting down. Thorn looked around frantically,
but everyone seemed to be frozen to the ground. Thinking fast, Thorn took a
leap into the air and flew towards Tiger. He grabbed him, but the prince was
too heavy.
Panicking,
Thorn quickly created a force field around Tiger. He landed and the glowing
ball of green around him faded. Thorn floated down next to Tiger, looking around
at the shocked faces of the crowd.
“A warlock!
A warlock!”
“What’s he doing here?!”
“Evil has
penetrated our kingdoms!”
“Burn him!”
End Chapter X
-Gylfie101
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