002 ~ A Battle of the Bold and the Sharp; pt 1
It was a great battle.

I suppose I should start at the beginning, and try my hardest to avoid skipping forward in the story because that wouldn't be good at all. Then I suppose you would have a hard time following and we really don't need that, what we need is complete and utter understanding for this is a story of true importance. At one time, I'm not sure how long ago this actually was for my memory isn't as great as it should be, there lived a young boy whose name is long forgotten. For the case of this story we'll name him Andy (because honestly, I love the name Andy and I think every little boy should be called that). Andy was young, still very naive and unable to comprehend what it truly meant to be in a battle as grand as the one in his near future. For all he knew the only people who fought in battles were those of grand importance, knights and princes, steeds and wonderfully strong beings. Not those a heritage of his own, the son of a poor begger woman and a man who couldn't have known his front end from his behind and thus spent the entirety of his adult life locked away inside the Kings dungeon. Oh but the King, he wasn't a nice person which is something we'll discuss later on during our tale when we get there. For now, I beg of you to keep patience and remain in your seats. Where was I? Oh yes, Andy our young hero. He was no more than 5 feet tall, and didn't weigh any more than a sack of potatoes or two and he wore nothing but what his lonely mother could create using odds and ends that she found throughout the houses she cleaned each and every single day. Andy was fortunate enough to have a mother who loved him dearly and he vowed to do anything she asked of him. He was a sweet boy, he was and there was nothing evil about him. Not like that dreaded king, the one who ruled over all the lands as far as the eye could see, even further than that assuming you didn't have very good eyes and really back during that time it was likely that you didn't because they didn't have laser eye surgery or the technology that we have to make really awesome glasses. It seemed as though everyone in the kingdom was afraid of the king, he was tall and he had really short hair because he knew that keeping it cut that way made him look infinitely tougher than he truly was, for he was a sly king. Intelligence knew him absolutely no bounds and he chose to often use this to his advantage. Especially against stupid little foolish boys. It wasn't until the wonderful and magically beautiful Sabrina Fairchild moved to town that either the king or Andy had any problems with one another.

Sabrina Fairchild was the daughter of a butcher and his beautiful wife. She was Andy's age and she was perfection beyond her years. It was difficult not to look at her golden blond locks, her perfectly olive eyes and her ruby red lips. Upon seeing this girl, the king was sure that such a beauty as hers was deserved to be royalty rather than mixed up in the sludge and waste that was her life in the village. He would visit her every so often to assure her that her life would be better as soon as he could help it and despite her not being very attracted to the king, her mother had told her that this was a good thing and that she should appreciate what the great king was doing for their family. Of course, the young girl didn't believe what her mother believed in and was sure that she was going to spend her entire life unhappy and under appreciated. Especially when sat next to such a horrid and brutal king. She wanted to roll her eyes at the entire idea but she wasn't sure that was her best course of action. It wasn't until she and Andy met by chance in the village square that she truly felt there was something else waiting for her in the world. Andy - well, he was instantly smitten and when the beautiful girl took his hand and pulled him aside into a deep, dark corner to tell him to rescue her from the evil that will present itself in the future, he could do nothing but promise his life to her.

They were easily forgetting, perhaps even insulting the kings intelligence with their private talk and the many that were to come in the future, assuring themselves that absolutely no one had any idea that they were together, that they were planning to escape their wretched kingdom and soon find a new home to be husband and wife, lovers, and a family. Little did Sabrina or Andy know that the king had his man following every move his young love made, to assure that she wasn't up to any dirty dealings with her fellow peasants. When word came that her and Andy had been spending so much time in each other presence, the king decided to invite Sabrina to stay with him in his castle. She denied his invitation but since it really wasn't an invite at all she was made to go and be unhappily locked away in the stone walls of that dreary castle she was to one day call her own. It wasn't until word leaked out that the kings future wife was to stay with him in his home out of sight until the day of their wedding that poor Andy discovered what his love had truly meant when she begged him to rescue her from her evil future. The king had already had plans to destroy this boy who had put thoughts of ridiculous matter into his future wife's head, those thoughts of running away and being together forever and always. He challenged the boy to what was to be the greatest duel in all the land under the accusation that the boy had been a liar and a thief and simply tried to steal the kings heart from his very chest by foolishly convincing Sabrina to run away with him. He then assured the people of his land that while Sabrina had no plans of running away with him, while she spit in this boys face and claimed she lived for the king himself, Andy had plans to steal her away in the dead of night and have his filthy way with her. The village was in an uproar, not because they believed the kings story, but because they knew the truth about Andy and Sabrina's eternal love.

And while I would love to continue, I feel as if I should pause for dramatic effect and allow everyone a chance to think about the potential outcome of this battle. So as of yet, this story is to be continued....