THE story he wrote

“It’s happened again!  Percival—you must eliminate Flame, the lava serpent.  Immediately!” commanded the King as he caught up with Percivil in the hall.  A look of determination set upon Percivil’s face.

“Get twenty knights” began the King.

“Got it.”

The King continued “Seven war wagons, five big tents, two food wagons, 30 food wagon barrels”.

“When do you want us back?” asked Percivil.

“5 days” answered the King.

“Yes Sire” replied.

The corridor between King’s chambers and the training field was filled with people.  Percivil turned around to round up the knights, and bumped into Severus.  “Hello Severus.  I was just coming for you.”

“Yes?” queried Severus.

“Get 20 knights, 7 archers, 2 ultra knights,” commanded Percivil.

“Yes sir.” answered Severus.

“Don’t run” said Percivil.

“Yes sir, “ answered Severus.

“I’ll get the drivers, and all the other stuff,” said Percival, talking to him. “You four,” he beckoned.

“Yes,” they answered together.

“Get ready to leave.”

“Where to?”

“To serpent volcano,” Percivil replied. And showed the map.

“Yes! I love that place because after I can tell stories about it, ” said the driver enthusiastically.

“Sir!” said Severus.  “I have all the Knights you requested at the ready.”

“We’re leaving!” the driver announced.

“Saddle up,” called out Percivil to the Knights.

The knights leaped into the wagons.  Percivil signaled to the guards to raise the gates.   Suddenly, Percivil remembered it was just past noon, so the Ultra Knights would normally be having lunch.  He halted the wagon, and called out to Severus, “Get two lunches for the Ultra Knights!  They need strength for their journey to Serpent Volcano.”

A few moments later, Severus returned with two lunches. The wagons started the journey.  The ultra knights ate like they had been starving for days.  “Why did you eat so fast?” asked Percivil. 

“We just finished practice, and it was really tough today.  We were nearly exhausted,” replied one of the Ultra Knights.

“How tough was it?” Percivil questioned.

BUMP.  The wagon’s jolting over the rocks interrupted the peaceful journey.

“You might want to hold on,” said Severus.

“This war wagon is going to bump my lunch out!” said the other Ultra Knight.

“Oh no!  Stick your head out the air hole in the roof,” said an archer.

“It’s getting dark.  When the sun’s down, we set up.  Light the lanterns first,” commanded Percivil.

“Yep,” answered the driver.

“Men, it’s time to set camp for the night,” hollered Percivil to the farthest wagon. “Archers, it’s hunting time.” Percivil continued.

“Can we hunt bears in the forest?” asked the younger archer.

“Sure, but make sure you come back!” Percivil replied with a laugh.

But then, as soon as Percivil sat down, he fell asleep.

He was awakened by a huge “Rooooooooooaaaar”.  “The lava serpent!” screamed an archer.

Percivil got up and yelled,  “Attack!”

“Archers fire!” Percivil shouted.  Wooooooosssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! The serpent came down from the sky.

Percivil ran and jumped off a rock, but his attempt failed to succeed.  He ran behind a rock for cover.  Percivil rolled over to avoid a burning branch that nearly fell down upon him.  He ran up the rock a second time, jumped, bringing his sword down on the serpent with a mighty push, he sliced the serpent.  At the same time, the rest of the knights attacked the body with their weapons.  Finally, the serpent’s flaming head fell, landing away from the rest of its lifeless body. 

Percivil declared victory, thrusting his sword into the air.  “”And now-we shall return to the village and see if they have any ale to quench our thirst!”