"How much longer till we reach our ant Veronica's castle?" asked princess Mary as they rode threw the forest of lost souls. Named for the victims claimed by the giant monsters that dwell within.
"No worries my sister, This path is half the travel as we normally take. We really must take this path from now on." Replied prince Alix with a pleasant grin.
"No my prince. This is the most perilous path in all of the land. If not for the only other path to Lady Veronica's land becoming impassible do to the land slide, and the possibility of invasion on the capital your father the king will have never consented to you two taking this path. It is filled with giant monsters, all of which are mindless beast that will devour any helpless victim that they happen upon." Said Sir Visal as he led the caravan threw the forest.
"Ha ha, let all of the vile beasts that defile my fathers land come, Between the two of us Sir Visal they don't stand a chance!" Boasted prince Alix with pride as he unsheathed his sword and raised it into the air in a heroic pose as his well trained horse felt its master's command pat and took the pose it was trained to do, looking noble and ready to charge.
"A fine pose your majesty. But be careful not to get stuck that way. There is even rumors of a giant beast in this forest that enjoys terning heroes into stone right when they get into a fine stance and takes them to its layer to add to its collection." Sir Visal warned.
Princess Mary thought about that claim for a moment. "But Sir Visal, did you not say that all the monsters were nothing but mindless beasts? How can this creature have the mind to wait till the heroes it kills to take a pose to its liking till terning them to stone if it has no intelligence?"
"Um... let me rephrase that. Most are just mindless beats while the rest are evil monsters that will kill you for the fun of it." He replied to princess Mary.
"But if this being has intelligence, then that means that it can be reasoned with right?" asked princess Mary who now seemed interested with this new subject.
Sir Visal just shook his head. "No princess Mary, there is just no reasoning with monsters. All they do is kill, kill, kill.
Just then there was a flash of lightning and the wind started to pick up. Before long it started to rain. As the caravan went on the stronger the storm blew. "Look! over there, a cave. We must take shelter!" yelled one of the royal guards as he pointed to a cliff far to the left side of the path. "Yes, you right, everyone follow me!" Yelled Sir Visal as he pushed threw the bushes to get to the cave.
As they all got inside they moved further back into the cave "What strange rock formations" noted princess Mary as she looked up at what was once man eating monsters. Sir Visal looked up and around to see what the princess was talking about when he quickly halted the caravan. "Those are not rock formations." He said in a grim tone.
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Serenity was full at last. After that storm blew in she had a hard time finding anything to eat. But lucky her she found a few nice juicy bears trying to get to there homes. "I can't wait to get home and get a nice cozy fire started." She thought to herself as she slithered back to her home, all of her snakes trying to huddle close to Serenity's head for warmth. When Serenity gets home...
Option #1- The humans were hiding, unable to escape in the growing storm. She knows that they are there.
Option #2- The humans were just leaving when she slithers up to her home. Prince Alix attacks her but she just bats him aside with her tail but becomes upset and rushes inside crying.
option #3 - As soon as she gets to the entrance of her cave arrows fly at her. She is forced to tern the guards to stone. She then closes her caves entrance, unknowingly trapping the prince and princess inside with her, they were hiding.
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