William bravely sallied forth to slay the dragon, but to his chagrin, he had no idea where to look. Then oddly, he saw a sign on the same road he came in on, that he could swear hadn't been their before. And next to it was the Knight that had guarded the gate, with an evil grin on his face.
William said, "King Arthur has sent me on a noble quest to slay the dragon!
The Knight tried to restrain a chuckle and said, "Ah I expected he would.... just follow the signs."
The sign led William off of the main road and along a trail, and soon there was another sign, "To the Dragon... you're almost there!" He shortly came to a cave with a large dragon sized opening where there was a huge sign with an arrow, stating "This is it.... the dragon is in here!".
Someething about all of the signs seemed odd to William, they wording was overly large, and crude and seemed like they might have been made by some half-inteligent animal instead of a human. But he dismissed that notion, and called into the mouth of the cave, "Vile dragon, come out in the open for I intend to slay thee!"
A large reptilian head poked from the cave, that terrified William's horse, which bucked and threw him to the ground. William quickly recovered, drew his sword and swung with all his might just as a large taloned paw descended on him. The blade clattered uselessly on the dragon's hard scales, and with a quick shake, the dragon had knocked it out of William's hand. Then the beast leaned back against the hill next to the cave's mouth, and while he hummed a tune, began pealing off William's armor and then his clothing. Then it opened its terible jaws widely and was about to pop William inside when the exasperated knight screamed, " Wait, this isn't supposed to happen! "
The dragon paused, and said , to the trembling William, "Well of course it it my boy, its part of the deal."
"What deal?", William said, relieved that the dragon could talk, seemed quite civil, and had not swallowed him already.
Why the deal with King Arthur, Arthur PENDRAGON, to be precise. You see, to carry the title Pendragon, you make a deal with a dragon to be the kingdom's protector, and to show other kings and enemies he has a dragon protector, he displays the image of the dragon on his flags and pennants, hence the name PENDRAGON.... now what part about this don't you understand?
William stammered nervously, "Well, The part about King Arthur sending me out to slay you?".
"Slay me?" the dragon chortled in derision. Humans don't really slay dragons, just look at the success you had, though I suppose there are some chidren's fairytales that say otherwise, and good thing for them because they keep fools like you coming. You see, part of the deal with me being protector dragon of the kingdom is that I get three, free square meals a day, and I am afraid he sent you instead instead of a fat calf for tonight's supper. I can scarely blame him, as a calf runs upwards to eight schillings and six pence these days, while I should expect you didn't cost him anything, I suspect Now while its tur that a fat calf would be a bit more filling, there is my second business you know, which makes you nearly as good as the calf."
"W-what's that?", Wiliam mumbled in fear.
The dragon nodded his toothy muzzle towards the pile of William's armor on the ground, and said, "Why, didn't you know? I happen to be the greatest purveyor of used armor in all of Camelot!" And on that note he swallowed William in a sinle gulp.
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