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The Fall Of Two Kingdoms
The sound of two swords being heard across the temple as the battle
of two kingdoms hadbegun. Kingdom Theoston was a kingdom of peace.
But the young
kingdom Smithston lead by a reckless king named King Randen.
King Randen was the king of the Smithston’s he was not a man of
negotiating. He
would go for any battle he could get. He felt as if he was the only one who
could make the decisions in his kingdom. King Theo was a king
of peace. He understood what was right for his people. King Theo’s knights
were the strongest and most fearful knights. A long time ago a man named
Randen was one of the knights who served King Theo. He did not agree
with King Theo’s peaceful ways. One day Randen came to his king asking,
“Why do you coward off and not be a man and face those who come and
make disturbance to this kingdom?”
“Because I love and care for my people I cannot put them in any risk.”
Randen shouted to him, “You must have more power over your men.
You act like it is no big deal! If you won’t take charge of your own kingdom
then I cannot serve you anymore.” So the faithful
knight went off to start his own army it took him more then a year just to get
10 soldiers. Five of which followed him from Theoston. So he decided to go
to the kingdom and tell those people what they needed to hear. He planned
to go and deceive people into having power as great as King Theo. So he
said to them, “Why do you people follow this weak king? He is only getting
weaker by the second. Follow me and you will be wise and as powerful as
your king once was.” These words were all filled with lies but all it took was
one person to be deceived to start a whole group of deceived people. A
man named Isaac stood up and said aloud, “What more power do we need
then we have now?”
“You will be even more powerful then your king and more wise then
he ever was.” King Randen shouted.
“If this is true then I want to be apart of it.” Whispers started to fill the
room with doubt and belief.
As king Randen then shouted one last time,
“Join me and you will be greeted with kindness.” Right then a group people
stepped forward as the whispers quite down. As more and more people
then started to follow King Randen out of the kingdom.
King Theo had
just been told by one of the knights at the scene. King Theo sat at his
thrown in confusion. A man came up to him with a letter in his hand.
“Give me that,” he demanded. Then the letterman spoke out saying, “Letter
for king
Theo, this letter is a threat against you and your kingdom telling to hand
over your rights and possessions or you will face my kingdom.”
“I always knew he would come to this. I will not fight one of my own
men.” King Theo declared.
“My king he is no longer your knight he has gone off of your orders so
he is no longer
serving your kingdom. Therefore he is not one of your men. He is so caught
up in his pride that he cannot see straight. You must battle him his men are
just getting stronger.”
“Very well then I will not be the one to attack him though. If he wants
to fight my kingdom then he will have to attack me. But we will be ready at
any cost.”
“Should I send the troops to the front gate my king?” As king Theo
replied, “Please do, we need to be ready.” The sun started to set as the
kingdom was heavily guarded. The king went to his thrown to think about
how it all started. All it took was one man to set off all these things that
have happened all
this darkness has overtaken this world. But was not the type of darkness
from a demon or devil this
darkness was made by man a sinful and reckless darkness.
King Randen had heard of King Theo’s reply to his message. King Randen
was furious and felt angry. Leading his troops to the Theoston gate the
Smithston army
split into two groups. One group with the heavier weapons heading to the
front. While King Randen leading the other group around the castle to the
back entrance. King Theo was puzzled watching from his castle window not
seeing any troops from Smithston. King Theo knew that Randen knew the
castle like the back of his hand. He told his troops to guard the
small entrances so he could not lead his men through there. Right then
King Randen’s troops charged the front gate making as much noise as
possible to direct the troops to them. The noise led the troops who were
guarding the smaller entrances to the gate which left the back gate open.
King Randen’s troops quietly moved to the back gate. The gate was rusty
and old it was never used so it would not open from the rust. So they had to
climb to the top of the gate. The Theoston troops noticed them at the top of
the gate. The troops charged his men as they only defeated two of the
troops. The Theoston knights had lost there Blacksmith to the Smithston’s
so they did not have all their needed weapons. The Smithston knights
slowly started to gain on King Theo. By the time King Theo had reached
the footsteps to King Theo’s room he had only three knights left. They then
stood guard as King Randen went up to his thrown room. As he slowly
crept into the room King Theo facing the other way looking out the window
watching the war asked, “Have you come to kill me?” He mummers.
“I have come to make this kingdom right. You can’t even go and lead
your men through this battle.”
“Why can’t you see that this kingdom is peaceful without war? You
are to caught up in your pride that you can’t see ahead of you.”
“You fool you do not understand!” King Randen shouted.
“I do not need to understand you to see the mistakes you are making.
Call your men off before you make any more all it is getting is worse. Can
you not see that?”
“That will not happen me and my kingdom have come to far to waste
it on retreat. I can’t believe you would...” As King Theo cuts him off in his
sentence, “Come so far from what? The only thing you’ve come from is
from this kingdom now look at you, your tearing it down! You now leave me
with no choice but to end you right where you stand.” As King Theo then
took out his sword from his side and firmly held it with two hands. King
Randen then took his sword out and gets in a ready position.
“See what you’ve led this too? Chaos is all this is.” King
Randen then charged towards King Theo as two sword hit against each
other making a ringing noise. King Theo then swung his sword then
another not holding back. King Randen barely holding all the hit taking from
the sword. But King Theo was old and did not have as much strength as he
use to have. Sweat running down his brow with the sound of metal against
metal at every hit. Right then King Randen heard his men yell out saying,
“They are charging the stairs brace yourself my ki-” Quietness then filled
the room with both Kings backed up. Then hearing footsteps coming closer
and closer hearing the shout of, “For king Theo!” As they were getting
closer and closer. They kept fighting knowing that it was the last of one of
there days but to King Randen it was becoming clearer to him. Five of
the Theoston knights busted into the door as they charged King Randen.
As King Randen felt a sharp feeling in his chest a feeling of quick pain but a
feeling of his pride leaving him. As his head then cleared up as he looked
down and saw the blade in his chest. He fell to his knees thinking of all he
had done going to the ground with a tear falling from his eye.
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