Joshua's Romance Chapter

Romantic Novel Chapter

Once upon a time, so many years ago, there lived a young knight. This young knight felt he had a great destiny to achieve yet no one would give him the opportunity. Every time the king would call for his knights to come and go to war, the king would leave this young knight to watch over the castle. The young knight was very sad at this because he wanted very much to be one of the greats.
On his way back from the kings’ castle the young knight and his fellow knight came across a young maiden. She was covered in dirt from head to toe and at first glance was considered hideous by his fellow knights. They, being considered great and marvelous knights, pushed the young maiden into the dirt. They spit on her and cursed her for even walking in their path. The young knight who was in the rear of the parade saw this. When he rode past her, he look down and their eyes connected. He in the presence of his servants and fellow knights dismounted his stead and carefully picked her up and set her on his own horse. Upon reaching his own home he ordered his servants to take of her.
The next day the young knight left for business with another knight. The young lady awoke and realized she was in a knight’s home. She began to walk around the house, both inside and out. She saw the beauty of this home and the care that it took to maintain it. The maiden began to walk around the grounds and there she saw a wonderful lake. This lake was deep and inviting. The young maiden had to sit down to take it all in. As she was sitting the young knight, who was with his fellow business partner, saw her true beauty that was once hidden by the mud. He could not describe what he saw because her glory caused him to loose all of his knowledge.
As the young knight stood dumbfounded by the glory of her, the waters of the lake began to moan. The knight regaining his wits saw this creature explode out of the water. The young maiden griped with fear passed out on the cool grass. The monster made a chilling screech that brought the young knight to his knees. The monster turned his attention to the young maiden and he slowly made his way in a disgusting slithering way towards her.
The monster was about to grab her feet to drag her to the bottom of this lake, the young maiden opened her eyes and with a cry for help the young knight leaped upon the back of the monster and plunged his dagger deep into the monsters skull. The monster fell to the side as dead as it could be.
The knights’ fellow business partner saw this and ran to the king and reported what had happen. The king called for the young knight and the maiden and proclaimed the young knight’s name to be mounted among the great knights in the great hall. This great call can not be written but its translation means “Forever”, which became the promise the young knight and the maiden made to each other that very same day.