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Ren was worried he knew he had to protect his kingdom but it was getting extremely hard when monsters kept attacking every full moon The mobs and punong he could handle but that goddamn snake. It was giant and green with bright yellow Eyes that seemed much to smart for a snake. After the latest battle he knew he needed to go onto the offensive. So that’s how he ended up sneaking into the forest in the middle of the night looking for monsters
Martyn was frustrated this red king was so hard to kill. He needed to take revenge on dogwarts after they had forced him out of town all because that stupid witch had cursed him to become a snake except at midnight. Which it was now he glared at the seed in his hand it was what his curse was bound to. His curse could only be broken with true love but who would love him if he was a snake half the time not that he admittedly hated being a snake he got cool magic out of it. Speaking of which were so annoying they all kept arguing. And they blamed each other for everything
“Your to loud punong they hear you from miles away “
“Well at least I'm not a coward, while that knight was strangling me you ran away “ punong yelled at the zombies which of course lead to another bout of arguing.
“ENOUGH” he yelled at last. He needed quiet so he used his serpent song lulling them to sleep. He thought for a few minutes pacing around the forest not coming to any conclusion. He suddenly heard the rustling of leaves and threw himself to the floor forgetting he was not a snake. The man heard her gasp and spun around an arrow nocked in his bow so fast Martyn didn’t even see it happen
“oh sorry, sorry we didn’t mean to frighten you we're here to hunt monsters not people “ he offered his hand hover o Martyn which he ignored he stared the man's face. Recognition hit him
like a lightning bolt it was Ren the red king himself. Why was he here and why did he feel this little fluttering in his chest
“What are you doing here in the middle of the night there’s monsters “
Martyn shook himself he couldn’t get distracted.
“I fear no monster I can make them do my bidding even lull them to sleep”
“I’ve never met a sourer before what’s your name “
“I’m Martyn and no I'm not it’s less of a spell more of a song “
“wait if you can control the monsters could you lead us to them?
Martyn nodded and began to lead them though the trees to the clearing where all the monsters were asleep. The solders drew their swords and bows but Ren held them back
“It would be dishonorable to kill an enemy in such a fashion “ the soldiers grumbled a bit but relented. Martyn looked at the moon he only had a bit left to do this
“I agree you should wait until they wake up” the soldiers settled down on the ground and Martyn began his song. All of the men fell asleep almost immediately except for Ren not to say he wasn’t affected but he was under the influence of something much more powerful. Martyn started the last stanza of his song thinking all the people were asleep and he slowly shifted back into the form of a snake he refused to look at the sleepy king not wanting to look at his dopy grin. He needed to bite and kill all of the soldiers but before he could strong hands wrapped around his neck (though he was still a snake so he was kinda all neck) suffocating him. Martyn thrashed and tried to escape his confines but he was unable before all the air could be squeezed out of his lungs (or lung as he only had one that worked in this form) He transformed back into a human. Ren dropped him quickly horrified at what he was so close to doing. He laid Martyn on a bed of moss and waited, Martyn’s eyes fluttered open and he saw Ren stare at him with pure fondness written across his face. Martyn returned the look feeling just as happy despite The fact that Ren had almost murdered him. And Martyn was human again the memories and feelings that he had long suppressed came rushing back to him, he remembered his family and friends and the monsters oh No the monsters, they had awaked now and were not so happy to see their leader making sappy eyes at the king
“You betrayed us” the creepers hissed
“Now we will destroy you all” punong croaked
The soldiers tried to grab their weapons but there were tired and the monsters had a head start. Luckily they had Martyn.
“Oh course you will punong you are the strongest and bravest “
“Not true “ the skeletons cried
It wasn’t long before that one jab lead to another bout of argument. And while the monsters were distracted Martyn showed Ren and his men how to kill every monster. And they did Ren looked almost apologetic but Martyn shook his head
“They weren’t really my friends, I lost all my true friends because they thought I was a snake”
They went back to the Castle and lived happily ever after