Young Knight

Richard Atkinson was youngest son of Edward Atkinson, famous noble. His sister drowned in the lake when he was five years old, and his older brother hanged himself in barn when he was 9 years old. Bad seed ran through Atkinson family three for a long time, and many of Richard old relatives lived an unhappy life. It could be said that Atkinsons were cursed, or born under a bad sign. For long of his childhood Richard spent time in his fathers library reading classic literature, and in the open he studied ways of the blade under guidance of his father friend, Sir James. His father was an absent minded person who didn't care much about what was going on in the world so he let Richard to do whatever he wanted. But his wife Evelyn was pushing Richard way too hard, dragging him to meetings with aristocrats, and as he was her only child left she was obsessed with him. But all Richard wanted was to be a knight. He dreamed about it for a long time. When he hit puberty, girls he was in contact with came to interest him. But they were repulsed with him because he had scar on left side of his face when he got burned accidentally on a stove. But apart from that he was handsome fellow, if somewhat girly who loved to help the poor and unfortunate. Long time passed and at the age of 21 he completed his training and was officially granted title of knighthood by Princess Olivia. She was young beautiful girl, but rather weak and pestered with an endless cycle of strange diseases. Richard was so proud of his achievement that he was happy for a long time. But he also got interested in Princess Olivia.

Duke of Wellington and Lord of Eashtanbury led young Richard to fight alongside them against bandits, rebels and outlaws. He proved himself worthy in those battles and gained further reputation in kingdom. But not long time has passed when cruel barbarians from the east led by Count Marzevah began to advance on the kingdoms barriers. In this long war many people died, women and children, old men, but eventually Count Marzevah and his barbarians were crushed. Much of the success of the battle was generally considered to be Richard achievement, as he cleverly fought with his battalion. So he became Princess Olivia personal guardian. In time, they befriended and got in affair. Olivia's body was very gentle and soft. Her titties were very small under Richard hands, and her butt twisted and turned under attack of his big dick. Romance lasted only a couple of months, because Olivia got struck with fatal disease. She battled only one week when she died. Richard cried over her beautiful grave for a long time. He walked in circles around the keep aimlessly thinking what he will do now. 'I must do something', Richard thought. So he went to district of the city where esoterics dwelled. He got in one house where famous magi Hylonius lived. Strange tomes filled with mysterious engravings and bottles of malevolent liquid filled his house.

'My lover is dead, please can you help me?', Richard asked Hylonius.

Dark magician covered in black robe examined him curiously.

'There is a cure...but it comes with a great price, young man.', he replied. Being well read, Richard assumed what was that price. But Hylonius was no fool either. He handed piece of paper with some words on it to Richard. He also gave him quill.

'Sign this document, lad, and your lover will be alive again while I prepair my contoction.'

'To sign and lose my soul, or to decline and be forever in mourn?', Richard waged. For one tiny moment of time he was in dark place. Like hypnotized he grabbed quill and signed at the bottom of the paper.

'Excellent. Take this elixir and pour it in your loved one.' With that words magician turned his back on him and left the room, murmuring something to himself as he was crossing big stalks of documents, finally disappearing. Richard took elixir and left the house. As he was coming back to the keep, guards and knights watched him curiously, and Richard felt disturbing change in his mind. He past castle and entered in courtyard, then through the gardens to the graveyard. He poured the liquid onto Olivia's grave and watched the miracle. It was getting dark and it appeared to him that some strange man dressed in luxurious robe was watching him, consistently changing shape : from snake to awful monster, from beautiful lady to old man, from young boy to ethereal mist, and eventually disappearing, up until there were just words in his head like moving of the wind that said to him : now you are in my debt, young man. Richard didn't know if it was hallucination or the real thing. Confused by this event, he didn't noticed Olivia. She was standing beside him, alive and well like before! She rose from the grave! He grasped her hands and kissed her.

'Olivia! I'm so glad you're here.'

'What happened to me?', she asked. Certainly she was still confused as she was just returning from the dead.

'I remember being terribly sick, and then darkness took me to some strange place...' Richard couldn't handle telling her the truth for now.

'You were terribly sick, my love. But now you are good. Come with me to your chambers.' Together they went to Olivia's chambers to get rest.

Day after those strange happenings Richard looked through the window at princess Olivia while she was riding her black horse. She looked perfectly normal.

Maids, servants and other personnel of the castle wondered how Olivia rose from the dead. One of them, lady Falconia entered in room where Richard was sitting on a big chair.

-What happened to Olivia, Richard., she asked him curiously.

-I believe it was premature burial, you know. These things happen.

-I see, said Falconia and slowly walked out of the room.

Richard was left alone in big luxurious room with his thoughts. What will happen with him now as he sold his soul to devil?

He went outside to big garden where Olivia trained her little black horse. In the distance between big chunks of wood and stone some shadowy figure was standing. Richard took a glimpse of that person, but as he tried to look at him red light covered his eyes, blinding him for a moment. Even though it was cold february afternoon, red light hot like thousands of suns burned at his face. He stood there some time like petrified, until red light dissapeared. Opening his eyes and looking while blinking he saw no more traces of that shadowy figure.

Olivia rode with horse to him.

-What happened to you?

-I don't know. Suddenly strong red light covered my face. I couldn't see anything.

Richard was brushing his face with hands. Turning to Olivia, he saw her as she was standing on black horse. Falcon bird coming from the sky landed on her left shoulder. Olivia turned her head to bird and at the sky. Looking at her he thought how it was nice picture.

Olivia pushed her horse and turned to Richard.

-Won't you come with me to the river? We could take a swim.

-Ok, Richard said.

Richard sat on horse beside her and they travelled to nearby river.

-I believe it was some disturbance in your head. Maybe madam Isabella could fix you some medicine.

Richard nodded. He was getting anxious while they were travelling to river, because that river was the same one where his brother and sister drowned long time ago.

-You still didn't tell me how I was brought back alive.

-Well I explained it to you. You were still alive in that grave. I just heard you mumbling under the ground and dug you out.

-I still don't believe you.

They came to the river. It was getting dark and river was shinning with purple light from the rainbow. They came of the horse and prepared to throw themselves for some swimming.

Richard went first. As he walked into the river deeper and deeper he felt some movements at the bottom of the lake. Olivia was behind him, close to black horse.

-What is it, Richard?, she asked him.

Young knight gave no answer as he went deeper and deeper into the river. He could hear faint smiling of Olivia behind him and sound of black horse.

-Richard, are you drowning there., she asked smilling viciously.

He knew what was waiting at the bottom of the lake for him. It was just a moment of time. Hideous snake ten foot tall grabbed him by the leg and pulled him down to the bottom of the lake, bound his body with numerous claws and crushed every bone in his fragile body. As he was losing consciousness last thing he heard was faint smiling of princess Olivia.​