06/22/99
Once upon a time in a far away place
there was the good Princess Martina. Princess Martina was the prettiest
young woman in the land. She had beautiful long blond hair flowing all
the way down her back and eyes deeper and bluer than the oceans. Her skin
was as white as the pedals of a daisy. All the young studs of the land
would fall to their knees just at the mention of Princess Martina’s name.
The Princess ruled her people with
kindness and great compassion. All the people of the land of Atlantis loved
and admired the Princess. The Princess had never married or even dated
before, because a long time ago when she was just a small child her parents
the King and Queen had visited the land of Loy on a good well tour. On
this trip the young Princess met the child Prince Loy, and they were attracted
to each other instantly when they were introduced to each other in the
Great Hall of Lions. While the Royal family was occupied with working out
some trade agreements and partying the two young Royal children ran through
fields of flowers on a rolling hillside. After this short visit the two
royal children could not forget about each other again while growing up
in separate kingdoms. Although they lived a great distance apart from each
other, they stayed in constant communication over the years via email by
a carrier pigeon that had been given a special strength by a wizard who
owed Prince Loy a favor for saving his life.
Martina and Loy always knew that there
would never be another that they could possibly give their love to. Over
the years Prince Loy had grown into a very strong and handsome man, he
was the leader of a great army that defended the beautiful land of Loy
from the evil. He was also loved and admired by his people.
Loy and Martina’s love spanned across
the greatest of oceans and could never be broken despite the fact that
the two were not able to be together due to their family’s business. It
was also because that their lands were constantly in danger, coming from
the dark side demons that wanted to rule the world. In order to do so they
would have to conquer and stamp out all the good that existed. But the
two never gave up hope of someday being together.
One fair day in the Land of Loy
while Prince Loy was exercising his Great White Stallion, the magical email
pigeon landed on his shoulder. The Prince happy to see the pigeon was also
concerned because the magical pigeon seemed to be more exhausted from its
trip than usual. Like it had flown straight through without any rest. The
Prince tied his white stallion under a shade tree and began to read the
email from his beloved Princess Martina. In this email the Princess Martina
said that her land had been overtaken from the dark side, and she did not
know how long the Royal Guards could hold out, and that she was in great
danger. The Prince Loy stood up and gracefully mounted his Great White
Stallion and raced to his castle. Prince Loy assembled his Great Army of
Royal Knights and marched toward the Land of Atlantis at great speed lead
by mighty Lions of the size of elephants. Upon reaching the great land
of Atlantis Prince Loy and his great army saw that the land was war stricken,
were once were huge trees standing of the size of mountains, there was
left a plane filled with broken wood from the trees torn away like grass,
where there had been villages full of life there was left nothing. At this
moment the Great Prince Loy trembled in fear, not in fear for his life,
but in fear that he may be too late to save his beloved one. The Royal
Army had never seen their great ruler under so much emotional stress before,
which made them stronger and more determined to win their rulers happiness
back. They pressed on to the Great Castle of Atlantis at an even faster
pace. They approached the castle charging through the gates when
all the sudden they were surrounded by the dark army. At this moment Prince
Loy realized that this had been a trap. The evil ruler of the dark side
been scheming Princes Loy’s demise for ages. The evil ruler knew that if
he captured the fair Princess Martina that the Prince would immediately
rush over to help her approaching with great haste, and that he could catch
the Prince easily in a vulnerable position. Without hesitating the great
Loy Army drew their weapons and started fighting the dark army with great
courage.
Overlooking the battle on a high balcony
stood the evil ruler with his black long ugly claws around the beautiful
Princess Martina’s throat. Just when the dark army seemed to be winning
the battle, because of the larger number of warriors. There was a great
roar to hear and pouncing into the castle courtyard arrived the Great Lions.
Prince Loy being a very wise warrior had held back his greatest weapons
till the end. The Mighty Lions crushed the dark army with a great force.
Prince Loy on his Great White Stallion charged across the court yard with
great speed.
Suddenly he grabbed a rope that was
hanging from the courtyard wall that was used when the dark army invaded
the castle. Loy had so much power and anger inside of him that he swung
all the way to the top of the tower balcony where the evil ruler stood
with the Princess Martina, instantly knocking him over right when he landed.
Princess Martina glowed with pride and amazement as Prince Loy swung his
mighty sword with such great skill and determination to defend her life
and honor. The evil ruler was no match for the wrath of Prince Loy and
it did not take the Prince very long to overtake the evil one. Holding
the blade next to his throat about to end his evil existence, the Princess
yelled out, “No Great Prince, he is not worth killing!” The voice of Princess
Martina was the only thing on the planet that could stop him from taking
his life. Following the Princess’ advice he ordered the Royal Guards to
take the evil ruler away in chains to live for all eternity in a dark cold
musty cave deep below the deepest ocean on the planet, so he could never
do any harm to anyone ever again.
The Prince and the Princess ran towards
each other, falling into each others arms, and promised to never ever be
apart again. The Great Army of Loy helped the King and Queen of the Great
Land of Atlantis to rebuild their kingdom. After doing so, the Prince and
his courageous army marched home to the Land of Loy with great pride, because
the Princess Martina was traveling back to the Land of Loy with her Prince,
who was the happiest man to ever live.
Princess Martina and Prince Loy lived
a lifetime of happiness together, and the people of both their lands prospered
with good fortune. Prince Loy learned over time that the Princess Martina
was kind of moody from time to time, but he loved her anyway….
THE END
By Rob Loy Whitmire
