Once upon a time, in a land far, far away there lived a king and a queen in a kingdom called Largo.
Largo was a very peaceful kingdom under the reign of King Aylard and Queen Isabella, for the king and queen would always make sure that everyone in the kingdom was well-fed and clothed to keep them full and warm. But in this kingdom, the king and queen were both very unhappy, for they were childless, and thus there would not be any successors to the throne.
One day, a stranger who claimed to be a magician appeared before the king and queen. He offered King Aylard and Queen Isabella some magic potions. He offered King Aylard and Queen Isabella some magic potions.
“My dear man, how will this potion work?” inquired the king.
“Your Highness! If you and Her Majesty the Queen drink this potion at every full moon, a child should begin to grow inside Her Majesty after the sixth full moon.”
The king was very happy and could not wait to try on the potion. He rewarded the magician some gold in exchange for the bottles of potion. The magician promised to be back by the sixth full moon.
King Ayelard and Queen Isabella drank the potion as instructed by the magician, and on the sixth full moon, the queen felt there was life growing inside her. The magician came as he had promised. He brought along 12 more bottles of the potions for the next six full moons.
A doctor of the royals had been called in and confirmed there was indeed a baby growing inside of the queen's belly. Both the king and the queen were very excited to hear the good news.
“My dear man! Please be sure that we will have a sweet baby boy, who will grow up to be strong and brave to carry on my kingdom. Please do your magic now and make this to be a baby boy. The queen and I need an heir to this kingdom.”
“Your Highness! In order to do that I will need more gold, as I will be performing a ritual to ensure that your baby will be a boy.”
The royal doctor tried to persuade the king and the queen to allow the baby to grow naturally and not to allow this magician to perform any type of ritual that may harm the baby, but both the king and the queen were too excited to heed any warnings.
A large table with lots of good food and wine had been prepared for the magician to perform his ritual. By noon, the ritual began. The Magician stood in front of the table. He mumbled in an unknown language that no one understood. He then knelt down in a praying position. Suddenly, the table moved on its own. It wobbled left and right. The spectators around them were scared and they all ran into hiding. The sky became dark, and the table began to move on its own, and a strong wind gusted through the chamber. After a while, the table rose several feet off of the ground, swaying left and right in mid-air while the magician continued to kneel on the ground in his praying position. He did not move but just continued on, mumbling in unknown tongues.
After what seemed to be an eternity, the table slowly and gradually descended toward the ground, and everything became quiet once again. The magician rose to his feet.
“Your Highness! The ritual is completed! It is a success! Her Majesty, the Queen will give birth to a baby boy around the eighteenth full moon from now!”
“My dear man! I'm very happy to hear about that. I hope this ritual works,” an excited King Aylard replied. More gold was awarded to the magician in exchange for 12 bottles of the potion.
Before the magician departed the royal chamber, he vowed to return once more, by the sixth full moon to sell more potions.
i just started and i have a lot to catch up. but, congratulations Sandi, Kingdom of Largo is a hit. lucky magician, btw, he get to sell more potions to his King.
Oh, sorry, Sandie! I didn't realize chapter 1 was already posted and I began reading your story from chapter 2. Nonetheless, I'm still inspired! I hope it was not black magic that the magician had used on the little prince.
sandi. This is a very interesting, well written story... With a fantastic moral lesson coming as the King and queen of Fargo received what they had wished for, But at what future Price... Guess we will be finding out.
This story had me captivated Sandie…! I can’t wait to know the outcome!
A very well written piece that leaves the reader wanting more…it is difficult
writing at a certain level for younger readers making sure it is ‘just right’…and
you have hit this mark admirably…Don’t keep us in suspense for too long will you?!
I love the picture above of the castle also…did you paint this?…
I'm not too worried about the name Fargo. I love it! And people who have imagination will appreciate my making this name a beautiful place.
Fargo is the name of a place, like Florida, or Texas. If I name my Kingdom Texas, or Kingdom of Florida, will I get in trouble?
I named it Fargo because my doll Prince Xavier-Fargo will become the third son of King Aylard and Queen Isabella and he will be the one who inherits the throne. There will be a reason why the first and the second son were not chosen to be the heir. The story will develop later and you will know why. I hope you'll like the story later as it develops.
A very typical situation and response for fantasies like this to begin. It will be interesting to see what twists you have in mind to make the story rise above youthful lessons to adult entertainment of the kind that fantasy readers like.
I know that you used Fargo as your kingdom as a nice combination of far and go. Unfortunately, or fortunately, many viewers of the title will think of that movie and subsequent television series of diabolical north-central United States crime in a place that really is far from anything, very cold in winter and subject to flooding in the spring. A place creating idiosyncrasy in its characters and a lasting impression on viewers, that may cloud your purpose in your story.
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