16. The Fountain of Menace

ORGULLO
O N L i N E
13 October 2005

Previously on…

The Legend of Sleepy Orgullo

The not-so-distant, magical kingdom of Orgullo, previously a happy and peaceful land of brave knights and beautiful people, was cursed by the Evil Enchanress called La Lola Verano. The kingdom became a dark place, and the knights lost their powers. Even the King/Queen hybrid, El Mamá de Baptiste, was not spared. The curse of the Hailtoshire Evil Empire, a fatal epidemic, had banished the hopes of the people for a peaceful and orderly restoration of, what else? Peace and order. With no functioning leaders and flailing hearts, the future seemed more bleak than ever. What would happen now? Read on, as we continue the history behind…

The Legend of Sleepy Orgullo: The Fountain of Menace

A very colorful bird was looking for some place to drink her thirst away. She was originally called Rivera, from the magical forest of Franzia. She saw a body of water in nearby colony, and even though she was carrying a very important message, she decided to fly down and quench her dehydration. “The Fountain of Menace,” she read from the marker. She hesitated at first to drink from it as it did not look like a fountain but instead a swamp. But she knew she would not be able to go on without water. As she was about to sip from the swamp, she glowed mysteriously--then, she exploded to bits, but not before exclaiming, “Bueno, au revoir!”

The Evil Enchantress had struck again.

“’Au revoir’… She spoke strangely, even for a bird,” the Evil Enchantress thought. “I would not let any creature find out where I’ve concocted my infamous Halitoshire potion. The bird must have come from the kingdom. Those knights had better prepare for a great battle for I would not let this invasion just slip away.” Then she started chanting:

Evil swamp take my breath away
Give it the power to kill and slay
Be them far, be them near
Let them die from the smell of fear.

Dark water rose from the swamp and it went directly into the enchantress’s mouth. Lightning struck the Fountain of Menace, and with the third lightning, the spell was complete. La Lola Verano has tripled her slaying potion hidden in her mouth, and as she walked back to her lair, all the remaining living organisms in the Halitoshire Swamp withered.

Meanwhile, in Orgulloland, the knights and the citizens were getting restless. They watched as Lady Dama de Noche Blossoms and Lady Rhodina de Gloria argue about the fate of the colorful bird. Apparently, the bird was supposed to send a message to the remote Kingdom of Maranan, the land of kind and intelligent ogres, to ask for help. There was chaos all over, and the other knights could still not fight because they were still mourning the demise of their colleagues Sir Donsquixote de Hotel and Lady Mel de Fresno.

“This is all the Evil Enchantress’s doing,” exclaimed the King/Queen hybrid. “I still believe we can defeat this demon. I hope you find it in your heart the courage to fight her off. We do not have any idea what happened to Rivera, but I am almost certain that the enchantress had done something and killed her. Otherwise, the Kingdom of Maranan should have sent their most skilled ogres already.” The people of Orgulloland still could not fathom the extent of La Lola Verano’s dark cyberspacia magick, and they were losing every bit of hope in their veins.
Little did they know that in the Secret Chamber of the Wizard, Asnallar had created a spell to summon the spirits of the fallen knights Sir Donsquixote de Hotel and Lady Mel de Fresno, against the wishes of the other Elders, except two, La Joya Preciosa and La Biloya Dimple, two of the highest-ranking Elders. He still believed in the two, and he was certain they hold the answers as to how they could vanquish the Evil Enchantress once and for all. After all, the two fallen knights have been to different planes and dimensions for some time already, and they should have learned a few more secrets in good cyperspacia magick. Then suddenly, there was an earthquake that shook the world of the Orgullosos that send the people into a much deeper chaos.

The Evil Enchantress had attacked and sent everyone flying all over creation with her newly-improved Halitoshire potion. Whenever she breathed, she won. It seemed everyone would die in this battle and the Evil Enchantress was extremely happy with the way her powers turned out after her dark spell. She was about to give her biggest blow yet to the remaining knights and Elders, but she was knocked out without warning. Everybody thought she was killed by her own potion, but she was still breathing, albeit lying unconsciously. Then a familiar voice spoke from behind.

“It’s good to be back.”

Sir Donsquixote de Hotel was resurrected by the Wizard Asnallar!

To be concluded…

Find out what happened next in the final installment of the most exciting legend of all.

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