Part III: The Old Friend



	The sun is so beautiful that it brings out every good quality 
around it.  The sky is a gorgeous sky blue and you can hear the birds 
chirping all around.  Knightfall stands in the middle of it, observing 
the beautiful nature of it all.  He cannot believe such beauty has 
ever bestowed upon this land but he is seeing it for himself.
	Unfortunately, he is not here just to look at the scenery, he 
is here to visit an old friend, a very OLD friend.  He kneels down 
beside some piles of rocks and pulls out from his coat a single red 
rose.  He can clearly see the day, that exact day, he 
becomes...immortal.

	The year was 137 BC, He is 22 years old.  The place is ye olde 
England.  Right in front of you was a castle and who should step 
out...but Knightfall himself.  Of course, he wasn't known as 
Knightfall but...Sir Vincent of Winshire and a loyal Knight of 
King Frederick IV
	"Tis a bright day, is it not, Sir WIlliams?" Sir Vincent 
announced rather cheerfully.
	"Thou art happy today.  Has thy grown ill?" Sir Williams 
pointed out
	"No, i am fine.  Can't thy just look up and tell thyself tis 
is a bright day?"
	"Because it is you, Sir Vincent, tis cannot.  What is with 
you, my good man?"
	"If thou must knoweth, thou shalt haveth.  Tis I, Sir Vincent, 
has fallen in love..."
	"Ha ha!  Is thy news true?  Tis thee, of all thy peasants, 
has been hit by thy Cupid's arrow!?!  Tis a sad day for all ye dogs 
you have to comfort" laughed Sir Williams.  The news was so 
surprising...and so humerous that he actually dropped to the floor, 
trying to control himself.  Sir Vincent, on the other hand, sees 
nothing amusing about it.
	"If it's thy humor you see in my life, try to see thy humor 
in my sword, when i jam it down your throat." replied Sir Vincent and 
pulling out his sword.
	Sir Williams pulls out his sword as well.  It's not a true 
fight, but more of a friendly spar.  Sir Vincent was smiling as he 
almost cut the skin of Sir Williams.  They circle around each other, 
throwing out pathetic excuse of a swordsmanship.
	"So who is thy unlucky lady, Sir Vincent.  Is it thy lady that 
works in thy bakery?  You know how tis are fond of food." Sir WIlliams 
asked, still dodging the sword of Sir Vincent.
	"No, unfortunately, i see fondness in food, not in thy lady, 
nothing more.  Tis Lady Catherine that has stolen my heart" replied 
Sir Vincent.
	"Lady Catherine?  That maid that is always with thy queen?  
Ha!  Good luck trying to win thy lady's heart.  She is sought out by 
many men in thy town, as well as thy land."
	"Ahh!  But luck is with me.  For you see, yesterday, thy fair 
lady has kissed me.  After thy queen had went to sleep, she snuck away 
and came to see me.  Thy lady has fallen for me when i first came into 
thy castle."
	"Lucky you.  If you haven't gotten her, i would of."
	"Ha! Try to get thy lady's heart, if you don't have any arms!" 
shouted Sir Vincent as he swung the sword right on top of his head, an 
inch closer and....
	They continued to fight when the King himself comes out.  
Quickly, both Sir Williams and Sir Vincent stopped what they were 
doing, and bowed before the king.  Knightfall can clearly hear the 
words coming out of the king, one that would change his life 
forever........
	"Loyal Knights, we have disturbing news over yonder.  Tis 
seems that thy barbarians from over thy mountains has waged war upon 
thy land.  We must go and stop them."