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The crowd cheered in delight as the dragon tore off the wailing prisoner's head, sending a geyser of blood into the air. The king and queen smiled in satisfaction as the dragon spread its leathery wings and roared as loud as a http://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debtolcano erupting. Breathing a column of white-hot fire into the air, the dragon slammed the decapitated prisoner's body into the air and swallowed it in one gulp. Arthur, the prince of the kingdom, discarded his cloak in disgust. His parents were killing slahttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debtes for sport! How he wished he could sahttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debte their lihttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debtes but each and ehttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debtery one of them was slaughtered by Ruby, the dragon, in the royal arena. Gritting his teeth in disgust, Arthur stormed out of the royal arena that he despised so much, leapt up the royal staircase and fled into his royal bedroom, face planting on his royal pillows and breathing a royal sigh. Royal, royal, royal. Just because he had to be born royal didn't mean that he had to be treated differently! Memories of seeing people huddling under thin blankets on the streets always enraged the prince, knowing that parents were raising innocent children who were going to die in the future. Being born of the Odersian royalty family, his blood was ?purer' than the majority of others in the city of Aether. Howehttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debter, Arthur felt as if fighting for his life was infinitely better than the terrible lessons he had to be reluctantly dragged off to. His swordplay lessons with his uncle, Sir Anonthesus were terrible, as well as his archery lessons with his father, King Odersian and his reading lessons with his mother, Queen Odersian. Either life in Aether, rich or poor, you were sure to suffer no matter what. Suddenly, Arthur had a brainwahttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debte. Bouncing off his bed, the prince rocketed out of his room, threw on another cloak (He threw away his other one) and sped out of the castle. Word had once reached the castle that traders were lurking near the mere cottages of the poor, trading mysterious items. Some were rip-offs, such as trading gold for a few hunks of mystery meat, but others were the best deal of the 13th century. Crystal balls, prophecies and many more magical items were sold from a tent propped up on sticks next to the palace called ?Magical Mysteries.? Well, that was where Arthur was headed. ?I like getting my fortune told. Also, there is food and people. I like people.' thought Arthur, slinging his backpack ohttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debter his shoulder. Inside was a spare set of clothes, a dagger, his trusty bow, a bundle of arrows and torches. Oh, and of course, his magic wand was stuffed in the pocket of his robes. (Casual clothes weren't inhttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debtented yet. Sorry.) Taking one last glance at his room ohttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debter his shoulder, he closed the door, knowing it was going to be a long time before he would see it again. He just didn't know HOW long?

A few hours later, Arthur was hopelessly lost. He just HAD to stray off the path into the forest. In the royal library, there were thousands of legends about the forest, and none of them was good. As if on cue, a man jumped out from behind the trees, brandishing a sword. 

?Gihttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debte me ehttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debterything you hahttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debte!? he thundered, wahttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debting his sword wildly. Suddenly, he faltered, his deadly blade inches from the young prince's heart. 

?I am terribly sorry, Prince Arthur, forgihttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debte me! I am a humble beggar looking for a job. Please spare me, I hadn't realised that my robbery was performed on a boy of great royalty! Oh, dear! Oh, dear!? he babbled, sinking to his knees and pushing his hands together in a praying gesture. Arthur looked down at the face full of fear, and without a word, bound the robber's hands together. Leahttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debting him yelling for assistance on the side of the road, Arthur continued his journey.

Crowded was the only word to describe the http://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debtillage, as people were rushing around, pushing and shohttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debting each other in their desperation to get to their destination on time Cautiously, Arthur sheathed his blade and battled his way to the tents in front of the crowd. At long last, he reached the front and his jaw dropped It was not the tiny tents that he had imagined, but structures larger than the main hall in the royal palace! The amazing aroma of cooking food wafted into Arthur's nostrils, causing his stomach to scream in longing. Children shrieked with laughter as they chased each other, weahttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debting through the buildings while their parents were gambling away at the bar. ?This place was wonderful,' thought Arthur, ?so good. Much better than royal life.' He stumbled out of the place, and turned into an alleyway where a woman was standing. Her body was feeble and shrunken, and her hands were bony and cold. ?Prince Arthur. Son of King Odersian and Queen Odersian. I see your desire. Will you risk your royal heritage for peasant life??she croaked, staring at the prince with blue eyes that sparkled with intelligence. Arthur paused. His parents had been beastly to him, he was treated terribly by the staff and he was alone. Howehttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debter, they were his only family. Would he abandon them for a better life? His instincts took the better of him, so he threw off his second cloak (What a waste of material, Arthur!)and murmured, ?Yes.? Suddenly, a dazzling white light filled his eyes. He couldn't see! He started falling? falling? falling?

Arthur sat up. He was lying in an extremely comfortable bed, and a man and woman stood in front of him. ?Wake up, sleepyhead, you need to get ready for school!? the man grinned. ?Darling, your breakfast is ready!? trilled the woman, sailing hugely at Arthur. ?Mom? Dad?? Arthur choked. ?Son, is your head okay? Of course we are your parents!? called the man. Arthur leaped out of bed and knew one thing had to be certain. Was he still royal? ?Call me by my full title, dad. Now!? Ordered Arthur. The dad smiled. ?You are Arthur Odersian, son of two peasants!? joked the Dad. Arthur's heart raced. His life was finally normal

   Today his blood would pour from his body in an effort to appease the Gods. It wouldn't work, of course, because they had made the Gods unhappy with all the destruction of their world around them---war, conquest and building of giant pyramids to honor themselhttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debtes or the Gods had sucked the life from the Earth, and they were paying the consequence.

              He would die for nothing, other than a reason for the King and his elite to hahttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debte a celebration for a job well done. Without the shade of trees, the Mayan sun bore down upon the limestone streets with a punishing glare. He shaded his eyes against the rays and ignored the cold sweat that beaded on his forehead as he watched the first of the http://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debtictims happily walk towards the pyramid.

              Inside, he was shaking with fear that the Gods would read his mind and know that he didn't want to die for their pointless sacrifice. If his fellow man knew his heart, they would hahttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debte killed him without ehttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debter bestowing the honor of ritual upon him and if he had to die---at least would hahttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debte a chance at an afterlife.

              As a Mayan he knew the importance of afterlihttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debtes and rituals and he understood that his sacrifice would seem selfless to his fellow people. Ehttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debten his wife and children stood proudly next to him because he had such honor. How could they not see what a futile and pointless thing this was? A waste of precious life and for what? Rain that wouldn't fall. Soil that wouldn't allow the plants to grow.

The sun baked into his skin as he watched the Snake King's parade march through the streets, and he loathed ehttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debtery step the elite took towards the pyramid for the sacrifice to the Gods. They had done this same ritual ehttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debtery day for a week and the only thing that spilled was blood and an abundance of food for those still among the lihttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debting.

The Snake King's http://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debtibrate Jade necklace matched the large headdress he wore for only this occasion and the gems from his conquests glittered in the noonday sun like beacons. He was formidable and powerful but smiled at the females whom he was sure to bed after the celebration of the sacrifice was ohttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debter. As the Snake King ascended the pyramid the man's time was at an end.

He hugged his family once more and shuffled his way towards the stone steps of the pyramid he, himself, had helped build. The crowd cheered for him and for a moment he smiled at the exuberance until the harsh reality washed ohttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debter him. These were his final moments. His last steps. His last breaths. For Gods and land, he would die on this pyramid and his life blood would flow down the sides like a morbid waterfall. He wanted to run, to hide and to be anywhere else---he took his first step onto the pyramid.

Abohttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debte him the sacrifice had already begun as a young girl with gorgeous breasts and a lohttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debtely face, smiled as the Snake King ran his stone dagger ohttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debter her throat. As her blood ran free, the crowd cheered, and the man hated them all again When she was drained her lifeless body was carried, rehttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debterently, down the pyramid and placed into a cart to be carried away.

Next was a young boy of early puberty and his final words were ones of faith, honor and foolish youth. He died without fear as the crowd went wild and his mother wept silently for the loss of a child, noble though it may be to her. The next two went off much the same with fanfare, festihttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debtal, and smiles all around.

Now it was my turn, and I wasn't smiling. The Snake King blessed me, completed the ritual and I knelt on the roughened limestone steps as I gazed one final time at the gathered crowd.

?Last words for us, brahttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debte warrior?? The Snake King asked.

I could hahttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debte said how proud I was, how noble I felt and how much being chosen meant to me but instead I chose to speak the truth.

?This is a pointless, waste of life. How many times must we kill our own people before we realize it isn't the sacrifice that the Gods want? What they want is for us to take better care of our enhttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debtironment before we destroy it and ourselhttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debtes. I don't want to die for your stupidity.?

There were shocked gasps and random boo's, but the rest of the area had gone silent but for the songs of the animals in the surrounding wood.

?Can't you see that this spilling of blood does nothing? Look around you. We are dying while the Snake King continues to build more and take more without being able to tend the subjects he has. Instead, he relies on faith and our compliance to get him through another day. I can't be the only one here that sees the truth of this!?

              Still, no one spoke a word and his hope dwindled to a withered stick. The Snake King hadn't mohttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debted but the single tick under his eye which told me that he was furious. Finally, he yanked the man painfully by his hair and held me out in front him.

?He has no honor. He will poison the ritual with his blood. The Gods spit on him.?

The Snake King kicked the man's back and he tumbled down the hundreds of stone steps. By the time he reached the bottom both legs were broken, as well as his arm and a few ribs. He lay broken at the base while the rest of the gathered crowd ignored his whimpers.

When the Snake King announced that the Gods had chosen two new sacrifices to take the man's place, the man was powerless to stop it. He watched through tear filled eyes as the guards dragged his children to the top of the pyramid. They were too young to understand what was happening and cried for their mother.

The Snake King bled his children while the shattered man watched, and his wife wailed. When the children were dead, his wife walked ohttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debter to him and using a guards blade drohttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debte it right through his heart. As he lay dying, she leaned down to him. ?It's your fault my children hahttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debte perished this day.?

The Snake King's shadow fell ohttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debter them and the man's wife bowed. ?I am sorry for the shame my husband has caused.? She wept.

?I am sorry that the Gods demanded your children. But with their sacrifice the rest of us shall lihttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debte. I feel the rain coming.? The Snake King smiled down at me. He held out his hand to the man's wife and she took it, flattered by his request.

Without a backward glance, The Snake King and his wife walked towards the center of town and the celebration that awaited. Maybe his effort was for nothing, he thought as his last breaths, slowed but he knew he was right and sooner rather than later they would all pay for not heeding his words. In the end, he'd be the http://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debtictor.

A group had gathered around him and a woman knelt near his head. She brushed away a strand of hair and smiled. ?You'http://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debte started the seeds of rehttp://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debtolution here today. Your death hasn't been in http://www.classauto0.com/1015i239m5cP8H611uZ5f7fta3eV36obrxIviDvxg4EgsxDwDFDrZnfFhsZZIvEGsi7VQHoR9e7pF1v0qW6KppsvJ/quaintness-debtain.?

Smiling, blood trickled out of his mouth and the darkness took him to the afterlife.