CORVUS: PAN.

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DISCLAIMER:

This is a work of fiction.

Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

Names, characters, businesses, places, events, and incidents are either the product of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner.

NOTE TO READERS:

Please sit back, comfortably, preferably in a comfy reading spot, kick off your shoes, & maybe read this while sipping on your favorite hot/cool drink/beverage and with a few snacks or treats nearby, too.

CHARACTERS:

Jack (a young lad; dreams of becoming a knight, but he is not of noble blood)

Diana (a young princess who just wants to break free from being within the castle~ most of the time)

—STAND BY ME.

[Curtain opens.]

{Enter fishermen, and village folks within the busy, loud, fishy marketplace that is close to the beach}

Fishermen: (chanting) O, here we go another working day in the blazing sun in the land of Pan.

Village folks: (in response) Say, fishermen, what tales do you bring from the lands across the borders, and way past across the vast seven seas?

{Enter Jack with his trusty pal named Sal}

Jack: Now look here, Sal. I have a dream of one day becoming a knight. The boldest, and bravest of any man in the land of Pan.

Sal: Jack, come now. Leave that dream only to the noble man. Think of your father, Dan. He hopes you will become a fisherman.

Jack: (scoffs) Oy. That’s not something I’d even wish even for my worst enemy.

{Enter Diana, with her p.a.}

Sal: (bows his head) Jack. Please show some respect.

Jack: To who exactly, Sal? (Stares around the marketplace like his a lost puppy).

Diana: (meets Jack’s eyes, blinks in dismay) How rude….wait until my father has your head…how dare you to not acknowledge the presence of a royal, in fact your future Queen in your presence!

Jack: (snickers) There is a royal in my presence?

Diana: (sighs) I will let you go, but only for now.

Jack winks, and waved goodbye to the princess leaving her still in a sense of disbelief of his rude behavior. No one in the rest of the entire kingdom behaves in a disgraceful manner like Jack did.

Later in the evening, Jack heads back home. Then he smiles to himself, now not only thinking of becoming a knight, but also marrying (the princess) Diana.

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Sometime close to midnight, Jack wakes up to the sound of a severe thunderstorm. One of the trees close by is about to fall onto his house. He lets out a scream calling out for his father. There is no response.

He decided to rush over to his trusty pal’s place. But he finds the place empty. He decides to dash over back to the marketplace, there something, or someone catches his eye.

Jack thinks he has spotted the princess, Diana. He pulls her out of harms way right before a heavy branch comes flying out of nowhere.

The princess seems to be out of sorts. She can’t seem to realize that she is standing outside in a thunderstorm.

Jack tries to cover the princess’ head, and then something hits him hard right on the back of his neck. He stumbles backward, and now sees that the princess is not there anymore. Instead he is staring at a seven foot tall monster that looks like a griffin. The creature pecks at Jack’s face using its beak, and tears his skin with its sharp talons.

It flapped its wings, and carried Jack into the air. Then dropped him into the raging waters by the marketplace.

[Curtain closes]

FIN.

08.05.2025 Thorsday.

#CORVUS:PAN.