The Two Kings: Cursed Jade

his basket in the air to make sure there were no residue bones or scales left behind. As he expected, there were little to n

ced his gaze with images of a burning crown seating on top of a silent sea, which startled him. He lost

rthermore, he raised it to the sun to check if the vision would return, but nothing happened. Hi

thing would change, but when nothing did, he decided to to

s right side where he clamped it down against his ribs. He knew he was a dreamer, he had often dreamt about things while on errands, and he never misses a good midnight dream.

to confirm how much he had just made. Once he was done, he folded the perfectly arranged bunch into

was better than most days he imagined, but not the best so far. A pie costs about 4 Rudy and his sisters' brace

othing more than five Rudy on the market

ent he could pull this off. And maybe with a bit of luck, h

Rosie's cakes

(TRC). The two-room bakery, with a seat out platform for a capacity of not more than 5 people, was one

righton. Their cakes and sweets were one of the very best in town, and a ta

n line, in contrast to the crowd he always met whenever he came around. Today the stars shined

here, boy", "My Luc

ow may … we serve

excitedly, "I would like a blue

e just say A

A bluebe

e did say, a b

n why don't we get h

with words and could turn a simple word or sentence into an appealing melody. Peop

e pie he ordered. He could already smell it, feel it and taste it and, although it wasn't in h

aginations

u go, cu

he boy r

Rosie's cakes wrapper with a note which read 'Thank yo

lace the pie into his basket. He was almost halfway gone when he realized he hadn't asked for his balance

wing Tommy's J

nclosed wooden shed with an open front window and bared side windows. The only way in or out seemed to be through the door at his back. H

mbed black hair, seated inside, worked on a diamond pendant. He was so engulfed in his wo

ome push from his lungs which abruptly called the man's

e tried to curse out of anger whe

ere, how may

he one with the blue and pink butte

ce, are they f

se are for m

an inquired, hoping to get him to buy more from him. B

h giants and ogres and even a Bigfoot to try to sway him. But Bran w

ed out a single Rudy from his b

o sir, I would like my ba

s supposed to give the boy six sildon in exc

going to give up trying to sell junk to the boy. He quickly brought up a bracelet with a picture of the tw

is on for size, it's reall

hat felt familiar, and this didn't escape the vendor's notice. A broad smile m

before–" he retracted the bracelet from the boy

Bran wo

any king, but The two kings of

ondered if the man realized Edrighton had only one king

he two kings do you?" he asked, as if he t

ed, eager to lea

pression and on hearing his words. The bracelet told q

most powerful and wisest man alive. He ruled the kingdom with strength and wisdom and wa

dark order felt threatened and banned together to infiltrate the first great

d them with the swipe of his sword and sent them

heir sacrifice, swept over the king and consumed him. The king was therefore cursed never to have

reak this curse, but no one could help him. He studied day and night,

t image, "–he saw the dragon crystal a gr

ed with his soul and blood and pro

ld inherit his gift of strength and wisdom. One generation would possess th

two kings

the bracelet showing a man in a white robe and a golden crown w

wisdom king

ame centerpiece to show a man in a red outfit with

ior king

nd both raised their hands to the same green sun in

e other dies. It is also rumored that the first king is the one reincarnating in his

tinued to co-exist through time, the kingdom of Edrigh

ered on after giving his short story. However, the look on Bran's face

at green ball at the m

ball?" The m

e markings of a flame!

crystal" the man re

pped his hand into his pocket to pull out t

ooks just

dragon crys

his desk, just to slide on his two frame

find this?" The

a man bumped into me and dr

endor's eye lit up behind his glasses, with his mouth open in excitement. He looked like a hungry man who just found a massive chunk of meat to feed on. The jade shimme

screamed and cursed in pain, but didn'

t up, that what was seemed like a sane mane looked like

you okay?" Bran asked, seeing the blue

voice deep but quaky with his pupil dilated

with the material on his desk, until he go

wards Bran who only looked

ck, I will give you a

bracelet I want. I will rath

ance, Of

hough, you see I don't have

exchange for that dirty crystal, you picked up." He t

change the crystal for sweets which costs a lot less than a bra

e the crystal back into his purse a

e offered the king's bracelet, bu

nyone really, you j

stal while he slowly drifted back from the vendor window frame. "I'

ered again, this time

…" He thought

ou can tell me all about the crystal and that

rry your basket if you'd like, it

d at each other for the next minute, before a rat ran across the

ith a padlock. He tried jumping off the window, but by the time

market square and even though he wasn't

ple. "I will find you boy" he screamed into the crowd after he saw he cou

l find

his thundering voice behind him. He was fina