Queen Alys hastily scrawled two separate royal summons - one for Fair Maiden Briana and the other for Knight-Captain Morgan. In her mind, the truth needed to be out, once and for all.
The next morning, Alys walked out to her Messenger Post and sent her favorite pigeons with the separate messages.
Now, though, she had to wait.
Meanwhile, Knight-Captain Morgan had just come from a hunt in the forest, and was none the worse for wear.
She limped toward Laurel's clinic to be treated for her wounds.
"What is it this time?" Laurel laughed.
Muttered Morgan, "A bear in the forest."
Shaking her head, Laurel mused, "The bears must know you quite well."
"Now hold still while I prepare you for surgery."
As Laurel lowered Morgan onto the apparatus, she grabbed a bowl of heated herbs to gently put Morgan to sleep.
An hour later, Morgan had gone under Laurel's knife to repair wounds given to her by bears in the forest.
The royal summons arrived as soon as Morgan emerged from surgery. It fell right into Laurel's messenger post box. "Her Royal Majesty Queen Alys of Arkovia hereby summons you to court," it read.
"What does she want now?" Morgan asked as she crossed the bridge heading toward the castle. Now that she was captain of the royal knights, she was bound by duty to protect the kingdom of Arkovia and its queen, Alys de Montfort.
Meanwhile, over in the wizard's tower, Balin was troubled by the latest vision in his crystal ball. "Arkovia is under attack by dark magic!" he cried. "I must warn Alys."
A strange man speaking a stranger tongue entered his tower. "Halt!" he shouted. "Who enters this tower without my express permission?"
The strange man speaking the stranger tongue said something unintelligible.
"Well, then, I shall cast Magic Arrow on you and force it out of you!" So he stepped back and cast his spell on the poor hapless man.
A second Magic Arrow forced the man to admit that he was underneath the spell of a sorcerer. "I must tell Alys immediately."
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