SAINT JOHN AND THE GREAT SERPENT @sonofremi

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The Queen laid in her bed, it was definite that this was the end, she had been sick for a long time. The priest and the Commander of her Empire stood at the foot of the bed waiting for her to pass. Beside her sat her daughter she was tearing up as the old queen smiled and took her hands.

"Miriam can I ask one last request of you", the Queen asked. Miriam looking serious now said,"Anything mummy, I will do anything ". "Tell me about John", She finally murmured. John was her son that had gone to war, currently he had died an honourable death and was made a saint. A smile crossed Miriam's face as she straightened up and started to sing a poem.

The Knight of the night,
The wicked fear at his might,
His Silver armour that can blind your sight,
He values no silver or coin,
With all who want to join,
Only those with might and valor may remain,

Miriam began the story of John, and how he became a saint.

John stood at the entrance of the cave of the great beast, his heavy sword on his shoulder as he wondered whether to turn back or step forward to victory or certain death. The people of this village have suffered terribly from this great beast and many farmers had lost their livestock to it's mighty jaws. But a battle such as this can take the life of man, to come against a beast such as this meant that this could be his last battle on earth. He stood at the entrance of the cave as a cold breeze blew him, he could feel the coldness of the steel armor he wore, taking a breath he said a little prayer and mounted his horse and gripped his sword.

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The cave was dark and very quiet the sound of his horse made the bats on the roof of the cave beginning to fly around. He heard growling at the end of the cave, he had interrupted the launch of the beast and it was mad. John smired oil on his sword and lit it, with a flaming sword in his hand as the torch in the darkness he rode on his horse towards the beast.

The Serpent looked like a giant agama lizard with teeth as sharp as razors and the head was bright red. It opened its mouth and flame started to build up from it's oesophagus to its mouth. It spits the fire at John, John fell off his horse and landed on his feet as he maintained his momentum as he raced towards the beast.

He saw an opening, if he was able to slide under the belly of the beast, he could cut it open. But the only problem was the constant fireballs he had to dodge. He saw an opening and then used his flaming to the blind the beast and slid under the great beast as he thrusted his sword into the creature. It let out a very loud and stretching sound as it fell to the floor. The blood was deep red and it stained the floor of the cave.

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John stands drenched in it's blood as he stares at the corpse of the animal, he felt his heart beating in his chest as he still gripped his sword tightly due to adrenaline. He started to hear sounds ahead still in the cave, he picked up his sword and poured some oil on it and lit it up again. He carried it above his head as ventured further into the cave. He came to a part of the cave, raised his sword above his head and saw humans that looked like they were in a sac filled with fluid.

He brought out his dagger and started to cut open the sacs. As he opened one of the sacs, the figure took in air and started to cough vigorously. The figure appeared to be a teenage girl, he helped her up and used his water in his little flask to wash her face. He carried his flaming sword and walked to cut open the other sacs.

Now, they all followed John as he led them out of the cave with his sword as the only source of illumination. He heard distant sounds at the end of the cave, he tore a piece of his inner clothing and wrapped it around a stick and transferred the flame and passed it to the young girl and told her to lead them out. He knew the beast made a troubling sound before it's death and it was a female. There was no way she was alone in this cave, this was her nest. John screamed out, "Run" and all the people he had saved ran towards the light up ahead.

John kissed his Jesus pendant as he closed his helmet and took his pose with his flaming sword as he started to hack and cut everything that crawled towards him. They looked like their mother but a human sized version.

John could feel the ache in his shoulders as he felt tired and sore for all the swinging of his sword. He looked up and made sure all the people had escaped from the cave then he gripped one of the beasts by the throat and poured his oil from his porch down its throat, he held it as the rest of the beasts poured flames towards him. They were all exposed into a thousand pieces.

The End

Miriam looked up from the book to see that her mother had gone to the great beyond now. She looked so peaceful as she laid with a smile on her face with a little bit of tears in her eyes. Miriam breaks down in tears and hugs her mother tightly.

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