GARDEN OF HEROES.
Enok's tales
Part 1
Several weeks went by and Enok lost his initial fear of the sea and the crew. He had asked not to be sent with servants for he was humble and didn’t want to spend the Realm’s gold. So he was alone in the ship and the crew scared him. They were so different from the men and women he used to know! As days went by, they all showed him loyalty and good service. Soon the crew started to like their new boss and it became a ritual to get together on deck after dinner to hear one of Enok’s stories. He had a thing for tales. They said he knew how to talk and use his tongue…. So they named him the “Tonguello”….. “the teller”.
When moon was full and high in the black sky, they particularly liked to put out all the lights and let the moon shine on the deck while they listen to his stories. Sometimes Bijou would play his accordion, others, the captain would play a melancholic tune with his guitar, but all of them stop their chores, and listened, as if they were drunk by words.
One night, a week before they got to Winterhaven, Tina the cook, asked him about his cousin Sir William. This is his tale:
“When I met the famous Sir William Blackhust, he was still Billy Soggy Bottom. We are cousins. His mother and my mother were sisters. When my mother died I was 4 and as I never knew my father my aunt Esther took me. She had been the baker of Coghlan castle like my mother and then she fell in love and married Prince Julious Soggy Bottom, so since very young I got to live in Court with them.
The Castle grounds were our playground. We became best friends, even brothers and we were always together.
We played together.
We were scared together.
We fought each other sometimes.
We grew up together and fascinated by Knights and sports. So we started to train together.
Eventually we competed against each other, but we were always satisfied no matter who won.
So once when our names were well known in the Sport’s world we were invited to a Tournament in the North Country, the most famous Tournament in the region. We started to train harder than before.
But in that training I got injured and had to stay home.
He went alone to the North Country as a Prince and a Knight and not only won the Tournament with great honours, but he also won the Princess’ heart. Miss Francia Blackhusrt.
Eventually they got married and out of love he took her name, William Blackhurst. He never came back to Coghlan so I haven’t seen him since we said goodbye they day he left 15 years ago. In a week we’ll meet again”
And with that he turned around and stared at the blackened sea.
Hope you like it! I had to work doble shift to finish before the tournament!
A very special thanks to Bill and Gis who provided their support and ideas for this part of the story!
