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"Once upon a time, there was a troll king and a princess..."
-- Sean Rice

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Evenscore
by sean rice

The Troll King sat with misery
that was written on his face
With the princess from the land nearby
busy shredding off her lace
The huntsmen could be heard
hunting all of the Troll King's Race
The Princess has been stolen!
said the criers of the case
The Troll King stole the Princess!
said the horsemen on the chase

"Silly shit," the Princess, said.
"I just don't understand!
why they cannot see it's red
like the blood of a common man"
The Troll King that all had wanted dead
that all had wanted from the land
he only smiled sadly with a heart made of lead
and took her by the hand

A troll is but a monster and a tale they only hear
he said it very gently with a heaving sigh to her
then caught into his fingertips a single falling tear
the princess shed it freely before he heard her saying, "Sure!
I can understand the awkwardness and even rage and fear
but I don't want to see the death of my only love, Dear Sir."
The horsemen on the farther hill were quickly drawing near
The troll considered carefully then made her climb a fir

Fashioning a mirror from the very rock that bred him
The Troll king shushed the Princess and ignored her every protest
The monster stood the shiny thing against a lower limb
and it was then that they all came upon the hilltop's crest
The Princesses stern sire then crossed forth (his beard was perfectly trim)
and in front of the quaking troll king his horse then came to rest

Neither spoke and neither moved and neither dared to breathe
Each strained against the angry words they wanted but to fling
The Sire gestured boldly to the princess with his empty sheath
The Troll King only lifted up the finger with the single wedding ring
to the magic seeing glass and invited but a look to the sire that merely seethed.
But then the gaze did fall and said the single Troll King:

See your face as it truly is for this mirror allows no mask
It's the king of monsters you're bound and oathed to kill
The problem is you've surpassed the object of your task
I'm but a Troll your daughter loved and the monster king until
another took his place so that there's only one to ask:
Are you ready, yet, my dear liege lord, your promise to fulfill?