King Arthur had called on all his knights the morning of March 1st and said, “I will be needing my lost spear this weekend and so I will be sending one of you out to find it.” “This bold knight must go to Penelope’s Lake for I lost it there, you must leave today.” Then Arthur stood from his seat at the Round Table and walked around it until he stood behind Sir Kay. He said, “YOU WILL TAKE THIS QUEST!” Sir Kay then stood and humbly said, “Thank you my lord I will leave this evening.” Then Arthur dismissed the Round Table and Sir Kay went to prepare for the journey.
Sir Kay went to his sleeping quarters, donned his best suit of golden armor and ordered his servants to pack him three days worth of food. Then he saddled up his horse, packed his food, and rode into the sunset. The next morning he reached Penelope Lake. It shimmered in the morning sun like a blue opal. Sir Kay then hopped off his horse and walked to the dock. Suddenly there was a portal glowing in front of him, then he stepped through the mysterious portal.
He woke in an underwater city. He was quite surprised but almost immediately started walking to the nearest house. He knocked on the door and stood back. The creature that was occupying that house opened the door. It was none other than a mermaid! She looked quite surprised to see him but cooly said, “Yes?” Sir Kay said earnestly, “Do you happen to know where the king of this land lives?” The mermaid responded, “It’s just over that little hill there, I live quite close to the castle.” She then shut the door rather rudely. Sir Kay was more than a little ruffled, but he kept his anger to himself. He started to move through the water again but noticed something was off. He looked down and saw a bare muscular chest that faded into blueish-green scales that ended with a wide tail. He reached up and touched his ears and realized they were pointed like all the other sea folk. He had turned into a merman!
As Sir Kay processed that he had turned into a merman, he traveled to the kings castle and requested to see the King, but the guard said he wasn’t available today and that he had to get a room. So Sir Kay paid for his room with a couple of gold coins and waited until morning. The next morning Sir Kay swam to the Throne Room and waited for the king. Some time later the king walked into the room and sat on his throne. He was a red haired merman with golden scales, a crown, and he was holding…… Arthur’s Spear!!!!! Sir Kay kept his temper though and thought to himself, “I will challenge him for it.” The King said, “What is troubling you, citizen of Penelope?” Then Sir Kay said, “I want to challenge you for your spear!” The King replied, “Ohhhh! You’re one of Arthur’s knights, aren’t you?”, Kay exclaimed, “YOU LITTLE SCOUNDREL! I WILL END YOU!!” Kay started to charge the King, but his guards held him back. “Tell you what?”, the King said, “I will fight you for the spear, but you must tell me how you got here.” Then Kay, realizing he was outnumbered said, “I saw a portal over the Penelope Lake.” “Hmmmmm”, the King said and turned to his guards, “One of you must have been slacking, I wonder which one of you it was? The guards looked alarmed but stood their ground. “Anyway, that is an issue for another time. Get me my armor!!” His servants scrambled away and soon the King was donned in his best armor. “Whoever draws first blood wins!”, and without warning the King charged Sir Kay. Kay had been trained well in the art of war but he had never fought as a merman, so it was a bit different. But after a bit of back and forth, he won and took the spear. “All right, off you go!”, and the King sent him back to the round table.
Arthur was waiting when Kay was sent back to his chair. He felt more like himself without a tail and pointed ears. “You’re back! In record time too! You completed the quest in only two days instead of three!!”, Arthur said jubilantly. Arthur continued, “I assume you brought my spear?” “Yes my Lord”, Sir Kay said and held the spear out with his head down. “You have done well”, Arthur said, “so I will reward you with my mansion on the shore of Penelope Lake!” “My Lord you don’t need to give your property to me!” Arthur handed him the key and said, “I insist!”
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