Saga Of The European King

Everyone in the Capital City of Europe wanted to hug Father Dominoes at least twenty times before he left. Everyone in Europe looked up to and admired Father Dominoes for his steadfast faith and pleasant demeanor, and the people were sad to see him go. The Archbishop of Europe, who had always been jealous of Father Dominoes’ popularity, was the first to burst into tears when the Devil led the good Father by the hand out of the gates of the city.

The King and his Adventure Friends, along with a host of missionaries, followed the pair at a respectable distance on their donkeys and Awesome Horses. They had to use the doorways into Hell as a shortcut across Europe one last time, so that they could catch up with Gappy and the five hundred thousand troops riding North on his back. The soldiers were still hypnotized into thinking that the King was with them the whole time, and the King felt bad about having to lie like that. He would make it up to them with ice-cream for everyone. He had had the best ice-cream makers in Europe work day and night to make the greatest ice-cream in the world, and then his court magicians had condensed the gigantic pile of yummy ice-cream into a spell that could fit into Colonel Glowfist’s Infernal Gauntlet. The troops would be so surprised when, all of a sudden, every one of them would have a nice big bowl of ice-cream for themselves. Thinking about it made the King smile, even though his face was covered in tears from Father Dominoes leaving. The newest Adventure Friend liked it that the King was smiling, and started talking about dinosaurs.

The new Adventure Friend was Prince David. He was riding on the King’s donkey, getting soaked by the King’s tears. The King had figured that with so many gypsies and birds prowling around and with Terrorthaw on the loose (the scouts had found no trace of him or his church-tower rocket), David was safer on the move with the Adventure Friends than back at the city. The King had decided that David was going to one of those Kings that could also do magic, because he always wanted to be a King like that, so Colonel Glowfist was charged with training the young prince as an apprentice. Colonel Glowfist had mixed feelings about this. He was pretty glad to be given the honour of training up a future King who could also do magic, but he was very worried by the fact that the King had decreed that David be the one to marry the woman Colonel Glowfist loved more than any other woman, including Sally Minefield. He looked over at Roxy Tripfoot, who was that woman he loved, and she smiled a little smile. She was thinking of a plan. She wasn’t the kind to just take things lying down. She was the Queen Of The Gypsies, and she had cunning.

They arrived at the closest doorway to Hell in just one day. Nothing very exciting had happened to them. They were once almost attacked by birds, but one fireball from the Devil pretty much massacred them all. When they entered into Hell, all the demons and lost souls were so glad to see the Devil again, and they had all sorts of questions to ask. They crowded around him and kept pushing and shouting excitedly. The Devil waved his hand to calm him down.
“Now, now everyone. I want you all to settle down. I wasn’t gone for long, and all I did was teach that villain Terrorthaw a thing or two. He’s not a quick learner, and he almost got the better of me. You’ve all got the King of Europe to thank for the fact I was able to come back at all.” At that, the souls of the damned and a huge spread of demons looked over at the King. The King was solid, serious and silent. He was still crying, but the heat was evaporating the tears as soon as they came out of his eyes. This was good, because no one could see him crying.
“He’s probably the greatest man I know.” Said the Devil, sincerely. “But he’s just passing through. I’d like to introduce you all to Father Dominoes, who’ll answer any questions you have about the King, about Terrorthaw, or about what happened to me while I was above ground. If he’s too busy, ask one of his men. They are the ones in the brown robes. I’m going to retire to my study now. I’ve got to get back to work.” At that, the Devil strode off, pausing only to bow a goodbye and thank you to the King and his Adventure Friends. Father Dominoes and his host of missionaries was mobbed by every kind of demon and tortured soul imaginable, each with their own question they wanted answering. The King and his Adventure Friends rode on through Hell. They had already said their goodbyes to Father Dominoes. They would go on without him.

Two days later, they emerged from a Hellish doorway far away from the Capital City of Europe. After a week’s intense travel assisted by Colonel Glowfist’s spells of fleetness, they caught up with Gappy the magic reindeer and the half of the King’s army that was saddled upon him. Colonel Glowfist removed the hypnosis spell on the soldiers and the Adventure Friends and their steeds climbed up on Gappy’s back, where they continued on towards the unnamed lands of the North, where many great adventures would await them.

End Of Chapter 20