The Gypsy and the King

    Did you ever wonder why your friends can't see your sylph? Before the Big Bang, imaginary beings ruled the Earth, though they called it Baobave. They could be seen, just like humans. Their king, King Benjoag, was a pygmy water nymph. He ruled from  Sandland, which is present day Malibu, California, to the Forest of Mountains, now called the Appalachian Mountians, from the Islands of Isolation (Northern Canada) to the tip of Deathland (Cape Horn).
    He was feared by most, which was quite humorous, seemimg that he wouldn't tell anyone "no" or to do this or that. But he was a fine ruler. The only man alive that wasn't afraid of him was Lord Chua, ruler of the Combined Worlds (Europpe and Asia). They were always fueding. King Benjoag knew Lord Chua was much, much, more powerfuler than himself. He was a very knowledgable man. He also knew that myrrh made Lord Chua violently sick, with chills, hot flashes, pale skin, and sleepless nights going along for the ride. Myrrh was rare, so he sent his messengers out to search for it. They raided ships that came into ports from Africja, which was protected by Queen Jackiey's armies.
    One day, a note came to the King. He set up a tryst with an unknown stranger. They were to meet at the wryly tree in the light of the moon, on the fifth day's night. Benjoag sent out an old knight to find the tree, but he never returned. He sent another knight to find it, thinking that the elderly man had gotten lost and died of starvation or the MareNights got him while he was sleeping. When that knight didn't come back, Benjoag got suspicious and stopped sending his precious army. By the fifth day,  he was ready to rule the Combined Worlds,
    He walked to the tree, ready to meet the person who'd help him greatly. But no one was there. He wandered around the twisted trunk, but not a soul appeared. Then, King Benjoag heard a rustle in the leaves overhead. He gazed at them as a figure jumped down and landed lightly on their feet. She looked up and he gasped. He had come to see a gypsy!
    "Yes, I'm a gypsy. Now stop staring," she said with a smile,"If you want to overcome Lord Chua, listen to me." She explained where the myrrh was hidden and how to unlock the cage."Remember," she demanded, "Sing the hymn first, then touch the glyphs in this rhythym A, E, Cat, Dog, Water. Now take my cyst out." She held out her wrist where a bulge the size of a clematine sat.
    "Take it out now or I'll tell my grizzlie friends to folloe your every step," she whispered in her icy voice. King Benjoag started to work on her arm immediately. A little lymph oozed out as he thanked the gods that he used to be a healer. he sewed her back up and turned to leave the gypsy said, " Only take three bottlesor danger will come. And don't believe all the myths about gypsies. Meet Johana the lynx at your church's crypt. She'll show you to your needs."
    "A lynx? Are you sure? Lynxes and kings are syzygy!" he exclaimed as she stepped back into the shadows, quietly returning to the darkness she came from.
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    "Are we supposed to be down here?" King Benjoag asked uncertainly as he slipped down the granite stairs after Johanna and her silky yellow fur that glistened in the lantern's light.
    "Yesss," she purred, sliding around the corner," Missss Layla told me the way."
    "Ms. Layla? Is that the gypsy's name?"
    "Yesss, now hold the light higher, gooood." Suddenly, he couldn't hear Johanna's footfalls anymore. He called her name, imagining the worst. King Benjoag came to a dead end where he saw seven hieroglyphics embedded in the wall.
    "I've gotten closer," he breathed before touching the glyphs in the correct order: A, E, Cat, Dog, Water. The other two, Boat and Life stayed untouched. Benjoag jumped back as the wall opened into a cabinet. On the three shelves sat tweleve bottles of myrrh, screaming his name. "Larry, oh Larry. Use us!" he thought he heard them say.
    He grabbed five bottles, ignoring the gypsy's words. King Benjoag took one step to leave and several members of Layla's group swung down from the ceiling. They lynched him and left his body. They killed his body, but not his soul. He wandered the castle grounds, invisible to his people. The castle servants gave him a synth funeral. When the world got out about what had happened to the king,many of his followers stood at his grave and killed themselves to be with him again. They lived with him forever in his new kingdom, invisible to anyone not dead.