In another part of the tower Angoz was sleeping in his huge bed. He had short grey hair and a small chin beard. He was snoring loudly. A small crow came in the room and immediately transformed to a girl. It was Angoz’s daughter , Luanel.
“Father..” she said “Father wake up! “ The mage slowly opened his eyes. “Why are you so tired ?”
“I turned a man into stone today.. He was trying to hurt Luna.. It took a lot of my energy.”
“I think that you are crazy for her..”
“Yes yes! I am the king of the forest and tonight I ll again ask for Luna to marry me. Maybe tonight I ll be lucky and she will say yes.!”
“You are dreaming. She will never say yes to you. Today she met another man, a prince.”
“Do I hear good? How it happened? Who is this man?”
“It was the handsome and brave prince Anduin.”
“The prince..? The heir to the throne?”
“Yes and he even invited her to his celebration tomorrow to choose her as his wife.”
“NO I will never allow and forgive that.” He said and like a tornado he rushed the stairs towards Luna’s room. “I will never let him touch her I will kill him before he even try that” he thought as he reach her door. There he knocked and entered. She was standing with her back on him looking out of the window.
“Luna… I came to see how it is going with you… Did you had good time with the prince?”
“How do you know …”
“You little naïve girl.. did you honestly think that I don’t know everything that’s happening around my tower?” and he moved close to her ” I am willing to forget about everything ,as long as you marry me. Be my wife. I waited all these years for your <yes> . ”
“no”.. she said and pushed him away as he turned her back again.
The anger was clear in the mages face , but he managed to hide it and talk calm again.
“I can give you all the riches of the world. I can make the most beautiful and powerful queen of the night. If you continue to deny me you will continue to transform to a swan every day. Don’t you mind that?”
“I don’t want any riches ..All I want is…”
“What you want.. say it and I will give it to you.”
“All I want .. is to live with the one I love.”
“No.. it can’t be true. Don’t tell me that you are in love with Anduin.. He doesn’t want to be with you. I want to be with you all my life. Why can’t you just love me?”
“Then cast a spell on me.. make me love you..after all you are the greatest wizard of the land.. are you not?”
“Enough.. Even with sorcery I can’t force a human heart to love me. If I could do it I would not wait for 3 years for you to love me. Oh please my pretty Luna, why you torment me like this. How can you be in love with this prince with just one time that you met him?”
“No you are mistaken.. all these years my heart belongs to him. I first loved Anduin when I first saw him on his horse on the shore of the lake.”
“So he is the reason that you don’t love me.. Don’t make me hurt you. If I wanted I could transform you to an ugly frog or a worm to a little insect…” and saying this he snapped his fingers and Luna’s bird transformed into a frog ”But I didn’t do that.. I transformed you to a beautiful swan. Do you understand why ? Because I really love you”
“I don’t believe that. If you truly loved me then you would only care for my happiness. And now Angoz if you really love me leave this room on this moment and leave me alone. Go away from me…”
“How dare you talk to me like this? You want to go to the dance.. Do you think I will let you go ? Do you think I will let you leave this tower? Think carefully what I told you now.” He said and left her room slamming the door behind him then bared it and raised the drawbridge isolating her to her room..As she was watching through her bared window he smiled with an evil smile.
“How you like it now Luna? Like a bird in a cage…Tomorrow at the dance the prince will be forced to choose another woman to make her his bride” and he started laughing as he was leaving..
Luna fell on her knees and started to cry for her fate..she would never be able to go to the dance as she was locked inside here.
End of Part 2
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