[ WP ] Due to a misunderstanding the hero arrives at the tower , defeats the princess , and marries the dragon .

The princess roared into the face of the thirty foot long dragon beneath her feet, she deliver brutal blow after brutal blow on the white scaled beast. The princess stopped her abused to laugh as the dragon held it's massive claws over its' face and sobbed. 
 
 `` Pfft. Look at you, whimpering like a scared child. What did you think, just because you did n't hurt anyone that I would n't come for you? You know how this works, I stay here and a knight comes to kill you then we live happily ever after.'' Princess Assi chuckled while rummanging her hand through the pile of seeds that were stacked in the corner. 
 
 `` Where is your gold?'' Assi growled, she was dressed from head to toe in enchanted jewerly that amplified her strength far beyond that of a simple dragon. 
 
 `` I do not collect gold... I perfer seeds...'' The dragon let out a soft sob before continuing. `` I plant them in spring so the outside of my cave is pretty.'' 
 
 `` What kinda male are you...'' Assi growled. `` You are supposed to be Katizar the pale dragon. What kinda threat at you.'' 
 
 Katizar rolled to it's feet before backing away from the princess who intimidated it more than any orc. `` I am female, I am not a threat. I-'' She turned as the sound of metal scraping on her floor brought both of the females attention to the knight. 
 
 `` Terrible Katizar... I have come to end your reign of terror. I, Sir William Geltz, will be your end.'' The armor knight said before approaching the dragon with his lance pointed at the creature. 
 
 `` Help me please! I do n't want to fight and I do n't want to die!!'' Katizar said before lowering her head and looking up at the approaching knight. 
 
 `` Is this some sort of trick? Fight me dragon, our duel shall be honorable and lengendary.'' William said reaching for the dragon horns to lift her head up. 
 
 `` Please take the princess and-'' Katizar could n't finished the words before Assi's fist connected with her jaw sending her skittering along the floor into the wall. 
 
 `` Now while she is distracted... Kill her so we can be wed!'' Princess Assi said. 
 
 `` M'lady, that is dishonorable to strike a distracted opponent. I will not slay a hapless target.'' William said while approaching the dragon who started to sob again and curled up into a ball of white scales. 
 
 `` Katizar. Do you not wish to duel? Is that not why you kidnapped the princess.'' William said curiously. 
 
 `` No. She broke in while I was sorting my seeds for springs. Now I do n't know which colors are which. The rainbow path is going to look weird this year.'' Katizar said referring to the road that streched from the kingdom to the great lake. 
 
 `` I thought the Dryads planted the Rainbow path. I used to walk the path as a kid and wondered why they did it,'' William said smiling under his helmet, `` But now is not the time for that you are a dragon that has terrorized the Kingdom of Almar. We must duel for it's safety.'' 
 
 Katizar raised her head and looked the knight in the eyes, for the first time the dragon was genuinely anger. `` Excuse me, Sir Geltz. I plant the Rainbow Path, I till the land from my door to Almar's gates. I have personally moved the goblin horde to a safer place away from your people. The only time I have broken anything was when I accidentally dropped a Dire Wolf on a barn. I fixed the barn myself. I am not evil and I would politely ask that you not accuse me of such.'' 
 
 `` Just kill her.'' Assi said behind the knight. `` Are you going to trust the words of a monster.'' 
 
 `` I have fought many monsters and many dragons. I have yet to see a dragon lie. Katizar... Why are you here?'' The Knight asked setting down his spear and leaning against the wall. `` Dragon's are carnivores so you have to be eating something or someone.'' 
 
 `` The door behind my pedistal is where I keep my food, open up the hole in the front and you'll see.'' Katizar said with a sigh, `` I only ask that you do n't release them, it was a pain to catch all of them.'' 
 
 Sir Geltz did as he was gasped before recoiling in fear, `` Ghouls... They bear the mark of the Dread Lord... Are you in league with the lich?!'' 
 
 `` No! After your people defeated him, he came to me for aid to raise another army. I dispise the undead and their kind kills my plants so I ate him and stuffed his monsters in my larder. I am not the villian here. Your Princess wants me dead and I just want to live here and grow my flowers.'' Katizar rumbled. 
 
 `` Enough talk I'll do it myself.'' The princess grabbed the spear from the knight before leaped to the ceiling. She dive at the dragon with pure bloodlust in her eyes. 
 
 Katizar watched in horror as the princess plummed toward her, the dragon closed her eyes waiting for the pain but all she could hear was the nasty snap of bones. When she opened her eyes, she noticed that the princess was on the ground with her head at an unnatural angle while the knight look at his hands in horror. 
 
 `` I-I-I I did n't mean to... I was just trying to... Shit... Shit SHIT!'' The Knight sat on the ground in shock, `` I killed the princess, I only meant to stop her. I...'' William mumbled to himself before Katizar strolled over to the princess who gurgle as the last of her life left her. 
 
 `` William, Do you love the princess?'' Katizar said somberly. 
 
 `` I do not I only wished save her for my King. I did n't mean to kill her, I'm not a murderer, I only tried to be honorable.'' William said as he watched the dragon peeled off seven scales before cutting open the princess and placing the scales inside of her body. Her body quickly re-knitted itself before her neck snapped back into place with a sickening crack. 
 
 `` Princess Assi, I have given you seventy years of my life. I only ask that you leave my tower and never return. With my scales inside of you, you will not die until those seventy years are expired or I am killed.'' Katizar gently lifted up the princess and tossed her out of an open window. 
 
 William watched the body soar out of the window with a horrified expression on his face. `` She will survive.'' William asked as the dragon nodded. 
 
 `` I owe you a greater debt than I can ever repay, as I knight I must do a duty for your service before I can rejoin my king without regret.'' William bowed. 
 
 `` Oooh. The works nicely, Will you marry me?'' Katizar asked simply. 
 
 `` Excuse me?!'' The knight said. 
 
 `` I wish for you hand in marriage, by Almar law, the spouse of a noble or a knight is a citizen and is allowed to purchase land.'' Katizar said with a grin. 
 
 `` Why do you want to buy land in my home?'' William said looking at the dragon with fear in his eyes. 
 
 `` The garden in the center of town annoys me, violets and roses do not go together and I wish to change that by buying it. Also my home is in the borders of you Kingdom, if you own it then that means I do n't get attacked by treasure hunters right?'' She frowned at the downcast expression of the knight. 
 
 `` Will it help if I tell you that I'm ok with you taking any number of concubines? I know that my form might not be appealing to humans.'' Katizar said hopefully. 
 
 `` What about an heir? Who will take my house name?'' William said fearfully. 
 
 `` I can bear children of human blood, my brother is born of such a pairing. Half dragons are n't common but most can pass for human.'' Katizar said. `` It's a win-win.'' 
 
 William sighed, `` Honor compels me to honor your request...'' 
 
 `` I'm not cruel, my husband. Simply think of me as a princess that you have saved.'' Katizar winked... `` Do be kind to your young wife.'' 
 
 `` Surely you jest, I'm going to be the laughing stock of bards for years.'' William sighed, `` I'll go fetch a priest...'' 
 
 `` Thank you dear.'' Katizar rumbled with a smile full of sharp teeth. 
 
 `` Do n't push it.'' The knight said as he stomped away with a sour expression on his face.
