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The Dragon Queen was praised for her exquisite beauty, elegance, and grace. Everyone in the village and kingdom idolized her. The Dragon King, her husband, was jealous of her. He knew people would listen to her and enjoyed her presence more.
The Dragon King knew the only way he would gain the respect and love that his Queen did was by throwing her from her royal position as Queen. This meant he would have to do this secretly.
One day, the King's butler noticed that the King was acting strange. He couldn't figure out why the king kept pacing back and forth in his chamber.
The King kept sweating and grunting in his chamber. The Butler finally asked the King, "Sir, is everything okay? You seem very stressed and unwell."
"Oh! I'm fine, Butler," replied the King. The Butler knew there was a deeper issue.
The Dragon King searched high and low for something he could put in the Queen’s drink to poison her. That way, the blame could be put on the chefs or any of the castle's workers. He knew if anyone found out he did this he would be killed.
The Dragon King decided to dress up as a commoner and go into the village. He knew if he searched long enough, he would find liquid poison.
After six hours of searching, he came across a fellow dragon, but he was a commoner. "Do you have any liquid poison?" asked the Dragon King. "Why yes I do, sir!" replied the dragon commoner. "How much are you asking for the poison?" asked the King.
"Fifty pearls," said the Dragon commoner. "Done," replied the King. The Dragon king got the liquid poison and ran to the castle. He started to figure out when the perfect moment would be to poison the Dragon queen.
He noticed there was hot tea sitting by the Queen’s bedside table. He quickly got the poison out of his pocket and poured it into the queen’s drink.
The Dragon King ran off and went into the courtyard. He heard screams coming from inside the castle. He knew that the poison worked. His eyes were filled with tears and he instantly regretted his decision.
Villagers, castle workers, and everyone in the town began to panic. They knew they did not have a queen running their kingdom anymore. Rumors started to spread about what could have happened to the queen.
The Dragon King ran all through the forest, past other towns, and past other kingdoms. He did not know if his decision was the right thing to do. He started to cry for help and prayed to God in hopes he could fix this.
The Dragon King knew he had just lost the love of his life and feared what life would look like for him from now on.
The wind began to roar, and the sky became very dark. A tornado appeared out of nowhere.
The Dragon King’s eyes were filled with fear. The tornado came closer and closer. The tornado swept the Dragon King into the air. He disappeared.
Author's Note: I chose to recreate my own version of The Monkey King because I thought it would push me outside of my comfort zone and I have never read any folklore and literature story like this before. I decided to make this story dark and scary since it is around the time of Halloween. The Dragon King and Dragon Queen are stories within The Monkey King unit, which is why I chose to use those characters in my story. The Dragon King and Dragon Queen live in a castle of the Eastern Sea. I wanted to incorporate these characters because I thought by using the Dragon King and Dragon Queen, it would be easier to create conflict between the royal family. I also wanted to make the story suspenseful for my readers, so it keeps them intrigued and interested the whole time. I think this is one of the best stories I have written so far this semester because I made sure to use more paragraphs during dialogue in the story. I did not have any experience with writing a story like this prior, therefore I was excited to try something new. I made sure to reread my work and I hope everyone enjoys my version of The Monkey King. I also made sure my grammar was correct and used the correct tenses of my verbs. I hope you enjoy reading my creative story, The Dragon King.
Bibliography: This story is part of the The Monkey King unit. Story source: "The Ape Sun Wu Kung" in The Chinese Fairy Book, ed. by R. Wilhelm and translated by Frederick H. Martens (1921).
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