To Save A Princess

To Save A Princess:

In most of the stories, whether old or new
It is usually the knight that saves the maiden
But reality is never as sweet as that
And often the truth gets slightly misshapen

But this is a story about the truth;
A tale of Pirates who aided the King
Though most would credit his honoured knights
We know they didn't do a thing...

Instead what happened is an epic story
For it began on a night when the moon was full
The Pirates slipped from their hallowed ship
Like wolves cloaked in wool

They hid amongst the jagged rocks
And called like birds to communicate
The soldiers thought they were hearing things
Until they began to hallunicate...

Visions of frightening ghosts and shades
Covered their eyes and sent them screaming
They clawed at their faces and toppled to the ground;
They woke the camp with their horrid keening

The ground was alive with running footsteps
Yet soldiers began to fall like snow
In panic their ears could not hear the sound
Of the rifle that laid them low...

As the princess shook inside her tent
An elf that blended with the night approached her
She cut the ropes and reassured her softly;
She told them who they were:

We're the Black Fedora Pirates lass
We're here ta set ya free
Now come along and stay quiet is all
I'll have ye out in three!

And so the princess then was wisked away
As the pirates vanished into the night
And all that was left to tell of their presence
was a flag that fluttered out of sight...

"And that ladies and gentlemen, is the first story of the Black Fedora Pirates."

-Chen Yuan Wen, 29th June 2012