The Death of A King
New Ending,
The King was absolutely furious, he had just found out that his daughter is having a love affair with a commoner. “Why did she have to pick that commoner to love,” yelled the king as he threw his crown across the room. “No matter. This will all be over in the arena when he opens the door with the tiger in it,” said the king as he laughed maniacally. When the king went to pick up his crown he heard crying, coming from his daughter's room, “Why must that girl cry over something as idiotic as that boy.” said the king as he sighed.
The next day the king made an announcement to the kingdom ,“Exactly a week from now this young man will enter the arena for the crime for having a love affair with my daughter.This young man is him.” Yelled the king as he pointed to the young man, who has been having a love affair with his daughter. “So young man, be prepared to get married or killed.” said the king as he laughed manically again. The semi-barbaric king then walked back in the castle, and as he passed his daughter’s room he heard sobbing. He then opened the door to his daughter’s room, and and saw her crawled up in a ball crying into her knees. When she heard the door open her red and puffy eyes darted to her father. “Daughter, why must you cry over that boy?” asked the king, his daughter just looked back down to her knees and once again started crying. The king just sighed and was walking out, then he gave a final look at his sobbing daughter, and then finally left the room.
*1 Week Later*
The day before the trial was the worst because the only thing his daughter would do is cry and cry all day, just because some boy was about to be killed the amphitheater by getting mauled by the tiger. She should be happy that she is going to witness one of the best shows in history, thought the king. While the hours passed his daughter’s crying only became worse, the king couldn’t think with a the crying going on. “Daughter can you stop crying over that boy and just go to sleep, we have a long day ahead of us tomorrow!” yelled the king as he closed his eyes, trying to sleep. Yelling at his daughter did nothing because the crying only became louder. “It won’t matter anyways because her crying will only get will only get worse after tomorrow when that lover of hers is killed by the tiger!” said the king as he silently laughed manically. As he closed his eyes he thought what would happen if the lover was killed who would be the next king, because he knew that his daughter won’t be a good ruler since she is to nice but a man could be a good king since he would be ruthless and would continue the tradition of putting people in the amphitheater. The king then shook his head because he also knew that the lover would never make a good king because he was only a mere commoner. The king then fell asleep debating on whether or not to save him or let him die
The next day it was finally time to go to the amphitheater for the trial of the lover. As people entered the amphitheater the king and his heartbroken daughter sat in their seats to watch the show. As they waited for the trial to begin the king once again began to debate whether or not to save him or stop the trial. The king then pushed it to the back of his mind and waited for the trial to begin. He then once again started debating on whether or not save him or let him die. No matter how many times he tried thinking about something else his mind always came back to the subject of saving him or letting him die. His daughter then noticed that he was troubled and asked him “Are you okay father you seem troubled?” “Yes I’m fine, now stop asking me questions and wait for the trial to begin!” answered the king meanley.
Then at last it was time for the trial, and as he was approaching the door the king’s mind once again came back to the subject of saving or letting the lover die. As the lover walked to a door and put his hand on the of a door the crowd the held their breaths, as the lover started opening a door nobody said a word or even moved a muscle, they were all staring at the lover opening the door. When the tiger came bursting out of the room the lover just stood there frozen in fear. Then something happened that no one was expecting, the king had ran into the center and pushed the lover out of the way. “Father! No!” Yelled his daughter as the tiger jumped on top of him and mauled him. The Last thing the king heard was his daughter sobbing and the crowd gasping in surprise.
