Dragonheart: A New Beginning Page #3

Uh, he went that way.

- Hold him !

- [ Man ] He's in there.

Put those down !

[ Geoff ]

You heard him.

Put those down !

[ Peasants Murmuring ]

Can't you see

this is, uh--

Lord Osric,

chief advisor to the king,

at your service,

[ Growling ]

good drag on.

He's a bit shy.

His name is Drake.

I'm-- I mean, we-we are all

so glad to see you, Drake.

And your friend here ?

- Geoff.

- An honor to make

your acquaintance.

When the king saw

your magnificent form

flying overhead,

he requested a favor

of service from you.

- Me ?

- Indeed.

He wishes to appoint you

protector of the realm.

Geoff here will be

adjunct protector of the realm.

Is that anything

like a knight ?

A small step below.

Oh.

As you see,

I was right, milord.

You two again ?

I thought you'd be intelligent

enough to heed my advice

and leave our kingdom.

- Guards.

- No !

These are my friends.

[ Drake Growls ]

These people are

from far away.

See how different

they are ?

[ Growls ]

They do not follow

the old code.

Do not trust them.

He is right.

We should go home.

[ Gasps ]

Mansel.

[ Growling ]

[ Woman ]

Oh, he's moving !

[ Man ] Stand back.

Well, if-if they're friends

of Geoff's, they're friends

of mine.

[ Man ]

He speaks !

Well, then,

they're welcome, of course,

for as long as

you want them to stay.

The dragon will be

an enormous help

in protecting our kingdom.

Nice of him to fly by

when he did.

His arrival was fate,

not courtesy, Sire.

With his help, we can vanquish

the Teregoths once and for all.

dd [ Bagpipes, Out Of Tune ]

I need you to give me

command of the army.

dd [ Stops ]

Immediately.

dd [ Continues ]

I'll interpret that

as your royal approval.

[ Mansel ]

You have no idea

what you've done.

Of course I do. I got Drake

out of that prison that you

and Friar Peter locked him in...

and I taught him to fly,

and I got myself out

of the stables.

Only four more days.

All I had to do was keep

Drake safe.

Then he would have been free

to live his life, but you--

Safe from what ?

What's gonna happen

in four days ?

A prophecy that says

an ancient evil...

will take hold of this land

using a dragon's heart.

Ancient evil ? Drake ?

You got the wrong dragon.

He doesn't have to be evil

for evil to use him.

Drake is an innocent.

He's easily misled.

Don't worry. I'll protect him.

Who's going

to protect him from you ?

[ Sighs ]

Excuse me, miss.

Put those back.

This is a monastery.

We don't allow girls.

[ Lian ]

Please, no one must know that.

Hey, Mansel !

You knew about her,

didn't you ?

Shame on you,

Mansel.

Don't you remember

the abbot's sermon about

that old tradition, sanitary ?

- Sanctuary.

- Yeah.

Well, we should show her

some sanctuary.

You're a monk, Mansel.

That's what monks do.

All right.

All right.

- Don't worry.

He'll keep your secret.

- Thank you.

I'm glad you're movin' in.

The food is lousy, but the place

more than makes up for that

with its lack of excitement.

You want help

with those ?

I can handle them.

I've never seen

anyone fight like you.

Don't touch the ramhead !

Bad luck.

Oh.

I've never seen

anyone fight like you.

Where'd you learn to do that ?

Master Kwan taught me.

Do all girls fight

where you come from ?

Do you like wearing

girl's clothes, or is that

why you're dressed like a boy ?

Can you believe

all this fuss ?

That's the boy

who found the dragon.

Isn't he just

a stable boy ?

Hey, Mansel,

have you seen Drake ?

All right.

I'll keep looking.

Hey, you have fun,

'cause it's not like

gluttony is on that

seven deadly sin list too.

If it isn't that

fencing stable boy

at the castle at last.

Well, your tunic doesn't seem

so great now, does it ?

You only have that tunic

because you're friends

with the dragon.

Without him,

you are still a peasant.

Roland,

Geoff's well on his way

to becoming a knight.

Isn't that true, Roland ?

And what do you get if you don't

tell the truth in our kingdom ?

Ten lashes.

One more word

and I'll have to double that.

Come with me.

You've handled

swords before.

None like this.

Then, shall we ?

En garde.

[ Narrator ]

As the time grew near

for Kwan and Lian...

to test the purity

of the dragon's heart,

the gravity of what

they might have to do...

weighed heavily

upon them.

A shot through the heart

with this poison...

will kill him

fast and clean.

If he fails,

he will feel no pain.

Unlike all the dragon

my great grandfather

murdered.

If you allow your misplaced

guilt to affect you

at the pivotal moment,

you will doom

us all, child.

- Would you

prefer if I--

- No.

This is my burden.

I will do what I must.

I just pray that

Drake passes this test.

You have natural talent.

You deserve special

attention, my boy.

Perhaps you'd

consider taking rooms

here at the castle.

Me live here ?

That way, I could

tutor you personally.

Where can

my guards collect

Drake's belongings ?

Drake's ?

I assumed you and him

were a team.

Well, I think he'd be

too scared to leave

the monastery.

Poor creature.

We wouldn't want

to make him uncomfortable.

I'm sure you can

convince him

to make regular visits.

I'm sure he'd

like that a lot.

What do you think it would take

for a stable boy

to become a knight ?

Now come at me faster.

The most fundamental

attribute of a knight

is his commitment !

He should want it

more than anything else.

More than wealth.

More than adventure !

[ Exhales ]

More than friendship.

Do you want it

that bad ?

Yes, I do.

You'll make a positively

heroic knight.

It's written...

in the stars.

[ Growling ]

This is what

I wanted you to see.

It is a ritual mask based

on the most famous dragon

in the East.

But it...

looks so angry.

[ Kwan ]

This amulet...

has been imbued

with all the wisdom

of the ancient dragons.

If you do as I say,

you will receive

all that knowledge

in an instant.

[ Drake ]

I've always dreamed

of learning about dragons,

but how can I possibly

learn so much all at once ?

[ Kwan ] You must open

your most vulnerable spot,

your heart,

to the dragon's mouth,

then touch the amulet,

and the wisdom

will be yours.

[ Drake ]

Open up my heart ?

Oh, you mean...

like...

like this ?

Just touch the amulet.

Drake !

Isn't there another way

for me to learn ?

I-I could teach you,

but that would take years.

I don't want to touch

that thing. It's evil.

[ Sighs ]

[ Gasps ]

What are you doin'

to my dragon ?

Nothing.

Everything is

all right now.

That is

most inappropriate.

[ Man ]

Get your

dragon portraits !

[ Chattering, Laughing ]

Drake ! Kwan said

you passed some

kind of test,

so he's gonna

teach you all

the old dragon secrets.

And I've got Osric

practically begging me

to learn how to be a knight.

Isn't it great ?

Look what I brought you

from Osric's library.

[ Drake ] What ?

Books about dragons

and knights.

I do not trust him,

nor do I trust

this Osric.

The danger is

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