The Wizard and The King
Tony was walking through the woods. His horse had slipped in a thicket and was injured. Now he had to walk all the way back alone. The sun was setting and the forest was beginning to look more and more like a jungle.
He gave up and sat down on a big rock. Someone would come, they had to come. After all, the great prince was missing. He heard a crunch from behind the trees. He drew his sword, hoping it wasn't an attacker. “Who's there?”
There was no sound, but then he saw a pair of eyes. “Come forward, let me see you.”
A young man - or boy - in a long cloak moved towards him. “Who are you?” The boy looked a little different, certainly not noble, but he was dressed too specially for a commoner.
The boy bowed slightly, “I am a wizard, my lord.” The boy seemed to know who he was.
“It would not be good for you, wizard, to be alone in the woods in the dark of night, especially in the company of a prince.” the man said.
The young man smiled, “Don't worry about me, my lord, until you find your own way, you have only yourself to worry about.”
He knew there was something wrong in these woods. He had to get out of here, but it was dark and he couldn't remember any direction. “A wizard grants three wishes to each person he meets, my lord, if you wish to grant them.”
Tony didn't want to believe this rubbish but he didn't seem to have a choice. “Very well, then. I accept.”
The boy smiled, “O Tony Stark, crown prince of House Stark, I grant you the first of your three wishes.”
“Right now I wish for the guards at my palace to come here, find me, and take me back to the palace safe and sound.”
Tony suddenly felt a beam of light behind him. He looked back and saw his soldiers. They were coming towards him on their horses with torches in their hands. It couldn't be, it was just a small coincidence.
He moved towards his soldiers and when he got on his horse, he looked behind him, there was no one there.
**
Years and years and years passed. Tony ascended the throne and became king. But one thing everyone kept saying was that this king had no heir.
Tony knew that every king had to have lots of children and name heirs, but he couldn't. No woman could carry the king's child.
His people came to him with all sorts of different solutions, but none of them worked. And then he got another piece of advice, a wizard.
Tony knew that most wizards were nothing more than tricksters, but he had one in mind. First he put adverts all over his city, but the young man was not one of them.
Tony summoned one of his toughest soldiers and told him to disappear into the woods and bring back a young man in a cloak.
And he actually did it. The boy didn't look kidnapped at all, perhaps he had come of his own accord. Tony spoke, “O wizard we have unfinished business, remember?”
The wizard smiled, “Very well my lord.” The boy smiled and bowed his head in acknowledgement.
“I, King Tony Stark, make a wish for the wizard before me to carry my heir and my offspring.” Now his hand and the other guards in the room looked at him in surprise. But Tony would not be silent.
“My last desire is that the man before me will be my companion for life. Till death do us part.”
Slowly the wizard straightened. “O great King Tony Stark, your wish is my honour.” He slammed his hands together and there was a flash of white light. Tony suddenly saw his entire future flash before his eyes.
A happy and peaceful life with the man in front of him, when suddenly his name flashed in his mind like a light, Peter . A moment of peace in bed with Peter, their first child, and old age . Everything Tony could wish for.
Soon there was a wedding, and again soon Peter was actually pregnant. Tony couldn't believe his eyes, all this wishing nonsense was really happening.
He put his hand on Peter's bulging belly. It was really there, Peter spoke. “You have one last wish, my king.” Tony looked at him, not understanding what he meant.
Peter kissed him and, of course, before he could resist, pulled him into his embrace. “It was my last wish that I wanted to marry you.” He could barely get the sentence out between their kisses.
Peter laughed, “Oh really? I thought you'd asked me to marry you and I accepted.” Tony broke their kiss and looked at him in surprise. “So you just accepted because I asked you?”
Peter wrapped his arms around the man's neck and pulled himself further into his embrace. “What? You think I'd put your child in my belly and let you marry someone else? How could I miss being the consort of such a handsome and powerful man?” “You really are mad.”
“Yes, Tony Stark, I am mad with love. No magic can make that happen, don't forget that.” He pulled him towards him and started kissing him again. The only thing Tony knew was that they were definitely going to have many, many children .