The Reunion

Chapter 1

The two fish were sat at the back of the bus, Ahab deep in thought as Nicodemus slept, thee two nearing the end of their ride into their new home town. It would be their new home for the foreseeable future, hopefully for the rest of their lives. 

They didn't have much as they'd been moving about constantly during the last eight years, all in an effort to find their lost son, but they'd never had any luck. There was no trace of him, none, and after 8 long years of searching they'd decided enough was enough.

They couldn't dedicate the rest of their lives to searching for a son who might not even be alive anymore. All they were going on is hope and prayers, that somewhere, some place, he was okay, but they both knew after what had happened that this was just wishful thinking.

They would never forget Raglan, their young, optimistic, bouncing bundle of joy. The two years they'd gotten to have with him were the best of their lives, and they wouldn't have changed even a single second of it, well except for what happened at the very event. The event that lost them their son.

She shook her head, not wanting to remember that day. They had put that long behind him, and had focused on getting their son back, no matter what. But after eight long years of searching they just couldn't do it anymore. They couldn't spend the rest of their lives like this.  They had to move on, settle down somewhere, and continue on with their lives, however hard it would be. It was a hard decision, but it was one that had to be made, and after much debate and reluctance, they had finally made their decision, and were now on their way to begin their new lives, in the town of Elmore.

Ahab decided to get out her phone and check out this social media she'd heard the town had. It was their own custom made one, specifically for everyone in their town. Elmore Plus. She might as well get used to it and see the people they'd be getting to see on a daily basis.

She made an account and began to brown the various videos and images available. God, the variety of people here was astonishing. There were T-Rexes, Some peanut people with a glowing yellow girl she could only assume was their daughter, A potato family, Living toast, A cactus girl dating a balloon boy, the variety of people here would take a lot of getting used to...

Suddenly she scrolled past a video and immediately did a double take and scrolled back up to it as something caught her attention. Was that...? No, it couldn't be...

She took a closer look. It was a blue cat boy making a video of some random crazy challenge. But that wasn't what caught her eye. It was the person who was with him. A orange fish boy with legs that he called 'Darwin'. Could he be...

She quickly went to their account and continued to scroll through their feed. There she saw more videos and images posted by them, celebrating birthdays, him giving a pink baby bunny girl a piggy back ride, them playing pranks on each, him taking a selfie holding a picture of a ghost girl next to him for some reason, and many more.  

The more she saw the more she couldn't believe her eyes. The fish was celebrating his birthday on the same day that Raglan's would be, and not only that, he was celebrating his tenth birthday, exactly how old Raglan would be. Judging by some of the 'throwback' pictures they had posted of themselves when they were younger, they and the rabbit girl must all be siblings, with Darwin being adopted by them, quite a few years ago by the looks of it.

Her mind began to race, unable to believe what she was seeing. She quickly turned and shook the shoulder of her husband, Nicodemus, jolting him awake.

"Wh-huh!? Honey, what's wrong, are you okay? You look like you've seen a ghost."

"I...I-I-I think I've found him...." She stuttered, struggling to even get the words out due to how in shock she was.

"What? Found who?"

"Raglan! I think I've found Raglan."

"What!?!" He gasped in disbelief.

"Look at these videos and pictures I just found! It has to be him, it just has to be!"

He began to scroll through them, and slowly his eyes began to widen as he realized she was right. It was him...

After all these years, just when they'd given up hope....they'd found him...

He began to cry tears of joy before suddenly pulling his wife into an embrace.

"I can't believe it! We've found him, we've actually found him! This is amazing!"

Although she too wanted to get excited she managed to stay calm, trying to think rationally. "We shouldn't celebrate too early dear. We only know he's somewhere in Elmore. We don't know where to find him yet. And even if we do, he might not remember us. He might not know who we are anymore."

"Even if he doesn't,. we have to track him down, we have to see him again. At least we'll know for sure that's him and that he's okay."

She nodded. "You're right." She then slowly began to smile. "Ooooh, this is so exciting" After eight years, we're finally seeing our son again! Our little Raglan!"

Nicdoemus placed his fin on top of hers. "and just when we'd given up too..."

She looked up with a large smile. "The universe must be looking out for us..."

The bus arrived at it's stop and the two grabbed their bags and stepped off.

As the bus drove away the two stared at the town in front of them.

Somewhere in there, in this amazing town in front of them, was their son. And today, they would find him. 

Today, they would finally have their son back.