The Dragon Prince - THE LONG LOST SON OF AARAVOS - Book 1

I Promise I Will Bring Him Home

As morning arose, Rayla was jumping and running from tree to tree, canopy to canopy. She wanted to find Callum as soon as possible.

As Rayla was running, she saw a figure on the ground. IT WAS CALLUM!

She jumped down to go to Callum.

"Callum!," Rayla said pausing a few feet away from him.

Callum turned his head recognizing the voice behind him.

"Rayla?... what are you doing here?," Callum said in shock to see that Rayla was right behind him.

"Callum... I ran after you!," Rayla said taking a few steps towards him.

"You said that found out something... Horrible... what do you mean?," Rayla asked quietly.

"Rayla... I found out that", Callum took a deep breathe," that... Aaravos is my... biological father," Callum sighed while rubbing his arm scarely.

"Callum... I don't care that, that is who you are... You are not... Anything like him," Rayla said.

Rayla walked towards Callum to let him know that she still loves him.

"I would never... Ever... let you think I don't care about you! I love you... No matter who you are!," Rayla said bringing him in for a hug.

Callum was glad.

"Come back to Katolis, I told Ez that I would bring you back," Rayla said rubbing his arm.

"I left to clear my head," Callum said looking like he was ashamed of himself.

Rayla hugged him.

"Come back with me," Rayla said.

"I'm sorry... For leaving!," Callum said hugging Rayla.

"I forgive you... Of course I would... I love you!," Rayla said putting her head in Callum's shoulder. She was happy to see him.

"I love you too!," Callum said hugging her back.

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After they talked it out, they decided to spend the night under the stars before they went back.

"Get over here Rayla!," Callum said calling to Rayla to share a blanket by the fire.

Rayla walked over to Callum to sit down beside Callum.

Once she sat down, he kissed Rayla. It had been a while since they had spent time alone together, since they weren't on good terms right after Rayla came back after two years.

"To be honest... I missed you a lot when you left," Callum confessed.

"I know... I missed you too... the thought of you is what kept me going... I know this sounds crazy... but it's true!," Rayla said.

Callum was suprised.

"I'm really glad that you came back!," he said.

Rayla smiled then cuddled up by Callum.

"We both got older didn't we?," Callum asked with curiosity.

"Yeah... We did! Especially you! You got taller! And more handsome!," Rayla chuckled.

They both laughed.

"Feels nice to have time to ourselves!," Rayla said sighing.

"Yeah! It does," Callum said. He felt relieved in a way.

Morning came, the two where fast asleep cuddled in Rayla's blanket.

Rayla softly opened her eyes. The sun shone through the tree canopy above them.

She sat up as she was trying to not wake Callum up. She thinks that he's cute when he sleeps. And like always... he's drooling.

Rayla yawned trying to get up to stretch. She usually is a light sleeper. But she thought it might have been because they finally have been able to be alone together, and not having to worry about anything.

As she was stretching she heard Callum groaning. Of course he's waking up. He sat up squinting his eyes to adjust his eyes to the sunlight.

"Someone's awake!," Rayla said.

Callum yawned, then smiled.

"To be honest you always, always wake up after me," Rayla said chuckling at his hair standing up.

"I think it's because you are always a soft sleeper," he said looking at Rayla.

They both stared at each other, then chuckled.

Rayla put her head on his shoulder. Callum smiled then put his arm around her.

"You want to leave soon," Rayla asked.

"To be honest I kinda wanna cuddle a little bit," Callum said.

Callum thought to himself for a while. He thought... He never apologized for the way he acted when rayla came back after those two long years.

He knew he should.

"There's something I need to tell you," he said nervously.

"What...," Rayla said.

"When you came back... I acted so distant and upset and angry... I... I'm sorry for acting the way I did," Callum said honestly.

Rayla was suprised of what he said. She hugged him.

"Callum... your not the one who needs to apologize... It's me... I left... but I didn't know how you would feel after... how long I was gone... I guess I just got carried away with my beliefs that I forgot," Rayla said honestly.

Callum hugged her.

"I'm sorry too," he said back.

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Meanwhile, they finally left and got back to Katolis.

"Hey looks like your brother is back," Soren pointed out to Ezran.

"Callum... Your back," Ezran said running to give him a hug.

"There he is... The step-mage!... Still funny," Soren said, then squeezing the life out Callum.

Soren let him down, Callum was huffing for air after that one.

"You ok?," Rayla asked.

Just... huh... give... me... a sec," Callum said huffing for air.

"Soren?... Don't... Ever... Do that... Again," Callum said.

"Fine... But it's still funny," Soren said jokingly.

"Now that everyone is back, now we can figure out what to do next, of the Aaravos situation, and make sure he stays in that mirror," Ezran said kingly.

"Yeah... We do," Callum said.

"I think we should fix the mirror to see if he's still in there," Callum said honestly.

"The last time we did... You were possessed by him Callum," Rayla said cautiously.

"And make sure Claudia doesn't free him," Soren said.

"Yeah... She wants to free him... We need to stop her," Rayla said.

"Whatever it takes... But we need to agree that we will deal with Aaravos first," Callum said in confidence.

"Agree?," he said.

"Agree," everyone said in sync.

"Then we deal with Aaravos!," he said.