Father Amends - A Callum story/The Dragon Prince

Family Past

After a couple hours of searching through his mother's old papers, he came across an old brown wooden box that was very dusty.

Callum pulled it out and blew to get rid of the dust.

He coughed as the dust blew everywhere.

He took his fingers to scrape off what looked like a carving in the lid of the box.

He scraped off the dust to reveal that his name was carved in the box. He recognized this hand writing, it was his mother's.

He then took a deep breathe and slowly opened the box.

Inside was a mess of papers, pictures, and side notes from his mother. He couldn't believe she kept all this.

As he went through the box, Rayla walked in.

"What's all this...?," She asked putting her hand on his shoulder.

"I guess my mom kept all this and carved my name in this box," he said looking at the papers then at Rayla.

"Found anything useful yet?," Rayla asked.

"Not yet! You can help if you want!?," he said.

Then she kneeled down to help.

Rayla then found an old book that she found in the stash that he pulled out of the wooden box.

She opened it.

As she opened it a little piece of paper fell out.

She picked it up, reading the handwriting on the back.

Sarai, I am so glad that I get to raise our son with you! I want you to know I will always be there when you need me.
Love you so much, and our little boy
Love, Brandon

"Callum... you may want to look at this!," Rayla said knugging Callum.

Callum grabbed the piece of paper reading the back.

He was shocked. He finally found his father's name.

He then turned it over revealing a picture of his mother, father and him.

Callum smiled in shock.

"I can't believe this, now I know how to find him," Callum said looking at the picture.

"I'm glad you found something useful, what now?," Rayla asked.

"Now! We can start finding him," Callum said starting to get up, tucking the picture in his pocket.

Callum cleaned up all the papers and put the wooden box in his room.

He then grabbed some things, so did Rayla, and they both left to start searching.