The Dragon Prince - Marked

Part 6

After fumbling around, Callum finally got Rayla out of her soaking wet clothes and hung them to dry. He turned back to see Rayla in his jacket. Was she blushing? Callum brushed off his thought as he walked over and sat down with his back against the tree and signaled Rayla into his arms. She happily obliged his request. The silence gave Callum time to think about something. That something being his strange clothes. He noticed that over the last couple of days, his clothing has felt as if it were shrinking. He had to stretch his pants to fit the length of his legs and his shirt no longer fit the length of his arms. He was also stretching the shoulder area of his shirt as if his shoulders got farther apart.

"What's wrong Callum?" Callum looked down to see Rayla looking up with worry. "You're thinking about something and its stressing you out."

Figuring it best no to make something up. Callum told her his current problem.

"Well, I don't know if I'm just crazy, but these last couple days it seems that my clothes don't fit anymore. Pants are to short; shirt is too small. I don't get it." Callum told her.

Rayla took a moment before asking him

"Have you noticed that you're taller than me now?" Callums eyes widened in sudden realization. "And how much stronger you gotten?"

The silence was eerie. Finally breaking it, Rayla spoke,

"Well tomorrow, we'll be passing through another border town. We can get you some new clothes and maybe we could check with a healer. They may have an answer."

"we should probably get the clothes, but Rayla, it's probably just a growth spurt."

"Maybe, but that only accounts for your height, not your muscle growth too."

Figuring it best to not question it further and feeling the pull to sleep, Callum simply nodded and threw the last log onto the fire before pulling Rayla closer and falling asleep. Rayla thought about Callum's situation only a moment longer before relaxing into said boy to fall asleep.

Unlike their last couple mornings, this morning was uneventful. The two woke up, packed up camp, grabbed the sleeping Zym and headed into town. As callum put his jacket back on, he rolled his shoulders to make it settle on his body. In doing this, both he and Rayla heard the obvious ripping of fabric.

"Well, it's a good thing that we'll be getting you new clothes now isn't it?" Rayla giggled, looking at her confused partner.

After only an hour of walking, the Pair arrived on the edge of town. Rayla kept walking while Callum stayed by the tree line. Finally noticing his absence, Rayla turned to see Callum nervously looking around the town. Rayla couldn't blame him for being hesitant of walking into a town of elves. She approached him cautiously.

"Hey, don't worry. The people here are just like the other town. They want to help not hurt." She grabbed his hand and gently pulled him as she walked into the town. Callum was quiet as he was constantly looking around them. Rayla quickly found a local tailor and dragged the boy into the building. The tailor heard the front door and called out from the back room.

"I'll be there in a second." Moments later the shop's owner strolled around a corner. He stopped for a second, surprised that a human and a moonshadow elf stood in his shop, and that they held hands. Quickly getting past his confusion, he asked how he could help them.

"My friend here is getting too big for his clothes." Rayla said smiling.

The man nodded and gathered his things to take measurements of Callum.

"Alright boy holds out your arms so I can measure you. Oh, and take off your jacket." Said the tailor. He and Rayla laughed as they took note of Callums shirt ripped down his back. Blushing red as the tailor took measurements, the tailor quickly jotted down all the numbers he needed.