The Chained Dragon Prince

Chains

Callum stares at the floor. Master should be coming in three minutes. He sighs. Master Viren was much nicer than his daughter Claudia. At least he gave him food, clothes and water. Without the mind games or the magic blasts. Well Dark magic blasts.  At least he does that when he is in a good mood. Callum is only ten years old. He stares at the walls of his imprisonment that was lined with dark Magic ingredients and tomes. It made him sick. The door crept open revealing Claudia.
No. She removes the pendant on her neck revealing her true form that haunts Callum's memories. Her pointed ears, her charred inky black horns. Her wings of black tar. Her hair swings in a dark symphony back and front. Her claw like four fingers. It sicken him. The dark aura surrounding her. "Callum my darling I'm so lucky to have a test subject for my spells!", she sings. Then the aura gets larger and larger blasting him. He refuses to scream. His horns, wings, and tail scream in pain but he refuses. Claudia smiles at his struggles. He calms himself everything fades to black.

Seven hours later

Ezran stares at his father gently with sorrow. Something is wrong. He nods before heading off to his room packing slowly. Soren enters the room. He sighs. He is the head Crown Guard and he has ordered to do something he doesn't like but he can get over it. For Ez. A part of him actually likes this job. Protect the future King. "Hey Ez. How are you doing with your packing?", He says all too knowingly. "Something is wrong, it's not like my dad to tell me to go some place that has fun things to do without him.",Ez says softly. Soren stares with a grim expression. Ez stares back in those searching. "Hey listen sometimes something strange your dad tells you to do is for your safety. He loves you so much, in fact I'm a little jealous. My dad is more stiff and harsh than yours.",Soren says opening up a little. Ez is shocked as he ranks to Soren bashing him in a hug. Soren is silent before letting himself be hugged. Soren leads Ez outside. They walk together with a small smile. There was silence as Soren turns. He sees the elf. "Ez, you know a good place to hide where no one can find you?", he whispers softly. Ez nods. Then they run. The elf chases after them. Ez turns silently and was shocked. He turns back heads to the secret passage ways.

They stare at the place they were hiding in. "She won't get through here. It took me months to learn the combination.",Ez says then the stair slides down again revealing the elf.
"Come on! How did you learn that?!",Soren grunts as he pulls out his swords. "I just pressed the jelly tart finger prints.", the elf says before staring at the room filled with materials that wrenched magic. "Runnan was right. Humans aren't worth sparing espically after what you did to the King of Dragons and the Dragon Prince. You killed them! With dark Magic! You obviously didn't think the consequences for killing them!",the elf says enraged. Soren puts the swords down. Dark Magic? Did dad? "I'm sorry for what my father has done to your King and his heir. The heir shouldn't have died. Nor should have your King. No kingdom deserves that.",Soren says looking at the floor. The elf is taken back for second. She stops and stares at her hands that held white wristbands. "I'm sorry. You think I'm a monster but I'm not for what I'm about to will have me killed. Assassins are coming for two tonight. The King and his heir. Prince Ezran who is in this room. And these wristbands will only come off after it is done. Now I'm going to tell you to run far away from here.",The elf says moving to let them through. Shackles shake waking them from the trance of shock. They turn to see something that they could never erase. A small pool of blood that lays underneath a boy in shackles. His wings, horns and tail shine faintly as the night sky. The elf steps back shocked. "Who is this boy to Xadia?"Soren asks softly. "The Dragon Prince. Ryuu Phoenix. He was thought to be dead but why is he here? He needs to go back to his mother!!",The elf says softly. Ezran places his hand gently on the boy's forehead. He feels memories flash.

Fear.

Despair.

Someone save me!

Claudia, Claudia, Claudia!!!

Viren why!

"When can I go home?" Callum (Ryuu Phoenix) says softly with a plead.
"Never."
It was always the same answer. He always tried to see or picture his parents. He got everything but their eyes. He had to burn the memory in his mind.

Mom, Dad. I'll come home eventally. I promise. We'll be together again!

Ezran backs away shaking. Soren stares at him. "Claudia and Lord Viren had him chained down here. They were collecting his blood and torturing him." Ezran mumbles out horrified. Soren was silent. The elf was enraged but she told them her name. Rayla. Soren began undoing the shackles while the stairs began to slide down revealing Claudia in her glory. She was pale. "Ezran, Soren!! Soren why aren't you protecting Ezran from the elf! What are you doing why are you unchaining the dragon!", she shrieks. "The dragon is a child that needs to be returned to his mother and saved from you!", Soren screams. Claudia was silent. "I'm sorry, Soren but I must stop you.",She says as she crushes the pendant of their mother off her revealing the form that Ezran and Callum have seen. Soren and Rayla was shocked.

Runnan always told her when a primal source is a primal source. When there is a living thing having a connection to it. That's why she hated dark mages that had connections to it but now she is a born dark elf. Claudia is. It made her sick to her core. "Elf of dark magic. Soren take Ezran and Ryuu out of here now!", Rayla screams pulling out her swords. Soren nods grabbing the pair.

Then the elves dance. The dance leaves Claudia in chains. Which allows Rayla to catch up with Soren. They reached the ground and with Soren placing Ryuu and Rayla in the hidden compartments of a carriage all seemed right. Rayla pulls them back. "I need to stop them. There is no need of vengeance tonight.",Rayla says softly. Soren stops the carriage and turns back. They all head to the main wall. Runnan stares at a Rayla and shouts angrily after she told him. Ezran runs of carrying Ryuu protectively.
Ezran, Soren, Bait and Rayla did their very best with his wounds. Soren even "borrowed" a lot of actual primal things from his "family". He kept this storm stone and this star crystal just in case. Ryuu was covered in bandages woven softly. Soren comes out and drops his treasure sword at the moon shadow elf's feet. "There you can kill me right now.",Soren says without a glint of fear. Runnan was shocked. He stares at Ryuu glowing brightly at the stars. His skin now a starlight complexion matching his starlight scales. He is the first ever star dragon to roam. "He's beautiful but what they done to him is atrocious.", Runnan says the hurt and rage burning. "I know it was my father and my sister. They chooses the way of dark Magic but I chooses to be a guard. I'm not into it. Even before I met Ryuu.",Soren says his rage meeting Runnan's. Runnan nods. He takes an arrow and whispers draconic words as it flies off to closes dragon. Sol Regan. One who will for sure spread the word. "Listen there is only two ways to release.",Runnan says he fires another arrow. Rayla's wristbands fall off glowing a bright white. He grabs them quickly and fires the next arrow to their village. Rayla was shocked with everyone else. "Tonight shall be a distraction for you to run away from here and get the Dragon Prince home. Now go!", Runnan says as his wristband for Ezran falls off. Soren and Rayla  nod before heading quickly back to the carriage and dashing off to the Banther Lodge for supplies and to make sure Ryuu is awake for their journey across the Human Kingdoms and Xadia. Ezran softly was tugged in the passenger seat with Ryuu and Bait. They sleep softly dreaming of a world where there was no chains.