2 gryphons 2 dragons part 3

We finally decided to land in a clearing of the forest about forty miles away from the facility. We all landed with a moaning pain from our wings. We decided to just make camp here for the night with one of us keeping watch just in case we were followed. As the girls fell asleep Daniel and I stayed awake.

“Hey Eros do you think we’re being followed?” Daniel asked me.

“I don’t think we are but I know we can’t go back to our families to live normal lives.”

“Well yeah but we have to go back and tell them what happened.”

“Honestly you guys can go back to your families but I have none, remember I’m an orphan.” I told Daniel.

“You are not an orphan, young one. You have just been waiting for me to get you.” A voice from seemingly nowhere said to me.

“What do you mean?” I said as I started to look around with Daniel. I soon spotted her as she was landing beside Daniel and I. She was a Gryphon just like Solice and I. But unlike her and I, this gryphoness had only one color and that was a jet black.

“How do you know who I am and who are you?” I asked her.

“Well, that’s easy dear I’m your mother.” She answered.

“But how can you be his mother if he was a human a few weeks ago?” Daniel asked her before I could.

“Yeah how could you be my mother?”

She simply sighed and said it’s a long story. But I just said we have the time. She said alright I’ll tell you the story. Just as she was beginning to tell the story of my life before I was a part of Daniel’s family, Solice and Si-ann woke up. They looked around as they got up. But their eyes locked onto the gryphoness lying with Daniel and I.

“Eros who is this gryphoness?” she asked me with anger in her eyes. I think she has a crush on me and truth be told I have a crush on her.

“Solice before you get angry and defensive this gryphoness happens to be my mom.” I answered.

“How can she be your mom? I thought you were a human like the rest of us before that day and an orphan also.” Solice said as she calmed down.

“I will tell you when I can stop being interrupted.” The gryphoness said.

My mother proceeded to telling the story to us. “well it was 13 years ago. I was running through a forest trying to get to a portal connecting our world with this one. There were assassins coming after you. Someone in the kingdom found out if the crown prince died and the king and queen passed away then the head of the council and his or her mate would become the rulers. So I brought you to this world for your safety. I made it to the portal and getting you through but I was caught by the assassins and held for ransom.
They stuck me in a cage that was barely big enough for a adolescent Gryphon let alone a full grown one such as myself. Those assassins weren’t exactly the brightest because the cage they put me in had a lock that was loose. So I slashed the lock breaking it and ran back to your father.

Now thirteen years later I have come back for you and Eros, you are the crown prince.”
She finished with tears in her eyes. Like my mom, I was also in tears. I ran up and hugged her almost knocking her down. It had been so long with any real parents to care for me, Daniel’s parents were great but they didn’t feel right to me when they were caring for me.

“I’m glad your back mom.” I said in between sobs of joy.

“Me too son, me too”

Daniel decided to speak up with some unsettling news. “Eros, I think I should tell you something. I know what happened after your mom got you through the portal to this world and not yours.”

“You didn’t think about sharing this information with me earlier.”

“It didn’t come up until now.”

“Ok, can you please continue?” I said.

“Sure, my father when he was hiking in the forest behind the house, he heard a cross of a baby wolf crying and a baby bird crying. So he decided to find out what it was. When he got to where he heard the crying coming from, he looked around to see what was causing the noise. Dad searched for about ten minutes determined to find you and care for you. As dad was leaving he found you. He told me and mom that you looked at him with those eyes of yours and tried grabbing his long beard. Mom later told me that her and dad didn’t know what you were since you were a mix of a bird and a canine. He brought you home, mom was a little scared of you but when she saw that you were just a baby. She changed her mind. After about a few weeks after he found you in the forest you decided to hide again like you normally would. But when we found you.” He paused for a moment. “You were human. The only thing that told us that it was you and not someone else was your brilliant eyes as mom would say it. That tells how you are a gryphon but you were a human.” When Daniel finished he was out of breath.

“Now that we got that out of the way. Are you ready to come back home son?”My mom asked.
“Yes but only if my two dragon friends can and I’m guessing Solice that you are going if I go” I said as I looked at Solice. She just nodded.
   
“Yes they can come. They don’t belong in this world anymore than you and I.” as mom finished saying this Daniel’s and Si-ann’s expressions along with their faces dropped. I guessed that they were going to miss their families if they went with me.

“But won’t our parents miss us?” Si-ann, who had been quiet up until now, said.

“They probably think we’re dead because we haven’t been home for a few weeks.” Solice chimed in with a dead serious look on her face.

“I guess your right besides we don’t belong in this world anymore.”

“Now then if that’s settled we really should be going” I said and started following my mom with Solice behind me. I could hear Daniel and Si-ann whispering to each other. “I’m not going” “why we don’t belong here anymore.” “WHY, because someone shows up out of the blue and says that.” “No, it’s just better for my parents to think I’m dead. I’m going with them with or without you.” “Well Eros needs someone to watch his back.” “Alright then let’s go” and with that they flew off to catch the others. When they caught up I simply nodded to them in greeting.

“Ok, we are at the portal. It might feel weird but don’t panic. If you do I can’t say what will happen.” Mom warned.

I can’t really describe the feeling of going through the portal. But it was like being in a lukewarm bath that changed from hot and cold rapidly. We soon arrived in the world that was my home and the others new home. It was beautiful with the snowcapped mountains in the distance and the forest with leaves from spring, summer, and autumn. We also saw a castle with a surrounding city. I guessed that was where we would be going to see my father and my home for the first time since I was a hatchling. I hope he’s still alive and mom wasn’t running the kingdom by herself.