Jayle

The Brother


He and his sister were found wandering through the plateau, caked in dust and brimming with electricity, as if they were unaffected by the cool breezes surrounding them. It is unknown why they are here or how they came to be alone so far from their home, but the Akeva clan could not turn away two lost hatchlings.

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While Ema is practical and good with machines, he is whimsical and adept at lightning magics. Also, a chaotic good, he want's to reclaim the rightful throne he and Ema were promised at birth - but that's really just his latest fancy.

For most of his life, Jayle was unworried about his past; like his sister, he was content. He would practice his magic (usually recklessly), flirt with attractive dragons, and occasionally wonder what his charge was. As he grew, he became slightly more curious about finding his charge, and he began jumping from place to place and hobby to hobby, hoping to find something that felt right. Finally, one fateful day, a pair of miths found their way to the crossing, and marched straight up to Jayle and Ema.
"I am Fluffington Von Duste" began the larger mith. "I have traveled long and far to find the two of you, and to tell you - it is time to come home"
Jayle exchanged a confused look with his sister, and the mith quickly continued.
"You will not remember me, but I was there the day you two hatched. The beloved heirs to the Flashwing Kingdom, pride of your parents and joy of the people." He cleared his throat, and the smaller mith put his hand gently on Fluffingtons shoulder. "Unfortunately, I was also present for the destruction of your kindgom, and the death of your parents at the claws of the Clouses Clans warriors." It was my husband and I's duty" He gestured to the smaller mith beside him. "To save the two of you, and escape the castle before you could be killed as well." He waited a moment for his words to sink in.
"King Lilwen and Queen Naris trusted us with your safety, and it was my greatest shame to lose the two of you amidst the dust storms and the rampages of the seige. But now, after all this time, I have finally found you again. I swear my complete allegiance to you, as the rightful heirs, and beseech you to accompany me back to your homeland, where you will reclaim your stolen thrones." With that, the two miths knelt before the dragons and awaited their reply.
Ema was the first to speak. "Um, thank you, it's - it's great to finally know about our origins I guess. But I think we are alright here. You can stay of course, but I'm pretty happy with my life right now."
Fluffington was quiet for a moment, then he looked up. "What? How could you not want to return to your kingdom - to defeat the villians who stole everything from you?" He sounded genuinely baffled.
"Well, I mean, are the people of...my... kingdom - are they being oppressed or are they unhappy?"
Fluffington seemed confused by the question. "Well, no, they are doing just about the same as before. But they do grieve for their lost rulers." He replied.
Ema considered that for a moment. "Hmmm. I mean, I'm really more pro-democracy, so, not really into ruling a kingdom. And if they aren't suffering, I say let them be. Those Clouses guys beat us fair and square, I'm sure they'll do a fine job." With that she turned to her brother, to see if he had anything to say. But Jayle seemed to be lost in awe, staring at Fluffington.
"My charge" He murmured. "I've finally found it."
Fluffington, who had been looking at Ema in befuddled despair, perked up excitedly at this. "Oh, your charge! That is great my leige! Yes, as a guardian, of course your charge would be your kingdom. We should depart at once!" He begain fluttering upwards, but before he could do anything else, Jayle had knelt before him and was speaking somberly.
"I pledge myself to you, I will protect you and honor you until my dying breath - it is you Sir Fluffington, you are my charge." It seemed he had not heard a word Fluffington had said. "Whatever you wish, I shall do; and wherever you go I shall follow - this is my duty forevermore."
As he finished speaking, Fluffington could only stare at him in shock. "But, my liege, it is I who is honor-bound to protect you! You cannot be in service to me when I am in service to you." He sputtered on, clearly about to combust in some way. All the while, Jayle stayed knelt obediently before him.
Ema exchanged a lightly amused nod with the smaller mith. "Nice to meet you, I think I'll let you handle this one."
The mith laughed, "Gee thanks" He went up to Fluffington. "Darling, darling, please calm down. It's alright, at least we finally found them."
"But this is NOT how it was supposed to go Amodious, they were not supposed to be content with their lives - they were supposed to be filled with righteous justice. And the prince was certainly not meant to pledge himself to me! Oh what will we do, what would the queen and king think, why did I eat so many donuts before we got here -"
"Shhhh, shhh, my love" Amodious stopped his ramblings. "Listen, let us just stay here for a while. The kingdom isn't going anywhere, we can spend some time getting to know the heirs, and eventually, I'm sure we can convince them to follow their destines. How does that sound?"
Taking a deep breath, Fluffington managed a small response. "okay..."
"Wait" Jayle suddenly popped his head up to look at the miths. "Did you say kingdom? Heirs? That sounds awesome!"
*cue the frustrated wails of one very tired mith ambassador*

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