Tobey
I waited for them to finish, as I somehow finished before them. Once they did finish I brought out the books, and I hesitated. "I know this probably can't make up the fact I've missed 7 years of your life, but this is where I have been and what I've been doing while you 2 were growing up," I said handing them each a book. The only thing I left out was the map.
"Wait, the first day is written into the book is supposedly a month after our conception," one of them said not fully reading it. The second one was focused on reading the first few pages that explained what happened and why I didn't live on the island.
"Wait, you were banished just because you didn't kill a dragon and it chose to stick around?" He said wide-eyed "That's Bull!" he said, he sided with me. The second one skimmed over it trying to find the exact spot and the other pointed
"Yeah, that is Bull!" I smiled a soft smile
"They claimed I was possessed by the devil and that there was no saving my soul since I had already been interested in his spawn they banished me immediately on the spot. I didn't even get to say goodbye to Ma and Pa." I said looking down at my version of the promise ring, it had a thicker band and it was only engraved. "You know the dragon that that day talks about is the one were are on now?" I asked and their eyes went wide
"What!?" they said in sync and I laughed
"He basically became my family and took care of me the first year as I learned to take care of myself and hone in my skills. Believe it or not, ma teaching me to sew and grow herbs are my most used skills." I said and they were interested in the whole story. I told them about my life and where I live, everything that wasn't in the book. "All of my more dangerous and daring adventures are in that book, I left warnings at the top. All I'm going to say is that if I was considered possessed by the devil when I left, they would call me Lucifer reborn," I said with a pause "So that's how bad some of them are," I said playing with my ring again.
"You have a promise ring, who has the other?" one asked
"Is it her," the other said looking at Kaolin
"Yes," I said looking back at her with a smile "She is the one I presented the promise ring to."
"She sure is gorgeous," one said "How did you do it?" he asked
"Do you want the real reason or the story of how we met?" I asked "Because one is a way clearer answer than the other," I said looking back down at my ring
"The real reason,"
"Then the story after," I smiled
"Because I was kind and actually cared; because I knew how to do many things; I could cook, clean up well, I could build, I could sew, I could grow herbs, I knew medicine; there is a lot I can't do; I believe the biggest part was just the respect I showed her. I remember her saying it's hard to find a man who knows how to be respectful at the right times." I said
"What do you mean by at the right times?" One asked and I laughed
"You will know once you get the talk from Pa, and make sure to ask about the female side from Ma and Ma and other women only. Men tell a lot of lies thinking they know what is best for women, never listening to them. A wise man in a long relationship will always tell you to listen to his wife and never disrespect her on purpose and apologize if you do. whenever you're in an argument she is always right. Then slowly over time you show her she was wrong but don't make it obvious, that's probably where most men struggle." I said
"How come you know all this even though you have been in solitude for 7 years?" they asked
"Because we are farmers and spend most of our days in the field, so we want a happy wife and we will have a happy life. If she is happy and content, she won't cheat, she won't lie, and she won't leave. Even though I was only 15 all the mothers loved me, they loved my manners and they never stopped me from being friends with their daughters because they knew I was respectful and would put the other boys in their place if they were disrespectful. The fathers loved me for that part because they knew their daughters would be safe. So once you move, make a good impression, and watch your manners, everyone is Ma'am or sir. Shake hands with men and give a respectful full nod to the girls, and close your eyes when you do it to show you don't have bad intentions." I said "You should be just fine then and almost all the adults will like you, the other boys might not so you are going to want to learn how to fight so you can stand up for yourself and eventually the ones that surround you," I instructed. The entire time they listened to me.
"How often will we get to see you?" one asked
"Probably around once a week to maybe once a month, because Kaolin still has to visit her parents," I said "maybe if you get your own dragons you can come to visit me," I said with a smile and their eyes lit up. I changed their entire perspective on them and I was glad "Watch out for the wild dragons though, they are dangerous. I know we are on one but I consider King more of a brother, where you are going they consider dragons pets." I said and Amora sat in my lap "I consider them family, I'm raising this little girl right now and she is going to be even bigger than King." I laughed at their reactions because their eyes were wide with mouths wide open.
I continued to talk and bond with them and they were excited. After a long time of talking and showing them the books, I turned to see we were approaching our destination. "looks like we are here," I said with a smile. We flew to the house and landed, I helped the boys get down. "I furnished it all by hand for you already, I even brought you some of my own crops I grow at the hive for you to start with," I said handing my Pa a bag of starting plants. He pulled me into a big hug, then they headed inside. I walked over to Kaolin and hugged her from behind, resting my head on her. My arms were wrapped around her stomach and I quickly kissed her on the neck where her bare skin was showing. I only did it because she was facing forward. "I love you," I said with a smile.