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Aidan

As Canela's father stopped hugging me, I looked back to see the Harns' slowly getting their control back. "I think we should talk somewhere else..." I recommended. Canela's father saw the Harns' gaining control, too, and demanded everyone to come to his house. Canela, her father and I flew off first, the others' flew off a bit later. We made it to Canela's house and walked inside. I've never been to her house before, so this was a first time experience. I looked around to familiarize myself to the place. "It's a nice house you've got here." I complimented her father. Soon enough, the rest of them made it here, and Alice sent a Terror Mail back to aunt, to tell her to also come here. We sat down in her living room, which was fairly big. Canela's father was about to tell me everything he knew about my father. "Aidan, Alice, your father and I were really good friends, we've know each other for a very long time. When I heard about what had happened about your father, I wanted to avenge him, like so badly. So I set out to find the family involved, only to find out it was the Harns'. There's not many people who mess with them." Canela's father explained. "I guess you're part of that 'not many'." Alice jokingly said to me. "If it's to do with family, I'm not afraid to do anything." I answered back, before smiling. "Anyway, more about your father. Recently, I saw something I thought I'd never see again, I saw... your father." Canela's father then said. "What, my father? You sure it's him, people do change as they age." I questioned him. "It was him alright, I even spoke to him." he then said. "So, what did you say?" I then asked him. "I asked him everything anyone would have asked him at that point. I asked him about how he was still alive, and where has he been living for all these years. He told me that the Harns' didn't finish him off, though they tried their hardest. His Rumblehorn saved him, and they set off, away from the Harns', away from everyone, to live in peace, and not fear." Canela's father then said. "Until recently, he returned. He kept some journals with him, too. He said he goes wherever the clouds take him." he then added. "Wherever the clouds take him? That could be anywhere." I said. Then I thought carefully about it. The journal I found had R.L on it. "Oh my Thor! How did I not see this before?! The journal I found was my father's, Rodri Larson!" I shouted out. "Aidan, Alice, there's something your father gave me, so I could give it to you two. Your father must have known you would eventually be lead to me, it was destiny." Canela's father then said. He got up, and walked upstairs. Alice and I followed him, while the rest stayed downstairs. He then went to his room, and went through a draw. From the draw, he pulled out a letter. I was already getting emotional, and Canela's father saw that. "No no, this is not a farewell letter, it's a letter with clues on where he could be." Canela's father said to me. He gave me the letter, I read it out loud, slowly. "Son, daughter, I know you'll eventually find this letter, and it looks like you have. Where I am is not somewhere you know of. I'm at the Larsons' secret, hiding away from the rest of the world. If you find out where that is, then please do come for me." is what I read out. "Larsons' secret? What could that be? Do we even have a secret?" I questioned Alice. She looked equally as confused. "Did mum ever mention this secret to you?" I then asked her. "No, mum didn't mention anything about any secret. All she mentioned to me was about how the Harns' had captured us Larsons', and some Olsons', that's all." Alice replied with. Alice and Canela's father went back downstairs, while I stayed in his room, thinking about what the secret could be.

About a minute later, I heard something coming upstairs. It sounded like a Dragon, but not as aggressive. That's when I saw Devil, coming to me. Aunt must have made it then. "Devilllll! Aren't I happy to see you!" I said in joy, before picking Devil up and swinging him around. "It's nice seeing the positive side of you." someone then said. I looked at the doorway, and it was Canela, I then stopped swinging Devil around. "What do you mean, you think I'm usually an aggressive person?" I questioned her. "No, no, not that. It's just that you seem to have a lot of bad things going on in your life. The Harns', the mystery of your father, Roel. You seem to be the leader of your family too, if you consider that as bad." she explained, getting closer to me. Devil was roaring at her, acting protective over me. I knew once he gets started, there's no stopping him. "I wouldn't get closer if I were you. He's a bit too protective." I advised her, and she stopped in her tracks.'' "Anyway, I don't consider myself as the leader of my family, I consider myself as any other member. After all, I'm still a 15 year old boy. My family doesn't run like the Harns', we don't value some as 'leaders'." ''I explained to her. "You're a Guardian, you're pretty much fearless when it comes to family matters, you're just what your parents would have wanted you to become, Aidan." Canela said to me in a soothing manner. "My parents..." I replied with, sounding depressed. Devil looked up and saw the expression on my face, he must have thought Canela was definitely evil now, as he started acting more aggressive. "Look, about your parents... it's best to think of them as they are looking over you in Valhalla." Canela then said. "You don't understand! My father, he's out there right now, waiting for Alice and I to find him! What if I'm too late? What if I actually see him this time, killed by the Harns'? He's out there right now, hiding from the rest of the world, now why might that be?!" I said out of frustration. "Sorry... about all this." Canela said in a quiet voice, before walking off, to what looks like her bedroom. Devil then looked at me scared, with his eyes wide open, which looked very cute. "Don't worry Devil, I won't let anything happen to you, I'll promise you that." I said, before picking him up and hugging him.

Five minutes later, I was back at the Guardian Clubhouse, with Devil and the letter. I was just walking around, until Freygair stopped me, he had another boy with. "Not so fast. Aidan, this is Vix. Vix, this is Aidan." Freygair introduced us, and then we shook hands. "He's the new Guardian, show him around." Freygair ordered me. "But... but I have to do something now." I said to Freygair. "If you don't show him around, I'll throw that little Woolly Howl out of the clubhouse." Freygair countered. Devil showed aggression back at Freygair. "Okay, great. I needed to do something? Is that what I said? Pfft, I was just joking, obviously. Come Vix, let me show you around." I said to Freygair, it was the first thing I thought of saying. I showed Vix around, I showed him the rooms, the training area, the Bewilderbeast and its pool. I then showed him his new room, which was Ar's one. I told him that it belonged to Ar, a former Guardian. "I don't know if I should take this room or not. I don't feel like it's right of me." Vix said to me. "I'm sure Ar wouldn't have minded." I assured him. ''"Come on, it's time to introduce you to the other Guardians'." ''I then said. "Because apparently I have to do Freygair's job for him." I murmured. The first person I saw was Isla, and I introduced Vix to her. Then came Kate, and Kat was still nowhere to be seen. "Hold on, I'll go look for her." I told Vix. I finally found Kat, she was in the training area. I called her over, and she came, ready to meet Vix. When we got there, Vix was at the front, with Freygair. Freygair had his hands on his shoulder.'' "What the..." ''I thought to myself. Freygair introduced Vix to everyone, as if I already didn't do that. ''"Damn it, Freygair! Taking credit for my work!" ''I said to myself. Everybody looked at Vix curiously, and Vix looked nervous. After talking to him for a while, gathered around a table (Michael was there, too), Rita ran in, crying. Seeing her crying, we all went towards her, to ask her what's wrong. "Where's Aud?" Isla asked her. Rita then went on to explain everything that happened, and none of us wanted to stay back and do nothing. “Well... we will just have to go get her back!” Isla said, determined. "Wait, I think we should look at these papers first. Here Aidan.” Aud replied, handing me a scroll. I rolled open the scroll and read what it says. What it said is not what shocked me, it's who it was contracted by that shocked me... the Harns'! The scroll was signed by the Harns' and 'co'. Who is the 'co'? "What is it?" Rita, rather nervously, asked me, as she could see me shocked. ''"Your dad is working with the Harns'! This letter is a contract between them!” ''I revealed. Then Kate snatched the scroll from my hands, and read it herself. I could see the disbelief in Kate's face, too. “Who are the Harns'?”  Rita then asked me. “Oh Rita, we have to fill you in a lot.” I replied with, by Rita's and everyones reactions, I could tell they were in for a surprise. ''"The Harns', they are the natural enemies of us, Larsons'. They are this big, 'powerful' family that want to take over and corrupt the Hidden World!" ''I explained to them. Everybody looked shocked. ''"Why did you choke when you said 'powerful'?" ''Rita then asked me. ''"Because I've already humiliated them on more than one occasion. I've actually... I've actually killed their former leader..." ''I hesitantly said. Everybody, but Kate and Isla, sighed. ''"Never knew you had it in you!" ''Isla then said, sounding proud. ''"It had to be done. They... they tried to kill my mother and supposedly..." ''I said before taking in a deep breath. ''"They've supposedly killed my father..." ''I then said quietly, sounding sad. Everybody, once again, looked shocked. ''"If we want to take down them and their 'co', then we need a plan, a good plan." ''I told them. ''"We can't just go out there, with no plan, to rescue Aud. You never know, their 'co' might be there too. We need someone that's sneaky, someone that can spy on them without beeing seen. I would do it with Shadow Cloud, but I need to work on the plan, so someone else has to do it." ''I then explained, before yawning. "''We need to talk about this tomorrow, the day is getting weak. Even if that means leaving Aud for a day." ''I said, before looking at Rita. Rita was reluctant to agree with me, she wanted her sister back. She finally 'calmed down' and we went to sleep.

The next day I woke up early, because I had early shift. I did the usual morning routine, and put my shoes on to go on patrol. Shadow Cloud and I made it to the spot. ''"If you think about it, Stormy, Rita's kind of like in my situation. Her sister is out there, waiting to be found by one of us. Kind of like how dad is waiting to be found, too. But the Larson secret, what could that be? That's been bugging me a lot. Do you think aunt would know? I don't know, I need to ask her." ''I said to Shadow Cloud. Then from out of nowhere, Canela appeared. ''"Look, Aidan, about yesterday, I'm sorry about what happened." ''Canela said to me, while being far away. ''"It's okay, you can come closer, Devil's not here." ''I told her. She got closer and repeated what she previously said. ''"I'm going to have to apologize too. I lost it yesterday, all the tension got to me." ''I responded with. "''To make up for it, I brought someone along with me..." ''Canela said, before Anders appeared. ''"Woah, how do you know him?" ''I asked her. ''"I don't. Once I told your aunt about what happened yesterday, she recommended bringing him to come talk to you." ''Canela replied with. ''"Aidan, is it true? Did you lose your cool on her yesterday?" ''Anders questioned me. ''"Well, it wasn't really me losing my cool. Me losing my cool is an example of what I done to Stanley." ''I answered back. ''"Aidan, you know you should control your anger. Remember what happened in Viking training academy?" ''Anders asked me.

(Flashback, 4 years ago, same year in which Canela rejected Aidan, and he became a 'clown') ''"Hey Larson, what's next? You got rejected by your sister?" ''the school bullies teased me with. ''"That was quite the insult. Especially regarding the fact that I have no sister..." ''I jokingly replied with. ''"Oh yeah, that's right. Dumb parents passed away too early!" ''one of the bullies mocked me with. I turned back to them, angry. ''"You insult me, that's somewhat acceptable. But you insulting my parents isn't! Bring it on! One of you, I don't care who it is, fight me!" ''I shouted at them. In stepped the biggest bully in the group, he was the rudest and strongest. ''"I don't care, fight me!" ''I shouted at him. The whole school gathered around, circling us. Despite all the students being there, there was no teachers, somehow. Then Barny ran to me and dragged me a bit back. ''"Dude, are you insane? You're going to fight him? You know you can't take him on!" ''Barny said, trying to talk me out of this. ''"I have to, Barny. I need to show people why they can't talk about my parents." ''I explained to Barny. Barny could see the determination in my face, and smiled. ''"It's all about the family to you. That's the Aidan I know." ''Barny said. ''"Go on, take him down." ''Barny added. And so the fight began. The bully went for the first punch, which I dodged. The bully then tried to swipe me, but failed in doing so. I landed my first punch on him, which shocked him. The bully then got a couple of punches on me, which was harmless. I then used a move my master had taught me, the ultimate swipe. I performed the ultimate swipe, and the bully was on the ground. ''"Go on Aidan, finish him off!" ''I heard Barny shout from the crowd. I was just about to give him that one crucial punch to the face, which would have made him unconscious. As I was going to, I heard a voice in my head. ''"No Aidan, don't do it! It's not what I would want you to do!" ''the voice said. It was my mother's voice. Her voice was followed by another voice. ''"Son, listen to your mother and I, don't do it! Think about him and his family, how would they feel?" ''the second voice said, it was my dad's voice. I purposely missed my punch, punching the ground instead of his face, before breathing heavily. This is not the first time I've heard my mum and dad's voice in my head. Finally, the teachers came, and they saw me in the wrong. I was expelled from school that day, much to my master's disbelief.

(Back to the present) ''"What happened that day wasn't my fault, and you know it wasn't." ''I said to Anders. ''"Your fault or not, I had to train you from that day onwards. Do you have anything to say?" ''Anders then asked me. ''"Sorry uncle Anders, and sorry Canela, for 'losing my cool' yesterday." ''I said to the both of them. ''"Good, now control your anger and emotions." ''Anders said, before flying off on his Death Song. ''"That was quite something, wasn't it?" ''Canela asked me. ''"Uncle Anders was always there to help me control my emotions and anger. If it wasn't for him, I probably wouldn't have became a Guardian." ''I told her. ''"Aidan, there's something I need to talk to you about." ''Canela then said. ''"I have something to tell you, too, Canela." I responded with. "It's about the relationship..."'' we both said at the same time. ''"You go first." ''I said to her. ''"No you go first." ''she said to me. ''"Fine, I'll say it. Canela, I've made my mind up about the relationship.... and it's a no for me...." ''I broke to her. ''"That's fine Aidan. I was going to say that I don't think I'm ready for a relationship yet." ''Canela replied with. That went better than I expected it to. ''"I mean, we can still be friends, but not in relationship." ''I said to her. ''"Yeah, at least I got that out of my chest. Catch you later!" ''Canela said, before flying off. Shadow Cloud and I went back on patrol. For the remaining time, all I saw was a flock of Changewings and, oh yeah... Roel. He was just there, looking at me. I was acting like I didn't see him, because let's be honest, who wants to see him?

When the shift was over, I went back into the clubhouse.'' "Hello and good morning!" ''Kate said, as I walked in. ''"Good morning everyone!" ''I replied back. Everyone said good morning back. I looked at Devil and noticed he looked bigger than usual. Wow, he was growing! I then sat down, ready to discuss the plan on how we are going to get Aud back. Kate looked like she needed to address something. ''"Today was the day. Today was the day that changed my life. Today was... was the day that...... that..." ''Kate managed to get out, before she got up and walked into her room. Okay... weird. She came out of her room with the uniform on. She then walked to the landing pad. "Kate? Where are you going? Isla asked her.'' "I just need some time to myself. it's personal, I am sorry guys." Kate answered back. "It's ok Kate, we all have stuff." Isla responded with, which was true, well for me at least. Stormslicer and Sniper tried to go with her, but Kate didn't let them. Kate then jumped off the landing pad, she had a flight suit, luckily. When she was gone, I bashed my head on the table, then looked up again. "Why can't Kate just have someone that loves her? All her family hate her!" I said to everyone that was in the room. "We need to do something about this. Something that would surprise her and make her happy at the same time. Though we do need to prioritize Aud's rescue mission on top of it." I added. "I need time to think about the rescue plan, give me by the end of the day." I told them, then flew off to the Harns' base. Shadow Cloud is a stealthy Dragon, so we were watching their every move without them knowing. At first, all there was were a bunch of Harns', discussing something. Then came a big surprise. Barny, Garmal, Jack, Roel, Kate's grandmother, my uncle and Braiden were all there! They were all discussing something, though I couldn't hear it. "Shadow Cloud, get me closer." I said. Shadow Cloud sneaked us closer. Now I could hear what they were saying, and I could just about see them. "Has the plan been made yet?" Braiden asked one of them. "The Harn leader captured a girl, she's one of the Guardians. They'll definitely come back for her." Kate's grandmother replied with. The 'girl' they are talking about is Aud! Then walked in a man that I've never seen before. I couldn't have seen him before because he was looking down, and he had a big hat on. "So, did you all agree on the deal?" he asked them, in a deep voice. They all nodded. Deal? What deal? "How about if one of them was spying on us, for say. Spying on us like..." he said before he clicked his fingers. His Deathgripper fired acid towards Shadow Cloud and me, but it caught the wall we were hiding behind. The wall melted down, revealing us. All of them looked at us, until Roel shouted "Attack!". "Get us out of here Shadow Cloud!" I commanded. Shadow Cloud span around and flew up. Some of their Dragons' fired at us, but Shadow Cloud dodged them. Garmal got close to me, and attempted to slice me with a sword. His sword caught my armour on multiple occasions, but not me. Shadow Cloud fired at his Dragon and they fell. Now nobody was around us, they were all at the bottom, looking up at us, and we looked down at them. "This war is bigger than we thought... I need to tell the others' about this." ''I said to Shadow Cloud, before we flew off to the clubhouse. I kept looking back, to make sure nobody was following us. Unlike a certain someone that never looks back. We made it to the clubhouse, and everyone, apart from Aud, was there. They all saw my uniform sliced everywhere. "Guys, we need to talk, this battle is bigger than you think..."