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AI-less Whumptober Day 1: Disowned by family (Alt Prompt 7)

Fandom: The Dragon Prince

Summary: What if Soren's meeting with Claudia, Viren, Terry, and The Being went differently.

  Soren loved his family. He had always loved his family. Even after his mother left, even after his father had told him to kill the princes, and even after Claudia blamed him for walking away.

    He loved them.

    Now he was facing them again; tied to the ground by vines. Claudia's hair was half white now. Viren looked the same as before. I looked like he hadn't aged a day. An elf boy stood with them as well as a terrifying butterfly looking elf child.

    There was silence. The only noise was the breeze running though the trees. "Soren" Viren spoke.

    "Dad?" Alarms sounded in Soren's head. This was wrong. Viren was supposed to be dead.

    "I don't have a son."

    Terry looked at Viren, shocked.

    Soren froze. He looked over at Claudia who looked away. So this is what it feels like, being disowned by your family.

    The guard had known, deep down, that this was going to happen. He knew that when he didn't return to Katolis with the news that the princes were dead, Viren would be angry. He knew nothing would be the same and after a while he realized nothing should be the same.

    Claudia turning away hurt more. She had been through everything with him. She had saved his life; in more ways then one.

    "Oh. Well then I don't have a father." Hurt laced every word. Soren felt so helpless to the situation. It felt like he was back at the beginning. Like he was that scared eighteen year old kid following every order from Viren.

    Soren tried to fight the vines. He felt them dig into his skin, the same way Viren's words and Claudia's cold gaze did.

    The dark mage walked over to Soren. "Leave him here."

    "What?" Terry asked. "Isn't that going to kill him?"

    "He's an enemy guard, why should I care?"

    "Wow, okay" Soren mumbled.

    Viren started walking. He left Soren behind. He walked away like he always did. That's when Soren really understood he had no blood family anymore.

    Claudia followed. That's what she always did, follow Viren. Then The Being ran after them. Terry stayed. He loosened the vines, "I'm sorry." Then he walked away.

    Soren fought through the vines until he got out. He looked towards where the others had gone. It was time to find his family, his real family.

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