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It was six months later, after the day when Dudley had ran away, leaving no trace, and now Deadly's twin-sense power had given him a clue, making him hopeful getting dressed at once, telling Sarah to come with him, makimg her guess wy, deciding not to tell the others or get his hopes up until they knew for sure so told Kaley to keep an eye on things until they got back, makimg her realise, why her dad was excited, why Sarahhad a first-aid kit.
"Hey, does that mean the castle's ours, until the adults come back?" Dreadly asked, grinning like Deadly.
"I guess so, you want to be mischievous, don't you?" Kaley said seeing her nod letting her, if it was harmless and not too much mess, because her dad was on alert hoping he and Sarah did find Dudley while they were having breakfast.
Meanwhile in the forest, Deadly was leading Sarah to the clearing in the vision, feeling his twin-sense getting stronger following it to a hidden cave, making him breathe deeply before entering, finding a sleepy Dudley with an nasty bump on his head, coveredin mud, no clothes on besides having mild scrapes.
"I knew we'd find him, we have to bring him home!" Deadly said.
"Yeah, but he probably is feral, being out here for the last six months, but where did that gang go?" Sarah replied, seeing her younger son growl when she brought her dark-brown furred hand near that bump, even though they were trying to help.
"He must have forgotten us, being out here, we just have to remind him." Deadly said to her.
He then brought out a music box from his back-pack, turning the crank as a familiar lullaby played, which was soothing Dudley so Sarah could tend to him, seeing him imprinting with him which was a good thing,
"We were really worried about you, you gave us a really big scare, as we thought you disappeared." Sarah said to Dudley seeing him look confusedly at her
They were taking him back to the castle, despite him whimpering, makimg Deadly and Sarah understand, because they knew his head was hurting, plus they would give him a bath when they returned, making the others relieved, plus Dreadly was giggling because Dudley wasn't wearing clothes makimg Deadly roll his eyes at her.
"It may be funny, but he can't help it, your aunt and I need to give him a bath." he told her.
"Wait until Crystal hears this." Kaley said to herself going upstairs.
She found Crystal and Zedley awake after a while, wondering what the commotion was, until she heard that Dudley was back, and feral seeing said uncle running around naked with Deadly and Sarah chasing after him, seeing Kaley and Crystal helping, seeing Dudley calmer, as Deadly and Sarah caught up to him.
"It's okay uncle, you're safe, we're family." Crystal assured him.
That relievedSarah, wrapping a towel around her younger son, noticing a tattoo on his side, making her eyes widen in surprise, guessing the gang had done that, seeing Dudley nodding making Deadly curse in dragon tongue.
"Relax, I cussed in dragon, even you don't know what I said, so I don't have to put money in the swear jar." he told her making both Crystal and Kaley curious.
"Your dad picked up a lot of swear words from Grandpa Jareth, and say them at school, so we set up a swear jar which is still in the kitchen and in use to this very day." she said to them.
"That's cool, but is Dudley okay now?" Crystal asked her seeing her nod.
"I guess we should be patient, until he decides he wants to wear clothes again." Deadly said seeing Dudley smile, at his words feelimg hungry rubbing his stomach, makimg them understand
Deadly chuckled as he was tucking Dudley into bed later that night/early morning, after they had been hanging out for a while plus had persuaded his brother to let him bandage his head where that nasty bump was, giving him pain-killers to ease the pain and the whimpering that his brother had made earlier, when Sarah had touched it.
"Ssh buddy, you're home now, with your family, even if you don't remember, we'll help you." he said kissing his cheek after explaining that a dragon kiss protected from harm, seeing Dudley asleep, leaving him be.
He wiped a tear away goimg to check on the others, seeing Crystal making a big bowl of Count Chockula cereal askimg, if Dudley was alright.
"Yes he's sleeping after giving him a dragon kiss, along with bandaging his head along with painkillers." Deadly told her making her smile at this, hopimg Dudley would sleep well, after everything he had been through, asking where Kaley was.
"She's in her room with Ferdy, along with Dreadly and Kero." she said in-between bites makimg Deadly grin at his niece knowing that being feral, Dudley was like a baby so they had to re-teach him things all over again makimg her agree.
"Yeah like when he was eating, he was using his hands." Crystal said to him.
He was goimg to bed because he was exhausted after everything that happened today, putting on pyjamas along with a sparkly sleep mask makimg Bentley smile, seeing him out like a light, makimg him smile goimg to sleep himself.
Later that morning, both Deadly and Dudley were awake, going to the dining room seeing the rest of the family there relieved, seeing Deadly wrap an napkin scarf around Dudley's neck, hearing grumpy growls from him.
"When you stop being a messy eater, then we'll take them off, alright?" he said seeing Dudley okay with it.
