Hi everyone! I'm back with another chapter! It's awesome that you guys seem to like the story so far considering how this is different than what I usually write. Enjoy the chapter!

Disclaimer: I own nothing. Credit to Achocolatada for the idea of this story.

Where we left off:

The figure then reached up to grab his hood and when he pulled it back, I gasped.

The figure I had found was Brady.

Mikayla POV

"Brady?" I asked softly while walking towards him. He nodded in response to my question. When I reached him I wrapped my arms around him in a hug slowly because I was still trying to process what was happening. He wrapped his arms around me in return. We must have stayed like this for a couple of minutes even though it felt like hours. He's back. He's back here on Kinkow and he is safe. That was all I could think of. Brady's back. If he's back than why hasn't he come to the castle then?

"Brady?" I asked but it was muffled since I had my face buried in his chest. "Hmm." He responded. Why is he so quiet? His voice seems a little deeper but he usually is a lot more talkative then he is now. "Why haven't you come back to the castle?" As soon as I asked this question he backed out of our embrace. "Why does it matter?" He snapped back at me in response.

He caught me off guard with his tone. "What is up with you? First you threaten me and then you snap at me when I didn't do anything to you! Why are you acting like this?" I was screaming by the end of my rant. He quickly rushed over to me and put his hand on my mouth so I couldn't speak. "Quiet down!" he snapped at me again while looking around to make sure no one heard. I quickly moved his hand off of my mouth and grabbed my machete. If he wasn't going to come back to the castle I was going to make him. Unfortunately for me he had noticed what I was doing and had grabbed his machete as well. "Why are you doing this Brady? Just come back to the castle. No one is upset you left. We all want you back. Come with me now please. Boomer would love to be able to see you again." I tried to reason with him so we didn't have to fight because I knew I would beat him easily. Unfortunately for me I was wrong. He swung his machete at me softly but still hard. He must have gotten some training after he left. I could tell he was trying to fight me but not hurt me at the same time. We continued fighting for a few minutes, him sometimes winning, other times I was winning.

Eventually we heard shouts of, "Mikayla! Mikayla! Where are you?" It sounded like my dad and a couple of the guards. I quickly looked outside the cave to notice it had become dark outside and was night. While I was distracted Brady used it to his advantage and knocked my machete out of my hands. He then quickly tied up my hands and feet before gagging me. After he finished that he began to quickly pack up his stuff. Apparently he had heard the shouts as well. As soon as he was finished packing everything he had his backpack with everything in it like food, clothes, and anything extra, he grabbed his guitar case, and finally he had all of his weapons strung on his belt for easy access and made them easy to take with him. He then started to quickly walk to the mouth of the cave before he paused. It seemed like he was debating with himself. Finally after a moment he spun around and started walking towards me. He grabbed his dagger from his belt and put it in my hands so I could cut myself free. "See you soon, Kayla." He murmured before walking to the entrance once more, this time pulling up his hood and taking off in to the darkness.

I watched him go with a pang of sadness. I had found him only to lose him again. My dad started calling out for me again so I used the dagger Brady had given me to try and free my hands. Unfortunately I dropped it which resulted in me being stuck and hoping my dad would find the cave. A few minutes later one of the guards found the cave I was stuck in and called everyone else over. My dad came running in. "My baby girl, who did this to you?" He asked me, worry laced in his voice. As soon as he was able to get my hands and legs free I removed the gag. "Daddy, Brady's back. I found him. He was living in this cave before I found him and he took off running from here a few minutes before you guys found me. We have to go after him!" I finished my sentence before I took off running in the direction Brady had gone.

I ran with a couple guards with me while the others had been split up to search and cover more ground. We continued running and searching for Brady for a few minutes before we came upon a clearing where we had to stop and rest. I sat down against a tree and put my head in my hands. I sat like this for a few moments before I looked up. Since I had nothing better to do because all the guards were tired and didn't really believe Brady was back and thought I had finally cracked they were just aimlessly wondering around and wouldn't help me find Brady I was looking around the trees. When I looked up at one of them though I saw a glint of metal. Brady. He was hiding in the tree and was probably hoping we would leave the clearing thinking that he was never here. His hiding spot was actually very good. It was extremely hard to notice him unless you really looked closely. He had his back to me so he didn't see me when I walked behind the tree so I could hopefully surprise him and make him fall out of the tree and into the clearing. I quickly climbed the tree behind his and tried to as quietly as I could sneak over to his tree and push him out of it.

When I had finally reached right behind him and was about to try to push him he turned around to make an escape. As soon as he saw me he jumped in surprise and fell out of the tree. He didn't have his backpack or his guitar with him for some reason though. All he had was his weapons on his belt. With the sound of him hitting the ground the guards all looked up. His hood was still over his head so they couldn't see who it was that had randomly fallen out of a tree. I quickly hopped out of the tree myself and snuck up behind him. Right as I reached him he started to back up and was about to turn to flee when I quickly yanked his hood off of his head. Everyone in the clearing gasped before getting to their feet and started to close in on him so they could take him back to the castle. Unfortunately as soon as they stood up Brady spun on his heels and took off running in to the darkness again. "Guards! After him!" My dad ordered while taking off after Brady himself.

Everyone started to chase the raven-haired boy through the jungle and I must admit he seems to be faster than he used to be. We all continued like this for about thirty minutes, the guards and I chasing Brady while he was running through the jungle. We kept going in and out of the dark side and the light side. Finally he had to stop when we came upon a waterfall. He was stuck at the top of the waterfall while we were all closing in on him. "Come on now Brady. This doesn't have to be any harder then you make it. We could all just go back to the castle together and have everything be nice and happy. I'm sure your brother would be extremely happy to see you. Just come with us now and everything will be ok." My dad tried to coax Brady in to coming with all of us back to the castle.

Brady was glancing between us and the waterfall though. He isn't going to jump, is he? Right as we were about to reach him he turned to jump but right before he could my dad grabbed him and pulled him back away from the edge. "Let me go!" Brady yelled. "Brady calm down please! We aren't going to hurt you. Relax!" My dad yelled at the boy who was struggling hard to get out of his grasp. Brady almost got out of my dad's grip before some of the other guards had to come and hold him down.

They were all trying to get him to calm down and to stop struggling but it wasn't any use. Brady looked extremely upset now but I couldn't tell why. Shouldn't he be happy that we found him? Now he can see his brothers and stay with all of us on Kinkow again. Why doesn't he want to come? "Wait a minute. Let him go for a moment." I ordered. The guards all let go of him and backed up slightly. Brady dusted himself off while glaring at all the guards. I walked toward Brady slowly. "Brady? How about this, if we let you walk yourself without anyone holding you down back to the castle you have to come with us and no trying to run away. Deal?" I asked while standing in front of him. When I looked in his eyes I could defiantly tell he was conflicted about whether or not to come. Finally after a minute or two he nodded. "Alright then. Where is the rest of your stuff? Like your guitar and your backpack."

"My stuff is back at the clearing we were in." Brady spoke softly. What has happened to him? He used to be always so happy and energetic and well, talkative. "Alright then let's go get your backpack and guitar or whatever you had and head back to the castle. It's time we all turn in for the night."My dad spoke while turning around and starting to walk back to the clearing. All the guards began to walk with my dad as well. Finally it was just Brady and I at the end. He kept glancing around and then he would look back at me again. "Come on. Let's go." I spoke to the boy while wrapping my arms around one of his and beginning to walk after everyone else. Brady stayed still though. When I noticed this I turned around and looked at him. Brady had a guilty and uncertain look on his face. He was still glancing between me and off in the distance. "Brady? Please come back with us. We all want you back. Don't leave us again. Please?" He still looked uncertain. Finally he nodded once again and stated to walk with me.

We quickly hurried to catch up with the others who had reached the clearing. Everyone was standing there trying to figure out where Brady had put his things. "Do you mind telling us where your stuff is?" My dad asked Brady once he noticed we had arrived. Brady nodded and let go of my arm before walking over to one of the trees. He quickly climbed the tree before a backpack came falling out of it followed by Brady jumping down with a guitar case in one hand. He then grabbed his backpack before walking over to us. "Is everyone ready?" I questioned. I received everyone nodding their heads in response before we all started to walk back to the castle. Once again Brady and I were at the back of the group. Why won't he say something? Does he not want to talk to me anymore? I honestly wasn't sure what was with Brady. All he was doing was staring ahead and trying not to trip on any tree roots.

"So how have you been?" I asked, trying to start a conversation. "Good." Was his reply. This caused me to sigh in frustration. Once again we walked in silence until we finally reached the castle. All of the guards went to put their things away so they could go home and get some rest while my dad walked towards Brady and I. "You can stay in one of the guest rooms for tonight. Ok?" he questioned the runaway king. "Yes sir." Brady responded before following my dad to the room he was to sleep in.

Maybe things will be better in the morning. Maybe he's just tired and didn't feel like talking. If this behavior of his keeps up though I'm going to find out why and what has made him like this. Truth to be told I really miss the old Brady. The one who would always flirt with me and make strange jokes. If only I could figure out what is going on.

Brady POV (Yay!)

After Mason led me to the room I was staying in for tonight he turned to face me. "Listen Brady. Please no funny business or trying to run away again or anything ok?" "Yes sir." I responded quietly. "It's nice to have you back again Brady. Boomer is going to be very happy to see you plus he might have a surprise for you as well. Have a good-night." He spoke while turning around and walking out the door, closing it behind him. As soon as he was gone I sat down on the bed and put my head in my hands. Why did I go with them? This wasn't what I was supposed to do when I came back. I wasn't supposed to let myself get found. I should have left the cave the instant Mikayla left the first time. Why did I stay! I should have known she would come back. Mikayla can be too curious sometimes.

The reason I had come back is because while I was in Chicago I still kept having vision dreams even though I wasn't king or on Kinkow anymore. The dreams kept going for a while until one night I had a dream where my parents actually came to me and warned me that Kinkow was in danger and no one knew it yet. My parents couldn't tell me what was coming all they could say was that something bad was coming. Whatever is coming is intent on destroying Kinkow and killing the kings. Now it's up to me to warn everyone about what is going on even if they may not believe me.

Done! It took me forever to write this chapter! I hope everyone liked it! Now you know why Brady's back but what's coming? Let me know what you think!

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