As they spotted the dragon, the dragon spotted them. It growled softly and flew over to them before they could even react. Callum was about to run for it, but Rayla held his arm and the look on her face told him that was a bad idea. Zym was sitting on Rayla's shoulder and looked to the approaching dragon inquisitively.

The dragon landed gently despite its enormous size. Its massive body cast an enormous shadow over them. Callum felt like it had been too late ever since it had first seen them. It held a certain beauty. Maybe it was because Callum loved to draw, he was captivated for a moment with the symmetry of the dragon's horns. The dragon studied them for a moment before its eyes widened as they rested on Zym. It lowered its head and looked closely at the little dragon. A gasp of fire flecked with red and yellow exited its nostrils.

"Yes, this is the Dragon Prince" Rayla replied.

The dragon spouted fire, which rushed towards them. Surprisingly the fire wasn't burning hot, but warm like a summer breeze. Rayla closed her eyes, using her body to listen to the fire.

After the fire disappeared she said, "The humans didn't destroy the egg, they stole it and hid it. Their princes found the egg and wanted to right that wrong by returning it to its mother. On the way the egg hatched. We named him Azymandias".

A short fire shot out of the dragon's snout. He looked at Callum closely. Another burst of fire erupted, this time only towards Rayla.

"This is prince Callum. He and his brother were helping me bring the egg back. Prince... I mean King Ezran had to return to his kingdom, because his father..." she couldn't say anymore.

The dragon gave them both a look of understanding. A burst of white flame rushed through Callum. It felt like sadness and remorse. They spent a moment in silence. The dragon then looked to Zym and short bursts of fire enveloped the baby dragon. The fire tickled Zym, and he started laughing so hard that he fell off. They all chuckled at the sight of the baby dragon. The old dragon's eyes had a brightness to them Callum had never thought a dragon would be able to express.

Sol Regem's neck shot up into the air and a great roar echoed across the valley. Even Callum could hear the great joy the old dragon was feeling. It lowered its neck in front of them and gestured to get on.

While Callum was less afraid than before, he was still quite apprehensive. Rayla got on the dragon's neck and reached out to him. A playful smile was on her face. Callum took her hand and climbed aboard the dragon.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWOOOOOOHOOOO" Callum's fright quickly turned to exhilaration as the dragon soared through the skies.

"This is amazing" he screamed as the winds roared past his ear. He couldn't believe how fast the dragon could fly. Rayla laughed seeing him have so much fun.

Zym tried to fly on his own, but Rayla caught him "Oh no, little one. You wouldn't be able to keep up with Sol Regem, not yet anyway". Rayla smiled at the baby dragon.

The dragon shot out a belly full of fire, which the wind pushed back towards them. Callum seemed to feel he could slightly understand what the dragon was saying. Sol Regem might have been talking about Zym's father.

"Storm Dragon's aren't the fastest, but they have stamina very few could challenge" She said. "The Dragon King, your father, in particular could fly for days". Zym, being a baby, didn't seem too interested in the conversation and was looking, wide eyed, at the sky around him.

"So Zym doesn't understand Sol Regem?" asked Callum.

"It won't take him long, he's a baby, and babies learn really fast" Rayla said, playing with Zym's face.

"Since learning magic, I expected dragons to speak in Draconic, not... well with fire" Callum said.

"Draconic is a magical language, it's not meant for conversing. Its rare for dragons to use Draconic, as it tolls a heavy price on them." Rayla explained. "Most of the time, dragons use their own magic to talk. Storm Dragons use their lightning to speak. It takes a while to get used to, for elves anyway. I haven't heard of a human speaking with dragons but as you're a mage, it should be possible."

A questioning flame erupted from Sol Regem's mouth. It was mostly yellow with flecks of red.

"Oh, you are in for a surprise, Sol Regem. Callum here is the first human to ever master one of the elements" Rayla said proudly.

The dragon snorted an unimpressed flame. It was dull green in colour.

"No no no, he doesn't have a primal stone. Well he did have a primal stone, but he destroyed it to help Zym hatch" Rayla explained. "No, he can connect to the Sky all on his own"

The dragon bent his neck around to look at them. He didn't seem to believe her.

Rayla had a smirk on her face. She looked to Callum and gave him a nod.

Callum sighed inside. He closed his eyes and took a moment. He could feel the power of the sky all around him. It was even stronger than when he had been on the ground. He could not only feel the winds, but could tell where they were going, and where they'd been. It seemed like the winds wanted to tell him about the things they'd seen, but it was faint he couldn't make out what they were saying. He decided to focus. He raised his finger in front of him and started drawing. After drawing Aspiro so often it came easily. When he breathed out, a great gale erupted from his mouth. It surprised him, but then he realised that up above in the air the power of the Sky was stronger, he should have adjusted for that. Rayla was initially surprised but her face quickly returned to the smirk she had been sporting for a while now. She looked to the dragon to see Sol Regem was absolutely shocked. Her smirk turned smug.

Sol Regem was having a hard time understanding what was going on. Being in the sky a lot he had some understanding of the Sky. He couldn't connect to it as he didn't have the Sky Arcanum, but he could still feel the Sky around him. And at this moment he could feel the Sky rushing towards this young human. He could tell there was no primal stone at work. The old dragon turned around and started to descend. When they were on the ground, Callum, Rayla and Zym got off the dragon.

A flame rushed through them and Callum thought he heard the question, "What is he?".

"I am a human" he replied, trying to stay humble "Just an ordinary, garden variety, human".

Rayla gasped, "You understood him".

Sol Regem's mind blanked for a moment. This human was challenging every notion he held. He had been alive for thousands of years and never in all his life was he so shocked. His mind raced as he contemplated on all the possibilities. This human was redefining the rules of magic. When he thought further, his shock turned to fear. He considered the generations of grudges and war and what this human learning magic could mean. Scarlet flames started erupting from his eyes and horns. The previously gentle dragon suddenly looked like a creature of destruction.

Rayla quickly stood in front of Callum. She shouted, "Sol Regem".

The dragon didn't attack Callum, but they could see he was hesitating. If he chose to attack, they wouldn't stand much of a chance. The dragon looked to Zym and seeing the fear in the little dragon's eyes felt ashamed. All the flames receeded back into its body.

"I will not hurt an innocent. You pose a danger to us all, but you haven't done anything wrong. You also helped return the Dragon Prince. We are indebted to you. I apologise for my behaviour", the dragon bowed.

"What did he say?" Callum asked Rayla.

Rayla looked at Callum for a second and told him. Callum nodded at the dragon, but didn't really understand what was going on. The only thing he figured out later was, he had understood the dragon's question earlier because the thought was really simple. When it got long and complicated he just couldn't hold it in his head.

The dragon walked a certain distance away from them, sat down and closed his eyes.

Rayla looked at the dragon for a long time, contemplating on her own.