A/N: Alright I have been gone for a good 8 months and I guess I dont really have an excuse. I will get back to my other stories in time but I need to finish rewriting this one because it was floating through my mind the other day and started irritating me by how bad it was. This is much better, at least by my standards. Im going to try and update every couple of days. Try being the opperative word :) Happy reading :) P.S. this is much longer than the original :)

Disclaimer: I don't own American Dragon: Jake Long.

REVISED as of: 10/27/11

~The Race~

Dragon P.O.V

It was a chilly Autumn night as I flew around Central Park. I wasn't able to sleep. Again. This was really getting irritating.

As I flew over a grove of trees in the quiet park, something caught my eye. A flash of red darted by moving faster than any human could. That instantly put me on guard. If it isn't human that meant it was a magical creature, and while I didn't think one would bother me it was best to be a little cautious.

I sniffed the air and caught a whiff of something spicy. 'That's odd' I thought to myself. I couldn't think off a magical creature that had a smell quite like that. Except… maybe well I kinda smelled like that. But that would mean…. I took another whiff of the air just to be sure.

Yep there was no mistaking it. There was another dragon flying around Central park. And that meant I was encroaching on someone else's territory. Ahh crud. I heard the distinct whistle of wings snapping through air that seemed to be coming from…. right behind me.

Jake P.O.V

I was out In Central park dealing with a pack of goblins who were counterfeiting Britney Spears Cd's and selling them on the streets. It hadn't been all that hard to take care of but they had managed to blast 'Baby One More Time' in my ears before I was able to take their Cd's away from them.

My ears are still ringing with that terrible thing that most of the population calls music. I had just begun to fly home when something caught my eye.

Another dragon was flying a ways in front of me. It was a smallish white dragon with red spikes. Said dragon was looking around wildly and froze when it caught sight of me. Right now I was really hoping that this was not another crazed fan.

Those people are insane, but it's even worse when you have a 2,000 pound troll girl who thinks she is going to marry you, and won't take no for an answer. I was broken out of my thoughts by the yell of "Don't eat me!"

I looked at the dragon who had landed on the ground and was currently backing away, which in my opinion was a stupid move if you were afraid someone was going to eat you, but my curiosity got the better of me so I flew down and landed a good 30 feet away.

"I'm not going to eat you" I said in a reassuring voice.

The other dragon sat up a little and looked at me oddly. "You aren't?"

By the pitch of its voice I guessed that the dragon was a girl. "Err no. Why on earth would I do that?"

She looked at me as if I had suggested that pigs could fly (which they can-at least in the magical world) "But I was in your territory, I shouldn't have been here."

"I don't think that Central park can really be referred to as my territory, and even if it was I wouldn't care all that much as long as you were just flying through." I replied.

What was this girl going on about? I had never heard about anything that said you can eat someone in your territory-if it was that way I would have eaten half of New York, but that would be cannibalism right? At least I think it would be.

She-Dragon P.O.V

Okay so this guy wasn't going to eat me? Well that was relief. I wasn't exactly in the mood to be eaten for a late night snack. I thought for a moment.

Right now I had two options: A. Fly like heck and high-tail it out of here and B. See if there was anything I could do in order to thank him for not eating me. Being raised properly by my mother I was forced to choose the latter option. I sighed and looked back at the other dragon.

"Is there anything I can do to thank you for not eating me?" I said in my nicest miss manners voice.

The other dragon seemed to think or a moment before nodding slowly with a small grin on his face.

"Would you race me? Just to the first pier in the harbor?"

I looked at him for a moment before nodding. I guess this guy was just full of surprises. "Sure," I replied.

"Alright on my mark, ready, set, GO!" At go both of us took off, pushing away from the ground and flapping out wings frantically to gain ground on the other. Right as I had gotten a bit of a lead, A garbage can came flying out of nowhere. "What the!" I yelled. I heard his quiet laughter as he passed me. Jerk.

Snarling, I ripped the trashcan off my shoulders and flew faster than I ever have in my life. 'No more little Mrs. Nice Girl' I thought as I shot after him.

Jakes P.O.V

That probably wasn't the nicest thing I had ever done, but it defiantly wasn't the meanest either. Anyways I was starting to lose, and Jake Long doesn't lose races, or even . 30 feet till I reached the harbor, but that female dragon was gaining and fast.

I put all my effort into flapping my wings and I hauled my butt towards the pier. I barely reached the pier first, just by a single flap of my wings, and she barreled into me as I landed. I landed with a loud "Oof" as she flew into my back. That was probably going to leave a bruise.

She-Dragon P.O.V

The cheater barley beat me. That was actually a remarkable feat, considering I had always been faster than all the other magical creatures I had raced. Or ran away from.

I was moving too fast to even try to stop so I just let fate take its course and plowed right into the other dragons back. Hah. I hoped that left a bruise.

It was payback for hitting me with a garbage can, and laughing at me. Though I suppose I must have looked pretty funny. I sat on him for a moment just for good measure before moving a few feet away to catch my breath.

He was really lucky that the trash can had been empty or I would have been really mad. He got up groaning in pain from the impact of the pier and a speeding me.

"Gah that hurt" He said as he sat on his haunches and stretched out his back.

"Good." I said glaring at him. "It was payback for hitting me with a stinking garbage can."

"Then I suppose were even. You know, you are really fast. I had to bust my butt just to win and barely at that." He said looking at me.

"That's nice to know." I said avoiding his gaze by looking up at the sky. From the position of the moon it was…. Holy crap it was LATE. I had better get back home before my mom realized I wasn't in bed. I turned back to the other dragon.

"It was nice meeting you and all but I really have to go. I'm sure we will meet again someday. Thanks for not eating me." I said as I spread my wings and took off. I heard him yell something that sounded like,

"Wait, my games Cake, what's chores?" But I wasn't sure. I didn't have the time to go back and ask so I merely waved and flew off in the direction of home.

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RFG