Jake Long, American Dragon, is sick. Sick of always the one who is the one on call. Sick of going through all of this shit alone. 'I just don't want to be alone in this. Trixie and Spud help, but they can't understand. I love being the Am Drag, but it seriously kills my social and love life.' he thinks as he falls into a deep sleep. Unaware of what will happen to him the following Monday morning.

BEEP!BEEP!BEEP!

The alarm goes off. A hand keeps trying to switch it too off, but keep failing. "Shut the fuck up!" Then, then hand turns into a dragons arm and smashes the clock to bits. 'I think I over did it.'

Jake gets up from his slumber and heads to the bathroom for his shower before school. Standing in front of the mirror in nothing but his boxers, he stands there examining himself. At the age of 18 and a senior in high school, his body has definitely reaped the benefits of being the American Dragon. With broad shoulders, nice, sculpted pecs, and the forming of a six-pack, he is pleased with himself. He strips off his remaining article of clothing, and steps into the hot, steamy shower. While in the shower, his mind wonders off. He gets the feeling of a dream that he had last night. He can't remember what is was, but he feels like he has had it before.

"JAKE!! Hurry up for breakfast or your going to be late for school!!"

"Okay mom. Be there in a minute." Jake replies.

After dressing himself, and sitting down to eat with his family, his cell phone goes off. Jake opens the phone to see that he has a new text message. 'We're outside – Momma Trixie' Jake finished off his food and heads outside to meet his friends.

"Jake you alright? You seem like you mind is in another place." Spud asks his friend.

"Huh? Oh, I'm fine. Just lost in thought I guess." Jake replies.

Within 5 minutes, the school comes into view. The trio jump off of their skateboards and head into class. They head into their Mythology class, and grab their seats. Just then, Professor Rotwood comes into the class, but with this boy that Jake has never seen before. This boy stood at about 6 feet tall, he had black hair with some blue streaks. He was wearing a pear of baggy jeans, along with a somewhat tight black shirt. He had some rim-less glasses, and silver stud earrings in each ear. But the part that caught Jake the most was the boys eyes. His eyes were a mixture of ice blue and green. When they looked at you, it was almost like they were staring into your soul.

"Class, this is Sage Ryu. He has just transferred here from Pennsylvania. Mr. Ryu, why don't you go sit to Mr. Long in the back." The boy named Sage then walked to the back, and sat next to Jake. Jake wanted to say something to the boy, but his mind was blank. Then, with a tap on Jakes shoulder, Jake looked over to his left.

"Hi. The name is Sage. What's yours?" Jake was at a loss of words. It's like he didn't even know his own name. Trixie, sensing his anxiety, butts in. "His name is Jake, and my name us Trixie, and that weirdo over there is Spud." Sage looks over to his right and sees this boy trying to lick his own nose. Sage gets closer to the boy and asks, "What are you trying to do?" Spud, still trying to lick his own nose replies, " Trying to see if I can lick my nose." Sage looks at him and says, " It really isn't that hard." Spud stops what he was doing and looks at Sage accomplish the feat that he's been trying to do for the past half hour. "DUDE! You gotta tell me how you did that!" With that, Rotwood stops his lecture. "Mr. Spudenski and Mr. Ryu, I would be quit if I were you. This will be one the test on Wednesday." With that, Jake, Trixie, Spud and Sage stop talking and look at the board trying to seem like they care what the professor was saying. Unknown to Jake, Sage was thinking the exact thing that he was thinking. "Everything that hack is saying magic is wrong."


After class, the rest of the day basically went among it's usual business. "So what do you think of the new kid?" Jake asked his friends. Trixie looked at him, "He's aw'ight. Why? Does Jakie boy have a little crush on the kid?" Jakes' cheeks turn scarlet red. He just looked at his shoes. "I thought so..." said Trixie "Jake. There he is. You should invite him to the movies tonight with us."

Without a second thought, Jake jogged over to Sage. "Yo Sage!!" The boy stopped in his tracks, looking towards where the voice came from. "Hey Jake. What's up?" Jake stopped next to the boy. "Hey. Trixie, Spud and I are going to the movies later. You wanna come with?" Sage was baffled. He had only been here one day and he had already had plans.

"Sure! I'd love to. Where and when?" Sage replied, sounding a little eager.

"The movie starts at about 8, and we are going to this movie about 10 miles from here. It's one of the biggest near here."

Sage frowned, "I don't have a car."

"No problem. I'll pick you up."

That was all Sage needed. He grabbed out a piece of paper and wrote down his street address and his cell number. "Here is my cell number and street address. Give me a call whenever."

"Ok. I'll pick you up at around 7:30" Jake replied, grabbing the piece of paper.

Sage got on his bike. He looked at Jake, "See you then." He winked at Jake and gave him a little smile. Jake just looked into the air with a dumb look on his face.

"Jakie? Hello? Anyone home?" Trixie began to knock him on the head. 'Boy must be dreaming.' Jake finally came too and they headed off home. On the ride home, Jakes hand never left his pocket where he safely guarded the note.

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