American Dragon: Jake Long: Hunting the Huntsgirl

by a3grimreaper

2 months after Hong Kong Longs, the summer has come to a close and Jake is back in school. Things are finally starting to return to normal... but how normal can things be when you live a double life as a fire breathing dragon? This is the first of many stories to come in place of Season 3. Try to think of each story as an hour episode. Old faces return, and some new along the way

1. Day One

Jake and his friends rode their skateboards down the sidewalk. The wind blowing across their faces, as they listened to the sweet hum of wheels on concrete. The long summer had come to an end. Jake thought about his grandfather's old proverbs. He would probably say something like, "When one door closes, another shall open in its place." Jake's new door, was high school.

"So Jakey, you ready to get down on some new stomping grounds?" Trixie called out.

"Totally, a new school means a new start, with no Rotwood, no long lists of tardies and a absences, and no..."

"No fuzzy green meat loaves?" Spud interrupted.

"Yeah." Jake responded. "This year is going to be great, I won't have to deal with a crazy principal trying to expose me, and since Gramps has cut back on my dragon training, so I'll finally have time to study and relax, and a little extra time for some other things."

Jake hadn't told Trixie and Spud yet, but of everything he had to look forward to today, high school was at the bottom of his list. At the top of his list, was Rose. She was coming back to New York to attend a year of school on a Foreign Exchange Student program. A little ironic, Jake thought, given that she is from here. Her plane was supposed to land later in the afternoon.

"One of things I'm really looking forward to," Jake said, "is a year without Brad."

"Where is Brad?" Trixie asked.

Jake was eager to reply, "Held back again. Between his grades, and his last week prank on Rotwood, the chump is still in middle school."

Jake, Spud, and Trixie were coming up on their new school, about 10 minutes before the first bell rang.

"So this is what it is like to be to school on time," Jake commented, "but if I know my dragon duties, this will probably be the only time I make it here on time."

"Well you know Jake, you could've been on time more often last year if you didn't run off into dreamland with little miss ninja every night." Trixie told him.

"Don't worry," Jake told her, "I don't think the dream charms will be getting very much use this year."

"Why bro? Are like, you and Rose fighting or something?" Spud asked.

"Nah man! I'll tell you about it later." Jake said.

With that, they pushed open the doors of their new school, and walked into the first day, of their next 4 years.