He's cool, he's hot like a frozen sun
He's young and fast, he's the chosen one
People we're not braggin'
He's the American Dragon
He's gonna stop his enemies with his dragon power
Dragon teeth, dragon tail, burning dragon fire
A real live wire
American Dragon (Dragon Up!)
American Dragon
He's the American Dragon (Freestyle with the Dragon)
His skills are getting faster
With Grandpa the master
His destiny will walk up streets
Showtime, baby, for the legacy!
American Dragon
From the "J" to the "A" to the "K" to the "E"
I'm the Mack Daddy Dragon of the NYC, ya heard? (American Dragon)
"Jake! Get back to work!" (American Dragon)
"Aw man..." [Gong]
Tessa pov: Today is the day I walk to school without Jake since I don't like being near him it's not that we don't get along it's really because I'm afraid of my dragon family since I'm only a human.
"Come on, Tessa. You can do this!" I chanted in my head, I put on my usual outfit a light pink t-shirt under a blue jean vest and jean shorts with my usual red sneakers. "Time to go." I whisper to myself.
I quietly left my bedroom and sneaked downstairs then peeked into the kitchen which was empty. "I'll put the note on the table." I thought, after doing so I grabbed my board and left the house for school.
Once at school I buy my breakfast since I didn't eat at home while I was eating my friends Eva and Molly came over. "Hey Tessa." They greeted me. "Hey guys." I greeted back, they sat down and ate with me.
"Finally walked without Jake huh?" Molly asked me, I looked at my food. "Yeah, but I feel guilty about it." I told her. "Just because you walked here without your brother doesn't mean you outta be guilty." Eva said.
Eva was right like always I shouldn't feel guilty about walking to school alone. "You're right." I told Eva, we continued chatting and eating after that we each go to our lockers to get our books for class.
I looked at the photo of my dad Jonathon, he's a human like me but Dad doesn't live with us anymore since he left us when he found out Mom's family are all dragons and thought Jake, Haley and I were too.
"Only Jake and Haley are dragon's so I should've gone with Daddy." I thought, I got what I needed and ran to class but also ran into Jake."Hey, Tessa. Why'd you leave without me?" Jake asked me in confusion.
"I just thought you'd want to hang out with Spud and Trixie besides I wanted to meet up Eva and Molly." I said to Jake."Oh, well after school we need to go see Gramps." Jake told me. "Okay." I replied to him.
Great, just what I didn't want to do be around our strict Grandfather and Fu Dog the talking dog. "Just perfect." I thought, school went by quickly and I had hoped Jake forgot about me but sadly he didn't.
Third person pov: Jake and Tessa made their way to their Grandfather's antique store. "Hey, G? We're here!" Jake called for Lao Shi. "Jake, Tessa, welcome." Lao Shi said with a smile, Fu Dog saw the twins.
"Hey kids!" Fu Dog greeted. "Hey yourself." Jake greeted back, Tessa just smiled nervously. "So, what's today's lesson?" Jake asked Lao Shi. "Come young dragon and find out." Lao Shi told Jake, they went to the back.
"I-I should go." Tessa said to Fu Dog, she was about to leave when Fu Dog stopped her. "Actually, Gramps needs you to watch the store." Fu Dog told Tessa, she nodded then sighed when Fu Dog left the room.
While Tessa was watching the store she did her homework and got it done, just as put her stuff away Jake and Lao Shi came into the room. "Tessa, we need to go to the park!" Jake said as he ran past Tessa.
She knew what the meant. "Why do I have go with you?" Tessa asked her Grandfather. "It is because I do not want to leave you here." Lao Shi answered. "Fine." Tessa said with sigh, they left for the park.
When they got to the park the group saw that some pixies had gotten into a fight. "This is the big emergency?" Jake asked his Grandfather. "As the American Dragon you must stop any and all arguments." Lao Shi said.
Jake went to see what the problem was and tried his best to stop the pixies from fighting but things just got worse. "What now, G? They won't listen to me." Jake told Lao Shi, Tessa then went over to the pixies.
"Hello." Tessa said to the pixies, they stopped fighting and looked at Tessa. "Hi." Caramel said to Tessa. "Can you please tell me what happened?" Tessa asked Caramel, she told Tessa about at her bakery thanks ti Fixit.
"I see. I'm sure if we work together we can fix your bakery." Tessa said with a smile, Jake, Lao Shi and Fu Dog watched Tessa and the pixies. "She's good with them pixies." Fu Dog said with a smile, Jake agreed.
Once Caramel's bakery was fixed the pixies went home after thanking Tessa. "Wow, sis. I didn't know you were that good." Jake said to Tessa. "I-it's easy when listen then think of a plan." Tessa replied to Jake.
"That's some very good advice, Tessa. You should listen young dragon." Lao Shi said to the twins. "I will." Jake responded, soon the twins had go home. "I wonder what's for supper tonight." Jake spoke up.
Tessa just shrugged since she was thinking of a way to get out of eating with her family. "I don't really want to be near them." Tessa thought. "Welcome home." Haley greeted Jake and Tessa. "Hey." They said.
"Hi kids, how was your day?" Susan asked the twins. "Good/fine." Jake and Tessa said in sync, Tessa tried to get out of eating with her family but her mother wouldn't have it. "I can't believe this!" Tessa thought.
After supper Tessa went to her room before she shut the door her mother appeared. "Tessa, can we talk?" Susan asked Tessa. "Sure mom." Tessa said. "I'd like to know why you don't want to eat with us." Susan said.
Tessa wan't sure how to tell her mother that she was afraid of her along with the rest of the family. "I just wanted to get started on my homework is all." Tessa lied, Susan didn't believe her eldest daughter.
"I see. I just don't want you skipping meals okay." Susan told Tessa. "I won't skip meals I promise." Tessa replied to her mother, when Susan left Haley came into Tessa's room. "What?" Tessa asked Haley.
Haley pov: I looked at my big sister as I went into her room. "What?" Tessa asked me. "I know you're lying." I told Tessa, she looked at me in shock. "I-I don't know what your talking about." Tessa said to me.
"I know your afraid of us and I want to know why." I told Tessa, she gave in. "It's because when I was your age Molly's mom told us stories of dragons and how they were mean and scary." Tessa told me.
"But dragons aren't mean and scary." I told Tessa, she sighed. "Haley you gotta understand this was before Jake knew about his dragon side and when we found out I became scared." Tessa replied.
I looked at Tessa in worry. "Has she always been scared of dragons? If so, why haven't mom, Jake or Grandpa figured it out?" I thought. "Haley, please don't tell anyone." Tessa begged me. "I won't." I replied.
Tessa still looked worried that I'd tell on her so I asked the one question I knew she couldn't refuse. "Tess, can you please sing to me?" I asked Tessa. "Sure." Tessa replied to me, I climbed onto her bed.
I watched at Tessa turn on her I-pod and put it on her favorite playlist of songs she's got. "How 'bout this one?" Tessa asked, the music started and she began to sing.
[Play Ichariba Chode from Stitch]
[Tessa]
We're surrounded by the ocean
And the sky is always blue
Our good deeds are rewarded
Our dreams are coming true
On your journey through life
Friends will help you through each day
Knowing you can always count on them
Will guide you on the way
Ichariba Chode
We are one big family
And we always will be
Just like cousins
You can count on me!
When Tessa stopped singing I felt relaxed from her soothing voice. "Thanks Tessa." I said to her. "No problem. Now you better get to bed." Tessa told me, I left her room then turned to see Mom behind me not good.
"How much did you hear?" I asked Mom, she sighed then walked to my room and I followed. "I heard everything." Mom answered. "What should we do?" I asked Mom, she took a moment to think about it.
"We need to show Tessa that dragons aren't mean and scary." Mom told me, I smiled at her and we started to make a plan on how to help Tessa but decided not tell Jake. "Alright, bed time." Mom said to me.
I got changed into my pj's then got into bed and thought about not only what mom told me but also what Tessa told me. "I hope our plan works so Tessa can finally be happy." I whispered as I fell asleep.
Sweet! First chapter is up! First I'd like say that I don't own the song used in this chapter and second, Stitch is anime show that's like a squeal to Lilo and Stitch.
Please review and no flames!
