I meant to have this out last weekend. Sorry about that. But I have a second story that might explain things to you a little better.
My English teacher informed us that he likes to go on FF, so he asked every one in the class about it. A few of us went on, but no one, except myself is really a rabid reader. Seeing as I was the only one, he told me to pick a few writers, I named off a few, and included myself, because I ran out of names. He heard my penname and chose to look it up, he asked if I knew the writer, and I told him, "No not at all!" I was just trying to be a smart alec, I guess.
He went over and (we were all watching on the projector), and pulls up one of my stories, the Blind Rin one, he looks at it and says "Your stories don't reflect you essays at all! No one wants to read this garbage, it's embaressing! Next time you go to post a chapter, show it to me first. That way you can actually post something good."
Gaah! How humiliating, but I figured telling what happened might take some of the flames away, or add to them. . .
Disclaimer: I own everything! Except Jackie, Jade, And (wow) all the characters of this chapter. The Dragon actually belongs to another one of my works, a book I am trying to publish.
This entire story started on a day like any other day. . . Well, any other day for the J-team, they were trying to stop a dragon named Portus that had stolen one of the talismans, specifically, the dog of immortality. Not much was known about the mysterious dragon, other than the fact that it made an entire army of 7000 Samurai warriors disappear instantly, never to be seen again, and that the dragon loved to steal and eat children. According to Uncle, it was the pure souls of the children that it had eaten that gave the dragon his great powers, and abilities. Currently, Portus was heading towards New Zealand, and the team had flown ahead and were staying at a hotel.
The morning was not bright, but then it hardly ever is at 5 in the morning. The only person up was about four feet tall, and she was at this very moment, sneaking around the hotel room. She pushed open the door, which conveniently led to Uncle Jackie's room. With the grace and soundlessness of a ninja, Jade bounded into the room and over to the bed.
"Jackie. . . " Jade whispered, creeping a little closer to the form in the middle of the bed.
Jackie didn't respond.
"Jackie. . ."Jade called out a little louder, poking him in the side.
Jackie snorted, "hn?"
"It's time to go!" Jade exclaimed, jumping up and down. "We have a dragon to take down! First we have to get our butts over to the 'location'" Jade stopped bouncing to give her best Captain Black imitation, "then we have to TAKE. HIM. DOWN.-"
"What time is it?" Jackie articulately slurred.
"What?" Jade said, jumping on the bed.
"Time?"
Jade stood up on the bed and started jumping, "it's the morning that Dragon is gunna wish he was never born!"
"Hey Jade! It's five in the morning! Go back to bed!" came the voice of El Toro.
"What?! Are you crazy?! Your crazy! " Jackie said waving his hands in the air.
"Aww but Jackie!"
"Go to bed, and get up at a decent hour! Like normal people!" Jackie flopped back down on his bed and Jade jumped off the bed and went back to her room.
Later at a decent hour (8:12 to be exact)
The kids sat at the coffee table eating their cereal, while the adults planned the battle over coffee in the small kitchenette.
"Toru stays here with the children," El Toro said, it had already been decided yesterday that this dragon was too dangerous for the children to be around a dragon that could make anything disappear
"Aieeeee-yeeeaah!! Toru must come with me, magic must defeat magic, and Toru must hold the book," Uncle added.
"But why-" El Toro was cut off by a sharp whack to the head.
"Do not question Uncle!"
"Alright! " Viper cut in, putting an end to the debate, "Who stays?"
They all started at the same time, pointing out reasons for why they had to be there, and couldn't possibly be here with the kids.
"My strength is needed to bring that monster down-"
"My agility and speed is the only way we can surprise them!-"
"Aieeeeee-yeeeeeaaa!"
"We all need to be there, I'll call Captain Black, I'm sure he will have someone suitable," Jackie cut in.
"Aww but Jackie-" Jade objected, suddenly appearing on the counter, "we should be there too. You need us! A-"
"No, no absolutely not-"
Jade but Jackie off, "But Jackie!"
"No, go sit and do your homework!" Jackie said pushing Jade towards the couch, "Now, I'll call him up now-"
"But I'm done my homework," Jade appeared behind him again (in a way that only Jade can really do properly), holding out her homework proudly.
"When did you do your homework?" Jackie asked exasperatedly. Jade couldn't have done it on the plane, she was far too busy eavesdropping.
"This morning, while everyone was sleeping!"
Jackie rubbed his head, getting thoroughly frustrated. "No, no, no. That's crazy, Jade! You're crazy! Go sit with Pacho and watch T.V. or something! Like a normal kid."
"But Jackie-"
"No!"
"B-"
"No!"
"Fine!" Jade stomped back to the couch, at least Jackie did not forbid them from coming, not outright. Pacho turned on the T.V. and flipped to a random channel.
Meanwhile, the adults were all waiting for Jackie and Viper to get off the phones.
"Captain Black says the babysitter will be here before our taxi gets here."
"Good," El Toro said, getting ready to leave. He told Pacho to stay and do his homework, "This one is to dangerous even for you."
"No it's not!" Jade protested.
"Jade, sit here and watch T.V. like a normal kid," Jackie said, finally getting angry. He was about to slide on his outdoor shoes when the TV caught his eye.
"Everybody needs a shotgun in their home-" a man was saying. Jackie quickly flicked the channel, "Jade, what are you doing? Watching that junk!"
"But-"
"No, no buts, you know better. Did you put that on just to prove a point?"
"What?!" Jade said, getting more than a little insulted, "I did no-"
"Now Jade-" Toru tried to soothe.
"Then why would you watch something like that?" Jackie gestured to the TV, too angry to notice he had cut Toru off
"I didn't-"
"Here," Jackie flicked the channel to some cartoon, "watch this like a normal kid."
"I am not a normal kid! I-"
"Then pretend to be like the every other kid, that listens to their guardian!"
"I listen to you!" Jade denied, feeling a little hurt.
"Ya? Like now? Like in the kitchen? Like this morning," Jackie exclaimed, getting even angrier.
"Bu-I di, ooh!" Jade flustered, unable to come up with anything, "I am not normal!"
"I know that!" Jackie exclaimed.
"Why would you want me to be normal, normal is boring!"
"I never said that! See, you aren't listening to me again!"
"I am listening, you told me to be normal three times," Jade said, holding up her fingers.
"Arg, why don't you listen-"
KNOCK. KNOCK.
Viper was the first person to move, opening the door.
"Your taxi is downstairs, we were sent up here for the kids,."
No less than four men all dressed in black suits, and dark sunglasses came in. Obviously, Captain Black was being careful, since Jade broke into his vaults whenever the whim took her. The leader nodded to the other three, "Secure the area."
While the "babysitters' had the children's attention, the adults went to sneak out the door.
Jade watched the babysitters incredulously, "Are you honestly going to leave us with them?"
Jackie sighed, being caught just as he was about to shut the door, "If I could trust you, I wouldn't."
The adults left for the taxi, getting ready to face Portus.
"We're here, were's Portus?" Viper asked, thoroughly bored after a good hour of waiting. The team was waiting in the middle of a clearing, near the ocean, but well hidden by trees, in other words, there was absolutely nothing to do, to get rid of the anticipation.
Jackie meanwhile, was muttering, "Bad Day, bad day, BAD DAY", over and over, shaking his head.
"He is coming, I can sense his evil magic," Uncle answered.
The next few minutes seemed to drag on forever, until the sound of wood breaking and stone creaking was heard in the very far distance. Everyone prepared themselves, getting ready to face the dragon. The noise grew, until a large, crawling form could be seen in the trees.
Uncle began chanting immediately, waving his concoction around.
He looked practically dead, dragging himself by his claws, and not even using the energy to lift his head. Trees toppled as his massive body came plowing through, his shoulders had to be twenty feet apart, and they cleared a straight path. His skin looked a pasty white, his yellow teeth and facial horns were all cracked and broken, but his black eyes stayed sharp and his nose took in every scent.
"Hmmm," he purred, coming to the clearing, "Tell me, is that child I smell?"
El Toru leaped forward, attacking the dragon, both Viper and Jackie right behind him.
"You have a child dear to you, please tell me where he is," Portus purred seductively, the dragon seemed to get energy, just by the smell of Pacho off of El Toru's clothes, as he attacked Portus's neck. He used his massive hands to push himself up, despite the onslaught of attacks. "Oh, won't you tell me where he is? I promise I will only eat his soul. . ."
El Toru attacked the dragon's head in anger, and before anyone could say anything, Portus scratched him with a horn.
"El Toru, stop!" Uncle cried, but it was too late.
It was a small scratch on the shoulder, but El Toru fell like a ton of bricks.
Portus laughed. Standing on his back legs, he swatted Jackie way impatiently, and picked up the prone wrestler. "Aaaaahh," he cried. "He smells," Portus ripped the jacket off, tossing El Toru aside, "magnificent."
El Toru landed on a bush about thirty meters off, and the others waited, hoping that Uncle's spell would begin to work before the dragon was done with the jacket.
"Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhh yes, as soon as I'm done here, I'll have to track this one down," his own words seemed to bring Portus back to the present.
Viper and Jackie prepared themselves, ready to distract the dragon again, the dragon had changed, his skin was slightly green, and his horns looked less like chalk. Portus took his nose out of the jacket, and for the first time caught a whiff of Jackie, "Aaahh, I thought I smelt another, a little girl, yes, I'll have to find her as did leave both together, right?" He sounded so hopeful, and almost like one of the children he had devoured. Portus seemed to get even more energy from the new scent. He suddenly seemed to notice Uncle and Toru, for the first time.
"Stop it!" He hissed, taking a swipe at them.
Toru and Uncle both leaped out of the way, (Uncle with a little help from Toru), but the spell was broken in the process. Uncle backed up a little further and started the spell up again.
Jackie and Viper immediately started to attack Portus again, but it did little good, seeing as he had the Talisman of immortality. Viper tried to get the Dragon's attention by attacking the tail, while Jackie attacked the legs, trying to trip the giant up. Portus turned back to them, and just while Viper was kicking his tail, he shot out his leg behind her, forcing her legs to buckle.
"Viper!" Jackie tried to warn her, but Portus circled her legs and slammed her into a tree. The tree trunk broke from the force, and Viper's body went flying out of sight.
While Jackie was distracted, Portus clawed out at him. Luckily, the move was awkward, with Jackie standing under the belly of the dragon, it gave him just enough warning to get out of the way. Jackie leaped away, but was caught by the edge of one of the claws.
Jackie got about fifteen feet away, before the dragon slammed his tail down in front of Jackie. Jackie went to leap over the tail, but the Portus easily caught him in his claws.
The dragon watched Jackie's struggles as they grew weaker and weaker, "My claws may not be as poisonous as my horns, but they hold the same affect. I have no use of adults." The dragon deeply inhaled the smell of Jackie's sweater, sighing, as his skin slowly grew to a pale swamp green, and his horns and teeth lost a little bit more of their yellow colour.
"Aaah, yes-"
"Put Jackie down now!" A voice called from directly below, right before the dragon went flying through the air. Portus dropped Jackie, sending him down to the ground.
Jade didn't catch him, but she did help Jackie get back to the tree line, out of sight.
"Here," Jade held out the healing horse, "Viper and El Toru are on the other side of the clearing. Pacho opted to go back to the-"
Jade's rambling was cut off, as Portus crashed the tree they were hiding behind aside.
"Uh, oh," Jade said, dropping the talisman on top of the still prone Jackie, and running off with the speed of the dragon, "Can't catch me!"
Portus smiled, catching her Essence again. "Oh, a game? What fun!" He purred.
Jade ran by, and grabbed his tail, dragging him back ten meters.
"Oh, I think I can catch you, little one. You can't run forever," Portus acknowledged, watching Jade run in circles around him, overall he seemed to be enjoying himself, despite the situation.
"Oh yes I can!"
"Hmmm? you think so?" Portus spat, but it missed and hit the ground, forming a huge, silvery puddle.
"Missed!" Jade called out, running to stand on Portus's head.
"Jade! His horns, their poison!" Jackie yelled in warning.
Portus shook his head, but Jade had already run off.
"Jade, catch!" Jackie tossed the horse talisman out, not knowing if Jade was scratched or not. The talisman disappeared in midair.
Portus spat again, hitting a tree, just a nanosecond after Jade had moved.
"Missed!"
Portus kept spitting until the entire ground was covered in dark, silvery saliva. Jade was not stupid enough to touch it, even without Toru's warning.
Portus Kept Spitting, and all the adults could do was move out of the way, and try to avoid getting hit. Soon even the trees were covered, and Jade was running on the very top branches, leaping from branch to branch.
"Missed again you great big bug!" Jade yelled out, not stopping.
"Oh, I did, did I?" Portus spat again, this time right in front of stopped for only a second, but the twigs she had been running on were so weak they gave out, and there was nothing to hold onto.
Jade hit the ground with a squelch, "Ewwwww!"
"I've got you," Portus laughed reaching forward.
"Uh, oh!" Jade tried to stand, and only managed to soak her front, she kept sliding and couldn't find a grip on the ground. With her mind in turbo drive, she got an idea. Jade pulled out two other talismans, and blew flames at the ground, burning the liquid, at the same time as she used the power of the pig to burn the dragon.
Portus hissed, and caught Jade up in his tail, the goo hadn't dried fast enough to give Jade a path to run away with.
"No," Jackie yelled, stepping in the goo, he couldn't go any further though, as the saliva was just as slick here as it was with Jade.
"Hmmm, you smell good!" Portus seemed to forget about the adults as he brought Jade closer to his nose, catching his claw on her arm.
"Aww your breath is foul!" Jade chocked out, dramatically.
"Don't breathe Jade! " Uncle called out, having finished his matra.
Portus didn't seem worried, he gently lifted Jade's head with his claw, turning her face upwards. Jade didn't struggle, outward, she was too busy trying to activate another talisman.
Finally, Jade activated the sheep, just as she felt Portus about to bite her in half, she could hear Jackie and the others yelling something, but they were all yelling at the same time, and Jade couldn't make out what it was.
Portus froze, pulling Jade off his tongue. He looked puzzled, for a whole three seconds before he felt Uncle's spell being activated. A bright light spread through his stomache. The dragon went to step towards Jackie, and slipped on his own slick pool.
"Nooooooooo!" Portus yelled, opening his own portal, he tried to enter, but was pulled back. There was an explosion and colourful fireworks flashed. The pools of saliva began smoking, making it hard to breath and impossible to see anything. Portus shrieked, an unearthly horror, strange sizzling could be heard as the last pools dried away, and the last breaths carried away the spark in those black eyes. Portus' skin was once again white, his claw and horns that yellow colour. The wind picked up, and the rest of the carcass blew away breaking up into chalky substance that Uncle and Toru later took a few jars of.
Immediately, the adults began looking for Jade, they knew she had to be near the dragon, so they ran to the spot and frantically dug through the chalk. After a full minute of searching, Toru looked up, and laughed.
"Look, she's been watching us the whole time," Viper said in relief.
Jade was sitting just beyond where the dragon' portal had been, her back to the stump of a tree.
"Very funny Jade," Jackie said, jogging up to her, and looking relieved to say the least.
"Jade?" Jackie knelt down, touching her.
"Jade sweety?" Viper said, coming up behind Jackie, and putting a hand to Jade's head.
"Let me by, I must examine her," Uncle said, pushing past Viper and Jackie.
"She's cold. She had the Horse Talisman, how could she be hurt?" Viper asked, worried.
"She's alive, her soul isn't here," Uncle quickly informed them.
And That's where I leave you, mostly because it has taken far too long to write this chapter.
Joke of the week:
Two Mufins are sitting in a baker's over. The first one turns to the other one and says, "Man, it's hot in here"
The second turns to the first and replies, "Oh, a talking muffin!"
The best part about this joke is that you can replace the stars with help, for kids, or another word for adults!
Oh ya, and also, you may notice that Viper and Jackie couldn't touch Portus, in one part of the story, don't worry, I did not forget aboutwhat the power of the dog really is, he was just so weak that if any of their blows had of landed on his back or legs, he would have died! I figured, with his loss of energy, his legs would start turning into the same substance as at the end of the chapter, this would also stop him from being able to use them, forcing him to crawl.
I hope you enjoy my story so far, and don't be afraid to review, the next chapter will be out as soon as I possibly can.