Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters used in this story. All characters are from the Disney Channel TV series American Dragon: Jake Long.
Enjoy!
Hello! Thank you for taking the time to read my first Fan Fiction story. This story is based off of the Disney Channel TV series American Dragon: Jake Long. I am not a very experience writer so, please excuse any spelling errors or grammar mistakes, I will do my best to catch them and will always review my work before I publish it but, things may always slip through the cracks. (Like that run on sentence!)
Just a basic idea of setting: This story takes place before the actual series begins in New York City (as the actual series does). I will do my best to keep my storyline as similar to the actual storyline as well. Enjoy!
Chapter One: Camp Mugwomp
Every year at the end of the week at Camp Mugwomp all of the cabins and their campers battle in a series of events for a chance at holding the Mugwomp Cup. This year was no different than years past or years to come. Every year the counselors, who seemed more wanting of the cup than their campers, chose who would compete in each event. This year the young, eight year old Jacob Long would run the Cross-Country Race as a representative of cabin eight who was tied with cabin seven in the competition. That meant that the winner of the race would win the competition for their cabin. No pressure. Normally, the very competitive Jake Long would be very confident that he could win the race but, he was suffering from a sprained ankle and Counselor Jenkins showed no mercy as he placed Jake Long in the race anyways.
"But, Counselor Jenkins, my ankle!" Jake said with a concerned tone.
"I know, I know, just suck it up!" Counselor Jenkins retorted, "The winner of the cross-country race wins the Mugwomp Cup!"
Counselor Jenkins was interrupted, "Forget it loser! The Bradster is going to destroy you!" chuckled Brad, who was also very competitive and was representing cabin seven in the race.
Jake sighed as he approached the starting line with a limp in his step. He was not so sure how he would fare in the race but, he would give it all he had. "For Counselor Jenkins" he thought to himself, "I need to win this for him." And they were off.
To Jake's pleasant surprise he found himself in the lead as they approached the down-hill portion and very end of the cross-country race. He was going to win! "I guess 'the Bradster' isn't as in-shape as he appears," Jake thought to himself as he began to feel an odd feeling in his throat, almost like an itchy, burning sensation.
He coughed several times as he tried to clear his throat when suddenly a jet of fire shot from his mouth causing a lot of confusion in Jake. "Huh! Fire!?" Jake exclaimed in shock and then he tripped and tumbled the rest of the way down the hill, landing face first in a mud puddle.
As he tried to lift his head he was pushed back into the puddle by Brad's foot who laughed and yelled, "Coming through" and then crossed the finish line. Jake sat up to see Counselor Jenkins standing over him with a disappointed look on his face. Jake too, was disappointed but, he was more confused as to what happened to him that caused him to fall and lose the race. Where did that fire come from?
After Jake's parents picked him up at the end of the day he spent the car ride home and a good portion of the night trying to figure out what had happened to him that day. He considered asking his parents but assumed they would think he was crazy. He concluded that he had nothing to be worried about as long as it didn't hurt him.
Little did he know the future that would lie ahead of him and the challenges he would face.
A/N: Please let me know how you like this and how you think I should improve. Like I said this is going to be pretty short. I only have four chapters worked out but, I am hoping it goes over well!
This chapter was based off of the opening scene from the episode "A Ghost Story" which is why the dialogue is mostly the same.