A/N:This takes place somewhat after season two.The Last Phoenix series is over and I'm conjouring up ideas all the time.Some references may be to episodes in season two yet to air but I will gather and add as I go along.Not to worry.If at all possible I will include Rose but their relationship isn't a main focus,sorry.Anywho,let's get started...
New York City,Spring Break 2007...
The ever ongoing honking and cacophony of the residents and motor tourists filtered through Jake's ears,as he was in pursuit of a unknown medium green figure,a creature that seemed to love to play evasive games with him.Reports of the creature with teleportation abilites had been filed all over Magus Bazaar and the magical creatures scattered about the city as well,saying that it always turned up right before he did,preformed a quick act of heroism and vanished without a single trace.
Man,this is seriously taking away from my vacation time.Jake mused as he watched the being hanging a sharp left turn around a building and then going out of sight.The very first day of Spring Break...he thought and then steeling himself determinedly,bolted right at the building and at the last moment veered as quickly as he could to finally meet the creature face-to-face with the intention that the chase would finally come to a rest.
"Yo,I don't need any lip!Just stay still and let me...huh?"
All that surrounded him was random buildings of varying size and the constant buzzing sensation from underneath the cadenced flap of his large set of wings.Where had the figure teleported to this time?Wherever it was,Jake was overly relieved that he could aviod going after it for another day.Brightening,the fourteen-and-a-half year old dragon repositioned himself aerially and soared back to his Grandfather's shop to give the title of American Dragon to his sister temporarily,so he could finish packing his things and be ready for when him,Trixie,Spud and Trixie's older cousin would be going crosscountry to Miami that day.
Isle of Draco (Meanwhile...)
Councilor Andam stood and assiduously scanned different pinpointed parts of the world on the magical map that was casted behind the Council's metamorphised desk,every so often flipping and zooming in on the more recently marked ones.While two of the other ones were sifting through accient records and scrolls,all with one common purpose in heavily in mind.
"We've been at this for days,Kulde."Councilor Omina finally spoke from her place at the far end in her soft-spoken but forthright voice."There are no gurantees that the child has begun their process...even so,what if he or she wishes not to be found or in the least,cooperate?"
Not replying at first,the middle-aged dragon continued to let his eyes strain down to the last few lines of the tablet he was reading,before he sat it down and turned to the concerned young Atlantian woman."I understand where you're coming from,Omina.But you know of the significance now that it has come to our attention the young one's powers are beginning to develop.And you also know what it will mean for all the inhabitance of magical kind."
"Speaking of developing,I'm getting the most recent readings in the United States.Though oddly enough,it turns out that they are showing up frequently around...New York City."
"Strange,"Councilor Kulde commented with slight interest and turned back to Omina."But you understand...if we do not find out the exact time and exact year a child is to gain the legendary powers before the Mythical Presage..."he paused when he took notice her fear and then continued reproachingly."But the fact of the matter is,we don't know for sure if the child is even the one or not.If he or she is not,we may deal with the child in another manner but if he or she is...then we know what will be asked of the younger generation of not only dragons...but all of the highest esteemed magical creatures that fall under our own legacy."
The shop...
With little else on his mind aside from the days of beach time ahead,Jake performed a deft combo move of transforming and sticking a completely perfect landing outside his grandfather's shop.A quick assessment just to make sure he hadn't been seen,Jake grinned at his nearly 5'3 image in the store's window and began to make his way in coolly to tell his otherwise uninformed grandfather of the plans he had made only a day or so ago.
"No,no,NO!The pixie dust was suppose to be delivered to Pixieland,not Spritevale."He saw Fu Dog arguing litigiously and pacing the floor with a cellphone pressed to his right ear."Oh...don't give me that 'What's the big difference?' deal.They may be in the same family but there not,uh...there not..."he paused when Jake started to pass him and warned him with a small tremor to his voice."Kid,you might wanna not bother the old man right now.He's...sort of caught up in...no,Fred,I don't mean you!"
Perplexed by his guardian's reaction,Jake a bit more catiously stepped up to the doorway and pushed up the curtains just enough to peer in and to his astonishment,found his Grandfather running from place to place like clockwork.Yanking old potion books and magical encyclopedias off of the shelves,then rushing over to pile them up on his desk and hastily read their words like skipping one word was a curse and not reading one was a guranteed doomsday device.The erratic way he was behaving all of a sudden only further baffled Jake,as he approached him carefully.
"Hey,G.Where's the fire alarm?"
Freezing in his tracks,Laoshi turned from pulling down a thick deep blue hardcover book on one of the ends of the next to the last top shelf."Jake,it is only you,"he breathed easily and lowered himself down from his tail he had used to raise himself up."I...I thought you were in pursuit of that creature.Did you not manage to at least catch a glimpse?"
Jake adopted a brief haughty grin."Yeah,I was showin' that thing what's what but then it led me around a building and disappeared..."stopping so he could summon up the courage to ask his next question,Jake followed his grandfather to a mountain of literature and inquired slowly."Uh,I was just wondering...do,uh,do you think Haley could cover for me for just this one week so me and the others can go to Miami for,you know,just this week?Seein' as it is Spring Break and all.I thought you'd be cool with it."
"You remember what happened last time you allowed Haley to take you're place."Laoshi was quick to remind him squarely,shaking his head as he flipped the most recent book he had retrieved through a few chapters and sat it down next to another open one to compare both their contents."I am sorry,Jake.But right now isn't the time for sun and fun.I know you have been working hard but the Dragon Council has found reason for us to be on alert.It is too much of a hetic time right now."
The sound of a vehicle pulling up in front of the shop made Jake turn his head slightly but his real attention was still concentrated on his grandfather's last sentence,as he had resumed his reading regime.He was about to head to the front of the shop to tell his friends that they were going to have to help him convince Grandpa to let him go but the nagging he felt wouldn't let him take even one more step until he asked the gutt-wrenching question that still haunted him and was staring at the extremely over-wheleming face of truth that made his entire body feel like a block of ice.He wouldn't feel an ounce of solitude any other way.
"Please be straight with me Gramps."Jake began in a low,stiff voice,his heart pounding from chest to his throat and the unnerving of not knowing nearly unbearable for him."Is the Dark Dragon back for a fourth time?"
To Be Continued...