The story starts out from the episode, 'Hong Kong Longs' which was the very last episode of American Dragon Jake Long. I decided to edit it and make into Rose's POV instead :)
After this chapter, the future chapters will have slightly different stories and plots on each chapter but still has a connection to the previous chapters just like an episode :) In short, this is kind of like my version of a season 3 of American Dragon Jake Long.
Disclaimer: I do not own American Dragon Jake Long or the characters and if I did, there would be a season 3! :)
I sighed at the view from my balcony just outside my bedroom—Hong Kong and its never-ending reign of busy days. It was 7am so I quickly headed to the bathroom to get ready for school then promptly went downstairs. I saw that my family was at the table eating breakfast.
"Hey sis, ready for school?" my twin sister Elizabeth said, looking up from her half empty cereal bowl.
Even though we're twins, I'm technically older. We're very similar in terms of appearance but I can't say the same for our personalities.
"As ready as I'll ever be" I replied, attempting to get out as much positive energy as I could. What do you expect? We suddenly moved from beautiful New York City to busy Hong Kong. Didn't actually expect to live here—not that I'm not happy for my dad that he got a job here but I really miss my life back in New York. I get that strange feeling that something's missing, something important.
Today's my last day as a freshman student at Waverly High School, only because of summer. I grabbed a cinnamon toast from the table and slowly chewed on it.
"Don't you want to eat, Rose?" My mother said to me, wearing her pink apron tied around her waist. She placed a fresh batch of cookies on the table, while my eyes scanned the table. She certainly made a big breakfast all right. I lifted my cinnamon toast and munched on the last bite.
"No thanks" I said, feigning a smile "Besides, you've got to wake up dad, I'm sure he'll be able to finish all that" I grabbed my bag and exited out the door.
"Bye mom!" I heard Elizabeth say then closed the door from behind and jogged up to me.
"Hey! What's the hurry?" she said, scrutinizing the look on my face
"Nothing, I just want be early that's all" I said, clearly trying to convince myself that everything was all right. "One of the reasons of me being early is because—one, It's the last day of school and two, I really want this year to end"
"Oh really?" She cocked an eyebrow, blocked my way with her hands on her hips. "Aren't you sad that it's last day of freshman year?"
"Maybe YOU'RE the one who's going miss it, not me" I snapped at her.
"Alright chill, I was just getting worried about you since we moved here, it's been a big adjustment. I know, but how do you think I feel? It's very troubling because I keep hearing you having nightmares every night"
I looked away from her. She was right. I did have dreams that involve very strange scenes. People I don't know, things I don't remember doing and even things that make no sense. It was weird because it really makes me wonder if it's a figment of my imagination or something real?
"I'm really sorry Rose" she said, then gently pulled me into a warm hug "I didn't mean to put you into a bad mood"
"It's ok, I just want school to be over with, soon" I sighed
We walked through the doors when we reached the school. School was totally and utterly a complete bore today, we didn't really have any more lessons but some teacher gave us homework for the summer. Ugh! As if! It's summer and their going to make us do extra work? Teachers are absolute sadists. It gave me a headache just thinking about it. At least freedom was only hours away.
"Hey girl! Ready for class?" my Chinese friend, Lia excitedly said. She is my very first friend here in Hong Kong and at Waverly Academy. She's the type to have a bright aura with a kind and helpful attitude.
"Hey Lia" I smiled at her "Yes, so we can finally leave for summer" A smile stretched across my face, excited at the thought.
The morning started with first period—as the day went on and the hours passed, I realized it was already the last period of the day. My fingers tapped the desk of my seat impatiently as I waited for my favorite sound.
RiiiiiiNGGG ! Without the slightest hesitation, I stood up, grabbed my bag, then Lia and I immediately exited through the school's double doors. For today, my class ends at 7:00pm so I had to go home immediately.
"Bye!" we both said at the same time—then headed off into opposite directions.
'I should turn left' I said to myself.
"Hey!" a guy said, waving at me, blocking my way. I was puzzled then paused for a while to turn around.
"Hey yourself" I said, a bit confused why a random stranger was talking to me. I quickly started walking away into a different direction.
"Uh, It's Rose… right?" I heard him say from behind then quickly froze at the sound of my name.
I turned around to face him. "Do I know you?" I raised an eyebrow
"You do... or you did" he said while walking towards me "My name is Jake Long, we used to study together back in New York... it's complicated" he said, scratching his head in nervousness. "Can we go somewhere else and talk?"
"Talk? About what?" I asked, confusion written all over my face. Who is this guy?
"It's just…. you won't… believe me" He slowly said, attempting to get his words out properly.
"I'm pretty open-minded" I crossed my arms and my lips curved into smirk "Give it a shot"
"Ok, here goes" he said, taking in a heavy breathe of air "The happy life your living now is an alternate reality that I wished for you—you're actually a mythical dragon slayer who's kidnapped by the Hunts Clan and trained since birth to fight and slay dragons. I need you to come with me tonight to Victoria Peak to slay the Dark Dragon in order to save my grandfather and possibly the entire magical world" he said it fast but clearly, then sighed in relief as soon as he was finished. I felt my forehead slightly creasing.
"Yeah, I'm not that open-minded" feeling offended and a bit irritated, I walked away. I am sooo getting away from this guy. Everything he said was just weird and confusing beyond words.
"Hold on" he insisted, I felt him following me from behind "Look if you just let me explain—
"Look, just leave me alone!" I said curtly, cutting him off in mid sentence as I faced him. His mouth straightened into a hard line.
"You have to believe me!" he relaxed the features on his face.
"Ok, if I'm some sort of dragon slayer, that would mean that dragons are real right?" I said, placing my hands on my hips. I was getting really ticked off by this guy. Would he actually make me believe all of this nonsense?
"Absolutely" he said, smiling confidently "We're the good guys actually"
"We?" I asked incredulously.
"Oh, yeah I almost forgot, I'm a dragon" he stepped close to me as lowered his voice.
I let out a sigh. He doesn't even realize how crazy that sounds when he said it.
"I'm officially creeped out! Bye!" I said abruptly, pushing my hands forward, then turned around to walk away.
"Look wait!" I could hear him running from behind and towards me. Then to my surprise, he forcefully grabbed my wrist.
"Look at this mark on your hand" he said. I realized that my hands were shaking from his grip "It's a dragon!"
I pushed away from him.
"How did you know about that?" I said, holding my arm with the dragon birth-mark on it.
"Come with me some place private, I'll turn into a dragon and prove it to you" he said. "Rose, look at my eyes, somehow you have to remember me" he looked at me with sincerity. I did want to believe him but this too much to take in—he is definitely having some sort of crazy delusions.
"Let me call ahead and make sure my family's not home" I said, then grabbed my phone and flipped it open "If you have proof, then you can show me there"
"So...here we are!" I said, finally opened the door of my family's apartment. I positioned myself in front of my parents who were at the living room.
"Rose, I'm so sorry I had to spring this on you, It's just that my grandfather's—" he was cut off, shocked when he saw my parents behind me.
"Jake, these are my parents" I said as I looked up and saw my parents with scowled expressions.
"You called them?" he asked incredulously.
"I had to, listen Jake you seem very nice, but you obviously have some powerful delusions and I think you need help letting go" I said feeling sorry for Jake.
"Rose, no! I know it sounds unbelievable but everything I told you is true! I can prove it, watch this" he said as he stepped back "Dragon—oh!" he was caught off in mid sentence when he was restrained by the police who was behind him.
"Please! Don't hurt him" I said
"Rose, wait! You have to remember me!" he shouted—while being pulled out the door by two policemen. "You have to! Please!" I was there at the door watching him being pulled away. I blinked speechlessly at his words a moment ago. I closed the door and I saw that he forgot something at the table near the door, his red jacket and on top of it was a folded paper. I grabbed the two things and hid it behind my back. I turned to my parents.
"Mom, dad can I be excused?" I said politely
"Ok, but dinner's gonna be ready soon ok?" my mom said still bit spaced out. I nodded and headed for my room—quickly closed then locked it. I sat down looking at his jacket. I looked at the paper and started to unfold it. Shock suddenly spread across my face. A picture of Jake and I at the homecoming dance—Wait! How did I know that? I asked myself incredulously and suddenly my mind was like a video filled with memories an instant replay of my past. Memories of the dance, school, being Hunts Girl, magical creatures being real, dragons, and…..Jake… I sighed in relief. These became the answers I was looking for. The dreams and nightmares I've had, thinking it was merely just made up from my imagination and it turns out to be real! It made a lot of sense now. I hugged Jake's jacket.
"I'm sorry Jake. " I whispered.
Guilt flooded me. How could I've been so blind. I shed a small tear and wiped it immediately. I placed both the jacket the picture on my bed and stood up to change clothes.
"I need to help Jake" I said to myself
I wore my maroon turtle-neck shirt and pants paired black boots along with some gloves and a jacket. I readied myself as I opened my bedroom door.
"I don't want eat dinner, I'm going sleep early instead" I shouted outside for my family to hear, I didn't wait for a response so I quickly closed the door and locked it. I tied my hair into a ponytail, placed the picture in my pocket and exited out the window. Victoria Peak here I come" I said to myself, I ran fast and disappeared into the night.
I arrived at the Victoria Peak I positioned myself, ready to attack at any given moment.
"Are there none who can challenge me?" he roared, I assumed that it was said by the Dark Dragon.
"Hiya!" I said as I quickly somersaulted off the temple roof using my hands, curling up into a ball and kicked the Dark Dragon's face using both my legs. The dragon roared in pain, I jumped and grabbed onto its horn. I kept my grip real tight, hoping not to fall off and tried to gather memories from all my training being Hunts Girl.
"Look! It's a slayer!" I heard one dragon say.
"But how? Who is she?" I heard another say.
"Let's just say, she's an old friend" this time Jake was the one who said that. It was nice to see his dragon form again.
The Dark Dragon was about to use his powers to eliminate me.
"Rose! heads up!" Jake said as he threw me an old Hunts Clan weapon, the one I used before. I caught it with one hand while the other still grips tightly on the horn. I jumped on its wing and my weapon released an electronic shock at the dragon. It roared in pain, I somersaulted backwards landing on its tail this time. The dragon roared at me, giving me a nasty look. I quickly jumped down to the ground. It tried to hit me several times with its claws. I reacted quickly, trying to avoid it as much as possible by running fast. I somersaulted on the steps of the temple. It was about to hit me with its tail but I dodged it. In result, it made the temple shook, then a hole appeared at the back of the castle ready to suck it away because the eclipse was about to end.
"Rose!" I heard Jake say but I was too busy fighting the Dark Dragon and avoiding its strikes at me. I positioned myself. It used its tail and destroyed the temple that came crumbling down. It hit the dragon hard and I was thinking that it was destroyed for good. I ran as fast as I could to the exit then something blocked my way.
My mind was suddenly half conscious. I felt pain, a big block of wood was crushing my right ankle. I felt helpless but I still had the urge to get up as I struggled to use my weapon to move the big block of wood. I heard the Dark Dragon break its way free out the ruined remains of the palace. I was still forcing the wood to be removed this time Jake was helping me as he tried to lift it up.
"Jake! It's too late! Let me go!" I told him. He paused to look at me then struggled to lift it again, my ankle was successfully free from the wood.
"Come on!" he said as he immediately dropped the wood, and carried me as we flew away swiftly but the Dark Dragon's tail gripped tightly on Jake's leg. It was pulling us towards the strong sucking hole. The dragon chuckled, just about when we were seconds away from disappearing into it..
"Hiya!" I said, using my weapon to cut off the Dark Dragon's tail from Jake's leg and we flew away quickly then when both the temple and the Dark Dragon was sucked into the hole, we escaped just in time when it was about to close. Jake transformed back into his human form as we landed hard on the ground, then we got up and I heard Jake's family cheering for making it out safely. He smiled at me, I put my hands on his shoulders, I leaned down closed my eyes and brushed my lips against his. After a few moments our lips parted.
"Rose, you remembered" he smiled at me "But how?"
"You left this at my house" I said showing the photo of Jake and I at homecoming that was placed in my pocket. He couldn't keep the smile on his face away.
"Let's just say it brought back some memories" I said then he took my hand and pulled me in for another kiss. I put my arms around him.
This is one of those memories that are worth remembering. :)
Hey guys! Just a little side note.. according to the ADJL season 2 of episode 9: Dreamscape, Rose found out that she has a family and a twin sister. (but of course we all know that she was taken from the huntsclan because of her dragon birthmark) So I provided a name for Rose's twin sister since that episode didn't provide any details. All I know is that she has parents and twin sister :)
SO... anyways.. thanks for reading my story :) tune in for the next chapter :)