Season 1 Episode 2
Dragon Breath
In the eerie night streets of New York City, the roads were empty and as eerie as it could get if you were a girl with a magical secret while screams echoed from the manholes until a crowd of magical creatures suddenly burst out of the sewers and ran for their lives, right past Luong Lao Shi, Jackie Long, and Fu Dog.
"Something tells me this is the place." Lao Shi said as they walked towards the manhole the magical creatures ran away out of.
"So, um, what exactly is down there freaking everybody out?" Jackie asked as they looked down into the hole.
"That's the million dollar question, kid." Fu Dog said.
They heard monstrous roaring from inside, making Jackie shiver right down her spine at the sound. "Uh guys, I'd really like to do some magical defending, but uh-um...uh the thing is, I prefer not to get my face rearranged for the day of the ball dance."
"Ah, Jackie, even the thirstiest frog cannot drink from two ponds at once." Her grandfather said wisely.
"In other words, duties before cuties!" Fu said before he shoved Jackie into the sewers as she yelled before she splashed onto the sewer water.
She frowned as she felt the sludge water on her hair and clothes, but quickly panicked when she heard more roaring. "Listen up, yo!" Jackie called out loud. "Whatever you are, I'm here to tell you to take your nasty business out of this-!" She suddenly got smacked and tackled to the wall before she could finish and she immediately began feeling her face urgently. "My face! How's my face?!"
Fu slapped his paw on his head as Lao Shi hook his head, both looking annoyed.
"Okay, you've asked for it! Dragon up!" Jackie lifted her fist into the air as she shifted into her dragon form, minus her tail, but she quickly noticed this and willed it to make it appear. She focused on her surroundings until she kicked away the creature and ducked to avoid it. "How do you like this moves, huh, sewer freak?!" Jackie began doing some kung-fu moves with her hands. Her tail accidentally slashed at a pipe, making sewerage water splash at her face and she gagged from the taste. "Nasty!"
The creature appeared and gave the female dragon a swift punch on the stomach, only for her to spit fire at it and it let out a whimper of agony as it flew away and retreated back into the dark sewers.
Jackie shook her head to rid the dizziness. "Yeah!" She changed back to human form as she climbed out of the manhole while Fu helped her out. "Haha! Believe that! You see me represent! This how real dragon throw it down!" He grandfather and Fu stare at her blankly as she does her victory dance.
"Whatever it is, it will be back." Her grandfather said sternly, walking away, and Jackie froze when he said this.
Jackie placed her hands on her hips and leaned it to the side as she frowned. "Joy killer."
Theme Song:
She's cool, she's hot, like the frozen sun
She's young and fast, she's the chosen one
People we're not braggin'
She's the American Dragon
She's gonna stop her enemies with her dragon power
Dragon teeth, dragon tail, burning dragon fire, a real live wire
American Dragon! (Jackie: Dragon up!)
American Dragon!
She's the American Dragon (freestyle with the dragon)
Her skills are getting faster
With Grandpa the master
Her destiny will walk up streets
Show time, baby, for the legacy!
American Dragon!
(Jackie: From the J-A, to the C, to the K-I, to the E! I'm the mack-mommy dragon of the NYC, ya heard?!)
American Dragon!
(Gramps: Jackie! Get back to work!)
American Dragon!
(Jackie: Aww, man!)
The next day in Manhattan, Jackie and her best friends, Travis and Spuda, rode their skateboards down the street as they made their way to school.
"Ay yo, Jack! You know it's that time of year again! Time to make things right with the universe and do the charity thing!" Travis sassed to Jackie.
"So...you're volunteering to the animal shelter instead of going to the dance?" Jackie asked as Travis expertly jumped over a garbage can.
"What's you, bananas? This dance is the charity thing! I'm taking Spuda." She gestured to her in front of them as she accidentally tied herself up with her yo-yo. "Not only as a charity to her, but to all the homeboys that won't have to be her date."
"Yeah, we're gonna wear matching shirts." Spuda said absentmindedly.
Travis and Jackie exchange looks, as Jackie raised a confused eyebrow and Travis shook his head in disagreement. They arrived at school as Travis took a wife of the air and it smelt gross. "Ya'll smell something funny?" He asked as he untied Spuda from her yo-yo.
"It's not me, I showered today, wait...was that yesterday?" Spuda said as the trio entered the school. "Or maybe it was last...Tuesday? I can't remember when I showered last."
"So, Jackie, who's gonna ask you to the dance?"
"I was hoping Ray." Jackie said as she smiled at nothing in particular. A boy has never really asked her out to a dance before, but she had to keep on dreaming so she could believe it.
"Hoping? You better get on that train, gal, or Ray is gonna pull out of the station without you! He'll be all 'Whoo-Whoo! Later, sis, I got a better girl!' And you'll be all 'No! I'm better!' And then you BAM!" Spuda said as she mimicked an imaginary wall and fell to the floor. "You hit a telephone pole and you'll just be lying there...watching his caboose get away..."
Jackie smiled with her hands on her hips. "Tch, Spuda, please. The thing about the guys is that you can never come across too eager. That train is running on my schedule, ya heard?"
Not too far away from the trio, Ray talked with his friend, Conner, as he closed his locker. "So, who are you going to ask, Ray?" His friend asked.
Ray turned his head around and saw Jackie looking down at Spuda as she smiled down at her. "I gonna ask her, Conner." He said admirably as he smiled as well.
Conner looked at where he was staring off at and noticed he was looking at Jackie. "Who? Jackie Long? The skateboarding, rapper girl?"
"Oh, come on, bro. She's just so nice, honest, loyal, and she's kind of, I don't know...different." Ray took a deep breath and made a confident smile. "Well, wish me luck." And he walked away from Cooner and made his way over to Jackie.
Travis noticed him and tugged on his friend's arm. "Yo, Jackie, lookie there." He said quietly, pointing at Ray walking right towards her. Jackie's eyes went wide as her legs began to shake and Travis tried to keep her still. "Yo, Jackie, get it together!" He slapped on her cheek lightly.
"Yeah, girl, good luck." Spuda said, giving her a light push.
Her legs were still trembling and she almost tripped to the floor until Ray gasped and quickly caught her before she fell face flat on the floor. "Whoa! Are you okay?" He asked.
Jackie regain her stance as Ray helped her up and they both stared into each other's eyes as they held each other by their arms. "Y-y-y-yeah, I'm fine." Jackie stuttered bashfully as they released each other and Jackie began brushing her locks behind her ears and blushed madly.
Ray rubbed the back of his head. "Hey, I was wondering...would you like to-"
But then from out of nowhere, Brenda Morton appeared right between them. "Hi, Ray!" She said happily. They both looked kind of surprised at first until Ray then looked more annoyed and Jackie glared at her school nemesis furiously.
"Agh, hi Brenda." He said with some disdain in his voice as he slid away and crossed his arms.
"I was wondering, do you have anyone to take to the dance tonight?"
"Actually, I was-"
"No? Great! We have so much to talk about!" Brenda began dragging the reluctant Ray down the hallway, leaving Jackie mouth gaped and then frowned at Brenda.
"Tough luck, gal." Spuda said as Travis nodded in agreement.
They both patted her back in comfort and pity as she made a crestfallen look. "Aww man, now who am I meant to go to the dance with now?" Jackie complained to her friends.
"Look, I wouldn't do this for just anyone, but I got this wig-" Spuda said, but only to get interrupted by Travis.
"Na-ah, you're my date!" He said before turning to Jackie with a disgusted look on his face. "Look, Jackie, as long as you pop a couple of mints or gums or something before you start asking boys out, you're as good as good."
"So that's what smells funny!" Spuda took a whiff of Jackie's bad breath and waved her hand in front of her face. "Supercalafrigit-chronic-calitosis."
"Yeah, that's just funky." Travis and Spuda walked away, waving their hands in front of them to wave the revolting smell away from their noses.
Jackie looking a little confused before she checked on her breath and grimaced at the smell. She has always brushed her teeth and washed her mouth as her routine, but this bad breath was from out of nowhere, which was why she had a look of surprised confusion on her face.
At the cafeteria, Jackie decided to ask some boys out to the dance during lunch. "Hi." Jackie said to a random redheaded guy, but he gagged at her bad breath.
"Ack! And I thought the tuna sandwiches stuck up the place." He gagged while plugging his nose.
That made Jackie more surprised. "Still?! I totally just washed it just now!"
"Take a breath mint...actually, take them all." He pulled out her tongue and dumped all of his breath mints onto it before stuffing it back into Jackie's mouth.
Then Jackie decided to ask another guy outside the track while he tied his shoe. "Hey, baby." She said, her breath billowing to the boy's face, making him grimace by the smell as he backed away. "School dance, you and me?"
"I? You?" He stuttered, until he accidentally toppled over a hurdle. "OWW!" Jackie cringed at his shouting. "MY BACK!"
The boy was in immediate need for medical attention as the ambulance docs place him into the van. "Hey, if the doctors release you out by tomorrow, get me and my celly, cool?!" Jackie called as the students covered their noses and walked away from her bad breath.
Now Jackie was getting very desperate while the hallway, she was about to ask a cute-looking janitor...or at least she thought was cute with his face turned away.
"Hey, baby, I need a date and if you don-" Jackie flirted, but when he turned, he showed his flimsy lips, bushy unibrow that met in the middle, and a huge mole on the right side of his cheek, making her yelp in disgust. She quickly recovered and shrugged her shoulders. "Is it just me, or are we feeling something here?" But the janitor took a whiff of her breath and stuffed his head inside his bucket and puked from the smell. Now Jackie was exasperated on why everyone thought her breath was really bad. "Oh, you have got to be kidding me! My breath can't be that bad!"
"Attention, students. Due to a mysterious odor, we will be evacuating the building until hazmat crew as located the the source of the stench." The speaker from the PA announced as the bell rang and the students walked out of their classrooms and exited the school.
"Aww man!" Jackie complained and sighed while looking up to see a deep straight dent on the lockers. "Okay, maybe it is that bad."
After being let out of school early due to the 'mysterious odor' infecting the school, Jackie decided to ask her grandfather at his shop about what was wrong with her breath since she has tried every breath mint, mouthwash, and toothpaste she could find, but her breath still reeked no matter what she used. And her bad breath actually reeked enough to cause dents on lockers, which she knew was not possible, for normal people at least.
"Ah, yes, bad breath is normal for dragons your age; your fire breathing glands are maturing." Lao Shi explained to his granddaughter as he read out of his book. "It should only last for one...maybe two weeks."
"Two weeks?!" Jackie exclaimed before she frowned. "Unacceptable, Gramps! I got a dance to go to, a guy friend to impress. You feeling me?"
"Bad breath is not important! What is important is that we identify the creature in the sewer, the Dragon Council is awaiting a full report."
"Anything in those books about how to get rid of my stank mouth?" Jackie asked as she sat next to him. Lao Shi cringed and gagged at her bad breath, but quickly recovered as he coughed the bad smell away.
"You should not worry about other people's perceptions about you, the horn does not make the unicorn."
Jackie jumped from her seat and crossed her arms. "Actually, it does, otherwise it's just a horse."
Lao Shi made a look of realization when he allowed her point to sink in. "Bah! Do not question your dragon master!" He buried his head into his books again.
Jackie stared at her grandfather while crossing her arms and then yelped when someone tugged her into another room, and it was Fu Dog.
"Ah, are you seriously taking advice from a man who hasn't has a date since the Ming Dynasty?" Fu asked rhetorically to the girl. "Follow me, kid, I got just the thing." He took her deeper into the room as he began making a potion for her problem. "Crushed bat guano, bang!" He tossed some pink sand in the bowl. "A little pinch of rosemary, ba-boom! And last but not least…" He grabbed a toad which Jackie didn't want to know where he got it from. "Some odi-toad!" She looked away as he squeezed something out of the toad and mixed them in until a flash of a bright shade of pink showed. "Bingo!" He dipped a necklace with a small tube attached and placed it around Jackie's neck. "As long as you're wearing this baby, bad breath is but a distant nightmare."
"Fu! You're my dog! This is awesome!" Jackie squealed as she brought Fu Dog into a bear hug.
"Bab-bab-dab! Just be careful with it. Toad water isn't back in season until June...and now about getting you a date for the dance…" He placed his paw under his chin as he thought to himself.
"Huh? But I already asked every guy in school."
Fu gave her a smug look as he smirked and cocked an eyebrow. "Who said anything about 'school'?"
Fu led Jackie to the New York sub train station where they board a train and began discussing with each other, of course a child tried to tell her parents that there was a dog that can talk, but they wouldn't listen.
"Now, if you really wanna impress Mr. Ray, you gotta show up at the dance with a grade A prime hottie; you gotta show him that you're a serious player." Fu explained to her.
"I am a serious player." Jackie argued confidently.
"Hehehe, yeah that's good, kid, just keep telling yourself that. Now, I happen to know a few guys from my side of town that may be willing to help you out."
Jackie scoffed sassy and cockily. "Bring it on, Fu."
The train came to a stop as the passengers exited the train and Jackie hopped out of her seat, but then Fu tugged her back. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold up kid."
Jackie looked at him in confusion. "But this is the last stop!"
Fu gave her a sly smirk. "Not for us, it ain't." He winked at the director and Jackie looked surprised as he separated himself from his legs...well, separated his actual body. "This here is the express train to magicville."
The guy waved his cap at them as he turned into a dark shade of purple and his ears pointed. Fu cackled as the train suddenly lifted itself into the air until it finally stopped and the doors opened. As soon as Jackie stepped out, she looked around in surprise as she met with the sights of different magical creatures at a flea market. The whole place looked like a flea market as they promoted different things like eyeballs, batwings, ear muffs for hiding pointy ears. Jackie was just absolutely speechless at the sight of her other half of her world, the magical side of it.
"Welcome to Magus Bazaar, kid!" Fu introduced as she looked around in awe. "Anything you need you can find it here." Jackie was about to wander off, until her dog grabbed her again. "Hey, hey, hey, stick close, kid. I don't want you talking to anybody unless I give you the thumbs up." He whistled through his paws. "Hey, Victor, you back there buddy?"
"Fu Dog? You back already?" A deep, yet soft voice said in surprise. He came to the light and revealed his short brown hair and violet eyes and a lean built body that a guy could kill for.
"Nah, nah, I got someone here I'd like you to meet. Jackie, meet Victor." Fu gave Jackie a slight push as her grin turned lovesick. "Go on, kid, work your magic." And then he walked away to leave them alone.
"Hey, hey!" Jackie protested, but noticed he was gone, so she cleared her throat. "Umm...hey, listen...umm, I was wondering if you aren't busy tomorrow night, maybe I could-" A guy pushed the cart that was separating them, and her life drained when she saw Victor's bottom half was eight hairy spider legs. "Maybe I could...slowly back away."
As Jackie walked away quickly, ignoring Victor's hurt and confused look, Fu caught up after her and stopped her. "Hey, what's the matter with you?"
"Sorry, I guess I was put off by the eight hairy spider legs!" Jackie shrieked as she glared angrily at her dog.
"Hey, I thought you might be a leg girl, oh alright. Relax, I got a few other options." Fu gestured to two red-haired guys that looked alike.
Jackie smiled at them. "Twins! Alright, one for each arm."
"Hey, hey, hey, they ain't just twins, they're oracle twins. Seers, as they can see the future and all that, haha."
"Whoa, how cool is that?"
"Hi, you're cute." The cheery guy said with an ice cream in his hand, and his eyes suddenly flashed yellow for a second. "Want to know the exact time and day you're gonna die?" He laughed as if saying death was totally normal.
Jackie made a look of confusion. "Uh…"
"You're getting a Game Station 3000 for Christmas this year, whoop-te-top-dancing for you." The other twin brother said emotionlessly. Jackie was unsure if she should've be excited or run for her life, so she backed away like she did with Victor.
"Alright, here's the deal, Lyle, little Mr. Sunshine, he can see the bad stuff that's going to happen. And Kyle, Mr. Gloom and doom, can only see the good stuff." Fu explained before he huffed and shrugged a little. "Go figure. Anyhow, you got your pick."
Lyle suddenly grabbed Jackie's hand to reveal her mole. "You should totally have that mole checked." He said, making her stare at her hand in shock.
A moment later, Jackie relaxed against a cart, looking a little moody. "I picked neither. Look, Fu, I'm looking to impress Ray, not traumatize him for life." She said to her talking dog.
"Whoa, take it easy, kid. Just getting warmed up." Fu said.
Jackie then noticed an attractive guy at a nearby stall. He had jet black hair, black eyes, looked nicely built and wearing a red leather jacket and black jeans. Jackie smiled when she knew that she has found her man. "Oh, okay, but I uh...but um, how 'bout I pick the next guy?" Jackie suggested as she got up to her feet and walked to him.
"No way, kid, some of these guys are dangerous. So, stick with me and I'll make sure you don't get-" Fu said, until he suddenly got lifted off the ground by the scruff of his neck while a blue six-foot troll held onto him.
"Well, well, well, you've got a lot of nerve showing your face around here." A smaller green troll said, rubbing his hands deviously.
"Erbert, come on, I was gonna pay you back those dog biscuits I man, I just need a little more time."
Meanwhile, Jackie walked up to the boy and took a deep breath. "Hi, do you come here often?" Jackie said to him.
"Uh, no, I'm just in town for a few days to visit my family." He explained while rubbing the back of his neck sheepishly.
"Well, a visitor should have the proper tour guide."
The boy smirked as he crossed his arms. "Oh really? Do you have someone in mind?"
Jackie bowed in a lady respectful way (despite the fact that she was wearing jean shorts and not a skirt or anything). "Jackie Long, at your service."
"I'm Jason." They both shook each other's hands.
"Listen, there's a dance at my school tomorrow night and I was just wondering if maybe you'd like to go with me?"
"I'd love to, but-"
"But what?! Is it my breath, because this necklace is supposed to-"
Jason chuckled as he placed his hand on her shoulder. "Whoa, chill out, your breath is minty fresh, I just have to be home early. I stayed out late last night and got in so much trouble, you don't even want to know how much."
Jackie breathed out a sigh of relief. "Well, as long as it's not that early, I guess. How early we talking here?"
"Oh, you know, sometime around ten twenty-three in fifteen seconds eastern standard time." Jason said it very casually and made it sound like he had a clock in his head. He noticed Jackie's confused face as he chuckled nervously and shrugged. "Sorry, it's this whole lunar cycle thing."
Jackie waved her confusion aside as she smiled. "That's cool, you can tell me all about it at the dance."
"Come on, guys, be reasonable!" She heard Fu cry out. She turned around and saw that her shar pei dog was in trouble.
"I'll see you tomorrow, 'kay?" But Jackie didn't give time for Jason to answer as she dashed away to help out her dog.
"The blood's rushing to my head!"
"Why don't you pick on someone your own size?" The trolls turned and saw Jackie in her dragon form. The troll holding Fu dropped him and march up to the dragon. Her tail tapped his shoulder lightly and he looked behind in annoyance as Jackie took the distraction to whack him into a nearby cart. The smaller troll tried to run away, but was pulled back by the dragon's tail and was sent flying into his henchman with the tent slamming on top of them, trapping them as they struggled.
"Good save, kid." Fu said as Jackie changed back to her human form. "Now, maybe we can find you a date in Troll Town."
"It's cool, Fu. I'll be fine." Jackie said as she took one last look at Jason as he waved at her. "Just fine." And with that, she and Fu walked away.
However, after Jackie left with her dog, Jason's eyes suddenly flashed red as he gained a look of annoyance near a moon rock cart.
At the Long's house that night, Jackie has gotten herself ready for the dance. She got changed into a dark red dress and a pair of pumps to go with it and left her hair down, and kept her necklace on her to keep her breath fresh. She was currently being bombarded by her parent's camera flashlights.
"Mom!" Jackie complained as she rubbed her eyes to rid the stars.
"Oo, I can't help it, Jackie, you just look so beautiful! Hold still, hold still!" Her mother, Susan, said excitedly while she took even more photos of her eldest daughter.
"You know, your dress might look better if you took off this necklace." Her father, Jonathan, said as he reach out for her necklace.
"NO!" Jackie protested as she held it close, and luckily the doorbell rung and saved her from explaining.
"I'll get it!" Jackie's little brother, Hayden, announced as he ran down the stairs and answered the door, showing Jason wearing a tuxedo.
"Hi, is Jackie home?" He asked politely.
"You must have the wrong house, my sister's never dated anyone as handsome as you before. In fact, actually, she's never dated."
Jason chuckled. "Oh really? But she's such a sweetheart."
"Oh, she's the best. She sleeps with a nightlight, picks her toes and Mom had to send her to school with an extra pair of underwear for the entire first grade." He gestured Jason to lean closer. "Accidents."
"Okay!" Jackie interrupted and shoved Hayden aside as he crashed into the storage room as Jackie smiled at her date. "Isn't he precious?" Jason raised an eyebrow, but didn't say anything. "Well, bye."
Before they could walk out the door, Susan ran in front of them. "Hold it, hold it, hold it!" She screeched as she repeatedly snapped more pictures as Jackie tried to get her to stop.
"Okay, well don't wait up!" Jackie dragged Jason along as they sprinted out of the house.
Susan examined the photos until she noticed something was off as she cocked an eyebrow. "Huh, that's weird. Jason has red eye in every one of these pictures."
"Camera must be broken." Jonathan shrugged.
At Millard Fillmore Junior High, music was playing loudly in the gym as all the students danced to the music.
"Look here, Spuda, I showed you up with you, but I ain't goin' to get you punch or pose in any photo with you that can later be used against me, are you hearing me?" Travis said to his friend, like the other boys, he was also wearing a tuxedo.
"Jackie's here." Spuda said, admiring Jackie's date she was holding hands with. Spuda was wearing a brown dress and black flats.
"Travis, Spuda, I'd like you to meet Jason." Jackie introduced to her friends. She then spotted Brenda with Ray who looked like they were having fun. She glared with jealousy as she interrupted Jason. "Ok, we'll catch up with you guys later! Got to go get my dance on, yeah!" And she dragged Jason into the crowd.
"Maybe we should get our-" Spuda said.
"Nab, shut it down home girl." Travis said quickly.
Spuda looks down dejectedly. "Okay."
Meanwhile, at the shop, Lao Shi has been asked by his daughter, Susan, to check on her camera to see if it was broken, much to his dismay as he was also trying to find out the creature that attacked the sewers the other night.
"Tell the council I do not have any information about the creature yet." Lao Shi said to a pixie while clicking through the camera and spoke in words of Chinese in frustration. "Apparently, my daughter thinks that fixing a digital camera is more important than restoring peace to the community."
"No skin of my wing, you have to pay by the hour." The pixie said.
Lao Shi suddenly went wide eyed at one of the photos. "Wait! Incubus!"
"Gazilled hi."
"No! Listen! The creature is while harmless during the day, becomes a soul sucking monster when the moon reaches the center of the night sky."
Back at the dance, Jackie and Jason danced with each other, but Jason on the other hand looks very uneasy about tonight. "Uh, Jackie, don't forget I have to be home by-" Jason said.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, ten twenty-something." Jackie said absentmindedly.
"Ten twenty-three in fifteen seconds, it's the exact time the moon reaches the center of the sky."
"Whatev', no problem. I just want you to meet a few people and then we'll totally motor." Jackie then lead him to Brenda and Ray. "Yeah, hey, don't hurt yourself, oh hey, Brenda. Hey Ray." They all stopped dancing as they faced each other. "Did you guys get to meet my hot date, Jason?"
Ray made a little look of jealousy in his eyes, until he shook his head and smiled a little. Brenda, however, looked at him flirtatiously. "Hey there, handsome." Brenda said, making Jason look uncomfortable until the cheerleader dragged Jackie away from earshot. "Where'd you find him?"
"I have my ways." She replied as she glanced at a group of girls forming around Jason.
"Can I have your number?" "Do you have a brother?" They all asked at the same time.
"Gentlemen! Like I said to my hot date, Jason, hot date Jason I say, if you wanna get the hotties, you got to move your bodies!" Jackie backflipped over the crowd to impress them as they cheered for her.
Jason looked nervously at the sky as he saw that the moon was almost reaching the center of the sky. "Jackie, I'm not feeling too well!" He called out to her.
"Okay, yeah, yeah! A couple more minutes! Yo, party over here what? Party over here!"
"Jackie, the moon!"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's almost as cool as you babe! Yo, yo, yo, DJ drop, drop the best!"
"Travis on the one-hit-two!" Travis called back as he played another pop-song.
Jason finally couldn't take it anymore as he sprinted towards the exit, only to be blocked by Brenda herself.
"Hey there, handsome. Leaving so soon? Party's just getting started." She said flirtatiously.
"I'm not feeling so good." Jason said as he shook his head.
"Maybe a dance will help you feel better."
"I don't-"
"Come on, one dance won't hurt anybody." Brenda wrapped her arm around Jason and lead him towards the dance floor, unaware to her, his eyes glowed a shade of red.
"Yo, yo, check it out, it's the mac-mummy, yeah!" Jackie cheered on the stage as the crowd roared.
"Uh, Jack, have you seen your hot date Jason lately?" Travis said, pointing at where Brenda and Jason were dancing.
A grin appeared on Jackie's face. "Alright! Do you know what this means?"
"Uh, that you brought a cheating two-faced werebeast to the dance?"
She ignored her friend's comment as she scanned around the gym and found the boy of her dreams, Ray, sitting at a table, looking dejected after Brenda abandoned him to dance with Jason instead. "I can't believe Brenda would just ditch him like that...no, actually I can believe that." She sniffed her breath and smiled at its freshness. "It's all good."
Jackie walked off stage and sat next to Ray while she remained silent and waited for him to speak.
"Brenda said that the only reason that she made me go out with her was so that she could dance with the most attractive guy in the room." Ray said before sighing miserably. "I guess she got her wish."
"Don't say that. Brenda has no clue what she's missing. Honestly, I'm not so sure she's smart enough to feel anyone's true feelings, and for the record, I think you're the most attractive guy room." Jackie said calmly as her cheeks blushed madly red.
Ray looked at her, smiling a bit. "You really think so?"
"I don't think so, I know so."
Slow romantic music began playing in the room as Jackie glanced at Travis and he gave her a wink and a thumbs up. "Would you like to dance, milady?" Ray offered in a posh voice as he held out his hand.
"Well, I would love to." Jackie said in the same accent voice as she took his hand.
They both walked to the dance floor and Jackie placed her arms around Ray's neck as he held her waist firmly. Ray and Jackie both stared at each other in their eyes as they began to look deep in each other as they both smiled. Too bad that most happy moments don't last forever.
"Whoa there, handsome. You really know your way around the dance floor, don't you?" Brenda asked as she danced with Jason until he glared at her with red eyes with an animalistic growl. "Oh, rawr to you, too."
All of the sudden, Jason grabbed her shoulders and forced her to look at him. Now Brenda felt frightened as he glared as he opened his mouth to suck blue mist out of her mouth. Jason then walked away, leaving a soulless Brenda behind as she stood there motionlessly.
"Listen, I'm sorry about Brenda." Jackie said to Ray.
"Don't worry about it, you're a better dancer anyway. Plus, I think that she's not very sympathetic in her actions as I suspected." Ray said with a chuckle.
He spun her around and caught her in his arms. They both looked into their eyes again as he leaned closer and were about to meet their lips together until a girl bumped into them, causing Ray to drop Jackie as she landed on the floor.
"Oof! Hey, watch where you're…" Jackie said as she stood up to her feet and faltered as she cocked an eyebrow. "Going?" She noticed the girl wasn't paying attention. She waved her hand in front of her face, but she got no response. She made a look of panic when she realized who could've done this. "Uh, stay here, I'll be right back." Jackie rushed off to find her friends and found them sitting at a table drinking punch. "Travis! Whatever you do, do not let Spuda dance with Jason."
"Come now, girl, Spuda would never do that." Travis said and then noticed Spuda wasn't saying anything. "Uh, Spuda?" He waved his hand in front of her face and began lightly tapping her on the cheek.
Jackie began to panic more as she glanced to see Jason sucking the souls out of more girls who ditched their partners to dance with him. She crawled under the table and dialed in a number.
Elsewhere, Fu has asked to get himself a massage by a girl with six arms as he relaxes and enjoys his back-rub of his wrinkles. "Ahh, you have so much tension in these wrinkles." The blonde six-armed woman said she rubbed Fu's back.
His phone suddenly rang loudly and he answered it. "Talk to the Fu." He said dreamily.
"Fu! Fu! You gotta help me! My date is totally acting freaky!" Jackie said urgently through the phone.
That made Fu surprised as his eyes went wide. "Date? What date?"
"Well, you see, I sorta asked this guy at the flea market who looked normal, but…"
"Kid, what did you do?"
On cue, Lao Shi entered the room with a picture of Jason. "She took an incubus to the school dance." He said as he showed him the picture.
That made Fu more scared as he stuttered nervously. "A-a-a-a-a, an incubus? You mean the one with the-" He turned his attention to the phone. "Jackie, do you realize that your date is a soul-stealing serpent?!"
"I'm starting to, yes." Jackie replied nervously.
"Kid, you got to get him out of there pronto! You do not want to know what happens when the moon reaches the center of the sky."
A loud noise was heard, making Jackie jump a little. She peeked out of the table cloth and saw that all the girls of her school were in a daze as Jason stood in the middle wearing an expressionless face. The moonlight glowed at Jason like a spotlight as darkness swirled around him like a tornado. Jackie watches in horror as the tornado dialed down to reveal Jason with his bottom half as the shape of a long green serpent, his hair was spikier than before and had two long goat horns, and his eyes were a shade of red. He roared to the heavens.
"Uh, I think I just found out." Jackie said lamely. The incubus roared as he sucked the souls out of everyone in the building. "WHOA!" Jackie ducked back underneath the table before her soul got sucked in. "Fu! Fu! My date just sucked the souls out of the entire student body! Talk about killing the party vibe."
"I think I can whip up a potion that will help you out, but you got to keep him busy 'til then." Fu said urgently.
Jackie smirked. "That I can do, Fu." She hanged up and concentrated on her dragon energy. "Dragon up!" Flames coated her entire body as she transformed to her full dragon form and emerged from the table. "Right on, time to kick me some inccubus! Look out, incubus, cause the Am-Drag is in the house!" She charged towards him only to be knocked away with a swipe of his arm. She went flying towards the table, but before she could recover the incubus grabbed her by her chest. "Oh, so now you wanna dance with me?"
Jackie curled her tail around Jason's. She tipped him over as he growled angrily at her as she only does a 'come get me' gesture. He charged at her again, making her gulp and hold out her hands until she dashed towards the DJ box as the incubus chased after her.
"Time to spin some tunes!" Jackie said as she grabbed some of the CDs and flicked them towards the incubus, but he used his bat wings as a shield while they deflected off of him. She gasped when a large impact landed on her guts. She spun on the CD player and went crashing into a wall.
The incubus towered over her and was about to try to steal her soul.
"Back off, soul-brother!" Fu exclaimed as he rode on Lao Shi's (in dragon form) back. Jackie's grandfather kung-fu kicked the incubus into another table as Fu slipped off his back and tossed a container to Jackie. "Here, kid, this oughta do the trick."
Jackie turned to the incubus as she popped open the cork. "Say goodnight, baby." She said before gulping down the potion.
"Kid, no! You're not supposed to drink it!"
"Huh?!"
"You were supposed to pour it on the incubus! The potion renders whoever touches it powerless!"
On cue, Jackie shifted back to human form unwillingly. "Aww man!" She looked down at herself, now completely powerless. "Uh, a little help here, Gramps!" Jackie then saw her grandfather wandering the dance floor, soulless.
She glanced at the incubus who was trying to claw at the old man and pushed him out of the way as they tumbled across the floor. Jackie narrowed her eyes as she courageously charged at it as she went for a flying kick, but then Jason wrapped his tail around her leg and hung her upside down as he glared at her. She was glad she always wore black shorts when wearing dresses, but she was about to become soulless like the others.
"Come on, kid, I bet all my brownies on you!" Fu called as he blocked a soulless Lao Shi from walking into the fight. "But now I wish that I had put all my chocolate on the incubus, cause frankly, you stink!"
Jackie was about to glare at the talking dog, until she suddenly got an idea as she saw her necklace dangling between her eyes. "You're right, I do stink!" Jackie called back as she ripped the necklace off and hurled it into a bin. "Hahaha, how do you like me now, incubus?" She did as much of her bad breath as possible.
"Dragon breath!" He gagged from the horrible smell as he clawed at his throat and collapsed to the floor on his back. Blue mist came out of his mouth as he returned all the souls back to all the kids, who became dazed and confused, just as Jason changed back to human form, who was knocked out unconscious from the nasty dragon breath.
"We'll keep the incubus at the shop 'til sunrise, when the moon sets, he'll be as good as new." Fu Dog said as he and Lao Shi carried Jason out of the building.
"What happened?" Ray asked, looking as confused as the others.
Unfortunately for the girls, the boys remembered enough to be angry at their dates for abandoning them for Jason. "And when they say trans-music, they mean it! Good days, huh?" Jackie announced, trying to get the party going again, but totally forgot about her bad breath as everyone complained and plugged their noses from the smell.
Jackie sighed miserably as made her way out of the building while rubbing her arms in embarrassment. "Jackie, wait!" Ray called after her.
"I know, I know, my breath. I'm gonna head home and bath and mouthwash." She said, sounding very crestfallen.
"No, no." Ray smiled as he walked up to her and placed his hand on her shoulder. "I was just gonna say thank you for cheering me up."
Then Jackie suddenly remembered about their little 'moment' before Jason went all soul-sucking, making her blush a little. "Oh, hehe, um, yeah I really meant it. Look, I'm sorry that my date and your date sorta-"
"Don't be, no big. I guess we both just came here with the wrong people."
"You have no idea."
"Maybe next time we'll make better choices?"
"Believe that."
Jackie walked down the steps before she looked back up at Ray, who smiled and waved his hand and she waved back before walking back home after a memorable night of dancing and fighting soul-sucking monsters. Ray sighed as he watched Jackie walk farther away until his friend, Connor, walked up to him.
"That's one special girl, am I right?" Connor asked, crossing his arms and smiling smugly at Ray.
"Couldn't ask for a better one." He said.
The next day at the Magus Bazaar flea market, Jackie walked Jason back home after he woke up in the shop. Jason explained to her that he was fully aware of what happened that night, but he also confessed that incubuses didn't have control over their actions with the moon in the center of the sky. He felt really bad for causing Jackie so much trouble, and he even explained he was the one attacking in the sewers the other night.
"So um, I'm not sure how to put this, but...I'm sorry I tried to suck the souls out of your friends at the dance." He said with regret as he clutched on his jacket tighter.
"Hey, you warned me you needed to get home, eleven times, but I was just too caught up in my own thing." Jackie said, feeling guilty as well as she brushed her hair behind her ear.
"But still, I should've told you." They stopped at a building as he grinned sheepishly. "Well, this is me. I had a really nice time except for the whole-you know, sorry again."
"Don't even sweat it, I'm just glad everyone's souls ended up in their rightful bodies."
Back at the empty dance, Jackie spoke too soon as Travis's and Spuda's souls ended up in the wrong bodies.
"Sweet mama flapjacks, please tell me I'm looking at a mirror." Travis said through Spuda's body, staring at 'Travis'.
"Girl, I could've sworn that I was a girl." Spuda said through Travis's body as she looked at herself in a compact mirror, only to find herself in the body of an African-American boy instead.