Jake hated awkward situations. He wouldn't mind if it only happened occasionally with sometime in-between, but it has been happening way too often after he started living with the Long family only a month earlier. He still felt weird calling them "mom" and "dad", using the technology scattered about the place was tiresome (he freaked out when the phone started to ring), and when they asked him about his previous family he would politely refuse to answer which leads to a uncomfortable silence. And now…now he had to spend hours with kids he didn't even know to get some education, sticking out like a sore thumb with his Chinese clothing, not understanding their slang words, and most likely getting lost while trying to get to his classes.

With a sigh, he opened his locker and placed his bag in it, then pulled out four notebooks and his pencil bag. Grumbling about how noisy the hall is, he closed the locker door and turned around, quickly followed by a surprised yelp. Two teens were standing right in front of him, a boy and a girl. The girl had dark skin, dark brown eyes, black hair in high pigtails, and street clothes. The boy on the other hand wore baggy clothing, a green knitted cap, with short messy brown hair, brown eyes, and freckles. And odd pair, if you asked Jake.

"Can I…uh…help you?" he asked them, slightly nervous at the way the girl was looking him over with narrowed eyes. The boy was the one to answer.

"We're the welcoming party. I'm Spud, and the one judging you is Trixie." the boy, Spud, gave Jake a lopsided grin.

"Uh…hi. I'm Jake." He held out a hand and the other boy gladly shook it. That is, until Trixie letout a disapproving noise.

"This won't do." She walked up to Jake and put an arm around his shoulder very casually, pulling him close to her a little. "You see them?" she motioned to the other kids in the hall, to which Jake reluctantly nodded "Well, Jakey. If you wanna blend in, you gotta blend in."

"That makes… Absolutely no sense."

"You gotta change your looks a bit, man." Spud chimed in.

"There's nothing wrong with how I look! Where I come from, this is normal!"

"Just trust me on this, Jakey. Mama Trixie ain't not liar. I'm a blessing."

And with that, Jake was guided to his classes and was informed of the different groups people separate into. Turns out, Trixie and Spud were in most of his classes. And he was glad to find out (after many doubtful moments following the whole fashion comment) that the two of them were really nice people.

It was a calm day of school, though he didn't really care for his Mythology class. The teacher only spew out gibberish to his students, and most of his "known facts" were completely bogus. He swore to himself that, eventually, he was going to smack the man with a text book.


"Now Jake, remember what I told you. Answer the questions as honestly as you can, and try not to disrespect them too much." Lao Shi carefully told his adoptive grandson as they walked up to where the Council members were located. The two were called upon to introduce the new dragon, and Lao Shi was secretly more than happy to introduce him. He had respect for the boy, despite only knowing him for two months, and was glad to find out that the young boy was a fellow magical creature. There was no need to hide anything from him.

Jake let out a chuckle as he walked along his grandfather. "I'll try not to mock them too much. I mean, who would be intimidated by a simple kid?" he said the last part with a small laugh. The boy was wearing a red jacket and dark blue baggie jeans, and still to this day refused to wear any shoes (he never really liked them. It felt uncomfortable). Though he had something that Lao Shi only saw for the first time that day. A silver ear cuff with a dragon design etched onto it. The boy avoided to answer of what it was for, only telling his grandfather "It's a surprise" with a smirk.

When they finally arrived before the Council, Jake gave a polite bow to the members. To which they all seemed pleased about. Counselor Kulde game him a short, small smile. "Tell us your name, young one."

"My current name is Jacob Luke Long. I prefer being called Jake." Jake answered with a smile, then kept eyes contact as Counselor Chang stood up and glared at the boy.

"What's your real name, boy? And what is with that jewelry?" she pointed at his ear cuff.

"My real name means nothing at this point, so I won't be telling you." Jake sighed, and then quickly smirked as he stood up straight. "And as for the ear cuff… Well, I happen to be a member of the other Dragon Council."

A/N: And that's it for this chapter! Sorry for the crappiness. I can't do Trixie of Spud correctly, and I haven't watched the show in AGES so I'm pretty dang sure everyone's OOC (Jake's suppose to be, so he doesn't count). So I showed you his first day of school and how he met his buddies, and how he came to get his clothes we all know and love, as well as his first meeting with the Council and the big shocker at the end.

Please, review if you have the time. Or just do it anyways. Please and thank you.