Disclaimer: I do not own any characters used in this story (except Dio). All characters are from the TV show American Dragon Jake Long.

Hey readers. Here's the second chapter and it's a long one. I hope you enjoy it and more is on the way soon.^^

Meetings

Jake long awakes his Saturday morning tired as ever. Jake was now 15 and going to high school. It would have been great if Rotwood didn't transfer to his high school to teach them. Jake thought his life was going to be much easier now that both the Hunts clan and the Dark Dragon were out of his hair, but life was even harder now then his old mid school life. Yesterday was one of the worst days of it.

Jake woke up late again, which in turn made him late for his first class, P.E. His teacher isn't such a nice guy in the morning so Jake ended up doing laps around the gym until he couldn't stand anymore. By lunch time Jake was dead tired and didn`t pay attention to where he was going and feel down the stair, only to bump into Brad and send him flying into the girls washroom. Brad was pissed and ended up shoving Jake into a small locker. When Mr. I mean Professor Rotwood class came around Jake found himself a one way trip to detention for falling asleep during class. Jake was forced to write out "I will not fall asleep in Professor Rotwood's class again" 300 times before he was allowed to leave. This resulted in Jake being late to dragon train and gramps was not to light on the punishment. Jake was to do remedial task for his grandpa. Wash his clothing, sweep the floors, and even clean the toilet with his tongue. Jake didn't finish until 7 which made him late for his curfew. He rushed home as fast as he could, only to see his dad waiting for him at the front steps. He was grounded big time for being late and getting a phone call from Professor Rotwood saying he fell asleep in class again. Jake was not allowed to go skateboarding or see his friends for a week. Talk about a bad Friday.

Jake rose out of bed and got dressed. He walked down stairs to get breakfast and get started on the mountain of homework he had, since he was grounded and such. Before he could even sit down at the table, his phone rang. As soon as he put the phone up to his ear he immediately retracted the phone away. It was gramps and he did not sound happy.

"JAKE! GET TO GRANDPAS SHOP NOW! DRAGON EMERGENCY!"

"Aw man!" was all he could as he slumped his way out of the house and made his way to G shop.

He arrived about 10 minutes later and came running in though the shop door.

"Gramps! I'm here what's the emergency? Trolls, Goblins, Chang?"

"No. The dragon council has request to see you right now. We must leave for Draco Island right away."

"Ugh. Was that really it? I haven't even had breakfast yet and I'm still tired from yesterday."

"Kid this is very important." Fu dog said as he came up from behind gramps. "The council said that it involved an old legend and said that you have to be there."

"But why me? Why do I have to be there?"

"That we don't know but will find out soon enough. Come on let's get a move on before were late."

"Fu dogs right. We do not want to upset the council. Come young dragon, Fu dog has made a portal potion." With that Gramps and Fu made their way to the back of the shop were the portal was ready to be used.

"At least we don't have to take that elevator again." Jake said with a smile.

"Oh, No. This portal doesn't lead us to Draco Island. It's just a short cut to the elevator."

"Aw man." Was last thing Jake said as he stepped into the portal.

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Dio awoke to find himself floating in a sea of darkness. He couldn't see anything as he looked around.

"Where am I? What happened to me? The last thing I remember was feeling all that pain then passing out. Wait. Oh my god, I'm dead aren't I!?" He started to panic as he tried to move around to find an exit.

"No my child, you are not dead." A man's voice said coming from nowhere.

"What? Who's there? Show yourself!" With that a shape started to form out of nowhere. After it was done appearing, Dio now found himself looking into a mirror just a bit bigger then himself. But instead of his own reflection he saw a shadowy version of himself.

"Wh.. Who are you?"

"I am you. And you are me. We are both the same person. I've just been lying dormant for all these years." The figure replied.

"What do you mean? Where am I and how did I get here?"

"It's just as I said. I am you just as you are me. Think of it as were two sides to the same coin. As for where you are, you are deep inside you subconscious mind. Your body to quite a punishment after your true dragon powers started to awaken."

"What do you mean after my true powers awaken? I want answers! How do I get out of here and back to reality!? Dio was starting to get mad.

"Sorry but you're not leaving here." The figure said with a grin.

"And why's that?"

"Because as we speak, I am taking over this body and making it my own."

"What! There is no way I'm letting you do that!"

"It's not like you have a choice. I mean look at yourself." He said as he faded from the mirror so that Dio could look at himself.

Dio's body was in the form he remembered he was in as he passed out. His feet were now dragon feet all the way up to his shins now. Other scales could be seen and felt in patches all over his body. His right arm was covered in deep blue scales and 4 black claws. At his elbow now was another black horn that stoke out of his arm. On his left shoulder was a big blue wing that looked like it could retract down to a smaller size. On his lower back now stuck out a big long tail but at the tip of it was what looked to be a sliver trident. It looked like a crown but still had trident fetchers to it. He finally looked up to his face to see that his hair has grown a lot longer. His horns have grown to be much bigger as well. His ears were now pointed and a bit longer the before. He opened his mouth and saw that his teeth have gotten a lot more sharper and his canines have grown to be bigger and both the top and bottom of his mouth.

"So you like what I've done with your body?" The voice said again.

"I look like a freak! Change me back! NOW! And stop hiding in the mirror and fight me!" Dio said as he smash the mirror into pieces.

"Sorry but that only way for you to go back to normal is for you to force it back. But with the energy you have now, you couldn't even force one scale back." He said with a laugh. "And as to where I am, why don't you look for yourself."

Dio looked up to see a shatter piece of glass about the size of a hand slowly make it pass his face. Dio's face was shocked to what he was looking at. His left eye was now a bright amber gold colour and his pulped was now slit. The amber looked like it was flaming with and evil look to it.

"You see. I am now you." Dio now found that he couldn't control his mouth for a second as it was moving on its own as the voice talked to him. "Well inside you is more like it. But it doesn't matter, because soon this body will be mine." He said laughing again.

"No!" Dio said and shaking his head back and forth. "No, Get out of my body!"

"Hahaha wha..? What are you doing?! Stop it! Dame you're more persistent then I though! You're actually forcing me out!" The voice said angrily. "Fine then! Have it your way! But when you least expect it, I'll steal this body right out from under you. You hear me?! I will have this body!" The voice slowly died down before it was nothing.

Dio may have solved one problem for now but he still has another problem at hand.

"I really need to get out of here before he tries to take me over again. But how do I leave?"

As soon as Dio said that I bright light appeared behind him.

"Well I guess that answers my question." He said as he walked over to the light.

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Dio now awoke to find himself inside some sort of white room. He had and I.V. sticking out of his left hand and most of his body was wrapped up in bandages. He also had a bandage over his left eye so he couldn't see out of it. Dio turned his head and saw his mother and father talking to a doctor who was a dragon.

"Tell us doctor. Will our son be alright?" His mother asked with worry in her voice.

"Well, his body has suffered a massive amount of blood loss. Some of his internal organs are damaged as well because they only were partially transformed but we apply a potion that changed them back to his human form. As for the rest of his body, none of the potion we used could change him ether into a dragon or back to human. I'm afraid he's stuck like that until he can control his powers. "

"Well, when will he walk up?"

The doctor looked over and saw Dio trying to move around. "I think he awake now."

Both of Dio's parents turned and ran back over to the bed.

"Dio!" His mom said as she rested he hand on Dio's cheek. "Oh thank god you're alright."

"How do you feel son?" His father asked.

Dio tried to sit up but that resulted in him grunting in pain. He still manages to push himself up enough so that he's sitting up right.

"I could be better." Giving a small chuckle to lighten their moods. "Where am I and what happened to me?"

"You're at a hospital on Draco Island. As for what happened to you we don't know exactly."

"What a great way to end my birthday. I found out that I'm a dragon and the next thing you know I'm on an Island that has dragons on it." He said with a small smile.

"Speaking of dragons. How do you feel with your new dragon parts?" His mother asked.

"I don't know." Dio tries to move his feet and arm around to see how they would feel but his movement was limited because of the bandages. "I guess it doesn't feel that different from my old body. I just can't move my tail." He said looking how towards it.

He tried to focus on moving his tail but all he could do was wage it back and forth on the bed.

"Hey look I did it."

"That's great Dio but you shouldn't be moving around too much. You just get some rest and you'll be up and moving in no time." His father said patting his head.

"Alright." He said as he lied back down.

"Will be here when you walk up, ok. We love you." His mom said.

"Love you too." With that he closed his eye and after a couple of minutes he was asleep. But unknown to his parents he wasn't really asleep he just faked it. "There is no way in hell I'm going to sleep right now! I am not going back to that place again." He said in his head. Dio's ear twitched as he heard the door to his room open.

"Ah Mr. and Miss. Heart, how is your son doing?" the voice said.

"Consoler Adam? What are you doing here?" His father said.

"I am here because this concerns your son. May I talk with you outside?"

"Alright." His mother said as all of them walked outside the room and closed the door. For some reason Dio ears could still hear what they were saying as if they were in the room still. But it did sound like they were trying to whisper to one another.

"It appears an old legend has come true. Your son is the Trident dragon." The voice said.

"The Trident dragon? What's that?" his father asked.

"The Trident dragon is a dragon with powers beyond any magical creature in existences. If it were to fall into the wrong hands then it could mean the end of both the magical world and the human world."

"How do you know our son is this dragon and who would want to use his powers?"

"We know he's the dragon by his tail. The blade on the end of it looks like a Trident and no other dragon has one like it. As for who would try and use his powers, we believe that Hunts clan would use them to destroy our world."

"But that's impossible. All of the Hunts clan members were wiped out! There's no way that they could be alive!" His mother said angrily.

"True, but every legend we've read so far has come true and this one states that there will a battle between the Hunts clan and dragons and we cannot risk the chance of that happening."

"What do you plan on doing?"

"We are going to keep your son on this island. Forever. I'm sorry but it's for his own good."

With that Dio tuned out of the conversation and started to think in his head.

"What! They're going to keep me on this island forever, just because they think I'm this Trident dragon?! No way in hell I'm staying here! I have my own life to live and I'm not going to sit by and watch them take that away from me!" With that he started to rise from his bed once more and tried to get up. He pulled out the I.V. and swung his legs over the bed side and tried to stand up. Since his body still hasn't recovered yet he ended up falling to the floor. Luckily his parents didn't hear him fall as they were now yelling at the man. Dio slowly mad his way up off the ground and tried to balance on his new feet. It was a little hard but he got the hang of it after a couple of steps. He looked out the window and saw that he was about 3 floors up off the ground. "Well I guess this is the only way out of here." Dio said as he walked back looking around for any other exit. He grabbed one of the chairs his parents were sitting in and through it at the window. The window smashed and he jumped on the ledge of the window looking down to find a way to get to the ground. His parents came rushing back in the room with the man only to gasp at what he was doing.

"Dio! What are you doing?! Come back in here right now!" His father yelled at him.

"No! I heard what you said and I'm not staying on this island for the rest of my life!"

The man just laughed at what Dio was trying to do.

"Boy do you really think you can escape from here? Were 3 floors up from the ground and you can't jump down in your condition or fly with only one wing. Why don't you come back in here so we can talk?" the man motioned his body slowly towards Dio and reached out his hand for him to take it.

"Sorry old man but I am not staying here. And besides who needs to fly when you have claws." With that Dio jumped off the ledge and used his claws to slide his way down to the ground. Once he reached the ground he started to sprint away from the hospital.

"Why do they never listen to what I say? You two stay here. I must catch him before he finds a way off of Draco Island." Adam said as he turned into a dragon and made his way out the window.

"But what about his condition!? He's in no shape to be out like that! And what happens when we do find him? How will we be able to catch him without hurting him?" his father asked the man.

"Don't worry about that now. The guards that I'll have sent out will have tranquilizers on them so we won't hurt him. Just stay here." He said as he started to fly away in the same direction as Dio.

"Oh Dio. What have you gotten yourself into?" his mother asked to no one.

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The elevator pop out of the ground and the doors opened slowly. Jake was the first one to step out of the elevator then Gramps and Fu.

"Ugh. I'll never get use to that elevator. Who's idea was this in the first place?" Jake asked as he was still dizzy from the ride.

"That's not important right now. We must make our way to the council hall." Gramps stated.

"I still don't know what's the 911's about. I mean what else could be the problem here. The Hunts clans gone, the Dark Dragons trap. What else could be so important that they would need me to-." Jake was cut off by someone running into him making him and the person fall down.

"Ow! Hey man watch where you're going!" Jake blurted out as he got up. "Whoa. Dude what's up with the bandages?" Jake said as he examined him.

"You have to help me!" the boy pleaded. "This guy wants to keep me on this island for the rest of my life because of some legend or something! Please I need hel-Ahh!" the boy feel back down to the ground clutching his side. The bandages were starting to turn red and drip blood from them.

"Young one, you are hurt badly! We need to get you to the hospital. Jake, help me with him." Gramps motioned for Jake to help him up. But as soon as he got to his feet he pushed Jake and gramps away.

"NO! I just came from there and I'm not going back! That's where that man was. I need to get out of here!" The boy yelled at Jake and gramps.

"What man? Who's trying to get you?" Jake asked.

"I don't know. I think his name was Councillor Adam." The boy answered weakly.

Gramps just stood there for a moment and was about to say something until he hear wings flapping above them. He and Jake looked up to see 2 dragon guards with guns and Councillor Adam.

"American Dragon, stop that boy! He cannot leave this island!" Councillor Adam demanded.

Jake turned his attention back to the boy who was now running away towards the beach. Jake hesitated for a moment but he turn into his red dragon form and went after the boy. Gramps did the same as he picked up Fu to follow Jake.

By the time they caught up with the boy they were already at the beach line. The boy was now bleeding badly and was exhausted. Jake, Gramps, Councillor Adam and the 2 dragon guards where now surrounding the boy.

"Look boy there's nowhere for you to run. You're bleeding badly and you need medical attention. Just give up and come with us." Councillor Adam said as he man his way closer to him.

"For the last time, I am not going with you and I am not staying on this island! I'll fight you with what strength I have left in order to escape from here!" The boy shouted as he took a defence stance.

"All right then. Have it you way. Guards! Trank him." As he commanded the two guards raised their guns and fired at the boy. The boy saw it coming and caught the two darts in midair. He through them back at the guards and hit his mark. Both of the guard dropped and completely passed out.

The turned around and dashed towards and caught Adam off by surprise. By the time Adam could do anything it was too late. The boy used his left palm and hit Adam directly in the chest, knocking the wind out of him and sending him flying back into a tree. He hit the ground with a loud thud and blacked out.

The boy turned his attention towards Jake and gramps who were astonished by what he has done. It all went by so fast. He shouldn't even be able to move that much in his condition.

"Whoa. This guy got some mad skill, but not as mad as the American Dragon." Jake said as he jumped towards the boy.

Jake managed to jump onto of the boy but he was thrown off by the boy from a kick to the stomach. Jake recovered and used his tail to try and trip him but he caught his tail and swung him around before letting him go in the air. Jake opened his wings and flipped back around to face him.

"You're not too bad of a fighter kid, but let's see how you can handle a little dragon fire." Jake took a deep breath and shot out a fireball. The boy sucked in as well but nothing came out and the fire ball hit him.

"Ha, how'd ya like that?"

When the smoked cleared Jake could see that he blocked the flame with his right arm. The bandages that once covered his arm were now burned away to reveal deep blue scales. His scales didn't even look like they were affected by the blast what's so ever.

"Is that all…..you got?" The boy said taking very deep breaths. It was obvious to both of them that he was completely drained of energy. He didn't even look like he could stand up anymore.

The boy fell to his knees and clutched his abdomen again. The bandages that were once white were now completely soaking with blood. He coughed violently and blood started to come out of his mouth. Jake now saw that he couldn't continue and landed a couple of feet in front of him.

"Look dude. It's over. If you keep on fighting then you're going to die. We need to get you hospital." Jake said as he slowly walked over to him.

The boy looked up at Jake before collapsing to the side. His eye was only opened half way but Jake could still see that it was dark and cloudy. Jake picked him up bridal style before turning around to talk to gramps that was checking on Councillor Adam and the 2 guards.

"Yo G! I'm going to take him to the hospital. You look after the councillor alright." Jake said as he started to take off.

Jake was about half way to the hospital before he checked on the boy again. The boy condition was getting worse by the minute. More blood was leaking from his side and mouth and his breathing was now getting slow and shallow.

"Hey. You have to stay awake now ya hear? Once we get you to the hospital you'll be alright so keep that eye open." Jake said as he started to pick up speed.

The boy looked up to make eye contact with Jake. His vision was blurred and he could barely keep himself awake. He looked back down before he said something to Jake.

"Why?...Why are you helping me?" the boy said in a shallow voice.

"Because, your hurt badly and you need medical attention. I'm not just going to let you die. Besides you put up a pretty good fight. I would hate to see you go without fighting you again." Jake said with a chuckle.

The boy gave a light smile as well. He probably would have laugh too if he had the strength to.

"Hey."

"Yeah?"

"I never got your name. I won't know who to thank for saving me if I don't know there name."

"I guess you're right. Well I'm known as the American Dragon, but my name is Jake long."

"Thank you… Jake."

"Don't thank me yet. I still haven't got you to the hospital yet. We should be there in another minute so hang tight." Jake said as he lowered himself to the ground more as the hospital came in view.

"Hey. I just realised that I don't know your name yet. Would you mind telling it to me?" Jake asked.

"My name is Dio… Dio Heart."

"Well don't worry. You're going to be alright. The hospital is right there."

"That's…good." Dio said slowly as he began to fall victim to the darkness once again, leaving him to hear muffled voices and a cold feeling that spread though his body before it faded and left him to nothing.