Well, yeah, another chapter. And, to the person who wrote the review about 'Who the hell is Tia?' She's an OC. It clearly states in the summary that this is an Jake/OC. If you don't like, please don't read and post mean comments. Thank you.

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'If the lion and dragon fight, they will both die.' - Tadashi Adachi

Tia skated up to her house. She had skipped detention, knowing she would have to make it up with another week of detention, adding on to her already month of detention. Science today was horrible. Tia hoped if Jake's old partner would be back today, then Tia would be moved to another table. But, sadly, when Jake's old partner, a girl name Rose, came back, she was moved instead of Tia. Tia noticed that Jake was even more disappointed about this then her self. Just as Tia was about to open the front door, it swung open.

"Tia! Finally! We're already late. Come on, grab your broom and wand," her mother urged, pushing her up stairs to her room.

Tia opened her door to find Merlin sleeping on her bed, on top of her wand. She sighed and dropped her backpack on the floor; then grabbed her wand from under her cat. Merlin let out a hiss as the wand was pulled from under him.

"Watch it!" Merlin complained, annoyed that she just woke him up. Tia chuckled a bit.

"Sorry, Merlin, but I'm already late! See yeah!" Tia ran out of her room, with Merlin still glaring at her. He finally sighed, snuggling back into the bed, and went back to sleep.

Before Tia went down the stairs, she tapped her wand on to her shirt. A blue glow went around her, then quickly vanished. She looked down at her self, smiling when she saw that she was in her witch clothing; a long black dress, with a grey corset and straps that were already tied in the back. She was also wearing a black, pointed hat. At least this spell still works, Tia thought as she ran down the steps, grabbing her broom, and then outside to where her mother was standing.

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Tia yawned as she flew through the air, almost hitting a tree in the process.

"Whoops, sorry," Tia said, as she rubbed her broom, making sure it was okay. She was only meters from where her mother was flying, yet, she wanted to be farther. After years of being trained with her two siblings, Lucinda had finally decided to train Tia individually. Tia just wasn't getting some of the spells she was trying to teach her, it wasn't that Tia wasn't trying her hardest, it was just because she couldn't do them. This worried both Tia and her mother very much.

Soon, Lucinda landed in a clearing, in the park. Tia landed next to her.

"So, which spells am I'm learning today?" Tia asked, praying that it would a spell that would actually be helpful in a battle. Ever since Tia heard they were moving to the Mortal Realm, she was excited about fighting trolls and goblins. But, the only spell she knew that would be useful in fighting would be shooting fire balls, but, most of the time that spell backfired.

"Today, we are not going to learn a new spell. We are going to do some training exercises with an old friend of mine," Lucinda explained to her daughter calmly. Tia gave her a questioning look.

"Training exercises?" Tia asked, not sure if she heard right.

"Yes. With my old friend, Lao Shi. He is training his grandson, too. So, since you are having trouble with your powers-" Tia huffed, crossing her arms. "-I thought you could learn something from watching his grandson and training with him."

"So, is he another warlock?" Tia asked.

"No, he's a...um...well...you'll see." Tia wondered why her mother didn't continue.

Tia yawned again as she sat down on the grass, wanting to take a nap while she waited. But, as soon as Tia layed down on the ground, closing her eyes, her mother scolded her to stand back up. Tia gave a bored look, then got back up, grumbling to her self.

"Tia, stop complaining and stand up straight." Tia stood up board straight. But, as soon as her mother turned around, she started slouching. After a few minutes of silence, Lucinda finally saw something in the sky.

"They're here!" Lucinda shouted, smiling. Tia looked around, not seeing anything. Then, her nose started tingling, smelling the scent of a dragon. Tia wrinkled her nose in disgust. But, even if there were dragons close by, her mother would just punish her if she said anything bad to them.

Just then, two large lizards landed in the bushes, making Tia jump. All she really saw a flash of red and blue.

"What was that?" Tia asked, pointing the bushes. Just then, an old man, about as tall as Lue, walked out of the bushes, with a Shar Pei dog at his side.

"Lao Shi! How have you been, old friend?" Lucinda asked, shacking his hand. After they were done shaking hands, Lao Shi bowed.

"Hello, Lucinda. Oh, and this must be Tia," he said, bowing to her as well; ignoring Lucinda's question. Tia looked around uncomfortably, not sure if she should bow back.

"Um...Hello," Tia finally said, waving a bit.

"Aren't you forgetting someone?" The dog suddenly said, standing up on his back legs.

"Oh sorry. Tia, this is Fu Dog. He is an animal guardian, like Merlin," Lucinda explained. Tia didn't know if she should shake his hand, well, paw, or bow, so she just waved.

"Hey," Tia said. Just then, someone came out of the bushes, gaging.

"Urg. Gramps, couldn't you have picked a better landing place? Instead of a thorn bush," Jake complained, picking a thorn off his tongue and brushing him self off. Tia let out a small gasp when she saw Jake.

"You?!" Tia yelled, pointing to Jake. Jake turned to see who was shouting, then stared at Tia for a second.

"You!" He yelled in return.

"Iyha, Jake, don't be rude. This is Lucinda Zinnia and her daughter, Tia. You see, Tia is half elf, half witch," his grandfather told him.

"Have you two already met?" Tia's mother asked. Tia was about to tell her mom that he was the dragon that caused him trouble the other day, but, she realized something. If Jake was a dragon and Lao Shi was his grandfather...

"You're a dragon, too?!" Tia gasped, pointing at Lao Shi. Gramps gave Tia a confused look, then turned to Lucinda.

"Lucinda, didn't you already explain to your daughter that we were dragons?" Lao Shi asked.

"Well...no." Lucinda laughed nervously.

"Why not?" Lao Shi asked curiously.

"Well, my daughter has a phobia of Dragons-"

"I do not!" Lucinda ignored her daughter.

"And, she would have thrown a big fit about-"

"I would not!"

"Tia!" Finally, Lucinda got irritated with her behavior.

"Sorry," Tia muttered.

"Gramps! She's the girl I was telling you about! She knew I was a dragon, and I have no idea how!" Jake said, at his grandfather's side.

"Oh, Jake, she knew because she could smell you were a dragon," Lucinda explained, trying to calm everyone down. Jake gave her a strange look.

"Smell?" Jake asked.

"Yes. Ever since Tia lost her powers-"

"I didn't lose anything!"

"Tia! Shut it, or else you'll be a frog in seconds!" Tia fell silent, crossing her arms and looking at the ground.

"As I was saying, ever since Tia lost her powers when she seven, she's had this weird ability to be able to smell magical creatures. We're not really sure why or how," Lucinda explained.

"How did Tia lose these powers?" Lao Shi asked, curious. Lucinda shrugged.

"We're not sure about that either. On that day, Tia doesn't remember anything-"

"Mom, don't you think we should start that training?" Tia asked, quickly. She was

tired of them talking about her as if she wasn't here. And, she would do anything to make them stop, even train with a dragon.

"Oh, I guess you're right. Lao Shi, what exercise are we doing first?" Lucinda asked.

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Tia sat crossed legged, her eyes closed. Her fingers where in the air, making an O shape. Everyone sat like this, except they were humming. Tia refused to make a sound. She didn't understand how meditating was going to help her with her problem with learning spells. Plus, it was hurting her legs to sit like this. Suddenly, Tia felt someone jab her in the side. She opened her eyes to see her mother, giving her that looked that said, you better hum or else you're in big trouble. Tia sighed quietly, then gave an annoyed hum. Lucinda smiled, then closed her eyes again.

Tia closed her eyes, trying to not fall asleep; after all, is was almost completely dark by now. Just as she felt like she was about to go into slumber, she heard a crunching sound. Her eyes flew open to see Fu Dog munching on a bag of chips. Tia rolled her eyes, though, she was happy that he had woken her up.

"Iyha! Fu Dog! Stop with the chips!" Lao Shi shouted.

"Heh, sorry." Fu stuffed a hand full into his mouth, before putting the bag away. Suddenly, a shirk was heard through the park.

"What was that?" Tia asked, jumping to her feet.

"Ear of the Dragon," Jake whispered. His human ear turned into a long, pointy red dragon ear. There was silence for a few seconds.

"It's the Huntsclan! And they're after unicorns, again!" Jake shouted, quickly turning into a full dragon. He flew off, heading towards the other side of the park. Lao Shi quickly went after him.

"Hey wait up!" Fu Dog shouted, running after them, then tripping on a rock and falling to the ground.

"We will give you a ride, Fu Dog," Lucinda said, getting on her broom.

"We will? You mean we're going?" Tia asked, happily.

"Yes."

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Tia quickly hopped off her broom, and ran towards where Jake and his grandfather were fighting. The unicorns were behind Jake, fear in their eyes.

"Huntsgirl! Grab the unicorns!" the Huntsmaster commanded, pointing his staff towards the magical horses. Huntsgirl nodded, then charged at Jake. Jake jumped into the air, then, realizing he left the unicorns defenceless, flew back down, right in front of them. He breathed in and blew out a big breath of fire at the Huntsgirl, who jumped backwards and shielded her eyes. Grandpa was fighting the Huntsmaster. Lao Shi kicked the Huntsmaster's staff out of his hand, then kicked him into the air. The Huntsmaster flew through the air, then landed next to his staff. As Lao Shi quickly walked over to where the Huntsmaster was, the Huntsmaster grabbed his staff and shot a net out of it, capturing the Chinese Dragon in a net of Sphinx hair.

Lucinda ran over to Lao Shi, then started to chant a spell. Suddenly, the net levitated off of Lao Shi. Then, she turned her attention to the Huntsmaster. She chanted another spell and electricity started to come out of her wand, which, she had pointed to the Huntsmaster. The Huntsmaster jumped out of the way just in time to avoid the sparks and then shot a blast of a blue ray at her. Lucinda quickly put up a force field in front of her. Tia stood where she was, watching her mom, amazed at how good she was in battle.

"Tia! Some help would be nice right about now!" Jake shouted, struggling. The Huntsgirl had her staff up against Jake, Jake was trying to push her off. Tia breathed in, trying to remember the spell for shooting fire balls. Finally, reversing the spell in her head a couple of times, pointed her wand at the Huntsgirl. She started to chant, hoping that it would work. Then, fire balls shot out of her wand, heading straight towards the Huntsgirl. Tia cheered in her head...until the fire balls turned and shot right at Jake. The Huntsgirl took this chance to go after the unicorns, grabbing one by it's horn. Tia looked over at Jake, who was knocked out on the ground. She cursed in her head, through her wand to the ground and pulling her hat down, making sure you wouldn't be able to see her eyes. She charged at Huntsgirl just as she was about to shot at one of the unicorns, tackling her to the ground, knocking her staff out of her hands. The blast shot right at one of the unicorns.

"What the...? Who are you?" the Huntsgirl asked, throwing Tia off of her. Tia looked at the ground and quickly tried to grab her staff. But, the Huntsgirl was too fast for her, pushing her out of the way, then grabbed her staff. She smirked under her mask, powering up her staff.

"I'll finish you off first, then the dragon." Tia tried to get up, but, realized that she twisted her ankle when she was knocked to the ground. She closed her eyes waiting for pain to come...but nothing happened. Tia opened her eyes to see a barrier over her, Jake, and the unicorns. Tia turned her head to see her mother focusing all her power to make a shield this big. The Huntsmaster cursed, then, summoning Huntsgirl back to his side.

"We'll meet again, dragons."

When the Huntsclan disappeared, Lucinda dropped the shield and started to breath hard. Tia tried to get up again, but, a flash of pain went up her leg and she was forced to sit back down. Her broom quickly flew over to her, letting Tia lean on him while she got up.

"Thanks." Tia looked over at Jake, who, was just now waking up.

"Ow...Why does my head hurt so much?" Jake asked, getting off the ground. When he turned and saw Tia, he remember what happened.

"You shot me with fire balls!" Jake yelled, pointing at Tia.

"By accident!" Tia yelled back. She knew she messed up, but, it usually didn't back fire on other people, just on her. She thought she had finally got the spell right.

"Okay, okay. Everyone, just calm down," Lucinda, who had finally caught her breath, tried to bring peace to this situation.

"But, if it wasn't for Tia, then one of the unicorns wouldn't have had to get hurt!" Jake complained.

"Hey! Listen here, Dragon Boy. You were the one laying on the floor, doing nothing!"

"Beacuse you shot me with fire balls!"

"It's not my fault that the spell backfired!"

"Well, maybe if you were a better witch, then it wouldn't have backfired!" Jake yelled, furious at the moment. All Tia has done since she got here is got on his nervous at school, now she was messing with his job as being a protector. Tia stood where she was, still leaning on her broom. She had nothing to say to what Jake had just said. He just hit her Achilles Heel. Her soft spot. She hated to be reminded that she was a falur at being a witch, and worse yet, it came from someone who didn't even know her, but, knew that she would never be as great of a witch as her mother.

"IIYYHHAA! Jake! Apoligize!" Lao Shi yelled, seeing the young witch's face. Jake, who was a bit cooled down now, looked over at Tia. He quickly regretted at what he said.

"Oh...Uh...Hey, Tia. I didn't mean what I said...I...uh...I'm sorry," Jake said, scratching the back of his head. But, Tia wasn't listening. She was looking at the ground. Jake walked over to her slowly, afraid that she might be crying. Just as Jake was right beside her, Tia lifted up her head and stared at him with a blank look. Jake was realived that she wasn't crying. Finally, as if her brain started to work again, Tia bit her lip.

"I'm sorry, okay!" Tia finally yelled, making Jake jump at the sudden outburst.

"I'm sorry that I'm not the best witch out there! I'm sorry that I'm not as good as either of my siblings! I'm sorry...I-I'm sorry..." Tia had to bit her lip again, afriad if she yelled anymore, that she would start crying...and maybe even punch Jake. She didn't know if she was depressed, pissed, or both. Tia quickly lifted her other ackle that wasn't hurt over her broom and then quickly took off into the night. Lucinda sighed, then got on her broom, and quickly went after her.

"You are such a ladies man, you know that," Fu Dog told Jake. Jake just glared at him, not wanting to talk about it. He never expected Tia to act this way. Jake thought of Tia as the sorta girl that just yelled and screamed at you, never admitting that she was wrong.

"Come, young dragon." Gramps said, interupting his thoughts. "You make up for making her sad by cleaning the shop."

"Aww man."

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Meh. Every story I write always has drama...It's a curse I tell you! A curse! Well, if someone is actually reading this, please review! :D