Chapter 2: First Day

On the first day of high school, most teens found themselves scared out of their minds. They were in an unfamiliar place with many older teens and high expectations.

Jake Long on the other hand, was calm as ever as he walked through the doors of Fillmore High School. He'd faced trolls, goblins, hunters, witches, gorgons, and many other dangerous creatures, so who said High School was going to be any harder?

Almost immediately, he was greeted by his two best friends, Trixie and Spud.

"Yo Jakey what's up?" Trixie asked giving him a high five.

"Hey guys," Jake smiled. "Either of you seen Rose?"

Rose had moved back to New York about a month ago, and almost instantly she and Jake had started dating again.

"Sorry bro, haven't seen her anywhere." Spud replied. "I don't think she's here yet."

Jake sighed and looked around at his new school. Panic swept over him for a quick second as he realized how big it was. How was he ever going to find his way around?

Out of the blue, Jake felt someone come up behind him and throw their arms around his neck.

"Hey there dragon boy," Rose's voice floated into his ears. Jake turned to face her.

"Hey yourself," he smirked stealing her line.

"Hey!" Rose smiled raising her voice. "You can't say that! I say that!"

Jake laughed. "So what class do you have first period?"

"Algebra," Rose made a face.

"Biology," Jake grimaced. "You're in second period Geography though, right?"

"Yup," Rose smiled.

"Good at least we have something together," Jake smiled.

The bell rang, and students of all ages scurried off to their first class.

"Well, I see you next class," Rose smiled and bent down to give him a peck on the lips.

Jake stood there for a second and continued to stare at Rose as she walked away. Only when she was completely out of sight did he turn around and head out toward his first class.

For Danika Honeycutt, the best part of the day so far had been lunch. She was already overwhelmed with all of her new classes and the latest gossip that had already made its way around the school.

She sighed and walked over to the table where her closest friends sat. As usual, they were chatting away about celebrities, shopping, and the latest school rumors.

As she was completely stressed, Danika did not wish to give her input on their current topic, which happened to be Justin Bieber.

She sighed and picked at her salad until one particular topic sparked her interest.

"Did you guys here we've got a new girl?" Natalie asked quietly.

"Yeah, I heard she was, like, from Hong Kong or something!" Anna replied.

"Yeah, but I saw her, and she's totally not Chinese! I mean, she's a blonde!" Lena commented.

"I heard that she lived in New York, and then moved to Hong Kong, and now she's, like, back!" Anna responded.

"What does she look like?" Lena asked Natalie.

"She's completely gorgeous! I am seriously jealous of her!" Natalie replied.

"That's saying something," Danika finally spoke.

"Do you know her Dani?" Natalie asked.

"No," Danika replied, "I didn't even know we had a new girl till you brought it up."

"What's her name?" Anna asked curiously.

"I don't remember," Natalie replied, "I think it was some sort of flower. Rose maybe?"

"But get this guys," Natalie continued to bicker, "the rumor continues! I heard she already has a boyfriend here at this school! And guess who it is?" Natalie stared straight at Danika.

"We don't know!" Lena exclaimed.

"Like, tell us!" Anna begged.

"Okay, Okay," Natalie gave in to their begging, "Jake Long."

"What?"

"Nuh uh!"

"Oh my god! What would she see in him?" Danika raised her voice remembering her own brief relationship with Jake Long.

"Well, I heard they've been dating for, like, a month!" Natalie continued.

"Oh my god, is that her?" Lena asked nodding her head towards a tall, beautiful blonde standing near Jake Long.

"Yeah, that's totally her!" Natalie replied as all four of their heads turned to stare at her.

Danika couldn't help but notice that she looked happy with Jake, and for a split second, jealousy boiled in the pit of her stomach.

Then she remembered that Jake had totally freaked out on her, and she began to pity her. She thought of possibly warning Rose about what Jake did to her. Yes. Then she wouldn't want to date him anymore.

Wait. Was she trying to protect this girl, or was she jealous?

"No," Danika whispered to herself, "I do not like Jake Long."

Just then, the bell rang and Danika headed off to her next class, letting the topic slip away from her mind.

Jake arrived at the shop to find Fu and Gramps frantically running around grabbing anything at random and stuffing it into a large bag.

"Um," Jake spoke, "what exactly are you guys doing?"

"Emergency meeting on Draco Island," Fu panted. "Run home and pack some stuff. We need to be leaving in," he paused to look at his watch, "like now! Hurry up!"

Deciding that asking any questions would be pointless, Jake decided to follow Fu's request and turned to head home.

Well there's the second chapter. I'm going to be updating this every 3 days…soooo yeah.

I've already got a pretty good start on this. I'm done through chapter 5.

Btw Danika is going to be pretty important in this fic. I needed someone's point of view who has no knowledge of the magical world.

Well, thanks for reading and please review. Tell me what you like, what could be better, stuff like that because I know this is far from perfect.

~ada69