Chapter 2

First and last disclaimer: I do not own AD:JL, or any of the rights to it. They all belong to Jeff Goode and Disney. The only thing I own are my OC's. Now, with legalities out of the way I present to you Chapter 2!

As the three walked through the front doors of the school, they say someone who they thought they had left behind at middle school. "Rotwood?" the three chorused as they saw him.

Of all people they expected to see shaking students hands as they walked into the school, it had to be Rotwood.

Rotwood looked their direction, and Jake ducked behind Trixie in an attempt to hide, but to no avail. "You know that I saw you right, Mr. Long?" He said as he walked towards them.

"Okay, I'm going to be straight forward and ask you what you're doing here." Jake said as he stood up. "So?"

"Simple Jake. I was offered a promotion after the old principal retired. So I took it." Rotwood said in his normal accent.

Jake looked at him in disbelief. "You've got to be kidding me..." Jake groaned. "There has to be more to it than that."

Rotwood shrugged. "Well there is. This school also didn't have a mythology teacher. I, Hans Rotwood, being the only one in the state of New York, have taken it upon myself. So... There's the other reason." He replied.

"You know you're a horrible liar." Spud said while absentmindedly playing with his yo-yo.

"Mr. Spudinski. For that comment, I want your yo-yo for the rest of the day." Rotwood held his hand out. "Now." Spud shrugged and put the toy into Rotwood's waiting hand. "You can have it back after last period. Just ask the receptionist for it." He said as he walked away. "Oh, and Mr. Long? Meet me in the office please. I have a request for you."

Jake looked at him quizzically. "Why? What did I do...?"

Rotwood simply replied, "Nothing. I just want to ask you something" He then continued walking towards his office. Jake shrugged and followed.

What does he want this time? Jake wondered as he closed the door behind him. Rotwood sat in a leather chair behind a large oak desk. Jake pulled up a chair and sat across from him. "So?"

"Well... Where should I begin?" he asked himself. "Mr. Long, as you and I both know, you are a dragon."

"Gee... what a way to state the obvious." Jake muttered.

"I'm not done yet Mr. Long." he snapped. "The brief moments you've shown me the Magus Bazaar, I have realized how wrong my theories are. So... If you would be so kind as to enlighten me, so my teachings would be more accurate?" Rotwood raised his eyebrow as he asked this.

Jake was surprised at the question, but he recovered quickly. "Uh... I think you already know the answer to that question." Jake replied. "I couldn't. Mainly because of the fact that there would be a risk of exposing the magical world."

Rotwood sighed. "I knew it. I was a fool to ask in the first place. Oh well." he paused. "You are dismissed. Oh and if you reconsider, tell me before lunch." Or we'll do this the hard way. He thought to himself as Jake left to his first class. "One way or another, I will expose you Jake Long. One way or another..." He said grinning evilly.

"Man, Rotwood's tripping hard guys." Jake said as he sat down at the lunch table next to Rose. She had moved back to the US last summer.

"How so?" she asked as Jake started picking at the mysterious substance on his plate.

Jake set his fork down and sighed. "He thinks he can get me to tell him even more stuff about the magical world. He says he wants to know more so he can teach better, but I know him better than that. He probably just wants to expose me."

Then the doors of the cafeteria burst open and news reporters and camera men rushed in. "What the heck?" Jake pointed to get everyone's attention.

Rose just laughed. "Jake. Rotwood announced earlier that he was giving them a tour and interview."

"Yeah dude. Oh wait... You we're asleep during the announcement." Spud said. "I still don't see why they're getting a tour though. The schools pretty old, so I see no need." "Yeah, that's pretty odd." Trixie commented. "I think Rotwood's up to something, personally."

Jake shrugged. "Eh, whatever. Doesn't matter really." Some of the camera men walked by their table, getting a panoramic shot of the cafeteria. They then turned their attention to Rotwood. "So, Prof. Rotwood, how do you plan to run this school?"

"Well, I believe in the fact that students shouldn't be punished quite as severely, but they should be rewarded when they do good things. That give them a motive to be more kind to each other, and to do the right thing over the wrong thing," he replied. Jake snickered to himself as he heard this. Rotwood? Reward? Same sentence? I don't think so! Jake laughed as he thought this, getting the attention of Rotwood. He walked over to Jake and cleared his throat. "Something funny, Mr. Long?" he asked.

Jake turned around. "Huh? Oh nothing, Mr. Rotwood. Just something Spud did."

"Professor, Mr. Long." he corrected then walked away. Unnoticed to everyone else, Rotwood had flicked something into Jake's drink. The small tablet pill thing dissolved as it hit the soda, making Jake look at it as it fizzed.

"Stupid carbonation..." Jake muttered as he blew away some of the foam at the top. Jake took a sip and cringed. "Flat..." he said after he swallowed. "Stupid heightened sense of taste."

Rose laughed. "Stupid carbonation, stupid taste, what next? Stupid Rose?" she joked. Jake smiled.

"Argh... I feel hot all of a sudden." he said. "And that's saying something."

The other three paled. "Uhh... Jake..." Rose swallowed and pointed.

Jake looked down at his hand, where she had pointed and immediately stuffed what should have been his hand into his jacket pocket. "What? No, no no... Why do my powers have to go haywire now?" He saw red scales slowly spreading up his arm. Then before he knew it, everything went black.

DUN DUN DUN!

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