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"Forever," sighed Spun as he stared dreamily golden trophy, "I've been waiting forever for Principal Derceto to announce the school talent show."

"Here we go again," Trixie sighed sassily.

"This is my year Trix, I can feel it," he said confidently.

"Uh Spud, you say that every year," pointed out Jackie.

"But this time, I'm going to do it. This year's trophy is the nicest one yet," he persisted as they walked away. As soon as they had gone, the mythology teacher stepped out of the shadows giggling like the mad man he is.

"Ah-ie-it can't be," he stuttered glancing at the book which showed the same trophy, "Oh it is, oh you will be mine!" He cackled maliciously until he started to realize the weird stares he was getting from his students.

"As you are," he said simply walking away as if nothing ever happened.


(Theme song: By BAhorses0805)

She's cool, she's hot, like the frozen sun
She's young and fast, she's the chosen one
People we're not braggin'
She's the American Dragon
She's gonna stop her enemies with her dragon power
Dragon teeth, dragon tail, burning dragon fire, real live wire
American Dragon! (Jackie: Dragon up!)
American Dragon!

She's the American Dragon (freestyle with the dragon)
Her skills are getting faster
With Grandpa the master
Her destiny will walk up streets
Show time, baby, for the legacy!
American Dragon!
(Jackie: From the J-A, to the C, to the K-I, to the E! I'm the Mack-Mommy dragon of the NYC, yes heard?!)
American Dragon!
(Gramps: Jackie! Get back to work!)
American Dragon!
(Jackie: Oh, man!)


"Okay," said Spud as he rummaged through his locker, "I know it's in here somewhere," he said absentmindedly as he tossed out an umbrella. He pulled out random things which Jackie and Trixie raised their eyebrows at.

"Aha!" He exclaimed wearing a top hat and a matching cape. "Or should I say walah! Spud the spud-nificent, magician extraordinaire. Ready for action," he said cockily placing his hands on his hips.

"Ay, yo Spud, I'm thinking maybe this talent show thing, ain't the best idea," Trixie pointed out.

"Trixie's got a point," agreed Jackie, "I mean remember last year…"

He ripped of his clothes in front of the audience trying to do a magic trick leaving him only in his boxers.

"And the year before that…"

He had tried to pull a rabbit out of his hat, but instead doves flew out of the table cloth and chased him around the table as he screamed for help.

"And the year before that…"

Trixie stood nervously on stage with an apple on her head.

"Now hold still," ordered Spud as he grabbed a hatchet, she gulped as she stared from the hatchet to the apple as Spud threw it.

"At least the hatchets were made out of rubber," he pointed out meekly as Trixie rubbed her head.

"Trust me homey, rubber don't make the nightmares go away, okay," she said irritated poking at his chest.

"Okay, but this is a dream man!" Spud exclaimed, "My great-grandfather was a magician. He taught me to never give up," he said confidently, Jackie almost felt bad for crushing his dreams.

"To bad he neglected to teach you 'magic'," the African-American sassed using air quotes.

"I'll never forget his catch phrase, words of immense magical power: Abigo ere egi actum!" He chanted dozily.

"What the heck does that mean?" Questioned Jackie.

"I don't know," he shrugged, "That was always about when he was laughed off the stage. That's why I've been trying to win all these years; for super gramps, and also cause the trophies are always so shiny."

"You really want to win this thing huh?" Jackie raised an eyebrow.

"More than I want air breath," he answered honestly, Jackie wasn't sure what to think as she and Trixie shared looks at each other before coming to a mutual agreement.

"We're in," she finally said as Trixie nodded her head.

"Say what?" Spud blinked.

"Spud the spud-nificent just got himself two lovely assistances," Trixie said as Jackie smiled cockily, "We're gonna help you win this thang."

"You mean it?!" Spud exclaimed his eyes lighting up like a child on Christmas day, "You two are the bestest friend's in the whole world," he said bringing the two girls into a bear hug.

That night….

"Wednesday, 11 hours 38 minutes 16 seconds, I have learn't that Taranushis Chalice has ended up as first prize for a talent show," the thief said as he wrenched the glass windows open.

"The chalice contains a magical creature that I plan to unleash, at last proving once and for all that- oh!" A bright light flashed at him stopping him in mid-sentence.

"You there! Hands in the air!" The security guard ordered, the thief did so but not for long, as he quickly snatched a random trophy and dashed throughout the hallways.

"Taranushis Chalice is mine! All mine!" He proclaimed as sprinted down the stairs into another hallway.

"You're my witnesses!" He exclaimed stopping in front of a water dispenser," When the chalice runs over with water, the creature shall be released and all of my research will be true!" He said gleefully as he filled the trophy with water.

"Ugh another one for Bellevue," sighed one of the guards.

"Behold the- oh!" He said in confusion taking a closer look at the 'chalice'. "Chess club? This is the wrong trophy." Panicking he threw the water at the guards before dashing towards the exit.

"The talent show trophy will be mine!" he screamed as he disappeared around the corridor.


"Okay, I've been working on this one for the show," said Spud as he held a fan of cards," Pick a card any card!" He shifted his the cards so that one was sticking out as Trixie tried to pick a card.

"Any card?" He questioned as Trixie grabbed a random one.

"Okay not that card," he said as Trixie took another card.

"Ugh! I can't do the trick if you keep picking the wrong card!" He exclaimed throwing the cards into the air out of frustration. Jackie noticed a security guard walking by and glanced around to see him walking towards her principal along with another security guard and judging by the looks on their faces, Jackie noted that this was a very serious matter.

"Ear of the dragon," she mumbled as her left ear shifted into her dragon forms.

"I wish I could tell you more principal," she heard one of the guards say," But he escaped on foot before we could question him further."

"He was ranting about the talent show trophy like a madman," the other one said.

"Vandals," the principal scoffed, "From now on I'll be storing the school trophy somewhere safe." Knowing that was the end of that, Jackie quickly shifted her ear back to normal before anyone could notice and glanced at the failed magic trick Spud and Trixie were doing.


"Which leads us to conclude that magical creatures are indeed among us," the Professor yawned and mumbled random things in his native tongue before snoring as the class blinked at him and sent each other weird looks saying, 'What the heck?!' Someone whistled loudly and the professor was awake again.

"I've never had a teacher so boring that he puts himself to sleep," joked Brenda as she manicured her nails.

"Hehehe, oh so we have a comedian on our hands so here's a joke for you Miss. Haha. Knock, knock, who's there. You're failing my class!" The teacher screamed and said in a more refined tone, "According to school rules, any student who fails my class even the head cheerleader loses their cheerleading electability." Brenda's eyes widened at the sound of that and Professor Rotwood took great triumph in that as he smirked widely.

"Haha, hilarious no?" The school bell rang and a frown overtook his face, "Class dismissed." He announced walking away.

"Alright, here's another one I've been practicing," said Spud as he walked towards Professor Rotwood's desk, "The old table cloth trick, but you know- except without the table cloth. Or the dishes?" He shrugged and pulled the table mat causing the contents on top of it, to fall to the floor.

"Ay no!" Trixie yelled as she and Jackie bent down to pick up the things, as Trixie scolded Spud, Jackie glanced at the book in her hand, noticing it was marked she turned towards it to see a trophy similar to the school's trophy except it was labeled 'Taranushis Chalice.'

"Yo Jackie you coming?" Trixie's voice snapped Jackie out of her thoughts as she noticed them leaving.

"Yeah I'll catch up with you guys in a sec," she promised and went back to the book. Something told her that this had to be told to her grandfather.


"Taranushis chalice created 2 million years ago by a tribe of nomadic elves," he explained calmly then suddenly he roughly pushed the book onto Fu dog's head who was leaning against the counter reading a newspaper.

"What is this trash?!" He exclaimed a look of irritation crossing his face.

"So you're saying that the talent show trophy isn't some chalice?" Jackie questioned confused at her grandfathers moodswings.

"No it is," he replied making Jackie raise her eyebrows, "But everybody knows that Taranushis chalice was created by goblins not elves," he said firmly as he unfolded a scroll, "Taranushis chalice has an evil djinn imprisoned within it, when the chalice is filled to the point it runs over, the djinn will be released," he explained as the scroll showed a picture of what looked like Aladdin's genie except green and much more sinister looking.

"So how do you get it back in?" Asked Jackie.

"I'm afraid you don't, unfortunately the incantation to recapture the creature has been lost for a century," he said bowing his head gravely.

"And does that Professor Nutwood know about this chalice?" popped in Fu looking equally as serious.

"Yo I bet that he was the one who tried to steal it last night, he could barely stay awake in class today!" Jackie exclaimed.

"Jackie you must get that chalice before Professor Rotwood does," ordered her grandfather,"The safety of the magical community depends on it!"


Jackie quietly opened the window of her principal's office in her dragon form. She crawled inside and landed quietly on the floor.

"Okay," she said to herself, "If I were an ancient magical chalice, where would I be?" She mumbled to herself reaching to open a drawer she stopped mid-reach at the sound of keys rattling and her principal's voice. Panicking, she dug her claws onto the ceiling and stuck herself there as Principal Derceto and Professor Rotwood came in.

"Professor Rotwood," she heard the principal say, "I've never seen you take such interest in out talent show before." She strained to hear every word they say as the dragon quivered feeling her claws give in to the strain. 'Not now,' she panicked as she grinded her teeth and dug her claws deeper into the ceiling, she felt a bead of sweat drip down her face and watched hopelessly as it landed in her teachers coffee.

"Rest assured Professor the trophy is safe and the only person who will get their hands on it will be the winner of the talent show," the principal replied as she wheeled herself to her desk while Jackie's teacher walked out the door. Jackie grinded her teeth as an insect buzzed around her and perched itself on her nose. She whimpered softly as she harshly shook her head to see it still there. Narrowing her eyes in frustration she blew fire out of her nose burning the small insect. She smiled in triumph only to turn into a look of panic when she saw it land on Principal Dercerto's table. She saw the principal look at the insect in wonder as Jackie shifted to her human form and tried to sneak out the door without anyone noticing. Keyword; tried.

"Ah Miss Long," her principal greeted, "I didn't hear you come in, can I help you?"

"Yeah- um-uh," Jackie turned around putting a smile on her face as she racked her brain for a lie that's not 'I'm looking for an ancient chalice that my evil teacher is trying to get his hands on.'

"I was-um looking for the bee," she said hurriedly shoving her face of disgust away as she picked up the insect on the table, she beat-boxed out the door doing weird dance moves for emphasize.


"Then you know what you have to do," said her grandpa as he poured some tea, "You must enter that talent show and win that chalice," he ordered.

"No way gramps, I already told Spud I'd help him win. I can't enter against my best friend," she protested.

"Kid if Professor Nutwood gets a hold of that chalice, it will expose magical creatures to the world," interrupted Fu, "Science wants answers and next thing you know-boom!" He banged the table, "Unis the unicorn is getting sliced up at a lab-arghh," he said stretching his face, something that Jackie didn't want to see.

"You must enter the talent show and you must win it, it is your duty as the American dragon," Lao Shi said calmly as steam in the shape of a dragon floated towards her. Jackie wondered if it was her grandpa doing magic or a coincidence it looked like that, but either way she waved it off.

"Oh man," she whined slumping in her seat. As much as she hated to do it, her grandfather's word was law and refusing him would be like arguing against a bull.


"Hey guys what's up," greeted Jackie dejectedly as she hulled her suitcase along with her.

"Jackie where you been! Tell Spud that lovely assistants can be lovely in jeans and T-shirt. I don't see him trying to cram you into a sequin dress," said Trixie annoyed.

"Well actually-uh," Spud pulled out a pink sequin dress and held it in front of Jackie.

"Yeah-uh-um, about that," Jackie started nervously, "I gotta back out of the Spud the Spud-nificent act, I'm uh-entering the talent show too."

Trixie giggled, "My bad but it sounded like you said you were going to enter the talent show. But I know that's not what I think I heard cause if you take that trophy away from Spud you'd be crushing his one and only dream," said Trixie narrowing her eyes at Jackie's small frame.

"Now, now, I'm sure she has a perfectly reasonable explanation for stabbing her friend in the back, right jerk- I mean Jackie?" Said Spud with an equally annoyed look. Jackie winced at the obvious slip up and looked anywhere but them.

"Uh-yeah I do, I mean, I would if I did but I guess I don't so-uh…" she trailed off noticing their angry and betrayed faces.

"Come on Spud," said Trixie grabbing Spud's arm, "Let's go peep some real competition," they walked away leaving Jackie alone in her depression. She sighed.


"And now Jackie Long will perform a ventriloquist act with her dog puppet," the principal announced as Jackie brought out Fu dog from her suitcase and placed him on her lap.

"Hey, what do you call a pirate trip in So-ho?" asked Fu.

"I don't know Captain Ar-Ar, what?" Questioned Jackie faking a cheery tone.

"Yo-ho haha," laughed Fu, "Where do pirates go for picnics?"

Jackie shrugged in cluelessness.

"Central Pa-rr-rk," answered the 'puppet'.

"Why don't they serve escargot in Davey Jones Locker?" Asked Jackie as she drank a glass of water.

"Because dead man sell no snails haha," laughed the dog as he went back to his blank 'puppet' state.

Jackie bowed indicating it was the end of their show as the judges clapped. She grabbed Fu and the suitcase and walked back to backstage. Brenda gave her a rough shove as she stomped past Jackie.

"Admiral attempt ," said Professor Rotwood, "But I'm afraid you'll never beat my young piano prodigy with that, mangy puppet."

"Hey, who you callin' mangy here there Molly McHair-piece," shot back Fu who Jackie was carrying.

"I beg your pardon?" Huffed her teacher as he turned to look at her, Fu just went back into his puppet state.

"Ahaha, take it easy Captain Ar-Ar," chuckled Jackie nervously although deep down she was proud of her companion for saying that.

"Seriously," continued Fu, "You might want to call an exterminator for that rat's nest you call hair," Jackie started to panic as she quickly opened the suitcase, "I'd like to introduce you to a new concept, it's called a comb!" His cries were muffled when she hastily stuffed him into the suitcase and closed it shut.

"What can I say? He's got a mind of his own," said Jackie as she looked up at her teacher innocently hoping he didn't suspect anything.

"Hilarious Miss. Long," said her teacher coldly, "You'll be laughing all the way to last place, now if you'll excuse me, I have a beautiful concerto to listen to," he said with a dreamy look on his face. Jackie quietly grabbed her suitcase before her could change his mind about anything and also so that she didn't have to listen to Brenda's horrible piano skills. There was one time in first grade, Brenda auditioned to play the piano for a concert and it gave Jackie nightmares for life. It was also one of the reasons why she listens to hip-hop music, so she didn't have to listen to a piano again.


"Oh come on kid, will you put in the act?" Asked Fu as he sat on Jackie's lap. The two were currently in her grandpa's electronic shop practicing their act, but Jackie's mind was too far off to concentrate.

"Yeah whatever," sighed Jackie as she placed her head into her palm.

"Kid, come on, ya gotta get into this," complained the 600-year old mutt, "Your timing is way off in the Empi-rr-re State building."

"Ay yo that puppet is ew," said Trixie, as Fu went into puppet mode and Jackie plastered on a fake smile.

"It's just so real," stated Trixie as she grabbed the dog and examined it, "Where do you put your hand in this thing anyway?"

"Whoa-whoa," said Jackie snatching Fu away and placing him on a shelf behind her, "Yo Trixie, what's going down?" She asked nervously although they both knew the answer to that.

"I came to ask you the same thing, Spud is really sick about this whole thing Jackie. His Spud heart is just crumpling," sighed Trixie as she did acts to emphasize her point.

"Trixie I just-," Jackie sighed struggling to get the right words, "I have to do this."

"I ain't trying to hear that Jackie," the African-American sassed, "You and I both know that you could put a hurt in ole Spud, isn't that enough. I'm asking you to drop out, as a friend," Jackie looked at anywhere but her friend wishing that the ground could just swallow her whole.

"I can't," sighed Jackie bowing her head in shame.

"Alright, you gotta do what you gotta do, I just hope you know what you're doing," said her best friend scornfully as she walked out the shop. As soon as she had left, Jackie went over to one of the boxes and kicked it hard only to be met by a hard surface. She groaned in pain as she clutched her left leg in pain.

"A pot which boils everyday is soon empty," came the calm voice of her grandpa as he walked in.

"Sorry gramps but this is so messed up," sighed Jackie.

"I'm sorry to young one," said her grandpa as he placed a comforting hand on her shoulder, "But as the American Dragon, you will be faced with many difficult decisions."

"So what am I supposed to do?" Questioned the black haired girl as she looked in his eyes.

"We are each faced with many roads along our journey and we cannot always choose the one that's easiest to travel," Jackie blinked at him cluelessly.

"Sometimes we must make sacrifices," the old man continued, "Why do you think grandpa's only friend is a 600 year-old Shar-pei?"

"What can I say?" Shrugged the dog, "I'm great at parties, whoo-hoo!" Jackie sighed at what seemed like the hundredth time that day.


"Welcome to the school talent show," announced Principal Dercerto,"First contestant, O'Vidia Mayfield with his award winning hog-call." The curtains swished aside to reveal a red haired boy dressed like a farmer. He cleared his throat and let out weird cries that sounded like hectic farm animals to Jackie as she watched from the sidelines. But that was cut short when a pig came out of nowhere and started to chase him around the stage as the poor boy screamed for his life.

The next contestant was an Asian girl who folded swans out of paper. But that backfired on her as the paper stuck to her as she ended up in hysterics.

The next person tried to play the triangle. Keyword; tried. But since it was all banged up he ended up screaming; "The music is dead!" And ended up like the girl before him.

"Listen kid I know you're bummed about this but-trouble of the star-wood baw," Jackie was confused why Fu switched to his pirate accent, but soon understood when Brenda walked over to her.

"Hey uh- Principal Dercerto wants us to wait upstairs til our turn," the blonde explained.

"Why?" Jackie questioned.

"If I could read the principals mind, I'd be a-um… like a mind reader or something. You coming or not," Jackie and Fu looked at each other and shrugged as they followed the cheerleader up the stairs.

"Right up here just follow me," said Brenda as she lead them upstairs, although every vibe in Jackie's body was telling her to go the other way.

"Are you sure that-"Jackie was cut off when Brenda snatched the puppet out of her hands.

"Go dig for your little puppet sucker," she sneered hurling him towards the toilet.

"No!" Exclaimed Jackie as she dived for it. But instead of catching him, she fell face flat while Fu just landed in a toilet seat.

"And for our next contestant; Brenda Morton," the speakers announced as Brenda stood over her, her hand on the door handle.

"There's my cue," she said sweetly, "To bad you'll miss yours," she laughed a high-pitched laugh and slammed the bathroom door shut. "Loser," Jackie heard her say as she heard the lock click showing it was locked.

"Yeah like a locked door can keep in the American dragon," smirked Jackie confidently, "Let's get out of here Fu."

"Uh might be a problem kid," she stopped mid-track to see the dog still stuck in the toilet seat.

"Ah Fu, gross!" She cringed.

"Oh yeah, like I planned to make my hiney one with the pluming," he said sarcastically, "Will you get me out of here hey." The black haired girl reached for his armpits and tried to tug him out, she was already half-way towards the door but the dog's wrinkles were still stretching and refused to let him go of the toilet.

"Easy kid," he said as his face was pulled back. She lost her grip on him and he went plummeting back into the toilet.

At the concert….

Brenda was playing what sounded like a 1 year-old banging on the piano as she stood up and bowed a smile of triumph on her face. The audience was quiet except for the kid that shouted; "Brenda you rock!"

"Right, thank you for that…Interesting piece," commented the principal trying to stay optimistic, "Next contestant Spud the spud-nificent!"

"Trixie we can't go out yet," whispered Spud urgently, "I can't find my rabbit!" He exclaimed in glee as the dark-skinned girl handed him a white bunny, he placed it on his head and put the top hat on top of it.

Meanwhile with Jackie…

She grinded her teeth as she struggled to pull the 600 year old dog out of the toilet bowl. Fortunately she managed to do so but she landed on her back from the force while Fu went flying into the door.

"Phew, alright time to unlock this door, dragon style!" She smirked cockily, "Dragon up!" In a burst of flames, Jackie was in her dragon form. Her tail swished as it accidentally hit the toilet bowl causing it to fly straight into Jackie. She yelped when it came into contact with her head as it knocked her out instantly.

"Whoa! Dragon down," mumbled Fu as he removed the toilet seat from her head, water filled the floor as the dog panicked.

"Yikes, we've got some serious pluming issues!" He panicked as he saw the overflowing water.

At the talent show…

The overflowing water from the bathroom slowly dripped into the chalice as the judges and the audience watched Spud and Trixie.

Upstairs…

"Oh great, some sidekick I am. Letting the American Dragon get bested by toilet," the dog declared to himself before patting the dragon on the cheek, "Come on kid, wake up will you…" He scooped some water from the floor and splashed it onto the knocked out dragon. In an instant she snapped her head up showing she was awake.

"Whoa- what the? We gotta get outta here!" The dragon exclaimed as she stood up.

"Yeah, tell me something I don't know," the dog huffed but was ignored as Jackie picked him up and kicked the door open and sprinted down the stairs shifting back to her human form mid-flight and dashed towards the judges table.

"Jackie Long," she called, "Am I late for my turn?" The black haired girl's attention was directed towards the chalice as she saw it was full.

"No!" She screamed and knocked the chalice straight into Spud's top hat.

"Observe," he said calmly, "As Spud the Spud-nificent pulls a rabbit out of his hat!" Instead of a cute bunny- rabbit, he pulled out the djinn.

"Whoa," he breathed as he looked at Trixie for help. Jackie and the rest of the school stared at the evil djinn as it rose into the air; Jackie blinked at it her jaw dropping to the ground in fright.


It shot out green balls of fire at every direction and Jackie prayed that it wouldn't hit anything.

"What kinda rabbit is that?" Trixie exclaimed.

"The magic kind," replied Spud with a goofy smile on his face, "Behold Spud the Spud-nificent!" The crowd cheered as the djinn hovered above them; it tore of one of the spotlights and hurled it towards Trixie and Spud. Luckily it missed them but that didn't stop it from shooting random balls of fire at the audience. It dove towards Jackie's friends as they gasped in fright. Jackie took this opportunity to transform as she stepped out of the backstage floor

"Dragon up!" She cried and in a burst of flames, she was in her dragon form. She soared after the creature on the loose and intercepted it before it could even reach her friends. She hurled it towards the wall and burst into green mist.

"Huh!?" She questioned in shock when it quickly regenerated into its usual form. It hurled green fireballs at her as she had to fly to avoid being burned. The two mythical creatures shot fire at each other as the audience watched in awe thinking it was a magic show, all except for one.

"They are magic creatures, magical creatures on stage!" Professor Rotwood exclaimed pointing frantically towards the stage.

"Oh Professor Rotwood, it is a magic show," the principal pointed out as an annoyed look overtook her face.

"No! Not magic magical creatures, real ones! Living breathing-" He stopped short when his hair caught on fire from the djinn's fire blasts. He quickly patted it off and tried to convince the principal again.

"Fire breathing for that matter!" He added.

"Oh, don't be absurd," waved off Principal Dercerto, "It's all done with the slide of his hand," she pointed out gesturing towards Spud's wand, "And pyrotechnics."

"Pyrotechnics my eye!" He cried out in frustration,"Real I tell you, and I'll prove it! Everyone! Listen to me!" The rope on a sandbag caught fire and it landed directly on the professor's head, effectively shutting him up much to the pleasure of Jackie and she was surem Principal Dercerto as well. Jackie soared towards the djinn but it caught her in a bear grip, squeezing the life out of her as he slammed her down onto the stage like a pro-wrestler. Thinking quickly, she used her tail to tug on the ponytail of its head. It released her wings and grabbed her tail instead, spinning her like a lasso and hurled her towards a wall.

"Whoa!" She yelled using her wings as an effective break as she soared towards the stage. She flew towards it, ready to knock the daylights out of it if it touched her friends. But that back-fired on her when it smacked her into Fu, and then into one of the schools prop. She poked her head through the photo wearing a blond wig that was done in two braids, her head spinning wildly and Fu was in the same position when lifted his helmet to show the same face as Jackies.

Meanwhile Spud was desperately waving his wand around trying to get the djinn to go away as it grinned maliciously at the boy.

"Come on magic work!" He cried frantically as the creature summoned a huge fireball getting ready to launch. Gasps could be heard from the crowd as they watched in fright.

"Abigo ere agi actum!" He chanted waving his wand, suddenly the djinn went spinning back into his hat and puffed a small ball of smoke.

"Awesome!" He cheered gleefully staring at his hat in wonder. The crowd burst into applause as Trixie yelled; "Put your hands together for Spud the Spud-nificent!"

Jackie and Fu stepped out from backstage as the black haired teen smirked in triumph at the dog who was struggling to pull the helmet off.

"Well I guess we found the long lost incantation," Fu stated after he managed to pull the helmet off.

"Go super-gramps!" Jackie cheered softly, pumping her fist into the air.

"Alright now for our last contestant Jackie Long!" The principal announced when the cheers had died down.

"Okay kid, let's go win us a chalice," said Fu as he put on his pirate hat.

"Hey good luck out there," whispered Spud as he passed, "And watch your back, Brenda was talking about getting rid of you," he warned, Jackie managed a smile of happiness knowing that her friend wasn't angry at her anymore.

"Come on kid what are ya waiting for?" Said Fu impatiently, Jackie watched as Spud waved his wand like a little kid on Christmas day and she knew what she had to do after a few seconds of mental debate.

"Sorry Fu, I gotta do what I gotta do," she said confidently as she walked into the spotlight.

"I'd like to withdraw myself from the competition," she announced, gasps of shock could be heard from the audience as she stood there confidently.

"In that case, the winner of the talent show is Spud the Spud-nificent!" The principal announced getting cheers from the crowd as Spud waved to the crowd. He took of his top hat and pulled out the chalice.

"This one's for you super-gramps!" He exclaimed and Jackie couldn't help the smile overflowing her face.


Jackie slammed the school door shut as she and Fu made their way towards her grandpa's shop.

"Yo Jackie!" Came a voice from behind, instinctively she stretched out her arms and Fu hoped in them going into puppet mode.

"Hey wait up!" Called Spud as he and Trixie caught up to her, "Uh I just wanted to thank you for uh- you know –everything," he shrugged giving her a goofy grin.

"Nah I should have never entered the talent show in the first place," Jackie admitted, "No one can beat Spud the Spud-nificent," she said grinning at them.

"Personally I'm glad you ditched the ventriloquist act, that puppet dude gives me the creeps," said Trixie shivering as she stared at Fu, "The way his eyes keep following you around…" Fu rolled his eyes and shrugged.

"What can I say, I'm full of surprises sister whoo-woo," he said as Jackie smirked.

"Seriously, creepy," Trixie stated.

"Here dude, I know you dropped out just because of me and I want you to have this," said Spud bringing out the chalice from his pocket.

"You sure?" Questioned Jackie as she took the chalice.

"Totally," agreed Spud.

"I ain't playing Jackie, give that thing to charity," the African- American huffed before turning on her heel and stomping away. When she wasn't looking, Fu stretched his cheeks at her but when she looked back, he appeared as innocent as an angel.

"What?" Jackie shrugged as her friend stared at her. Trixie stomped away while Spud just gave a calm wave goodbye.


"Mission accomplished," cheered Fu as Jackie leaned against a box as she watched Fu describe their day.

"You should have seen Jackie, fight the djinn, the crowd roaring," he said pulling out hand gestures here and there.

"Well done young one," praised Lao Shi as he nodded at Jackie.

"Look I know what you're gonna say," Jackie started, "I totally picked the wrong road but-"

"You may have picked the wrong road for the American dragon but you picked the right road for a friend," said her grandpa giving her a small smile, "Now, let's put Taranushis chalice somewhere safe." Jackie and Fu smiled at each other for a moment before saying;"I thought you had it!"

"You had it when we left school," she accused.

"Yeah well you had it on the subway," he shot back.

"The subway!" They exclaimed.

"Taranushis Chalic, for thousands of century's man and magical beast alike have fought to posses it."