Sorry it's been a while since I've updated, I've bee really busy travelling and studying this month!

Thanks for the continued support and comments, most of what you guys are asking will indeed be addressed but in the story, and of course, yes things are definitely about to get going!

Chapter 3

The trio tucked up their skateboards as they arrived at the library, rushing inside as quickly but quietly as possible.

"What time is it anyway?" Trixie whispered as they looked around for the proper section.

"11:21," Jake answered, turning on his dragon eyes to try to pinpoint the exact book they were looking for.

"Awww, there goes lunch," Spud groaned loudly, rubbing his stomach as it rumbled, "Who knew I'd miss recycled breakfast pizza so badly?"

"Shhh!" a librarian quickly shushed him, the tall teen turning red.

"Hold up guys, I see!" Grabbing both his friends, Jake quickly dragged them along as he raced to the spot. It was rather hidden, deep in the back corner where little light shown, the group actually getting something of a chill as they approached the exact spot where the book was supposed to be.

"What? But it's empty!"

"This doesn't make any sense," Jake said, on edge as he scanned the shelf for any type of trick, "It said that-" Suddenly he felt something shift in the lighting around them, his instincts causing him to immediately turn right as the shadows seemed to spring at him.

"Trixie, Spud, duck!" And Jake quickly blew out a discreet but hot blast of fire that blasted the first shadow, but not the second as it sprung out and attacked him. Spud yelled as they were thrown back, with Jake struggling to protect his friends and fight of the shadow creature AND keep quiet, managing to morph into full dragon form and fully toss the creature back against the wall.

"What the-" Trixie started to say, but she didn't have time to finish, from the shadows around them ten more shadow creatures popping out to fight, rushing in on them and managing to pin the trio in quite a tight spot.

"Ha-help!" Spud cried out, his eyes wide as he pathetically tried to fight two of the creatures out. Suddenly Jake heard what sounded like a magic blast, trying to crane his head in the direction but still pinned down until he suddenly heard another magical blast, suddenly freed from the shadow creatures so he could see something that shocked him.

Another dragon was fighting off the creatures quite effortlessly, its silver white skin both stark and blending with the shadows around them. It breathe out a fire so hot and fast it burned cool and almost invisibly blue as it zoomed over Jake's head, completely obliterating another emerging shadow. Trixie and Spud stared too as they were quickly freed from their attackers, none of them having ever seen this dragon before.

"Quickly!" the dragon spoke to all of them, its voice that of a girl about their age, "Get to the closet behind, behind me!" Without questioning it Jake nodded, grabbing Trixie and Spud with his tail and quickly snaking back to open the door, startled to find it just an ordinary janitor's closet.

"What the-?" Jake gasped, but suddenly the other dragon was in front of him, whipping her tail back and shoving him inside before destroying the last shadow creature and closing the door behind them all as quickly as possible. Jake was startled again as he saw the door magically seal as another weird Chinese symbol flashed on the back of the door for just a brief moment, realizing the dragon had enchanted the room right as it morphed down into human form.

He was right, the dragon's voice was of a girl his age, and a very pretty Chinese girl at that. For a moment in the shadows she looked a lot like Jasmine the nix, having much of the same stature and silhouette but then stepping into the light and showing she was indeed totally different. Her skin was much lighter, fairer, like she hadn't been in the sun for a while, and even though her hair was pretty bedraggled he could still tell it was quite a bit long, probably far down her back and beyond. It was her face, however, and her eyes that really caught him in and off guard, something was vaguely familiar to him, like he had seen them before somewhere for only just a second, a wonderful silver-blue color that was unique beyond a doubt.

"Okay," the girl said, smiling a little as she looked directly at Jake and bowed, "American Dragon, thank you for coming. As you can see, it's rather urgent that I need your help."

"Hold up, hold up, hol' up!" Trixie interrupted, just the slightest miffed as she crawled up to her feet, still shocked. "So you the one that left that confusing-ass message? You the one that called us here?"

"Yes," the girl said, not intimidated in the slightest like people usually would with Trixie in such a state, "I'm-I'm sorry, who are you-?" Trixie blinked for a few moments, startled herself that her usual tatic didn't work, getting close and personal to the other girl and trying to intimidate her that way.

"No, you need to tell us who you are because I am missing prime boy scoping time and you-"

"Hold up, hold up, Trixie, hold up," Spud quickly eased her down, taking hold of her shoulder and gently taking her back, "Just give her a chance to explain and-"

"Well explain fast cuz I got things to do, ya feel me?" The girl looked at Trixie a little confused, turning back to Jake with a calm but somewhat miffed face, cold.

"This is why I meant for you to come solo, American Dragon," she said, raising her eyebrow in slight annoyance as she cast a look at the two humans, "Who are these two to you anyway? Bodyguards? Seems like you protect them more than they protect you."

"They're my friends," Jake said defensively, staring back just as sternly as she looked at him, "But enough about me, why are we here? Why did you leave that message at my grampa's shop?" The girl looked down at the floor a little then, looking back up at him somewhat gravely with a look reminiscent to Grampa earlier.

"Because I need your help. Badly. This is something only you can do." Jake saw the seriousness in her eyes and entered serious mode once again, wondering if maybe things were as grave as grampa believed just from the fear in her eyes alone.

"What is it?"

"The Dark Dragon." Even Trixie and Spud froze and stiffened in the background, with Jake's eyes shrinking in as the girl continued to speak directly to them.

"He's coming back.

For revenge.

And I need your help to warn the Dragon Council."