Chapter 4: Magus Bazaar

P.S—remember that the alternate world in this story does not follow the story in the show. Chang and the Dark Dragon are locked in an anti-magical prison for life. The Huntsmaster is dead. 88 and 89 are…well…around. And the other villains…have not been established (yet?? :O). We shall see…

A foggy haze glowed around this Wednesday morning as our protagonists rose to celebrate another day of summer vacation. Since Lao Shi's shop and the Long residence no longer needed any renovation (well, anything that our gang can help with. There were some inventory and a chandelier that has to be replaced and installed), they were free to continue their leisurely relaxation.

Roxanne and Rose entered the electronic shop first, followed by Jake Long, Trixie, and then Spud. Fu chaperoned the gang while Lao Shi had Dragon Council duties to attend.

One by one as each collapsed on the available seating areas, waiting for the further boredom. "So guys, what do you want to do today?" Jake Long inquired, starting of the open debate for this day's activities.

"I don't know…" Rose began very informative. Unknowing to the others, her thoughts were still sour from yesterday.

"We could always do…"

Roxanne interrupted Spud before he could continue, "Please do not say skateboarding! Anything but skateboarding!"

Spud perked his lips in disappointment, for his suggestion was going to be skateboarding.

"Well then Roxanne, what do you suggest we do then?" Jake suggested rather harshly, due to his determination to find something to do.

Roxanne however, did not take his harshness. "Hmm…how about we do something more girly, instead of video games and skateboarding."

"Such as…"

"I don't know…isn't there a mall around here somewhere? I say we do some shopping!"

Although girly, it was reasonably good of an idea. "You know what, I agree with Roxs over here. We hardly get to just walk around and shop anymore." Trixie stood up to affirm her agreement.

"Alright", "I can deal with that" They agreed, even Rose, who was up for anything to distract her mind.

"Okay, so which mall are we going to? The one up downtown or the one upstate more…or…" Trixie began naming their options.

"Or…" Jake pondered an idea, "or we can go hang out at Magus Bazaar."

"Eh…Jake I don't think going to Magus Bazaar is such a good idea…" Fu Dog suggested from the desk while reading a magical newspaper.

"Come on Fu, they said Rose couldn't help with magical business, not to avoid magical all together." Fu bellowed a low grunt of disapproval, but did not do anything otherwise to stop them. "How about it guys? Want to go head over to Magus Bazaar?"

"Sure," Trixie agreed.

"Okay," Rose smiled, content with this option. Even though she was weak and limp, she could still feel part of this supernatural world.

"Cool with me," Roxanne concurred before then saying, "what's Magus Bazaar?"

"Just a gathering for magical creatures to socialize; you can buy clothes, shoes, potions, basically everything."

"Oh so it's like a swat meet."

Jake blankly stared at Roxanne, deciding to give up in his explanation. Showing her would be better than describing it. "Ah…sorta. You'll see. Comin' Fu?"

"Eh, I wish. The old man assigned me a four days worth of chores to do while he's with the Dragon Council."

A quick subway ride downtown and then a minor magical detour let our gang up into the wonders of the Magus Bazaar! Roxanne's eyes glowed of the excitement she was feeling. "Woah, this place is awesome!" She hopped off the subway with one giant leap to scamper off to one of the venders, before she stalled.

Jake held onto the back of her purple shirt, "Hey, not so fast. This place can be dangerous, so stay close to me."

Roxanne frowned in protest, but understood his caution. This is a magical realm, filled with unknown and magical beings. So she backed up next to the group, and stayed close to Rose.

Tons of venders stood outside the entrance to Magus Bazaar, displaying their items of trade. "Bat Guano, get you're Bat Guano!" "Sasquatch furs, on sale! Get them before winter!" Along each stand magical creatures conversed, strolled, and dwelled. Unicorns, trolls, pixies, witches, and much more roamed along these wide alleys.

Smile intact, Roxanne eyed each of the vender's items, finding everything new and exhilarating rather than scary and dangerous as it was before. A woman with long hair and a flower in her hair raised her arm out to her, "Want long hair like me? Try out our new improved hair growing potion."

The gang kept a constant pace in the Bazaar, until Roxanne paused at one of the stands. In a hushed voice, she asked, "What is that?"

"It's a hand pixie-woven rug made from the finest unicorn hair," The vender responded.

Roxanne leaned closer to Rose this time, putting her hand over her mouth to muffle her words, "No I mean, what the heck is that ugly thing?" She followed her words with a head tilt to the vender.

Rose laughed, "It's a troll."

"Oh…ew."

They continued onward, stopping along certain stands to exhibit more items to buy. "Who needs that much eye of newt, I mean seriously." Spud commented, overlooking the different variations of this particular eye.

"Get your love potions, get your love potions!" A goblin vender cried out. As their eyes met with him, he presented a toothy smile to Roxanne and Rose. "Make any man fall in love with you instantly!"

"Who would want to buy that? Who wants a relationship make up from controlled love?" Rose sneered while crinkling her nose, and then looked to Jake. "People should just wait until they find their own love."

Roxanne snickered low, "Ha, yeah…who would want that…"

We enter in a half an hour later to see the gang stopped at some tables, eating some Pixie Schnitzel. "Mmm…this Pixie Schnitzel is delicious." Jake said while stuffing his mouth with more schnitzel.

"Yeah…now that I'm full I'm ready to do some more shopping. Isn't there a clothes shop around here?"

"Oh I'm with yah Roxs, Trixie could use a new jazzy top or two."

Jake pointed to a nearby shoppe, whose name was written in a different language. The group decided to stop inside to satisfy the girls need of clothes. Inside, two elves (man and woman) with archaic looks and dresses greeted them as they entered. On the left side of the store was overstuffed with racks and hangers full of clothes. Along the front desk and the right side of the store were glass cases containing jewelry. Trixie and Roxanne immediately ran to the clothes section, Spud watched creatures pass by the window while Rose eyed the jewelry. Jake stayed behind her shoulder, more interested in alone time with Rose than any jewelry.

The woman elf began to speak advertisements to entice a sale. "We have 70 % off all silver and unicorn horn necklaces…and—"

"Look Jake!" Rose exclaimed, grabbing the collar of his red jacket and pulling him closer to the glass. Wrapped around a foam cushion was two necklaces on crystal pendants. These pendants were in the shape of two skulls, one with rubies in the eyes and the other with sapphire.

The elf looked down to the case, "Ah yes, those are replicates of the original Crystal Skulls of the Aztec Civilization."

"Woah…that's weird." Jake remarked while grinning at the coincidence.

Rose inched her hands on the crystal as the elf took them out of the glass case, also noticing the pricey numbers on the price tag. "Oh I wish I had money…"

Jake, being the suave player he is, used this opportunity to once again show his affection for Rose. He leaned over the counter, and spoke to the elf, "Hm, I don't think these prices fit the American Dragon's price range. What else can you offer me?"

The glowing elf smiled, "Oh…I did not recognize you American Dragon. There is no need for an American Dragon to pay us."

Jake smiled a devilish smile in using his dragon powers to his advantage. With his new discount, Jake bought two of the Aztec Skull necklaces, giving the ruby red one to Rose. Jake traded the silver chain for a thicker gold chain for his sapphire Aztec Skull, to make it a little manlier. "This is ironic huh? How we both depended these Aztecs so long ago, and now we are just wearing them around our necks." Rose remarked.

"I know, freaky…" Jake took a moment, remembering the struggles, the battles, and the chaos of hunting down those Aztec Skulls. Forever ago it seems…could it only be less than a year ago?

Suddenly Roxanne and Trixie entered, interrupting Jake's nostalgia. "Hey, check out this cool dress." Roxanne lifted her arms, sporting a feathery smooth purple-blue gown that went past her ankles.

As soon as she was in his vicinity, Jake fell to the ground, and hyperventilated. "Jake? What's wrong?" He didn't answer back, just groaned in harsh breaths. Rose eyed the dress, "What's that made of?"

"Uhh…" Roxanne looked at the side price tag, "'100% Sphinx hair."

"Roxanne! Dragons' are weakened by Sphinx hair! Go take that off now!"

"Oh…that would explain this: 'Warning: Do not wear around dragons.' Ha," She gave one last look at her sister's glowering before rushing back into the dressing room.

When she was in a distance, Jake started to blink his eyes. Spud, who suddenly noticed Jake on the floor, ran to Rose's left side. "What's wrong with Jake?"

"Roxanne put on a dress made of Sphinx hair; he passed out for a second." He blinks were faster after she spoke, "Jake? You okay?"

He inched his elbows to lift himself up, but didn't go any farther, "Yeah…yeah I'm okay. But I say it's time to go."

"Alright."

The five of them quickly exited the shoppe, with Jake leaning against Rose's shoulder. As they headed back to the subway station, crowds of creatures rushed by them. A unicorn almost ran into Spud. Two pixies flew right in-between Roxanne and Rose. An a gang of goblins dashed and pushed Trixie out of the way. "Dang…what's the crowd about?" Jake murmured.

Then, a loud blast came from behind an alley, followed by two screams and another blast.

Long chapter I know, I sorta got carried away. XD There was supposed to be more, but I thought this ending is better...still trying to put together the pieces of this story, and I think ending this chapter like this will give me time to think. Comments, suggestions, messages (if you just want to talk XD) are appreciated and accepted.

I'm going to Reno this Friday (it'll be the first time on a plane...scary XO), and I don't know how busy the rest of my weekend will be. But please keep reminding me to update...so I won't get lazy as I was before!

PEACE! :)