Disclaimer: I do not own any characters used in this story (except Dio). All characters are from the TV show American Dragon Jake Long.

Hey readers, I got some more time to write so here's part 1 to the next chapter. It's kinda short but I'll make part 2 longer, sorry. Oh and thanks for your reviews they really help boost my confidence ^^.

The New Kid in Town Part 1

Dio rushes down the hall following the lines on the floor until he reached the main lobby. His mother and father were waiting there patiently until they saw him walk through the doors. They rushed up and gave him the biggest hug they could without crushing him. They were so relieved that Dio was safe and sound after that little misunderstanding. Once they parted from the hug, Dio started to ask questions about what's going to happen to him once he moves to New York. They explain that he would have to learn to control his powers and how to fight against foe. They told him a few other things as they left the hospital to head home and relax with what time they have left as a family.

It was late and getting home was a bit difficult with Dio in his half human, half dragon state. Once they arrived at the subway (since they took the elevator home), Dio's parents transformed into their dragon forms. Dio's father was a big dark blue dragon with a light yellow underbelly. His hair at the top of his head was short black spikes that ran down his back and parted half way before it continued to the end of his tail. He had 2 sets of big blue wings on his back with a light blue lining on the outside. Dio's mother was a medium sized, light purple dragon with a grey underbelly. Her hair was long and followed down her back to the end of her tail. She had no wings but could still fly with her snake like body.

Dio got a ride on his father's back since he couldn't fly yet. His home was a good 20 minutes away from the subway so as they were flying he got to look over the city and fell the wind flow through his hair. It was like a dream come true for him. He always wanted to fly like this and one day he would.

Once they arrived at the house, they reverted back to their human forms and entered through the back door. The house was the same as they left it the day of Dio's birthday. The cake still melted on the kitchen table. The wall still had the burn mark on it. The dried blood still all over the floor and walls. The kitchen was a complete mess! They all worked together to clean up the mess they left and had a little fun while doing it. Dio's father through a wet sponge at Dio only to miss him and slap his wife right in the face. She was not pleased. She took the wet towel she had and started to chase and whip both Dio and her husband around the house. After they gave up they had a little laugh and continued to clean until the kitchen was spotless. By the time they finished it was already 10 o'clock and Dio was starting to get tired. He decided that he would pack everything in the morning and just get ready for bed now.

Dio took a shower and removed all the bandages that were wrapped around his arm, legs and torso. He decided to leave the one over his eye since it still hurt for some reason. After he was done, he slipped into just pajama pants since he couldn't get a top over his wing without ether ripping the top, or hurting his wing.

He jumped into his bed on his back to immediately jump right back up with a yelp. He somehow within the time span of 5 seconds he managed to forget about his wing and tail and ended up crushing them as he jumped into bed. He decided to sleep on his right side since it had not wing on it and moved his tail to hang off the bed so he wouldn't cut himself on the sharp trident as he slept.

Just as Dio was about to turn off his light his mother and father stepped into his room to wish him a good night sleep. His mother kissed his forehead and his father ruffled his hair before saying "We love you" and leave Dio to sleep.

Once they were out of the room, Dio hit the lights and gave a big yawn before closing his eye and drift off to a comfortable sleep.

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Jake, Gramps, and Fu left Draco Island to head home and prepare for Dio's arrival tomorrow. Jake parted ways with Gramps and Fu at the subway station to he headed home to tell his family about Dio.

Once he arrived home he walks through the front door to meet two very angry adults waiting for him at the door. Jake left this morning without tell anyone where he was going. Truth be told, he didn't even know ether.

Jake explained to his parents about what happened on the island and about how Dio was going to live with them for a year until it was time for him to take the 3 dragon tests that would determine if he had to stay on the island or not. His parents understood but looked worried having Dio living with them, since he was the most powerful magical being and everything.

After all that was settled Jake went up to his room to sleep this day away. He was super tired from what all that happened today and wanted nothing more to then rest his body. Even though he still had work to do, he would deal with it tomorrow. He was just too tired to care about it and fell asleep minutes later.

%%% Time skip

Dio awoke early in the morning before his parents since he couldn't sleep all that well. His wing kept on getting in the way of him to get into a comfortable position and walking him up whenever he rolled on to it. Since he couldn't get back to sleep he decided to stay up and try to find a way to fix his little wing problem.

Dio had no idea of how to get rid of his wing or move it as a matter of fact. He tried to forces on basic movement first. After a while Dio was able to open and close his wing with ease. He learned to curl it around his body like a cloak and even give little gust of wind with a flap of his wing. Now came the hard part. Dio tried all he could to get rid of his wing and have his back, back to normal. After of what seemed like an hour, he gave up until he remembered something. He remembered that he transformed his tail by thinking of what it would look like in his head. So why not try it with his wing too.

Dio pictured himself without wing on his back and focused on only that image. He started to feel a tingling sensation on his back for a few minutes until it stopped. Once Dio opened his eye he found out that his wing was not gone, but it shrunk down to a smaller size. His wing now stretched out a little bit past his shoulder and looked like a little devils wing.

Dio was disappointed that it wasn't fully gone but hey he'll take what he can get.

Dio looked at the clock to see he was up for 3 hours trying to hide his wing and only had 2 more until it was time for him to officially wake up. So he thought he might as well pack his stuff and get some more sleep until it was time.

It took him 40 minutes to find everything he thinks he would need up in New York. His skateboard, his laptop, his favorite video games, you know the stuff a person would bring with them if they were going away for a long time. He left his stuff by his door and jumped back into bed. To his surprise, he could lie down on his back now without any problems. Well except for his tail which was now awkwardly placed between his legs but he didn't care. Dio closed his eye and went back to sleep for what time he could until he would need to wake up and leave for New York.

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"Dio~." A soft voice called out. "Dio, it's time to get up."

"Ugh, what time is it?" Dio said opening up his eye to see his mother.

"It 8 dear, I see you've already packed everything you need so come down stairs and eat breakfast." She said as she left the room.

Dio got up and stretched his tired body. He got up and rummaged through what clothing he had left in his closet to find something that would cover up his dragon parts.

He found black hoody, a pair of dark blue baggy jeans, some bandages, and some big purple headphones. He wrapped the bandage around all the parts of his body that had scales on it just in case if it was really hot and he needed to take off the sweater. He used most of it on his right arm and feet. Once he was done, he put on his sweater and tucked his long hair down the back of it and left two long thick stands out of the side to make it look cool. He put of his baggy jeans that just covered his feet but he still needed something to cover them fully. He used his tail as a belt and wrapped it waste with some of it hanging over to the side since he didn't want to get stabbed by his trident. Lastly he put on the headphones to cover up his ears and make it look like his horns were part of the head phones. Once that was done he left his room to feed his now growling stomach.

"Hey son did you sleep well?" his father asked him at the table.

"I guess. My wing kept on walking me up so I learned how to shrink it down so it wouldn't bug me." Dio said as he took his seat.

"That's grate! Oh and what's up with the bandages? I though you didn't have to wear then anymore?"

"I put them on just in case if I get too hot and need to take off my sweater. I may look like I've been in a big accident but it's the only way hide my dragon parts for now. Oh and the one that's over my eye still kinda hurts so I'm going to leave it on until it stops."

"Alright, If you say so."

"Hey boys, how would you two like some breakfast?" Dio mother said as she walked in with 2 big plates of food.

"Wow! French toast, crapes, eggs, bacon, sausages! Why did you make so much food?" Dio ask looking at his buffet of food.

"Well since you won't be living with us for a while I thought I make this breakfast one to remember."

"Wow thanks mom! You're the best!"

Dio and his family ate away at the feast of breakfasts with happy similes and laughter. Once they were finished, Dio ran back up to his room to grab his stuff and leave. On his way out the door he noticed something wasn't right with his walking. He looked down to see that his feet still didn't have shoes on.

"Oh yea I forgot. He dad do you have anything that can go over my feet? All my shoes are too small now and even if I did get them on my toe claws would rip right through them."

"Hm. Let me check." Dio's dad said as he looked through the closet. "Ah, ha! These should do the trick." He said as he pulled out a pair of big hiking boots.

Dio slipped them on his feet and to his surprise they fit and were actually comfy. But as soon as he talk his first step he fell right on his face.

"Dio are you alright?" his father asked helping him up.

"Yea, I'm fine. I guess that since I've been walking on my toes this entire time my feet aren't comfortable with walking flat foot."

"Yea it gets a little uncomfortable walking flat foot with dragon feet but you'll learn how."

"I guess." Dio tried to take a couple more steps and finally got his balance back. It still felt weird walking like this but he'll have to deal with it for now.

"Come on you guys! We have to get to the subway station before the train leaves!" his mother shouted from the car.

"Alright were coming! Come on Dio we got to go." His dad said grabbing his bag and heading out the door.

"Mmk." Dio said as he took one last look at his living room before closing the door and stubble to the car.

The car ride didn't last that long as the subway station came into view. His mother parked the car and just as the all got out his father's phone rang.

"Hello?... Speaking….What?! But-…. But I need to take my son to-…" he gave a big sigh. "Fine were on our way." He said as he closed the phone and put it back in his pocket.

"Who was that dad?"

"Work and they need me and your mother right now."

"What! But what about Dio? We were support to go with him to New York to make sure he gets there safe." Dio's mother said angrily.

"I know hun but they said that it's a code red emergence and need us like now. I'm sorry but we have to go."

Dio's mother sighed and looked over to Dio. "I'm so sorry Dio, but we need to go. You'll have to go to New York by yourself." She said with a sad smile.

Dio looked down at the ground with his hood casting a shadow over his eyes. "But why do you have to go?" he started to clench his hand into a fist. "Why can't you be with me? Why do you always have to go?" A small tear made his way down his face and to the ground. "Why? Why? Why do you always put your stupid jobs first before me!?" he said shouting at his parents. "Why do I always have to be alone!? Why do I have to deal with everything by myself!? Why do I need to suffer like this!?" He yelled as tears now ran like a stream down his face.

"Dio were sor-"

"NO!" Dio shouted as he cut off his mother. "I don't want to hear I'm sorry anymore from you two! I want you two to be there when I need you! I…I…" Dio couldn't finish because of all the tears.

"Dio were so sorry. We truly are. We know that you've been alone a lot because of us and were so sorry. We love you so much and we hate to see you in pain. Please no more tears." His mother said softly as she tried to hug Dio but she was pushed away.

"Don't touch me! Just go away! Go to your jobs were your actually wanted! Just leave me alone!" he said as he grabbed his stuff and ran away from his parents.

"Dio wait!" his father cried out but Dio was long gone.

"Were awful parents. We left Dio alone so much and didn't even notice how it was affecting him. He always had a smile on his face. But I guess was just a cover for what he really felt like." Dio's mother said as looked down at the ground.

They stood there for a minute in silence before Dio's father spoke.

"We should get going."

She just gave a nod as they got back in the car and drove off.

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Dio ran through the crowd of people bumping into strangers trying to find his way to the right subway train. Once he saw the train that would take him to New York, he got in and tried to find himself and empty car. He just wanted to be alone right now. He didn't want to see or hear anyone.

Once he found an empty car he took a seat and through his stuff under his chair. He brought his legs up to his chest and cried quietly to himself.

"Why?" he said in a low whisper. "Why do they always do this?"

He kept on crying for a while until he found himself getting very sleepy. He thought it would be best to doze off since he wouldn't get to New York for 3 hours. He pulled out his phone and set an alarm for 12:30 and picked up his stuff to hold on to just in case someone tried to steal it. He leaned back in his chair and closed his eye and slowly drifted off to sleep.

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Sorry for the short chapter, I'm kinda busy right now with school stuff but ill try and update this story as soon as I can. Thank for reading ^^. Leave a comment if you want.