The shop was this way, Miranda thought at a corner and headed to the right.
Why did he want me to come? Miranda almost bumped into an old light post.
I should stop thinking. Miranda tripped at that. Miranda stood up and with a smile found that she had fallen right in front of the store.
Isn't life grand? Miranda walked up the concrete steps and knocked.
Jake opened the door and said,
"Hello Miranda, come in," His hair was out of its normal jell style and snarled.
Miranda walked in, the counter had an un-manned cash register on top of it.
A short man named Lao Shi walked into the room,
"Ah Miranda what a nice surprise," Lao Shi commented.
"SUPRISE? Gramps, you're the one who asked me to invite her." Jake complained, brushing his black hair out of his eyes, to also hide his glare.
"Miranda care to inform the American Dragon?" Lao Shi asked, in his usual "I am the wise one" Tone. Miranda nodded, Lady's first, she thought sarcastically.
"Is there any water?" Miranda asked, her mouth was dry, why does he want Jake to know now? Miranda asked herself. Jake handed Miranda a glass of old water,
"Ok pay attention I am only going to do this once," Miranda poured the glass of water on her leg and concentrated lightly. Jake leapt back as Miranda sank on the floor; her legs had morphed to form a silvery grey tail the exact color of her eyes.
"That was unexpected," Jake said after a few moments, Miranda rolled her eyes and answered, "I don't like doing it much, really inconvenient."
"G, have you noticed something odd about that Amy girl?" Jake asked thinking about what he considered a pressing matter.
"Why no young dragon, other than the fact she doesn't smart mouth the teacher," Lao Shi answered, looking confused at Jake's interest.
"Well there is something strange about her," Miranda said backing Jake up, she concentrated on her tail becoming legs so she could stand up.
"Today at a back ally she appeared like from nowhere!" Jake said, "We all almost fell down when we turned around to look at her!"
"Young dragon, you are most likely just over assessing the situation," Lao Shi said shaking his head at the idiocy of the idea.
"I know there is something strange about her, I looked through the records of people using Google©, I don't know her last name!" Miranda supplied.
"I checked the teachers roll list it just says, 'Amy,' Nothing more, Nothing less." Jake said, Why is it when I actually know something I am ignored?
Lao Shi looked stunned on the way Jake was holding his ground stead fast, and the fact Miranda was also.
"I shall look into it, right now there is nothing to do but watch this 'Amy' and see if anything abnormal happens." Lao Shi said after a few minutes pondering, Jake let out an exasperated sigh. But knew that was the most they could do, that doesn't mean I have to like it, Jake thought grimly. Miranda appeared to be thinking along the same lines.
Jake jerked his head towards the glass door, Miranda nodded and said,
"I am glad you take us a little bit seriously," Miranda whipped around towards the door and walked out, Jake followed meekly.
The NYC landscape stretched out on there sides, and Jake finally asked the question that nagged him.
"How can you look like a human? Why did you have to have water on you're leg to morph?" Jake breathed in deeply after he said that.
"I'm more human than fish, does that make sense?" Miranda answered/asked. Jake shook his head bemusedly.
"My great-grandmother was a mermaid, she had a child with an average Joe, that child was raised on land, and married another average Joe, the same thing happened with my mom." Miranda explained pausing every so often to make sure no one was listening in.
"So you're mom can morph to?" Jake asked after awhile.
"Yeah but she doesn't have to concentrate, I can just jump in a lake now and keep my legs,"
"Ah, I thought my life was complicated," Jake replied after processing this information.
"Also my mom's hair changes too blue, that would be embarrassing." Miranda said after awhile, she snickered behind her hand at the memory.
"I'll say, so what do you really think about Amy?" Jake asked, biting his lower lip and pausing on a turf of green in the park.
"I don't really know, she just doesn't seem, human." Miranda answered honestly after thinking it over.
"Remember that Fairdauld we read about in Mythology?" Jake asked kicking a blade.
"Yeah," Miranda waited and realization dawned on her face, "You can't be serious?"
"I am, I just don't know if it is real or not, I don't want to make unreal assumptions." Jake answered with the same grit he had with his grandfather earlier. That makes sense, if we try to expose her and she isn't what we think then we will only be exposing ourselves,
"Hmmm," Came Miranda's really nonexistent reply.