American Dragon: Haley Long (Season One)
Chapter/Episode 12: Dragon's Winter Wonderland
Snow fell heavily down to a mountain range where a man sat on a rock. The man sighed sadly as he put his chin in his hands, just as another person came over to him. The man turned his head to the person, who had blonde hair and was wearing a blue stewardess uniform. "Sir, we should stay together..." she said.
"Fine..." the man groaned as he stood up and followed the stewardess over to a whole bunch of other people, who were all standing next to an airline, which was in the snow, steaming, with one of the wings snapped in two. The captain of the plane was standing with the other passengers, and when he saw the stewardess, he hurried over her. "Good..." he said. "You found him. Sir, we need to stay together. Now, it was fortunate that no one was seriously hurt..."
"That's great!" the stewardess exclaimed.
"Yes..." the captain agreed. "But unfortunately, we are all stranded here, where we could all freeze to death. We need to get help. The question remains: who could go?"
"I could do it..." the man offered, not even thinking twice about what he was saying. After the words came out of his mouth, the captain and the stewardess turned from each other and stared at the man. "I can..." the man repeated.
"Very well..." the captain said quickly. "But hurry..."
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The man shivered as he walked through the snow, which had been coming down harder and faster. As the man's teeth began to chatter, he started to look for something to shelter him in the distance. After searching wildly for a few seconds, the man finally caught sight of something in the far off distance. The man slowly made his way over to the object, and as he got closer, the man sighed with relief as he found that the object was actually a cave.
"Thank god..." the man said through chattering teeth as he slowly made his way inside. After the man had taken only three steps inside, he immediately felt warmer. It was as if there was an installed heater inside...
The man was just about to lean against the wall and catch his breath when a loud and maniacal laugh suddenly rang out through the cave. Blinking in shock, the man first thought that he had imagined it, but he could hear the laughter once again, only this time, it was louder.
"Hello?" the man asked, starting to walk deeper into the cave, until he came into a clearing. As he took one more step, the man found that he was standing on a cat-walk, looking down at one appeared to be a laboratory. The man looked down, and he could see a small man, shaped like a pillow, with short black hair and all black clothing had his back to him. The man in the cave appeared to be standing over a table, and the man from the plane crash stared in horror as whatever was on the table started to move, before it sat up. The man watching gasped. On the table was a giant candy-cane, with eyes and arms. The man, obviously a scientist, below laughed again.
"Yes!" the scientist boasted. "I've done it again! My living canes are now complete!" As he laughed, the scientist looked up, and his eyes locked with the man. The man was amazed by the scientist; the scientist had an eye-patch over his left eye and he had two buck-teeth. "Ah..." the scientist spoke. "It appears I have a guest..."
"Um, yes..." The man stuttered. "You see, me and a whole bunch of other people survived a plane crash, and now we need shelter..."
"Sir..." the scientist said, and the man started to smile, starting to think that the scientist was going to help him. However, the man's smile faded when the scientist shouted: "I DON'T TRUST YOU! No one will steal the creations of Doctor Kain! Minion, take care of him!"
As the mutant candy-cane jumped up onto the cat-walk and grabbed the man, Doctor Kain stood there, chuckling, and then breaking into a mad cackle...
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Many miles away, Haley Long groaned as she slowly opened her eyes and rolled over in her bed. Yawning, Haley sat up and put her feet on the floor as she placed her sheets back down on the bed. Yawning again, Haley opened her door and walked down the hall, walking down the stairs and into the front room where a large, holographic Christmas tree was set up. Haley made her way over to the couch and sat down, just as both of her parents walked out of the kitchen, both wearing Christmas sweaters.
"Merry Christmas, Haley!" they both exclaimed as they walked over to their daughter. "Are you ready to open presents, Haley-hoo?" Jonathan asked.
"Jonathan, just know that we can't take forever..." Susan told her husband.
"Why not?"
"Haley's going up to the cabin the belongs to Leah's family for the weekend..." Susan answered. "Leah should arrive here with the rest of her family members in about an hour..."
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After opening all of her presents, Haley walked up to her bedroom and went to her closet, pulling it open and grabbing her suitcase before she turned and left her room, just starting to go down the stairs when she heard the honking of a car horn outside. "Haley!" Susan walked over to the bottom stairs and smiled up at her daughter. "Leah's here!"
"I know, Mom..." Haley answered as she got to the bottom of the stairs.
"Just be safe, Haley..." Susan Long said quietly, her smile slowly fading. "Can you promise me that one thing, Haley?"
"Yes, Mom..." Haley groaned as she reached the front door, and as she put her hand on the knob, she turned to face her mother, and father, who was exiting the kitchen and joined his wife. "I'll be fine..." Haley told them, just as another honk came from outside.
"Have fun, Haley!" Jonathan bid her a cheery farewell as Haley opened the door and stepped outside, closing the door behind her.
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Haley slowly walked down the steps that led to her front door as she made her over to a red car, just as the window rolled down, and Haley could see the face of her friend, Leah. "Merry Christmas, Haley..." Leah smiled as she opened the door. "Get in..."
Haley nodded as she climbed inside of the car, sitting down and closing the door behind her. Haley then turned to face Leah, only to find that she was one of now four people sitting in the back seat. Next to Haley sat a girl of about twenty-three year old woman with short red hair. The woman did not appear to notice Haley, and instead, she had a pair of headphones in her ears as she listened to her iPod, which was the size of a chocolate chip.
"Haley..." Leah said. "I want you to meet my older sister, Alena..." Leah then reached over to her sister and pulled off one of her headphones. Alena turned her attention to her sister and had a scowl on her face. "What?" Alena demanded.
"Leah, don't bother your sister..." Haley then turned her head to the driver's seat as a woman of about fifty turned around and glared at Leah; Haley assumed that this was Leah's mother. Mrs. Belden may have been fifty, but she looked about sixty. Her hair, although originally brown, as almost completely grey. "How would you like it if she bothered you when you were trying to do something else?"
"Honey..." the man in the passenger's seat smiled at his wife. Mr. Belden looked much younger than his wife, and he had red hair that was balding. His face looked plump, and even though Haley could not see, she guessed that he was overweight. "Leah's just trying to introduce us to her friend."
"She can do that later when we get to the cabin..." Mrs. Belden said in an annoyed tone. "Besides, you know how I feel about you talking while I drive. It distracts me!"
"Sorry, mom..." Leah apologized.
"Don't apologize..." Mrs. Belden snapped, but then her face softened. "It's okay, Leah. Just...let me focus on the road..."
Haley then turned her head at Leah, who shrugged as the features on her face told Haley that she wanted to apologize. Then, Haley stared passed Leah and found the fourth person sitting in the back. A boy, who looked about twenty years old. Like Leah, the boy had long brown hair, his hair touching his shoulder blades and his bangs going down over his eyes. The young man turned his head toward Haley, and Haley was surprised to see that he was scowling-scowling at her.
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The Belden family car came to a stop after it pulled up at the peak of a mountain, where there was a wooden cabin with Christmas lights and a wreath hung up. The cabin was quite large; the door was fancy and the windows were stain-glass. As the engine turned completely off, Leah opened the door and she climbed out, followed closely by Haley and Alena. Haley then turned around and found that the boy was just sitting there, his scowl still directed at her.
"Ah, don't mind Ian..." Haley suddenly jumped in surprise as Mr. Belden appeared in front of her, slamming the car door shut. "He just feels uncomfortable around, well...around your kind..."
"Dad!" Leah exclaimed, and Haley could tell that she was blushing.
"Sorry, Leah..." Mr. Belden replied. "But you know, it's kind of true. Not that there's anything wrong with being a dragon, Haley..." Then, Mr. Belden turned and followed his wife and oldest daughter into the cabin, leaving Haley and Leah alone. Haley growled in annoyance as she turned to face Leah, and Leah's eyes widened in fear.
"You told your family?"
"Was that wrong of me?" Leah asked, backing up and slowly bringing her hands up to her face, as if to say "Please don't slice my face to pieces!"
Upon seeing how freaked out Leah looked, Haley sighed and took a deep breath. "Your parents don't like me because I'm a dragon..."
"No, you've got it all wrong..." Leah replied, a small and hopeful smile making its way to her face. "Ian doesn't like you because you're a dragon. My parents want to give you a chance. That's why we invited you."
"Gee, I feel so special..." Haley muttered sarcastically before she followed Leah into the cabin.
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Dr. Kain laughed maniacally as he stood in front of a pile of clothes on the floor of his laboratory; clothes that had been worn by the intruder who had been seeking shelter from the cold. "Yes, my cane-man!" Kain laughed as he turned to face the candy-cane man. "Yes! You are serving me well! I have one final test for you!"
Kain then walked over to the wall and he slammed his fist against a button that was on the wall. A moment later, a sliding steel door in the wall slid up, revealing an army of about fifty candy-cane men, just like the one in front of cane.
"Yes!" Kain cackled. "Go, my candy-cane men! Go and cause as much destruction as you can! If anyone gets in your way...KILL THEM!" Then, Kain continued to cackle as the candy-cane men exited the cave...
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As soon as Leah closed the door to the cabin behind them, Haley sighed as she pulled off her jacket, hanging it up on the rack as she felt a presence approaching them. And as she turned around, Haley sighed as she saw Alena Belden standing in front of them, her hands at her sides, bent in a V-shape. "Where's Ian?' she asked.
"He's still in the car." Leah replied.
Alena scoffed before she said: "Well, can you go get him?"
"You're the one who wants him..." Leah barked back. "So, why don't you get him? I'm going to show Haley to her room, and then I have something to give her..." As Leah and Haley started to walk passed her, Haley found that Alena looked like she was about to say something, but instead, she scowled and stomped over to the door, throwing it open and stomping out into the snow.
"Just ignore her..." Leah advised Haley. "She thinks that because she's the oldest kid in the family, her younger siblings should do things for her. And believe it or not, Mom actually encourages her..."
"I think I believe it..." Haley said as she followed her friend up the stairs, which led to a hallway with four bedrooms. We'll be sleeping in here..." Leah said as she walked passed Haley and pushed open the door. "Now, you can get settled...while I bring in your things and your gift..."
Haley then watched as Leah turned and walked back down the stairs. Haley sighed as she walked into the room, finding two beds in the room. Haley walked over to the first bed and sat down, just in time for Leah to come back inside the room, carrying Haley's suitcase in one hand and a small package in the other. Leah walked over to the bed and placed the suitcase down and handed Haley the present. "You can open it now if you want..." Leah told her. "And, I really am sorry for the way the rest of my family is acting. If it's any consolation, they act like this pretty much every day. It's not you...for the most part..."
"It's okay..." Haley said as she took the present with one hand, while her other hand reached into her suitcase, pulling out another package, which she handed to Leah. "You can open that now..."
Leah nodded as she used her fingers to rip off the wrapping paper, and once the paper was gone, Leah looked down and could see a CD and could see a picture of a girl wearing all black with nose piercings and one lip piercing. The girl had straight black hair, with each strand of hair having been dyed a different dark color. "Lucky Kentucky?"
"Yeah..." Haley replied. "I remember you said that you liked her music. Well, this was before she became famous. You know, back when CDs were popular. I am willing to bet that you have never heard any of those songs."
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Alena Belden shivered as she stepped out of the cabin and started to walk into the snow. Alena finally made her way to the car, but just as she put her hand on the handle, she could hear the car locking from the inside. Alena scowled as she peered into the window, staring right at Ian's scowl.
"Come on out, you brat..." Alena growled as she pulled at the car door fruitlessly. "Mom and Dad want you inside!"
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Leah stared at the CD with wide eyes. "Wow, Haley..." was all she could say at first, but then she slowly started to recover. "Um, you can open mine if you want to. It's not as nice, but I think you'll like it..."
"Alright..." Haley replied, but just as she started to unwrap the present, she groaned as Mrs. Belden appeared at the door. "Leah..." Mrs. Belden spoke. "You and your friend need to come down the stairs. Your father wants the entire family downstairs."
"Alright, Mom..." Leah said to her mother, groaning as soon as soon as her mother had left. Then, Leah turned to face Haley. "Sorry, Haley. I guess we can do this later..."
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"Come on, Ian!" Alena silently cursed as she tried to open the door. "Just come out of the car and come inside for just a few minutes!" Alena was so busy trying to rip the car door off its hinges, that she didn't hear the door on the other side of the car open and slam shut. Alena soon stopped trying to pull the door open as she heard footsteps in the snow, and the next thing she knew, Ian was standing at her side, his scowl now even bigger. "Ian, just come inside!" Alena begged.
"And be in there with that dragon?" Ian demanded. "I don't think so..."
"Do you think I like having a dragon for my younger sister's only friend?" Alena growled. "No. I don't, you don't, and Mom doesn't. But, we can't change it. The best thing we can do is-"
"Get to know her like Dad advises?" Ian suggested sarcastically before Alena could finish.
"No..." Alena responded. "Pretend that she doesn't exist. It's been working for me..."
"That doesn't work for me..." Ian growled. "I don't want her anywhere near me. I want her gone..."
Alena sighed and took a step back. "I remember a time when you thought that dragons were cool..."
"I remember a time when you thought so, too..." Ian replied, crossing his arms.
Alena was about to say something else, but before she could, she heard a crashing and crunching sound not that far away. Alena turned her head to Ian, only to find that Ian was slowly starting to back away, his eyes wide with fear. Alena turned her head to what Ian was staring at, and although she couldn't believe the sight before her eyes, it was so obviously really there. Standing in front of them was an army of about fifty candy-canes that were about the size of a large man...
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Leah walked down the stairs inside the cabin, closely followed by Haley, who looked nervous, because she was nervous. She didn't feel right being with the family at this time. Mr. Belden was sitting in a rocking chair, as Mrs. Belden stood in front of husband.
"Where's Ian and Alena?" she asked, just as a loud shriek came from outside. "What was that?"
"I guess that answered your question..." Leah said dully as her parents both rushed over to the door. As Mr. Belden threw the door open, Haley and Leah both made their way over to the door, and both gasped as they saw giant, walking candy-canes starting to corner the two older Belden siblings.
"What are those things?" Leah asked just as her father rushed out of the door and ran over to his two older children. "Alena! Ian!" Mr. Belden called. "Hurry! Get inside where you'll be safe!" Ian and Alena both rushed over to their father, and the three started to run back to the door of the cabin, but before they could even take three steps, one of the giant candy-canes jumped over them and landed right in front of them, taking several steps, backing the three back into the army of candy-canes.
Haley could only stare in shock and fear at the sight in front of her; she had no doubt that the candy-canes would destroy the three. Haley turned her head to the side as she felt someone tugging at her jacket, and she could see that Leah was looking at her with fright and desperation in her eyes.
"Haley, please..." Leah begged. "You have to do something...Help them!"
Haley could only stare back, transfixed by the fear in Leah's eyes. But as she heard another frighten shriek come from Alena, she nodded. "DRAGON UP!" Haley shouted, and Mrs. Belden pulled her daughter back towards her as a bright light consumed Haley. When the light was gone, there was a blur of pink as Haley sped out of the door.
The American Dragon growled as she got closer to the giant candy-cane that was pushing Mr Belden and two of his children back towards the other monsters. Haley stopped flapping her wings and landed in the snow just a couple of inches away from the giant candy-cane.
"Hey, candy-cane!" Haley growled, making the candy-cane turn to face her, giving Mr. Belden, Alena and Ian time to run passed the candy-cane and Haley, making their way back into the cabin. "Why don't you mess with someone who can stop you?" Haley growled, the giant candy-cane and the rest of the army starting to step closer to her. Haley responded quickly, releasing a blast of fire from her mouth that consumed the candy-cane, making some kind of roar of pain come from the beast, and once Haley stopped breathing fire, she found that the beast was now completely bright red.
"HIYAH!" Haley shouted, slamming her tail into the candy-cane, making it shatter into millions of pieces. The rest of the army stopped in their tracks and they stared down at the destroyed candy-cane splinted all over the snow as Haley flew back into the cabin, closing the door behind her.
Haley panted as reverted to her human form once she used herself to cover the door, sliding down onto the floor. Then, she looked up at the Belden family. "What were those things?" Leah asked.
Haley did not answer her question. Instead, all she said was: "Block the doors..."
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The splinters of the giant, living candy-cane had been moved from the cold snow outside, and now they were on the floor of the laboratory, at the feet of Doctor Kain, who roared with rage. "How can this be?" he roared. "This was not supposed to happen!" Kain lifted his gaze up from the floor and stared directly at his army. Walking over to the army, he roared: "Who did this? Tell me who has done this! The one responsible must pay for the destruction of my creation! Who has done this?"
When he got no answer, Kain growled as he addressed his army: "You will go back to the area where the one who did this is staying! Then, you will destroy him or her and all who are with them! The only difference...this time, I'm coming..."
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Mr. Belden put some more firewood on the dying fire in the fireplace in the cabin, giving the fire a comeback to life. Then, Mr. Belden turned and walked back over to the rest of his family and Haley, who were all sitting on the couch, accept for Alena, who was sitting in her father's rocking chair. "Well..." Mrs. Belden spoke after her husband sat down. "I guess it's fortunate that we have a dragon along with us..."
Haley could hear Ian scoff from where he sat, which was as humanly far away from her as possible. Haley had to admit that she didn't care for what Mrs. Belden had said herself, but it was for a different reason than why he didn't like it.
"What were those things, anyway?" Leah asked, and Alena scoffed.
"Didn't you see them?" Alena demanded. "What did they look like to you? They looked like giant candy-canes to me! Living candy-canes!"
"But what are they doing here?" Leah continued. "And how did they come to be?"
"Does it look like we know the answer, Leah?" Mrs. Belden scolded her child. Well, that what her tone sounded like she was doing. "Besides, it is not our place to know how they came to be..."
"What are you talking about?" Leah jumped off of the couch and confronted her mother. "Mom, those things are dangerous!"
"That's exactly why we're staying in her, Leah..." Alena retorted slowly in a slow, lecturing voice. "I mean, I know your brain isn't as developed as mine, but I at least thought you were smart enough to..." But before Alena could finish her insult, Leah growled as she leapt onto her older sister, knocking her out of her chair and sending them both onto the floor.
"Leah, stop it!" Mrs. Belden commanded as she got up from her place on the couch. "Leah!" Haley watched as Mrs. Belden bent down and picked up both of her daughters. "Leah, that is completely inappropriate behavior!"
"But Mom..." Leah broke free from her mother's grip. "We can't just stay here and wait for those things to come back! I mean, I think Haley would agree with me! We have to fight these things off! Right, Haley?"
Haley, to be perfectly honest, was absolutely shocked to see this side of Leah Belden. From everything she saw in Leah, she had no idea that deep down, Leah had this kind of insight. Haley was so shocked that she could only nod her head. "Yes..." she finally managed to make out.
Leah smiled after hearing this from Haley, but as she turned to face the rest of her family, she could see that Alena was frowning. "And what makes you think that I should hold the word of a dragon, a dragon younger than I am, at any value?" Alena demanded.
"Why are you being so mean to her?" Leah demanded, and Haley felt like she just wanted to back up into the wall. "She never did anything to you! She even saved your life!"
"Did you not forget what a dragon did to Ian?" Alena yelled back. "And, if I remember correctly, you hated dragons just as much as I do now...until you went and befriended one. But even then, at the beginning, you hated her..."
"I never hated her..."
"No, you didn't hate her..." Alena tried to stifle a laugh. "You were afraid of her! And don't you dare use that 'she saved you' excuse! Remember when she saved you from being blown up? You still didn't like her!"
"It took me awhile to realize just what she did for me..." Leah countered. "It took time for me to get to trust Haley..."
"It won't for me..." Alena shot back. "Because I refuse to ever trust her!" Then, before Leah could react, Alena turned and walked to the door, opening it and slamming it shut after she walked out of it.
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Alena turned and walked down the steps, grumbling with anger as she stepped out into the snow, walking as far away from the cabin as humanly possible. As soon as she had made it a good distance from the cabin, Alena passed through two trees, only to stop in her tracks when she heard a sound that sounded like footsteps. Many footsteps, as if there was a marching group nearby. The next thing Alena knew, she could see the army of candy-cane men again, only this time, there was a man in front of them; the man appeared to be following them, despite the fact that he was in the front.
Before Alena had a chance to turn and run, she could hear the man shouting: "Get her!" The next thing Alena knew, one of the candy-cane men had jumped over her and blocked her fleeing chance. Alena started to shake and whimper as the rest of the army and the man approached her, completely trapping her.
"Is this the one that destroyed my creation?" the man turned to one of the candy-cane men.
"No!" Alena turned toward the man and walked over to him, falling to her knees as she spoke to him. "It wasn't me! But I saw who did do it, and I can take you to her..."
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Back at the cabin, Haley sat against the wall alone, as the rest of the family huddled together on the couch. Haley suddenly looked up as she caught sight of movement, and she could see Leah walking over to her. Leah reached Haley's side, and she slid down, sitting down next to her.
"Hey..." Haley muttered.
"Perhaps this was a mistake..." Leah sighed. "Maybe I shouldn't have asked you. That way, you wouldn't be in this mess..."
"It's not your fault..." Haley replied. "You couldn't control what happened with the candy-canes."
"That's not what I meant..." Leah told Haley, but then she corrected herself. "Okay, I do mean that, but that's not the only thing that I mean. I'm talking about my family. I'm sorry you had to hear my argument with Alena. But what she said is true. I didn't trust you...not until you taught me that it isn't all black and white. Maybe that's why I convinced my dad to let you come. To teach Ian and Alena that it isn't all black and white..."
"You didn't used to hate dragons?"
"Ian and I used to love dragons." Leah smiled at the memories. "I was only nine, but I remember clearly the day that it was revealed to the population that dragons were real. Ian and I were so excited; Alena didn't care. Ian and Alena didn't used to get along; he used to get along a lot better with me. But then I met you, and my opinion of dragons changed all over again, while his changed. So, naturally, he started to listen to Alena more often, because her opinion didn't change either. And Alena and I never really got along."
"She seems like a very difficult person to get along with..." Haley agreed with a smal smile on her face.
"Tell me about it..." Leah replied, just as Ian walked out of the kitchen, a mug in his hands. Ian scowled as he met Haley's stare. Haley sighed as she watched as Ian sat down on the couch, taking a sip from his mug. "Leah..." Haley said. "I'm failing..."
"Failing?" Leah asked, a look of confusion on her face, but then she got the hint. Nodding, she added: "There is still time. The trip is still young..."
Just as those words came out of Leah's mouth, a large shard of candy-cane ripped through the wooden door of the cabin and flew through the room, going into the kitchen, which was followed by a loud crash, which was followed by Mr. and Mrs. Belden running out of the kitchen.
"Are they back?" Mrs. Belden asked, fear evident in her voice.
"I guess there's only one way to find out..." Haley said, standing up and transforming into her pink dragon form. Haley flew over to the door, but just as she put her claws on the knob, the door wad blasted off of its hinges, and Haley was thrown across the room as Doctor Kain entered the room, followed by Alena. "Alena, what are you doing?" Mr. Belden demanded.
"Silence!" Doctor Kain yelled. "You have destroyed one of my creations...Now, you ALL must DIE!" With his proclamation, everyone inside, even Alena, looked up as the candy-cane men came crashing through the roof, their feet slamming against the wooden floor.
"Alena..." Haley could hear Ian mutter, but Alena just looked away. Growling, Haley could feel the bright light consuming her body, and once the light had disappeared, her pink dragon form was there. Haley turned to face the doctor, who looked very frightened to see a dragon. Haley took pleasure from this, and she slammed her tail into three of the candy-cane men, sending them flying backwards, crashing into Doctor Kain; all four were thrown from the cabin and into the snow.
Alena turned her head and stared as Haley flew after them, only to grunt, falling out of the cabin, rolling down the steps and onto the cold snow as she was attacked. Alena forced her head up and could see Leah on top of her. "What were you thinking?" Leah demanded. "Working with him?"
"Leah, please..." Alena begged. "Get off of me! Please! I was trapped! I didn't know what else to do! I didn't want him to use his candy-cane army to obliterate me!" As she pleaded, Alena could see that Leah's facial features were softening, and the next thing she knew, Leah had completely gotten off of her.
Panting, Alena stood up and faced her younger sister. "Thanks..." Alena said. "But, now you see why I have to do this..."
Once again, Alena could see that her sister's features were darkening, and the next thing that Leah knew, her fist shot up and made contact with Alena's face, throwing her off of her feet and slamming her onto her back on the snow.
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Doctor Kain groaned as he stood up after the attack. Kain's panicked expression soon left his face as he saw that his candy-cane men were guarding him from the dragon. "What are you waiting for?" Kain demanded. "Destroy her!"
The candy-cane men seemed to listen to his command, but Haley simply hovered into the air. "Hey, crazy guy!" Haley called down to him, and the fear returned to Kain's face as she finished: "It really wasn't wise to have your candy-canes fight a dragon..." Then, Haley opened her mouth and released a blast of fire, consuming the three candy-cane men. And as the candy-cane men howled in pain, Haley grabbed them with her tail and tossed them up into the air. Kain watched, his eyes wide as Haley used her claws to slice the cane men into several pieces, each of the pieces coming down into the snow, forming a circle-shaped cell around Kain, trapping him. Haley grinned as she landed on the ground, staring at Kain, who looked heartbroken.
"Y...You..." Kain could only say. "You...destroyed...destroyed my candy-cane men...You destroyed my candy-cane men!" Then, the grin on Haley's face only widened as Kain fell to his knees, shouting in despair.
"Haley!" Haley's attention was suddenly pulled away from the pathetic excuse for a doctor when Leah called out to her. Haley turned her head to see Leah on the ground, wrestling in the snow with Alena as Leah tried to indicate to the cabin, where the army of the candy-cane men were now trying to bring it down as Mr. and Mrs. Belden were huddled up next to Ian uin the middle of the front room.
Thinking quickly, Haley sped over to the cabin, going as fast as her wings could take her. Haley finally made it inside the cabin, just as parts of the roof started to come crashing down to the floor. Haley landed right in front of the three Belden's and grabbed them, carrying them up to the roof, crashing through the roof, just as the entire cabin came crashing down. Haley looked down at Mrs. Belden as she heard a gasp coming from her. "You're okay now..." Haley tried to tell them.
Haley finally landed and let go of the three before turning her attention back to the candy-cane men, who now just turned from the wrecked cabin. "Well, this isn't going to be easy..." Haley muttered to herself, but then she smiled. "Well, I guess I got to try..." Then, with a "Hiyah!" Haley flew at the candy-cane army...
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The sirens of the police cruisers rang loudly as Alena and Doctor Kain were locked inside the back of the cruiser. The cruiser containing the two then drove off as soon as the two police officers got inside, the wheels of the cruiser running over the shards of what were once candy-cane men.
Over at the remains of the cabin, Haley and Leah stood over the wreckage, Haley kneeling down and trying to pull things out of the cabin that had survived the crashing down as Leah looked at her parents, who were talking to another police officer.
"I guess we're getting an escort home from the police..." Leah said as Haley straightened up, not being able to find anything. Leah sighed. "I wonder how my parents are going to be able to handle Alena being locked up in the local prison..."
"How do you feel about it?" Haley asked. "I'm sorry, by the way..."
"Don't be..." Leah replied. "Some people just never change..." It took Haley a moment before Haley realized that Leah was looking at Ian, who was sitting alone in the snow. "Why don't you go talk to him?"
"I don't think I'm ready..." Haley tried.
"You just saved his life..." Leah turned to Haley, smiling and putting a hand on her shoulder. So, either he's already come around, or he will come around..."
"How do you know for sure?"
"He's a Belden..."
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Haley took a deep breath as she took one more step, putting herself only a mere few inches from Leah's brother. "Um, hey..." Haley spoke, and Ian jumped up with shock before he turned around to face Haley, his head down and his eyes looking down at the snow.
"Hey..."
"Leah wanted me to talk to you..."
"About what?" Ian asked, looking up from the snow, and Haley was shocked to see that there was no longer a hateful glare or scowl anywhere in his features. Instead, Ian looked...confused.
"I'm not sure..."
"Do you want to talk to me?" Ian asked. "Because there is something I want to know. Why would a dragon try to kill me if another dragon saved my life? Can you tell me that?" Ian asked.
Haley sighed as she tried and failed to come up with an answer. Ian seemed to get the message, and he nodded. "Well, if you ever think of an answer, why don't you tell me..."
"Alright..." was all Haley could say. Ian nodded, and Haley found that she should excuse herself. Haley then turned and walked back over to the remains of the cabin, where Leah was now sitting.
"Well, what did he say?" Leah asked. "How did he react to you?"
"I..." Haley started, but then she realized the truth. "I'm not entirely sure..." Haley answered. "I think only time will tell..."
Leah nodded, just as the two girls could hear Mrs. Belden calling out: Ian, Leah, Haley! We're going home! Hurry up!"
Leah then sat up, and the two girls sighed as they walked over to the cruiser, which would take them all home.
BLACKOUT; END EPISODE
A/N: Well, there's the chapter/episode. What did you think? Personally, I like this one. Well, please review. Oh, and Merry Christmas!
