A Dragon's Crimson Cry

By: Tippi

Ch 28 First Day of School

~At the shop~

Jake couldn't concentrate on the words in the book; his mind kept going to his dream, which at one point was a nightmare.

'Was any of it real? Was just a dream? What's up with this dark dragon?' he thought to him self.

After thinking about it long and hard Jake came to his own conclusions. With conclusions drawn Jake was able to push it to the back of his mind and concentrate on his reading.

As Jake was finishing he caught the scent of ramen drifted to his nose. The scent made Jake realize how hungry he was. Deciding to satisfy his hunger Jake made his way to the kitchen for dinner.

Dinner like usual was quite till his grandfather broke it.

"Looking forward to going back to school tomorrow" he asked.

If Jake could speak he would responded with something like 'not really.'

Loa Shi could tell by the look on Jake's face that the answer was no.

~Tuesday Morning~

Jake stood in front of the school his green backpack slung over his shoulder. The building loomed over him making him dread going even more. His grandfather stood at his side but it was little help to suppress the feeling.

"Jakey" called a girl's voice.

Jake turned to see his friends Spud and Trixie walking toward him.

"Welcome back buddy" Spud exclaimed.

The school bell rang signaling the start of school.

"Come on time for school" Trixie said.

"Remember if need any help just go to the office, they'll call me and I'll be right over" Loa said to Jake.

"Don't worry Gramps we'll take good care of him" Trixie said wrapping her arm around Jake's shoulder and guided him toward the school followed by Spud.

Loa couldn't help but worry about his grandson.

As Jake walked through the halls with his friends he couldn't help but feel uneasy with the whispers and looks of the other students and the few teachers that were out of their rooms.

Jake was escorted down the halls in-between his friends keeping his head down not meeting the peering eyes.

Jake and his friends eventually made it to the classroom. Upon walking in he was greeted by the teacher, Miss Shine.

"Hello Jake, it's great to see you back" She said with a smile.

Jake just removed his backpack from his shoulders and pulled out the manila folder that held his homework and handed it to the teacher.

"Finished all of it" Miss. Shine said taking the folding.

Jake gave a nod before he let his friend accompany him to the coat room.

Jake and his friends hung up their backpacks on their assigned hooks then grabbed their books from the packs and went to their desks as the bell rang.

"Good morning class" Miss. Shine said as soon as all the kids got into their desks. "Today Jake has returned from his two week absence" she announced.

All eyes turned to look at Jake. He felt uneasy having all eyes on him.

"Well, with that said lets start class, everyone pull out your history books" Miss. Shine instructed.

~Later at Lunch~

Jake sat at his lunch table with Trixie and Spud. He wasn't eating just picking at the so called food that was on his tray with his fork. He could hear the whispers of the other students around him. They would look at him then quickly look away and whisper to their friends. Despite they were whispers Jake could still make out what many of them were saying.

"His whole family" a student asked his friend.

"Yeah, it was all over the news stations" his friend replied "I watched them."

"You didn't watch closely, they say the grandfather survived too" a girl across the table informed.

"The picture in the newspaper is of a guy wearing a dinosaur skull" a popular kid said.

"What kind of idiot thinks that up" his partner stated.

"The idiot sitting at that table" the popular kid said pointing towards Jake.

"Find it odd out of all of them only he survived" a girl whispered to her friend.

"Sounds suspicious to me" her friend agreed.

That and other conversations like them were going on all around the lunch room. Jake was wishing he was somewhere else; he didn't want to hear more accusations and rumors that seemed to follow him.

The day just seemed to drag on. At last the final bell rang ending Jake's miserable school day. If it hadn't been for Trixie and Spud staying by his side the whole time he didn't think he'd survive. But he did and now the three were heading home.

A/N This may get confusing later on if it isn't already so any questions just ask. Review