Guess what fanfic I came up with this time! It's a crossover between American Dragon: Jake Long and Avatar: The Last Airbender! And yes, the two shows have their similarities. I figured it would be a good crossover. Although...I don't think Aang can transform into any sort of reptile.
No worries. Jake Long won't be joining the Fire Nation. Though he IS a fire-breathing dragon. After all, the previous avatar was a firebender and he wasn't evil. Though people probably did assume that he turned his back on them when they needed them the most. The truth isn't nearly as depressing but still depressing anyway.
You could say that Katara and Sokka are the Spud and Trixie of that show. Spud and Trixie are figurative siblings while Katara and Sokka are literal siblings. Katara has the ability to waterbend though Sokka is about as normal as Spud is...relatively speaking of course.
Chapter 1: Turning A Blind Eye
Jake was feeling rather depressed. He had recently broken up with Rose. Unfortunately, there were many long-distance relationships that ended up in a breakup, though they didn't always end up that way. But on the lighter side of things, they were still friends. Just like Spud and Trixie were friends.
Considering everything they had gone through, they had earned their friendship.
Spud and Trixie had been mistaken for a couple a few times, but they were more like brother and sister. And yes, it was entirely possible for a boy to simply be friends with a girl. He and Haley were friends when they weren't bickering, as siblings always seemed to do.
Anyways, he was still doing favors for the magical community. Things had been quiet ever since the Dark Dragon had been sealed away for 1000 years. He was glad that things were peaceful in the world that humans did not know about, even if he found himself unexpectedly becoming single again.
Now that the world was at peace, his grandfather didn't have a lot for him to do. Thankfully, this meant that he didn't have to worry too much about his life as a human being interrupted by his dragon life.
Additionally, this meant that he didn't have to train too much and he could spend time having fun. He still had the obnoxious jock Brad to deal with...but he was only a nuisance at the most.
However, one day his grandfather requested him to deliver a serum to a wealthy couple.
It was for their daughter. Seems she wasn't feeling well.
Jake transformed into a dragon and went to do just that. Part of him was hoping for more action, but at least he didn't have to worry about getting hurt. He knew how worried his father got about him sometimes. At least now he knew the truth about him and his family and was accepting it...though strangely enough there was a point in his life where he WOULDN'T have been so accepting of it. Perhaps he hadn't known his future wife as well?
Strangely enough, they appeared to live in China. Luckily his grandpa had a magical artifact or two that could assist him with long-distance travel. Otherwise he might never get there.
Unfortunately, Jake crashed into a tree.
To be honest, he hadn't shapeshifted into a dragon into a while. There was a notable lack of evil creatures that were giving people a hard time.
He heard someone approaching, and decided to shapeshift back into his human form. Though the Huntsclan had ceased to exist, he still decided that it would be best if everyone didn't know that he was a dragon. What if scientists wished to cut him up?
As it turned out, it was Toph Bei Fong. Despite her young age, she was famous for her skill at being an earthbender. She could even bend metal.
She wasn't as famous as the Avatar himself, of course...but she had been one of his mentors. That was unique in itself.
Toph had challenged herself by seeing if she could lift trees...which she could.
She was proud of herself.
However, she was feeling rather thirsty after she practiced her earthbending.
She noticed the bag that Jake Long had dropped...and that there was a beverage inside of it.
Toph opened it up and prepared to gulp it down.
"Wait! Don't drink that!" shouted Jake, waving his hands in front of his face.
"What? Is it poison?" asked Toph.
"Well, no, but-
Toph consumed the potion.
All of a sudden, she found herself able to see.
"What the-" exclaimed Toph.
Quickly, she covered her eyes. The sunlight was stinging them.
Jake sighed. It looked as if he would have to tell them the bad news.
It was a shame. They were looking out for their child like good parents should. Hopefully they would be alright.
He knocked on the door.
"Yes?" asked the married couple.
"Hi...about the serum you wanted me to deliver...I'm afraid someone drank it." noted Jake. Hopefully his grandfather would forgive him at least. It seemed inevitable that not all of his missions were going to end in success, especially when sphinx hair was involved. He reminded himself never to try giving a sphinx a haircut.
"What? Who did?!" exclaimed the lady.
"Well, she had black hair and dressed in green. And her eyes were pale..." explained the boy.
"Oh. Well then, I guess we don't have anything to worry about then." noted the man.
"Huh?" asked the teenage boy.
"You see, we were hoping to give that serum to our daughter. She happens to be blind and we figured we might be able to cure it that way." said Poppy Beifong.
"She was your daughter?!" exclaimed Jake. She didn't seem anything like her parents.
Granted, she did bear some semblance to the two, but still.
Then again, considering his grandfather was a different person than he was (at least in the modern day), maybe it wasn't too surprising.
"I know...we're kind of different people." nodded Lao.
At that very moment, Toph decided to come back home. Believe it or not, she did love her parents, though they had trouble understanding her.
As it turned out, Toph had put on a blindfold.
Having sight was something that she needed to get used to.
"There you are! How does it feel to no longer be blind?" asked Lao. He was hoping that Toph would be happy that she no longer had to worry about wandering off a cliff or falling into shark-infested waters.
"You wanted me to drink that?" inquired Toph. She had wondered why the delicious beverage had restored her eyesight.
Poppy nodded.
She appreciated her parents giving her a gift, but to be honest, she didn't really feel like that she needed it. She could sense her surroundings just fine even without the gift of sight.
Although, at least she could look at the sky. Cloud watching did sound like fun, and it would give her something to do while she was riding Appa.
Hopefully now her parents wouldn't think that she was delicate as a flower.
After relaxing for a while, she decided to continue her training.
However, some bandits approached her.
"Oh look! It's the daughter of the Beifong family! We're rich!" shouted one of the bandits. Her parents would most likely pay a fortune for her return to them.
They attempted to kidnap her. Since she was wearing a blindfold, they thought it would be easy. Though they wondered why she was wearing a blindfold when she wasn't trying to swing a bat at a pinata.
However, Toph was able to sense them. It was very hard to sneak up on her, unless you were capable of flying.
Realizing their intentions, Toph cracked her knuckles.
"Are you picking a fight with me? Be my gu-"
But at the very moment, Jake Long came to save the day. The damsel in distress actually wasn't in a whole lot of distress, but he didn't know that. It was time to be a hero.
Since Toph was wearing a blindfold, Jake Long assumed that it would be safe to transform in front of her. The bandits were focusing on her so they didn't see him.
"Dragon up!" shouted Jake.
He then proceeded to attack the bandits, who were wondering why they were being attacked by a flying lizard. Since when could lizards fly anyway? Not to mention the fact that it was breathing fire for some strange reason.
Well, they could question that later. For now maybe it was best for them to retreat. Though perhaps they could make money if they found a way to capture a dragon.
He was simply too tough for them. And they weren't waterbenders, either.
The bandits decided to run away. They could find some other wealthy person to extort money from...if they didn't get arrested first.
"Run away! Run away!" shouted the bandits.
Jake then turned back to normal.
"You're safe now. I gave them a taste of my kung fu action!" exclaimed Jake.
"Yeah...you were on fire." remarked the earthbender.
She appreciated Jake's help, though to be honest, she could have taken them on herself easily. She might have been able to manipulate rock but for some strange reason people seemed to think that she was fragile as glass.
"Huh?" asked Jake. Was it a coincidence...or was it something else?
"How did you transform into a dragon, anyway?" asked Toph. She wished she could do that, though considering what hse was already capable of, maybe she shouldn't get jealous.
"You knew about that?! But-the blindf-"
"Oh, that. I can sense my surroundings using my seismic sense. You probably notice that I don't exactly wear shoes often." noted the earthbender.
Jake supposed that made sense. His grandfather seemed to have a similar connection to nature.
"Could you...please not tell anyone? I would appreciate it big time if you didn't." nodded Jake. Brad probably wouldn't bully him if he knew that he was a fire-breathing dragon, but still.
Toph noted that perhaps people wouldn't believe it anyway. They would probably dismiss it as one of her wild fantasies, like her lifting an air bison with only her pinky.
"I can do that. But why would you want to keep it a s-"
Toph then remembered the time that the Fire Nation decided that they would enslave Earthbenders and force them to work on constructing ships. It had been an awful time for them.
Perhaps they would do something similar to Jake if everyone knew that he was a dragon. Perhaps dragon scales were worth a lot of money on the market. Although...she had never seen her parents with anything dragon-related.
"Thanks, I really appreciate it." noted Jake. Magical creatures had been living in hiding, not least due to the formation of the Huntsclan, who seemed to have an irrational hatred for magical creatures. Their leader was the worst of them all, and he wished to end the lives of all magical creatures. But he was gone now, and so were the rest of his clan.
"Your name is?" asked Toph.
"Jake." answered Jake.
"My name's Toph. And yes, it sounds like Tough...go figure." stated Toph. Ironically, her parents didn't seem to think that she was strong. She could take down a sumo wrestler...using only her foot.
Toph shook Jake's hand.
Since he figured Toph was telling the truth, he decided to head back to New York City.
"Well, there's some good news and some bad news. The good news, I succeeded on my mission." noted Jake.
"What's the bad news?" asked Jake's Grandpa.
"Well, someone found out my secret." said the teenage boy.
Lao Shi was surprised to hear that. Normally he was good at keeping that hidden. He wasn't the most rule-abiding teenage boy in the world but he could be entrusted with that at least.
"They did? I sure hope they aren't planning to tell anyone else..." noted Laong. He wasn't as worried about people discovering them ever since the Huntsclan met their end, but he didn't want to take unnecessary risks.
"No. She agreed not to tell anyone. They probably wouldn't believe her anyway." stated Jake. In fact, she had been blind up until recently.
Jake's mentor sighed in relief.
Fortunately, Toph's parents were grateful towards him for his help. Fu Dog happened to know a thing or two about potions, though he wasn't as mature as Lao Shi was even though he was actually much older.
Meanwhile, Toph decided to tell her friends the good news.
"You can see now?" asked Aang.
"Yeah...though truth be told, I probably won't be needing that for a whole lot of things." noted Toph. Besides, she had pretty good hearing.
"I guess you're not used to having eyesight." remarked Sokka.
Toph nodded. That was why she was still wearing a blindfold. She might take it off eventually, but for now she was going to live her life in darkness.
At least she wouldn't have to worry about falling into water. Now she could go for a swim if she wanted to. It would take some time for her to read outside of Braille, of course, but she'd get the hang of it.
Still, she preferred being on dry land. She was an earthbender, not a waterbender. If she was, she wouldn't be teaching Aang how to bend earth.
Since she had promised not to tell anyone about Jake's secret, she did not say that she met a dragon.
However, she did tell them about the boy that "knew" kung fu action, and how he had helped her out.
"He sure sounds like a nice boy...and a strong boy too." noted Katara. Personally he reminded him a bit of Aang.
Then again, perhaps he was a bit more hot-blooded than he was.
"Yep..." nodded Toph. Though they hadn't known each other for too long, they seemed to be a lot alike. Of course, she got along better with boys than she did with other girls.
Perhaps she should visit him someday.
Then again, she would most likely need to use Appa...with Aang's permission of course. He seemed to live kind of far away, though he seemed to be of similar heritage to her. But Appa seemed to cover large distances rather quickly.
Meanwhile, Jake Long went to see his sister Haley.
"Hey, Jake! Want to sing again? I'll play the tambourine!" shouted Haley. That was what she usually did.
"We haven't done that in a while." noted Jake Long. Strangely enough Haley didn't seem to mind him being the lead singer, even if the song was about himself and not her.
Although, watching Jake nearly kiss a mop due to his hallucinations was rather funny.
Thankfully, things had also been peaceful between the two. Haley was more of a rule abider than he was but he had learned to accept that.
Although, it was kind of strange that the worst thing Haley had done recently was to take the last cookie from the cookie jar.
Perhaps he and Toph would cross paths again.
For now, he was going to watch TV.
Maybe he could hang out with his friends Spud and Trixie later.
They had actually figured out his secret not too long after he became friends with them.
His grandfather told him that he should erase their memories using a potion, but he figured that he could trust them. Besides, Haley Long has known his secret long before they did and she had kept things secret. She was so innocent that it kind of hurt but still.
He had actually made a good decision not to do so. Perhaps his grandpa wasn't right about everything, as wise as he was. For one thing, he shouldn't have abandoned his friends even if it meant preventing a djinn from escaping its prison. It turned out Spud actually knew the incantation to seal the genie the entire time. Perhaps he was a better magician than people thought he was.
It would have been nice if they had known his secret back then, but things had worked out. To be honest, using Fu Dog as a ventriloquist dummy was kind of amusing.
It looks like Toph has found out Jake's secret...and it's only the first chapter. Funny how they're alike, huh? Perhaps girls are not a totally different species than boys...
Were you expecting the chapter to end with "Aw, man?" I've personally found that quote to be amusing, at least whenever Jake says it. Sometimes somebody else joins in.
It's kind of a shame how protective Lao and Poppy are of their daughter when she doesn't need so much protection. To be fair, they do have an excuse for that. Hopefully now they won't be so protective of her now that she's no longer blind. I figured it would take some time for her to get used to though. She's kind of been blind since forever.