Buckle yourself in because this is going to be a longer chapter! A lot happens~

Also I'm going to take some artistic liberty here in regards to unicorns xD Sorry if it offends you guys/gals because it might be wrong~

Kind of a lot of time skips/POV switches too... Sorry about that .

One last thing, I promise. Remember that I'm tweaking the side/bad guy characters a bit to fit the seriousness/differentness for my story. I hope you guys are willing to accept my interpretation of the character later in this chapter owo Don't worry, they'll be less badass when he/she isn't fighting xD


~time skip to a couple of days later and to Jake's POV~

Jake shot out of bed, changing into his clothes at lightning speed. He then looked over at his dragon-themed alarm clock, an unconscious eye roll taking his features. He was going to be late. Again. He jumped down the stairs as fast as he dared and rushed to his kitchen. The dragon's mom was calmly sitting at the dining table drinking a cup of coffee and reading a newspaper, Jake's breakfast laid out on display.

His mom glanced up from her paper, presumingly because of the sound of footsteps. "Oh! Morning Jake! You're going to be late you know."

"Yeah, I know." Jake started heading out the door, grabbing his skateboard.

"Don't forget your helmet and lunch!"

Jake groaned, then went and picked up both mentioned items.

"What about breakfast?" She gestured to the food, steam coming off of it.

"I'll be late if I stay for it. Sorry mom, but I gotta skip it today." Jake smiled.

Jake's mom nodded knowingly and waved him off, taking the plate for herself. "Tonight's a full moon."

Jake then started back towards the door when he paused, listening to his mom's statement. He shrugged, what did a full moon have to do with him? He opened the door, only to be stopped again.

"Jake." Gramps' voice sounded through the hallway. "Don't shrug off a full moon. You remember what a full moon is right?"

The teen slowly turned around, attempting to look innocent. "E-ehm..."

"Unicorns?"

"Unicorns... visit... on full moons!" Jake nodded as he remembered, "I'll be sure to protect them tonight! Maybe I can-"

"I would not invite that ghost and ninja duo."

Jake whipped around, "why not?"

Lao lifted an eyebrow at his actions. "Unicorns are easily spooked, Danny's a literal ghost and from what I've heard this ninja is not very stealthy."

" 'Kay..." The dragon pouted for half a second. He snapped himself out of his sulk and hopped down the stairs. Jake thought about inviting the two of them anyways, but shook his head. If they failed the consciences would be massive... He didn't want to put that kind of pressure on his new friends. That was why he often tried to leave Spud and Trixie behind despite their willingness to join him. Jake threw his skateboard to the ground. He didn't even bother to close the door as he started towards school, glancing up to the sky. Looks like it's going to rain today...

~Once more timeskip to just after school~

Jake took his skateboard off of his shoulder and tossed it to the sidewalk- the clang of its landing ringing for a second. He shivered as he felt a raindrop.

"Gah! I don't like the rain! It's, like, so gloomy!" Jake turned to spot Randy complaining.

"Really? I don't mind it." Danny grinned.

"Yeah, but you don't a suit that will stay soaked even after you put it away!" He frowned, "all the suit does when it's a mask is repair itself and replenish its weapon supply- everything else I have to do myself!" He ruffled his hair in frustration. "I think I'm just going to skip being a superhero today!"

"And you can also phaze through rain." Jake commented to Danny, somewhat ignoring Randy's complaints.

Danny nodded, "you know, you guys have fair points." A small silence formed as Danny paused. He then continued to break said silence. "By the way- my family is going to use our new 'Fenton Indoor Barbeque' for dinner. You want to join us?"

"Aw dude, BBQ! I'm so there!" Randy replied almost instantly, his earlier complaints gone.

"I..." Jake kicked the dirt as both pairs of eyes turned to him. "I can't I've got this... thing."

"Thing?" Danny took a step towards jake. "Can we help?" His barbecue forgotten.

"Gramps said that I shouldn't ask you guys." Jake glanced up as another raindrop fell on his nose.

"Since when do you listen to that de-evolved snake?" Randy chuckled, his insult obviously meant to be good-natured.

"Haha, fair point!" Jake brightened. Maybe they would be able to help like he first thought. He paused. "You guys know that this is going to put a lot of pressure on you and stuff, right?"

"Pff. We deal with that kinda stuff all the time!" Randy waved off the warning.

Jake sighed, "well okay- here goes." He took a breath. "I'm going to guard some unicorns tonight."

"Unicorns?" Danny blinked, "Like, unicorns unicorns?"

"Well, yeah, if they weren't unicorns I'd call them something else." Jake replied, his tone holding the 'duh' attitude.

"Why only tonight?" Randy asked now, more curious about it than before. "I mean, if unicorns do exist-" His pause revealed his belief in the subject. "Don't they frolic around keeping their forest safe or something?"

"Unicorns only come to this world on a full moon."

"This world?" Danny once more took over the conversation. "Like the ghost portal?"

"I think so... but I've never been in the unicorn's land so I wouldn't know what it looks like. Plus, they can't enter and exit whenever they want." Jake nodded, satisfied with his explanation. "They can only come here on full moons."

"What happens if they don't make it back in time?" The ghost frowned as a handful of raindrops landed on him.

"That's what I'm here for!" Jake put his arms on his hips, taking a superhero stance.

"Oh so... Like a bodyguard?" Randy asked, then rubbed his chin. "If the contractor is a herd of unicorns that is." He glanced up to Jake, "is it even called a herd?"

"Yeah, they're in herds." Jake turned serious for a half a second, "Here's the catch- I can't let even one unicorn break from the pack and stay in this world. Else the entire herd loses their magic and become regular horses."

"Wow those are high stakes!" Randy blinked as he commented.

Jake simply shrugged. "Yeah, well, I warned ya. The magical world often does things like this."

"Scary."

"Well forget my BBQ, let's guard some unicorns!" Danny grinned.

~Time skip to late at night and Danny POV switch- they're in the park waiting for the unicorns~

"When are they coming?" Randy whined as he poked the bush the trio was behind. He was, in fact, in his ninja suit despite complaining about its affiliation with rain. His solution? Bring an umbrella. Said umbrella was occupied by the three at the moment.

"Soon." Jake replied, intently staring into the rainstorm.

Danny took a breath to speak, but quickly closed it as a light blue portal appeared in the sky, bending the rain around it. The ghost's eyes widened as several pure-white horses trotted out of the anomaly. He glanced over to Jake for confirmation but rolled his eyes instead. Jake was giving Randy a 'told ya so' look. However, the look was all he needed for confirmation. The horses grazing before him were actually unicorns. Like, unicorns unicorns.

Danny shot his vision to the right. His eyes narrowed. He could have sworn that he saw something.

"What's wrong Danny?" The teen leaned his head back a little to acknowledge the fact that he heard Jake's words.

"I thought I saw something. That's all." Danny turned back to the other two, only to see Randy's face (or skin around his eyes since that's all the ghost could see) turn pale. "What's-"

Danny turned to where Randy pointed. Dread overcame Danny as he registered the shadow to be a tall man clad in green and black. An old, worn dragon skull was atop the man's head. Danny slowly turned from the the man and glanced over at Jake, who suddenly jumped off over the bush, changing forms with gritted teeth.

"Wait!-" Danny followed after Jake, knowing he was going to attack without thinking.

"Aw man." Danny didn't bother to look over, hearing the soft clink of the umbrella.

Focused on Jake, Danny reached forward to tackle to dragon, only to find himself grabbing onto him. After a moment of panicked grasping he called his name. "Jake!"

"What?" Jake growled, not slowing down. "That's the Huntsman! He's here to kill to the unicorns!"

Danny blinked, glancing up at the man (who, somehow, hadn't realized that the trio was after him). "Seriously? What if he's just watching?"

"That's a McNet!" Randy appeared next to the duo, his suit already soaked. At Danny's confused face Randy rolled his eyes and continued. "The McNet is used around the world as a fishing net. It's made by McFist Industries." He paused. "McFist Industries works for the Sorcerer if you don't remember."

Danny glanced back to the Huntsman. He was waiting for something. Perhaps the perfect time to catch one of the unicorns. Danny's eyes narrowed as he thought of the perfect plan to counter him.

~POV to the Huntsman~

Complete annihilation of the mythical race... The man mused, an unseen smirk on his face. Plus, the pleasure of killing some unicorns. The Huntsman stood straight, watching the herd behind his veiled face. He shifted the net in his hand and lifted it to inspect it once more. McFist had guaranteed that this net could hold any creature. The Huntsman's eyes narrowed as he continued to examine the contraption. Would it truly hold the unicorns? He glanced up to said creatures, a scowl now on his face. They were so ugly. Why would anyone want to protect those... things? His thoughts turned to the American Dragon and his scowl deepened.

Where is this 'protector of mythical creatures'? He glanced around the area, lowering the net in the process. The seasoned warrior had an uneasy feeling- as if someone was nearby. He dismissed the thought after peering through the thick rain. He turned back to the unicorns, once more scoffing at their impossible, sickly sweet beauty. Even through the heavy mist of rain they glowed with magical power. He had waited months for this moment. The Huntsman took a step forward and froze. He slowly looked around, not moving his head. Through the rain on his dragon skull he heard the rustle of a bush. Another smirk crossed the confident man's face. The child's playing his games again. He shook his head lightly, then continued forward.

"NOW JAKE!" The Huntsman flinched at the yell and rapidly looked around for the source of the voice, unable to find such a thing.

The man then noticed the American Dragon barreling towards his position. Instinctively the man went to dodge, only to go nowhere. He took a split second to look at his feet and it dawned on him. Vald was right about the ice powers... In the half a second he took to recognize his immobility the wind was knocked out of him and he was sent flying.

The flight left the man with a sense of weightlessness before he soared into a tree. The force caused the man to blank out for a half a second and he coughed a couple of droplets of blood. The Huntsman stood back up, the tree behind him now split and on the ground. He gave a light laugh as he saw this, "I see that you've gotten stronger American Dragon." The Huntsman brushed off a speck of dirt from his shoulder and cracked his neck and a couple of knuckles. "If you keep this up I may have to take you serio-" The Huntsman stopped mid-word and caught a handful of ninja stars coming from his right side. He brought the weapons forward, another smirk on his face as he heard a small 'tch' of complaint from the star's owner. "We were right. A ghost, dragon, and ninja teamed up..." He muttered and took a few steps forward.

The Huntsman looked towards the herd of unicorns, the white blobs were still grazing peacefully. A quick thought passed the Huntsman as he wondered if they were deaf. A short, curt laugh emitted from him. Of course they are. He looked around to see if he could find his trio of enemies, the rain clouding his vision a bit. He knew the three of them were lurking about, but wasn't certain where. On a whim he tossed the ninja stars he possessed, listening to each one as they missed their targets. A small smile crossed his face as he heard a grunt in the distance. One of them hit someone. He then began to march in the direction, taking his sweet time. Just as he was closing in on the source of the grunt a small voice in his mind reminded him of his mission.

"Don't cross me." He simply said into the foliage, "kids like you should go home and eat some cookies."

To this he turned around and re-focused his attention to the unicorns. Their horns are an important ingredient... I cannot fail. Especially after I made that deal.

~POV back to Jake~

Jake Long gritted his teeth once more, grasping at his left shoulder (in his human form) in a feeble attempt to stop the bleeding, ignoring the cut on his left cheek. He glared at Randy for a half a second, 'why are your stars so sharp!'

The ninja caught the glare from the other side of the small clearing and jumped in slight fear. Jake blinked and sighed, turning to the Huntsman.

"O-" Jake covered Danny's mouth with his injured arm before the ghost could say anything. For a second Danny complained about it, but noticed why Jake was doing such a thing and stopped his talking.

"Don't cross me." Jake froze as the Huntsman's voice held venom he hadn't witnessed before. "Kids like you should go home and eat some cookies."

Dread befell Jake as he realized he was going to die. He then got angry at the dread. I'm not going to go down without a fight. Just as he was about to jump from the bush the Huntsman turned around and towards the unicorns. Jake glanced over to Randy, who, despite being full of fear, was about to attempt another attack. Jake's grip tightened on Danny as the ghost tried to yell at him to stop.

Randy as going to attack whether they wanted him to or not. Jake let got of Danny as he recognized the look in the ghost's eyes. Another plan was coming to him. One that the halfa didn't like. Jake nodded to Danny, letting him know that he was here to execute it. The dragon looked up and spotted Randy's sixth fail. At least he ninja was able to distract the Huntsman. Not very much though, since the Huntsman plowed through each attack, close enough to almost touch the beasts. Jake clicked his tongue, despite the fact that the creatures were magical, they weren't as cautious in the rain. Probably because they thought that they are camouflaged.

"Ninja! Fight him!" Danny shouted, catching all of the people off guard. "Buy me some time!"

~Randy POV~

"Roger!" Randy leapt from the bush he had been flinging stars from, complete trust in the ghost.

A shiver of fear ran down his being as he faced his tall adversary. He gulped, then steeled himself. "NINJA SCARF THROW!" He tossed his scarf at the Huntsman, who simply bashed it out of the way.

"You? Hold me off?" The man scoffed. Randy felt like he was smirking under his mask (being a fellow mask wearer). "Amusing."

"Well... Let's see how your power sizes up with my bruce ninja skillz!" Randy then shoved the rest of his fear into one of the deepest corners of his being and threw himself at the Huntsman.

Randy tossed himself at the Huntsman, his inherited ancient ninja knowledge clashing with the Huntsman's mere years of practice. The two were surprisingly equal in strength. Randy was slower though. Often times Randy tossed a punch, only to receive one of equal weight. Several times the teen was sent flying into a tree, destroying the poor vegetation. He glanced at said tree destruction and vowed to come back and plant new trees. Randy rolled to the left and managed to dodge a blow that surely would have broken open his skull.

The Ninja stood back up, attempting to catch his breath, somewhat admiring his adversary. The small sparkle in the Huntsman's eyes indicated that he felt the same way. Randy chuckled. Just as he was about to run in for another attack the Huntsman disappeared. The Ninja blinked, then frantically looked around for his enemy. A moment later all of Randy's breath escaped him and he recognized the color of the floor. He gritted his teeth as several sickening cracks came from one of his limbs. He felt himself take to the air again, then land on the now-dented ground. Randy coughed a mouthful of blood as he struggled to keep his consciousness. He slowly moved his arms to push himself, only to find that his right arm was the only one responding.

"You're still going to get up? I thought I broke you." A sarcastic and overly bored sigh came in the form of the Huntsman's voice.

Randy's fear escaped from its corner and leapt to his mind, making it race as he felt something- no, someone sit on his back. Randy gulped, his vision blurry. He could only imagine that this is what it felt like to get hit by Jake full force. If that was the case, how did the Huntsman manage to stand up after something like that? His heart beat faster than ever before as he felt that the Huntsman was leaning down- presumingly to finish him off. Suddenly, the weight was lifted and Randy caught a glimpse of a black and white jumpsuit. A smirk came across Randy's hidden face.

In his haze he only managed to catch a few of Danny's attacks. The two were pretty even as well- but this was more of a tactics battle than a physical one. They never touched each other. It seemed like they were both battling with... lasers? Plus, Danny was succeeding in pushing the Huntsman back from the unicorns and more towards the two teens. Randy's vision narrowed but he forced them to stay open, unsure of his condition. At least one arm was broken. He knew that. Danny stopped moving, facing the Huntsman, Randy, and -Randy assumed- Jake.

Randy's eyes widened and he attempted to get up once more, wondering where Jake was. That dragon should be helping! This is so wonk! The ninja froze as he heard what sounded like the beginnings of a siren- the 'there's a nuke coming' kind of alarms. Suddenly a cone of green energy came from Danny's mouth, a mixture of the stereotypical ghost sound and a screech sounded across the half of the park they were in. The noise pierced Randy's ears for the half a second he was conscious.

Then all went black.


Ooooooooooooo cliff hanger!

So? Do you think they lived or died? Succeeded or failed? How injured are they? Why did the Huntsman have a McNet? What is he planning to do? What deal did he make?

Aaaaalll will be revealed in time~

Also, sorry, but I'll be going back to the shorter chapter format after this . There -guaranteed- will be more long chapters, but this is it for now~ sorry!