Jade awoke the next morning and saw Anasani curled up on the floor with a blanket over her. She smiled weakly at the dragon. Jade didn't expect her to stay, mostly because the dragon wasn't really fond of humans, anymore.
Jade got up from her bed, making sure she didn't step on the peacefully sleeping dragon.
She walked into her bathroom and splashed water in her face, to wake herself up.
When she looked up into the mirror, she shrieked.
Her skin was a dark blue color and rough. Jade's eyes glowed red and her canines were sharp and pointy. Her shoulder blades had sprouted wings, also. She had, also, sprouted a tail. Jade's fingers and toes were, now, vicious claws. Her hair had become spikes around her face and head.
Anasani came into the bathroom, rubbing her eyes. She gasped when she saw Jade's appearance.
Uncle and Jackie came running in, also. Jackie gasped, loudly.
"Aiii-ya!" Uncle shouted, making Jade look at him.
"What did you do to her?"Jackie asked and the dragon looked at him, sharply.
"I didn't do a thing to her! I was asleep all night after Jade and I talked." Anasani said in her own defense.
"Then, what happened to me?" Jade squeaked, twitching her wings.
"The spell either wore off, or, you fought it off, yourself, last night." Anasani stated, raising a spiked eyebrow.
"I didn't think I could do that." Jade replied, crossing her arms with a proud smirk, making Anasani snicker.
"I guess you can visit the family now." Anasani said, in between snickers at Jade's look.
"Why do you say that?" Jade asked and Anasani looked at her.
"Because you got the demon features and our brothers stuck up looks." Anasani said, trying to supress her laughter at the puzzled ten-year-old.
"Jade is not meeting any demon family!" Uncle shouted, but Jackie cut him off before he could say anything more.
"I think it would be for Jade's own good. It would keep the other demons from coming to get her." Jackie said and Anasani nodded to the last part.
"Demons don't stop until they know if a missing family member is dead or alive." Uncle stated, sighing, to which Anasani, also, nodded.
"Besides, who better than me to help you with that little thng you like." Anasani said, winking one of her glowing eyes, making Jade blush.
"What thing she likes?" Jackie asked and Jade blushed more.
"That is confidential girl talk, Mr. Chan." Anasani defended and Jackie blushed and looked away. "Now open me up one of those demon portals, baby!" She growled.
Uncle walked away, possibly, to open a demon portal. Anasani follwed him, quickly being trailed by Jade and Jackie.
Anasani made guttural noises, followed by growls and chatters.
"Stop with the noises!" Uncle said, turning to Anasani, who growled in reply.
"I'm not in the mood to deal with you, Chi Wizard!" The dragon screeched.
"Both of you! Stop it! You're getting on my nerves!" Jade yelled and Anasani crossed her scaled arms, mumbling profanities under her breath.
Uncle resumed walking and mumbled under his breath, too, but it was a spell to open a demon portal.
Once the portal opened, Anasani grunted and sprouted her wings. Anasani spread her wings and picked up Jade, fast, surprising her.
The dragon jumped into the portal, holding Jade tightly. Jade closed her eyes before Anasani entered the portal.
Anasani flew out of the otherside, swiftly, gaining height as she flapped her large, leathery wings.
"Hey, Nekana, want your first flying lesson?" Anasani asked, smiling as the wind rushed by her.
"Don't you think it's a little early for that, Anasani? I mean, I just got here and you already want me to kill myself!" Jade replied and the dragon laughed.
"You didn't have to put it like that." Anasani replied.
The dragon headed towards a beautiful mansion and Jade gulped. Anasani noticed a green dot on top of the mansion.
"Oh, Knacack got sent back!" Anasani shouted and, as she got closer, Knacack gave her the finger. "How rude!"
Anasani landed on top of the tall structure, dropping Jade at her feet.
"Who do we have here?" Knacack said, strolling up to Jade, slowly.
"Nekana, this is our arrogant brother, Knacack." Anasani said, smirking, and the forest demon frowned deeply.
"So you, finally, found her?" Knacack said, raising an eyebrow, looking down at Jade.
"Yeah, she was coming into her true powers and I was able to track her." Anasani said, Jade looked up at her.
"Nekana, this is Knacack, demon of the forest." Anasani said, giving her brother a real introduction.
Knacack bowed to Jade and she tried to supress her giggles at her reminder of her real introduction with Anasani.
When Knacack straightened, he noticed Jade's smirk and got a puzzled expression, Anasani noticed this, too, and rolled her eyes.
"Don't worry about that. She's wierd." Anasani said and Knacack smirked and bowed again.
"I must leave, sisters. Father wishes to have us all at the dinner table tonight." He said and he left.
"Well, won't there be talk tonight." Anasani replied to the air, sarcastically, rolling her eyes.
"Anasani, are we going to go inside?" Jade asked and Anasani nodded and followed where Knacack had gone and went inside.
Just as they got inside, a maniacal laughter floated through the air, making Jade shiver. Anasani simply rolled her eyes at the familiar sound.
"Stop it, you over grown hyena!" Anasani growled into the rafters and a dark purple figure dropped in front of them.
"Why would I want to do that, sister Anasani? Everyone needs a little laughter in their lives!" The demon said and Anasani sighed.
"Skizzai, just stop for a minute, you're scaring Nekana." Anasani replied to the shadow demon and Skizzai looked down at Jade and smirked.
"You, finally, found the runt, eh?" Asked a voice just as unfamiliar to Jade as the rest.
"Yes, Tsa Nei, I found her, after eight years, finally, I've found her." Anasani said, placing a clawed hand on Jade's bony shoulder. "Nekana, this is the demon of shadow, Skizzai, and the demon of ice, Tsa Nei, our sister and brother."
"Are there any more brothers and sisters?" Jade asked and the three demons smiled.
"Yeah, you've got three more sisters to meet, kid." Anasani said, ruffling Jade's hair spikes.
"Hey, stop it." Jade said, knocking Anasani's claws away from her head.
"Okay, we gotta go. Lenesa, Mesana, and Sornafora should be home, now." Anasani said and the other demons bowed and said their goodbyes, even Skizzai.
Anasani proceeded to lead Jade through the dark hallway, which, finally, opened up into a lit room.
The room was a library with all sorts of books, which there were thousands of them. Jade stared for a minute before she realized Anasani's claws waving in front of her face.
"Okay, I'll stop staring." Jade said and the dragon smirked.
"You can find any book about anything here." The dragon said and Jade nodded for Anasani to continue.
The dragon walked out of the library, quickly followed by the young demon and Anasani smirked as she saw movement in the shadows. She narrowed her eyes, stopping her tracks, Jade running into her.
"Sssh! There's someone up ahead." Anasani whispered to Jade and she nodded and took a step backward.
Anasani's night vision kicked in, fast, since the hall was dimly lit with no windows lining it.
The dragon noticed a tail sticking out around a corner, possibly, to lead her into a trap. Anasani lowered her long head and bared her teeth, getting her claws ready for a fight. Her tail swished about behind her.
The dragon inched foward, slowly, and did a warning growl to announce that she was onto whoever it was.
Another growl was her reply and Jade gasped. Anasani smirked, recognizing the growl. She got out of her battle position and put her right hand on her hip.
"Shendu, what are you doing here?" Anasani asked and a familiar large green dragon came out of hiding and stood before the smaller dragon.
"Waiting for you to return as always." The dragon replied and Jade gagged, making Anasani turn to look at her, smirking.
"Just you wait. I'll be doing that to you, too." Anasani said and Jade blushed and looked away.
"Who's the runt?" Shendu asked and Anasani gave him a sharp look.
"She's my sister, stupid!" Anasani replied and Jade snickered. "Nekana, Shendu. Shendu, Nekana. Let's go, Nekana. You still have to meet the others."
Anasani grabbed Jade's hand and pushed past Shendu, to which he just smirked wildly.
The dragon led Jade to a very big living room, with giant, comfortable looking sofas and chairs. Four demons were sitting comfortably in the living room. They were Tsa Nei, Sornafora, Lenesa, and Mesana.
"Hey!" Anasani shouted and all the demons groaned and looked at her. "I found her!"
"Great!" Mesana said, jumping up from her chair, smiling.
"That is Mesana, demon of love. That unpleasent lump over there is Sornafora, demon of storms, and the last one is Lenesa, demon of retribution." Anasani explained, pointing to each demon as she said their names.
Mesana rushed over to Jade and pulled her toward the others. They busied themselves asking her one question after another.
Anasani sighed and started for the stairs, knowing her sisters were relentless when it came to someone new in the house.
The dragon went up to her room and closed the door, flopping down on her bed, afterward. She reached for a book on her nightstand and opened it. It was going to be an extremely long day.