Disclaimer:I do not own American dragon or other related characters.I do own Drake and Mana.

"Hey,kid,wake up!Time for school."Fu Dog said shaking Jake.Jake just rolled over and continued to sleep.

"Not now,Mom.Just ten more minutes."Jake said sleepily.Fu just rolled his eyes.

"I was hoping I wouldn't have to use this..."Fu said pulling out a potion.He dropped it and quickly covered his ears.As soon as it hit the ground, a loud sound was heard that shaked the ground for many blocks.Jake's eyes snapped open immediately.He jumped up quickly.

"Oh no!You ain't drinking my blood again!Dragon Up!"he said transforming into a dragon."Now eat this!"he said trying to hit Fu.Fu Dog rolled out of the way,barely avoiding Jake's dragon-fist.

"Kid,relax!"Fu said barely avoiding a dragon-kick."It's Fu!"

"Oh no!I ain't falling for your shapeshifting trick again."Jake said.Fu walked back and tripped on something.He looked up at Jake and saw Jake had a black outline around his eye.Jake prepared a fireball.Fu looked up,knowing he would be vaporized.Jake was about to breathe when two thin,but strong blue dragon arms grabbed Jake from behind.Jake struggled to break free.

"Young one,snap out of it!"his grandpa said snapping his fingers.The outlines around Jake's eyes dissapeared.He shook his head,regaining control.He shifted back to human form.His grandpa let him down and also shifted back to his human form."I was afraid of this."Grandpa said getting the book from last night."It says that if you are awakened unnaturally from the nightmares cast by the spell,you will inherit the traits of the one who casted it on you.The trance can only be broken by a dragon snapping his or her fingers."

"We're both lucky that your family is full of dragon's,kid."Fu said."If he hadn't broken the spell,you'd be posessed,and I would be..."he let out a nervous sound,"a pile of ash.By the way,remind me not to use a dragon's roar potion."

"Sorry I tried to hurt you guys."Jake said.

"It is not your fault,young dragon.We must break the spell."Grandpa said.

"I know,but how?"Jake said.

"It turns out,"Grandpa said,"That the marecaster can be traced by using the symbol.I will look for the spell.It should be ready by the time you get back from school.Now hurry off or you'll be late."

Jake got on his gear and headed for school.He looked at his watch.His eyes shot open in shock."Oh no!I'm 10 minutes late.Rottwood's going to kill me!"He began to move faster.He finally arrived.He went inside and rushed to class.

"And what happens when a phoenix passes on?"Prof.Rottwood asked.He selected Mana."Mr.Lee.Please tell us what happens when a phoenix dies."Mana was about to answer when Jake came in.Rottwood looked over."Actually,Mr.Lee,"Rottwood said,a smile growing on his face,"I think Mr.Long will answer the question."He turned towards Jake and asked,"Mr.Long,what happens when a phoenix dies?"Jake looked around nervously.Mana clenched his teeth.'Poor Jake.',he thought.

"Umm..."Jake said,"They get buried."Jake said shrugging and putting a nervous smile on his face.

"This is incorrect,Mr.Long.A phoenix catches fire and is reborn from it's ashes."Rottwood said."You will get an F on your test for sure.Kids like Mana and Drake,however,will score higher than all of you."

The hours passed quickly and on the way out,he found Spud and Trixie.

"Hey Spud,Trxie,wait up."Jake said.They talked and were nearing Jake's house.

"Hey,Jake.Sorry Rottwood embarassed you like that."Trixie said."What I don't get is how come you don't turn into a dragon and kick his butt.(Spud and Trixie found out he was a dragon in an episode.)Give him a real mythology lesson."Trixie said.

"I wish I could,Trixie,but there are rules I have to follow."Jake said."And it gets worse.I have an F in Rottwood's class,I have to fight all sorts all sorts of evil guys,and I have nightmares every night.I mean,what else can go wrong!"

That was soon answered when something green crashed in front of them.It was a dragon.He seemed knocked out.He was green all over except for the yellow part that covered his underbelly.He had blue fins running down his back.In a few seconds,he regained consciousness.He flew into the air and was headed for something.They looked at what it was going towards.Only Jake seemed to recognize it.It wore a black cloak and hood.It had gold flame outlines on it's sleeves and the bottom of the cloak.And he saw those two menacing red eyes that glowed in the darkness of the hood.

"It's him..."Jake said."The one from my dream.Dragon up!"Jake said.He transformed and flew towards the figure.He landed on the rooftop and stood next to the green dragon.The cloaked figure had it's back turned to them.

"You shouldn't be here.This is my fight."was all the green dragon said.He was already in a combat pose.

"And let you have all the fun!Yeah right!"Jake said.

"This isn't a game."the green dragon said.

"Look,can we finish this then settle our dispute."Jake said.The green dragon nodded to say yes.

"Excellent,dragonsss.Now that all the gatekeepersss are here,we can begin the ceremony!"the figure said turning around.He quickly drew two swords from inside the robe.The battle was about to begin.