I have returned! Go me! I actually got around to writing something (track...every day...no time to write...grr). This one's a continuation of "The Friends My Dad Had". If you haven't read it yet, you should! Because I wrote it! Isn't that reason enough? Ok. Oh, and thanks to hillyhp2590 For the recommendation on what ethnicity Mamas Lyoli might be. I haven't any clue, and I'm just gonna go with what you said. You must be very smart. You're my idol 00

Ok, enough of that. Read!

And... I don't own this show or any characters in it. I do own Mamas Lyoli and you don't. You wish you did, but I beat you to her! You got served!

BTW, I hated that movie. Now on with tha story!

"The Many Tails of Mamas Lyoli"

By: YourFavoriteWriterEver

Sadness. No, wait. Not sadness. He had no reason to be sad. So... what was the feeling? It wasn't happiness. Wasn't anger. Just... confused. Yeah, that was it. Confusion. Jake Long was very, very confused. Why? Well, he wasn't sure what to think. He thought he had just a day before witnessed the death of his Grandpa... but then he wasn't really dead... and then the nurse... wasn't a nurse... maybe not even human... then there was the question of Mamas Lyoli- who was he/she? Where was he/she? Why did Jake have to be so confused? He was hoping that Grandpa had the answers. Unfortunately, relying on Grandpa did not prove useless this time.

"So... you've never heard of Mamas Lyoli, Gramps? I thought you knew everyone magical in this city", Jake said.

"Ah, I thought that I did. Apparently, I was wrong. However, even though all things point to it, we cannot be sure that Mamas Lyoli IS magical. This could be some kind of misunderstanding from Harry Jefferson."

"Yeah, unfortunately I don't think that's true", Jake replied. "I think that the nurse that was in your room... was Mamas Lyoli, but in another form. D'you think she (they were at least sure she was female) could be a shapeshifter?"

Grandpa looked toward the sky in thought, "Could be. And it is possible that the reason why I have not heard of her is because she could be new in the area."

Jake nodded, "So... now what?"

"We will be wanting to pay a little visit to the bazaar that you went to once before with Fu Dog (i.e. episode "Dragon Breath" on TV- not quite sure of the actual name, if any). I am sure there are some that could give us some information on Mamas Lyoli. Come, let us be off."

(End)

The bazaar was pretty busy; much more than when Jake was there before. It was a sort of homecoming for Grandpa; he hadn't been there for a few days since he was in the hospital. Jake saw many that he did know (like Jasmine the Nix, the Mermaid Sisters, etc.), and some he didn't know. However, Grandpa never stopped. He definitely looked as if he was on a mission. And he was.

"Lao! Good to see you! I heard about the thing with the werewolf... looks like you're okay", said a man behind the counter of a department store they had just entered. Jake looked around. The store seemed to be a potions store; green, blue, and red vials sat on shelves surrounding the small-yet-well-stocked store. The man behind the counter was kind of short, stocky, and looked a little Spanish.

"Ah, Pancho. How has it been for you? I have not seen you in a while. The place looks nice", Grandpa replied. "This is my grandson, Jake. I do not think you have met him." He pushed Jake forward. "Shake his hand, Jake. Be courteous", he whispered.

"Er, oh, yeah, sorry! Nice to meet you...", Jake stared at Pancho's outstretched hand. It was missing some fingers.

"Yes, nice to meet you, Jake. So, what is the occasion. You know, we have just about everything. Hm, let's see here...", Pancho wandered off, scanning the aisles and shelves of the store, "Ah, here we are. Trouble with the spouse? Try Webster's New Infatuation Potion! Use it to rekindle that love that you either once had or never did have! Works in one second! Not the case? Maybe it's that you feel just slow some mornings. If that's what's up, try the European Speedy Jump Start Potion to get you runnin' fast in the morning. And good news!",he grinned at them, "It's Ephedra free! Now what say you to that?"

"That sounds...amusing, Pancho", Grandpa said, "However, that is not why we are here.."

"Oh, if that's not what you need, just keep looking around- I have just about everything on the market!"

"Pancho! That is not why we are here!", yelled Grandpa, who then lowered his tone, "We do not need potions. We need some answers. Maybe you can help us out."

"Hmm, I can try. What's up?"

Grandpa leaned in close to him, "How well do you know your customers?"

Pancho thought about it for a moment, "Ummm... well, I know some of them well, some I'm just on a first name basis. Why?"

"Okay. Have you heard of anyone by the name of... Mamas Lyoli?"

Pancho's eyes widened. He averted his gaze to the floor. "Uh, no. Never heard of her."

"Ah, but apparently you do. After all, you know she is female", Grandpa smiled.

Pancho kept his gaze to their feet. "Uh... just a lucky guess. Yeah, just a guess! I've never heard of her! Honest!"

"Okay, Pancho. I believe you." They turned to leave. "Thank you anyway", he called as they walked out the door. Then he turned to Jake, "He is lying. I am sure of it. This means that Mamas Lyoli has been here before. I feel we are coming close."

As they walked down the road, Jake looked back for just a second... and saw Pancho. Putting the "closed" sign in the window. Trying to sneak out undetected. Pancho stared in their direction, and saw Jake staring right back at him. He gasped, before taking off running in the other direction. "Grandpa", Jake yelled, "He's..."

Grandpa whirled around and, seeing Pancho sprinting off in the opposite direction, quickly changed into his dragon form and flew toward Pancho.

He had to admit; Pancho was pretty fast; but he was not as fast as a dragon. Grandpa tackled him from behind, the two falling to the ground. Jake followed, now in dragon form as well.

Grandpa flipped Pancho over, growling in his face. "Oh, look, Lao. I really don't want any trouble. I just..."

"Wanted to go and report to Mamas Lyoli that we're coming to get her? Bad idea, man", Jake snarled.

"You know something! Tell us, and we just might let you go... but only because I like you", Grandpa said. Pancho winced. He obviously did not want to be involved in this. But still, he must've valued his life (he was just a lowly Ivermase, after all. He was like a wizard, only was powerless without an Ivermase Wand, which he did not appear to have), because he began speaking.

"Yes, yes, I'll tell you! First of all, I am in no way associated with Mamas. I was simply told to tell her if anyone asked about her!"

"Hm, sounds like you're associated with her to me!", Jake said. "You were supposed to report to her!"

"Well... yes. Okay, so maybe I was! Now please, can I go now? I'm not going to tell her. It can be... our little secret?"

"Unfortunately, I do not trust you", Grandpa replied. "And furthermore, we are not finished with you yet. I asked you earlier and I will ask you again- what do you know about Mamas Lyoli?"

Pancho sighed. "Look, man. All I know is that she came in the other day and placed an order for some kind of venom. Is supposed to kill a person in two hours. Unfortunately, it was one of the few things I do not have here. So I told her, I says "I'll have to order it", alright? She's like "Okay, I will be back in two days. In the meantime, do not tell anyone I'm here". So I did. No one asked, though. Then, the potion came in and so did she. She took it and left, telling me still not to tell anyone she was here, and she told me where she was going to be. That was two days ago. I haven't seen her since." He looked up at Grandpa. "That's all I know."

Grandpa nodded, "That will help." He decided to speed it up, now that there was a crowd gathering, "Just tell me: what did she look like?"

"And more importantly, where is she staying?", Jake added.

Pancho sighed again, "Long black hair, kinda short. She was mostly in a cape, though. She also looked kind of Indian. Or Mexican. I'm not very good on the whole background thing. However, some people say I look kinda Mexican, so..." He grinned.

"Okay, okay, WAY too much info there, man. Just tell us where she's staying", Jake winced.

"Oh, sure. Someplace called the Subway Inn. I've personally never heard of the place, but I've also never been that deep in the bazaar. You know, past Bernie's Boom Shack. Not many people go that far. Which is probably why she's in that far." And with that Grandpa let him go. Which was enough for Pancho. He took back off toward his shop, waving goodbye as he left.

"Well, strange as that was, at least we've got our answers. So now what, Gramps? Are we gonna go in an' get her, or what?", Jake asked. But Grandpa just stood there, thinking.

"Jake, I want to ask you something", he said, reverting back to human form, "Mamas Lyoli- she is a shapeshifter, correct?"

"Yeah... why?"

"Well, it could be possible that Mamas Lyoli... is not really Mamas Lyoli. That identity could simply be one of her false identities. This is why I do not like dealing with shapeshifters. They are just too unpredictable. We shall still go to the Subway Inn. We will simply have to be more careful."

"Sure, Grandpa, whatever you say", Jake said, as they made their way toward the supposed location of the shapeshifter Mamas Lyoli.

END OF CHAPTER

No cliffhanger, or at least if any a mild one, for once!

Alrighty then, I have finished the first chapter. This one was actually kinda fun to write; more so than the last one I did. So, I hope you all like it (hello... anyone out there? I hope there is:D ) , and please read and review! Really! I need to know what I'm doing right and wrong! So please review:falls onto hands and knees and begs for own cause:

Okay, that's enough of that. Hopefully, the next chapter won't take as long to update as it did to put out a new fic just now. See you all later, and salute the colonel! (The KFC colonel... what were YOU thinking?)