1Nope. Can't tell the crossover yet. If I did it'd ruin the surprise. But one hint, since I also gave that hint to a friend. It HAS been a cartoon on at least two occasions, but neither cartoon lasted long. But I did alter the crossover to fit into context of Jake Long. If I hadn't, it might've been easy to guess. And I'm glad to hear it's the most mature you've read. It's what I was gunning for on some level.

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Chapter 2: King's Treasure

Jake stopped by the Dairy King on his way back to the shop to see Spud. He wasn't in though, because he was fired for disturbing the customers, i.e., talking to the shake machine. Spud keeping a job was like using oil to clean a floor. It just didn't work..

"Seems Spud's still a little odd, but hey, no one's perfect." Jake said to himself, as he went into the shop.

Inside, the shop was looking much better. Likely some sort of magic was used to speed things up. Jake figured they didn't use it when he was there so he'd still be responsible enough to clean up his room the hard way. Just because he fooled around with the shape-shifting spell the one time...

"Yo Jake, you mind getting the paper here? Gramps and I are trying to get me out of a hole in the floor." Fu Dog stated.

That would explain why Jake could see his grandfather's tail in the next room. He went out and picked it up, removing the plastic wrap, and for kicks read the headline. He ended up wishing he hadn't.

"Let's see...'European Royalty Attending Empire University.' Geez, sounds like a tabloid. Then again, they do occasionally get my good side." Jake joked, before seeing the photo, which was of Victor.

"WHAT! NO WAY! HE'S THE ROYALTY! WHAT 'DOESN'T' HE HAVE!"

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"The Orb of Malorphis. It's what I have left to obtain for my experiment, Boris, and I have no idea where to look for it."

Victor was currently within a large, dark, and cluttered room within the confines of an unknown building. Boris was currently with him, as Victor slammed his fist onto the frame of a large, metallic framework.

"I need to get it before tomorrow night. According to my mother's books, the orb's power will peak to it's strongest then, and I need it at it's most powerful for this to work. My calculations hinge on it, and I can't wait another 50 years for a chance like this."

"Victor, you did say you had tracked the magic within it to that store, did you not?"

"I had, but the store appeared to have been ransacked, and the tracker didn't locate the source of the trail. It's not there, and I don't have long enough to scour the city. There's no telling if it's even still here! Damn it!" Victor yelled, again slamming his fist into the machine.

Boris walked off, and returned with some ice, and bandages for Victor, treating his hand for the damage inflicted to it in anger.

"Victor, even with this set-back, I can assure you your parents would be proud of you for all you have managed to achieve in a lifetime. You have become king of our country. You can change the land, to-"

"That isn't good enough anymore..."

Victor then walked over to something with a white sheet draped over it.

"You know as well as I how life has unfairly taken the lives of our people, our families."

Victor was looking downward, before he looked up, and turned to face Boris.

"You and I are the last of our culture now, and I am the last of my family in this world. Was it not fair then, to take control of the country, after it robbed me of my hope for the future? Of my guiding light in the world?"

Boris remained silent, taking in Victor's words. Victor turned back to the sheet, and pulled it off, revealing a machine, human in design and shape, but still recognized as an ugly automaton.

"Science and magic have become my last refuge, and my means of taking control of the kingdom. To achieve the ends now, I once again turn to this means." Victor stated, before he reached for the robot...

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Jake and Grampa were both in dragon form, tugging on Fu Dog. If Fu Dog weren't such a fatty, he wouldn't have even gotten stuck, but they couldn't change that. With a final pull, they popped him out of the hole, and reverted to human form.

"Phew, finally! Fu Dog, you need to go on a diet!" said Jake.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, don't even JOKE with that word kid."

"Now that we have freed him, back to important matters. I have found in my scrolls that the orb's power ebbs and flows, much like the waves of the ocean."

Jake thought for a second.

"So it gets stronger and weaker? And it was stronger now?"

"Exactly. It takes precisely 50 years for it to complete one cycle of this flow, meaning that whoever intends to use it now would have to do so before tomorrow night."

"All right, I got ya, so um, how do we find it?"

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The warehouse at the dockyards was currently busy, with the activities of the Huntsclan. Several people inside were preparing materials like parts of unicorns for shipment to other parts of the world. The Huntsman was currently watching over the processing, the Huntsgirl checking over the guarding of the orb. All was not quiet, however, as soon, the door into the warehouse was ripped from it's hinges. The Huntsclan stopped their jobs and looked to the door, weapons ready, as two figures, garbed in green raincoats walked into the warehouse, their hoods up, shadowing their faces.

"Hold it right there, both of you." The Huntsman ordered, aiming his staff at them.

"You have something that belongs to me.." the lead one said, removing his hood, it being Victor.

"..I know that man..." the Huntsgirl muttered.

"I spent hours fixing my tracker to find the Orb, and I don't intend for them to go to waste.."

"You will have to, since I already have a client for the orb." The Huntsman stated, staff glowing.

"Perhaps you should know that I can be very...persuasive." Victor told them, holding up his left hand, and pushing a button on a remote control in it.

The clan then noticed the other figure's eyes flash red, it raising it's head so the shadows faded, revealing a face of armored metals.

"Do what you must, but I want the orb intact." Victor spoke, turning and walking off into the night.

The robot then nodded in silence, and laughed evilly, before running out of the way of the weapons fire of the clan.

"What IS that thing?"

"Kill him!"

The robot ran right past them all, moving too fast for them to successfully attack it. It then turned to face then, and held it's armored hands out to them, unleashing brilliant flashes of light to blind them all.

"My eyes!" the Huntsgirl shouted, covering them.

When their sight returned, all was silent. The intruder was gone, and so was the orb.

"Damn that pompous..." The Huntsman started.

"I know who it was." Huntsgirl told him.

"Good, then we can attack and get the orb back immed-"

He was cut off by the sound of police sirens.

"He actually went and did it! He must have sent for the police to delay us!" The Huntsman yelled, furious, "Get those beacons on everything! We have to leave here now!"

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Jake was just closing the shop to head home, when he felt like something was wrong. That was when the door opened. Jake turned to look, and saw a green garbed figure, hood hiding their face.

"Uh, Yo G, we're just closing."

"I came to give a message."

Jake recognized the voice. It was Victor. He was getting really sick of how he was getting mixed into his life. He'd rather do without Victor.

"What message?"

"The Orb of Malorphis is mine. I will return it to your possession, when I am done with it."

Victor then left. Jake growled.

"Oh he did NOT just get into my dragon life too!"

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Yes, Victor is a masterful scientist. Yes, he's also aware of magical being. And yes, this is getting to the good part.