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Chapter 8 The True Meaning Of Rose's Birthmark

When they got to the rooftop, Grandpa turned around and looked at Rose.

"I am very sorry to hear what you have gone through..." he began.

Rose smiled slightly.

"It's Ok. I know Jake will protect me."

Grandpa smiled.

"Yes, it is the American Dragon's duty to protect all magical creatures.."

Rose frowned.

"But...I'm not a magical creature. I'm just Huntsgirl."

"Yeah 'G." Jake agreed, "What's up? Are you hiding something from us?"

"I'm getting to it, young dragon. Be patient!" Grandpa replied.

He looked Rose deep in the eye.

"This is probably only going to make things more complicated for you, but I feel that I must tell you...I have done research on your birthmark, and it is, indeed the mark of the Huntsclan-"

"Yeah, Rose replied, sadly, I wish it weren't..."

"You didn't let me finish." Grandpa said. Your birthmark is indeed, the mark of the Huntsclan, but it is also the mark of the American Dragonette..."

"Ok-Wait a minute! I'm a what!" Rose said.

"A dragon." Jake repeated, slowly, hardly able to believe his ears.

Rose was so shocked! She, Huntsgirl, was the very thing that she hunted! A dragon! Unable to believe it, Rose fainted on the ground. Jake ran over and held her in his arms.

"Rose? You OK!"

Rose, hearing Jake's voice opened her eyes very slowly.

"Yeah, I'm fine..."

"That's good, young dragon." Grandpa said.

Rose still couldn't believe this!

"Ohmygosh! You mean, I'm a dragon too!"

Jake rolled his eyes.

"Yep.."

Rose fainted again, and Jake sighed.

Grandpa motioned for Jake to come talk with him, so carefully, Jake put rose down n a chair, and walked over to Grandpa.

"What up, 'G?"

Grandpa pointed to another chair.

"Please, have a seat."

Jake sat down.

"Is this another surprise, 'cause, frankly, 'G, I think I've had enough surprises for one day!" -he looked at Rose, who was still out cold- "I know Rose has..."

Grandpa laughed.

"It is not always easy finding out that you're a magical creature! Don't you remember when you found out you were the American Dragon?"

Jake rolled his eyes.

"I don't think I'll ever forget!"

FLASHBACK

It was Jake's thirteenth birthday, and he was celebrating it with his Mother, Grandpa, and Fu Dog. His dad was still at work. All of a sudden, Grandpa started speaking to Jake.

"Young one, now that you are thirteen, I think it is time you learned our family secret."

Jake smiled and said in a cocky attitude, "Bring it on, 'G! I'm all ears!"

Grandpa looked at Jake, and very casually said, "Jake, do you believe in magical creatures?"

Jake laughed.

"You mean like, dragons, unicorns, and leprechauns? Gramps, those are all just bed time stories for little kids!"

Grandpa frowned.

"So, you don't believe in them?"

Jake laughed again.

"No way, 'G!"

"Well, what if I told you, you were a dragon?"

"Then I'd laugh my head off!" Jake replied, stiffling a giggle.

Grandpa was nuts!

"I can see that I will have to prove their existence to you, then."

Grandpa suddenly became surrounded in fire, and when it disappeared, Jake was staring at a large, dark blue dragon, with a long, slender body, yellow under belly, white scales, glowing green eyes, and light blue claws.

"G-Grandpa, is that you!" Jake asked in disbelief.

"Yes." the dragon replied.

Then, to Jake's shock, Fu Dog, started to talk!

"Big shocker, eh, kid? Well, don't worry! You'll be over it once you see your dragon form!"

Jake's words came tumbling out.

"My form...? Fu can talk...? I'm a, a, a dragon!"

Grandpa nodded his head.

"Yes, you are."

Jake was so shocked, he fainted, tipping his chair over.

END FLASHBACK

Jake shook his head.

"Enough memories. What you want, 'G?"

A sudden thought came to him.

"Hey! Are you gonna train Rose too, now that she's found out she's a dragon?"

Grandpa closed his eyes and folded his arms.

"That is what I wanted to talk to you about, Jake. You see, I feel that you are doing well enough in your training that you could have your own student, and teach them what you've learned so far..."

Jake smiled.

"Thanks, 'G! That's a real compliment!"

Then he frowned.

"But where would I find a student?"

Grandpa chuckled.

"She is closer to you than you think."

Jake gasped and pointed at Rose, who was still out.

"Rose! You want me to train, ROSE!"

Grandpa smiled.

"Yes, I think she will be more likely to listen to you rather than to me...and you can't say no!"

Jake sputtered.

"But, Grandpa, I can't! I have, um...school work! I could totally fall behind! Hehe.."

Grandpa looked Jake square in the eye, and Jake knew he was in trouble.

"Are you not dragon student!" Grandpa shouted, "Did you not pledge to obey dragon master!"

Jake gulped.

"Yeah, but..."

"But nothing! Dragon Master orders you to train the American Dragonette!"

Jake felt really awkward about training Rose, since she was his girlfriend. he tried to get Grandpa to reconsider.

"But Gramps, what if I blow it? I can't-"

"End of discussion! Now! Go wake up dragon student! This is training time! Not sleeping time!"

Jake sighed.

"Aww man!"

Jake walked over to rose, and started gently shaking her.

"Yo, Rose!" he softly whispered, "Time to wake up!"

Rose finally woke up. She sat up and rubbed her eyes.

"I had the weirdest dream!" she began.

"In the dream, did 'G tell you that you're the American Dragonette?" Jake asked.

"Yeah!" Rose replied, "How did you know!"

"Because, it wasn't a dream!"

Rose gasped.

"It wasn't?"

"Nope, and it's time for training, so get up."

Rose stood up, still feeling shaky over her shocking discovery.

Jake stood in front of her.

"Ok, here we go. I've been given orders from 'G to train you and teach you what he's taught me...So let's do this. On three! 1-2-3! Dragon up!"

He changed into his dragon form, a poweerful red dragon with a yellow underbelly, green scales, dark red wings and blue claws.

"Now you try." Jake said, looking at Rose expectantly.

Rose gulped and closed her eyes.

"Ok...Dragon up!"

When she opened her eyes, she was dismayed to see that nothing had even happened!

She looked at Jake, a confused frown on her face.

Jake laughed.

"It's OK. Try it again.."

Rose nodded her head.

"Dragon up!" she said with more passion in her voice than before.

She looked, and saw that her wings and tail had appeared.

"Hey! Jake cried, You're getting better!"

Rose sighed, discontentedly.

"But...I wanna be in FULL dragon form, like you..."

Jake crossed his arms.

"Now Rose...you can't expect to be perfect and have everything work all in one day..."

Rose sighed.

"I know...I just wanna be as good as you, Jake.."

Jake blushed.

"Er, why don't you try again...?"

"Dragon up!"

Rose cried, but this time only her dragon snout would appear. She sighed, frustereated, and continued to try going full dragon, but had no such results.

After another hour, Jake said, "Let's give it a break, and go get something to eat. I'm famished!" he changed back to normal human form.

"Ok." Rose replied reluctantly, and she and Jake went out to get something to eat.