We're almost the end, folks! The next chapter will be the last! Muhahahahahahahah...
Worker72: Thanks! It's simple! She has been trained from the day she could walk to be Huntsgirl, and she never ONCE tried to summon her dragon half, so it was on its way to disappearing around the time Jake told her about it. If that's confusing, I apologize XD
Chapter 11 Dragon up!
Jake walked into his Grandpa's shop, unaware that the Huntsmaster was already there.
"Yo, 'G! Waz up?"
He gasped when he saw his Grandpa and Fu Dog under a net.
"Fu! Gramps!"
He ran over to them and began working on cutting the net.
"Kid!" Fu shouted suddenly. "Watch out! Behind you!"
"Huh?"
Jake turned just in time to see the Huntsmaster with his staff raised. The last thing he felt was a throbbing pain in his head. Then everything went black...
Rose was walking home, when she suddenly got a strange feeling. She knew what it meant! Jake was in trouble! Rose had been around him so long, that she could now feel his pain, and from what she could tell, he'd just been struck! She peeked inside her house.
"Master? Are you home?"
When nobody answered, it comfirmed Rose's suspicion: Huntsmaster had gone after Jake!
She dropped her backpack on the floor, and was about to run out of the house to help Jake, when she suddenly remembered Jake's words.
If you haven't gotten rid of your Huntsgirl side by midnight tonight, your dragon form will completely disappear...
She sighed and closed her eyes for a minute, thinking hard.
'I could never defeat Huntsmaster in Huntsgirl form, he's taught me all I know!'
"But, Rose mumbled, he knows nothing about the dragon moves Jake's taught me!"
Although she hadn't been able to change into her full dragon form, Jake had still taught Rose a few moves the past week, and she had memorized them.
"That settles it!" she said to herself, "I'm leaving the Huntsclan! I know Jake will protect me from my uncle, but for him to do that, first I must protect him!"
Without a second thought, Rose ran up to her room, ad started gathering everything she owned that had to do with the Huntsclan: her costume, staff, everything! Then, she ran downstairs with it all in her arms. She dropped it on the floor. As quickly as she could, Rose gathered a bunch of wood, and built a huge fire in the fireplace. She grabbed all her things off the floor, and sent them into the fire with a mighty toss!
After a quick search of the house, she said, "Well, I guess that's all of it...I really hope this works.."
She watched as the bright orange, red and yellow flames devoured all of the things she had thrown in. When Rose was sure everything had been burned up, she threw a bucket of water on the fire.
A strong tingling feeling swept over Rose's body. Then it turned to pain, and Rose felt as though she was losing half her spirit. Suddenly, Rose felt really hot, like she was burning up. The feeling evaporated, and Rose's body temperature returned to normal. She wasn't sure exactly what had just happened, but she knew it had had something to do with losing her Huntsgirl side. The firey feeling she had felt just moments before had hurt at first, but now Rose felt empowered, as if something new in her had just awakened. She smiled triumphantly, and then turned to the door. Now to go help Jake!
When Jake awoke, he was laying against the wall, with his hands chained together behind his back, and his feet chained together. Huntsmaster was standing over him, an evil grin on his face.
"Oh good! You're awake! You see, I prefer my prey to be moving before I slay them!"
Jake growled.
"You can't keep the M-Drag in chains forever! Dragon up!"
Nothing happened! Confused, Jake tried again.
"Dragon up!" he said, with more enthusiasm in his voice.
But still, nothing happened.
Huntsmaster laughed evilly.
"Try all you want, boy, but while you're in those chains, you're stuck in human form! I designed them myself! While in the chains, a magical creature is forced into true human form, and is unable to resume magical form until they are freed! You are powerless!"
Jake glared at Huntsmaster.
"Gramps and Fu will let me out! Then I'll open a can of smack-daddy on you, you Hunts-jerk!"
Huntsmaster laughed, and pointed to Grandpa and Fu Dog, who were hanging in a net on the wall.
"They won't be helping you!"
He started up his staff, and held it to Jake's throat.
"Play time's over, boy...or should I say play time's over dragon?"
Jake gulped, and eyed the staff.
Huntsmaster raised his staff.
"You have no idea how long I've waited to do this to you, American Dragon!"
Jake shut his eyes and braced himself for the sharp, painful death that was coming.
He opened his eyes, when he heard someone say, "Well, you're gonna have to wait a little longer, Hunts-punk!"
Could it be? He looked around. Yes! It was Rose, here to save him! She tackled Huntsmaster, then ran over to Jake, and unchained him.
"Alright!"Jake cried, joyfully.
He turned to Huntsmaster, who was totally stunned by Rose's attack.
"Rose! What do you think you are doing!" he shouted.
Rose glared at him.
"A week ago, you told me to make a decision, and I've finally decided...that I can't let you hurt Jake! I care for him too much!"
She hugged him and he grinned.
"Huntsgirl! That's not the choice I told you to pick!" Huntsmaster growled.
"Correction, Master. You never told me which one to pick, you only told me to pick the right one -she smiled evenly at him- ...and I choose... -she leand on Jake's shoulder, and sighed contentedly- ...to leave the Huntsclan!"
Huntsmaster was furious!
"WHAT?"
Rose glared back at her uncle, who was hopping mad.
"You heard me...! I'm turning to the good side! Besides, if I let you slay Jake, I'd have to let you slay me too, because I'm also a dragon!"
'Oh please work! I did everything I was told!' she thought desperately.
She closed her eyes tight, concentrating real hard.
"Dragon up!" she suddenly cried, opening her eyes.
Rose's whole body suddenly became surrounded in fire, and she felt that same tingly feeling that she'd had earlier, as her body was swept in flames, whcih surprisingly didn't hurt this time. When the flames disappeared, Jake and the Huntsmaster both gasped.
Standing in front of them, was a white dragon, about Jake's height. She had those bright, peircing blue eyes. She had yellow hair with a bang hanging down the right side of her face and yellow scales going down her back to her tail. She also had on a pink headband. On her hands and feet were light brown claws, and she had a pink underbelly. She had dark pinkish redish wings. On her right leg was the rose mark that she had on her pant leg. She examined her dragon form in awe.
"Hey! I did it!"
She turned to Jake, a huge grin spreading across her face.
"Check me out! I'm the American Dragonette!"
Jake smiled at her.
"Yes, you are that...-he dropped his voice to a whisper only he could hear- ...and more.."
Suddenly, Huntsmaster started shooting at Jake with his staff. Jake, in human form barely managed to avoid Huntsmaster's many shots.
Frusterated, Hunstmaster turned to his neice.
"Very well, if I can't slay him, then I'll just have to settle for you!"
He raised his staff.
Jake growled at him.
"Not if I can do anything about it! Dragon up!"
Once in dragon form, Jake lunged at Huntsmaster. Rose also lunged at him, but Huntsmaster knocked them both into a wall with his staff. Rose sat up, and saw that Jake was still out. She glared at her uncle. He might have hurt Jake!
"Expect no mercy from the American Dragonette!" she yelled, "Aiiiiiiiiyyyyyyaaa!"
He spun around, and smacked her into the wall, once again.
"OH!" she moaned.
Jake, who was now awake, had seen the whole thing, and it enraged him. He jumped to his feet.
"Hey! -Jake breathed massive balls of fire at the Huntsmaster- Nobody does that to my girl!"
Shocked, Rose sat up straight.
"Did you just call me...your girl?" she asked him.
Jake stopped breathing fire and turned to look at her.
"That's right, baby. Ain't nobody even think of messsin with the M-Drag's most prized possession!"
Rose, filled with emotion, gave Jake a huge dragon hug and he happily responded with one of his own dragon hugs.
Huntsmaster looked at them, disgusted.
"I think I'm gonna be sick..." he muttered, watching them hugging. Then he lifted his staff, and shot something at them.
The two dragons tried to dodge, but their wings had gotten caught on the other's, and whenever they tried to go in different directions, they would just smack back into each other! A net landed on top of them, but they were so busy trying to get their wings freed, they didn't notice right away. Struggling to break free, they finally freed their wings. Then they looked around and saw to their horror, that they were trapped underneath a net!