Well, well, well. Here we are at Chapter 17. If anyone is wondering about dear Mr. Black, he is currently sleeping. Thank goodness. Now, for all of you who reviewed...


CelloSolo2007: Thanks. Let's see. How about...Sugar cookie?

Dragonwolf166: Chocolate Chip it is! Enjoy the chapter!

YFWE: I'm sorry. I don't know if I have any Krispy Kreme's left. I mean, the guards do eat so many of them...OH! here's a box! (accidentally throws it into the Ghost Zone) oops. I guess I'll have to wait until next chapter for more Krispy Kremes. Sorry about that, YFWE.


In case anyone was wondering, here are my important characters' ages:

Kaleb: 12

Stacy: 7

Jessie: 14

Chap 17

Now, on with the story!


Jake and Grandpa waited by the front door as Kaleb "dragged" his sister along. When he finally came to them, they were surprised that he had brought Stacy with "just to say good-bye."

"Why…?" Grandpa began. However, he never got to finish his sentence because Kaleb immediately silenced him with a finger to his lips, then motioned that they should go outside.

Out in the hallway, Kaleb whispered, "Stacy, why didn't you ever tell me you had…well, powers after I explained myself tonight?"

"Powers?" Stacy asked innocently. "What powers?" When Jake, Grandpa, and Kaleb glared at her, she conceded. "Well, it started after the night when Mom started having memory problems; or, I guess, when you accidentally attacked her and Jessie."

Grandpa and Jake, who were still out of the blue in all of this, were startled to hear another piece of the story that they hadn't heard. They made motions to ask more about it, but Kaleb hushed them, saying that they'd talk about it later.

"Anyway," Stacy continued. She never liked it when someone interrupted her. "That morning afterward, I woke up and felt…different. I mean, I felt like my normal 6-year old annoying self, but I also felt like something else. I didn't think too much about and got ready for the day."

"As a matter of fact…," Kaleb interrupted.

"NO INTERRUPTIONS!" Stacy yelled. Immediately, Kaleb looked around to see if anyone had woken up or taken a look outside to see who had shouted. Seeing no one, but not taking any chances, he teleported everyone to a familiar rooftop to continue to conversation.

"Sorry about that, Stacy," Kaleb apologized. "Continue, then." However, Stacy, and more importantly Jake and Grandpa, were amazed at Kaleb's power. Then, quickly getting a hold of her self, Stacy continued her story.

"It's OK, Kaleb. Now, I had just sat down to breakfast when I noticed something strange. I hadn't done anything to make the food or set the table or anything."

"Yeah; I had." Kaleb said. "I remember that conversation. You had yelled that morning that since Mom and Jessie were incapacitated, I had to cook." He paused. "Wait a minute. You used me to cook for you!"

"'I didn't have control over my powers,' remember?" Stacy mocked. "Anyway, it progressed from there."

"It PROGRESSED?" (Kaleb)

"Yep," Stacy answered. "Remember that test I thought I would fail the next week? Somehow everyone else had the lower grade and I had the highest."

"As I recall," Kaleb replied, "You got a C on that test, which means…oh no."

"There's more." Stacy continued. "Remember that old bully that showed up near the end of the school year? Ricky Thomas?"

"Oh please no…." Kaleb couldn't bear it. His sister seemed to be turning into something worse than he was.

"I think we get the idea, Stacy." Jake butted in. "G, do you know if she is a dragon?"

Grandpa looked deep in thought. "Have you ever tried to think of yourself in a different form?" he asked.

Stacy looked bewildered. "Who doesn't? Why, I'd love to be the next…" (Quite frankly, I'm not up-to-date on teen fashion or news, so you'll just have to fill in the blanks yourself.)

Grandpa just shook his head. "That's not what I meant. I mean, like a different creature."

"Like dragons?" Stacy asked. Grandpa nodded. "Well, I could try."

She closed her eyes, concentrated for a moment, and then opened her eyes again.

"Well," she answered, "Looks like it didn't work."

"On the contrary," Grandpa replied amongst giggles between Jake and Kaleb. "We now know what you really are."

She looked down. Instead of her small, cute, human body, she had a (forgive me, AmericanDragonFan, it was what I could come up with at the time) purple, poodle/pug-mix dog body.

"WHAT?" Stacy did not look happy. After all that had happened that night, this was the thing that toppled her sanity. "WHAT'S HAPPENED TO ME?"


Oohoohoo! Looks like more that a dragon and an ex-Huntsgirl have been hiding under Mr. and Mrs. Black's noses!

RV., RA., JN (Jack Nicholson) sneak up on Mr. Black.

Guys, please let the man sleep.

Crazy group: Why?

Fine. Just so you know, I warned you.

Crazy group wakes Mr. Black up, who immediately attacks them.

sighs. I guess I'd better sort this out. Thanks a lot, YFWE. R&R, please.