Her Fate

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Rating: PG-13

You!

"I can't believe you! You hit the American Dragon! You're supposed to be protectin' the dragons not hitting 'em!" Gracie yelled after she heard her cousin's tale of the night before.

"I couldn't help myself! I didn't hurt him, startled him a bit maybe but I didn't hurt him!" Rose replied as she placed the Huntsgirl's staff inside her chest, where she kept her weapons.

"Why would you attack him, then?"

"Seeing him again just reminded me of old times. I didn't know it at the time, but he was a lot of fun! He kept me on my toes and he was a great workout!" Rose defended herself.

Gracie shook her head and laughed at Rose. "Rosie, you're out of your mind. I'll talk to ya later, I'm goin' to work."

FLASH

"Jakey, I doubt that Rose is back in town." Trixie told him after listening to what happened.

"It has to be her, she has her eyes!"

"First off, she's not the only girl in the world with blue eyes. And it was dark last night, there's no way you could tell the exact shade of blue she had."

"I thought Rose was the bad guy…" Spud replied as they entered the shop.

"She is the bad guy. Jake just wants this mystery girl to be Rose."

Gracie walked in at that last comment. "Did I miss somethin'?"

"Nah, girl, Jake's just trippin'."

"Yeah, Jake got, like, saved by some ninja chick and he totally thinks she's his ex-girlfriend."

Gracie raised an eyebrow at them, "Really? You were saved?" she inquired.

Jake told her the story of what happened and she nodded, "Who knows? It may, very well, be your old girlfriend."

"Nah, see, that's impossible because home girl was the old Huntsgirl. The girl is evil." Trixie said.

"Well, maybe, she realized the error of her ways and decided to make up for them! You never know! You don't know what goes on inside someone's head and ya shouldn't go making up conclusions to things you don't even understand! Don't act like you know everything when you don't!" Gracie growled at her.

Jake, Trixie and Spud stared at her with wide eyes. "Uh… Sorry…"

Gracie smiled nervously, "Oh, it's ok. Sorry 'bout that. I just hate it when people act like they're always right when they could be wrong, ya know? Pet peeve." She shrugged and went into the back.

Jake stared in the direction Gracie went suspiciously.

Trixie and Spud decided to take off shortly afterwards. Jake was sitting behind the cash register as Gracie was organizing the stock. "It's really not that bad. All that's needed is a little re-modeling and maybe a commercial to put it out there ya know? I think I'll talk to Lao Shi about it." She spoke.

Jake nodded. "That could work…" He eyed her, "Hey, Gracie?"

"What?"

"You took what Trixie said kinda personally. How come?"

"I don't know what you're talking about. I told you that when people do that it ticks me off. That's all."

"I don't think so. I think you're hiding something. I mean she showed up around the same time as you. You know something about her."

"It's a coincidence, Jake, and you're paranoid." She told him calmly. He sighed, "You're probably right."

The woman could have been Rose. But she may not have. Gracie didn't seem to know anything. Trixie could've been right. Maybe he was just seeing things… It was pretty dark, so he really couldn't tell the shade of her eyes.

LATER THAT DAY

"Yo, Kara! Hey, Sara!" Jake greeted the oracle twins when he saw them walking down the street. "Hey, Jake! How are you?" Sara asked.

"Hey." Kara replied.

"I'm good. What're you guys doing here?"

"Sara wants to go to the mall so she can flirt with the cashier at Planet Music. I'm going so she doesn't look too obvious. Luckily for her, it works."

"Tryin' to hook up with a human? You sure that's a good idea, Sara?" Jake raised an eyebrow.

"Sure, why not? It's not like I've any visions about it so that's a good sign." She answered smiling. Her eyes flashed gold, "Oh, speaking of visions, you're gonna get knocked down by a big man in a ski mask! Hahaha, ouch!"

"We should get going before the mall closes." Kara stated. Jake nodded, "See ya, guys, later!"

"Bye-bye, Jake!"

"See, ya." Kara's eyes flashed gold and she turned to look at Jake, "Tell her I said hi."

"Huh?"

"You'll find out. Let's go, Sara."

With that said the two left; leaving behind a very confused man.

FLASH

Rose was walking around Central Park. It was peaceful, no one was around. She replayed her meeting with the dragon.

It was surprising that she actually missed him. She shook her head and laughed at herself.

She then thought of her replacement. Pathetic was the only word that came to mind. Ok, so she was alright but she the only thing she did better than Rose was being cold blooded.

When Rose was Huntsgirl, she tended to hesitate a lot when she used the staff against a foe.

So lost in her thoughts, she didn't notice the large man behind her until he grabbed her purse and took off.

Her eyes wide, it took her a moment to realize what just happened. "Oh, hell no!" she yelled as she ran after him.

She saw him look back and see the blonde hot on his trail. He ran faster so Rose picked up the pace as well.

Soon they were out of the park and the man ran into the street, making the cars swerve to a stop.

Rose jumped on top of a car and onto another. He made it to the other side just as soon as Rose hopped onto the last car. She hopped onto the hood of the car and leaped off, tackling the thief to the ground, unfortunately knocking down a poor innocent man in the process.

She snatched her purse from the thief and got off him, allowing him to run away after muttering something that sounded suspiciously like, "Crazy bitch."

She threw her purse over her arm and extended her arm to help up the poor guy she inadvertently caused to fall.

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Jake rubbed the back of his head as he sat up. 'Well, there's Sara's vision…' he thought, closing his eyes.

"Are you alright?" he opened his eyes to see a hand extended towards him.

He stared at the hand with wide eyes. The hand had a birthmark shaped as dragon, the tail wrapped around the wrist and the wings and head up the palm.

He looked up to see the face of the woman he'd been dying to see for seven years. It was her. She was older and prettier, but she was her.

"Rose?"

Her eyes widened in, what he guessed was, realization. "Jake?"

"It's you!" they exclaimed at the same time.

Hahaha it's you! Real smooth, anyways, they met! Gracie's a good liar. Hope you like it. Please review!