(A/N) Hello all, and well….. Oh, who cares! You already know what I'm gonna say! Anyway, sorry I've taken so long. School work, homework, purgatory (school of course) and what not! Thank you reviewers YourFavoriteWriterEver (wow, what a mouthful), and K9. Aw shucks, thanks for the compliment YFWE, but I'm sure you could beat me with any of your material. Just remember what I always say… "Remember, licking doorknobs is illegal on other planets!"…… No, not that…….. "You'll never guess what I found in my sock last night! Go ahead, guess!"…… Damn, not that either. Well, I guess that you'll have to read the chapter while I think of it. ON WITH THE FIC! (BTW, thanks for da review K9, but who the heck is General Par-chen?)
American Dragon: Jake Long, Dragon Double
By Dark Magician Boy
Chapter 4: Magic Mess Up
Jake's skin turned red hot. No, it really did. As Rose's eyes closed, Jake's skin began to turn into scales.
"Oh crud," Jake thought. He tried to pull away from Rose, but it was like superglue had been plastered across his lips, or Jake and Rose's lips had become high powered magnets.
The scales continued up his body, and Jake knew that once they reached his head, Rose would feel the change in his lips and see a scaly teen who had no clue what to do.
Cameron saw what was happening, and immediately rushed over. He had to fix this. But the question was how?
His brain began to experience a quickened heartbeat, as he began to feel woozy, and without control, his tail shot out.
"What's happening to us?" Cameron whispered to Jake, and Jake shrugged as he zipped up his jacket to hide any scales on his body. All that needed to be hidden was Cameron's tail and Jake's hands which were scale covered.
But the ironic thing was that nobody saw them. It was if everyone was frozen in place. And at that moment, Grandpa, Fu Dog, and Hailey rushed in. Grandpa's head was attached to a long, blue neck which connected to his human body, and Hailey had pink claws instead of hands and feet.
"What's happening?" Cameron asked urgently.
"Jake, or in the scroll terms, a dragon has kissed a mortal. All mortals in a ten mile radius have been set into a time warp, and all dragons are experiencing species morphation," Grandpa explained.
"In English," Jake managed. "You're stuck to Ms. Rose, and any dragon in disguise within ten miles is losing control of their shape shifting powers," Fu Dog said, dragging Jake, who's lips were attached to Rose's, who was of course dragged along with Jake.
"How do you fix it?" Cameron asked. "Jakes' gotta pour a potion on his and Rose's lips which will be acquired from Cupid," Hailey said as they rushed out of the pizza place, and Fu Dog threw a vial to the ground which turned into a swirling vortex.
"Jump in, cause' this is the express to Cloud 9," Fu Dog.
Hailey dove in first, followed by Grandpa, Fu Dog, Cameron, and then Jake who was still stuck to Rose, so naturally, she went too.
Jake and the unconscious Rose slid down a tunnel of flashing blue swirl for what seemed like a long time, until the tunnel shot up at a slant, and the blue tunnel began to lighten until it was no longer an ocean blue, but a baby blue, and at the least expected moment, they shot out of the tunnel and landed on a nice, plump cloud.
Jake looked around, and when he saw his surroundings, he wished he could stay like this with Rose forever. But then he remembered that people back in New York were stuck in a time warp, and he had to fix it soon.
So, he took Rose in his arms, and followed the strange, constantly morphing group until the reached a quaint, little hut that was heart shaped and naturally, pink.
Fu Dog burst through the door, everyone following and rushed in to meet a plump little baby with an arrow quiver filled with arrows that ended in hearts, and the biggest bambie eyes anyone ever saw.
"Another one?" Cupid said in a tiny little voice. He reached into a short desk behind him and pulled out a bottle filled with pink fluid and things swimming around it that looked like hearts.
"This will do the trick," he said, thrusting it into Grandpa's hands, or, claws. He popped the cork on it, and began to pour it onto Jake and Rose's joined lips.
But Jake realized a second after that once the potion finished, Rose would wake up and see Cupid's office. She would either go insane or find out about Jake.
He tried to warn them to stop, but the potion soothed him into a dreamy state, and he relaxed as his lips separated slowly from Rose's.
And the second they did, Rose's eyes fluttered open. She took a survey of her surroundings, and then looked at Jake, who had turned back to normal by now, along with the others.
"Jake, where are we?" Rose asked, sounding a little scared.
"If I said we were at Cloud 9, would you believe me?" Jake asked, and Rose seemed to calm down.
"How can anyone be this calm when they wake up in Cupid's office?" Jake thought, as he looked into Rose's light, blue eyes.
"Wait a minute! Blue eyes, blonde hair. That matched the Huntsgirl," Jake thought. "But it couldn't be," Jake thought. "How could my biggest crush be my biggest enemy?" he thought again. But just to make sure, he was gonna test.
"Huntsclan?" he said, and to his surprise, she reacted. "What did you say?" she said, half scared.
"Have you ever heard of anything called the Huntsclan?" Jake asked, and Rose's teeth began to chatter.
"It's where my family originated. My uncle moved here, and made me a member of it. It's just a stupid club, we pretend to hunt magic stuff like leprechauns, elves," Rose began, but Jake finished her sentence.
"Dragons?" he asked, and Rose flinched. "Um, a, yeah, there are some dragons," she said nervously.
"American Dragon?" Jake questioned, and Rose went stiff as a board.
"How did you find about him?" she asked, her teeth chattering.
"Because," Jake said, standing up and taking a step back. "I am him."
Rose stared at Jake, and when she concentrated on him very hard, she began to see the similarities. And with all this being absorbed into her brain (which was WAY too much), she began to sway, and passed out.
"Oh great, look what you did Jake!" Hailey retorted. "You told another person about us," she said pouting.
"Hey, I didn't intend for Trixie, Spud, or Rose to find out. They found out on their own," Jake said, holding back a cry. "Besides. She's the Huntsgirl," Jake said, and all four gasped.
"Then we should destroy her right now," Grandpa ordered, stepping forward.
"NO!" Jake defended, and Grandpa stepped back, surprised by Jake's anger.
"I don't care if she is the Huntsgirl. Underneath that is the girl I fell in with love. And I'm pretty sure we can get through to Rose, and get rid of Huntsgirl," Jake said. "And if not, we at least won't eliminate her," he said, picking her up and walking back towards the portal Fu Dog had made.
"Ok, you didn't have to be so dramatic," Cameron said, jumping in, with Jake carrying Rose following, along with Grandpa, Fu Dog, and Hailey.
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After they had gotten back to their house, Jake laid Rose down on the couch. Aunt Shui stayed in the living room with Rose, making everybody leave so she could see into Rose's future and see how she would cope with this situation.
Jake's dad was told that Rose was allergic to something in the pizza, had passed out, and that Aunt Shui used to be a nurse and was checking Rose's vital signs.
Eventually, they went to sleep, except Jake. He stayed up all night, very scared for Rose. Her future had been undetermined, and her heart was not dealing well with all this stress.
His lamp burnt out once, and Jake checked on Rose every time. He had laid a blanket over her, and a cup of hot cocoa on the table beside her.
He waited for what seemed like hours on end, until his door began to open, and through the crack did Jake see Rose's blue eyes.
"Can I come in?" Rose asked, and Jake nodded.
Rose walked in slowly with the mug of cocoa in her hand, and the blanket wrapped around her, and she sat down at Jake's bedside.
"So," she said. "We've been fighting each other for months now, and we didn't have a clue," she said, and slowly, Jake nodded.
"I always hoped that I would one day meet the real American Dragon. And I did expect him to be like you. I guess my suspicion was right," she chuckled a little, sipping on some more cocoa.
"And you don't mind?" Jake asked.
"Not if the American Dragon is you. I was always scared to admit this but, I think I'm ready now," she said. "I love you."
Jake almost felt as if he was floating on air. He wanted to blurt out that he did too, but that would wake up Cameron. So quietly, he said without any fear at all "I do too."
Rose edged closer to him, sipping on more cocoa. "So are we gonna start pulling our punches or something?" Jake asked. "I guess we have to if we want to convince Huntsmaster. If he knew about this, then he would be adding my name to the residence list in the Huntsclan tomb," Rose said, with a hint of fear in her voice.
"Hmm. My grandpa would just yell at me and get on with his day," Jake said, and they both laughed. They couldn't help it. It was just one of those moments where you just had to laugh.
"Transform," she said suddenly. "Here?" Jake asked. "No, not here. On the roof," Rose said.
"Ok, but why do you want me to do it there?" Jake asked.
"One thing that I have always wanted besides to slay a dragon which I don't now is to fly. Not on an airplane, or any vehicle," Rose said.
"Well I'll make sure you get your wish," Jake said, and Rose smiled. "Same old Jake," she thought, and the two walked to the fire escape.
Rose went first up the ladder, then Jake and they climbed upwards until finally, they reached the rooftop, and Rose watched as Jake got into position.
"Ready?" Jake asked.
"Ready," Rose said.
"DRAGON UP!" Jake yelled, and he then transformed into the American Dragon, and Rose stared as his figure grew until he was fully dragon. Then, she stepped forward and climbed onto Jake's back as he took off into the canyon made by buildings.
Jake figured he would make this trip worth while, so he drooped low to where the street was and nearly touched his face to the street. It was a good thing it was late, because nearly nobody was out on this street at night.
Rose's stomach flipped for a second, but then calmed down as Jake descended back into the clouds and above the world.
She stared around at her new surroundings, took advantage of it, and spread her arms and stared straight ahead, to make it seem like she was actually flying herself, and Jake flew as gently as he could when he realized what Rose was trying to do.
"If I fall, would you catch me?" Rose asked, and Jake turned his attention from the clouds to Rose.
"Of course I would," Jake responded. And without warning, Rose made a perfect dive off of Jake. He stared at Rose diving towards the Earth, then plummeted after her until she landed safely in his arms.
Rose didn't even look shaken a bit. It was as if she had a magic force field on her. "But only magical creatures could have that sort of stamina, falling toward the Earth and not getting hurt. But there was no way she could be magic and not know it. She was frozen in the field she and I had created," Jake pondered as Rose crawled back onto his back.
But then he remembered what Grandpa had told him during a training session. A magical creature wasn't actually considered as such until they knew it consciously. And Rose had not been told that she was a dragon, a leprechaun, or even an………. An oracle!
Jake looked back at Rose and thought. Oracles were supposed to look pretty much like mortals the most. Besides shape shifters of course. Jake had mistaken Kara and Sarah for mortals when he first met them. What made Rose any different?
He looked back at Rose before he decided he needed to find out, and he changed the direction towards his house. Rose didn't notice, and Jake flew around for about another half hour in the canyons of New York before he landed atop his house, and morphed back to human.
"That was….. Very enjoyable," Rose said as they climbed back to Jake's room. Everyone else was still asleep, so it wasn't like they could throw a college football team party.
But they could at least manage a creaky window. Jake allowed Rose to jump in first, and then he followed until they were both sitting on Jake's bed.
"I think that you're something you don't think you are, but will be," Jake said, and Rose gave him a puzzled look.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Rose asked. Jake was trying to remember the incantation his Grandpa had given in order to test someone of magic blood.
Then it hit him. He remembered the spell. And without even warning Rose, he blurted it out.
"Magus periclitor," he said as blue dust flowed from his hands and into Rose's eyes. Rose stared for a second, but then her eyelids drooped, and she dropped to Jake's bed, asleep. The spell made the person unconscious for 24 hours.
Now all he had to do was get her back to the couch, and nobody would know a thing.
Jake took Rose in his arms, carried her down back to the couch, and gently laid her down.
He looked at her, and then remembered that the prey of the spell would turn purple, blue, than golden if they were magical. Otherwise, they would turn purple, blue, but then brown. So Jake was gonna have to get Rose covered, otherwise, his dad would see, his grandpa would be mad that he cast the spell without warning, and Aunt Shui would be hovering over him to see if Rose was this "One Oracle". Which he didn't want any of.
So, Jake set the blanket over her whole entire body. Fortunately, they had called Rose's uncle that she was on a school trip, so he wouldn't be breathing down Jake's neck all day.
Jake started upstairs, but then, he heard the worst sound possible. An alarm clock going off.
He dashed back to his room and dived under the covers just as Cameron sat up and yawned.
"Did you sleep well?" Cameron asked as Jake sat up, pretending to be sleepy.
"Yeah, all night," he lied.
"Wonder how Rose is doing," Cameron thought aloud.
"Don't know. How 'bout we go and check on her," Jake suggested.
So the two teens got up from bed and hobbled downstairs until they were at the couch, where Rose's unconscious body waited.
Cameron pulled off the covers that were over Rose's head, and she appeared to be fine. Jake checked her feet and they were as purple as someone who had been holding their breath for a few hours.
Jake quickly covered her feet back up as Grandpa entered the room with Fu Dog.
"So how is she doing?" Fu Dog asked walking up to Rose's face.
"Still unconscious. She'll probably be staying here for the rest of the week cause' that's how long school trips usually last," Jake said tucking the covers around Rose.
"What about school?" Cameron asked.
"They think she is relaxing at a beach in Hawaii," Grandpa said, and he walked toward the kitchen. Fu Dog soon followed, allured by the aroma of pancakes drowned in syrup, then Cameron and Jake.
But Rose, in her own unconscious world was having her own thoughts.
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Rose stared at the scroll in front of her.
"Where am I?" Rose asked the scroll in front of her. And suddenly, like in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, a message was written down.
That is not important right now it read. Right now, you must be tested of magic blood.
"I don't have magic blood," Rose said to the scroll. "But then again, I have always felt odd, hunting magic creatures," she said. It's kind of impossible to think when your already in your own mind, so unfortunately, she was gong to have to say everything.
If you don't accept the trial, then you shall be trapped within your own mind for eternity it said.
"Well, I guess there's nothing else really to do," she said to the scroll.
Suddenly, a plume feather appeared in front of her, so she took it in her hand and dipped it in a bowl of ink that also appeared, and was prepared to write.
The first question it said, and she touched the pen to the paper. She had always been good at tests. Why would this one be any different?
(A/N) Please review and tell me what you think I should put on this test.