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American Dragon: Jake Long, Dragon Double
By Dark Magician Boy
Chapter 5: Tests and training
The First Question the scroll said, Do you agree to accept the outcome of this test and realize what you are?
Yes Rose wrote. Her writing disappeared immediately, and another question appeared.
What family do you come from?
The Huntsclan. That answer also vanished into the paper, and another appeared.
The test continued for a few hour, or at least, that was what it felt like to Rose. Little did she know that right outside her mind, mayhem was ensuing.
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"YOU WHAT?" Trixie yelled at Jake's face. He had just told them who Rose was, and what he had done to her.
"I put a spell on her and now she's going through a series of tests in her mind," Jake said.
"You know, if I hadn't known that magic existed, then I would have called the nuthouse right away and throw you in the happy truck," Spud said, achieving stares from Jake and Trixie.
"Do you realize what you just said?" Jake asked as Spud toyed with his yo-yo.
"Not really, no," Spud admitted, untangling a knot.
"So now she knows you're a dragon and she's going to stop being this Huntsgirl girl?" Trixie asked.
"She'll still be the Huntsgirl. It's just that she won't be as mean as the Huntsgirl. But otherwise, that pretty much sums it up," Jake finished.
"So how are you going to go boarding with us if you have to look over an unconscious Rose as she partakes in tests all day without bathroom breaks?" Spud questioned, befuddling Jake. He just down right hated it when Spud made quotes from the dictionary, hereby leaving him clueless.
"Well, yeah," Jake said, and Trixie sighed in unison with Spud.
"Then I guess we'll help you. Besides, there ain't much anything better to do today," Trixie said, and Jake smiled warmly.
"Thanks guys, I so owe you," Jake said, taking their hands and dragging them down stairs.
"Wait a minute, I never agreed to this!" Spud protested, but neither of them paid attention as they made their way to the living room where Rose rested.
"So how exactly can we help?" Trixie asked, looking at Rose's face which was now blue.
"Distract my parents while I look for a way to undo the spell," Jake said. The trio spilt into two and one (Trixie with Spud, and Jake alone).
Trixie and Spud went toward the kitchen where everyone else was, and Jake rushed to the guest room where his grandpa kept all his stuff, including his spell books.
Mrs. Long turned her head to see Trixie and Spud enter the room. "Oh hello. Did Jake invite you over for breakfast?" she asked, and the two stopped in their tracks.
"Um, yeah," Trixie said, dragging Spud toward the table.
"But I'm allergic to pancakes," Spud said, trying to resist Trixie.
"You want to get in trouble?" Trixie asked stuffing Spud into a chair next to hers.
"No," Spud admitted.
"Then stuff your face with them pancakes," Trixie threatened.
Reluctantly, Spud took a fork, chose the skimpiest pancake on the serving plate, and slowly, put it in his mouth.
Jake, up in his grandpa's room was flipping through pages to find the reverse spell. He had gone through five books and had ten more to go.
But then he saw the chapter. Counter spells. Counter spells didn't have the best reliability, but if they worked, they would work.
And if this didn't work, then Jake would have to use a spell that would allow his mind to penetrate Rose's for nearly half an hour.
He began to flip through the pages but by the time he hit the third, he heard a screaming coming from the kitchen. Trixie and Spud were obviously doing their job, so Jake continued.
Spud's head by now, after eating the pancake had swollen to the size of an oversized balloon, his tongue was hanging out of his mouth the size of an over-inflated football, and red splotches were appearing all over his body. In other words, he had done the job correctly. (Okay, I'm not sure if Spud really is allergic to pancakes, but I needed to spice up the chapter!).
Jake rushed into the kitchen with the book of spells and saw his family, and his friends sitting at the table, and Fu Dog with Fu Cat under the table waiting eagerly for table scraps. He also saw the big bulbous thing now known as Spud sitting next to Trixie.
"Uh, come on guys, I found the, uh…… Answer to our homework!" Jake said, grabbing Trixie's hand and pulling her from her chair, and Trixie grabbing the ball known as Spud's hand. Spud seemed strangely light as he floated from his chair with Trixie and Jake into the living room.
When they finally got to the living room to the couch where Rose lay, Jake flipped to the section of healing, and found the spell of how to get rid of allergy symptoms. He found the spell, looked where he thought where Spud was, but instead looked up to see Spud, who had floated to the top of the room, still holding Trixie's hand. (Not really sure if that's possible, but I thought it was funny anyway).
"Salveo," Jake yelled at Spud, and he immediately began deflating and slowly floated back to the ground with Trixie until he was back to full health, with no signs of allergies.
"You gotta teach me that trick!" Spud said as he twirled his yo-yo.
"Maybe later," Jake said, flipping to the marked page of the counter spell.
"Praesentia presentia," Jake said, and a vortex appeared on Rose's forehead. "Wait a minute," Jake realized. He had gone to the wrong flipped page. They were going into Rose's mind!
"Hold hands TIGHTLY!" Jake alerted, and the other two obeyed, as they formed a triangle. The three suddenly turned into a sort of mist, and the mist swirled into the vortex slowly as the three screamed all the way down until the mist was entirely drained into Rose's head, and the vortex vanished.
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The trio landed with a thud in what seemed like a prairie. But the odd thing was that the sky was purple, with pitch black clouds swirling around. And not too far away, they could see a blonde haired thirteen year old girl, sitting on a stool, scratching answers on a scroll with a feather pen.
"Rose!" They all three said in unison, and they began to run toward her. "Dude what is going on here?" Spud asked on the way.
"I accidentally used the wrong spell. Instead of breaking the spell I cast on Rose, I sent us into Rose's mind, and we're stuck here for half an hour," Jake said as they drew closer.
"You know, if I never knew magic existed by now, I would be reserving a room at the happy hotel with the cushioned room suites," Trixie said just before they got there.
Rose had clearly completed over half of the test, for a giant stack of papers sat at her feet. Whenever she finished one sheet, it flew down to the stack, and another one of them flew up in front of her.
"I always knew you were a wiz at tests," Jake interrupted, and Rose stopped, then turned to see the three teens.
"Jake, how are you even you here?" Rose said, and she dipped her pen in a bottle of ink, preparing to write some more answers.
"Magic spell. I guess since I'm here, I might as well apologize for the spell I cast on you without warning you first. Obviously, you know by now that it's a test to see if you're of magic blood," Jake explained and apologized.
"Well, I think I'll be able to get out of this faster then the end of the day," Rose said, and Jake's mouth dropped.
"How did you know about that?" Jake asked, and Rose shrugged.
"The piece of paper told me," Rose said, and Jake pulled his mouth back up. "Oh, well that just explains itself," Jake said, and he gestured toward the paper.
"How much more do you have left?" Jake asked, and Rose looked at the piece of paper in front of her.
"Last one. That line needs my signature," Rose said. Without another word, she signed Rose in fancy cursive, finishing it off with a flower that resembled a rose.
The scroll flew down to the stack, and then the stack flew up in front of Rose.
The stack began to shimmer and all the papers flew in the formation of a spiral and began to spin until each and every paper was sucked into the center, and one single, sapphire embedded paper shot out and landed in Rose's lap.
In emerald ink, the four teenagers stared down at the three very powerful words. The One Oracle.
Jake's eyes got as wide as microphones, Rose began to choke on a lump in her throat, Trixie was stunned as she stared at the radiant paper, and Spud began to wonder why the sky in here was purple.
"Well, I think my aunt is gonna have a nervous fit of excitement," Jake said as a vortex appeared behind them.
"Looks like's it's time to go. You're about to wake up with this piece of paper in your hands, and us at the side of the couch," Jake said.
Rose was going to say something, but was stopped when she thought and realized that this week was going to be filled with training, so she stayed silent as the other three dived into the vortex and back into the real world, allowing her to wake up as they shot out of her forehead and landed at the side of the couch.
The adults were attracted by the crash and came in immediately to see that Rose had woken up and Jake, Trixie, and Spud were in a heap on the floor. Not only that, but Mrs. Long, Grandpa, and Aunt Shui eyed the sheet of paper in Rose's lap that read the three words that explained what had just happened over the past few hours.
"Oh, great, Rose woke up!" Mr. Long said. "Yes, but I'm still feeling kind of woozy," Rose lied and Mr. Long sighed.
"Too bad. Well, hope you get well soon! Your uncle is probably wondering what's up," Mr. Long said, and he headed to the kitchen, but nobody followed. Fortunately, he didn't notice.
"Jake Long, you have some serious explaining to do!" Mrs. Long said, and she stormed over to Jake.
"Um, uh… Spud is allergic to pancakes!" Jake tried, but his mother simply crossed her arms and scowled at him.
"Jake cast a spell on me to find out if I was magic, and it turns out that I am one of the most powerful beings on this planet," Rose said, dumbfounding everyone.
"And you're not angry in the least bit?" Aunt Shui asked, and Rose shook her head.
"Well, I believe I have a new pupil," Aunt Shui said, beginning to approach Rose. But Grandpa, with serpent speed bolted toward Rose and grabbed her by the hand.
"Oh no you don't. Rose is going to be my pupil! You won't have two, I will!" Grandpa said, and Aunt Shui laughed.
"You don't know the first thing about oracle training!" Aunt Shui scoffed.
"Oh, yes I do. Though I may be the younger sibling, I graduated the academy three years before you. And If I am not mistaken, I am three years younger than you, so I was accelerated enough to skip six years," Grandpa fought, and Aunt Shui remained silent. She was too embarrassed to say anything else.
"Come Rose. I will train you with Jake on rooftop," Grandpa said motioning toward the fire escape. Rose got up from the couch and followed him, along with Jake, Trixie, Spud, and Fu Dog.
In a few minutes of complication, they had each gotten up to the roof top and were waiting for Grandpa to begin.
"Jake, you first. Give me one lap," Grandpa said.
"Around the building," Jake hoped. "To the Empire State Building and back," Grandpa said, pulling out a watch. "And you better get started. You only have five minutes," he cautioned.
"Yikes!" Jake squeaked, and he jumped off the building without transforming. In a few seconds, they heard fire crackling, and Jake, in dragon form, soared into the distance.
"Now, Rose," Grandpa said, pulling a green blanket from the emergency pack on the roof in case if anyone got trapped out there. He laid it out in front of her, and gestured for her to sit down in an Indian style, which she did right away of course.
"Close your eyes and let your mind wander freely," Grandpa said, and Rose did so, allowing her mind to drift away from the present situation as Jake flew back and landed.
"Now to the Statue of Liberty," Grandpa said to Jake. "Aw man," he wheezed as he grew back his wings, but stayed in human form and flew toward the building.
Rose, in her own little world had drifted so far, she could barely hear Trixie and Spud betting how long it would take to get from the statue and back. But suddenly, words called out to her and she recited them without even being aware of them.
"Jake will take a minute an a half" she said, and the three turned to her.
"Ah, she is getting the hang of it already," Grandpa said as he looked at his stopwatch as it hit one minute, and thirty seconds later, Jake landed on the top of the roof.
"Oh cool!" Spud squealed, and he ran over to Rose.
"Ok, I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 10,000," Spud said, and the words managed themselves into Rose's mind.
"23,754," she said.
"That isn't between 1 and 10,000," Trixie complained!
"But it's the one I was thinking of!" Spud retorted, and Rose opened her eyes.
"What just happened?" she said, rubbing her head.
"You went through your first lesson," Grandpa said, and he morphed into a serpent.
"Come. I will take you kids back down for lunch," Grandpa offered. Trixie, Spud, and Rose jumped on safely, but Jake got bumped off.
"Hey, what was that about?" Jake whined, rubbing his rump.
"You are still in training. Use dragon toe claws and walk down wall. Then you may have lunch," Grandpa said, and he flew down with the three teenagers on his back.
"Aw man," Jake said, and he morphed his feet into dragon claws, and began to walk down the brick wall, where a very eventful lunch was going to occur.