Chapter 28: First Transformation
Jake and Dave stared at Rose in shock and Rose herself was surprised at first. "Stay away from us!" Rose growled at Chang. Chang just struck out at Rose and Rose raised her arm. Chang's claws cut Rose's arm and it started to bleed slightly. Dave and Jake transformed and shot fire at Chang. Chang flew up and out of the way and Rose used her wings to get into the air but as it was her first time as a dragon, she had trouble controlling where she was flying. She accidentally hit Dave and they both hit the ground. "Sorry!" Rose said to Dave. Dave just smiled and said, "It is your first time, I understand." They got up off of the ground and Dave said, "Rose, for now, just stay on the ground. It may be easier for all of us." Rose had a look of disappointment on her face but she nodded and stayed on the ground. Dave flew up again and tried to fly into Chang but she dodged causing Dave to his a wall. He fell to the ground and shifted back to his human form. "Now that hurt," Dave said.
Jake shot fire at Chang but Chang was prepared and she dodged and flew straight at Jake, knocking him on top of Rose. Rose moaned slightly and Jake got up off of her and helped her up while Dave got up and transformed back to his dragon form. The fighting started again. Dave cut Chang from behind but he was quickly thrown against the wall again. Dave got up as Jake started to take Chang on by himself. He scratched at her with his claws and shot fire on occasion but he missed every time and Chang hit Jake with fire knocking him down. Chang turned to face Dave and started to slowly approach him. Dave looked at Chang in fear as Rose tried to make herself useful. Then, fortune shined upon Rose and she shot a fireball out at Chang. Chang turned to face Rose after being hit but Dave quickly knocked Chang down to the ground. Chang got up and growled, "It isn't over yet. You can count on that," she said and flew out of the small room. Dave transformed back and went to Rose where Jake had Rose in his arms. "Thanks Rose," Dave said. "No problem," Rose responded to him. "You are one sexy dragon," Jake said. "As are you," Rose said and then they started kissing and holding onto each other, getting as close as their dragon bodies would allow them. Haley just stared and Dave smiled and grabbed Haley. After a couple of minutes and some thinking on Dave's part, he finally said to the still kissing Jake and Rose, "I think we should continue moving on now." They broke the kiss and nodded. "He is right. We should continue," Rose said. Jake and Rose transformed back to their human forms and they looked at the stairs. "I think we will have to fly up them," Dave said, noticing that the stairs were broken. Dave made his wings appear and he flew up the broken steps. After a little struggling from Rose, she activated just her wings and flew up with Jake holding her hand and flying beside her. Haley flew up last. When they were at the top they got rid of their wings and looked around the floor.