Quick Note:Thanks for all the reviews you guys!Anywho,here's some repiles to any questions and/or comments made.Won't take long.
Repiles:
MegaLaManiacOfTheNorth:You sounded rather excited.So much so,that I had to say this.Take a chill pill!
IndependentGirl:Well,I acutally only saw half of it when I was up at my cousins in Columbia about a week ago as soon as I got a break for SATS.And she saw pretty much most of it and filled me in on what happened.But she didn't mention exchanging schools...ugh!She's SO vague!Anyways,I still continue on with it.It won't make a ton of difference.But thanks for pointing that out for me.lolz!
Alright,without further ado,I will continue!Heh,that ryhmes.
Continueing...
Jake sat cross-legged on his bed,deep within the realm of thought.He had returned home that night with the feeling of before still clinging to him and it was growing stronger by the second.But his Grandfather had clearly told him to be in his best shape for one of the biggest missions he had ever done.And it would all begin the next morning.
"And to think I could be living normally right now if this was a 'skip' generation,"He turned his head slightly to look over at the alarm clock that rested on his nightstand and when his eyes caught the wearying sight of 1:30.He sighed with irresolution and turned restlessly on his side to try and sleep,"But it is..."he continued to murmur drowzily,"Worth it."
The next thing Jake knew was that he was being prodded hastily in the side by the end of something not quite sharp but differently pointed,it was enough to arowze the young Asian-American teen enough to swipe out irratabley at the foregin object and then,with his arm starting to drag him down.Jake slumped over and fell over the side of the bed,sheets and all.
"Yoo-hoo!Jakey,time to get up!"Jake heard the up-beat sound of Fu Dog's voice making him slowly lift his eye lids,"Raise annndddd shine!"he continued to coax Jake with a sing-song voice,starting to pull at his arm,"Come on,kid!Grandpa's waiting.And if he's waiting,you need to be moving!Kapcise?"
"Uhh-slow down,"Jake finally groaned groggily and started to get his feet,"Grandpa's here?Already."he glanced over to the clock to see it was already past Nine,"Holy crud!I'm late..."
"Well,mister make-us-wait-forever.You're telling-me!"
Not bothering to change but to just grab his coat and slip on his shoes,Jake quickly grabbed Fu Dog by the collar and ran while dragging him down stairs and was almost out the front door when his Sister stepped in front of him.
"Hi Jake."She said simply,her dimples showing as she smiled first cheekily at Fu then at Jake,"Where are you going?"
"No time Hailey."Jake told her sternly,scooting her to one side,"I'm already late and not needin' anymore delays here."
"Late for Dragon Lessons?"
That one sentence all together made him freeze in his tracks,but rather to take the time to explain or just explode on her.He only turned and nodded once,shifting into his Dragon Form,him and Fu Dog were well on thier way to where they needed to go.But leaving a very wide-eyed Hailey behind.
"What's wrong,pumpkin?"Her father questioned her with an arched brow as soon as she was came trotting dejectedly back in the house,"You look worse then time you didn't get that part in the play-thing you wanted so badly."
"Nothing Daddy,"Hailey shook her head and slowly made her way back up the stairs,"I wish I could tell you."she told him before she went up to her room,"But I can't,sorry."
Mr Long scatched at his head and wondered why in the world his own Nine-year-old daugther couldn't just tell what was going on.She wasn't anywhere near the Teen years as his son was,he realized.But then,if not that,what could it be?
On to Grandpa's house we go!
Jake flapped his wings furiously,as he made a rather crashing dive into the already-opened door to his Grandfather's shop and luckily landed right in a useless pile of old scrap metal.
"Whew!"Jake laughed coolly,brushing his shoulders off and taking a few steps back,"That was a close one.Maybe G is still asleep or something.And I got here just in the nick of..."
"JAKE!"his hopes of sneaking in without being noticed shattered instantly,as a pierecing roar came from just behind him and he grimly turned to see a very tightened-red face glaring at him from the backroom's doorway.
"Oh!"He laughed sheepishly,turning on his heel and changing back to normal,"Sorry,Gramps.Didn't see you there."but he sort of frowned and dropped the act all together,"Uh,I kind of slept in late.Or,you know,I would have been here I time."
Instead of yelling at him any further,he only dismissed it by motioning Jake and the now just recovering Fu Dog into the back room where he made Jake sit opposite from him on the other side of a small,round table.Taking in a deep breath,he began to explain to Jake what his biggest assignment yet was,
"Jake,"He began to say in a clear andserious voice,"You know you're job is to watch-out-for and protect the hidden world of the Magical realm from all evil here in New York,right?Right.Well,there is one job out there that is greater then any other...protecting the last Phoenix,"he paused when he saw the disturbed look on his Grandson's face at the mention of the world 'last',he took that time to nod and then continue on pensively,"Yes,they use to thrive majestically in different places around the world.But,no thanks to the Huntsclan.Only 1 remains and the only reason no one has located it until now is because.Well...they only appear every few hundred years.And this one is in great danger,since of course it's now making it's appearance now in the real world and where.Well,it was last seen heading our way."
"When was that?"Jake questioned him curiously.
"Oh,the other day actually.But,"he reached overto place a firm hand on Jake's shoulder and look him directly in the eye,"This is you're greatest challenge yet,young one.You,alone,are expected to watch after it and after seeing what you can do...well,let's just say the Dragon Council and I feel that since you have done what you have done before.We think that we can trust with this."
Jake was silent for a while,as he gazed out the window and watched a couple of younger kids go by on thier Skateboards.That was when,for the first time in a while,he was really concerned about a magical creature other then himself or Rose.And he,himself,had always wanted to see a real live Phoenix up close.He turned back to Grandpa.
"I'm ready for it.When do I start?"
"Right now,"Grandpa ushered Jake to shift back into Dragon form and follow him,"The Phoenix is coming closer and the Huntsclan,maybe even others,will strike soon.We need to find him and redirect him to a safer location then this!"
A few minutes with Rose...
As the Train came to a complete hault at the nearest Train station,it's sudden jolt made Rose awaken so suddenly that she almost fell out of the still partially opened Train door.Shivering a bit,she collected her only belongings she had tooken with her and proceeded to board off it when no one was looking and head quickly over to where a pay phone was.There,she slipped a few coins in and pulled out a crumpled sheet of paper from her pocket with her Cousin's number written hastily down on it.She then yanked the phone off the reciever and jabbed away at the buttons.
"Hello,"a young woman's voice awnsered at the other end.
"Leslie,it's me.I'm here and everything."Rose told her cousin in a rush of breath,as she pressed the phone up tightly to her ear,"It's pretty cold right now.Can you come and get me?"
"Yeah,just stay put OK."Leslie told her concernedly over the phone and hung up when she thought that Rose had heard.
With a deep,concentrated sigh,Rose walked up to sit by herself on a wooden bench on the small Train Station and pulled her light jacket up more around her shoulders.But just as she was ready to resume her thoughts about Jake,a familiar beeping sound made her glance down at her old Huntsclan watch.She would have ignored it,but somehow found herself reluctantly pressing the button to get the transmission anyways.
"Huntsgirl,"her Uncle's impaitent voice said over some wirey static,"The Phoenix is home immedeteley!I will not tolerant this sort of behaviour any longer."
But Rose only grabbed the Watch and ripped it off,giving him a very defiant and significant look,she threw it into the snow with jerking effort and caught herself breathing heavily.She didn't know what to do anymore,finding all she now knew out,transfereing schools,being forced to hunt even when she refused to.But,rethinking a bit,the Phoenix was very rare and very valuable.With brimming eyes,she almost went for the watch.However,something inside held her back.Something inside of her realized,it was wrong.
The Phoenix was a living creature,so were all Magical creatures.But,all her life she had been taught to only hunt and sell or keep them as trophies.But now that she thought about it,it really didn't seem worth it any longer.Even more so,she wanted to make it up to Jake somehow.And,grinning to herself and then to the deep cerulean sky with a calm silence hanging loosely in the air,she knew just how to do it.
Well,hope y'll like it so far.A lot of questions were probabley arowzed in this particular chapter,but all gets awnsered sooner or later.No worries!Anywho,I'll continue soon!I just LOVE it when I ryhem.Anywho...soon...hmm...not that funny.
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