Secrets to Hide
Author's Note: So, here I am with the eighth chapter. Well, sorry if I haven't submitted in a while… FFnet wasn't working for me… meaning it didn't let me submit documents… Anyways, if you are a member of the ADJL Fan Forums, then you've probably read this update already, so… here's the eighth chapter anyway…
Chapter 8 – Revealing the Truth
Again was another day of school for Cat, only she was more nervous that she has ever been.
What was Jake going to say? What about Kel?
She didn't know…
She was as nervous as heck… What if it was something bad?
Clutching her backpack tightly, Cat walked to school, her heart pounding.
The way to school wasn't bad. She didn't spot Jake or Kel anywhere…
A sigh of relief… Only, it was too soon…
"Cat!" yelled two familiar voices of her friends, Jake and Kellen.
'Oh no…' Cat thought, gulping.
She turned back and continued walking like she didn't hear them, panicking.
"Cat, wait!" Jake said, putting her hand on her shoulder, motioning her to stop.
Cat was speechless…
"What was up with yesterday?" He then asked.
"Um… well…" Cat started, still walking.
"Yeah, is there something wrong or something?" Kel added.
Cat sighed. She had to tell them sooner or later.
"Okay, but first, can you two keep a secret?" Cat asked.
"Yeah, of course…" Jake and Kel said, in unison.
"Alright… so… Jake… do you remember my first day?" Cat started.
"Yeah… No mean to be weird or anything but you actually acting kind of strange…" Jake replied, remembering what had happened.
Certain strange events popped into his head. Like, when Cat opened the textbook with no struggle… like she wasn't even touching the pages. Or that time when Rotwood spoke up about dragons… All of her weird actions were making Jake a bit suspicious…
"Yeah, I remember…" He said.
"Well… especially about the dragon thing… I uh… kinda know about them…" Cat said, still nervous.
"You do?" Jake and Kel asked in unanimity once again, both surprised.
"Yeah… Want to know why?" Cat asked.
"Why?" They both asked.
"Weeeeeell…" Cat started.
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"You're what?" Jake asked, surprised.
"A… a dragon…" Cat stammered.
"No way!" Kel said.
"Yes way…" Cat said.
"Whoa…" Jake said, shocked.
The three were in Jake's house, talking. Haley was upstairs, his mom was at the kitchen, and his dad was at work.
"Um, well… any of you two heard of the… Sonar Dragon?" Cat asked.
"Yeah! I've seen that dragon around a lot of times… and that battle with the Dark Dragon yesterday… Yeah, the name is familiar." Jake said at once.
"Well…" Cat said.
"You're the Sonar Dragon?" The two asked again simultaneously.
"Man, we got to stop doing that." Jake then said, losing focus on the topic.
"Yeah, freaky." Kel agreed.
Cat cleared her throat, getting the two's attention.
"Yeah… Sonar Dragon…" She replied.
"Wow… no wonder… everything was SO familiar." Jake said. "I mean, the ponytail, the voice… everything was so… so… recognizable…" He said.
Cat giggled.
"Yeah…" She said. "So, have you by any chance know anybody called the American Dragon or even, IronHand perhaps?" She asked, curious.
"Yeah!" Jake said. "I'm the American Dragon." He said.
"Uh huh, and you're speaking to IronHand." Kel said.
"Whoa, are you kidding me?" Cat asked, blinking in awe.
"Nope." Jake said, shaking his head.
"Oh my gosh! I… I… I didn't know!" Cat said, ready to fall off of the couch.
"Heh, well, we never knew you were the Sonar Dragon." Kel said.
"Yeah, true…" Cat said.
She then sighed, remembering…
"But… the sad thing is…" She started.
"What?" Jake asked.
"Well, have I ever told you guys about the first time I fought the Dark Dragon?" Cat asked, looking up at the two.
"No…" The two replied, shaking their heads.
"Um, well… it was back when I was back in Topeka…" Cat started.
The two were paying close attention.
"And it wasn't the best thing back when I was still twelve… I was about to turn thirteen. My birthday was a month away. But it wasn't the best "present" to be at that time… But when I was five, I found out I had powers… It was one day when I was in kindergarten. My first day in school… I can remember it like it was just yesterday… At the playground when I was playing with my best friend, I went to the back of the alley nearby to get a ball when we were playing catch with… then… a weird voice was talking me… It was telling me something… It told me I was… a dragon… The voice was getting closer by the second… and then… it told me everything… my powers, my abilities, my known name, weaknesses, strengths… everything… then before I could ask him about my dragon form, he disappeared… Two years later, I figured out what my dragon form looked like… by the same familiar voice that was before… I was surprised… until that day, I've told nobody about my secret… So all these years of hiding it, I finally tell somebody… And it's you two… And plus, when I learn about my powers… I also learned that the Dark Dragon is after me… The first battle with him was hard but I actually beat him… and I was seven-years-old at that time. But, we had a reason why we moved out of Kansas a month ago." She said.
"Wow, so why did you even move out of Topeka in the first place?" Kel asked.
"Well… actually, there's more to the story… since I told you that we moved a month before my birthday and I was still twelve… well… the Dark Dragon has been taunting me since I always defeat him with my powers… but I always used my strongest ones, so I tend to lose my energy quickly… I figured out that it's been happening to me so I stopped using them for a while, just for the sake of my energy to stay conscious… But even after five years of him always following me and watching me, I always turn out to be using my ultimately influential powers. And since he always fought me, I always got weaker… So, one day… one day that wasn't so long ago… he came back again… only, he brought catastrophe to my house. On a normal day, my house went on fire and I saw that the Dark Dragon had done it with ease. I tried all I could to drive him out but he never stopped. But when I attempted to use my powers, he stopped me and defeated me for the first time. And also, it was unfortunate for me because that day, I nearly escaped my burning house, with me, stuck on one place. And my family was all outside, waiting for me to come out safely. They couldn't count on that because I… ended up in the hospital with intensive care on the same day… I was nearly close to death and our house was ruined. We only moved to NYC to forget everything that had happened… But that took a couple of weeks since the doctors didn't allow me to be released until then… So, after I was fully healed, it was a few weeks before my birthday and my mom decided that we move to NYC where she and my dad used to live. So, we celebrated my 13th birthday at a decent stay at a hotel and a search through the sites… I did all I could to forget what had happened… until he followed me again… So… since I defeated him again… he's still after me…" Cat replied.
"Wow… I never knew…" Jake said.
"Yeah, and the even sadder part is… that I'm afraid that tomorrow, he'll fine me and provoke me to fight again." Cat sighed.
"Hey, Cat, remember this, there's no such thing as doing things alone when in a battle. We're in this together… If the Dark Dragon shows up again, trust me, Jake and I will be behind your back… even if it means going through it all." Kellen said.
"Kel's right, Cat. We're both by your side. And whatever bad thing happens, we'll be sure to help you in anyway to defeat him." Jake said.
This time, Cat was cheering up.
What could be better than having two best friends by your side even through hard times?
Nothing!
This made Cat feel special… Her friends meant the world to her.
"Aw thanks!" She said, hugging the two of them.
"Oh, and by the way, did you decide between me or Jake yet?" Kel teased.
"Maybe, maybe not… but for now, I'll stick with you two." Cat said, hugging the two tightly.
It's great having friends like these, she thought.
Last Minute Comments: Sooo, what did you think of this chapter? Good? Bad? Whatever? Review (but not flame, please)! For now, I have to get to bed… It's four in the morning right now and mom will kill me if I don't turn off the computer now.