A/N: Hey, y'all! I'm finally updating! Yay me! Guess what? I wasn't grounded:) That's the good news. The bad news was that I was sick.:( Yuck. I missed 2 days of school. In fact, in Algebra today, my teacher was taking roll, and he was like, "...Skyler...Ah, Elizabeth is back from the dead!" It was funny. OH, yeah, that's my real name. Elizabeth, or Lizzie, as I say in my profile. Anywho, review replies are at the bottom. (oh, thanks, I now have 84! Yay!)

Okay, I guess I should continue...on with chapter 19 (it may be sorta short, but I dunno). I've only got till like 9:30, and it's 9:06. Uh, oh.

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Chapter Nineteen

I had my eyes closed, waiting for the big blow and the horrible pain that was approaching. Now I knew why Rose was doing this to me...she needed to be freed from a curse. Still, I really thought that she cared about me...

I heard a huge explosion. I waited for the pain, but it didn't come. I carefully opened my eyes... "Granpa!" I sighed, relieved. He had apparently crashed through the wall and was now furiously fighting the Huntsclan. I looked for Rose, hoping that she would stay out of the way so that she would not get hurt (why I still worried about her, I have no idea). I was disappointed, though. She was up there with the rest of them, fighting Granpa furiously. I sighed. I guess she really didn't care about me.

"Hey, kid!" I looked around and spotted Fu Dog coming toward me in the midst of the battle. He had a huge bump on the top of his head, and it made him look very comical.

"Yo, Fu, you a'ight?" I asked, while trying to contain my laughter at his funny sight.

"Yeah, kid, I'm fine." He looked at me, and I felt pretty pathetic and helpless, being tied to a post and all, especially when Fu said, "But you, on the other paw, don't look like you're doin' so hot."

"Yeah, well...just cut me loose, okay?"

"You got it." Fu pulled a sharp knife from somewhere within his wrinkles (that magical fur is SO freaky!) and started to cut the ropes, one by one. Being sphinx hair, they were very hard to get through, so it was taking up quite a lot of our time. Thankfully, though, Granpa was keeping the clan busy, so none of them seemed to notice that their victim was escaping.

As soon as Fu had cut me loose, I swayed, from both fatigue and relief, but Fu gripped my arm and steered me toward the door. "Look, kid, we've gotta get you outta here. There'll be plenty of time for fainting later."

"I didn't-" I began, but Fu clapped his hand over my mouth and muttered, "Save it."

Granpa saw us coming, and got ready to fly. When we got on his back, he was about to take off when Huntsgirl jumped up and tried to hit him with her Huntstick. He gripped her ankle with his tail and soared off, with the girl flying helplessly behind, toward his shop.

"Yo, Gramps, why'd you do that?" I asked, looking back at Rose, bumping behind.

"Never question your Dragon Master."

"But you could've left her."

"I have my own reasons. It was no longer safe for her now."

"Why not?"

"You will find out soon enough."

So I sat there, behind Fu, on Gramps' back, with Rose trailing behind, utterly bewildered, while we headed for the electronics shop in New York City.

A/N: Okay, majorly weird, I know, but hopefully it'll make sense later...uh please continue to R&R, and I should (should being the key word) be able to update tomorrow...we'll see. Anyway, keep me in your thoughts, 'cuz I have to sing a solo school tomorrow...I'm singing "I Am A Poor Wayfaring Stranger". Yikes! Anyway, I hope you liked it, and chapter 20 should be here ASAP.

~Emachinescat ^..^

Review Replies

To jsliker: I'm glad you liked it...Thanks for reading it even though it may not have been the best...at least in your eyes...who knows...anyway thank you so much for becoming a member just for me...you're a great friend. Tell your sis I said hi. Yeah, I'll see u tomorrow. Until then, peace out!-Love, Elizabeth...

To snowboarder9: I'm glad u liked chapters 17&18. Thanks for reviewing. Hope you like 19 as well. Love, EMcat.

To EvilAngelOfDarkness: I'm glad u liked it...yeah you do have a point. I guess "anywho" just isn't the best phrase for him...anyway, thanks. Luv, EMcat...

To epobbp: Yeah, sorry about the whole "EVIL CLIFFHANGER" thing. I just seem to have a knack for doing that...uh, yeah, it should be fine if you quote it, just make sure that you do what you said and give the credit to me, Emachinescat. That should be okay. I'm glad u liked it so much. I thought it was a pretty funny line myself...it just sorta came to me. Anyway, I hope you like chapter 19. Love, EMcat

To Worker72: I'm glad you liked it. That's a really good idea and you have a great point, but would you mind if you could explain it in a little more detail? If you don't want to, that's fine, I'd just like to know more about it if you don't care...and don't worry. I wouldn't use it unless I got your permission first, and if I did decide to use it and did get your permission, then I would give you a shout out and tell everyone it was your idea. Either way, thanks for the reviews, and thanks for saying you hope the real series is as interesting. That made me feel good. Thanks. Love, EMcat...

To Fuddog: Happy Halloween back you! (Even though it's two days late!) Oh, and don't be too quick to judge Rose. There may be more than you're seeing here...but I can't give anymore away. Oh, and I'm glad you liked the griffin quote. I thought it was funny too. Love, EMcat.