Chapter 14: Caught in the Act

So, after Jake dropped the girls off at their respective places, Jake headed home feeling happy. Exhausted, but happy. As he snuck into his room, he decided to pay Haley a visit.

"Haley." Jake whispered. "Haley, wake up."

"Jake?" She said sleepily. "You did it?"

"I did. So, how'd everything go here?"

"Bad. I got a call from Grandpa. He thought I was you. Know what he said? He said that the dragon Council might know if you broke Rose out of jail! He called to warn you- the Dragon Council has some sort of alarm system!"

Jake stared wide-eyed in terror. "You didn't tell him anything, did you?" Haley shook her head 'no'. "Good. We're still good. Thanks for covering for me tonight."

"No problem." They hug and said goodnight to each other.

The next day, Lao-Shi was talking to the Dragon Council. Again.

"Lao-Shi, where is your grandson?" Councilor Andam asked furiously. "We believe he has something to do with the breakout of Huntsgirl."

"He was at home when the breakout occurred. I spoke with him on the telephone. You have no proof that Jake broke Huntsgirl out of jail."

"We still need a confession out of him." Andam continued. "If he did break Huntsgirl out, not only will the Council kick him out of the Order, we'll kick you out as well."

He disappears. Lao-Shi sighs. A few minutes later, Jake walks in.

"Where were you last night?" Lao asked.

"What do you mean? You called me."

"Yes, well the Dragon Council has other ideas. They think you had an idea of what happened to Huntsgirl when she somehow broke out of jail!"

"So what if I did? I know Rose is innocent. Sure, she was going to slay Chang and me and become a Huntswoman, but after discovering my secret, she decided it wasn't her destiny! And that should be enough for me."

The aged Dragon was touched. He wanted Jake to be happy, but he didn't want to lose his dragon powers either.

"Tell you what," Lao said kindly. "It'll be our secret."

"For real?"

"Nothing is more sacred than love."

"Aww, thanks Grandpa!" They hug.

So, it was settled. Jake lied to the Dragon Council and said he had nothing to do with Rose breaking out of jail. Huntsgirl became the widest man- (Or in her case, woman) hunt known to the magical community. Everybody was safe, and everybody was happy.

THE END!