Chapter 9: Fight Face
The Huntsman marched Leah and Rose to the dining room where some hunters were eating. Without a word, they watched their leader march the twins over to a throne like chair, picked up a huntstaff, and turned to the girls.
"Never," He hissed. "In all my years of hunting have I have seen such betrayal!"
Suddenly, Jake (in dragon form), Trixie, and Spud (both in their magic dragon costume) crashed through the ceiling.
"Yo! Who started the party without us?" Jake asked in a playful tone.
"DRAGON!" Huntsman yelled. "Huntsclan, attack!" While everyone else started fighting, Huntsman rounded on Rose. "Now is your chance, Thorn. Slay the American Dragon!"
"No." Rose said firmly and loudly enough for everyone to stop fighting.
"What did you just say?" The Huntsman hissed.
"You heard me." Said Rose matter of factly. "I quit. Ten years ago, you needed someone to take your place as Huntsman. So you kidnapped me. You brainwashed me into thinking you were my uncle and that my parents were killed by a dragon. The Chinese dragon to be exact." She turned to Jake, whose mouth dropped open. "That's why I tried to kill you all year. I thought it was your grandfather who killed my parents." She then turned to Leah. "I realize now, I was wrong. My parents aren't dead, and neither is my twin sister."
The Huntsman fumed. "You did this..." He turned to Jake. "YOU CORRUPTED HER!"
"So what if I did?" Jake shot back. "From the first moment I saw Rose as Thorn, I knew there was another side of her. A good side." Rose smiled.
The Huntsman screamed in anger and powers up his staff. "Prepare to die, dragon!"
All of a sudden, he and the other hunters froze. Literally. Rose, Trixie, Spud, and Jake all turned to Leah. She shrugged.
"Hey, it was the least I could do after you guys saved me!"
Jake dragoned down, and pulled Leah's' locket out of his pocket. "Here, I believe this is yours."
Leah took it, and hugged Jake. He hugged back.
"Leah, I'm so sorry! If I hadn't obsessed over Rose-" He stopped, realizing Rose was standing 5 feet away from him.
Leah laughed. "It's okay, Jake. Actually, it's a good thing you were, because otherwise," She put an arm around Roses' shoulder. "I never would've been reunited with my twin sister."
"I thought there was something familiar about the blonde baby!" They laughed.
"Yo," Trixie said looking around. "I hate to break this little love-fest, but we gotta jet."
"Heard that. Dragon up!"
Leah got on Jakes' back, but Rose hung back looking unsure.
"Come on, Rose!" Leah said. "Mom and Dad miss you!"
With that, Rose got on the back of Trixie and Spuds' dragon costume, and the 5 teens sped off to the shop.
Be prepared- next chap's a tearjerker!