Chapter 2: Michael and Christian

The next morning Jake woke up and took a quick shower, then came down for breakfast.

Later at school he recounted last night incident to Trixie and Spud. Jake found himself starring at Rose with his usual puppy dog expression.

"Yo, Jakie you gots to put an end to this Rose thing. Stop flirting with her when you know she's one of your biggest enemies." Said Trixie

"Yeah man. She's like the kryptonite to your superman." Said Spud

"You two should stop worrying. You sound mo like my gramps everyday." Said Jake

"Well maybe yo gramps is right." Said Trixie

"With age comes wisdom and your gramps is like a 150 years old. That's like the intelligences of a high school gym teacher. Which if dogs are seven years to are one, at the age of twelve they're super computers." Spud went rambling on about the intelligence of a goldfish compared to himself (In which the goldfish wins.). The bell rang and Jake had to get to science. Jake hated science he sat in the back by himself with a table all to himself not wanting to be there.

"Good morning class. We have two new students joining us." Said Mrs. Henderson

"Uh, hello…my name is Christian Knight, and this is my brother Michael. We moved here from Wisconsin." Said Christian.

Jake looked up from his table at the rude awakening of his nap. To see a fine looking hottie she had long flowing brunette hair bright green eyes she was wearing tight blue jeans and a purple t-shirt. She stood with shyness about her, hugging her books close to her big chest. Her brother was (in a ladies-sense) attractive as well, he had dark brown hair (almost black), green eyes that seemed to be bordering between a brilliant emerald green and a sickly looking green, one loch of his hair was tied off to the side in a braid, he had glasses too, a black jacket, really dark blue-jeans (almost black colored as well) and formal sandals (he still had socks on though, underneath the jacket he wore a beige t-shirt, and out of the corner of his mouth one could see a tooth-pick sticking out.

"Michael would you like to say anything about yourself to the class?" The teacher asked, Michael just looked at her for a moment but didn't say anything.

"Uh…he's not much of a talker Mrs. Henderson." Christian explained.

Michael then took the tooth-pick out of his mouth and said, "That…plus talk is cheap." Then bit back down on the toothpick and closed his lips, locking it back into place.

"O-kay…" the teacher said, a little shocked by Michael's comment, "Let's see…now Christian, I believe there's an empty seat next to Mr. Long there, and Michael I believe there's a seat somewhere in the back in one of the empty tables."

After about 50 minutes or so the bell rang signaling time for lunch, Christian and Michael sat together, eating alone, until Jake, Trixie, and Spud sat down across from them. "So I'm guessing you new here?" Jake asked. Christian nodded, Michael stayed silent. "Well I'm Jake, and these are my friends Trixie and Spud."

"Hey." Spud said.

"Yo whazzup?" Trixie asked.

Michael took one look at them, "Delinquents." He hissed through his teeth.

"Michael, that wasn't very nice." Christian pointed out.

Michael just looked at her and continued eating his meal.

"I'm sorry about him…we grew up in a smaller city than New York, and around there the only people who talked like that were either from working-class families or on parole from jail." Christian explained.

"That's cool, so…you're both from Wisconsin?" Jake asked.

"That is correct…" Michael told him.

"So I just want to know…does it snow up there all the time?" Spud asked.

"If you're referring to that old 7up…Dr. Pepper commercial I'm afraid that is incorrect…we have Spring, Summer, and Fall just like here in New York City." Christian told them.

"Now…if you would excuse me…" Michael said getting up from the table, "I have to get ready for my next class."

"So, you're both brother and sister…does that mean you're—?" Jake asked.

"Twins…yes, he's the oldest by 17 minutes." Christian told him.

"How could you get stuck wit' someone like that fo' a brother?" Trixie asked.

"Look, Michael's not always like that…he's a kind person underneath its just…it takes awhile for him to warm up around other people." Christian explained.

"Well if you need anything…" Jake started to say.

"Well, now that you mention it…" Christian started to say, "I was wondering if you could walk me home after school?"

Jake literally felt his heart skip a beat at that moment, "Uh…sure, sure, just meet me outside the school."

"Sure." Christian said with a giggle that Jake swore sounded familiar.

After school Jake waited for 10 minutes until finally Christian showed up, "Well…shall we?"

"What about your brother?" Jake asked.

"I told him about it and he thought it be okay…" she told him, "see…what did I tell you, he's a kind person."

As they walked Christian asked, "So…do you have any family?"

"A mom, a dad, a little sister, and my gramps." Jake told her, "you?"

"Oh, well there's my two brothers, one you've already met…and a little brother."

"And?" Jake asked.

"And what?" Christian asked in response.

"You don't have a mom or dad?" Jake asked.

"Well, we do live with someone else who has been like a parent to us…but ever since our father left us and our mother died I haven't known any other family except Michael and Jack." Christian told him.

"Man, that sounds harsh." Jake told her.

"You have no idea." Said Christian, she then looked at the ground and said, "Jake…if I was to tell you something about me, would you still want to be my friend?"

"Lay it down yo, I can take it." Jake told her.

"You see…I'm not like other girls, when my brother and I were born, we were born with a dark secret…" Christian started to say, just as a dozen cloaked figures surrounded them. The Huntsmaster then stepped forward. "Give us the girl boy…and we promise you shall not get hurt."

"Aww man…I wish I didn't have to do this in front of them, but I guess I have little choice…" Jake thought to himself, as he was getting ready to Dragon Up a dark figure appeared between Jake and the Huntsmaster, it looked like another version of the Dragon that had raced him last night, only this ones horns were longer.

"Wha' the—?"

"Who the heck are you?" the Huntsmaster asked.

"You're worst nightmare." The dragon told him with a smile.

"We'll see who's whose nightmare…ATTACK!" The Huntsmaster commanded his minions.

"Gee…you know, you guys need to take a chill-pill…literally." The dragon said just before he exhaled a great gust of what looked like steam, but pretty soon his saw they were all shivering covered with what looked like frost.

"An Ice Dragon…" The Huntsmaster said with amazment.

"Yeah, and if you think you Hunts-morons scare me…then you have little idea what real fear is, so I'd suggest you run along."

"Your skull shall hang above my mantle!" The Huntsmaster told him.

"If you want your trophy…come and get it." The dragon told him.

At that moment the Huntsmaster charged at the dragon, but just as he started off the dragon shot some sort of liquid that on contact with the ground turned to ice and froze the whole lower half of the Huntsmasters' body.

The dragon then looked at Jake and Christian and said, "We need to get you two out of here…hop on!" he said lowering himself so Jake and Christian could hop onto his back.

As soon as they were in the park Jake and Christian both looked at him, "Yo I'd like to say thanks and all, but I could've handled those dorks." Jake told him.

"That I severely doubt that boy…though I will say that would be amusing to watch." The dragon joked.

And with that the dragon took off, Christian just watched as it flew off before snapping out of her trance and said, "It's not far now…"

At the door step Christian looked at Jake and said, "Kind of a weird day huh?"

"Yeah, I guess you could say that…yeah." Jake answered back.

"Well, see you tomorrow I guess." Christian said to him as she closed the door.

"Another one…who are these guys, and why are they moving in on my turf?" Jake thought to himself.