Little Flame of Hope

Summary: (Spoiler warning: Takes place after The Breakout) Rose finds a little dragon and refuses to slay it. She instead takes her to Jake to see if he can take care of the dragon and help find her family. Jake realizes this is no ordinary dragon but one from the future. Jake/Rose

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I don't own American Dragon Jake Long. I do own however the idea for this fanfiction and my character Hope.

Chapter 9

The next morning was a Sunday so there was plenty of time for training. "Why do I have to learn how to use my powers daddy? I already know how to be a dragon." She asked innocently while she and Jake skateboarded to Lao Shi's shop.

"Well apparently there is a war in your time and Gramps feels it would be good if you know a few moves to defend yourself. That and my mom is annoyed at the fact that you nearly burned down the house and gave away our dragon identity to my dad!" Jake said.

Hope shrugged. "I don't know why she was so mad. I was just playing with Auntie Hailey like she suggested." Jake shook his head and said. "Next time, play with her in your human form. At least then fireballs and flying won't be a problem."

As they got closer, they could see Trixie and Spud practicing their skateboarding skills. "Come on Spud! Try this move." Trixie said excitedly as she practiced an Invert Hover on her board. "You are so going down. I can do that trick easy!" Spud bragged. He started going really fast and was in the air. Unfortunately he fell to the ground in a heap.

"Spud! Spud! Are you okay?" Trixie asked. Jake went over too, to see if his friend was all right. "Dude! That almost fractured my skull! No worries though!" He muttered after shaking his head a little.

"Are you sure you are all right Spud? You hit the pavement pretty hard!" Jake said still concerned.

"I fine Jake. I told you no worries!" Spud insisted.

"Well I'm not fine. You nearly gave me a heart attack Spudinski! I'm just…glad your okay." She hesitantly gave him a hug them let go.

The two of them blushed a moment. Though, each one was smiling happily. Jake cleared his throat. "So…um…do you want to come to Gramps shop and watch as Hope and I practice our training."

The two of them snapped out of the trance and got back down to Earth. "Who's Hope?" Trixie asked curiously. Hope came out behind Jake's leg where she was hiding. "I am." She said shyly. Spud looked at her then at Jake. "Is she like your cousin or something? She looks a little like you." He asked curiously.

Jake gestured toward the little girl. "She is my daughter from the future who came here to escape a war." He said uncomfortably.

"Cool! You're from the future! I want to go there." Spud said excitedly.

"Uh…Spud? Chill okay? We have to hurry to get to Gramps shop I don't want to be late."

"Late again! Ai Ya Jake! How am I supposed to teach you and Hope if you're never here?" Lao Shi said angrily.

"Chill G! We are only two minutes late. It's no big deal!" Jake protested.

"Two minutes or two hours, late is late!" He said angrily.

"Sorry dudes. Jake was a little worried about me when I fell. I guess I slowed them up." Spud said sheepishly.

Lao Shi sighed. "Why is it always you Spud. Anyway it's time for training. Enough time has been wasted already!"

"You got it G! Dragon Up!" with that Jake turned into a red dragon. Hope was not far behind and soon was turned into a light blue dragon.

"All right. Since Jake is a higher level student, he will practice advanced moves such as the Air born maneuver. Fu do you have the hoops?" Lao Shi asked the Shar-pei who was sitting nearby.

"You got it." Fu said as he threw the hoops in the air and the hovered instantly.

Lao Shi turned to Jake. "Fly threw these hoops as fast as you can. As you do so they will move suddenly. When you are done come back here. "You will only have five minutes starting…now."

"But Gramps, I" Jake protested. Lao Shi pointed to his watch. "Tick tock! You now have four minutes and 45 seconds. I suggest you stop complaining and go!"

Jake groaned and quickly took off. Every time he got near a hoop it avoided him. He managed to get through two hoops before a buzzer went off.

"Aw man! That's not fair. Those hoops are totally cheating!" Jake complained loudly.

Hope watched the whole fiasco and smirked. "I bet I can go through all those hoops in half the time!" With that she started flying through them with great ease.

"Whoa she's great! She's fantastic!" Fu said in amazement. Lao Shi watched on with proud eyes. Jake just sulked. Hope landed in a fancy twirl before she dragon downed.

"What cha think? Daddy? Were you watching?" She asked innocently.

Jake frowned. "Yeah I was watching. Watching as you made me look like a total fool!" He said bitterly. He imitated her voice "I'm Hope and I can do that in half the time while my dad from the past can't even get past two hoops!"

Tears started to form in Hopes eyes. She quickly turned into her dragon form and flew off.

Lao Shi frowned at his grandson. "That was a very foolish move young dragon. She was only trying to impress you. I suggest you go after her."

Jake looked down. He softly said "You are right. It's just…first Hailey and now Hope. They are all younger then me G! Yet they still kick my butt. What's the point of having six extra years of experience when a little girl is better then me?"

Lao Shi turned to his grandson before going back inside. "With those years you should have gained wisdom. They may have better knowledge of their dragon powers but they are both too young to know how to use it."

Jake sighed. "I'll get her. First I will need some help. I can't find alone in such a big city. I'll get Rose."