It was a warm, sunny day in Amity Park.
Danny, Sam, and Tucker were currently walking down the sidewalk, down the street that led to FentonWorks, talking. They had decided to hangout at Danny's place after school, being as his parents and sister were gone to some psychology seminar and they could have the whole house to themselves. Danny was against the idea at first, being as what happened the last time, but his friends solemnly swore not to go into the basement again, so he hesitantly complied.
"All I'm saying is, if there was some cheat where you could just fly through stuff it'd make leveling up easier." Tucker said.
"Yeah but wouldn't it make it too easy?" Danny replied as they neared FentonWorks.
Sam rolled her eyes behind them, looking bored with the boys video game discussions. "I can't begin to tell you how fascinating this is." She said sarcastically.
"It's okay Sam, you probably don't understand the kind of stuff we're talking about anyway, maybe if were game savvy." Tucker replied to her sarcastic remark as they walked up the steps to the house, Danny unlocked the door and let them in.
"Oh yeah, well let me tell you some-!" Sam's angry reply was cut short by a crashing sound, like someone had just knocked over a glass cabinet.
"What was that?!" She exclaimed.
Danny shrugged. "I don't know." All of the sudden a cold sensation overtook him and he breathed out a puff of blue mist.
Sam and Tucker, completely forgetting about the strange noise, stared at the blue mist in awe and curiousity as it dissolved into thin air.
"Whoa, and what was that?" Sam asked her shivering friend in amazement.
"I-I don't know, b-but whatever it was it was f-freezing." Danny replied, his arms wrapped around him in a vain attempt to get warm again.
Their attention was redirected when they heard another crashing sound.
"There it was again." Sam commented.
"It sounds like it's coming from the lab." Said Tucker.
"Maybe we should go check it out." Sam said.
"But you guys promised we wouldn't go down there again! Besides, it's probably nothing." Danny responded, uncertainty. He would admit that he's used to hearing noises like that from the lab, usually whenever his dad was working down there. But the fact that his dad wasn't here right, nor was anyone else besides them had him a little uneasy about it.
"But how do you know it's not a burglar or something? Don't you think we should at least check it out?" Tucker asked his best friend.
"...What would a burglar want with the junk in the lab?" Danny asked.
"I don't know, but we'll never find out if we don't go see for ourselves." Tucker replied.
Danny thought about it for a moment, then sighed resignedly. "Alright, fine. But just promise me you guys won't mess with anything down there."
"We promise." His friends replied in usion.
With that said they walked into the kitchen. The door that led down to the lab creaked as Danny opened it. The trio peered down into the dark stairway, then looked back at each other nervously.
Slowly, they crept down the stairs. They could hear noise like something was ravaging through various equipment and stuff.
When they reached the bottom they each poked their heads out from the entrance to the lab.
Their eyes widened and their breath froze.
It was not a burglar but it was big, brown, with a rugged body covered in lumps. It had a big head and a row of very sharp looking teeth protruding from it's lower jaw. It's yellow cat-like eyes searched through the mess before it, while shifting its bolder like body on its short four-legs.
"What is that thing?" Sam whispered, barely audible as the trio continued to stare wide eyed at the strange creature.
The creature continued to dig through the mess of junk it had made on the floor, seemingly unaware of the three teenagers watching it.
That is, until one of Tucker's PDAs made a beeping sound.
They all jumped at the sudden noise. Tucker, as well as Danny and Sam looked at the PDA with horror and panic written all over their faces. They quickly turned their eyes back to the creature as it's webbed ears suddenly perked.
No one dared moved a muscle when it looked over at them.
"Hey you!" The creature growled, turning to face them in a rather defensive stance. "What are you lookin' at?! Huh!"
The trio took a step back, not taking their eyes off it. "Um, guys?" Tucker whispered to his friends, his voice quivering a little.
"Lets just stay calm, and slowly and carefully back away." Sam whispered.
They each simultaneously started to slowly walk backwards up the stairs, still not taking their eyes off the creature.
Once out of its sight the creature could hear the sound of three teenagers running up the steps and slamming a door shut. An evil grin crossed it's features. "This could be fun."
Danny, Sam, and Tucker stood outside of the door to the lab, which they had shut tight. "W-what was that thing?!" Tucker exclaimed.
"I-I don't know, I've never seen anything like it!" Exclaimed Danny.
"Well whatever it was it didn't seem too friendly." Said Sam.
Tucker paused and sniffed the air. "Hey, does anyone else smell something burning?"
The trio looked at the door behind them to find that it was indeed smoking. They started backing away from it as the center of the door began to melt away.
But before the door could melt it exploded. Pieces of fiery debris landing right in front of the trio. Two yellow eyes belonging to a shadowed figure stared at them from within the dark stairwell and through the smoking pieces of door.
The creature flew out, hovering over them with an evil grin while it's small wings beat through the air like a bumblebee's. What appeared to be molten lava dripped from its jowls.
"Got any ideas?" Danny asked fearfully.
"Just one." Sam replied. "RUN!"
The three teens ran out of the kitchen screaming while the creature chased them. They made a b-line for the front door, but just as they reached it the creature flew in front of them, blocking it.
Then they split up, each running into a different room in the house while the creature would chase one then the other. This went on for awhile, but the trio was starting to get tired from running. So they met up in the living room, hunched over and panting.
"All this running for our lives is exhausting." Tucker panted.
They all looked over to the front door to see that it was unblocked and unguarded.
Freedom.
Without hesitation they made a run for it. Big mistake.
The creature lept out of seemingly no where, blocking the exit once again and charging at them. They all had to dive out of the way to avoid being bulldozed.
Danny, whose heart was pounding from the near death experience, slowly got up, looking to see where the creature was, or his friends for that matter.
When he looked behind him his heart nearly stopped.
The creature had Tucker and Sam cornered up against the living room wall. It growled and snorted at them like a bull ready to charge.
Danny began to panic. What do I do?! What do I do?! I-I've got to do something!
That's when the creature's mouth started to glow.
"Tucker, if this is the end I just want you to know, I've always liked having you as a friend." Sam said as death literally stared them in the face.
"And I just want you to know, back in second grade Ricky Marsh didn't throw up in your lunch box, it was me!"
"Wait, what?!"
The creature's mouth glowed brighter and it looked as though it were about to take the shot. Sam and Tucker screamed at the inevitable, but then something else happened.
The creature was suddenly tackled and by a black blur and swept away into the kitchen. Sam and Tucker stood there stunned.
Tucker blinked a few times. "Um..what just happened?"
"I..don't know." Sam replied still trying to process it as well. She looked over to where Danny had been standing a few seconds ago only to see he was no longer there.
Her eyes widened as a wild thought struck her as to what might've just happened.
"...But I think I might have an idea."
Danny groaned. What was he thinking? But that's just it, he wasn't thinking. He panicked and did something very bold and very foolish.
But he had to do something. If he hadn't his friends would've been smoldering piles of ashes by now.
He slowly got to his feet and looked around. He was in the lab, and a few feet to the side of him was the creature, which groaned as well from being tackled down a flight of stairs.
The creature slowly opened it's eyes and looked straight at Danny. "Wait a minute, your a dragon?!" It exclaimed.
Danny, who was currently in his dragon form blinked at the creature. "Well, um, yeah...sort of." He replied awkwardly.
The creature, which Danny was starting to think was actually a dragon, got to it's feet. Narrowing it's eyes at him it snarled. "Well it doesn't matter anyway, I'm still going to destroy you! Let's see how you deal with lava-filled blasts of destruction!"
It didn't take Danny long to realize the dragon was charging up another fiery blast, and it was aimed directly at him.
The creature fired as Danny scrambled out of the way of the blast, which hit the wall behind him, exploding upon impact and leaving a big scorch mark in its place. He looked behind him at where the fire ball that had been intended to hit him had hit the wall with a fearful expression, breathing heavily from the close call.
He then turned to look back at the dragon just in time to see it charging up another fire ball. Danny's eyes widened and he moved out of the way of the second blast with incredible speed.
The dragon released a series of fiery blasts, each time trying and failing to hit Danny, who always managed to jump out of the way right before they hit.
Amidst the chaos Sam and Tucker had ran down the stairs and now stood at the bottom of the steps watching in shock as the creature tried and failed to hit their slippery friend with its fire balls.
"Grr-would you just hold still!" The dragon huffed angrily.
Realizing that he wasn't going to hit Danny with his fire balls the creature lunged at him, knocking him over.
Danny lay on his back as the dragon was on top of him, using his arms and legs to try to push the creature off of him with a strength he didn't even know he had.
He finally pushed it off and got back on his feet, but so did the creature.
"We've gotta do something!" Said Sam.
The dragon shot another fire ball at Danny, which he once again dodged. Then the dragon lunged at him again.
"Do what? It's not like we can help him fight that thing!" Tucker said.
As the creature continues trying to attack their friend, Sam quickly glances around the room, and her eyes land on a couple of dragon hunting guns laying on a metal tray table, only a few feet away.
"Or can we..?" She muttered.
Meanwhile the two dragons were standing across from each other facing each other. The smaller dragon stared at Danny with a very menacing, angry look. It then began to snort and kick its feet against the floor like an angry bull.
Of course it was then that Danny transformed back into his human form. The creature gave him a confused look for a short moment. But no sooner did Danny realize what just happened did he look up at the dragon in horror as it lept up and pinned him to the floor.
The dragon on top of him growled. "You should've known better than to pick a fight with me, kid. Now say goodbye!"
Danny's eyes widened with terror as the dragon's mouth began to glow again.
That is until it was hit with a blast of green energy, pushing the creature away from him.
Danny looked in shock over at his best friends to see Sam wielding one of his parents dragon hunting guns. He then looked back over to the dragon, who had been pushed into some metal tables and equipment trays. The creature laid there groaning while a black, smoking scorch mark was evident on its side where Sam had hit it.
The creature's eyes shot open and it looked straight at Sam.
It slowly got to its feet, glaring daggers at the girl that had shot it. Sam's eyes widened and she instinctively stepped back a little while tightening her grip on the weapon.
Danny's eyes widened with horror when he realized what was about to happen. The dragon growled a low, threatening growl, and made a move towards the girl.
Only it didn't get very far. In a split second Danny transformed back into his dragon form and pounced on it before it could reach her.
"GET OFF OF ME!" The creature roared. But Danny was on top of it and had its forelegs pinned to the ground.
Where did this thing even come from anyway!? He thought as the creature struggled underneath him.
He glanced over at the portal, and that's when it hit him.
The portal, of course!
Danny looked back at the dragon that was preparing to use its clubbed tail to hit him in a rather unfortunate area. Luckily he jumped off the creature before it had the chance. It immediately turned over and got to its feet.
I need to get this dragon/creature/thing whatever back into the portal, but how?!
His thoughts were cut short as he had to jump out of the way as the dragon swung it's clubbed tail at him.
Danny looked at the portal, the creature's back to the portal as Danny stood in front of it. He suddenly remembered how when Sam had hit the dragon with that blast, it had pushed it back, so maybe...
"You know what, dragon boy? I've had just about enough of you!" The dragon snarled as it inched closer.
Danny looked at the portal, then back at the creature, who was preparing another attack. He started concentrating really hard, adopting one of those odd looks of deep concentration on his face.
The dragon paused and gave him a confused look. "Wha-what are you doing there kid? You constipated or something?"
Danny's mouth suddenly glowed a bright purple. The dragon's eyes widened with terror before getting blasted back into the portal.
Danny quickly ran over to the portal and pushed the button to close it. He panted, it wasn't until this point he realized how exhausted he was. He looked back to his friends, who were still pretty shooken up by the whole thing, and tried to walk over to them, but he was so exhausted and tired that he ended up passing out in the middle of the floor, transforming back into human form.
Tucker and Sam stood there and looked at each other, then back at their unconscious friend...
Danny blearily opened his eyes, the first thing coming into focus Tucker, who was looking at his best friend.
"Tucker?" Danny mumbled. "W-what happened? Where am I?"
Tucker adopted a solemn expression. "Dude, you had us worried sick. You've been asleep for four days."
Danny shot upright. "FOUR DAYS!?"
Tucker laughed. "Nah, it's only been a couple hours."
Danny laid back on his bed, heart still beating wildly. It was apparent to him now that he was in his room on his bed, with Tucker sitting on the end of it.
"Knock it off, Tucker." Sam said, standing by the side of the bed giving her jokuler an anoyed look.
She leaned over and put her hand on Danny's arm. "Hey, are you ok?" She asked.
"Yeah, I think so." He replied.
"Man, that was so cool how you blasted that monster/creature thing back into the portal! Not to mention you saved our butts, twice!" Tucker went on.
"Yeah, well, cool isn't exactly the word I would use to describe it, more like down right terrifying." Danny replied.
"Yeah, but Tucker does make a good point, you saved our lives. And that's pretty cool in my book." Sam countered.
"I guess you're right." Danny said, smiling a little.
"By the way, what was that thing anyway?" Tucker asked.
"I think it was a dragon. It must've come out of the portal." Said Danny.
"You mean, the portal that you're parents built to the dragon world?" Tucker reaffirmed.
"So, does that mean so long that the portal is open dragons can just come through?" Asked Sam.
"I don't know, but if the other dragons are anything like that one I don't wanna find out." Danny replied, unsettled about the idea of that thing coming back, or worse, something even more angry and fire-happy.
"Ah, don't worry about it, besides if something does come through again we'll just handle it the same way we did today." Tucker said.
"You mean by running for our lives and screaming?" Sam deadpanned.
"Well, except for that." Tucker replied sheepishly.
Danny sighed. "I don't know, Tuck."
"C'mon, the three of us together, there's nothing we can't handle." Tucker proclaimed.
The two stared at Tucker for a moment. Danny sighed. "I guess your right." He said, smiling a little.
"Yeah, I guess so, besides, what's the worst that could happen?" Sam said.
They will soon learn never to say that phrase again...
Welp, there you have it. Danny's first dragon fight, and with a hot headed Gronckle no less!
I admit I had fun writing this. XP
Also a little something I should mention Danny can understand what other dragons are saying (regardless of what form he's in), but humans, like Sam and Tucker cannot. To them it just sounds like growling and roaring and other dragon noises. I know I explained this before but I thought I'd mention it again just so people wouldn't get confused.
Have an awesome day! And smile, it's good for you!
~dorkydaydreamer