Note: This chapter really doesn't have much on Rose or Krystal but you'll meet new characters in this chapter, and there are originals, as you could have guessed from Krystal. I tried to kind of keep the character's own personalities but they might not have them, so sorry, bare with me like always, thanks :) I think I rushed this chapter though, so my fault...anyway hope you like!

Disclaimer: American Dragon: Jake Long, does NOT belong to me. All rights go to their owners. Thax.


Chapter III: What is Going On?

Rose POV.

I sat on my bed sketching some more drawings that filled my mind. They are all about these creatures like unicorns, pixies, and some trolls too. I don't really know where all these ideas are coming from since I barely ever draw things like them.

Just a little while ago, I had called Janice up and made some plans with her for tomorrow. I am super exhausted today and didn't feel like going out. I just don't know how Krystal does it though, maybe because she's a lot more hyper then me.

After a little while of drawing, I looked at my room. Everything still needed to be unpacked, I should probably get started on that plus mom and dad told me, Krystal and I had to enroll in school soon too.

I know this was going to be a long 2 weeks but I'm just glad I'm back in NYC.

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Normal POV.

Jake, Trix, and Spud were staking through Manhattan to find the one and only wizard in the city that they knew, Nigel Thrall.

"Jakey, before we go on this wild goose chase, where is Nigel?" Trix asked.

"I don't know but Imma find out." Jake said. He was pretty determined to find out what was going on. After all his heart was beating rapidly after seeing Rose, or the girl who looked identical to her.

"Whoa Jakey calm it down a bit," Trix said." She stopped staking which made Spud stop, and Jake had no choice but to stop.

"What is it Trix?" He was agitated.

"Don't cha think we should find out where Nigel is before we go find him? I mean come on Jakey, is he even in the city. After all it is summer vacation." Trix explained.

"She's got a point," Spud agreed as he scratched the top of his head. "Do you have his number?"

"Uh," Jake thought for a second, did he? "I don't think so. What about you Trix?"

Trixie shook her head;" Sorry boys but Nigel and I do NOT get along."

"Ugh," Jake let out, he was getting mad.

"Calm down, let's get some ice cream and-"Jake didn't let Spud finish.

"I CAN'T CALM DOWN SPUD," Jake yelled," DID YOU SEE HER! WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON? I HAVE TO FIND OUT!" With that Jake just got on his skateboard and looked around.

Trix and Spud just watched after him in pity.

"Poor Jakey," Trix said as she shook her head.

"I know, tell me about it." Spud said." But I'm worried why is that girl who looks like Rose hanging out with Stacey?"

"I highly doubt she's any danger I just think Jake needs to let her go." Trixie put emphasis on the 'let her go' part.

"Maybe he does Trix but he did love her," Was all Spud said.

"He probably still does," Trix finished.

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Normal POV.(Nigel Side)

Nigel Thrall has been practicing and casting spells non-stop with his mentor, Master Ruskin, like as in the British artist and writer but they weren't remotely related.

"Nigel," He heard Master Ruskin's deep British voice call him.

"Yes sir," Nigel replied with his own British voice. He walked into the chamber where Master Ruskin was looking through scrolls and large mythical history books.

"As you know the Huntsclan have been gone for a while now," Master Ruskin began, "and the magical creatures in this city have been living with less danger in their lives, right?"

"Yes Master," Nigel replied, he knew all this, and after all he was somewhat close to Jake aka 'Thee American Dragon' as friend but more like an accomplice.

"Well the Dragon Counsel has given orders to all wizards in the cities where Huntsclan Faculties are located to secure the area. They do not want the Huntsclan weapons to get into the wrong hands especially since some reports have come in about two ex-huntsclan troops trying to cause trouble." Master Ruskin explained thoroughly.

"I understand Master," Nigel's accent seeped through heavily in this phrase. "But why wouldn't the dragons be able to retrieve them?"

"Good question but they will be with us to take the weapons and do research." His master replied. Nigel nodded and didn't press any further." Now this job will be carried out tomorrow night, so report back here and we will have others escort us. "

"Escort us," Nigel asked, that was insulting." Why would we wizards need escorts?"

"…Because the dragons will retrieve the weapons and take it back to Guardian Headquarters where other dragons will take them to the summit for further research like I said before." His master replied.

"Alrighty then," Nigel said and excused himself.

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Normal POV. ( Jake Side)

Jake was riding his skateboard in confusion, what was going on? Maybe he needed calm his mind, maybe this girl Krystal was just some random girl. However, their appearance had such a resemblance.

Jake stopped right in front of a store and decided to call up Fu. The phone rang for a bit and Jake was getting impatient until Fu finally picked up.

"Fu dog, what can I do for yeah?" He said in his regular greeting.

"Fu I need some help? What can you tell me about doppelgangers?" Jake asked.

"Uh…I know you can create 'em. Wait, what's this about?" Fu asked a little confused with the question.

"….I just ran into Rose's," Jake said.

"What! There's no possible way Jake. Huntsclan members don't have doppelgangers, it's impossible. "Fu informed him.

"But Fu, they don't exist anymore, and Rose was never one…well not since…" Jake kind of held back with his words.

"That's true but in another dimension she was and it doesn't matter. If that doppelganger doesn't have Rose's mark then she's not her doppelganger, they have to look exactly alike." Fu told him.

Jake though for a second and Fu was right, Krystal and Rose both looked extremely alike but there was a difference between the two, Rose had darker hair , plus Krystal didn't have the same essence as Rose either, now that he thought about it.

" Alright, thanks Fu…" Jake hung up even though Fu was shouting at Jake to fill him in.

"Maybe his right," Jake whispered," Maybe I'm just paranoid. "Jake took a deep breath and headed back to his friends, there was no way that Krystal girl was Rose, just no way.

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-Next Day-

Normal POV.(Nigel Side)

Nigel looked at his clock; it was almost time to report to base where Master Ruskin was waiting for him and for the mission to start.

He put on his cloak, went downstairs, informed his parents he was leaving, and headed out. Within minutes, he had reached his destination.

"Master Ruskin, I am here." Nigel announced himself. From the shadows his master appeared with two other shadows along with him, but what was surprising was that one was a dragon.

"Nigel good to see you, these people here will be taking us to the Huntsclan layer." Master Ruskin said and the other two bowed.

"I'm Sun the Korean Dragon." She bowed.

"I'm Agent Keen, member of the Guardians." He introduced himself much more sternly.

"How do you do, I'm Nigel." Nigel replied politely.

"They will be teleporting the weapons with additional help when we arrive and secure the area, understood?" Master Ruskin asked and Nigel nodded.

-0-0-

Nigel, Sun, Keen, and Ruskin were all at the doors of the Huntsclan. With Nigel and Ruskin's combined powers, they forced open the layer's doors to allow access to rest of the facility.

"This is impressive," Nigel said as he saw the huge ceilings, the multiple amounts of equipment, and many other things. He had heard about the Huntsclan but never did he face them in combat and he was sort of glad.

"Gather everything and call in the squad, they will have to load the weapons in the truck. Keen also call in researchers to see how they managed to torcher these creatures with just a liquid. "Sun told Keen. She seemed much more serious now too.

"Nigel, secure the area, make sure no one is near." Master Ruskin ordered him. Nigel followed through going to the entrance.

Nigel stood at the door with his master, Sun, and Agent Keen exploring and taking notes on the layer. Nigel didn't complain though, he wasn't much in the mood to see dead creatures, it was somewhat disturbing.

Another few minutes went by till the squad finally arrived. Quickly they started to gather everything while the researchers were looking into the liquid. After what seemed like forever, the squad had loaded up on all the weapons and equipment and ready to head out.

"Nigel, your job is done for the night, excellent work." His master complimented him which Nigel found funny. He barely did anything but Master Ruskin gave him praise.

Nigel nodded and headed out of the layer, as he was heading out he felt watched. He turned left and right, trying to see what in the world could have been watching him there, but nothing. Maybe he was paranoid and the dead creatures kind of shook him.

As he was almost out the door, he heard an explosion. Frantically, Nigel ran back into the layer to see what had happened. However, it was covered in smoke with Sun fighting someone.

"Nigel, stop the intruders!" He heard Ruskin call after him. From the corner of his eyes he saw a masked figure heading towards the trucks.

Nigel ran towards them and started to cast a spell to hit them. However, they dodged flawlessly and threw something at him. He had no way of dodging and the things hit him and he felt his body freezing up, it was ice.

The figure ran and fought others around it, with another figure emerging from the smoke.

"Get in the truck," the second one called to the first masked figure.

The first figure nodded, kicked off more members of the squad and headed right for the weapon truck. They both got in, the truck started moving, and soon it disappeared. What in the world happened?

With the two masked figure's disappearance, the smoke instantly cleared up and Nigel was free from the ice. Sun, Agent Keen, Master Ruskin came next to Nigel.

"Master, who were they?" Nigel asked completely shocked by the outcome.

"I don't know but they could have been the ex-huntsclan troops who were causing trouble at the Bizarre." He answered.

However Sun shook her head," No, those two would not have been capable of taking down an entire squad of men."

"Well whoever they were, they have managed to steal all the weapons, which mean our fears are coming true." Master Ruskin said.

"Not only that, but it seemed they knew we were going to be here today." Agent Keen said.

"This may be a problem, I will contact Lao Shi and the dragon counsel right away. "Sun said with a worried expression.

Nigel just looked onward at the defeated squad and where the stolen truck should have been, whoever they were, they had moves. However, the question was why would they take Huntsclan weapons?

0o0o0

Nomral POV. (Mystery Side)

"That was fun," the second of the masked figure said in a male's voice, as they were teleporting the stolen Huntsclan weapons to their base.

"But it was too much trouble. Why didn't Lady Valor just have us steal these weapons before those wizards and dragons had gotten there?" the first masked figure asked with a female voice.

"Don't ask me, I just follow what she lays down for us." The male masked figure answered.

"Sure you do, "the female masked figure whispered to the point where the male masked figure couldn't hear her.

"Well you know Lady Valor likes to keep things interesting for the foes. "The male figure grinned behind his mask, while the female figure rolled her eyes behind her mask.

"This is going to be interesting…" the female masked figure thought to herself as they went on teleporting the weapons.

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Normal POV. ( Jake Side)

Jake was still worried about what had happened yesterday, but he and Fu had gone over something. This 'doppelganger did not have the same essence Rose had, had. Since summer, Jake had learned to sense the essence of someone, and he could instantly recall Rose's but this Krystal did not have Rose's essence, which proved they were not doppelgangers, but then who was she?

"Jake, you still worried about this Krystal girl," Fu asked him as he leaped onto the couch at grandpa's shop.

"Just a little, I mean come on Fu, why does she look so much like Rose?" Jake questioned.

"Maybe Rose had a long lost twin," Fu joked but Jake didn't laugh.

"I don't know Fu, but it's killin' me." Jake replied gloomily as he leaned into the couch even more. However Fu and Jake's conversation ended when they heard Lao Shi (grandpa) yelling in Chinese. They both looked at each other in bewilderment, they knew something was wrong.

"What do you mean the weapons got stolen?" He was yelling at the phone as he walked out of the hidden room.

"A-ya this is bad. This is very bad; we have to solve this quick." With a few more exchanges between Grandpa and the person on the phone, he hung up.

"Yo G, what's wrong?" Jake asked.

"Young Dragon, I fear there are problems arising." He said in a grave voice.

"What do you mean?" Fu asked getting off the couch.

"It seems someone had stolen the Huntsclan equipment and we have no idea who." He replied in a much more serious tone. Both Fu and Jake looked at one another with the same question in their heads; what was going on in Manhattan?


AN- Thanks for reading guys. I noticed as I reread the old chapter, I had errors so um. I'll try to watch out for those, other then that I think it was good, how about you? Let me know and thanks for the support! Any suggestions, comments, or anything at all just review :)!
Nxt Chap- Look forward to Rose and Krystal exchange(for real this time), Nigel and Jake exchange(maybe), Filmore HIGH School, and some more one these original characters :) ...I hope...

-Mini :)