Here it is, the last chapter of our story. Sorry for the long wait, I had lost my inspiration but now it is back. This story was nagging me so much to finish it so I did. I hope you will enjoy this action pack chapter!

Chapter Nine

Finally, Jake saw the Dragon Council come flying back. Behind them were all sorts of magical creatures. Trolls, unicorns, griffins, and more were coming in large groups. The Council began to shout out orders. Dragons, griffins, and pixies would take the skies. The other creatures were to take the ground. The Council would get Marissa's attention and bring her here to get ambushed at the park. A brilliant plan none the less but Jake didn't think so.

Suldaken made his own way to the Huntsclan's Hideout. As he reached it, he began to thrown everything in his path at the building. The trees were making large holes so sticks, rocks, and cars could fly in and damage the place more. Small shadow creatures began to crawl out of the holes, chattering loudly. They stupidly began to nip at his ankles. Suldaken kicked them out of his way. Suddenly, the sunlight disappeared. Suldaken turned around. He gasped and screamed. But his scream was never heard as a large darkness covered him. The darkness disappeared and Suldaken wasn't there.

Marissa was discussing strategy plans with the Dark Dragon when a Huntshadow appeared by her side. "The Dragon Council is approaching the Hideout. And Suldaken is gone." It said. Marissa nodded. She paused as she thought about who Suldaken was. As nothing jumped at her, she shrugged it off and put her cape on. She began to make her way outside, the Dark Dragon following her.

She got to the roof and tapped her foot patiently, watching as the Dragon Council made their way over the hideout. "Took your time didn't you?" She asked, smiling widely. She could see the fear in their eyes. But also the anger. "Are you here for a peace treaty?" She also asked.

"Actually yes, we are." Said a member of the Dragon Council. Marissa raised an eyebrow. What were they playing at? She frowned.

"Okay, what do you propose."

"All in good time. Now, please, come join us in a peace offering in our camp." Another member said.

Marissa nodded, though really disappointed. She expected much more fighting and complications then this. "Alright. I'll come. Come Dark Dragon. My staff." She said, holding out her hand. The staff appeared in her hand and the Dark Dragon helped her on his back and flew her to the camp, following the Dragon Council.

Jake watched through the bushes as Marissa came on the Dark Dragon. He frowned. Marissa wasn't this stupid. What the heck was she playing at? Maybe she had another plan of her own. He looked around for any indication of the Ultimate Reinforcement around but he didn't see any. He didn't like this plan but he wasn't anyone special. So he was going to sit and wait, till it was time for the ambush.

Marissa walked into the camp. It wasn't really a camp. No tents or fires. Just a few dragons here and there. Where are all the others? Marissa thought to herself. She sat in a chair that the Dragon Council provided her. "So? What do you propose?" She asked them.

"Well," A member began, choosing their words carefully. His eyes were twitchy and they were looking around. At the bushes, at the large trees. Marissa quickly noted the areas. "You stop the war and we get along together in harmony. And you get a respective position in the Dragon Council."

Marissa smiled and laughed. "No. I refuse to that proposal. Now, hear me out. I, rule you all. The Huntsclan, The Shadows, The Dragon Council and all its dragons, and every other magical creature in the world. That is the only thing I will be signing. Or do I have to force it from you?" She told them, putting her staff down and stretching.

The member quickly grabbed the staff and made the special signal for all the other creatures to come out. They quickly surrounded her and the Dark Dragon. Marissa laughed. Suddenly, thousands of different shadow creatures came up behind the magical creatures. Then the fighting began.

Jake dodged a swipe at his head before taking it up and slamming it on the ground. Another three shadows took the spot of that one fallen shadow. Jake groaned and blew fire at them. It was impossible. Shadows were immortal and soon they would just heal. There was no way they could win. He looked over and saw Huntsgirl ninja-kicking two shadow creatures. A third shadow creature was coming up behind her, with a long sword.

"Watch out!" He yelled, blowing fire at the creature. It shrieked in pain and melted into the ground, disappearing. Jake knew it would be back. Huntsgirl turned to Jake,

"Thanks, Dragon." She said awkwardly.

"You owe me. You owe me!" Jake said in a sing song voice. Suddenly, Huntsgirl jumped over Jake and kicked a shadow that was coming after him.

"We're even. And that is all we will ever be." She snapped. Jake smiled and continued making a path to Marissa. Marissa was standing in the middle of the chaos, her arms crossed, watching one of the Dragon Council Members hold her staff. Apparently to her, he was trying to break the staff, by burning it or some other method. But it would not work. That staff had lasted years without even chipping, all most nothing could destroy that staff.

Jake took flight, narrowly missing several flying Shadows. They weren't even trying to stop him. They were flying off in the same direction, torturing pixies and some griffons. The Dark Dragon was in a particularly nasty fight with three dragons. Jake landed not to far from Marissa, in battle stance.

Marissa spotted him. "Hello, American Dragon. Come to stop me, eh?" She asked, an eyebrow raised and an amused expression plastered on her face. Jake frowned but said nothing, charging forward at her. She stepped out of the way, watching Jake stop and turn around. He blew fire, the fire dancing across the grass, reaching her feet. She snapped her fingers and suddenly, Jake was thrown forward towards Marissa. She bent down and grabbed his wings, picking up Jake. "You see, I hate heroes, American Dragon. Why fight for something that is either going to throw you down the drain sometime later? It's pointless. And here you go, trying to be a good boy, and stop me?" She said, shaking her finger at him. "Tut, tut. And I expected you to be so much better at fighting then these other dragons. Oh well, I always seem to set my expectations to high for normal people." She said, her eyes glinting dangerously. "Say, good-bye American Dragon. Because you won't be seeing them anymore." She said, her free hand raising up, holding a long, shiny dagger.

Jake blinked. "Good bye." He muttered. Marissa gave him a weird look. Suddenly, she fell backwards, dropping Jake. Marissa gazed upwards, looking for the source. Huntsmaster stood in front of her just a few feet away, holding his own staff. It seemed that he had gotten back his uniform and his dignity. Huntsgirl was beside him, glaring at her.

"Sorry, but if anyone's going to kill that dragon, it's going to be me." Huntsgirl said, jumping up in the air before coming down. Marissa dodged quickly, getting up, fire dancing in her eyes. Now, she didn't look so tough. Now she looked like a girl who hid behind strong creatures and a magical staff. Huntsgirl began attacking, every single time hitting Marissa directly.

Finally, Marissa fell to the floor, her nose bleeding and her body sore. The Dark Dragon was curled up in a little ball, cowering. All the Shadows froze, staring at Marissa, unsure of what to do. Huntsgirl stood beside her, breathing hard, her hands on her knees. Marissa stared at the sky for a moment, shaking in rage. "You will pay for that you little witch." Marissa said angrily, getting up slowly.

Jake glanced around, knowing that this would be the time that the Ultimate Reinforcement would come. Marissa turned around, staring at a purple blob that began to appear on the ground. As the purple blob began to grow, it grew darker in shade until it reached a midnight black. Then did it begin to form. As it did, the Shadows began to back down, lowering themselves to the ground, shaking with fear. A large black thing was standing on two legs, it's eyes navy. It started at the frozen magical creatures who were gazing upon it with horror.

"This is the end." Jake heard someone behind him whisper and he could have swore it was Fu Dog.

"KILL THEM ALL!" Marissa yelled, staring back at the dragons, fire burning in her eyes, shaking uncontrollably with anger. The Ultimate Reinforcement nodded, stepping forward, it's huge meaty fists turning blue with dark energy.

Jake watched in horror. What were they going to do now? How could they all just stand there and watch the creature as their deaths grew ever so nearer? Marissa's staff laid on the ground, dropped by the Dragon Council Member. He ran forward, grabbing the staff and glanced up at the Ultimate Reinforcement. It had just released the dark blue energy, which was hurtling towards his position. He did the only thing he could think of. He threw the staff at the energy ball.

"NO!" Marissa shrieked, jerking her hand out, trying to call her staff back to her, but it was all a second to late. The ball collided with the staff, making a huge death-defying explosion. All the Shadows, including the Ultimate Reinforcement, shrieked with horror, holding their aching bodies as they began to shrivel up into black dust which was being carried off by the wind. Marissa watched in horror as all her army dispel in front of her eyes. Beside her, a man hit the ground.

Suldaken stood up, dusting himself off, glaring at Marissa. "You have my necklace!" He accused, pointing at her. Marissa looked at him before taking a look around her. The dragons were coming back to reality now, their muscles tensing. Soft growling could be heard from several dragons and soon it would be an uproar. Marissa fingered the necklace which had brought her back to life in the first place. Suldaken walked towards her, putting his head near her. "Just slip in on my head without taking it fully off your head." He said.

Marissa realizing her chance, jerked herself away from Suldaken. Grabbing the necklace, she pulled it off of her. The bones which held the necklace in place shattered, falling on to the floor, making Suldaken shout. A bright light shone around Marissa as she screamed in pain. Death was coming back to her. She could feel her body burn from the fire of the fifty dragons that had once attacked her. She could feel the pain of her flesh being ripped open by talon and scale. The bright light consumed her. Another bright light surrounded Suldaken. "No! It's not fair..." He whined. Suddenly, both of the lights flickered out, Marissa and Suldaken gone for good.

Epilogue

Everything pretty much turned back to normal. All the dragons went their own ways, after the Dragon Council gave Jake a medal for his courage in the battle. Once the medal had been hooked on to one of his scales, Huntsmaster announced that he was going to release Huntsgirl in just a few seconds so she could kill the American Dragon. The laughter of all the dragons was shock enough for the Huntsmaster, who quickly disappeared along with Huntsgirl. No one really knows what happened to all the Shadows. Some say they were all killed that day. Others said that they were sent back to the deepest darkest depths of Hell, where they belonged and were banished from the light of day forevermore. And still others say that the Shadows are still out there, lingering in the dark, just waiting for some nutcase to become their leader.

As for Suldaken, a front page news article said that the missing mummy was delivered back to the museum, back in its own sarcophagus. The strange thing was, that no human fingerprints or anything were on the mummy or sarcophagus. The newspaper wondered if the missing mummy was just a hoax from the museum.

As for Marissa, no one really knows what happened. Her bones did not return to her own coffin. Jake thinks that she got her final judgment and was forbidden to ever walk on the earth again.

But the strangest thing was, that several days after the war, something showed up at Grandpa's store. Marissa's staff leaned against the wall, glowing ominously though Grandpa was sure that there was no power left in that thing. Jake continued to help the magical creatures of New York City, because if he didn't, he would not be the American Dragon.

The End

There, I am finished! There is no sequel after this. Sorry. Hope you liked it!