Ok so here's chapter 1 of my little story! I know, its a little boring at the beginning but trust me, it gets a lot better toward the end! Enjoy everybody!

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Chapter 1: That night...

It was pretty late by the time Jake left his Grandfather's shop. He took his time walking to his house because he knew that his parents would probably be up waiting for him and he wasn't in a big hurry to get yelled at. It's been about a month since the incident in Hong Kong, when he defeated the Dark Dragon for good. Now that the Dark Dragon was gone life as protector of the magical world has become a lot easier. There were still many serious problems of course but without the looming threat of the Dark Dragon it's been like a giant weight has been lifted off of everyone's shoulders.

When he finally got to his front door, Jake put his ear to it to listen if anyone was in the living room. When he was sure that it was empty he opened it slowly, peeked inside and went in as quietly as possible. Tip-toeing to the stairs he was sure he made it when-

"Jacob Long! Why are you getting home so late?"

Cringing, "Sorry Mom, but Gramps kept me late tonight!"

"That's not an excuse young man! You know better then to-"

"C'mon honey. Don't you think we could give him a break, just this once?" Said Jake's Dad smiling, as he walked into the room. "With all of his dragon responsibilities it's a wonder that he gets home at all."

"Well...all right, I'll let you off the hook this time but don't let it happen again, ok?" Said Jake's Mom as she headed up the stairs to her room.

"Thanks Dad!" Said Jake, turning to his father, smiling.

"Not a problem at all Jakey! But try to get home on time more often." With that Jake's Dad left the room and went upstairs.

Smiling, Jake headed for his room. His Dad has been nothing but supportive and understanding of him and Haley ever since he found out about their dragon powers. It's still kind of strange for him not having to hide from his father anymore. Jake changed into his pajamas and got into bed. Yawning, Jake watched the moonlight that was drifting through his window as he slowly drifted off to sleep.

Jake was running. Running as fast as he could in complete darkness. He didn't know where he was, all he knew was that he needed to find a way out. Suddenly, something jumped up and grabbed him around the ankles making him trip. Turning around he gasped at what looked like the actual darkness was wrapping itself around his ankles and was slowly creeping up the rest of his body. Panicking, Jake struggled wildly against it but nothing he did loosened it at all.

"All right, that's it! Dragon up!" Nothing happened. "Wha-Whats going on? Dragon up! DRAGON UP!"

Out of the darkness came a high pitched laugh that chilled Jake to the bone. "Hehehe There's no point trying to fight Jake Long, I control you now..."

"No!" Screamed Jake as the darkness binding him was starting to creep up his neck and cover his face. He couldn't breath and he couldn't think. All he knew was that evil laughter as the darkness slowly started taking him over...

Suddenly a bright burst of light broke through the darkness, driving it back. The darkness surrounding Jake released him immediately. Jake lay, panting, on his back very relieved that the darkness was gone. When he finally caught his breath he sat up and looked straight into the eyes of the most beautiful creature he had ever seen. She was a white and gold dragon with bright golden eyes and what seemed to be ribbons of bright light circling around her body. She had strange marking down each side of her body that looked like the complete moon cycle, starting with a full moon at her cheek and ending with another at the tip of her tail.

"Hello Jake Long, it's nice to finally meet you face to face but I'm afraid I can't talk to you right now because we've run out of time. Don't worry though because I will be back soon to explain everything that's happened so take care of yourself till then." said the mysterious dragon as she started to fade away as quickly as she had come.

"Wait! Who are you?"

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

Jake groaned as he rolled over and turned off his alarm clock. "That was the strangest dream I've ever had but who was that white dragon and what was the dark creature?"