The more I think about it, the more I like the new version of Jake Long. I think the characters look better than the original versions, actually. Except for Jake's dragon form… that just looks weird.

II – II

Forgotten Places

The Huntsman threw Jake off the tall building and onto the city streets. Jake hit the ground hard and was punched in the face by the Huntsman, who had jumped into the hole created by his fall. As Jake struggled to get up the Huntsman slammed him back down. "Say goodnight, vile dragon."

"Huntsman!" A large black portal ripped through the sky and Dan fell to the ground. His eyes were a blood red and his skin very light gray. He now wore his torn black cloak as a cape and had the same black and red silk-robe that Chaos wore. Two eyes were on the palms of his hands, and he had silver gauntlets with a hole in the center for the two eyes to be visible, and the fingertips were sharpened into nails. Two vampire-like teeth were coming out of the top of his mouth and he seemed to have mixed feelings of what was currently going on. "That would be enough for now. I can't have him die yet."

"D, Dan…?" Jake asked.

"I merely needed you to catch him. Now, I will send him back to the time period in which he belongs. You may dispose of him there." Dan clawed open a purple void, which sucked the Huntsman, Rose, and Jake in. "Have fun, Long. Gwuh, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!"

… … … … …

Jake awoke in his old room, and looked around. He noticed he looked three years younger than in the future and realized how lo-tech his time period was. "It's been a long time since I've seen this place… those were the days… when everything was so simple… I didn't have a care in the world… I as so… Ignorant. I knew nothing about how deep the Dark Dragon's plot was… and my only problem was the Huntsman. I wish it could be like that every day…"

"Jake!" Jake heard a familiar voice.

"Mom?" He asked himself quietly.

"Time for breakfast!" Jake looked at himself in his mirror again and noticed that he was in his pajamas, and that his alarm read 6:10.

"Now what was it I had to do in the mornings? Something important…"

"Hurry! Or you'll be late for school!" His mother called.

"Oh, right! That's what was so important! School!" Jake went into his closet. 16 pairs of his normal red sweatshirt, white T-shirt, and blue jeans. "I used to where this?" Jake tore his pants with his dragon claws, making them a bit shorter. He then noticed that his sweatshirt was actually had a zipper. "Why didn't I see that before?" He tore his hooded-sweatshirt with his claws so they had no sleeves, and put it on, leaving unzipped. He put on some socks and his shoes and headed downstairs. His Dad just left for work and a bowl, milk, and Some cereal was sitting on the kitchen table.

"Jake, you look…" Haley looked at how Jake 'fixed' his clothes. "Different." She climbed onto her chair and began to eat her cereal, already made for her.

"Jake, what did you do to your clothes?" His mother asked.

"Huh?" Jake was confused. "Oh! Right. Yeah, I decided I wanted to try something different, you know."

"Oh… okay. You kids and your ever-changing fashions." His mother said, rolling her eyes. Jake fixed his cereal and looked around while eating.

'Wow… I never thought I could forget this place… I guess anything can happen when you live over 2500 years in the future.' He quickly finished his breakfast, grabbed his backpack, said bye to his mother, and headed fro the bus.

… … … … …

The school bell rang and a massive crowd of children ran through the school door. "I can't believe that's what Rotwood thinks about dragons." Trixie said, walking next to Jake with Spud close behind.

"Uh, yeah, I guess…"

"Jake, what's wrong. You seem strange today." Trixie asked.

"Well…" As Jake was about to explain, a fairy flew towards them, holding a note. "Letter for Long!" Jake took it. "Sign here." It said. Jake signed the small paper and the fairy flew off.

"JAKE!" Laoshi's floating head (I think that's how you spell it) yelled. "Time for training! Get to the shop immediately!" Before the message could finish, Jake was off.

… … … … …

"Today, Jake," Laoshi began. "You will be sparring with me. Three rounds." Jake morphed into dragon form.

"Lets go then." Laoshi noticed something strange; Jake had a scar on his underbelly, stretching halfway through his chest.

"Jake… you seem, different."

"That's because I am… I'm not like I used to be. If only you could see me in my battles, grandpa… you'd be so proud to have trained such a great warrior." Jake said. He then prepared for battle. Laoshi was confused but began to fight. He did a simple punch, claw, tail-attack combo, which Jake parried with lightning speed before kicking his grandfather, knocking him to the ground.

"You have grown stronger young one… perhaps its time to take your training up a notch." Laoshi vanished and appeared behind Jake. Jake sensed his grandfather's presence and dodged his fire attack. Jake went for his grandfather's legs and knocked him to the ground. He placed his foot lightly on his grandfather's back, not crushing him, but not allowing him to get up either. "Jake… how did you grow so strong? Just yesterday you could barely hit me. Now today… today you are much faster, and stronger."

"Grandpa, I'm not me… but I am. It's hard to explain…"

"Perhaps you should just start from the beginning then." Jake told his grandfather everything. About Sirus, Tenma, Chaos, Dan, even about the Council and Yang Jake, and the fact that he was trapped in his own past. "Interesting story."

"And since I'm trapped here, Chaos is probably taking down my friends one by one."

"Perhaps I can help you, Jake. But first, I need you to gather some items for me…"

To Be Continued…

What do you expect when I update a day after I begin part two?