Meanwhile, in the real world, Max and Emmy's parents were leaving the house. They got into the car and their father turned the keys in the ignition. As they began to pull out of the driveway, the mother spoke up.

"Honey?" She asked. "Yes dear?" the father replied. "Do you think Emmy and Max will be alright with us gone for a while?" "I'm sure they'll be just fine. They are our children after all." Said the father.

"I guess you're right. I just hope nothing happens to them." Said the mother. "You have nothing to worry about. If it bothers you though, we can talk about it on the way." The mother smiled and thanked him for cheering here up and soon they left the driveway.

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Back in the playroom, a portal opened up as the children came out of it. As soon as they were out of the gateway, it closed up behind them. Cassie, Od, Zak & Weezie looked around the playroom in awe.

"He we are guys. waht do you think?" said Emmy. "So this is your room?" Asked Cassie. "No, this is just the playroom. Our rooms are just down the hall." Emmy approached the door and noticed a piece of paper taped to it. Emmy took it off of thr door and read it aloud.

"Dear Emmy and Max, We are currently on errands and will be gone for a while. Please stay safe and keep all the doors locked. We will be back soon. Love, Mom & Dad." She then realised that she forgot about her parents. "I completely forgot about mom and dad."

"You're right. How will we explain this to them?" asked Enrique. "I don't know."Said Emmy in a woried tone of voice. "I guess we'll just have to worry about that when they get back." Cassie put her hand on Emmy's shoulder. "It's okay Emmy. I'll help out any way I can." Said Cassie with newfound determination.

"Yeah, we'll all help, won't we?" exclaimed Weezie. "Yeah!" Max and the others cheered. "Thank you." Said Emmy. "Hey, what are friends for?" said Zak. Emmy then lead Cassie and the others as she showed them around the house.

Emmy and Max had shown the dragons their bedrooms first, then they went downstairs. That's where things got out of hand. First, Ord had found the kitchen. Emmy was just glad thats they were able to keep him from raiding the fridge, which was easier said than done.

Then, Weezie found the stereo. Zak kept telling her not to mess with it But Weezie wouldn't listen. That's when she accidentally turned the volume up to the maximum level. "LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE IT!" screeched Weezie. Emmy Rushe dover to the stereo and quickly turned it off. She hoped that no one outside heard the noise.

Emmy let out a sigh then turned to Weezie. "what were you thinking? we can't have everyone know you're here!" She scolded Weezie. "Sorry." whispered Weezie. Emmy then went over to Cassie as the blonde girl stared at the computer.

"What is it" asked Cassie. "It's a computer. you can do alot of things on it, like look up all kinds of information. Here, let me show you." said Emmy as she opened up the web browser and entered wikipedia. "See? You just click on what article you want to read and presto!"

Emmy smiled to herself as she watched Cassie excitedly click away. That was when she heard the sound of their parents car pull into the driveway."Oh no!" She said turned to the others and said "Guys, Our parents are back!" They all stopped what they were doing."What will we do?" asked Max. "They'll have to hide in the playroom until we can tell mom and dad." said Emmy.

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The car came to a stop as Max and Emmy's parents got out. they walked up to the door as their father began to put the key into the lock and unlocked the door. They opened the door to find the TV on and the kids watching a cartoon. Emmy and Max ran over to their parents and greeted them happily while Enrique politely said hello.

The three friends then began to explain about their friends, with the exception of the fact that they were dragons. After they were finished explaining, their parents then told them that the school had told them about a group of exchange students that needed a place to stay and were willing to help.

It was eventually decided that their friends would use the play room as living space. They then brought the dragons down and once introductios were finished, they then decided to work out the details over lunch.

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Meanwhile, at an uknown location, a tall, middle-aged man was looking at a large computer screen ferverently as began typing on the keys, as if he is searching for something. At that moment, a man in a stange uniform walks into the room.

"Sir! You may want to take a look at our recent findings." he said. The other man followed his subordinate out of the room and into a large hub filled with many strange machines, all of them running numbers or scanning data. There were other workers monitering the equipment.

The tall man and his underling walked over to a large machine in the middle of the installment that showed random images of various locations on Earth. "What did you find?" asked the leader. "We detected a massive spike of arcane energy in southern california." The leader simply smiled as he lloked at the screen which now showed a very familiar homestead.

"It has begun."

TBC IN PART 3