American Dragon: Haley Long (Season One)
Chapter/Episode 4: Why Can't We Be Enemies?
"Go!" Sun commanded as she and Haley stood on the roof of the shop, in front of several stone statues. Lu Dog stood behind the statues, a remote control in front of her. "Wait, what do I do?" the young golden asked.
"Now, Lu!" Sun called, and the young golden looked down at the controller with an unsure look on her face before brought her paw down, activating the statues, which shot at Haley, just as the young dragon jumped into the air as she transformed into her pink dragon form.
Haley looked down at the statue as one bent down; Haley looked passed the statues to see that Lu Dog was having trouble with the controls. Haley sighed at the sight, but she soon grunted as a metal fist shot up and slammed into her chin. With a grunt, Haley hit the ground and reverted to her human form.
"Haley!" she could hear Sun's voice as her dragon master approached her. "Haley, are you okay?"
Haley slowly sat up. "I'm fine…" Haley told Sun as she slowly got to feet as she watched the young golden retriever walked over to her.
"I am so sorry…" Lu apologized. "I didn't… I didn't mean to…"
"It's alright…" Haley muttered. "I need to get ready for school…" As Haley walked off, followed by Sun, Lu Dog's eyes widened and she lowered her head.
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Fu Dog was lying on the couch chewing on a bone when Haley came down the stairs and grabbed her backpack. "See you later, Fu." Haley said as she put her backpack on and started walking for the door. As soon as Haley left the shop and the door closed behind her, Lu Dog came down the stairs and slowly walked over to the couch.
"Um, Fu Dog…" she spoke, the older shar-pei refusing to recognize the younger dog. "I'm, um, sorry for taking your job. I didn't want to do that. I…"
"Yeah, you shouldn't have taken my job…" Fu replied, turning his head to face her. "Considering the fact that you are just a criminal who got busted by the council and now you're an animal guardian…"
"I don't want to be an animal guardian…" Lu Dog replied, her eyes wide. "And I didn't mean any harm. All I wanted was a little food…"
"Yeah, whatever…" Fu jumped down from the couch and started to leave the room. As soon as the shar-pei had left the room, Lu Dog lowered her head, deep in thought.
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Haley sighed as she walked to school rubbing her chin where the statue had hit her. It still hurt and would probably leave a mark. Haley missed Fu Dog as her animal guardian. She didn't understand why he had to have been fired. From what Sun had said, he had done nothing wrong; he had done worse.
In fact, Haley was so preoccupied with her thoughts that she was not looking where she was going. She did not realize where she was until she bumped into someone; on impulse, she formed her claws and the person she bumped into turned around, and Haley gasped.
The person she bumped into was a boy, probably around her age. The boy had rather shot black hair and also wore a leather jacket and a gold T-shirt and baggy jeans. "Hey, watch where you're going!" he shouted, but then he noticed Haley's dragon claws, which Haley forced to fade away. "Oh…" the boy said. "You're a dragon…"
"Are you going to judge me for that?" Haley growled.
"Why would I do that?" the boy asked her. "Personally, I think dragons are cool." Then, the boy held out his hand. "My name is Aidan. Aidan Detrick. What's yours?"
"Haley Long…" Haley said, slowly taking his hand. It was then that she noticed that she was at her school. "Oh, I've never seen you around here. Do you go here?"
"I do now." Aidan told her. "Today is my first day."
"Oh…" Haley couldn't help but smile. "Well…I guess I'll see you around."
"You most certainly will, Haley." Aidan smiled at her. "You most certainly will. But, before we say our goodbyes for the moment, do you mind telling me where the principal's office is?"
"Um, why don't I just lead you to it?" Haley offered.
"I think that would suffice." Aidan smiled at her.
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Haley made her way to the cafeteria as soon as the bell rang. Picking up a tray, she got in line, only to recognize the black hair and the leather jacket that the person in front of her was wearing. "Oh, hi." Haley spoke, and Aidan turned around, a small smile appearing.
"Haley…" Aidan spoke. "Good to see you again. I honestly didn't think it would be so soon."
Before Haley could say another word, she heard a scoff; both Haley and Aidan turned their heads to see Olivia Mears standing in front of them. "What are you saying, new guy?" she demanded. "If you are seen with this freak, it will destroy your popularity. You should come with me. Filthy, disgusting dragons and potentially popular boys don't mix…"
Haley just stared at Olivia. She completely expected Aidan to go with her, to call her a freak, but when she looked at Aidan, she found that the boy seemed to be fighting an uncontrollable fit of rage. Aidan was looking down, his eyes were squeezed shut and he was gritting his teeth and clenching his fists. Finally, he looked up and pointed at her.
"What is your problem?" he demanded loudly, making everyone in the entire cafeteria turn and look at him directly. "If you don't like someone because they're different, fine! As much as I would like to change that, I can't! But at least keep it to yourself! Don't treat them poorly! What did she ever do to you?"
Haley stared at Aidan with wide eyes, but she could soon see Leah Belden coming with her lunch tray. She stopped beside Aidan and Haley could see that she did not look happy. "It's not what she did, but what her kind did to me brother!" Leah declared. "If I told you that a dragon almost killed an innocent human, could you honestly tell me that you would stick up for her?"
Aidan turned his attention from Olivia and turned it to Leah. Haley watched as Aidan simply stared at Leah, and then finally, Aidan turned back to the rest of the room's population and let out a loud shout as he lifted his knee up and snapped his empty lunch tray over it. Turning to Haley, he spoke: "If you'll excuse me…" before he left the room, leaving Haley absolutely shocked.
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Back at the shop, Lu Dog sighed as she sat up at the counter as Sun Park walked into the room. Seeing the dog's sad face, the Korean Dragon couldn't help but feel sorry for the dog and found herself walking over to her.
"What's going on?"
Lu Dog looked up at Sun. "Um, nothing." She lied.
Sun knew that the dog was lying, and she knew exactly how to get through to her. With a small smirk, Sun turned and started to walk away. "Alright." She said. "If there is nothing bothering you…"
"Wait!" Lu turned her head towards Sun as she realized that Sun was leaving. "Wait. There is something…"
Sun smiled knowingly as she turned and she walked back over to the golden before sitting down next to her as Lu spoke: "It's Fu Dog. He hates me. He thinks that I stole his duty from him. It wasn't my fault. I was just trying to stop that thief from stealing."
"Well…" Sun said after a moment. "I don't really know what to say, but I think Fu Dog will come around. It might take awhile, but it isn't like him to hold a grudge forever. Unless you are one of about ten magical beings, that is…"
"Well, what can I do?"
"Fu must learn that it is truly not your fault and that it was what the council ordered." Sun answered. "But if you feel like you must do something, there may be nothing better for you to do than to apologize."
"You think he'll accept it?"
Sun stood up and looked at Lu. "Well, there's only one way to find out."
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As soon as the bell dismissing all students from Millard Fillmore High School rang out, Haley rushed out of her final class and into the hallway, looking around wildly. She had to find Aidan; she had never known any human react like that to a dragon and to someone treating a dragon as inferior. Haley knew that there were a couple groups that each had a couple members of humans who worshipped dragons, but she didn't know if there were any in Manhattan. Maybe Aidan was a member of one of those cults…
After searching for a moment, Haley finally spotted Aidan's black leather jacket and black hair. As Haley managed to push her way through the crowds of people, she could see that Aidan was heading for the exit. As Aidan stepped out the doors and down the steps, Haley rushed up to him and followed him as quietly as she could.
Haley decided to wait for a moment and she watched as Aidan walked down the sidewalk before she finally leapt into the air and transformed into her pink dragon form before taking off.
Haley looked down at Aidan from the air as she soared above him. She thought he was heading home and would keep on going straight, making it so that she was surprised when she saw Aidan turning a corner and walking into a dark alley. Haley swooped down and landed on a building as she watched Aidan walk down the alley. However, suddenly, Haley heard a growl; down below, she could see Aidan freeze as two dogs, one a pit-bull and the other a border collie jumped in front of him, growling.
"What are you doing here, human!" the pit-bull growled. "This is our territory!"
"Your kind isn't welcomed here!" the Border collie added. "Why don't you just leave, or we will have to call our boss. And we assure you, you don't want that…"
"Oh, but all I want is to get home…" Aidan replied. "I mean you know harm…"
"I'm warning you…human…" the pit-bull warned. "We'll give you five seconds to get out. If you aren't gone in that time, we'll tear you to pieces. One…Two…Three…"
Watching from above, Haley's heart rose to her throat. She had to help him. Thinking quickly, Haley leapt from the roof and started to fly down, but the pit-bull had already jumped at Aidan. But to Haley's surprise, Aidan jumped back from the dog and put his fist into the air.
"Dragon up!" the teen shouted and a bright light consumed him. When the light faded, there stood a gold dragon.
Haley's eyes widened in shock, and she completely forgot about the situation they were both in. "You're a…dragon?"
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Haley continued to stare in shock at the golden dragon in front of her, even as Aidan smiled at her and spoke: "Hello, Haley. Do you mind helping me deal with these pesky dogs?"
Haley was snapped back to reality when she could hear the growling of the dogs. Turning around, Haley watched as both dogs leapt from the ground with their teeth ready to bite down. Haley immediately jumped in front of Aidan, the Border collie slamming into her and knocking her to the ground as the pit-bull made his way to the golden dragon.
Haley grunted as she felt the dog pin her down. "It's a shame that you were in the wrong place at the wrong time…" the border collie growled. "Because now I'm going to tear into your…"
But before the dog could say anything else, it yapped as the pit-bull slammed into him, resulting in the two dogs slamming against the ground as Aidan landed beside Haley and offered her his claws. Haley took them quickly, and the American Dragon got to her feet just as the two dogs jumped to their paws.
"You're going to regret that, dragons!" the pit-bull growled before he jumped up, barring his teeth at the golden dragon, who merely stepped back and blew fire out of his mouth. The pit-bull's eyes widened and he dived to the ground, barely missing the flames.
"Oh…" Aidan mocked as he stopped blowing the flames. "You missed the flames. That's a real shame. It would have given new meaning to the term 'hot dog'."
The pit-bull growled as he slowly backed up and rejoined the Border collie. "You got lucky this time, dragons…" he growled. "But next time, you won't be…" Then, the two dogs turned and fled.
Haley watched with shock at the two dogs fled, and then she turned to face Aidan as he walked over to her. "To answer your previous question, yes I am a dragon." He smiled at her. "Sorry I never told you…"
"It's okay." Haley replied. "I think it's childish to hold grudges."
"That's…um…very big of you…" Aidan said with an unsure voice. "Well, I should get going. I need to get home." Aidan then he flared his wings, only to gasp in pain as Haley saw a bite mark on the tip of his right wing "Oww!" he hissed, reverting to his human form.
"Are you okay?" Haley asked, making her way to his side.
"It's fine…" Aidan replied. "There's just no way I'll be able to fly home tonight. And I honestly don't feel like walking…"
"You could always come to my house." Haley offered. "The walk isn't too far."
"Oh, I could never intrude, Haley…"
"My parents won't mind." Haley told him. "In fact, I think they'd be happy to know there is another dragon here."
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"You made a friend?" Susan stared in shock as her teenage daughter stood in the living room with a new boy she had never seen before in her life. Finally, Susan's shock faded and she smiled. "HALEY! YOU MADE A FRIEND! Stay here, I'll go get the camera!"
Aidan could only stare as Susan turned and rushed up the stairs, just as her husband, Jonathan started to come down. "Hey there, whoa! What's the rush?" When he got no answer, Jonathan simply shrugged and finished coming down the stairs. "Well, who's your new friend, Haley-hoo?"
Upon being called this name, Haley blushed as Aidan started to chuckle. "DAD!"
"What?" Jonathan asked; his smile fading. "I've always called you that." Before Haley could say anything else, her mother came down the stairs with a very small digital camera.
"Smile!" Susan ordered cheerfully as she pressed a button, causing a flash to blind the two dragons. "So…" Susan lowered her camera. "How long have you two known each other and what is your friend's name?"
"His name is Aidan and we just met each other today…" Haley lowered her head.
"I'm not trying to sound like a nosey-rosey, but is there a reason you are here?" Jonathan asked. "Not that I don't want you here…"
"Aidan hurt his wing." Haley replied honestly. "I told him he could come here."
Jonathan and Susan both looked at each other before they turned their heads back to their daughter and her friend and they nodded. "Okay, Haley." Susan said. "Aidan can stay."
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Haley sat next to Aidan as her parents chuckled at the dinner table. "So Aidan…" Susan asked. "Where do you live?"
"Well, I don't live anywhere really special…" Aidan spoke as he took a sip of his drink. "I actually live alone in a rundown building in a really run down part of the city. I live alone."
"Really?" Jonathan couldn't help but ask.
"Yeah..." Aidan frowned, and Haley was almost positive that she could see anger flash through his eyes. "See, my parents died right after I was born and I was adopted by a seemingly nice family. Unfortunately, they didn't turn out to be so nice. Nine years ago, the existence of magical creatures was revealed, and my adoptive parents didn't take kindly to that. They considered dragons and other magical creatures evil. Then came my thirteenth birthday and I sprouted wings and blew fire out of my mouth. You would think that my adoptive parents would understand. Nope! They threw me to the curb and told me to get lost!"
"I'm so sorry, Aidan…" Haley's eyes widened.
Aidan looked up from his food on the table and growled: "It's as if the Huntsclan never left this world…"
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The bell rang out all over Millard Fillmore High School the next day and Haley found herself in the hallways along with several students. Haley searched around the crowds of students and finally found Aidan closing his locker.
Haley pushed herself passed a couple of kids in front of her and finally made her way over to Aidan just as he turned around. Aidan's eyes widened in surprise as he saw the American Dragon, but a small smile made its way to his face; "Haley…" he said. "What a pleasant surprise…"
"Aidan, I just wanted to…" Haley started, but she stopped. She didn't know what she wanted to say to him.
"It's alright." Aidan told her. "I'm sorry I went off like that last night. I'm usually not like that. It's just…a painful thought."
"I understand completely." Haley told him.
"Well, I'd say that's a relief." Aidan grinned, but then it faded and his eyes stared into hers. "Haley, if you don't mind…I'd like to talk to you…at my place. There's something that has been bugging me."
"What is it?" Haley asked, but before Aidan could answer, Haley's eyes widened as she saw Olivia Mears walking down the hall. "Oh no…"
"What's wrong?" Aidan asked, turning around, catching the attention of Olivia.
"What a sight!" Olivia cackled. "The Dragon Girl has a boyfriend! Aw, how precious!" Olivia then started to walk away, cackling like a witch. As soon As Olivia had disappeared into the crowd of people, Aidan growled and clenched his fists.
"Aidan, don't listen to her." Haley told her new friend. "Once you get used to her remarks, it's much easier to ignore her."
Aidan nodded. "Actually, that is what I wanted to talk to you about. So, are you up to coming to my place?"
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Back at Canal Street Electronics, Lu Dog spotted Fu Dog lying on the couch as she peeked into the back room. Quickly making up her mind to follow Sun's advice, Lu stepped into the room and made her way to the couch just as Fu Dog looked up at her.
"Fu?" Lu spoke. "Listen, I know I've already said this, but I'm sorry for what happened."
"I don't need your apology…" Fu Dog growled, jumping off of the couch before the dog started to walk out of the room.
"Fu Dog, please!" the golden tried to beg, rushing up to the shar-pei and blocking his exit. "What can I do to make it up to you?"
"You want to know what you can do?" Fu suddenly growled at her. "You can get out of her, doggy. Or better yet, you could get yourself fired. I was an animal guardian for decades. I made a promise to the old man to do whatever I can…"
Lu Dog then watches as Fu lowered his head and walked out of the room, leaving the golden retriever alone.
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"Here we are…" Aidan smiled, spreading his arms as he showed off his run-down shack as Haley stepped inside. "Haley, you must tell me. What do you think?"
"Well…" Haley was at a loss for words as she stared at the interior of Aidan's home. "I…I can't believe you live here…" To Haley's surprise, Aidan chuckled at her words.
"Well, it's not like I can live anywhere else." He replied. "But…I think my luck just might change."
"What are you talking about?"
"Do you want a drink?" Aidan suddenly asked, ignoring Haley's question and starting to walk towards a doorway. "I'm going to go make us something to drink…"
Haley tried to say something, but before she could even form the words in her head, Aidan had disappeared into his "kitchen". Haley sighed and resumed her look around the shack. "Haley…" Haley suddenly returned her attention to Aidan as he entered the room carrying two glasses, one of which he handed to her.
"What is it?" Haley asked, looking at the glass.
"What's the matter?" Aidan smiled. "You don't trust me? Well, if you must know, it is a drink that I created. I haven't come up with a name for it. It's good. Just try it."
Haley looked down at the glass for a moment before she brought it to her lips and took a gulp of the drink as Aidan spoke: "Haley, do those humans just enrage you sometimes?" Hearing this, Haley spit out her drink.
"What do you mean?" Haley demanded. "And where are you going with this?"
Aidan didn't answer; instead, he reached into the pocket of his jacket and pulled out a small chain that was meant to fit around someone's neck. At the end of the chain, was a big, sharp black claw. "What is that?" Haley asked; she was getting a little nervous now.
"Haley, this is the solution to my problem, to your problem and the problem of every single magical creature on this planet…" Aidan spoke. "This is the claw of the bravest, most insightful and righteous dragons to ever live! The Dark Dragon…"
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"Are you insane?" Haley demanded; her eyes wide as she watched Aidan hold the Dark Dragon's claw in his hands. "The Dark Dragon wasn't brave or righteous! He was a homicidal monster!"
"Haley, just try to listen to me…" Aidan tried to step toward her, but Haley stepped back; Haley kept on taking steps back as Aidan tried to approach her, resulting in Haley being against the wall as Aidan got close enough to her. "Haley, look into your heart. The Dark Dragon was right…"
"No, he wasn't!" Haley moved to the side and made her way to the door. "He wasn't Aidan! He was wrong about humans. They aren't evil. We just need to earn their…"
"TRUST?" Aidan exploded, transforming into his golden dragon form in a bright light. "DO YOU HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT THOSE EVIL SCUMBAGS WILL EVER ACCEPT US? YOU ARE DEAD WRONG, HALEY!"
"What are you going to do, Aidan?" Haley demanded, her voice shaking. "Tell me what you're going to do. Just know that I will stop…" Haley's declaration was stopped short as Aidan's claws wrapped around her neck, making her gasp.
"You're not going to stop me, Haley…" Aidan growled. "I don't want you to stop me. I want you to realize that humans deserve to be put in their place. As for what I'm going to do, I'm going to do just that. The humans will learn that magical beings are not to be messed with. So, what is it going to be? Are you going to help me?"
Haley was about to answer verbally, but she suddenly gagged as Aidan tightened his grip around her neck. Glaring into his eyes, Haley defiantly shook her head. At first, it looked like Aidan was in shock, but anger soon flashed through his eyes. "Very well then, Haley…" he growled. "But just know that I can't let you get in my way…"
Before Haley could react, she felt herself flying through the air as Aidan hurled her against the wall. Haley grunted as she crashed through the wall, where she fell backwards and slammed her head against the ground, knocking her unconscious. After seeing that Haley had not moved for about a minute, Aidan turned around and lifted off of his feet, slamming into the wall of his shack, going through it and into the day.
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Leah sighed as she pushed open the door to her room before she dropped her backpack and walked over to her bed. Sitting down, Leah sighed as she lied down onto her back. After another moment, Leah rolled over onto her side and closed her eyes, only to open her eyes when a thudding sound rang out through the room.
Leah jumped to her feet and walked to the door, but just as she placed her hand on the knob, a golden tail wrapped around her mouth, making it so that she could not scream. Leah was them whirled around so that she could see a dragon Aidan standing in front of her as he unwrapped his tail from her mouth.
"Hello, Leah…" Aidan smiled as Leah could only stare at him, her mouth wide open. The next thing Leah knew, his tail was coming right for her and her world went black as his tail made contact with her skull.
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Back in Aidan's shack, Haley groaned as she slowly opened her eyes; sitting up, Haley put a claw to her head and rubbed as her head only to have her eyes widen as she heard a ringing noise. Reverting to her human form, Haley reached into her pocket and pulled out her communication device; pressing a button, Haley could see Sun's holographic form.
"Haley, where are you?" Sun asked. "You're late for dragon training! You've never done this before…"
"I'm sorry, Sun…" Haley apologized. "But I have a problem that I need to solve. Just give me a couple more minutes."
"Haley, what's going…?" Sun started to ask, but Haley lowered the device and Sun's image faded as Haley transformed into her pink dragon form with a wave of her arm. Then, Haley lifted off her feet and flew out a hole in the wall…
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Students chuckled and chatted with each other as they walked along the halls of Millard Fillmore High School. Inside the girl's bathroom, Leah whimpered into the single piece of duck-tape that was placed over her mouth as Aidan finished tying the ropes that were around her body. Leah's hands and feet were already tied together and the frightened girl sat next to three explosives; as Aidan finished with her, he grabbed the wires of the explosives and hooked them onto Leah, making her whimper again.
"Oh, don't worry…" Aidan smiled as he patted her head with his clawed hand. "Don't you understand? You should be honored! You're going to be a big blow to the humans of this world. You are going to help them realize just how cruel they have been to my kind. You'll be a hero…"
Aidan then chuckled as Leah whimpered in fear and he stepped away and reached down, retrieving the detonator. "It will be all over soon enough…" Aidan smiled at her, but before he could press the button, there came a crashing sound from above as Haley smashed through the roof and slammed into Aidan.
Aidan grunted as he flew backwards, the detonator dropping to the ground. Haley hovered in the air as Aidan smashed into the wall of the bathroom stall, the wood splintering as the golden dragon slammed onto the cold floor. Before Aidan had any time to recover, Haley growled as she swooped at her enemy and slammed her tail into him; Aidan was lifted off of the ground and he spun in the air as he ripped through the walls of the next two stalls before he slammed against the bathroom wall.
Haley flew at Aidan and was about to deliver a blow with her fist, but before she could, Aidan opened his mouth and let out a torrent fire. Haley let out a gasp as the fire hit her and she was thrown against the opposite wall. As Haley hit the ground, she looked up to see Aidan landing on the ground right in front of her.
"Well, Haley…" Aidan smiled. "This certainly is a surprise. How did you find me?" As Aidan talked, Haley noticed that Aidan's tail was snagging the detonator.
"NO!" Haley shouted as she forced herself up and slammed into the golden dragon; Aidan fell backwards and landed on his back with Haley on top. "Don't do this, Aidan!" Haley begged. "Don't sink down to their level! As for how I found you, I found it obvious that you would strike at the place where you saw people discriminating against a dragon…"
"Good thinking…" Aidan smiled and Haley felt herself being thrown backwards as Aidan got up and his tail delivered the detonator to his claws. "Haley, it's too late for these people. Why don't you try to save yourself?"
Haley's eyes widened as she then saw that Aidan was going into press the button on the detonator. Thinking quickly, Haley released a blast of fire from her mouth which shot up and consumed Aidan's opposite hand before it could press the button.
Aidan's eyes widened in shock agony and he let out a roar of pain, giving Haley the opportunity to ram her head into him. A grunt added itself to his howls of pain as Aidan fell backwards and onto the ground, the detonator falling from his claw and sliding across the floor.
Haley turned and faced Leah, who still looked frightened. Haley was about to move toward the girl, but she whirled around when she heard a beeping sound. Aidan had used his tail to press the button on the detonator and was now using his tail to lift himself to his feet as his free hand clutched his damaged one. Aidan just stared at Haley for a moment before he spoke: "Good luck saving them all."
Then, Aidan flapped his wings and lifted off of the ground, slamming into the ceiling and making it give way as he disappeared.
Haley returned her attention back to Leah who was screaming into the tape with fear as the explosives beeped beside her. "Don't worry!" Haley tried to calm Leah down. "You're going to be okay! Just, calm down!" And with one swipe of her claws, the ropes fell away and Haley grabbed them, taking the explosives with her as she flew up to the ceiling and hurled the explosives out into the air. Just as the explosives exploded in the air, Haley landed on the ground and reverted to her human form/
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Lu Dog entered the back room at Canal Street Electronics and sighed as she saw Fu lying on the couch snoring loudly. Shaking her head, Lu walked into the room and jumped onto the couch, her weight making the couch cave in slightly, waking Fu Dog up.
Fu Dog looked around for a second before he shook himself awake before he stared right at the golden. "What do you want?" Fu asked.
"Fu…" Lu started slowly. "I thought about what you said, and…I want out. Can you help me?"
"Say huh?" Fu asked.
"I want out of the order." Lu Dog repeated. "Can you help me get out?"
"You can't get out…" Fu lowered his head onto the couch. "The Dragon Council wants you to be an animal guardian. And what the Dragon Council wants, the Dragon Council gets. Now, why don't you leave me alone, puppy?"
"But…" Lu started, but she realized that the shar-pei was not listening to her. "Fu Dog, isn't there anyway that I can get out?"
"How am I supposed to know?"
"What about getting fired?" the golden asked. "Is there anyway that I could get fired?"
"You really want to find out?" Fu Dog lifted his head from the couch and looked right up to her. "You're really serious about this, aren't you?"
"Fu, I don't belong here…" the golden responded. "None of you really seem to like me and I'm not happy. I feel like a prisoner…"
"I don't think you understand, puppy…" Fu shot back, only it wasn't an angry response. "You are a prisoner. This is the Council's way of you serving your sentence. That's why I can't do anything."
"Well, I want to get fired…" Lu got down to Fu's level. "And you want your job back… right?"
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All the students at Millard Fillmore High School rushed outside when they heard the explosion, and now they were all crowded together looking up at the area in the sky where the explosives had gone off.
Haley sighed as she stood in the doorway watching all of the students; they had no idea what had gone on in the bathroom and were most likely completely unaware of how close they had all come to dying. Shaking her head, Haley turned around in order to walk away from the crowd, only to gasp and jump in surprise as she saw Leah standing in front of her. "Um…Haley…" she said slowly and started to walk up to her. Haley could see the nervous sweat dripping down Leah's forehead as she took it a step at the time to the dragon that had saved her.
Finally, Leah was right in front of Haley. "Haley…" Leah repeated. "I…I jus…I just wanted t…wanted to thank you…for…saving me…"
"Oh…" Haley replied. "It's cool. It's what most dragons do. Not all of them, but most of them."
"Well…" Leah looked down on the ground before looking back up at Haley with a very small smile on her face. "I guess…that not all dragons are bad…"
And then what Leah did next caught Haley completely off guard. Haley's jaw dropped as Leah brought her hand up and held it in front of her. "What I'm trying to say…" Leah added. "Is that…I'm sorry for all the things I've said to you."
Overcoming her shock, Haley nodded slightly and accepted Leah's hand, shaking it. "It's okay…" Haley spoke. "You have nothing to apologize for."
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Back at Canal Street Electronics, Haley fell onto her back onto the wood floor panting as she looked up at Sun, who was smiling down on her. "Excellent job, Haley." Sun commended. "And I think that shall be enough training for today…"
Haley sighed with relief as she sat up and reverted to her human form. "Haley…" Sun continued. "Do you mind telling me why you missed training yesterday? The only time you ever did that was when…"
"I know, Sun…" Haley cut her off. "I missed training yesterday because my 'friend' had a meltdown and tried to blow up the school in order to start something with humans."
Sun seemed to think about what her student said for a moment before she nodded. "I'll report this to the Council." Sun said. "Haley, do you think this could be a problem?"
"I don't think so, Sun." Haley answered. "I defeated him. He ran away."
"That means he'll be back." Sun told her student. "It almost always means that they will be back. Haley, don't assume that because they fled, you'll not see them again. Your brother seemed to have that kind of attitude. You're more like him than you think."
BLACKOUT; END EPISODE
A/N: Well, how was that? Please review!