American Dragon: Haley Long (Season One)
Chapter/Episode 6: Bark from Your Past
The bell over the door to Canal Street Electronics rang out as the door opened as Haley stepped into the shop, followed by Leah Belden. The two both slid the straps of their backpacks off and they fell to the ground with two thuds. It was unnaturally hot for an October afternoon, and both girls were sweating. "It's so hot!" Leah exclaimed.
"I know…" Haley said as she bent down and unzipped her backpack before pulling out some paper. "But we have work to do…"
"Haley, did you say something?" Both Haley and Leah turned their heads as Sun Park entered the room. "Oh, hello." Sun said as she saw Leah. "Haley, is this a friend of yours?"
"Well, not really…" Haley replied. "We've been assigned a paper for a class. We've been assigned partners on this. Oh, Sun, this Leah. Leah, this is Sun."
"Hello Leah…" Sun smiled as she held out her hand.
"Is…is she a dragon, too?" Leah asked, a little nervous.
"Yeah, she's my dragon master." Haley answered honestly. "Don't worry, she won't hurt you."
Leah just stared at Sun for a second before she finally slowly brought her hand out and shook the Korean Dragon's hand. Sun smiled warmly as their hands parted. "It was nice meeting you, Leah…" Sun said before turning around just as Fu Dog, who had a rolled up piece of paper in his mouth, entered the room, closely followed by Lu Dog.
Seeing the dogs, Leah's face lit up. "You didn't tell me that you have dogs…" Leah said as she bent down and ran her hand down Fu's head.
"You like dogs?" Haley asked.
"Well, yeah." Leah answered. "I find it very hard to not like dogs."
"What about magical talking dogs?" Lu suddenly asked, and Leah gasped in surprise, jumping to her feet. "Well, aren't you going to give me a little attention?" the golden asked. "If you give him some attention, then you should give me some…"
"Oh can it, puppy…" Fu smiled at her as he dropped the paper on the ground.
"Leah, we should get working…" Haley walked up to Leah, who had a shocked look on her face. "Come on…" Haley then took Leah by the hand and led her to the back room. As soon as they were gone, Fu turned to Lu and smiled smugly at her.
BLACKOUT; PLAY THEME SONG
BACK TO THE STORY/SHOW
Leah and Haley sat at a table in the backroom, both were writing on a piece of paper. "So…" Haley spoke. "I think what we should do is to split up the work in order to make the process of working on it go by faster. What do you think?"
"I think you have more to worry about than just a school project…" a bored, depressing voice answered before Leah could even open her mouth. Haley turned her head and could see the Oracle Twins standing at the door with Fu Dog and Lu Dog standing on one side and Sun Park standing behind them.
Haley stared at the two twins: neither twins had changed much in nine years. Her hair was still jet black and she still wore the same clothes, they were only larger. Sara still had curly blonde hair and the same clothes. To Haley, the only difference was that they were both taller. "What are you saying?" Haley asked.
"I just had a vision!" Sara exclaimed with a joyous smile on her face. "There's a member of the Huntsclan heading toward the harbor! Ooh! I wonder what he's planning."
"The Hunter!" Haley shot up and rushed over to the twins. "What else do you see?"
"We don't know!" Sara exclaimed happily. "I bet it will be so much fun to find out, though!"
Haley sighed before she turned and started for the exit. "We should go get him. Come on, Lu!"
Fu Dog watched as Haley and Sun both rushed out of the room, Lu Dog staying behind with an uncertain look on his face. "You need to go, puppy." Fu told her. "You have a duty to help your dragon."
"But…"
"You have to go…" Fu said.
"Can't you go instead?" Lu Dog asked. "I've never done anything like this before. Could…could you come with me?"
"You don't understand!" Fu told her. "I can't go! If the council catches me helping the kid, I'm going to the magical pound!"
Lu Dog stared back at Fu, but before the golden could say anything, Haley flew back into the room with a rather angry look on her face. "We don't have time for this, Lu!" she berated. "Let's go!"
Before the golden could do anything, Haley wrapped her claws around Lu Dog's collar and pulled her out the doorway.
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Lu Dog fidgeted nervously as she sat atop Haley's scaly back as the American Dragon flew down the streets along her dragon master. "So…" Lu's voice shook. "Just how dangerous is this guy?"
"Don't worry." Sun turned her head toward the frightened dog. "We're not going to let him hurt you."
Finally, the two dragons and the dog landed at the harbor, but to their surprise, there was no sign of anyone. "Do…Do you think their vision was wrong?" Lu Dog asked as she hopped off of Haley's back.
"No…" Sun answered. "He's here. Their visions are always correct."
"Then where is he?" Haley asked.
"Hello dragons…" a voice came from behind them. The next thing Sun, Haley are Lu Dog even knew, there was a flash of dark red as The Hunter flipped over them and landed in front of them with his staff ready. "It's so nice to see you again. So, are you ready to finally be slain?"
"Not today, punk!" Haley retorted. "We came here to stop you from doing whatever your about to do!"
"I'm not planning anything, dragon…" The Hunter replied, and Haley knew that The Hunter was grinning from behind his mask. "All I am doing is thinking…about how bad it must feel to not be able to see your own brother anymore…"
"What?" Haley asked, shocked.
"You heard me, dragon." The Hunter continued. "I was just thinking about those mean old councilors keeping you apar…" The Hunter abruptly stopped as Haley released and enraged roar as she flew over to The Hunter and swiped at him with her claws.
"How do you know about that?" Haley roared as she swiped at him, The Hunter stepping back with each swipe she took and blocking the blows with his staff. "HOW DO YOU KNOW?"
"It doesn't matter how I know…" The Hunter stepped back and swung his staff at Haley, but Haley spread her wings and flew back a couple inches, dodging the attack. "I'd like to make you a deal, dragon…"
"I don't make deals with villains!" Haley growled as she tried to attack her enemy, but The Hunter jumped up and leapt over her. The next thing Haley knew, she was shouting in pain as she felt a searing pain hit her back. Haley fell to the ground onto her belly.
"Haley!" The American Dragon could hear her dragon master calling for her. Haley turned her head so that she was looking upward and could see a flash of sky blue. The Hunter reacted quickly, and he jumped up, landing on Sun's back and slamming her down onto Haley, making both dragons grunt as The Hunter jumped back to the ground and pointed his staff at the two as it started to glow.
"Lu, do something!" Haley shouted out to the nervous golden retriever after she found that she could not get free from under Sun's weight.
Lu Dog looked worriedly at the two dragons trapped by the Huntsclan member. Releasing one last nervous moan, Lu Dog took off running at The Hunter and jumping into the air, her teeth ready to bite into flesh. The Hunter saw the dog coming toward him, and as a result, reached into his belt and pulled out a small steel ball which he threw at the dog.
In midair, the ball broke apart into three pieces as three microscopic beads continued toward the golden. Because of the size of the beads were so small, Lu could not see them and continued to run towards The Hunter until the beads hit her, causing a surge of electricity to course through Lu Dog's body just as Haley and Sun started to stand up. Lu Dog let out a yelp of pain as she fell to the ground/
"Lu Dog!" Haley shouted as she lifted off her feet and soared into the air as The Hunter started firing blasts of lethal green plasma. As three different blasts came toward her, Haley performed various maneuvers until she was heading on a collision course for the Huntsclan member.
The Hunter's eyes widened in surprise, but before he could move, Haley rammed into him and they both flew off of the ledge and fell into the water with a splash.
LINE BREAK
Haley could feel the cold water attacking her body as she dived deeper into the harbor waters. She was pinning down The Hunter, who, as he was forced deeper into the bay, lost his grip on his staff, and despite his best attempt to get it back, his staff sank slowly into the water.
Without his weapon, The Hunter looked up at Haley with fear in his eyes as Haley let go of him before swimming up and coming back down on him, her tail slamming into him. Haley then watched as The Hunter shot down into the dark depths of the bay like a speeding bullet.
As soon as The Hunter had disappeared, Haley started to feel lightheaded from the lack of air, and she unconsciously opened her mouth to gasp for air, only to release bubbles into the water. Haley quickly turned and swam up to the surface where she flapped her wings, making her shoot up into the air after emerging from the water before slamming down onto the dock. Haley rolled over onto her back and coughed, getting the water out of her lungs. With one last cough, Haley got up and rushed over to where Sun was kneeling next to the golden retriever.
"She's unconscious." Sun informed Haley as Haley looked down at the unconscious and sweating dog. "This heat is only making it worse." Sun added. "We need to get her back to the shop before her injuries become life threatening."
BLACKOUT; COMMERCIAL BREAK
BACK TO THE STORY/SHOW
"Oh man…" Haley stared at the golden retriever lying on the couch with horror as Sun sat on the couch next to her putting icepacks on the dog in an attempt to bring the dog's temperature down as Fu Dog used his teeth to pull out a thermometer out of her mouth. "Whoa!" Fu exclaimed as he dropped the thermometer on the table and looked at it. "She's really burning up."
"This should bring the temperature down…" Sun said as she stood up. "I don't understand what happened. It just doesn't make any sense."
"We need to get her some medicine." Fu said. "It's the only way that she'll pull through."
"Yes." Sun agreed. "Unfortunately, I can only administrate it to her when she is awake. I will call the Council."
Fu and Haley both watched as Sun walked out of the room before they both turned their attentions back to Lu Dog. "Man…" Haley muttered. "I hope she'll be okay…"
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Haley sighed as she took her lunch tray over to the only deserted table the next day during lunch. Sitting down, Haley pushed the tray away and put her head into her hands. "Haley…" she suddenly heard a familiar voice calling her name.
Almost reluctantly, Haley lifted her head and looked up to see Leah standing beside the table. "Haley, did you get anymore of that project done?"
"No…"
"Haley, we need to get it done!"
"Leah, I can't focus right now!" Haley nearly shouted at the other girl. Hearing Haley get frustrated, Leah's eyes widened in fear and she paled. Seeing the girl frightened of her yet again, Haley sighed. "I'm sorry, Leah." She apologized. "I thought you knew that I would never hurt you. I'm just stressed out right now. Lu's really sick."
"Is that one of the dogs?"
"Yes." Haley replied. "The golden retriever; she got hurt on a mission yesterday and she's really sick. She might die."
"That's a shame…" Leah looked down. "Dogs have it pretty bad these days…"
"Just like magical creatures…" Haley muttered, and before Leah could respond, Haley could hear a ringing from her backpack. Reaching for her backpack, Haley unzipped it and pulled out her communication device as Sun's holographic face appeared. "What is it, Sun?" Haley asked as Leah turned and started to walk away.
"Haley, I gave Lu Dog the medicine…" Sun said. "She was conscious just long enough for me to give it to her."
"This is good, right?"
"No, Haley." Sun frowned. "The medicine isn't working and it's a powerful pill. It has never not worked on an ill being. There must be some kind of problem. You need to come back here as soon as you can!"
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Haley and Sun stood in the doorway looking at the couch that Lu Dog was lying on. Fu Dog also stood on the couch as a metal device hovered over Lu, giving her a scan. As soon as the scan was complete, the device hovered over to Sun and spoke in a robotic voice: "Her mind is refusing the medicine. Survival chance percentage: 9 percent."
Sun sighed as the machine turned itself off as it flew over to the shelf. "This is not good. There must be something in her mind that is bugging her and not letting the medicine do its job."
"What could it be?" Haley asked. "We need to do something to help her! I need an animal guardian!"
"Well kid…" Fu hopped off of the couch and made his way over to the two dragons. "There is only one way to find out. Do you still have those dream charms?"
Haley's eyes widened as she heard the shar-pei mention the charms. She had completely forgotten that her brother had given them to her…
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Nine year old Haley Long was on her bed on her side with tears running down her cheeks as she whimpered and curled up into a fetal position. It had only been a week since the devastating final battle where Jake had attacked the council. Now Jake had to leave and Haley felt so alone.
Haley suddenly stopped her crying when she heard a small tapping at her window, but she lost focus on the tapping and continued her depressed mood. It was probably just her imagination. But the more she tried to ignore the tapping sound, the louder it seemed to get.
Opening her eyes, Haley got up and walked over to the window, opening it with a small grunt before she climbed up on the sill…only to gasp…
Hovering over the streets was Jake in his dragon form. "Hey there, Hales." Jake smiled at her. "You surprised to see me?"
"Jake, what are you doing here?" Haley felt her tears fading. "If the council catches you…"
"I'm just stopping by…" Jake cut off. "There is one last thing the Am Drag needs to do. He needs to give his little sis something to remember him by. Give me your hands."
With wide eyes, Hale got off of the sill and onto the fire escape and held out her hands as Jake placed something in them. Looking down, Jake could see that there were two dream charms.
"In case the new American Dragon ever needs them…" Jake smiled again. "Rose decided that she wanted to give hers to you as well. Oh, and by the way, I'm sorry we couldn't make it to your ceremony. Well, I guess this is goodbye."
"Goodbye, Jake…" Haley whimpered as she watched her brother fly away. "And thanks…"
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Back in the present, Haley now stood in her room, having basically torn her room apart looking for the charms. "Where are they?" Haley groaned, getting frustrated. "You need to think, Haley. Just think!"
Haley took a calming breath as she started to walk around her room, trying to remember where she put the dream charms. Finally, Haley's eyes widened and she turned, rushing over to desk and opening a drawer. Reaching into the drawer, Haley grabbed hold of an envelope and pulled it out.
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"Here they are…" Haley stood in the back room along with Sun and Fu Dog as she held out the envelope, and using her claws, made a tear in it that made the charms drop into her hand.
"Very good." Sun said. "Now, put them on and let yourself fall asleep. I'll stay here and watch over Lu. You both should go now…"
Haley nodded as she slipped the charm over her wrist before she bent down and helped get the charm over Fu's paw. Then, the two walked over to the table where Haley sat down and put her head down and where Fu jumped onto the couch. Within seconds, they were both asleep…
BLACKOUT; COMMERCIAL BREAK
BACK TO THE STORY/SHOW
In a bright flash of light, both Haley and Fu found themselves in the Dream Realm. "So this is what the Dream Realm looks like, huh?" Haley said as she started to look around.
"Would you stay focused, kid?" Fu barked. "We have something we need to do. Look for her door."
The two walked down the numerous halls of the Dream Realm, and after a while, the two started to split up. Haley continued to walk down the halls, but she suddenly heard Fu Dog calling her. "Hey, kid!" he shouted. "Come here! I found the door!"
Haley turned and ran as fast as she could to where Fu was standing. "Hey, kid…" Fu said as she reached him. "Do you mind getting the door? You know…paws and all?"
"Right…" Haley replied as she reached up and opened the door before the two stepped inside. As soon as they stepped inside, Haley gasped at what they saw; it was pitch black inside; almost nothingness except for a few sheds of light and what looked like silver swirls. Haley looked down to see that she was standing in the nothingness.
"Fu, what is going on?" Haley asked.
"Don't worry, kid." Fu Dog continued to walk into the nothingness. "Everything's fine. You don't see anything because of the medicine. Her illness is fighting the medicine. Come on, we should go farther to see if we can find something."
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Back at the shop, Sun stood over Lu Dog as the golden retriever slept. "I hope you find something, Haley…" Sun hoped quietly.
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Back in Lu Dog's dream door, Haley stopped in her tracks and looked down in surprise as she found that a road had formed and that she was now standing. "Fu, this is so weird." Haley told the dog. "I don't like it here."
"Relax, kid…" Fu turned his head to face her. "We're in her subconscious now. Maybe we'll find something here."
Haley nodded in understanding, but then her eyes widened and she pointed passed Fu. "Fu Dog, look!" Haley called. Fu turned his head to see Lu Dog walking down the streets with the handle of a bucket in her mouth. "We need to follow her!" Haley said.
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Both Haley and Fu followed the golden retriever to a small river, where the golden dipped the bucket in her mouth into the water before pulling it out, filled. The golden retriever then turned and slowly started to walk away.
"Aw, how long are we going to have to follow this puppy around?" Fu growled in annoyance.
"That isn't important, Fu!" Haley shot back. "We need to help her. She can't die from this!"
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Haley and Fu followed Lu Dog into a dark alley where the golden retriever walked over to the corner and set down the bucket that was water filled. Upon taking a better look at the scene in front of her, Haley gasped in surprise. In front of Lu, there was another, much older, golden retriever lying on its stomach.
"What's wrong, kid?" Fu asked her.
"There's another dog there…" Haley muttered and pointed.
"Mother, I brought you some water…" Lu Dog spoke as she nudged the bucket of water closer to the older dog. "Drink it; it'll help…"
The older dog looked at the water and then smiled at your daughter. "Thank you, Lu…" she said. "But I'll wait until your brothers return back here with some food. We should eat together."
"You should have some water now…" Lu tried to urge.
Haley watched this with wide eyes and she looked down at Fu. "I'm totally confused…" the shart-pei admitted. "Do you have any idea what's happening?"
"That's her mom, Fu." Haley whispered. "She's sick."
Fu was about to say something, but before he could, two more golden retrievers stepped into the alley. One looked just like LU, only a little bit bigger, while the other was a different color and also had a hairless tail.
"Stu! Ru!" Lu Dog turned to face both dogs. "It took you long enough! Where have you…? Wait, is that meat, Stu?"
Stu Dog, the one that looked just like Lu had a large piece of meat in his mouth. Stu walked over to his mother and placed it onto the ground before turning back to Lu. "As a matter of fact, it is." Stu said proudly. "Ru and I were fortunate enough to it. Weren't we, Ru?"
Ru Dog, the one with the skinned tail, looked down at the ground as if he was shamed. "Yeah…" was all he said.
"You stole it, didn't you?" Lu demanded. "Come on, guys! We can't do this kind of stuff!"
"I know that!" Stu growled, getting closer to his sister. "We didn't steal that meat. We earned it."
"How did you do that?" Lu asked.
"Does it really matter?" Stu asked as he walked over to his mother. "You go and eat that. You need food. Ru and I will go get some more food. Come on, Ru…"
Both Haley and Fu watched as Lu's two brothers turned and walked out of the alley. Haley didn't really know why, but she had a bad feeling about this…
Lu…" Lu Dog turned as she heard her mother calling her name. Lu Dog slowly made her way over to her mother as she spoke again: "Lu, go after those two. I don't like the way Stu has been acting. Can you do that for me, sweetie?"
"Of course, mother…" Lu Dog answered. "I'll be back soon, okay? While I'm gone, have some water and food, okay?"
Haley and Fu then watched as Lu Dog turned and started running out of the alley after her brothers. "Come on, Fu!" Haley shouted as she transformed into her pink dragon form before she lifted into the air, grabbed Fu and flew off.
Haley flew down the dark alley until she found Lu Dog standing behind a building, peaking her head out. Haley landed next to the golden and set Fu down, both looking over the side of the building.
Stu and Ru stood side-by side, two dogs standing in front of them. Haley gasped in surprise when she realized that the two dogs were the pit-bull and the Border collie from the alley.
"Glad to see you come back…" the pit-bull smiled.
"We told you that we would come back, didn't we?" Stu responded. "I personally believe in keeping my word. I don't know about my brother, though…"
"Well, we'll go get the boss then…" the pit-bull said as he and the Border collie turned and disappeared into a building. As soon as they were gone, Stu turned to his brother. "Do you have to remain quiet all the time?" he demanded. "Do I really have to do all the talking?"
"I don't want to say anything to these dogs!" Ru spat. "This is wrong, what we're doing!"
"How is it wrong?" Stu demanded.
"These are bad dogs!" Ru responded. "What they do is wrong!"
"And what about what I do is wrong?" a new voice demanded. Both golden retrievers turned their heads as the Border collie and pit-bull exited, both on each side of a large shepherd dog.
"Little Rover…" Stu addressed the dog. "We have thought about your offer…"
"Please, Stu…" Ru begged from behind him. "We really don't have to do this! We can find another way to help Mother!"
"Another way?" Little Rover demanded. "I am not offering you a way to save your mother's life. I'd be lying to you if I said that I could do that. What I AM offering you is a way to feed her and take care of her until her time comes. So, can you tell me what is so wrong about what I and my associates do?"
"You…steal…" Ru tried.
"We don't steal…" Little Rover stopped him. "We take old and unused bones and sell them to dogs for a price. If you work for me, then that payment that you earn will go to taking care of your mother…"
"I still think its wrong…"
"That may be what you think…" Little Rover walked over to Stu. "But your brother doesn't think so. Stu Dog wants to save his mother's life. Do you?"
Haley was watching the conversation between Lu's brothers and Little Rover; she was so occupied with that conversation that she didn't notice the pit-bull and border collie coming until they had grabbed Lu by the throat with their teeth and started pulling her over to Little Rover.
"Hey boss!" the Border collie called. "Guess what we just found!"
"Lu?" Stu asked, while Ru started to back up in fear.
"Brothers, what are you doing?" Lu Dog demanded as the pit-bull released her from his grip. "How could you get mixed up with dogs like these? They're bone dealers! They steal bones from other dogs and then sell them to others in exchange for meat! Why are you doing this?"
"Lu…" Ru kept on backing up. "Lu, this really isn't what it looks like! I was completely against this the entire time!" Ru Dog then turned and fled out of the alley as quick as he could.
"Lu, what are you doing here?" Stu asked.
"Spying…" Little Rover answered for Lu's brother in a growl as he slowly walked over to Lu. "Tell me, were you spying on me?"
"More like my brothers…" Lu responded.
"Aw yes…" Little Rover smiled. "Your brothers...!" He then turned to the pit-bull. "Biter!" He then turned to the Border collie. "Growler! Kill her!"
Lu Dog's eyes widened in fear as Little Rover backed up; Biter and Growler growling viciously as they started to approach the golden. "No!" Stu called. "You don't have to do this! Just send her back home! Please!"
Little Rover turned his from Stu Dog back to his minions. "Kill her…" he repeated. At that moment, both Biter and Growler leapt at Lu, their teeth ready to tear into her. Yelping in fear, Lu Dog turned and ran down the alley as fast as she could, with Biter and Growler right behind her.
"Come on, Fu!" Haley suddenly shouted, grabbing Fu Dog, lifting into the air and speeding down the alley. It wasn't long until they found Lu.
Lu Dog kept on speeding down the alley, but Growler jumped up and landed right in front of the golden. Panicking, Lu turned, only to find that she was completely trapped by the two dogs. Biter took this opportunity to ram into Lu's side, making her fall over sideways. Biter was courteous to stop her fall…with his teeth in her back.
Lu Dog yelped in pain as the teeth bit into her flesh and she yelped once again as Growler rammed right into her belly. Grunting, Lu Dog slammed onto the ground on her side as Growler walked over to her, and with a flick of his tail, slammed Lu Dog against the nearest wall's building.
"Fu Dog!" Haley called to her ex-animal guardian as she watched the golden hitting the ground and struggling to get up. "We have to do something! We have to help her!"
"We can't kid!" Fu responded. "This is a memory. There is nothing that can be done."
Lu Dog grunted as she shook as she stood up on all fours and slowly tried to walk away. Growler and Biter used her injuries to her advantage; the two dogs repeatedly rammed into her, bumping her back, until Biter rammed into her side, sending Lu Dog into another building wall right above a cardboard box. Lu Dog grunted as she came down onto the ground.
"Yeah!" Growler shouted. "Come on, Biter! Let's finish her!" Growler then opened his mouth, revealing his sharp teeth, but before he could attack, Biter cut him off.
"No!" Biter commanded.
"What?" Growler turned his attention to Biter. "But why not? Little Rover gave us orders!"
"And we've carried out his orders…" Biter told him. "She will die…eventually. Now let's go."
Haley and Fu watched as Biter and Growler turned and walked away before they both rushed over to where Lu Dog was lying, unconscious. "Oh, Fu…" Haley moaned as she looked at the golden. "There's nothing we can do?"
"This is just a memory, kid…" Fu Dog answered. "You can't change it. But I think it's safe to assume that this is what's bugging her. Now what we need to do is find a way to save the puppy right here and now."
"What?" Haley stared at the shar-pei. "But I thought you didn't even like her. And I would think that you would use this to your advantage, you schemer…"
"Well, if this were the Fu Dog of the 1970's, I probably would use it to my advantage…" Fu replied. "But I'm not like that anymore. The Council wouldn't reinstate me if she died. Besides, the puppy isn't that bad. So, do you have an idea?"
Haley looked down for a moment, deep in thought. Finally, she smiled and looked at Fu. "Yes, I have an idea. We need to take off our charms and go back."
"How is that going to help?"
"I don't know if it will, but you need to trust me." Haley answered as she bent down and lifted Fu's charm from his paw. In a bright flash of light, Fu Dog disappeared from the world of dreams. Seconds later, Haley removed her dream charm, also disappearing in a flash.
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Back in the shop, both Fu Dog and Haley lifted their heads from the table. Yawning, Haley stood up as she caught the gaze of her dragon master, who walked over to her. "Did you find anything?" Sun asked.
"Sun…" Fu answered for Haley. "We sure did. Whoo-eee! Not a pleasant thing to see!"
"Well, do you have any ideas?" Sun asked.
"I do…" Haley nodded before she made her way over to the unconscious and tense looking dog. Kneeling down next to the dog, Haley reverted to her human form and then put her hand up to Lu's fur, stroking it.
"Lu…" Haley said softly. "Lu Dog, it's okay. You don't have to worry about that memory anymore. You made it out, and now we're here. You're safe, Lu."
As Haley spoke and petted the golden, Lu's tense form slowly started to relax, and Haley smiled. "That's right…" Haley continued. "You're safe. No one is going to hurt you…"
Finally, Lu Dog was completely relaxed, and her eyes slowly started to open. "Wh…" Lu spoke, looking up. "Where am I?"
"You're safe…" Haley repeated as Lu turned her head and stared at her. Fu Dog, at that moment, jumped onto the couch.
"It's good to have you back, puppy!" he welcomed her.
Lu turned her attention from Haley to Fu. "It's good to be back…" Lu said softly.
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A/N: Just a little background on Haley's new animal guardian. I hoped you liked it and please review!