American Dragon: Haley Long (Season One)
Chapter/Episode 13: Explosive Failure
Haley grunted as she slammed into the pavement after the cloaked dragon had dealt a powerful blow. From her place on the ground, on her back, Haley turned her head to the left to see Leah backed up against the wall of a building as the masked thief fired at her using her futuristic gun. As each blast hit the wall, Leah ducked the blast before jumping from her feet and landing on her stomach onto the pavement after another blast hit right where she had been standing just previously. "HALEY!" Leah shouted. "Please hurry up and defeat him so you can HELP ME!"
Haley was so distracted by Leah, that she had completely forgotten about the cloaked dragon. That is, until she could hear his growling and could see him flying toward her. A large blast of fire came from his mouth, which was covered by the hood of his cloak, and Haley rolled out of the way in order to avoid the blast. Haley jumped up to her feet and hovered in the air, slamming her tail into the cloaked dragon, knocking him backwards and onto the cement. "Now why don't you just get lost?" Haley boasted.
Haley could hear a growl, and the next thing she knew, the cloaked dragon shot up and flew away. "You haven't seen the last of me!" he vowed as he disappeared down the street. The thief noticed that the dragon was fleeing; sending a glare Haley's way, the thief started to follow the cloaked dragon, running down the street.
"Well, that was weird..." Haley muttered to herself as she reverted to her human form before walking over to Leah and helping her to her feet. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah..." Leah replied. "You know, every time I'm around you and you get attacked by another magical creature..."
"Yeah?"
"I just have to keep telling myself that you're not like them..." Leah finished.
"That makes me feel so much better..." Haley replied sarcastically as she bent over and picked up both of their backpacks. Handing Leah's to her, both girls slipped them on over their shoulders and continued walking down the sidewalk.
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Haley stopped walking along with Leah when the two reached the steps of Haley's house. "Well, I'll see you tomorrow..." Leah told her, and Haley nodded as she started to walk up the steps. Haley stopped right in front of the front door and turned her head, watching as Leah walked away. Sighing, Haley turned the knob and stepped inside the house, closing the door behind her.
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Haley yawned as she walked down the stairs and walked over to the kitchen table, where her father was at the stove, cooking pancakes. "Hey, Haley-hoo..." Jonathan smiled as his daughter sat down. "I'm doing something we haven't done in a while. I'm making pancakes!"
"That's nice..." Haley moaned, as her father turned away from the stove with a small frying pan that had two pancakes inside. Jonathan Long turned the pan over, dropping the pancakes onto his daughter's plate, only to notice that Haley was interested.
"What's wrong, Haley?" Jonathan asked. "I thought you would be excited to have me fire up the waffle iron..."
"It's Leah..." Haley muttered, and a panicked look made its way onto Jonathan's face. "SUSAN!" he called out, and a moment later, Susan Long walked out of the kitchen. "Oh good!" Jonathan exclaimed, relieved. "Your mother! Uh, I mean...maybe she can help you..."
"Help?" Susan asked, walking over and sitting on the other side of the table. "With what?" As Susan asked this, Jonathan slowly backed up and returned to the stove. "Haley..." Susan repeated. "Is something wrong? You can always talk to me."
Haley gave a long sigh before she spoke. "It's Leah..." She explained. "I just feel like all this magical business is going to send her over the edge. I'm basically the only dragon she trusts, other than Sun..."
"How is that a problem?" Susan asked. "If she trusts you...?"
"But she doesn't trust any other dragons..." Haley explained. "And when I constantly get attacked by magical creatures when I'm with her, I fear that it might change her mind about me. She's the only friend I have..."
"Oh, Haley..." Susan shook her head. "I don't think you have anything to worry about. She's gotten to understand you. She knows who you are. Don't worry..."
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The thief watched as the cloaked dragon leaned against the wall in their dark, abandoned building of a hideout. The thief was surprised to see the dragon just stand there; he completely expected to see him angry because he was defeated. "Why aren't you angry?" she finally asked. "Why aren't you throwing a fit? You lost! You were defeated!"
"I find that there is a difference between defeat and retreat..." the cloaked dragon took a step closer to the thief. "Retreat means that I will live to fight another day-I will have another chance to get that hourglass..."
"Well, what's your plan this time?" the thief asked, rolling her eyes. "Because you've been doing such a good job at fighting that girl in the past. Just tell me. I want to know..."
The cloaked dragon took his time before answering. "You know where she lives, right?"
"Yes..."
"Well, if you were able to figure that out, I'm certain you will be able to figure out where she goes to school..."
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As Haley flew high up in the sky, she could see all of the students outside, like they were ants. Haley landed on the ground, reverting to her human form as she walked up the steps and pushed open the doors before stepping into the halls. Haley immediately caught sight of Leah at her locker, and Haley made her way over to her friend, just as Leah closed her locker door. "Oh, hey Haley..."
"Hey Leah..." Haley started. "You know, I was thinking about what happened yeste..." But before she could finish, the bell signaling all of the students to get to class rang, loudly echoing down the halls. Haley sighed. "I'll tell you later..."
"Alright..." Leah accepted as the two walked down the hallway, stopping at the door to Mrs. "Yrael's classroom, opening the door and stepping inside, where O'Yrael was sitting at her desk, grading papers. O'Yrael looked up from her desk and stared at Haley, grinning. "Ah, Miss Dragon, I've graded your test that you took last class. You'll be glad to know that I failed you..."
Haley was about to respond, but before she could, the door opened and a bunch of other students entered the room. "Alright, take your seats..." O'Yrael stood up from her desk and walked to the front of the class as all of the students sat down. "Well, I have to admit that I don't have anything planned for today's class. I was too busy thinking of ways to torment Miss Dragon..."
Leah turned her head to face Haley, and Leah could tell by Haley's clenched teeth and fists, that the young dragon was struggling to control her urge to jump up from her seat.
"So..." O'Yrael continued. "you can just sit back today. We'll make up for it the next time we meet..." O'Yrael then turned and sat back down at her desk and resumed her grading of the papers.
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Back at the hideout, the thief sat at a large holographic screen. As soon as she finished typing, the cloaked dragon walked over to her side and the form of Millard Fillmore High School appeared on the holographic computer.
"Excellent work..." the cloaked dragon commended as he lifted off of the ground and flew out of the room.
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Haley sat her desk, silently seething as she heard Leah's desk scooting towards hers. Turning her head, Haley could see that Leah was now right next to her, smiling slightly. "You're not going to let Mrs. O'Yrael get to you, are you?"
"I'm trying not to..." Haley told her as she clenched her fists. "It's just...I hate this. I hate the way my life has been for the last nine years! I wish it hadn't changed..."
Leah looked like she was about to say something, but before she could, her eyes widened in fear and she let out shriek of fear as she jumped up from her seat and tried to hide herself under her desk. And as Haley heard a crash coming through the window, she could see that all of the other students were doing the exact same thing.
Haley whirled around in her seat and gasped as she saw the cloaked dragon standing on the floor. Instinctively, Haley jumped into the air from her seat, transforming into her pink dragon form as she touched the ground. "Do you have to attack me while I'm at school?" Haley demanded.
"What is going on here?" Haley could hear O'Yrael demanding, and the next thing the American Dragon knew, her teacher was standing in-between the two of them. "You're not supposed to be in dragon form during school hours!" She scolded Haley with a cruel grin on her face. "That will be a week of detention for you, Miss Dragon. And as for you..." Mrs. O'Yrael turned to the cloaked dragon and jabbed her finger into his chest. "How dare you sho-Uggh!" Before O'Yrael could finish, Haley watched as there was a flash, and there was now something wrapped around O'Yrael's throat.
"Get lost..." the cloaked dragon growled, and the next thing Haley knew, Mrs. O'Yrael went flying over the cloaked dragon's head and crashed through the window. Then, the cloaked dragon attacked, slamming into Haley, sending them both crashing through the door of the room and out into the hallway. With Haley on her back, the cloaked dragon jumped up on his feet and blew fire toward her, but Haley rolled out of the way, slamming her tail into the cloaked dragon's feet as she did so. The cloaked grunted as he slammed against the floor, Haley taking the time to get up and fly down the hall. The cloaked dragon managed to look up and see Haley fleeing; growling with anger, the cloaked dragon shot up and sped up to her.
The cloaked dragon caught up with her easily, ramming into her, knocking her on the floor and on her face. Haley rolled over quickly and smacked the cloaked dragon in the side of his covered face, as she started to stand up against a wall. Unfortunately, as Haley stood up, the cloaked dragon's claws jerked toward her as he roared, his claws slashing into her scaly arm. Haley's eyes widened, and she glanced up to see the cloaked dragon's claws coming down on her. Haley reacted quickly, and slid down to the floor just as the cloaked dragon's claws slashed into the wall, and a fire alarm, which was on the wall right behind where Haley was standing.
As all of the classroom doors opened and all of the students rushed out of the room, Haley could tell that the cloaked dragon's guard was down. Quickly, Haley slammed her tail into his chest, and the cloaked dragon yelled as he was thrown off of the ground and crashed through the ceiling of the school.
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The cloaked dragon flew through the roof of the school and went frying through the air until he came crashing down on the roof of a nearby building. The cloaked dragon groaned with pain as he forced himself up into a sitting position, and ultimately, a standing position.
Still being able to hear the blaring fire alarm, the cloaked dragon walked over to the side of the building and looked down at all of the students outside of the school, as well as Mrs. O'Yrael, who was lying unconscious right outside of the window he had thrown her out of.
"Hmm..." the cloaked dragon suddenly smiled behind the hood of his cloak. Listening to the annoying fire alarm was giving him an idea.
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Haley now sat on the couch of Canal Street Electronics, in-between Lu and Fu Dog, while Trixie wrapped a bandage around her arm. "Thanks, Trixie..." Haley said as Trixie stood up, Sun Park standing near the wall.
"It's no problem, girl..." Trixie smiled at Haley. Trixie had grown in size quite a bit in the last nine years, and her hair, which had previously been pulled up in two buns, was now only pulled back in one. "Why don't you tell me how times have been treating you, though..."
"Eh..." Haley shrugged. "It could be better, but I'm sure it could be worse too."
"Oh, come on, Haley..." Trixie urged her. "Mama Trixie hasn't seen you in awhile. There has to be something that's bothering you."
"Well..." Haley considered telling Trixie about her fear at the moment, and after a moment, she decided that it would be best if she told Trixie. "Well, I'm worried about my friend. I'm worried that with all the magical business going on in my life, she'll get unnerved."
"Are you serious, Haley?" Trixie smiled, and the next minute, she put her hand on Haley's shoulder. "Take Spudinski and me for example, Haley. We didn't mind that Jakie was a dragon, and there was nothing that could drive us apart. We were friends for life, and friends for real."
Hearing this, Haley couldn't help but smile. Trixie, as usual, was probably right. But before Haley could thank her, Trixie caught sight of Lu Dog, and was now patting her head. "Who is this?" Trixie asked.
"I'm Lu..." Lu Dog answered shyly. "Haley's animal guardian..."
"What?" Trixie asked, glancing from Lu Dog to Fu on the other side of Haley. "But..."
"Don't ask..." Fu growled, and Trixie felt compelled to obey what the dog ordered. "Well..." Trixie turned over to Sun. "I need to get back to the campus..."
"Thank you for coming..." Sun thanked. "Do you need a ride?"
"Nah, I've got it!" Trixie grinned. "Well, I'll see ya later..." Then, Trixie turned and left the room, the bell ringing soon after. Sun walked over to Haley and told her: "Haley, we should get started on training..."
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"So, let me get this straight..." the thief once again watched the cloaked dragon lean against the wall, not having a core meltdown. "...the dragon defeated you, and you're still not angry?"
The cloaked dragon chuckled at her question, before he finally spoke: "Of course I'm not angry." What the cloaked dragon said made the thief even more confused, but still the dragon continued: "I'm not mad, because I see this defeat as an opportunity. An opportunity to finally get the Ucrono Hourglass in my possession..."
"Really?" the thief asked. "How does getting your dragon hide handed to you give you an opportunity?"
"You will soon find out..." the cloaked dragon said as he walked over to her. "And I'm sure you're good with explosives..."
"Of course I am..." the thief crossed her arms. "And I have plenty of them..."
"Good..." the cloaked dragon chuckled evilly. "Because we have work to do..."
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The sun had gone down, and Sun and Haley were still on the roof training; after delivering one more karate kick to thin air, Haley fell over onto her belly, gasping for breath. "Sun, can we please stop now?"
Haley looked up at Sun, and found that her dragon master had an unpleased look on her face. "Haley, your enemies will not be so generous, so why should I be?"
Haley was about to respond, but before she could, there came a loud howl of agony, that made Haley jump up to her feet and walk over to Sun, who was now looking over the edge of the roof and was looking toward Central Park. "It sounded like it was coming from Central Park..." Sun reported.
"But what was it?" Haley asked.
"Well Haley..." Sun transformed into her dragon form before she grinned at Haley. "That's what we're going to find out..."
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Fu Dog was lying on his back on the wooden floor of the shop with a ball in his mouth, while Lu Dog sat on the couch, staring off into space. However, that soon changed as Sun and Haley, both in dragon form, came down the stairs that led to the roof. Fu rolled over onto his belly and spit out the ball in their presence, and Lu Dog hopped off of the couch and slowly trotted over to the two dragons. She knew what this meant. "Let's go..." Lu Dog sighed sadly.
"No, Lu..." Sun told her. "You and Fu Dog stay here. Haley and I won't be gone long. Come on, Haley..."
Lu Dog watched with wide eyes as the two dragons left the shop. As soon as she heard the door close, Lu turned and jumped back onto the couch, a "YES!" escaping from her mouth.
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After the door of Canal Street Electronics closed, both Sun and Haley flapped their wings, taking off into the night sky. After a few seconds, the thief, who had watched them take off, walked out of the alley with a grin on her face and a bag in her hand. The thief turned and opened the door, stepping inside.
In the back of the shop, Fu Dog looked up from where he was on the floor. "Did you hear something, puppy?" Fu asked, only to get a "No." as a response from the golden retriever on the couch. "Fine..." Fu muttered. "I'm going to go check it out..." Fu got up on all fours and walked out to the front room, only to gasp at what he saw. The thief was walking around the room, placing beeping orbs all over the room.
The grinning thief then turned and faced Fu, her grin fading. Before Fu could recover from the surprise, the thief had reached into her belt and pulled out her futuristic gun and pressed one of the buttons on it before firing it, shooting out a length of rope. By then, Fu had recovered from the surprise, and he jumped up onto the thief, making her grunt and fall backwards, the gun slipping from her grip and hitting the floor.
"Puppy, do you mind helping me out?" Fu turned his head to the back room. The thief took this opportunity to reach over and the grab, her fingers accidentally hitting another button, making it so that when she sat up and fired, a net shot out instead of rope.
The net slammed into Fu Dog, sending the shar-pei flying backwards, just as Lu came running out of the back room. Fu slammed into Lu Dog, knocking both of them over with the net on top of them. The thief's grin returned as she continued to place the beeping orbs around the shop.
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Haley and Sun continued to fly high in the sky, until both dragons were able to see Central Park from where they were. Both dragons landed on the cool grass in the park, and Sun turned to Haley. "Alright, Haley." she told her pupil. "Look around for a sign of a hurt creature."
"Alright, Sun..." Haley replied, and she watched as Sun turned and started to search around the area. Haley followed Sun's example, and she turned the other way, searching around the park, looking at all of her surroundings. "Sun..." Haley called out. "Have you found anything yet?"
"No!" Haley could hear Sun call back. "Just keep looking, Haley!"
Haley turned her head back and continued her search, just when it happened again; a loud howl of agony rang out through the night. And it was close. Haley could feel it. Turning in the direction of where the sound came from, Haley started walking blindly. "Hello?" she called out. "Whoever you are, I'm here to help! Let me help you! But you have to help me find you! If you could just...signal me..."
As if the creature were listening to her, another howl rang out. Haley grinned, following the sound of the wails of fear. "That's it..." Haley called. "Keep on leading me to you...I'm want to help you!"
Another howl rang out through the night, and as Haley passed through a shrub bush, Haley found Sun, standing over a trap hole in the ground, the leafy covers all over the place. As another howl of agony came from the hole, Sun turned to Haley.
"It must have fallen in." Sun told her.
"Can you see anything?" Haley asked as she approached the hole and looked down, taking a look for herself. It was pitch black down in the hole, and Haley could see nothing. In that sense, Haley was not surprised when Sun answered: "No."
"I have to go down there..." Haley declared.
"I know, Haley..." Sun answered. "But it may be dangerous. That's why I'm coming with you."
Haley wanted to ask Sun why it would be dangerous to go down in the hole, but she thought better of it. Both master and dragon student then jumped into the hole, hitting the soft dirt not long after jumping in.
Both Haley and Sun blew a ball of fire into their claws so they could see better, but the second they had done so, they wished they hadn't. Haley gasped at what was lying in front of her: a large figure clad in a cloak. "No..." Haley could only say, but a maniacal laugh coming from the creature proved her correct.
"Hello, dragons..." the figure laughed as he stood up, turning to face them. The cloaked dragon stood in front of them, pointing a futuristic gun at them.
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"You..." Haley gasped. She tried to step back, but she found pinned up against the wall of the hole. "What do you want?" Haley demanded.
"I want what I've wanted for quite a while now..." the cloaked dragon replied. "I want the Ucrono Hourglass in my possession."
"Well, we won't give it to you..." Sun growled. "You'll have to slay us first..."
"I plan to do that anyway..." the cloaked dragon growled. "But not now. Not until I have that Hourglass! And you're going to give it to me! That is, unless you want something bad to happen to that shop and those two dogs inside..."
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The door to Canal Street Electronics opened wide, making the bell above the door ring, as Haley and Sun entered the shop, followed by the cloaked dragon, who was still holding the gun on them. Haley immediately saw the thief, who was placing orbs around the room.
"Are those bombs?" Haley asked.
"Very good, dragon..." the thief retorted, placing the final bomb on the floor. "Enough to blow up a large bank..."
"Now, now..." the cloaked dragon closed the door to the shop behind him, and he then walked over to the thief, all while keeping the futuristic gun on Sun and Haley. "There will be no need for the explosives. These two dragons have finally decided to give in and hand over the Ucrono Hourglass..." And then, the cloaked dragon leaned in and whispered something in the thief's ear; Haley assumed that the cloaked dragon thought that she couldn't hear him, but she could: "We'll blow it up with them inside it after we leave..."
"Where's Fu and Lu Dog?" Sun suddenly asked, and Haley jerked her head to where her dragon master was standing. The cloaked dragon chuckled as he left the thief's side and looked at Sun and Haley.
"I do not know the answer the question to that..." he replied. "Why don't you ask my friend here?"
"They're in the back room..." the thief growled. "Why don't you go in there, and then you can be reunited with them?"
"Is that where you are keeping the Ucrono Hourglass?" the cloaked dragon demanded, reaching over to the thief's hand as she held out something for him. As the cloaked dragon pulled his claws away from her, Haley's eyes widened as she saw that it was a detonator. "I ask you again...is the Ucrono Hourglass back there?"
Haley glanced at Sun, who kept her lips shut. After a moment, Haley finally heard Sun speak: "Yes." she said. "It's back there. We'll give you the Hourglass, if you give us back our friends."
"Certainly..." the cloaked dragon replied, relishing the control he had over the dragons. "I wouldn't have it any other way. Now let's go...Captive dragons first..."
As the cloaked dragon waved the gun in their faces, both Sun and Haley walked into the back room, where Haley could see Fu Dog and Lu Dog on the couch, trapped in a net; the net having a blinking orb on it. Both dogs were growling at the sight of the villains. "The dogs will perish along with you if you do not give me what I want..." the cloaked dragon growled in Haley's ear. "So, what are you waiting for?"
Haley glanced toward Sun, who sighed and started to walk over to the wall. Sun put her claws up to the wall and slid open part of the wall, revealing a keypad. Sun punched in a code, and a larger part of the wall slid open, revealing the safe.
"Excellent..." Haley could hear the cloaked dragon from behind her. Then, Haley could feel the cloaked dragon nudge her arm. "Alright, Korean Dragon...pull it out...And you, American Dragon...are to take the Hourglass out of the safe..."
Sun just stared at the cloaked dragon before she finally, reluctantly obliged the command. Sun grunted as she pulled the safe out of the place in the wall where it was hidden. Sun finally stopped and put her claws on the lock, entering in the code before opening the steel door. "Now open it..." the cloaked dragon growled to Haley, and the young American Dragon started to hesitate. Could she let these two villains get away with this? Even if it meant her death, shouldn't she fight them?
"Haley..." Sun spoke, breaking Haley out of her thoughts. "Haley, just get him what he wants. It'll be okay..."
Somehow assured by Sun's claim, Haley found herself walking over to the opened safe, almost as if she was a robot. Once she got to the safe, she reached into the safe, her claws wrapping around the Hourglass. Haley held her breath as she pulled out the Ucrono; looking down at the object in her hands, Haley turned around and faced the cloaked dragon.
"Well, hand it over..." the cloaked dragon growled, and Haley could tell that he was trying to remain patient. "If that Hourglass isn't in my hand in the next ten seconds, you will all pay with you own existence!"
Haley stared at the cloaked dragon, then looked down at the Ucrono before returning her gaze to the cloaked dragon. "I hate to break it to you, freak..." Haley growled. "But you're not getting this!"
"What?" the cloaked dragon roared, the thief backing up from beside him as he lifted his clawed hand with the detonator. "How dare you defy me, you little brat? Do you have a death wish?"
"You're going to slay us anyway..." Haley growled, her glare aimed at the two villains not breaking, not even as she slipped the Ucrono Hourglass over her neck. "Now, I have an idea: why don't you fight me like an actual dragon, instead of letting your explosives do all your talking for you!"
The cloaked dragon seemed taken aback by Haley's comment, but he soon recovered; with a roar of rage, the cloaked dragon leapt from his feet, dropping the futuristic gun and the bomb detonator as he soared toward Haley, his claws ready to attack.
Haley waited until exactly the right moment before she acted; just as the cloaked dragon was about to slam into her, Haley fell onto the floor on her back, and the cloaked dragon slammed right into the inside of the safe. Haley quickly got up, and just as the cloaked dragon recovered and tried to get out of the safe, grabbed onto the door and slammed it shut, locking the cloaked dragon inside. As Haley heard and felt the pounding of the cloaked dragon, she quickly spun the dial on the lock, mixing up the lock combination.
Once Haley was certain that the dragon was contained, she glanced backwards, seeing the thief scrambling for her futuristic gun, pointing it at Haley. "Haley, get out of the way!" Haley could hear Sun's voice, and only a second later, she could see Sun hovering in the air. Nodding, Halley leapt to the side, and Sun slammed her tail into the back of the safe, sending the safe off of the floor and towards the thief. The thief had no time to react, and before she could do anything, the safe slammed into her, slamming her and the safe into the wall, crashing through it, into the night and out of sight.
Haley sighed with relief, and both she and Sun reverted to their human forms. "We're going to have to find a new place to keep that Hourglass, Haley..." Sun finally said. "They'll be back, and they'll keep on coming back until they have it. As long as those two are around, the Ucrono will never be safe here..."
Haley simply nodded at her dragon master's words, and once she had finished speaking, Haley walked over to the couch, using her claws to free the two dogs from the net. Once free, the two dogs jumped to the ground. "Thanks for that..." Lu thanked as Fu looked at the hole in the wall.
"Let me guess..." the shar-pei groaned. "You want me to fix that?"
Haley didn't respond; instead, she walked over to Sun and picked up the detonator from the ground. "Destroy it..." Sun told her. Haley nodded and tossed the detonator into the air, roasting it and letting the flaming device hit the floor.
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With her backpack slung over her shoulders, Haley panted as she sprinted toward her school. As she approached the school, she could see that Leah was sitting on the front steps, reading a textbook. "Hey, Leah..." Haley greeted as she came to a stop. As Haley panted, Leah closed the book and stood up.
"Hey, Haley..." Leah replied. "I tried to call you last night, but your Mom said that you were busy with something. She didn't say what, though..."
"It was dragon business..." Haley told her, just as the bell rang. "Hey, do you mind if I talk to you about something as we walk to class?"
"Sure, Haley..." Leah told her as the two walked up the steps and into the hallway. "Oh, but before you say what you need to, I need to tell you something..."
"What is it?"
"We've got a substitute..." Leah smiled. "Mrs. O'Yrael is in the ICU after what happened yesterday. I think it's going to be quite a while before she comes back...So, what is it that you wanted to tell me?"
"Well, I've been a little worried..." Haley admitted. "You've seen so many magical situations..."
"So?"
"Well, I've just been worried that what you see will just reinforce the belief that all dragons and other magical creatures are violent..." Haley then gasped when she noticed that Leah had stopped dead in her tracks.
Leah sighed. "Haley...I thought we were clear on this. I thought you knew how I felt..."
"I do!" Haley tried to explain. "You said that Sun taught you that nothing is just black and white. You know that there are good and bad dragons..."
"Exactly..." Leah cut her off. "Haley, I've encountered a dragon that tried to blow me up, a dragon that almost killed my brother...and my only friend is a dragon. Do you really think that there is any other dragon that can change my opinion of you, Haley?"
"Um..."
"Just say no..."
"No...?"
"Okay then..." Leah replied. "I trust you, Haley..."
"Thanks..." After thinking for a second, this was all Haley could think of as a response.
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Haley groaned in exhaustion as she pushed open the door to the shop, the bell from above ringing. Haley walked over to the counter and slid off her backpack, dropping it on the table before she started to make her way over to the back room.
"Uh, I wouldn't go in there if I were you, kid..." Fu's voice suddenly made Haley stop in her tracks. Haley turned around and saw that both Fu and Lu Dog were peeking over the counter.
"Why?" Haley asked.
"Councilor Fachtna's here..." Fu answered.
"What is he doing here?"
"We're not really sure..." Lu answered for Fu. "He's talking to Sun about something..."
"Well, I'm going to go find out why he's here..." Haley narrowed her eyes as she walked into the back room, leaving Fu and Lu alone.
"Well, let the Councilor get mad at her..." Fu muttered as Lu glanced at him. "I warned her not to go in there. You need to give a dog a little credit..."
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Once she passed into the back room, Haley could see Fachtna standing in front of Sun, his back to Haley, as Sun sat on the couch. "You made a wise decision, Dragon Park..." Fachtna was saying. "The dragon will not be able to find the Ucrono Hourglass on the Island of Draco..."
"I hope you're right, Councilor..." Sun replied, her eyes meeting Haley's. "Because he is very dangerous. He has managed his way inside this shop several times. I am also willing to bet that he is the one who hired Lu Dog for the break-in that took place not that long ago."
"Yes, well if you think that that changes anything with that dog..." Fachtna turned around, his eyes also meeting Haley's, and for some reason, Haley felt rather unnerved by the Head of the Dragon Council. "...you are incorrect..."
"All I'm trying to say..." Sun slowly stood up. "...is that he desperately wants that Hourglass. If he finds out that you are hiding it, he will make his way to your island..."
"And once he arrives, we will apprehend him..." Fachtna finished for her, a cocky grin on his face. "I assure you, Dragon Park, that the Ucrono Hourglass will be safe. In the meantime, we will research and try to find out why he wants this..."
"Thank you, Councilor..." Sun said. "That is most appreciated."
Facthna did not respond. Instead, he said: "We will find out...but until we do, I want you to hunt that criminal down..."
"Yes, Councilor..." Sun replied, and Haley walked over to Sun's side as Fachtna walked out of the room, the bell ringing from above the door as he left the shop. "Well, you heard him, Haley..." Sun turned to her. "He wants us to find the dragon..."
"I don't think that will take too much effort, Sun..." Haley answered. "After all, he wants that Hourglass..."
BLACKOUT; END EPISODE
A/N: So, there you have it: Chapter/Episode 13. How was it? Please review.
And yeah, I know it's a little shorter than my previous chapter/episodes. Just a little bit. Oh well...