American Dragon: Haley Long (Season One)
Chapter/Episode 14: My Conniving Valentine
Giant pink and red hearts were posted all over Millard Fillmore High School's walls, and a big banner which read Happy Valentine's Day To You and Your Sweetheart! had been hanged up over the entrance to the cafeteria. Haley Long sighed as she sat down at a lone table, with a perfect view of the banner. Haley hated Valentine's Day...
Haley couldn't stand to look at all of the couples in the room; it made her feel ostracized. She didn't have a so-called sweetheart. Nobody would want to go out with a dragon. Haley tried to look down at her lunch tray, but she suddenly jerked her head back up as she heard a lunch tray dropping onto the table. Haley saw Leah, who sighed as she sat down at the table, putting her chin in her hands. "You hate Valentine's Day, too?" Leah asked.
"Of course..." Haley replied. "Why you?"
"The school loner, Haley..." Leah sighed, but then she made a face that made Haley think that Leah was rethinking what she had said. "I mean, it's not that I don't try to fit in..."
"I get it..." Haley struggled to keep from smiling. "You don't really fit in. I don't either..."
"I guess that's why we get along so well..." Leah mused with a small smile on her face as she picked up her burger. "However..." she suddenly added before she took a bite. "I think I have an idea..."
"What kind of idea?"
"Well, it's not going to be a bet or anything..." Leah explained. "But I think that we should both look for someone to, um...date...this Valentine's Day. I think it would be a nice change for once..."
"And you have the advantage..." Haley muttered. "Seeing as I'm a dragon..."
"That's not true..." Leah corrected. "You have the advantage. I'm sure that there are so many magical creatures that would want to go out with you. I mean, you're the freaking hero of the Magical World, for crying out loud!"
"Not exactly..." it was Haley's turn to do the correcting. "All that means is that there are plenty of magical creatures that want to do me in."
"Oh, come on, Haley!" Leah dropped her burger back onto the tray and moaned. "Come on! Just humor me! I have a good feeling about this! Who knows? Maybe we'll even find someone we're destined to spend the rest of our lives with..."
"I don't know..." Haley started, but when she saw the forming look of disappointment on Leah's voice, she sighed. Caving, Haley said: "Fine..."
As soon as Haley gave in, a wide grin spread across Leah's lips. "Yes!" she exclaimed. "I've got a great feeling about this, Haley! I don't think anything can go wrong!"
LINE BREAK
In a dark room of an abandoned building, the thief kneeled beside a large, steel safe. The thief reached over onto the floor and grabbed a scalpel, trying to pick open the lock. However, her attempt failed, and the blade of the scalpel merely snapped in half.
"What was that?" the voice from inside the safe demanded. "was that the lock?" But when he got no answer, the dragon trapped inside started to pound on the door. "GET ME OUT OF HERE, NOW! IF YOU DON'T GET ME OUT IN FIVE SECONDS, I WILL PERSONALLY DESTROY YOU!"
"Calm down, don't get your scales in a twist..." the thief growled as she reached into her belt and pulled out a futuristic gun. Standing up, the thief spoke again: "I'd stand back if I were you..." Then, the thief pulled the trigger, blasting a large hole in the steel door. A second later, the door came shooting off of its hinges and came crashing down onto the floor as the cloaked dragon climbed out. "Are you going to destroy me?" the thief asked, a sarcastic smile on her face.
"Shut up..." the cloaked dragon growled. "That blasted American Dragon! I swear that I will make her pay! And what better way to make her pay than to force her to willingly serve me..."
"What?" the thief asked, now confused.
"The American Dragon..." the cloaked dragon repeated, a smile creeping onto his face from behind his cloak. "...is going to hand deliver the Ucrono Hourglass to me..."
BLACKOUT; PLAY THEME SONG
BACK TO THE STORY/SHOW
"Okay, Haley..." Leah told her friend as the two walked through the mall. "I can feel it. This is a great idea. This is going to benefit us both...I'm sure we'll both be able to find someone..."
Haley looked around, looking at everyone walking around the large halls, walking into the stores. "Do you see anybody, Haley?" Haley could hear Leah asking from beside her.
"No..." Haley stated, but nonetheless, she continued looking around the mall. "No, I don't see-wait a minute..." Haley suddenly stopped her previous claim when she spotted two boys exiting one of the stores. One of the boys had dark brown hair that went down to the back of his neck, and he wore a leather jacket over an AC/DC T-Shirt and baggy and torn jeans. But he was not the boy that caught Haley's sight; the other boy was clean cut with combed black hair, a white, buttoned shirt and black work pants. Looking at these two, it was obvious that they were friends, but they looked like polar opposites; if Haley hadn't seen them talking to each other, she never would have guessed that they were friends.
"Come on, Haley..." Leah said again. "I'm sure we can find someone if we keep on looking..."
"Uh actually, Leah..." Haley turned toward her friend. "I should get going. Sun is probably wondering where I am. Maybe we can try this tomorrow..."
"But by tomorrow, Valentine's Day will be over..." Leah pouted.
"Well, maybe it just isn't meant to be..." Haley replied without thinking about what she said. Then, she turned and rushed away, leaving Leah alone.
LINE BREAK
Haley slowly pushed the door to Canal Street Electronics open, creeping in with the door only a sliver open. She couldn't let the bell ring; that would alert Sun, and then Haley wouldn't be able to even try to act like she had been there the entire time. Haley turned and gently closed the door behind her, before turning around, only to gasp.
Sun Park was standing in front of her, her arms crossed and with a displeased look on her face. "I tried calling you several time, Haley." she said. "Where have you been?"
"I'm sorry, Sun..." Haley apologized. "I was at the mall with Leah, and I left my communication device at home. Was there a magical emergency?"
Sun's gaze softened as her student apologized to her, and the Korean Dragon found herself sighing. "No..." Sun answered. "However, you are late for training..."
"I'm sorry, Sun..." Haley apologized once again, and she tried to walk passed Sun, but her master held out an arm, stopping her.
"Not so fast, Haley..." Sun said firmly. "We need to talk. I know you aren't used to this type of training, but the Dragon Council believes that my teaching methods are not fitted for the protector of the Magical World..."
"I know, Sun..."
"That is why I request that you show up on time for training, Haley..." Sun said softly. "And that is why I'm not being as lenient as I used to be..."
"You don't have to explain anything to me, Sun..." Haley replied. "I understand..."
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"Papi's home!" Cupid shouted at the top of his lungs as he closed the door to his home behind him. His basket of arrows still on his back, the holiday mascot hovered across the room. "Baby, where are you?" he called out. "You didn't leave your Papi home alone, did you?"
Cupid stopped just in front of the kitchen, and he peered inside. "Baby?" he asked, just as a dark figure stepped up from behind him. Cupid seemed to sense the presence behind him, and he turned around, only to gasp in shock as something smacked him. Cupid went flying backwards, and he slammed into the kitchen wall, grunting as he fell to the ground.
Cupid slowly and weakly brought his head up from where he was laying on the floor, only to gasp as he saw that his bow and arrows were lying on the floor, where his attacker, which he could now see was a cloaked figure, bent down and picked them up.
"Thanks so much..." the cloaked figure spoke. "You have no idea how much these are going to help me..." Then, the cloaked figure started to laugh; a laugh that sent shivers down Cupid's spine.
BLACKOUT; COMMERCIAL BREAK
BACK TO THE STORY/SHOW
Lu Dog sat on the couch in the back room of the shop, looking at Fu Dog, as the shar-pei slept on the wooden floor. Frowning, Lu Dog jumped down from the couch and was about to wake Fu up, just as the door to the shop opened and Cupid flew in. Cupid looked back and forth, and he finally saw the two dogs. "HELP!" Cupid shouted, making Lu Dog scramble back as Fu shot up off of the ground and onto all fours.
"Huh? What?" Fu asked. "What's going on?" After shaking his head, Fu Dog blinked a couple of times before he realized who was in front of him. "Hey, hey! It's Cupid! What can we do for ya, buddy?"
"Weren't you paying attention?" Cupid panicked. "HELP ME!"
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Haley now sat next to Sun on the couch while Fu and Lu Dog stood on the opposite sides of Cupid. "And then, the figure took my magic arrows of love!" Cupid explained. "You see, now I don't know what to do..."
As Cupid finished explaining his problem, Haley looked at Sun. "It sounds like the one who stole Cupid's arrows is our dragon friend..."
"Yes, it would appear that Cupid's description fits him..." Sun seemed to think about this. "But then again, we cannot be certain. It could have been another..."
"But who?" Haley asked. "Who else would have some sort of motive to do this?"
"That is why I don't think it was our dragon..." Sun stood up from the couch. "He wants the Ucrono, not Cupid's bow and arrows. Cupid, is there any enemy you may have? One that might want to hurt you like this?"
"No, Papi has no idea..."
Sun didn't answer; instead, she turned and stared at Haley. "Haley..." she said. "Dragon emergency..."
LINE BREAK
The cloaked dragon chuckled evilly as he held one of Cupid's arrows in his claws. "This time I will finally get what I want..." he said amidst a chuckle, as the thief just stared at him. "I take it you don't understand what I am thinking, am I right?"
"It would appear that way..."
"Don't worry..." the cloaked dragon replied. "You'll see just how genius this plan is..."
"Then I take it you don't need my help with this one..." the thief then turned and started to walk toward the exit. "I've helped you enough, so I think I've earned my ticket out of here. Pay me back the money you owe me once you've destroyed that dragon..."
But before the thief could leave the room, her hand started to glow a bright green color, and she found herself being pulled back to the cloaked dragon, who was raising his claws. As the thief reached the cloaked dragon, the cloaked dragon lowered his claws, and the thief's hand stopped glowing. "You aren't going anywhere until I get that Hourglass. And today, you are going to help me get it..."
LINE BREAK
Haley groaned as she sat in the back room, in front of a ten year old computer screen. Haley used the mouse to scroll down a page that had the name of every single criminal in the Magical World. Haley suddenly yelled out in frustration as the page on the screen froze. "Darn monitor!" Haley cursed as slammed her fists down on the table, making both Fu and Lu Dog look up from where they were on the floor.
"Is everything okay, kid?" Fu asked. "Maybe you should take a little break..."
"No, I'm okay..." Haley took a deep breath before returning her attention to the computer screen. "It's just...nobody uses computers anymore..." As Haley spoke, Lu hopped onto the table and looked at the screen.
"Well, I guess it's nice that the Council has a website with all of the Magical World's criminals..." Lu said. "That way, it's easier to find out who could be behind this..."
"Yeah..." Haley turned and grinned at Lu. "You're on here, too!"
"What?" Lu asked, taking the mouse with her paws and scrolling up until she found herself on the screen. "Oh..."
"Now, can you please let me get back to work?" Haley asked. The golden took one look at the American Dragon before she complied, jumping onto the floor and laying back down. Haley sighed and continued to scroll down the page, just as Sun entered the room. Sun sighed as she stopped in front of Haley.
"No matter how hard I try to help him, Cupid can't think of anyone who would want to steal from him..." Sun said. "Haley, keep looking. Our thief has to be in there somewhere."
"Where's Cupid now?" Haley asked.
"He went home..." Sun answered. "We'll just have to keep looking..."
"Alright, Sun..." Haley answered. "But what exactly should I look for? A criminal who has been known to steal? I mean, I personally think we should look for that dragon. What if it is him, and we're wasting our time looking for criminals who are either in a prison cell or had nothing to do with this?"
"Well, kid..." Fu stood up and walked over to Sun and Haley. "You have to figure that out yourself. As a dragon, you're going to have to take a couple things into your own claws. I know from experience, kid. If you have a hunch, go for it..."
"Sun..." Haley immediately started to take the shar-pei's advice. "I really think it was that dragon. I think he is the one who did this. The description Cupid gave matched perfectly."
Sun just looked at her student for a moment before she nodded. "Alright, Haley..." Sun said. "I'll look to see if there could be any other possible suspects. I want you to take Lu Dog and go out to see if you can find any proof that it was him..."
LINE BREAK
Haley exited Canal Street and stepped into the cold night, followed by Lu Dog. "So, what are we doing?" Lu asked.
"We're going out for that dragon..." Haley replied. "Dragon up!" In a bright light, Haley's pink dragon form appeared, replacing her human form. "Get on, Lu Dog..." Haley said, getting down on all fours. Lu reacted quickly and jumped onto Haley's back. "Now hang on..."
Haley then turned to the side and was about to take off into the air, only to freeze when she saw two people walking down the sidewalk; as they got closer, Haley could see that they were the two boys from the mall.
The two were talking; about what, Haley did not know what. The clean cut boy turned his head from his friend and his eyes bore into Haley's; the boy stopped in his tracks and his mouth gape. His friend also stopped when he saw Haley, but unlike his friend, he smiled. "What's a matter, Rob?" he asked his friend. "Afraid of a dragon?"
"Shut up, Connor..." the clean-cut boy grumbled back before he stared right at Haley. "Uh...do you mind...moving? You know, so we can get by? Not to be rude or anything..." From his side, his friend, Connor, scoffed.
"Then why are you asking her to move?" Connor asked. "Can't we just go by her? Jeez..."
As this confrontation was happening, neither Haley and Lu nor the two humans noticed as a cloaked dragon flew down onto the roof of the building right across from Canal Street Electronics holding a woman. As soon as the cloaked dragon set his feet down, he let go of the thief and reached into his cloak, pulling out the bow and arrows.
"So, what's your plan?" the thief asked. "Just tell me it's going to work so I can go..."
"Be quiet..." the cloaked dragon growled as he took aim with one of the bows. "Don't mess up my aim..."
LINE BREAK
Sun sat at the desk, looking at all of the criminals of the Magical World. Thinking for a moment, Sun clicked on one of the pictures, which took her to a page with the picture of a goblin. "Herbert?" Sun asked bas she read the page on the screen. However, just the mention of the goblin's name was enough to make the shar-pei on the wooden floor lift his head up.
"What?" Fu asked. "Did you just say Herbert?"
"It appears that Herbert the Goblin spent a few months in a magical prison for trying to steal Santa's bag..." Sun said, reading from the computer. As soon as she finished, Sun got up from the stool and transformed into her sky blue dragon form in a bright flash. "This sounds exactly like what just happened to Cupid..."
"That doesn't mean..." Fu started, but Sun cut him off.
"While Haley and Lu Dog are looking into that dragon, this is the only lead we have..." Sun said. "Fu, look after the shop while I'm gone. I should be back shortly."
LINE BREAK
The thief watched as the cloaked dragon took aim at the pink dragon down in the streets. However, something drew the thief's attention away from the cloaked dragon and into the sky: the sky blue dragon for of the Korean Dragon flew up out of the shop, speeding away from the shop from above.
"The American Dragon's master!" the thief exclaimed, but the cloaked dragon merely smiled.
"It's a good thing she didn't see us..." Then, the cloaked dragon pulled the string back and let go of it. The arrow sped off of the building roof, soaring over to Haley, hitting her in the shoulder; as the arrow hit Haley, it exploded into nothing except pink hearts. Yelping in surprise, Haley jerked her head to the side, catching sight of the cloaked dragon, just as he landed right beside her.
"You know what, Connor?" Rob said, slowly backing up along with his friend.
"No. What?"
"I think we should scram..."
"Good idea..." Then, both boys turned and fled, running down the sidewalk and out of the sight as quickly as possible.
"Hello, American Dragon..." the cloaked dragon chuckled, grinning from behind his cloak as Haley just stared blankly at him. "Goodbye, traitor dog..." the cloaked dragon then slammed his tail into the growling golden retriever, sending her flying backwards and crashing through the glass front door of Canal Street Electronics before turning back to Haley. "...And I'm so sorry..." the cloaked dragon chuckled again. "...But I just can't return your feelings..." Then, he slammed his tail right into Haley's head.
BLACKOUT; COMMERCIAL BREAK
BACK TO THE STORY/SHOW
Sun Park stopped flapping her wings and she landed on the ground, she was in Magus Bazaar. Making her way toward the dark shadows that covered the run-down, poor part of the bazaar, Sun started to look around until she heard a small, but devious nonetheless chuckle coming from behind her. Turning around, Sun came face to face with the very goblin she was looking for...
"Well, well, well..." Herbert chuckled, slowly approaching her with two large troll bodyguards behind him. "The Korean Dragon...What are you doing here? You've got a lot of nerve..."
Despite the possible danger she was now in, Sun Park simply grinned. "Herbert..."
LINE BREAK
Fu Dog had heard the crash from the back of the shop, and when he rushed out to the front, he was surprised to see Lu Dog lying on the floor, amidst a small sea of broken glass. "Puppy..." Fu called out to her, just as the golden slowly lifted her head. "Are you okay?"
"Uh...yeah..." Lu groaned as she stood on all fours, only to realize that she was standing, trapped, around sharp shards of glass. With her current situation, it took Lu Dog a moment to realize what had just happened outside, and it wasn't until she heard Fu's voice that it clicked.
"What happened out there?" Fu asked.
"Fu Dog!" Lu quickly explained. "I think Haley's in trouble! That dragon came and hit Haley with one of Cupid's love arrows! We need to help her!"
"So it was that dragon..." Fu muttered before he turned and started to rush to the back room.
"Wait!" Lu Dog called, making Fu turn back to face her. "Where are you going?"
"I'm going to contact Sun..." Fu told her. "And I'm going to tell her that it was that dragon...and that Haley needs help..."
"But what about me?" Lu asked, looking down at the glass on the floor, but by the time she looked back up at Fu, he had disappeared into the back room. "Not cool, Fu!" Lu called out.
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Both of Herbert's thugs quickly attacked, running at Sun, ready to pummel her. Sun's grin did not fade, and just as both of the trolls tried to hit her, she flew into the air, releasing a blast of fire, making the two trolls run back and hide behind Herbert.
"What do you think you're doing?" Herbert demanded, pointing up at Sun. "Your job is attack her, not hide like a bunch of sissy babies!" However, despite Herbert's words, the trolls still cowered behind their boss.
This gave Sun the perfect opportunity to attack; flying down to the goblin and his troll lackeys, Sun slammed her tail into all three of them. As the two trolls flew backwards, rolling across the ground, the screeching Herbert shot up into the air, and as he started to come down, Sun flew up to him and caught him in her claws and slamming him against the brick wall of the nearest building.
"Please!" Herbert instantly begged, trying his best to put his hands to his face when Sun was clutching onto his shoulders. "I didn't mean it!"
"You have explaining to do, Herbert..." Sun growled.
"I...I...I..." Herbert stuttered. "I...I don't know what you're talking about!"
This claim made Sun press down harder on Herbert, forcing him harder against the wall. "Cupid's bow and arrows were stolen, Herbert..." Sun growled. "Now, you are the only magical creature that I can find in the magical records who has spent time in prison for stealing a magical item..."
"No, no!" Herbert panicked. "I didn't steal his bow and arrows!"
"Give me one good reason why I should believe you..."
"Think about it!" Herbert uncharacteristically pleaded. "What good would those arrows do me? What could I accomplish with them?"
"What good would Santa's bag be to you?" Sun questioned, hoping to trick the goblin into giving her a reason for possibly stealing the bow and arrows.
"I didn't steal them!" Herbert defended. "I was caught before I could steal it! Besides, I had a reason for doing what I tried to do..."
"And what was that reason?" Sun asked, loosening her grip on the goblin.
"He owed me a bunch of dough!" Herbert spilled. "And he was going to chicken out and cheat me! I just tried to get back what he owed me..."
"Cupid doesn't owe you any money?"
"No!" Herbert answered quickly. "I've never even met Cupid! Look around! I don't have the arrows!"
Sun slowly started to loosen her grip on the goblin, until she had completely released him and the goblin landed on his feet. "Alright..." Sun said. "I'm going to look around, and you are going to stay right here. If I find anything..."
After her warning, Sun turned and started to look around the area, looking down at the ground, searching for any sign of the arrows. Just as Sun was about to take another step into the dark alley with piles of litter on the ground, Sun suddenly jumped slightly in surprise as she heard a ringing coming from her person. It took Sun a moment for it to register for Sun that the ringing was her communication device; reverting to her human form, Sun pulled out her device and pressed a button, omitting a holographic image of Fu Dog.
"Sun!" the shar-pei immediately barked. "We've got a problem!"
"What is it Fu Dog?"
"According to the puppy..." Fu reported. "It was that dragon that stole the bow and arrows..."
"What makes her so sure?"
"Maybe it was because she saw the dragon shoot Haley with one of the arrows..." Fu muttered sarcastically. "Sun, you really gotta come back. We have to find her. I've called Marty, but his compass couldn't detect her."
"Then she's not in any real mortal danger..." Sun said. "Which means we have some time to find her. Alright, I'll get back as quickly as I can..." As the image of Fu disappeared, Sun turned and looked at Herbert. "I'm sorry for the misunderstanding."
"Don't try to apologize, Korean Dragon..." Herbert hissed. "I won't forget about this!"
For once in this encounter, Sun didn't know how to respond. Without another word, Sun flapped her wings and flew off, leaving Herbert alone.
LINE BREAK
Back at the shop, looked down at a map placed down on a table, surrounded by Fu and Lu Dog. Sun pointed from one location to another. "This is where Haley faced him once before Lu Dog became ill..." Sun sighed. "And this is where Haley fought him for the safe...Unfortunately, this gives us no clue as to where he's holding her..."
"I wish there was something we could do..." Lu muttered, turning her attention from the map and to Marty's golden orb on the table. "So, it glows when the soul is in mortal danger?"
"Yes..." Sun answered.
"Well, I hate to say it..." Fu stated. "But I think the only way we will end up finding her is if she needs to be saved..."
LINE BREAK
At the cloaked dragon's run-down lair, the thief finished wrapping a long length of chains around Haley and a wooden beam in the middle of the room before locking it, binding the still unconscious dragon to the post, just as the cloaked dragon strode into the room. "These should hold her..." the thief said. "But I still don't get what you're planning..."
"Really?' the cloaked dragon grinned from behind his hood. "I would think it would be simple."
"Well it isn't..."
"Well, then I guess I should fill you in..." the cloaked dragon's grin widened. "I shot her with one of Cupid's arrows. certainly, she must now love me and want to do anything for me. I will order her to get me the Ucrono Hourglass. That way, I will not have to break into that shop again. Then, we shall dispose of her..."
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Back at the shop, Sun sighed as she folded the map. "Isn't there something we can do?" Lu Dog asked, looking at how frustrated Sun looked. "I mean, can't we just go out and look fo..."
"Puppy, look!" Fu suddenly cut her off and pointed at the orb on the table. When Lu looked, her eyes widened. The orb was now glowing. "That means we can get her back..."
Sun must have seen the orb, for the next thing both dogs knew, Sun had transformed into a dragon and had snatched the orb in both of her claws. Turning to Lu, she spoke: "Let's go..."
LINE BREAK
Haley groaned as she started to come back to the world of reality. As he heard his captive, the cloaked dragon grinned again and walked over to the chained dragon just as she lifted her head up and opened her eyes.
"Hello, my little prisoner of love..." the cloaked dragon chuckled evilly as Haley's eyes widened and she tugged at the chains holding her, a longing look on her face. "Aw, how sweet. Well, my little dragon. Do you want to earn my affection?"
Haley nodded her head repeatedly. "Y...Y...Y...Yes..."
"Well, I don't know..." the cloaked dragon pretended to think about it. "I'm a pretty hard dragon to win..."
"I'll do anything!" Haley exclaimed. "Anything! You name it!"
"Anything?" the cloaked dragon pretended to be surprised. "You mean, even stealing the Ucrono Hourglass for me?"
"Of course!"
"Well..." once again, the cloaked dragon pretended to think about it. "Alright...Now, I'll release you..." The cloaked dragon then prepared to slice through Haley's chains, but before he could, part of the wall to his side was blown away by a large fireball as Sun flew inside, Lu Dog on her back. "What the...?" the cloaked dragon jerked her head up, just as Lu Dog jumped off and landed on the cloaked dragon, biting at him.
Sun, on the other hand, eyed the thief, who quickly reached into her belt and pulled out her futuristic gun. Sun sped over to her and smacked her hand before she could fire, making the gun fall out of her hand and onto the floor. The thief scowled at Sun, but Sun smacked her tail into her chest, sending her flying back, crashing down against a table, which the bow and arrows were placed. The bow and arrows fell to the floor, and the thief quickly grabbed the bow and one of the arrows, quickly firing it in a fit of rage.
Sun reacted quickly and ducked, the arrow flying by her and toward the cloaked dragon, just as he threw Lu Dog off of him and onto the floor and onto the ground before facing them. The arrow hit the cloaked dragon in the chest, exploding into purple hearts. "Oh no..." the thief muttered, and then, the thief jumped to her feet and tried to run away, but before she could even get two feet away, the cloaked dragon landed in front of her and wrapped his arms around her, trapping her in a tight hug.
"I love you!" the cloaked dragon claimed in-between kisses.
"No! Let go of me!" the thief shouted, struggling futilely. "Let go of me! I hate you!" But still, this did not make the magically-induced love-sick dragon let go.
Grinning, Sun got up and turned to Haley, as Lu approached her. Haley was struggling against the chains, shouting about her love for the cloaked dragon. "We need to free her from the arrows..." Lu muttered.
Sun didn't answer; instead, she took one of the arrows, took aim, and fired at Haley. The arrow hit the dragon, exploding into blue, broken-in-two hearts. Haley immediately stopped shouting and stared at Sun and then glanced down at Lu. "You heard all of that, didn't you?" Haley's question was met with the golden nodding, while Sun did nothing.
"Never mention it again..." Haley growled amidst the thief's shouting.
LINE BREAK
"Here you go, Cupid..." Sun said as she handed the holiday mascot his bow and arrows back, back in the shop the next afternoon.
"Papi thanks you, Korean Dragon..." Cupid thankfully took the arrows. "I hope it wasn't too much trouble..."
"None at all..." Sun said. It really wasn't much of a lie; there were other missions that had been more of a pain.
Sun watched as Cupid flew out of the shop, the door closing behind him. Sun was about to walk to the back of the room, but before she could, the bell above the door rang out once again as the door opened; Sun turned around and could see both Haley and Leah entering the shop. Haley dropped her backpack on the ground and walked over to Sun. "Sun, do you mind if I go to the mall with Leah?"
"You don't need to ask for my permission, Haley..."
"But with dragon training..."
Sun smiled warmly at Haley's words. "It's okay, Haley. I think you've earned a day off from training. You can go have fun with Leah..."
"I'd hardly call it fun..." Leah said from behind Haley. "We're just going to talk about how bad our Valentine's Days were..."
"Well..." Sun tried to think of a way to respond. "...I guess that could be fun...At least you two have something in common..."
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Haley sighed a sigh of relief as she and Leah stepped out of the shop. "I'm sorry about Sun..." Haley apologized. "Sometimes I think that she just doesn't get it..."
"That's okay..." Leah said as the two started to walk.
"Well, I take it you didn't have any luck with finding someone..." Haley guessed.
Leah sighed. "You'd be correct on that one."
"It's okay, Leah..." Haley couldn't help but smile. "I mean, your Valentine's Day couldn't have been worse than mine..."
"Oh really?"
"Yeah, I fell in love with an evil, disgusting, older dragon..." By this time, they had reached the mall, and Haley turned her head to see that Leah now looked disturbed. "But it wasn't real!" Haley tried to explain. "I was under the control of Cupid's love arrows..."
"Oh..." Leah seemed relieved by this. "Well, you're right. You win..."
Haley nodded, and then the two girls went up to the automatic sliding doors, but before they could get close enough, the doors slid open and the two boys, Rob and Connor stepped out, only to see both of the girls, making both of them stop in their tracks.
"Oh, sorry..." Connor apologized, grabbing his friend by the arm and walking him back inside of the shopping mall. "Come inside..."
However, Haley was not paying attention to this boy; instead, she was staring at the other boy, Rob. "Come on, Haley..." Leah told her, and the two girls walked inside. As they walked past the two boys and further into the mall, Haley looked over her shoulder and watched as the two boys walked out of the mall, the sliding doors closing behind them.
As soon as they were gone, Haley resumed to looking around the mall, a large grin spreading across her face.
BLACKOUT; END EPISODE
A/N: So, there it is. What did you think? Please review?