The next bold step for Max...bring Blaze in the Valley of Peace to let the villagers know that not all dragons are the same ones they always hear in fables or stories.

Chapter 17: Dragon in the Valley

Mere minutes went by and they made their way back to the Valley of Peace...but for some reason, Blaze felt a little nervous about going in there because there are many villagers walking around and stuff and he's worried that he might cause a stir with everyone because he's a dragon. Blaze looked at Max and said, "I don't know if I can go through with this."

"Don't worry. You'll be fine. You're not really that big, you know." Max stated.

Blaze looked at Max with a little glare on his face that made him think he might've gone there a little bit and said, "No...but please don't joke about my size."

Mako placed his paw on Blaze's side and he said, "Do not worry. You will be fine...I promise you."

Blaze wasn't exactly sure if he can take Mako's word for it, but if he's willing to go through this...there's no reason to doubt him and he took a deep breath and he said, "Okay. I'll go for it."

With that, they all walked back to the Valley of Peace and as they were heading into town, Max was keeping an eye out in case someone tries to put the whole village in a panic and patted Blaze's head for support and as they faced the entire crowd, they saw that they were staring at the dragon and wasn't sure why it's there.

Blaze looked at them and he looked completely nervous and didn't know what to do, yet the villagers saw Max on top of its head and one kid said, "Is that a dragon?"

Mako came over to the villagers and he said, "Fear not...he comes in peace."

Before long, Max got off of the dragon and he looks at everyone in the eye and he said, "This is my very best friend...Blaze. We brought him over to the village to show you guys that he's not likeany other dragon you guys imagine or thought of. Don't believe anything you ever heard about in stories because this one isn't one of them."

"How do we know that he won't burn our homes and our families?" one villager asked.

"Or kill us?" asked another villager.

Max could tell that he's been questioned by the villagers, but he's not gonna give up based on opinion and he replied, "Why don't you guys get closer to him and see for yourself?"

All the villagers fell silent after Max asked that question and some of the children walked towards Blaze, looking at him and when they looked him in the eye, one of them could tell that he's not as dangerous and Max encouraged that kid to pet him and once the kid pet him softly, Blaze's nervous level dropped down a little bit and he nuzzled the kid and soon enough...more children patted the dragon and that was a huge turning point in his life.

The other villagers were in shock and in awe that the kids took a liking to the dragon and there were no signs of aggression and dangerous threat towards him and Po, Mantis and Monkey encouraged most of the villagers to do the same and take not only Max's example...but all the kids' example and soon enough, Blaze was amazed by what just occured.

"Wow..." Blaze whispered.

"The entire village has gotten your back. All we have to do is change what we all think." Max stated.

"MAXIMUS BUSHIDO-AKIO!"

Suddenly, Max looks up and sees a very furious Tigress coming back in the village to see Blaze standing there and from the looks of things, this could be a problem.

"Seriously?!" Max exclaimed.

Aw, great! Now Tigress comes back to gain payback! Tiger vs. tiger cub round 2 is coming up! You don't wanna miss it!

Voice of Max: Ben Diskin

Voice of Blaze: (also Ben Diskin)

Voice of Mako: Kyle Herbert

Voices of villagers: Sumalee Montano, Steven Blum, Kath Soucie, Fred Tatasciore, Nolan North, Cree Summer

Voice of Tigress: Kari Wahlgren