American Dragon Season Three
Chapter/Episode 11: My Brother's Captor
A fire blazed over a large stack of wood in a large Church. To the side, a man completely clad in purple was finishing chaining a green dragon to a column before slowly walking over to a pile of wood and throwing a couple more pieces into the fire, heating the room even more. With a small grin, the man sat down on a stool.
"You don't really think you are going to get away with this, do you?" TJ spat.
"Whatever do you mean?" the man stood. "I already have gotten away with this. I'm certain your own sister didn't even recognize you. By the way, once you have expired, I will get her next."
"Only because you are a coward who doesn't have power in the magical world without a prisoner…" TJ said.
"If you say so…" the man turned around and walked back over to his seat and sat back down. "Perhaps I will give you one last pleasure in your miserable life and slay you and your sister at the same time. Does that sound good to you?"
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Later that night, TJ watched as his captor slowly but surely fell asleep. Pulling his claws out from behind him, he felt for the lock of his chains. A click was heard and the chains fell away. Making sure that he was quiet enough so that the man would not be able to hear him, TJ slowly started to tiptoe across the room and over the sleeping form of his kidnapper. However, one thing that the escaping dragon didn't count on was that the man had been feigning it all along.
As the man picked himself off the ground, TJ felt himself hitting the ground. Looking up, the captive dragon found himself helpless as a purple whip magically appeared from thin air into the man's hand.
"You disappoint me, dragon…" the man growled as he swung the whip. TJ shut his eyes just as the whip slapped against his body…
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Her eyes snapping wide open, Holly jumped up in her bed. As the sweat poured down her face from the disturbing nightmare, Holly calmed herself by taking a deep breath. Turning her head to her side, it was then that she realized that her younger, 9 year old brother Riley was on her bed on all fours.
"Did you have a bad dream?" the 10 year old asked.
"Get off my bed, you twerp!" Holly exploded suddenly, startling her younger brother and making him lose his balance; falling off of her bed and onto the floor with a thud.
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Just minutes later, Holly was sitting at the kitchen table with her disappointed mother looking at her from her seat on the other side of the table. Looking back and forth to sister and mother, Riley had an icepack over his head.
"Riley…" their mother reached into her purse and pulled out 10 dollars. "Why don't you go down to the store and buy yourself some treats, okay honey?"
"Okay, mommy!" Riley dropped the icepack as if nothing had happened and he took the money before rushing out.
"Okay, Holly…" Mrs. Jennings looked extremely strict at this moment. "What is going on? You can't react with hostility towards your younger brother! He looks up to you!
"Okay, Holly…" Mrs. Jennings looked extremely strict at this moment. "What is going on? You can't react with hostility towards your younger brother! He looks up to you!"
"Mom…"
"You had one of those dreams again, didn't you?" Mrs. Jennings lowered her voice.
"What are you talking about, mom?"
"I know how your mind works, Holly." Her mother replied. "You keep on having those dreams about the man who has TJ. You always seem to wake up the second the man is about to do something horrible to him."
"He could be, mom!" Holly started to get up from her seat. "This man could be doing these things to him just as I envision them in my mind! My brother is in trouble!"
"Holly…" her mother sighed. "TJ is probably gone. You have to except it. I know it's hard…"
"I won't accept it!" Holly screamed. "Until I have proof that supports otherwise, my brother is alive and I will find him! Besides, don't you think that it's bizarre that Riley ends up right by my side whenever I have one of those dreams?"
"It's just a coincidence." Mrs. Jennings stood up. "What else could it possibly be?"
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At Canal Street Electronics, Lao-Shi and Fu Dog were currently sitting on the couch watching some old television set, as they were trying to drown out the sound of Jake Long's groaning and whining. Once again, as part of his training, Jake was told to use his dragon tongue to clean his grandfather's toilet. As Jake's whining became louder and it became more evident that Jake was gagging, Lao-Shi hopped off the couch and walked over to the TV before turning the volume up. Walking back over to the couch, Lao-Shi hopped back up with a smile on his face.
The smile soon left the elder dragon's face however, as Jake, in dragon form, pushed the door open, stepped out and then slammed the door. The American Dragon's tongue was handing out limply and he looked unhappy.
"Gramps…" he spoke. "From now on, whenever I eat something, I am cursed to taste toilet water…"
"Yeah, that's great kid!" Fu spoke. "Now, can you be quiet while I watch the beauty pageant?"
Jake growled and looked like he was about to pounce on the dog that had annoyed him. However, before the American Dragon lost it, he was forced to let some of his anger slip as he heard the bell to the shop cling as the door opened. Jake turned as he saw Holly stepping in.
"Holly, what are you doing?" The American Dragon asked.
"Jake, I need your grandfather's help…"
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Just minutes later, the three dragons and the dog were seated in at the counter. Holly had just finished telling them about her dreams and Lao-Shi currently had a stern look on his face.
"You've had more than one of these dreams?" Lao-Shi asked.
"Yes, sir…" Holly replied timidly.
"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS EARLIER?" Lao-Shi finally exploded.
"Well, I just thought it may have been a coincidence at first." Holly answered. "It wasn't until I had had these dreams five times before I decided that I should see you."
"That makes no sense." Fu spoke. "I hate to agree with the old man, but you should have done something about it before now." The dog hopped down from his seat and walked over to the cabinet. Fu Dog pulled the door open with his mouth before he started to dig through all the trash in the cabinet. "And I'll tell you why: personally, I think this is a dream spell."
"You mean the one that we tried to use last time?" Jake asked.
"Yeah…" Fu Dog pulled his head out of the cabinet with a bag of powder. "Thankfully after that disaster, I was able to order some more off M-Bay…"
"M-Bay?" Jake asked.
"Yeah, you know; an e-bay for magical folks…" Fu answered. "Now, I think that whoever has your brother is using this spell to torment you. Maybe if we can actually make the potion, we could possibly find him, save your brother and bring this man to justice."
"If it isn't too late…" Lao-Shi added.
"I really wish people would stop saying that…" Holly frowned. "So…what are we going to do?"
"Were you paying any attention?" Fu asked.
"No…not really…." Holly smiled.
"Okay…" Lao-Shi reached into the sleeve of his robe and pulled out a small sheet of paper. "From what we have gotten out of Daisy, the man that has your brother is named Steve Huntingston. His life career was as a magician. However, unlike most of those wannabes, this man used real purple magic. No one knew where it came from and people were frightened by his destructive powers, so they let him go."
"Everyone was so freaked by the freak that he couldn't get any work!" Fu added.
"So, the man lashed out to robbery." Lao-Shi continued. "He robbed just about any store he could come across. The only thing that did, though, was earn him his meal in a prison cell."
"And then he got out of the slammer…" Fu added, but he stopped speaking as he was met with Lao-Shi's glare. "Or…you could tell the story, Gramps…"
'So, when he got out of prison…" Lao-Shi continued. "He decided to kidnap someone. I guess he saw that as the surefire way for the police to give him money to live off of. Unfortunately, the one the man captured was in fact your brother. When he found out that he had a dragon, he realized that he liked the power. Certainly he'll want another…And that's why I fear that he is now after you Holly…"
"Even if that is true…" Holly slowly stood up. "I would risk my safety for my brother's. Jake would stick up for me! I think he'd know how it feels…That is, if what I hear is true."
"Holly, I see where you're coming from, but I think I'm with my gramps on this one." Jake answered slowly.
"Jake…but what about the time when you…but what about my brother?" Holly was at a loss for words.
"Holly, let me tell you what I am willing to do." Lao-Shi said. "I will have Fu Dog mix the potion so you can find him. But in the meantime, I have this for you." Reaching into a drawer in the counter, the elder dragon pulled out a small vial filled with brown dust. "Take this…"
"What is this…dirt?" Holly asked as she inspected the contents.
"No!" Lao-Shi answered in an irritated tone. "It is a very rare sleeping potion. If someone truly is messing with you in your dreams, take this and it will send you directly to the perpetrator."
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Hours later, at 11PM, Holly stepped into her home and quietly closed the door. However, it didn't matter how quiet she was; she was out late and her mother must've been worried sick. The lights snapped on and Holly jumped up in shock as her mother's chair whirled around to greet her daughter with a stern face.
"Where have you been?" she demanded.
"I was at Lao-Shi's…" Holly answered. "I talked to them about the dreams I've been having. Lao-Shi…he gave me this!" Reaching into her purse, Holly pulled out the vial and held it out for her mother.
"Is that dirt?"
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Completely ready for bed, Holly put a glass of water on her nigh table before sitting down on her bed. After looking at the vial for a moment's hesitation, the young dragon finally made up her mind and poured the powder into the drink. Holly then downed the drink in one gulp. At first, Holly felt nothing. Frowning in disappointment, Holly started to get up; however, it was then that her body swayed and she fell back down onto the bed.
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Holly soon found herself surrounded in darkness. The young dragon soon actually became frightened. However, she soon smiled as she turned into her dragon form and blew out a ball of fire into her claws.
However, she soon regretted this, as she saw the man that had her brother; the man clad all in purple, casually leaning against the darkness.
"Hello, my dear Holly…" the man smiled evilly. "Are you ready to join your brother? Are you ready…to become mine?"
"And are you ready to fall to the most talented dragon there is?" Holly shot back.
"You have all the self-confidence that your brother never had…" the man smiled, and Holly could see a chain drop from his hand. "But don't worry; I can change that in time…I'll have fun breaking you. You'll make a much better trophy than your brother."
Holly growled, and was about to leap into the air to fry him in the world's biggest barbeque; however, before she could, she noticed the man form a purple swirling blade from thin air. The next thing Holly knew, the swirling magical blades of doom were multiplying in size and were now coming right for her.
Holly let out a gasp as she prepared to die…
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However, before it came, Holly felt herself being shoved out of the way. Her eyes snapping open, Holly jumped up to see her brother standing in front of her.
"TJ!"
"Hey, little sister…" TJ smiled at her, but his smile soon faded and Holly could hear the man cackling madly. The next thing she knew, her brother let out a groan and fell forward. Holly could see his back steaming from the weapon, yet there was no blood or other gruesome injuries.
"You monster!" Holly shouted.
"Don't worry…" the man smiled as the form of the green dragon disappeared in a bright purple light and reappeared into the man's hand as a green staff once more. "He's not dead, at least…not from this…This is just a dream remember?"
"Where is my brother really?" Holly demanded.
"You want to find out?" the man's grin widened. "You'll have to face me in the real world. Just you and I…no American Dragon, Chinese Dragon and no annoying talking dog…"
"When and where?"
"Oh, don't worry about that, my little dragon…" the man answered. "Leave it all to me." And with that, the man let out a loud cackle as he disappeared in a purple light. The black background started to fade away and the next thing Holly knew, her eyes were open and she was lying in her bed. However, her eyes soon widened as she noticed that the man was sitting on her bed with a wide grin planted on his face.
"You have my brother, I take it?"
"Actually, I don't…" the man said. "You'll have to come with me."
"You have no weapon against me!" In her rage, Holly could feel her claws appear. However, before she could attack him, she heard a click and Holly looked down to see a purple gun being pointed right at her.
"No witty remarks?" the man taunted.
"What's with you and purple, anyway?"
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The next day after school, Jake entered the shop with a big load of books which he set down on the counter. Sitting down on the stool by the counter, Jake sadly opened one of the books. He had been assigned simply too much homework. He would much rather be skateboarding with his friends, but no…
"Hey, kid…" Fu came out from the back room. "Have you seen Holly today?"
"No." Jake answered. "And I'm not in the mood…"
"Oh…why don't you tell Fu all about it?" the dog slowly trotted over to where the boy sat.
"Well, the teachers just gave us so much homework and…"
"And you lost my interest." Fu started to walk away. "I mean seriously! It's all about YOUR problems!"
As Fu left the room, Jake was greeted with another presence; his grandfather. "Jake, have you seen Holly?"
"For the last time: No!"
"Then we might have a serious problem." Lao-Shi said. "Maybe she became trapped in the dream realm."
"That's nice…" Jake didn't seem to be paying attention.
"Jake, you need to go save her." Lao-Shi turned and started to walk out the room. Jake then turned around. "But G, I have too much work to do. If I go off to save her, I probably won't be able to finish, and then the new math teacher will flunk me!"
"Jake…" Lao-Shi turned. "If this were Rose, would you have the same attitude?"
"Wait, did you just say Rose is in trouble?" Jake's eyes widened.
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Jake rushed to his house and immediately was greeted by his father. "Hey, there Jakers!" he smiled. "What are you up to?"
"Not now, dad!" Jake called as he rushed up the stairs. "I need to save someone from a crazy maniac!"
"Okay, well have fun with that!" Jonathan called back uncertainly, only to realize that his son was gone.
Jake reached his door and immediately threw it open. As he stepped in, Jake was in such a hurry that he didn't see his little sister, making it so that he tripped over her. "Haley…" Jake growled as he stood up. "I thought I told you not to come into my room anymore!"
"Sorry Jake…" Jake could see that Haley was looking at his journal and was ripping out several pieces of paper.
"Haley…" Jake could feel his temper about to flare. "What are you doing with my stuff?"
"Well, tomorrow is a poem read off at my school." Haley stated matter-of-factly. "And I need something that will beat Olivia Meers' poetry. How about this one? "Rose, rose…for you I blow my nose"? Nah, that one's too personal. Ooh! How about this one? "Oh Rose, what do I want to do to your parents? Let me list the things…"? Ooh! It's perfect!"
"Yeah, yeah…" Jake quickly transformed into a dragon and picked up his sister before dropping her on the floor outside his room and closing the door. With that done, Jake walked over to his drawers and pulled it open. After digging through countless clothing items, Jake finally found the Dream Charm.
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A purple portal appeared in a large church. If there was anyone inside, they might have noticed the portal. If not, they would have noticed a purple dragon and a man with a gun coming through it. The portal disappeared and the man pointed to a column. Holly's eyes lit up with glee as she saw her brother, a little chained up, but alive.
"TJ!" Holly cried, rushing over to her brother and hugging his captive form. "I'm so glad that you're okay! Everyone told me to just give up and accept the fact that you probably had been slain, but I didn't and look at what it got me: you!"
"Oh, it just warms my heart to see two monstrous dragon siblings reunited…" the man grinned. "Here's where the deal comes, my little friend. I'm willing to free your brother; he's no good to me anymore."
"What do you want in return?" Holly turned to face him, her eyes dark and filled with hatred.
"You…" came a new voice. Holly's eyes widened in shock; she knew this voice by heart. Sure enough, Holly's mother stepped out of the shadows. "He wants you, my daughter."
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"Mom…why?" Holly asked in shock as her wide eyes witnessed her mother take the gun from the man's hand. "Why would you do this to your own children?"
"I love both of you…" Mrs. Jennings frowned as she pointed the gun at her kids. "And I'm a good mother…"
"Yeah, you're a real good mother to kill your children." TJ spat. "You sold Holly out after you had me. And now what's going to happen?"
"Oh sweetie, please forgive mommy…" Mrs. Jennings cooed. "In today's bad economy, it costs too much to feed three children and myself. Which is why I had to get rid if you, TJ. Alas, I also discovered that even two children was too much money. So, I had to get rid of Holly."
"So you manipulated the mind of this man?" Holly asked. "After he kidnapped TJ, you were okay with it? You even lied to him and convinced him that he needed me to become more powerful…All along I was looking for the man who had my brother, but it was right under my nose the whole time."
"You can say that…" Mrs. Jennings answered. "But I planned this from the beginning. I was the one who got this poor man fired. I made it so that he had to do evil and despicable things just to survive. Yes, I lied to him. I told him that a captured young dragon such as you would make him powerful."
As her mother ranted, Holly turned to eye the man, who looked like he was slowly becoming enraged. The voice of her brother brought her back. "So, what happens now?"
"Well, I can't go back to feeding two mouths…" Holly's mother placed her other hand on the handle of the gun and squinted an eye. "So, I guess your time is up…Oh, don't worry Holly. You won't be slain; you'll just be his captive for the rest of your miserable life."
However, before Mrs. Jennings could pull the trigger, a blast of purple energy his both her hands, making the woman yelp in pain and shock as the purple gun clattered to the ground. The man clad in purple looked infuriated.
"This was my master play, you wench!"
"You pathetic loser…" Mrs. Jennings scoffed, her human form shredding to pieces as a large silver dragon appeared in its place. "You are messing with the second most powerful dragon in the world!" Holly watched in fear as her tail slowly wrapped around the purple gun. The man seemed to notice this as well, but it was too late. The trigger was pulled, releasing a purple blast of energy. With a howl of pain, the man was thrown against the wall. Holly and the still chained TJ watched in shock as two purple flames appeared on the man's body. As the man gasped quietly, each of the flames moved; one upward and toward his head, and one downward and to his fate. As each of the flames met their marks, the man disappeared and the flames extinguished themselves. Steve Huntingston had been destroyed.
"I am the daughter of the Dark Dragon…" Mrs. Jennings finished as she lowered the weapon.
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Back at Canal Street Electronics, Jake Long slowly brought up his head from the counter and yawned. In his hand was the Dream Charm.
"Any luck at finding her?" Gramps asked.
"No…" Jake said sadly. 'I don't know where else to try. I checked her dream door, even deep in her self conscious! She must be awake!"
"Then where could she be?" Gramps asked, more to himself than to Jake. "I fear she is in terrible danger."
"She's a big girl, G." Jake said as he started to walk over to the schoolbooks. "I'm sure she's fine. And if she's in trouble, I'm sure that she can fend for herself."
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"What do you mean 'daughter of the Dark Dragon'?" Holly asked, shocked. "How is that possible? The Dark Dragon had to have been at least a hundred years old! And then…who is our grandmother?"
"You ask too many questions…" Mrs. Jennings jeered as she tried to move her fingers. "Curse that man! Well kids, if I can't use my hands, then I guess my tail will be doing all the work…"
"If you're going to slay us, could you at least tell us how we could possibly be related to the Dark Dragon?" Holly asked.
"He's your grandfather! Councilor Chang is your grandmother!" Mrs. Jennings exploded. "Are you happy now? You know, it's a shame that you learned this family history right before you died!"
"Wrong…mother…." Holly spat as she brought her feet into the air and slammed her tail into her mother. With a yell, the Dark Dragon's daughter went flying across the church before she shattered through a stained glass window. Hopeful that her mother was down and out, Holly slowly approached the window, only to jump with shock as her mother shot up and flew back in, knocking her over.
"You know, Holly…" Mrs. Jennings nearly screamed, her eyes were wild with rage. "It's a good thing that you're going to die in a church! You can say one last prayer!"
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"JAKE!" Jake was brought out of his bored thoughts as his grandfather entered the room in dragon form.
"What is it, G?" Jake asked.
"Fu Dog was able to track down Holly!" Lao-Shi explained excitedly. "He's also making a potion that will transport us to where she is!"
"That's cool…" Jake smiled as he closed his book. "So, where is she?"
"She's in some church somewhere in the city…" Lao-Shi replied.
"If that is where the man was holding her brother, don't you think that it was a little foolish to hide him so close to home?" Jake asked as he hopped down from the stool and transformed into a red dragon.
"Perhaps…" Lao-Shi answered dully. "Let's go! I think the potion is ready."
"If you say so…" Jake replied as he walked out of the back and into the front where Fu Dog was stirring over a cauldron. "So Fu how is this going to work?"
"Don't get your boxers in a twist…" Fu said as he put a bowl inside the cauldron. As Fu pulled out the now potion filled bowl, the dog threw it at the wall, which it hit with a splat. Although Jake at first looked disgusted, his expression soon turned into amazement as the potion swirled and formed into a portal.
"Let's go, Jake…" Lao-Shi said as he lifted off his feet and flew into the portal. Jake smiled and followed.
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Holly was now struggling for breath and her tongue was hanging out the side of her mouth as her mother strangled her. "Don't hate mommy for this…" her mother ranted. "I'm doing what's best for little Riley!"
Fortunately for Holly, the portal soon appeared and Lao-Shi flew out and flew right over to TJ. Then Jake came, who smacked right into her mother. Mrs. Jennings was thrown off of her daughter as Jake landed and gave Holly his clawed hand. As Holly stood up, she was shocked to see her mother come down and swat Jake away like a fly.
"I wanted no others!" Mrs. Jennings screamed. "You two dragons stay out of this! This is where I win! I'm just trying to feed my baby!"
"Lady, you really are crazy!" Jake stood and prepared to fight. "Just one question: where is the man that kidnapped TJ? And what does he want for his safe reunion with his family?"
"That man's dead…" Mrs. Jennings' eyes were glowing with madness. "That man doesn't want anything." As she finished her gloat, Holly tried to attack from behind, by her mother blacked her with a powerful silver arm.
"Jake, my mother was behind it all along!" Holly shouted.
"Would you shut up?" Mrs. Jennings roared, throwing her daughter back as if she was a rag doll. Holly collided with a column, which collapsed. Holly fell onto her back and screamed in pain as the rest of the column came down on her, pinning her down.
Before Jake could respond, the American Dragon was thrown back by a blast of fire, landing helplessly as the maddened mother blew fire all over the church, setting it ablaze.
"Have fun trying to put the fire out, losers!" Mrs. Jennings laughed as she started to take off into the air. However, before Mrs. Jennings could make it to the broken window, the chains that had once held TJ wrapped around her ankle, pulling her back in. Holly's mother hit her stomach against the ground with a loud thud and a grunt from the crazy dragon. Before his mother could pull herself up, the now human TJ was hovering above. Thinking quickly, TJ wrapped the chains around his mother's wrist, pulling her up on her knees and locking them. Mrs. Jennings tried to struggle, throwing her body around wildly, but she soon gave up and laughed, reverting back to her human form.
"Shut up, mother." TJ spat. "We're turning you over to the Dragon Council."
"Oh, well done, my children!" Mrs. Jennings laughed. "You've defeated me! Yeah, like the daughter of the Dark Dragon can't escape from a prison cell!"
"TJ!" Lao-Shi called. "We have to put this fire out and get these two some help. Holly's unconscious and Jake is burned pretty badly."
"Okay…" TJ left his mother's side and went over to the majority of the fire. TJ tried to put the fire by fanning it with his tail, only to worsen the fire and receive hysterical laughs from his mother.
"Or we could just get out of here…" Lao-Shi optioned.
"You're not going anywhere!" Mrs. Jennings suddenly stood, returning to dragon form as the chains fell away. "I'll be leaving, but you chumps won't be making it out of this church until you're all baked like Christmas cookies!"
Mrs. Jennings held up the chains and tried to send them back around her son's neck as if she were using a whip. However, TJ only grabbed them with his now dragon claws. "What are you going to do, son?" she taunted. "There is no way you can defeat me."
"Isn't there?" TJ smiled as he yanked the rest of the chains away. His mother tried to scramble for the chains, only to fall over. TJ grinned as he whipped the chains, wrapping easily and conveniently around her neck.
Mrs. Jennings's eyes widened in shock as she realized what had just happened. Her form disappearing in a cloud of smoke, a new silver staff emerged and planted itself in the claws of TJ
"One less person to carry…" TJ grinned sheepishly.
TJ and Lao-Shi flew out of the burning church, TJ clutching his sister and Lao-Shi holding his grandson just as the church exploded.
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The next thing Holly knew, she was hearing voices crowded around her. Slowly opening her eyes and shaking away the grogginess, Holly could see Lao-Shi and TJ crowded around her bed.
"Did we win?" Holly asked weakly.
TJ grinned as he held out the silver staff, which he placed on the bed. "You tell me, little sis…"
"Wait…where am I?" Holly suddenly remembered what had happened to her in the church. "And where's Jake?"
"You are in an infirmary at Draco Island." Lao-Shi replied. "Jake is in another room. You both were hurt pretty badly. Don't worry though, you'll both be alright."
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A week later, Jake slowly limped over to his couch and turned on the TV. Just as he was about to turn to another channel, Jake heard a knock on the door. Grumbling, Jake slowly stood and answered the door to see Holly and TJ.
"Yo, what's up?" Jake asked.
"I just wanted to thank you for finally helping me free my brother and helping me uncover the truth on who truly was behind it."
"Hey, it's not a problem!"
"I also wanted to say goodbye…" Holly sighed.
"What?" Jake asked. "But…"
"Jake, all three of us are leaving for the Island of Draco…"
"But why…"
"Well, my father has been dead for years, and now my mother is trapped forever in a steel staff. Jake, we have nowhere else to go. TJ and I have been allowed to stay on Draco Island. I guess you could say that my brother will almost be part of the Council."
"But…"
"Jake, there is nothing that can be done. Besides, this is like a dream come true for me. They even said that when I am of age, I could possibly serve on the Council. I always wanted to be a Council Member. " Holly smiled. "And this isn't the last we will see of each other. We're both dragons; part of the Order. We will see each other again. It is only a matter of when."
"Okay, well…here is to hoping that we meet again in the future…" Jake said slowly, only to be cut off with a big hug.
"You know that we will…" Holly smiled, wrapping her arms around him and giving Jake a big dragon hug. They soon parted, and they turned to leave. Holly turned her head to see Jake. "Until we meet again, Jake…"
"I look forward to it, Holly."
Grinning, Holly turned her back to Jake and transformed into her dragon form before they both took off into the air, disappearing into the sky.
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A/N: Well, this ends this story ark. I must admit, I thought it would be longer, but that's not how it turned out. Perhaps with this ark over, Rose could possibly return! Wink! Wink!
The reason behind the mother being captured, but then escaping was because I couldn't decide whether I should keep her or get rid of her. Obviously, I made my choice. Or did I…?
The final scene also went through some re-writes. At first it was sad, but I tried to make it more upbeat. And don't think I'm trying to get rid of another character, because I'm not. Holly and TJ being on Draco Island will be kind of important in future chapters.