American Dragon Season Three
Disclaimer: I don't own American Dragon: Jake Long; this includes "Homecoming", "Hong Kong Longs", "Dreamscape", "The Hunted" or any other episodes referenced in this chapter. "Homecoming" was written by Matt NeGrete, "The Hunted" and "Hong Kong Longs" were written by Eddie Guzelian and "Dreamscape" was written by Curtis Chin.
Chapter/Episode 12: Huntsgirl Rising
Jake Long, the American Dragon was currently lying on the couch in the family living room, lying on his back as he let out a long and saddened sigh. Now that his mission to rescue a captured dragon was over, he had time to focus on what had been plaguing his mind for several weeks: Rose. Was the universe dead set on keeping them apart? First, their duties between secret lives had kept them apart, then the Homecoming dance and her memory and living in different places, and finally, her parents. Why did they have to be so against him? It wasn't his fault that Rose had gotten hurt, but it wasn't her fault either.
Jake let out one last miserable sigh as his father walked into the room. "Wow, you really seem down in the dumpy…" Jonathan frowned. "Do you want to talk about it?"
Jake sat up on the couch and was about to open his mouth to speak until he heard his mother from the kitchen: "JAKE, YOUR GRANDFATHER NEEDS YOU!"
Groaning, Jake slumped as his feet touched the floor and he dragged himself to the door. Before Jake closed the door to his house to rush off to Canal Street Electronics, he could hear his father call: "Good luck with your dragon duties, son!"
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"Yo G, what's goin' down?" Jake burst through the door to Canal Street Electronics only to see that his grandfather was sitting on the couch drinking a cup of tea. "Yo G, mom said that you needed me down here, what's up? Do I have dragon training?"
"Oh no, young dragon…" Lao-Shi smiled. "I just wanted to get you down here so you could take Fu Dog to the vet. He needs to get his shots."
"Why can't you do it?"
"Well, Fu Dog hates the vet." Lao-Shi replied. "And since I have to go to a dragon retreat in about an hour, I don't have time. So, do you mind?"
Growling, Jake trudged into the back of the shop where he saw Fu Dog, wearing his leash and hiding underneath the couch. "Come on Fu…" Jake bent over and took hold of the leash.
"No way, kid!" Fu fought as he tried to bury himself further beneath the couch.
"Come on, Fu!" Jake walked over to the other side of the room. "I am not in the mood for this!" With one yank using his dragon strength, Fu popped out from the couch and slid across the floor on his belly. By the time Fu stood, Jake was walking out the door, yanking his leash.
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The shots had been completed and Jake left the vet building with Fu, who was happily gnawing on a sucker that the doctor had given him.
"You see, Fu?" Jake tried his best to smile. "Was that really so bad? Ever since Veronica got a job there, she's been spoiling you rotten."
"Yeah well, I just hate them sticking me with those things." Fu answered. "Hey, isn't that that Danika girl?"
"What?" Jake looked up from the ground and immediately saw Danika Honeycut standing at a Hot Dog Stand. "Stat here Fu…" Jake said quickly as he tied the end of the leash to a light-pole before walking over to Danika just as she was turning around.
"Jake?"
"Hi Danika…" Jake started to say, only to be cut off as the girl dumped the hotdog on his head.
"Jake, I don't want to talk to you!" Danika exclaimed before stalking off.
By the time Jake reached Fu Dog, the dog was on his back howling with laughter. Irritated, Jake bent down and untied the leash before walking off.
"Hey kid, where are you going?"
"Well, if you're going to act like that…" Jake turned. "Then you can walk yourself back to the shop."
LINE BREAK
By the time Jake got home and took a shower, it was 10PM; putting on his red striped pajamas, Jake sat on the edge. Before he threw himself down on his back, Jake turned his head to his nightstand. Opening a drawer, Jake reached in and pulled out something that Rose had given him in a much happier time. In his hand was his Dream Charm.
BLACKOUT; THEME SONG PLAYS
BACK TO THE STORY/SHOW
Jake now found himself walking along a beach in the Dream Realm. After Rose's return to New York, this had been Rose's favorite place to go to when they were on Dream Dates. Perhaps it was this reason that Jake had forced himself to hope that Rose might be dreaming herself here, but it was not to be. Frowning, Jake tried to remember what Rose had shown him when they were on their Dream Date a little while back. Bending down, Jake grabbed a handful of salt and brought his hand back. What are you doing, Jake? Jake thought. This isn't what Rose did. This is stupid!
Despite this, Jake was surprised to see that it had worked. In place of the sand was a glowing hole in the ground. Grinning, Jake jumped in, and after a couple inches of falling, Jake found himself in the hall where all of the Dream Doors were; the Dream Corridor.
Walking past each door, Jake was carefully looking at all of the names on the doors. Jake finally found the door that he was looking for: the door leading to Rose's thoughts, dreams and memories.
Opening the door with the hopes of possibly seeing Rose in her dreams, Jake opened the door and stepped in. Jake continued to walk down the dark, dreary and rather eerie passages in Rose's Dream World.
After a while, Jake yelped as he felt himself drop from the path he was walking. Thankfully, Jake landed on his feet; as Jake opened his eyes, he could see that he was on a bridge of some sort. Looking up, Jake saw that he appeared to fall from some kind of vent. Jake was brought out of his thoughts by the shouts and stomps of many people. Looking over the rail, Jake could see dozens of Huntsclan soldiers practicing their fighting skills. In the middle of this was none other than Huntsgirl, who almost seemed to be leading the exercise. Was this at the Huntsclan Academy?
Shrugging this thought off, Jake continued walking. After a few moments, Jake found himself in a much brighter and happier background. What was this place?
"Congratulations, they're twins!" A voice seemed to answer this question. Interested, Jake walked closer to the sound of the voices. Peeking into a room, Jake could see Rose's mother in a hospital bed, along with two doctors and two infants; baby Rose and baby Daisy.
I'm going to call this one Daisy…" Rose's mother said happily. "And her sister…I'm going to call her…Rose."
"Look at this strange birthmark…" one of the doctors suddenly pointed out as he leaned his head in to view baby Rose's hand. "It looks almost like a…dragon!" As the doctor looked up to face his female nurse, Rose's mother smiled and said: "I think it's cute."
"Well, once again, congratulations ma'am." The nurse said, trying to hold the excitement from her voice. "Why don't we wheel you out so your husband can meet the newest members of your family?"
The next thing Jake knew, he was watching as the nurse wheeled Rose's mother out into the lobby. Rose's father smiled and sat up as Jake watched him walk over to his wife and two newborn daughters.
"Honey, meet Daisy and Rose…" Rose's mother said as the doctor walked out of the back to great them.
"What wonderful names!" Rose's father replied. However, before he could say another word, the figure of the Huntsman appeared at the door. After a moment, the Huntsman strode over to the woman and pried Rose from her mother's grip.
"Come little one…" The Huntsman spoke as the infant Rose wailed in fright in his tight grip. "You are one of us…"
"NO, ROSE!" Rose's mother screamed at the top of her lungs as the now grinning nurse held her down on the bed and the doctor restrained Rose's father.
Turning his attention back to the family, the Huntsman forced the infant Rose into the hands of another Huntsclan member who had just entered the room as he walked over to Rose's mother.
"You monster!" Rose's mother screamed. "What are you going to do to her?"
"Calm yourself ma'am…" The Huntsman spoke. "She'll be quite safe. And she'll remain that way…as long as she never fails me."
Apparently, Rose had not stayed to see this bit, as Rose had never mentioned this to him, and her description of what had happened was quite detailed.
These words only caused Rose's mother to scream even more. Getting annoyed, the Huntsman brought one hand down over her mouth and nose, silencing her. "Calm yourself…" the Huntsman repeated. "For when you come to, you shall remember none of this…"
The muffled screams coming from Rose's mother soon subsided and the poor woman closed her eyes and fell back on the bed. The American Dragon turned, not wanting to see the same thing done to her father.
BLACKOUT; COMMERCIAL BREAK
BACK TO THE STORY/SHOW
As soon as he had recovered from the shock of everything he had just witnessed, Jake continued to walk down the halls of the hospital. Jake suddenly grunted as he collided face first with a hard door. Shaking away the surprise and the sting, Jake suddenly realized that he was no longer in the hospital. Opening the door, Jake was shocked to see the little infant Rose lying in a blood red crib with a Huntsclan symbol sketched over the bars. The girl was wearing a blood red diaper and she was crying bloody murder. Jake watched as a female Huntsclan member walked past him holding a new hunts-diaper.
"My earliest memory is me lying in my hunts-crib crying out for my hunts-nanny to change my hunts-diaper." Rose had told him on one of their dream dates. Jake had tried his best to relate to her story, but deep down, Jake had always thought Rose might have been joking.
Jake then saw yet another door and the young dragon quickly walked over to it. Jake reached for the knob, but he pulled back, suddenly realizing that he was in a hallway.
"Yo, this is freaky…" Jake said to himself. Jake turned around as he suddenly heard happy humming. In front of him was Rose, who appeared to be 5 years old and she was happily skipping down the hall to the door where he was standing. Jake moved out of the way as the young girl opened the door and stepped in. As Jake followed her in, he said to himself: "How can she be so happy and innocent after being kidnapped? Did she steal her first gold coin or something?"
As the door closed, the young Rose was in the penthouse of the Huntsclan. On the other side of the room, the unmasked Huntsman was lying on a mat while he lifted weights. As he noticed his future apprentice enter, the Huntsman sat up with a groan and placed the barbell on the ground before getting to his feet.
"Uncle, did you pick up my Halloween costume today?" the young Rose asked.
"No…" the Huntsman stated plainly.
"But…" Little Rose started, but the Huntsman cut her off.
"I am not taking you trick-or-treating again like last year!" he said with annoyance in his voice. "We're having a party tomorrow night anyway. It's a very special party, and you must be part of it…"
There was suddenly a flash, and Jake found himself in the same room, only it must have been the next night. The young Rose was at a large table and was putting glass cups down in front of the punch bowl. The Huntsman entered the room from upstairs and he walked over to the girl.
"Good news, Rose!" The Huntsman struggled to say. No doubt he despised calling her by her given name. "I have purchased a Halloween costume for you! It is up in your room! Go get ready." The young girl smiled and skipped up to her room.
Deciding to follow her, Jake started to walk toward the stairs, but as soon as he got there, he saw the young girl skipping down the stairs. Her so called "Halloween Costume" was none other than a smaller Huntsclan uniform. Jake stepped out of the way as Rose reached the bottom step.
The room was suddenly full of Huntsclan members, all of which wearing the same uniform. The young Rose looked sad for a moment, but soon smiled. "This must be a popular costume!" Walking over to where her "Uncle" was, the young Rose stopped at the punch bowl.
"Punch, Rose?" The Huntsman handed her a cup. The young girl smiled and took the cup.
As Jake watched the scene, his sight suddenly caught glimpse of a bottle of some sort that the Huntsman appeared to be trying to hide. His eyes shooting to the cup, Jake could see white powder floating in the drink. He instantly knew what it was. "Rose, don't drink that!" Jake shouted, but of course, she could not hear him; no one could. This was a memory.
The glass touched the young girl's lips and the liquid was gone in three gulps. As Rose set the glass down, she almost immediately started to sway on her feet and the young girl had to grip onto the table for support.
"Rose, what's wrong?" The Huntsman was obviously trying to hide his smile and was replacing it with a fake look of concern.
"I don't know what's wrong with me…" the young girl managed to make out before she fell sideways. The cloth on the table that the young girl was gripping onto came with her, bringing all the food and glass dishes down as well.
Jake suddenly found himself in darkness. This was Rose's memory, and the girl had been given enough drugs to put her out cold, so this did not surprise him. Suddenly, lights flashed on and Jake found himself in the arena of the Huntsclan Academy. There were several rows of Huntsmen who were eagerly watching.
As Rose regained her senses, she found that she was sitting in a hard and stiff wooden chair. Her hands were forced behind the back of the chair and were held in place with a long length of thick rope, which was wrapped and knotted around her wrists. Her ankles were also tied to the legs of the chair. Also blindfolded, the little 5 year old was terrified and had no clue as to what was going on.
Jake watched helplessly as his future girlfriend thrashed around like a feral animal in her fear. He didn't know how long this went on, but eventually the young Rose picked herself onto her feet and threw the chair onto the ground. Jake was surprised to see that the chair splintered by the force of the blow.
The young Rose scrambled free from the ropes before pulling off the cloth over her eyes and getting to her feet. The young girl was surprised to see that the men from the party were there…and they were all applauding. The young girl turned to see the now masked Huntsman walk out with his arms folded behind his back. "Well done, my niece…" he said. Rose backed up; she was completely freaked out.
"Why?" Rose's voice shook. "Why did you do that to me?"
"It was a test…" The Huntsman answered. "And you passed—you passed your first test: how to escape if you are ever captured by a dragon."
"What?" shock, disturbance and disgust were all in one sketched on the young girl's face.
"Come with me…" The Huntsman said simply.
Jake followed the two into a control room with a big monitor screen. The Huntsman pressed a button on a dashboard and on the screen a video showed a seemingly regular man in front of a huge and dark dragon.
Watching this, Jake knew immediately that the man was in the Huntsclan and that the dragon was none other than the Dark Dragon.
Rose, however, was fooled. The Dark Dragon picked up the man after a little bit of the man trying to "fight for his life". The Huntsman turned off the video before it could show the man's demise.
"You see?" The Huntsman asked. "Dragons are evil creatures that slay innocent humans. It is our duty to destroy these evil beings in order to protect the human race. It is your destiny…you have been dreaming about slaying dragons since birth!"
"Well, they do seem quite cruel…" the young Rose said in a small and unsure voice. "Maybe they do need to be stopped. Perhaps I could help…"
"Just what I wanted to hear…" The Huntsman grinned evilly from behind his mask. He then held out a small face mask and held it out to her. "Then we shall continue with your next test. Put this mask on, it will protect your true identity from a dragon. If an evil monster like that were to learn your true identity, he could sneak into our home and destroy us all while we sleep!"
The young Rose nodded and took the mask and slipped it over her head. "From this day forth…" The Huntsman said. "You shall be known as…Huntsgirl."
BLACKOUT; CUT TO COMMERCIAL
BACK TO THE STORY/SHOW
After that little revelation, Jake continued walking until he found himself oddly standing on grass and a cool wind brushed against his face. Jake knew what this was; this had happened just over a year ago. It was the Grand Equinox Hunt. Jake turned his head and he could see his dragon form helplessly tied to a tree as the Huntsgirl approached him.
"It's over, dragon!" Hatred was evident in Rose's tone. "Say goodbye!" As she stepped closer to her prize, her staff started to blaze with lethal plasma.
"Rose, no!" Jake had said.
Rose stopped dead in her tracks. "Wh—what did you call me?"
"Rose…" Jake replied. "If you want to say goodbye, say it to my human face." Jake watched as his dragon form disappeared, revealing his human form. Watching all of this happen, actually felt really weird.
"Jake?!" Rose was in shock. After a moment's hesitation, the blade of Rose's staff ripped through the ropes binding Jake. Jake watched as Rose rushed away, and he could hear himself shout: "Rose wait!"
Jake quickly followed the fleeing hunter and found her sitting on her knees behind a bush. Her eyes were shut closed, trying to prevent tears of regret, remorse and shame from coming out.
"Huntsgirl!" Two Huntsclan members appeared in front of her. "Where's the American Dragon?"
Rose quickly wiped away the tears on her sleeve and stood up, appearing strong. "He escaped." She lied. "As I was charging for the kill, I tripped and my blast hit the ropes holding him."
"The Huntsmaster is going to want to talk to you…" one of the men said in a warning tone.
There was another flash and Jake once again found himself in the penthouse. The Huntsman was sitting in a chair, silently seething over the failed hunt. The door soon opened and the two hunters escorted Rose in. The Hunters grabbed hold of Rose and shoved her over to their master. As Rose stumbled, she quickly bowed in respect.
"You failed to slay the American Dragon, didn't you?" The Huntsman asked dangerously as he stood up.
"Yes master…" Rose quickly rose to her feet. "I tripped as I was charging and my blast accidentally freed the beast. He got away, master."
The Huntsman looked down at the ground before returning his gaze to his apprentice. Rage appeared and he swiftly backhanded Rose across her face. Rose shut her eyes and gritted her teeth to keep from gasping in shock and pain.
Watching this, Jake nearly shouted with rage. He needed to remind himself two things to keep himself from killing the Huntsman at the moment. First, this was a memory, and second, the Huntsman was gone. He could never hurt Rose or another magical creature ever again.
"You useless failure!" The Huntsman shouted. "You have failed me for the final time! You two take her to her room and guard it. Make sure she stays inside until I have decided on her punishment!"
Rose's eyes suddenly widened in fear as the two hunters grabbed her and forced her upstairs. As soon as they were gone, the Huntsman shouted with rage, picking up the chair he was sitting in and slamming it against the wall, shattering it.
There was once again another flash. This time, Jake found himself in Rose's room. Rose sat on her bed with a very troubled look on her face. Jake figured by the looks of this, that this was the night of the Homecoming dance. He figured that her room was once again guarded.
The door to the room opened and the Huntsman walked in. "Have you thought about what I said?" he asked. Rose didn't answer. "Answer me!" The Huntsman roared. "You can either have the deaths of your family or the deaths of all magical creatures on your conscience!" Rose still refused to answer.
'Very well…" The Huntsman replied. Pulling out a communication device from his person, the Huntsman pressed a button, omitting a hologram of a Huntsclan member at the home of Rose's family. "You know what to do…and one more thing, make it look like an acciden—"
"Wait!" Rose suddenly jumped from her bed, cutting the Huntsman off. The Huntsman slowly lowered the communication device and looked at the girl who had betrayed him. "You win…" Rose continued. "I'll get you the skulls."
"Wise choice, Huntsgirl…" The Huntsman turned. "Get ready; we leave for the hideout of the elder dragon in half an hour…"
As soon as the Huntsman had left, Rose sat back down on her bed and lowered her head. "I'm sorry, Jake…" she said quietly. "I hope you will find it in your heart to forgive me one day…"
There was once again another flash of light. When the light cleared, he found himself in his grandfather's shop. Jake watched from behind as Rose slowly tried to open the safe by pressing her ear to it trying to turn it until it clicked.
"Well?" The Huntsman asked impatiently.
"Just a minute…" Rose replied. "This will take a few minutes…" Rose turned her head and grinned slightly as her master whirled around and picked up a new TV and hurled it against the counter, smashing it. "Yeah, I don't think I can pick it, master."
"Move out of my way!" The Huntsman strode up and shoved his treacherous apprentice out of the way. Using his staff, the Huntsman slammed the blade into the steel door of the safe and effectively ripped it off. As the steel door clattered to the ground, Rose stepped up and pulled out the skulls, handing them to the Huntsman.
"As you've requested, master…"
"Well done, Huntsgirl." The Huntsman seemed to completely forget about his destructive rage that he was feeling only a few seconds ago. "Now come…we have a Pantheon Building to get to."
Jake knew what was coming next. Almost reluctantly, Jake walked out of the door to the shop and immediately found himself at the Pantheon Building where the Homecoming Dance had taken place at. Jake suddenly looked at his surroundings; there were several Huntsclan soldiers and Jake and his allies had been completely defeated and held down.
"…The Destruction of all Huntsclan!" Rose's voice rang out. A large green force of magic emerged from the skull that Rose was holding and exploded into the sky. Just seconds later, the dragon birthmarks of all Huntsclan members began to glow bright green and the struggling and screaming hunters were lifted into the air to meet their deaths. Rose set the skull down and walked over to the memory Jake and undid the chains holding him. Jake immediately shot up and stared in shock at what had just happened before turning to face the girl he loved.
"Rose, why did you…?"
"I told you there was only one way for this to end, and this it!" Rose cut him off. "The Destruction of the Huntsclan…"
"But you're on of them!" Jake had said. "That means…"
"I know what it means!" Rose answered. "But even if we destroy the skulls, they know your human form, Jake. They'll find your family like they did mine. This way they'll be safe…they'll all be safe."
Out of the corner, Jake watched the memory; the pain he felt on that night came back to him as he witnessed it once more. Like before, Jake was brought out of the upcoming tragedy by the sight of the Huntsman's unconscious body being lifted into the air where the number four threat to the magical world disappeared forever in a bright light. As his cape floated to the ground, Jake looked up to see Rose rising into the air.
"Thank you Jake! For everything! I'll never forget you!" Rose waved goodbye to him as she spoke.
"Rose, no!" Jake had said as he reached up and grabbed her hand.
"Jake, let go." Rose had smiled that smile. That innocent, "trust me" smile… "I'll be okay. I promise. I'll be okay."
Even watching this now, Jake had no clue as to why he had let her go. Jake watched himself rush over to the forgotten skull and picking it up, as he pointed up into the air toward the girl who was bravely floating up to her doom.
"I wish Rose was never taken by the Huntsclan!"
A green ball of energy rose into the air and started toward Rose. The magic seemed to reach out and absorb her, making the girl vanish as the night sky lit up to show past times where they had spent time together.
"I really have feelings for you." : the day before the love cruise when Rose had told him that they needed to spend some time apart.
"Let me cool you off." : Rose splashing punch in Brad's face.
"This is our Dream Date." : Rose on their Dream Date that had started the Chimera problem.
"Here's your proof." : Rose presenting Jake's molted skin to the Huntsman.
"It's all so weird…" : Rose telling Jake about what it was like being done with the whole mortal enemy thing.
"Jake?" : Rose seeing Jake in the portal.
The final images that lit up the night sky were Rose putting on her Huntsgirl mask, and finally, the reversing of the Huntsman taking the infant Rose away from her mother; the wish had been granted. In finality, the green orb of magic exploded into the sky.
Watching this entirely over again, Jake grunted as he was suddenly thrown backwards by some force. As Jake got to his feet, he found that he was in an area that was pitch black. "This must be it…" Jake stated. However, before Jake could start to scramble to an exit, a dim red light suddenly switched on and Jake saw yet another door in front of him.
"Yo, what's this?" Jake asked himself as he walked over to the door and opened it. There was a flash and Jake suddenly found himself in a school in Hong Kong. It was a rather large classroom and all of the students were girls; all dressed in the exact same way. In the door stood Rose; she looked very nervous.
The teacher stood up from her desk and walked over to her new student. Motioning for Rose to come closer, Rose nodded and walked over to the center of the room.
"Girls…" the teacher spoke in Chinese. "Meet your new classmate…" the teacher then turned her head and stared at Rose. "Well, tell them your name." This time, the teacher spoke in English.
"Oh, umm…Rose." Rose finally said, fidgeting a little.
"Well, welcome Rose." The teacher said warmly. "Oh, one thing: do you know how to speak any Chinese?"
There was once again another flash and Jake found himself standing in an alley. A door to a café or something opened, and Rose and a friend stepped out. After Rose and her friend had parted ways, Jake followed the girl down the alley until Jake saw himself step out from the corner.
"Hey!"
"Hey yourself…"
"Uh, it's Rose, right?" Jake had asked as the girl had started to walk away.
"Do I know you?"
"You do!" Jake had walked up to her. "Or you did…My name is Jake Long. We went to school together back in New York. It's complicated. Can we go somewhere and talk?"
"Talk; about what?" Rose seemed suspicious now.
"You won't believe me…"
"I'm pretty opened minded…" Rose smiled. "Give it a shot."
Jake watched from behind as the memory played. Jake had told the girl about her past life, the alternate reality and what he needed her for, Rose had gotten freaked out and had tried to get away, Jake had rushed up to her, grabbed her birthmark and shoved it in her face and Rose had agreed to take him to her home.
There was another flash, and Jake found him in Rose's apartment. Jake could see both of Rose's parents, who looked extremely worried, yet angry at the same time. Jake watched as the door opened and Rose walked Jake in.
"Well, here we are…" Rose said uncomfortably.
"Rose, I'm so sorry I had to spring all this on you…" Jake had said as he had taken off his red jacket and tossed it onto a chair. "It's just that my grandfather is…" The American Dragon had stopped speaking as soon as he saw Rose's parents.
"Jake, these are my parents…"
"You called them?"
"I had to!" Rose defended herself. "Jake, you seem really nice, but you obviously have some powerful delusions and I think you need help letting go…"
As if on cue, two cops appeared at the door and grabbed Jake from behind, pulling the boy out the door. "Please, don't hurt him!" Rose begged as Jake was pulled down the hall.
"Rose, wait! You have to remember me! PLEASE!" Jake had disappeared down the hall; all people living across opening their doors in annoyance. Rose had reached her door just in time to hear Jake's plea. Had she done something wrong?
"Well, good riddance…" Rose's father walked into the kitchen. "It's a good thing you called us, Rose. A person that delusional is always a danger to society. You did the right thing by alerting us so we could call the police."
"But, he's just a kid." Rose said. "He said he went to school with me back in New York."
"And let that be a lesson to you…" Rose's father continued. "…The most dangerous of people can be right under your nose."
"But, I felt like he may have been on to something…" Rose wondered out loud. "Yes the idea of dragons is absurd, but he seemed to touch on a dream…"
"We all have dreams, Rose…" her mother sat down on the couch.
"But…"
"It was just a dream!" Rose's mother got up from the couch. "Now, be a good girl and throw out the boy's jacket…"
As soon as Rose's mother had left the room, Rose sighed as she walked over and picked up the jacket. However, as she picked it up, a folded picture drifted to the ground.
"What's this?" Rose asked herself as she bent over and picked it up. Coming back up, Rose unfolded it and stared at the picture of both her and Jake at the school dance.
Jake continued to watch as Rose started to appear as though she was standing in a vortex. Images of several things appeared to swoop down and into Rose's head from the heart of the vortex. Every image from Rose being kidnapped by the Huntsman to her initiation to the American Dragon's and the Huntsgirl's first encounter and battle to the school dance where they danced to rehearsing for the school production of Antony and Cleopatra to the American Dragon saving the Huntsgirl from falling to her death on the Ski Trip to Jake revealing himself to be the American Dragon during the Grand Equinox Hunt to them reuniting at the Huntsclan Academy to their breakup on the Love Cruise to Rose's wish for the destruction of all Huntsclan.
"I wish Rose was never taken by the Huntsclan!" Jake's wish once again rang out as the vortex image seemed to fade away. Having taken all this in, Rose swayed, looking as though she were about to collapse.
"Jake?" Rose asked as she shook her head back and forth. "Jake?" She repeated with a small smile on her face. "Jake Long…the American Dragon…" Her smile widened.
Jake watched as Rose turned and walked into her room and closed the door. Shrugging, Jake decided to walk over and follow, only to have the door open before he could reach the knob. Rose was wearing a black leather jacket and a blood red shirt and pants. It was time for the final battle with the Dark Dragon…
There was once again another flash and Jake found himself outside the hill where the Dragon Council had held the Thousand Year Toast at. Jake was standing next to his family and other allies as Jake and Rose flew out of the portal just as it closed off for 1,000 years.
Everyone cheered as Jake and Rose stood up. Rose immediately kissed Jake on the lips. As soon as they parted, Jake had to ask: "Rose, you remembered! But how?"
"You left this at my house…" Rose had smiled as she pulled out the picture from her jacket. "Let's just say it brought back some memories…"
Jake watched the memory as the two just stood there, enjoying the moment where they could just be together. This was a memory Jake wanted to watch over…
LINE BREAK
Jake suddenly jumped up in his bed as his alarm clock went off. "Aw man!" Jake moaned. He had really wanted to "be with" Rose. On top of the premature end to the dream, Jake's PMA popped open and Pix McGee emerged, screaming.
"Up, up, up!" She shouted. "Get your butt up, Lazy-cal Dragon! It's time for school!"
"Aw man!" Jake repeated.
BLACKOUT; END OF EPISODE
A/N- So, this is a very "Appa's Lost Days" type chapter. I thought it would be fun to write about how Huntsgirl came to be, as I highly doubt that they just tossed Rose a little baby Huntsclan outfit and staff the second they abducted her. I also tried to avoid using flashbacks that really happened and instead trying to add to them or show what happened off-screen, but for the ending of "Homecoming" and "Hong Kong Longs", but it was kind of important. So, that was my Rise, fall and re-rise of the Huntsgirl chapter, and I hope you enjoyed.
If you read the chapter, please leave me a review. Oh, and if you could, in your review, please tell me which of all the chapter/episodes is your favorite, and also which one is your least favorite.