Episode Six – Wings of Change

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It was, undoubtedly, starting look like a pretty average looking type of day for the neighborhood that held the electronics shop known as Canal Street Electronics. In fact, once we are soon brought right into the interior of this same aforementioned electronics shop, we are also then shown that Fu-Dog was currently gnawing on his own personal rawhide chewing bone, much like any regular type of dog would caught doing at any given time of the day. However, this was soon made to come to a complete and abrupt halt, once Fu-Dog was made to notice that someone was starting to come through front door. He turned around fast towards that particular direction and then, he saw that it was none other than old Lao-Shi himself who was currently entering the electronics shop, home again at last from his long, work trip within the deep regions of the Asian territories. Fu-Dog, of course, then began to walk right on over, in an attempt to properly greet his human/dragon friend and roommate and, of course again, he did so by starting it all off with him simply saying-

"Well-well-well, look who's decided to finally come home, after such a long little vacation away, in Tibet. Welcome back, old man, i trust that your little business trip in the Himalayas went about as well as anybody else would imagined, hmm?"

However, once Lao-Shi was actually able to respond to Fu-Dog's snarky little statement, he did so by informing him that things did not go as originally anticipated while he and Sun Park were both visiting the Tibetan region. This, of course, resulted in him telling his Shar-Pei dog companion about a few things that went on whilst he was within the Himalayan mountains, albeit in a somewhat condensed and highly summarized type of fashion. And the reason for that was because Lao-Shi was intending to go into more detail with things only after both Jake and Haley were both present to hear the story, straight from both him and Sun Park. He even requested that Fu-Dog call them both over to the shop just as quickly as possible, while he himself saw to it that Sun Park was called over, as well, seeing as she was already currently seeing to a few certain matters that were all building up a bit while she was away with Lao-Shi. But, in any event, though, Fu-Dog was more than willing to oblige to Lao-Shi's initial request, but, first he claimed that he had to go and find George the pixie in order to make it happen at all.

This, of course, made Lao-Shi a little bit curious, to be certain, especially in regards to who this 'George the pixie' actually was. But, once the aforementioned pixie was actually able to make his presence physically known to the two shopkeepers, the memory of being informed about him and his initial arrangement with both Spud and the other kids by Fu-Dog suddenly became very prevalent within Lao-Shi's main thought process. Not that that was enough to stop George from formally introducing himself to Lao-Shi anyways, seeing as he was still wanting to properly familiarize himself with just about everyone of importance within the American Dragon's inner circle and family. Still, though, this was all of very little concern to old Lao-Shi, because he still felt that it was of the utmost importance for him to alert both Jake and Haley of what went on way out there in the Himalayas, due to him having a sneaking suspicion that something big was on their horizon. Then, once again, almost as if it were all on cue, we are then suddenly brought right to yet another locale found somewhere within New York City; Belvedere castle in Central Park to be precise. And this one had a very different type of characters currently occupying it; the D.O.R.C.S.

Well, more specifically, it actually just three members of the D.O.R.C.S. group; Euryale of the Gorgon Sisters, currently without either Fury or Medusa; the Kelpie from before, and Vicki Fickling the Siren, who was currently in the lead of this particular group of villains. Apparently, they were all just starting to launch a raid on an old abandoned bunker that was found deep underneath Belvedere Castle, one that was, evidently, harboring a great deal of old Huntsclan weapons and technology, thus revealing itself to be an old Huntsclan Armory from back in the day. Miss Vicki Fickling was actually quite aware this little tidbit of information, to quite frank, and she was able access it courtesy of her putting both the two Huntsboys; #88 and #89 under her Siren spell. This was all a part of her plan to use for the third and final chance the D.O.R.C.S. all had to finish of Jake and company of their own accord. This was her chance to put her own plan into action and she was feeling quite confident about it all working out.

(New Opening Sequence)

We are then shown what we can likely assume is Sun Park's personal living quarters, as we are also shown what looked like the latter actually organizing all of her mail and sweeping up all of the dust bunnies that were found lying about. Apparently, Miss Sun Park was very dead set on restoring her happy little home back to the way that it was prior to her departure for her trip with Lao-Shi. And, just when it was starting to look like she had accomplished that very same task, and was about get started on dealing with some paperwork in regards to the coming new School year, she was soon suddenly drawn to the sound her own personal cell phone ringing like crazy. She was, of course, very quick to answer this particular phone call and when she did do so, she was not only able to learn that it was none other than old Lao-Shi himself who was doing all of the calling, but, she was also able to, at last, learn of his plan to inform their respective Dragon students about what had recently occurred for them while they were both within the Tibetan region. Sun, of course, agreed with this initial plan of his, seeing as she too believed that this was a matter that both Jake and Haley needed to be informed about and thus, she agreed to meet with them all at the Electronics shop at the apparent time that Lao-Shi, evidently, specified to her while talking over her personal cellphone.

However, just when the Korean Dragon was, at last, finished with that particular phone call, and was prepared to see just how much of her work-related stuff that she was able to get done before she had to go, she heard a loud knocking coming her front door just a few minutes afterwards. And it was with much mild annoyance that she went over to see just who it was that was seeking her attention this time around. However, that soon changed when she finally saw that it was none other than three members of the Dragon Council who were currently knocking at her door at this time and those three were none other than; Councilor Andam, Councilor Omina and Councilor Kukulkhan, respectively. This took Miss Sun Park by surprise, to be certain, though, that still did not stop her from asking why the three Council members had all come to see her. Apparently, they were all there with the express intent of making a very 'special delivery' to both her and Lao-Shi, as well as to give them both some very important special information to go along with it, both of which were things that undoubtedly captured Miss Sun Park's attention.

Meanwhile, though, way back in Central Park, at Belvedere Castle, we are shown that both Vicki Fickling and her two associates; the Kelpie and Euryale, were all still helping themselves to the various weaponry and technology that was all found within the Huntsclan armory. In fact, they were all even starting to use the still hypnotized Huntsboys #88 and #89 as their own personal porters for the technology that they were all planning to make off with this entire time. And then, once she was, at last, properly asked about how she managed to find the two former Huntsclan members in the first place, Vicki Fickling simply responded to that very same question by saying that she merely located them both attempting to make use of the poorly repaired Huntsclan technology that they had in their attempts to garner respect as the new Huntsclan. For you see, apparently, ever since their initial defeat in the episode "Shaggy Frog", the duo of #88 and #89 have been attempting to repair and reuse the technology that they were able gain access to within that very same episode, over and over again, seeing as they both, somehow, managed to lock themselves out of their own original armory and forgot how to access it again to top it all off. It was seeing the two of them both actually trying to make use of their shoddily maintained weapons and technology that our Miss Vicki Fickling was originally able to stumble across the two of them before the events of "Siren Says", and once she was first freed from her imprisonment within the Hudson River, she was able to remember this tiny little detail and it came to mind when she was trying to come up with her own unique type of plan to finish off both Jake and the rest of his inner circle of friends, especially Miss Trixie Carter, in particular, after what she did in her debut episode.

However, as both Euryale and the Kelpie would seem to collectively agree upon, they were all still in desperate need of the proper bait as a means to draw both Jake and his collection of associates right to them and their respective trap. Or, at least, that's what they both thought, but, in truth, Miss Vicki Fickling was actually way ahead of them on that point. The plan was this; they would send some vicious beast of some sort to cause some major damage within Central Park and then, Jake and his friends would come to them. This would be the point where their trap would be sprung and, with the help of the Huntsclan's technology and their various assorted weaponry within their arsenal, victory seemed pretty assured in the eyes of the geeky little Siren girl. Although, this was, of course, the point where her two associates both felt the need to point out that they were still in need of a vicious monster in order to make certain that their plan succeeded, which was, of course, already taken care of by Miss Vicki Fickling herself, courtesy of their new good friend, Ekaj Gnol.

It is here that we are suddenly brought right back to Canal Street Electronics, courtesy of a quick scene transition, and we are then shown that both Jake and Haley have already arrived at the electronics shop, currently in the company of the rest of Jake's inner circle, just as Lao-Shi had initially requested beforehand, I might add. They were all currently awaiting the arrival of Miss Sun Park at this particular moment in time and while they were all waiting, George Flutteringson the Pixie was clearly making an attempt to try and do something that was particularly sneaky in regards to old Lao-Shi himself. For you, he was spending much of this waiting time attempting to be an attendant to the old, wise and blue-color-schemed Chinese Dragon and he was doing so by offering to do things like bring him some tea, straighten out his blue and green robes and even massage his shoulders as best as he could. But what could be considered even more interesting is the fact that our dear old friend, Lao-Shi, was actually quite accepting of all of these minor gestures, which actually drew the curious attention of the ever attentive Fu-Dog as an added effect. However, that attention was soon directed mostly towards Spud when the latter actually felt the need to come right out and say-

"Um-uh, you guys, I, um-uh, I hate to be an impatient Ian or whatever, but, uh, how long is the going to take in the long run? Because, um, the guys and I, we, um-uh, we kind of have a pretty busy day planned out, if ya know what I mean, heh…"

"Um, weren't we just going to spend the day wandering around through Central Park, aimlessly, today, Spud…?" said Rose with a 'matter of fact' type of tone in her voice

"Well yeah, but that's still a busy day way up ahead of his, isn't it, Rose…?" said Spud in response to Rose's question

However, in any event, though, the group's little wait was soon brought to a complete end once Miss Sun Park was, at last, seen coming through the shop's front door. And while she initially apologized upon her arrival, just in case she was a teeny-weeny bit to the party at this point, she was actually right on time. The others were only spending their time waiting for her because they were all told to come over to the shop ahead of time. Nevertheless, though, Lao-Shi was most definitely ready to begin co-narrating the story of what went on during the trip to the Himalayan Mountains with Sun Park, but first, she had brought with her something that was akin to a visual aid of some sort, in order to help better explain the ordeal to the rest of them. This was actually the point where a very familiar looking little dog actually started to run right into the shop without warning and Lao-Shi soon recognized it as the Tibetan spaniel that he encountered; Windchill. But before this matter could be discussed at all any further, Sun Park soon revealed that her 'visual aid' was none other than both Windchill and her owner, Miss Mayzie Brooks, who was now currently within the United States like all of the rest of the group. She even tried to break the ice by basically just saying-

"Hi, um, glad to be here"

-before giggling rather nervously mere seconds afterwards

It is from here that we are suddenly given yet another quick scene transition, only this time it was one that simply changed the scene to somewhere within the way back of the electronics shop itself. There, we are shown that the group was gathered around in order to specifically hear exactly what both Lao-Shi and Sun Park had to say about their trip to the Himalayan region. George was even fixing some tea for both the two Dragon masters during this particular period. Though, apparently, at this point, the story that they've both been meaning to tell the others was finally told in full, which was only made all the more clear by the fact that Sun was actually taking the time to say-

"And, well, that's about it, the whole story, right there in full for you all, everybody…"

"W-wow; m-m-magical libraries, mysterious dragon themed human soldiers and strange, mystic forces that can actually call and effect people from afar, w-w-wow…" said Haley, in her attempts to fully comprehend just about everything that she was just recently told

However, as far as what Fu-Dog himself was primarily concerned with, the main thing that he considered to be Brass tacks was the question of why the young Miss Mayzie Brooks and her dog, Windchill, were both in New York City now, after they were, apparently, taken in by the Dragon Council. This was the part where Miss Mayzie Brooks herself would start to try and explain things as best as she could and she would go on to say that, after she was offered, and accepted, the chance to train amongst her fellow Dragons within the order, it was decided by the Dragon Council members themselves that she was to begin her training within New York City itself. Miss Sun Park would then go on to speak up in defense of that particular claim; seeing as the Dragon Council members had already inform her of all of that before, when they came by her house earlier in order to drop off both Mayzie and Windchill. And, what's even more so is the fact that both Lao-Shi and Sun Park were both made especially responsible for seeing to the young Mayzie's new living conditions while she was within this city, as well as her general safety during the duration of her dragon training as a whole. But, regardless of that, though, she was still actually well received by both Lao-Shi and Sun Park, as well by Fu-Dog, Haley, George, Jake and Trixie, Spud and Rose too. Although, within Spud's case, it was partly due to him being considerably anxious to start the day of fun that he had planned out with his three closest friends, especially now that the really big announcement the two Dragon Masters wanted to tell them all was at last made to be known by everyone within the inner circle.

Jake and the others were also, somewhat, just as excited and anxious to get their day started, but, Lao-Shi still insisted that Jake stay and listen to the particulars of what they were all going to do now that Miss Mayzie Brooks was joining their collection of New York City dragons and George the pixie actually supported this decision, much to the collective surprise of Jake and his human group of friends. Still, though, it was, nevertheless, shown that the group of young teenagers did indeed decide to stay behind, if only to be able to put this whole matter itself behind them and move on with their own activities and initial plans. And the very first thing that Lao-Shi felt the need to explain to the young Miss Mayzie Brooks was the fact that he was a very difficult and demanding Dragon trainer and that learning the dragon's ways under him would not be an easy thing for her to do. Jake, of course, agreed with all of this while speaking underneath his own breath, though, Lao-Shi still ended up hearing most everything that he had just said and even added on that, during young Miss Mayzie Brooks' initial dragon training, Jake would be there to assist her in almost every possible way, like a good fellow student should, much to the initial chagrin of Jake Long himself. However, it was actually at this particular moment where Miss Mayzie Brooks finally revealed to everyone that, while she was still 'somewhat' placed under the care and protection of both Lao-Shi and Sun Park, she was not assigned to either one of them for her dragon training. In truth, her new Dragon Master was actually the American Dragon himself, Jake Long.

Now, this initially came as a surprise to pretty much everyone at the time, though, Jake Long himself was the most taken a-back by it, as the next words to come out of his mouth were—

"Uh, s-say w-w-what now…?"

It is from there that we are suddenly brought right back to Central Park, where we see that the trio consisting of Vicki Fickling, Euryale and the Kelpie was all still in the process of bringing their current leader's plans to reality, with the help of the still hypnotized Huntsboys #88 and #89. Or rather, more specifically, it should be said that they were all having the still hypnotized Huntsclan members prepare their newly acquired Huntsclan technology and weaponry for them, while they were all allowed to watch on in essential comfort. The two boys were, after all, willing to do just about anything for their "Pretty, Pretty Vicki". However, as the Kelpie and Euryale were both very quick to point out; they still needed to figure out the right place on which to properly unleash their "Monstrous diversion", to which Vicki Fickling simply scoffed and claimed that their monster of choice was very well-known for picking the right places to be all on its own. It is from there that we are suddenly given a quick scene dissolve to yet another part of Central Park, where we see that a group of simple tourists is suddenly surprised by the appearance of a big red Krylock type portal, and is then attacked at random by what is revealed to be a Krylock Demon in full, one that was very quick to start hissing and growling and roaring, much to the shock and horror of all of the people.

(Commercial Break)

It is at this point that we, the audience, are suddenly brought right back the shop known as Canal Street Electronics, and there, we are shown that the ever diligent Sun Park and her Dragon student, Haley Long, were both seeing to it that what looked like a simple sleeping cot was properly set-up, right next to a simple blanket which was placed carefully upon the wooden floor. This was, of course, all in regards to the newest addition to the New York City dragons, Miss Mayzie Brooks, seeing as both Sun Park and Lao-Shi (who was just starting to enter the room with Fu-Dog at this point) both wanted to make certain that she was comfortable now that she was going to be living within New York City with them. If nothing else, they both wanted to make certain that they gave her a warm place to sleep until they could make better living conditions for her. Although, according to Fu-Dog, this shouldn't have been that much a problem since she couldn't have been all that picky about where she slept at night, especially when one considers the fact that she once used to sleep in a rundown old shack in the middle of nowhere with nothing else but a simple dog that lived there as well to keep her company during the rest of the day. This, unintentionally, came off as a bit of an insult directed towards the spunky little Windchill, who still currently within the shop along with everybody else. She even growled a little bit at Fu-Dog for his nasty little comment about her in general, even after the Shar-Pei actually said "no offense" as a follow up. Although, she soon began to calm herself down a little bit, once George the Pixie actually came right up to the Tibetan spaniel and started to pet her and comfort her, much to the initial gratitude of both Sun Park and Lao-Shi themselves, and to the initial concern, curiosity and uncertainty of dear Mr. Fu-Dog himself.

However, that last part was pretty much inconsequential as far as old George the pixie went, seeing as it didn't really stop him from voicing his opinion on the matter of Mayzie Brooks by pointing out that he is certain that she will be quite comfortable so long as both Lao-Shi and Sun continued to see to her living conditions together. This came off as a very nice compliment for the two dragon masters as far as they were both concerned, but, it only made Fu-Dog feel all the more uncertain about the Pixie and his motives for saying such a thing in the manner that he initially did. Still, though, the pixie would only continue to voice out his initial opinions to everyone, and this time around; it was through his saying that the main thing that he was the most concerned about was the fact the Dragon Council actually assigned a much younger dragon to be trained a slightly older dragon with only a few years at best really separating them. In the eyes of a member of the Magical community itself, this was most definitely a very unorthodox decision. But, nevertheless, though, according to Lao-Shi, who had just gotten through with a long distance communication with the Dragon Council; this was all a part of a little experiment that the latter group was attempting to try while placing it way out in the field for a 'trial by fire' sort of trial bases.

For you see, while the Dragon Council has indeed decided to start acknowledging the fact that Jake's methods, while still a little bit unorthodox in and of themselves, were still very effective in getting his assignments done in his own way, they also wanted to see just how well that this would all translate to yet another member of the Dragon Order. So, they all decreed that Mayzie would be placed under Jake's particular tutelage, in order for him to train someone else to do the things that he does while acting as the local dragon. And while both Lao-Shi and Sun Park collectively agreed that this would be a very interesting experiment for them all to watch unfold, Fu-Dog, who also agreed with their initial reaction himself, suddenly found himself asking where the new duo of Master and Apprentice were at this very moment. Suddenly, George the Pixie was, again, able to find himself yet another opportunity to show off just what he was capable of and immediately explained to everyone that the duo could be currently found with young Trixie, Spud and Rose, as they were all heading towards Central Park in order to wander through it aimlessly as they initially planned to do on this day. George even felt the need to point out the fact that he knew this because he was initially hired to be both Spud's personal schedule planner and its moderator, a job that he was 'very-very good at, to be sure of, no doubt'.

Now then, it is at this very particular moment that young Haley actually states that this was a very, very good thing to happen right off the bat, seeing as Jake was going to have to get used to having Mayzie hang around him all of the time, anyways. Then, a mere few seconds or so right afterwards, we are soon brought right back to Central Park, where we see that Jake, Rose, Trixie and Spud were all just entering the opening to Central Park, with the young Mayzie Brooks also tagging along right there alongside the three of them, with much enthusiasm found within her every single step and general movements as a whole. For you see, it was around this particular time that the young Tibetan orphan was basically just taking in her initial surroundings, bit by bit, which, of course, drew the collective attention of the group consisting of the young Jake Long, Trixie, Rose and Spud, who were all becoming increasingly concerned about this initially strange behavior. Jake even started to voice his opinion about all of this by saying-

"So, um, I take it that you're, uh, starting to enjoy your time here in the NYC, huh, Mayzie…?"

"'Enjoying it', are you kidding me…?" said Mayzie in response, after scoffing just a little bit beforehand "I am loving being in this city so far, you guys! I mean, way back in Tibet, I would, occasionally, hear about the amazing American Metropolis called New York City, but, only through the occasional reference here and there and they were incredibly vague ones to hear about from time to time at that. But, this; being here in the city that never sleeps, why, I-I just-I just feel so overwhelmed that could almost pass out…(sighs)…"

Now, of course, that last bit of word choice was certainly more than enough to warrant a quick collective stare from the members of the main group, no doubt about that one. This particular 'out-of-towner' was certainly more enthusiastic and eccentric than most of the other tourists that group has occasionally encountered in the past. Still, though, that still did not stop the young Miss Mayzie from following up with-

"Oh and, um, by the by, Mr., uh, Jake Long, um, sir, will there be anymore fancy magical creatures while we're out here in Central Park or, uh, better yet, any more disguised magical creatures, posing as humans too? Because, um, that would be, like, um, so totally awesome, as I believe that that, uh, phrase goes around here, way out in the States."

"Um-uh, o-okay, um, First of all, um, new girl; it's just, um, it-it's just Jake Long, okay, 'Mayzie'…? You can just call Jake, alright…?" said Jake in response to what Mayzie had just said which made the latter actually nod rather dutifully "(Clears his throat) Uh, second of all; yes, there will be plenty of magical creatures found out here in Central Park, but, um, Third of all; if there are any of them out there who are disguised as humans, it's probably not a good idea to actually go around asking people that, since we're, um, w-we're really trying to keep a lid on the whole 'magical creatures actually exist' thing, in terms of who gets to know about it and who needs to be left out of the loop, if you know what I mean, heh…"

"Oh, oh-oh, okay, okay, I think that I understand it all now, okay-okay, sorry about that, Jake, whatever you say…" said Mayzie in response to what Jake had just said

And then, once that matter was, apparently, more or less, settled at that particular moment in time, the still ever-eager-to-get-things-started-with Arthur P. Spudinski actually started to insist that the group then proceed on to their initially planned out day-long walk of Central Park. However, it was just right before they were all about ready to do just such a thing that Miss Mayzie Brooks felt the need to ask about her initial dragon training with Jake to Jake himself, specifically, since her coming along with the group of four to the park in the first place was Jake's idea right from the very beginning. And while Jake, admittedly, did not have much of a planned out reason for having Mayzie accompany him and his friends to Central Park at first, other than simply wanting to get their day of fun started out already, it eventually dawned upon him that this was actually for the absolute best in the absolute long run. For you see, since the whole of Jake's first few earlier missions as the American Dragon originally took place within Central Park and since the park itself is practically crawling with magical creatures at certain parts of the day, this was actually an ideal place for young Miss Mayzie to start familiarizing herself with what might eventually become her earliest stomping grounds, an idea that Mayzie could not really bring herself to deny, due to it making so much sense in its own unique way. But, nevertheless, though, Spud still insisted that the group continue to go about their own way, while it was still relatively early, or else they really will be around during one of those times when Magical creatures feel comfortable running around Central Park; night time, with none of them being any more the wiser about the Krylock Demon that was still currently terrorizing a different part of the Central Park area, with the three members of the D.O.R.C.S. shown from way before and their two hypnotized slaves all watching on from afar, still all patiently awaiting their best opportunity to strike at their real group of main targets.

Meanwhile, though, way back at the shop known as Canal Street Electronics, we are soon shown that, once again, Miss Sun Park was still contemplating about Mayzie and Windchill's new modest sleeping area within the shop itself. For you see, no matter how Miss Park tried to look at it, this still just did not seem like enough for someone of Mayzie's initial background and history, and both Lao-Shi and Haley could not help but both agree with her on that point, despite what Fu-Dog might have said a short while prior. This was, apparently, because the three dragons all agreed that what Mayzie truly needed was not just a simple sleeping space, what she really needed was place to call her new one true home, she was an orphan for a great deal of her initial lifetime, after all. And it was at this particular moment that Haley finally made the suggestion that caught just about everyone's attention within a single moment; why not have Mayzie come and live with Jake and herself at the Long residence with their two parents, Susan and Jonathan Long? Now, this did, indeed, seem like an 'ideal' solution to the problem that both Lao-Shi and Sun felt needed solving, especially since it did make sense in its own way; I mean, Mayzie was supposed to be placed within Jake's watchful eye, so, having her be where he could always keep an eye on her just made sense. However, as Lao-Shi himself was very quick to point out; there was still the matter of running this idea passed both Jonathan and Susan first that needed to be done, so the two dragon masters prepared to see to that. All while George the pixie continued to see to their every need and whim in general, the whole entire time, which finally prompted Fu-Dog to, at last, get to the bottom of what this Pixie was actually up to in the absolute long game.

It is from this moment onward that we are suddenly brought right back to the main group of teenagers that we all know and love, who were all still going about their day while within the borders of Central Park. And what's even more so is the fact that during this initial scene transfer, we are shown Spud was telling the other members of the group that their Pixie planner, George, was going to be given the day off in order for him to see to the basic needs of both Sun Park and Lao-Shi, or at least that was the main reason that the pixie himself gave to Spud much earlier on, as the latter recalled, though, darned if he knew what the Pixie's main reason was for wanting to wait on the two dragon masters that he had just met, both hand and foot. But, the young Jake Long, Rose and Trixie all knew for certain what this was all about and they soon revealed to Spud in just one single, summarized phrase; boot-licking. It was, apparently, clear to just about everyone else there, except Arthur P. Spudinski, that the ever 'professional' George D. Flutteringson was attempting to solidify his chances of staying as a full-time Pixie assistant by making himself useful to the higher-ups within Jake Long's initial 'organization', which was actually rather well suited for the group's initial plan for the day, seeing as they were all just mostly hoping for a day where they could all just simply relax and then, take in just about everything during a nice little walk through the peaceful territory that is Central Park in New York City.

However, that sense of serenity is soon becomes shattered very easily, once the group members all take notice of a large number of people running in terror at this specific time. They all soon begin to develop a very "Oh, what now" type of thought process at this point, save only for young Miss Mayzie that is, of course. Although, that soon becomes replaced by a certain sense of dread and worry, once they all saw what was causing all of ruckus and roar in the first place; a Krylock Demon that was currently on a very angry rampage. Or, at least, that was the case for the group consisting of Jake, Rose, Trixie and Spud, at any rate, seeing as they were all well aware of just how dangerous such beast like the Krylock really was. But, Miss Mayzie Brooks, on the other hand, well; she was quite ecstatic to see such a creature, just because she was extremely hopeful that it was some sort magical monster that lived in New York City. Once she got the confirmation from Jake that it was such a beast of that particular type, as well as the fact that it was a very evil type of monster, the young Tibetan Girl soon began run directly right towards it, with the intent of making this creature the very first monster that she takes down as an official member of the Dragon Order, despite the fact that Jake kept on telling her that a Krylock Demon was not the type of creature that you take on when you are a only beginner who can't go full dragon.

But, nevertheless, though, Mayzie still continued to make her way right towards the vicious Krylock Demon and, since she could no go full dragon, she decided to make due by summoning forth both her dragon wings and her dragon claws, both of which had the exact same coloring and design that they initially had during the course of the 4th episode, by the way. She jumped up very high, with the help of her wings enhancing her every single jump, and she landed quite a few of her own personal type of claw scratches. Not that they were really able to come even close to being enough to do that much damage, of course, but, Mayzie was still not backing down from this fight, not even for a single second. She continued to try and fight the Krylock Demon, with Jake the others being unable to help her, due to the general movements of their one-on-one fight causing them all to back away every single time they got in much too close. So, in light of that, Jake could only proceed to yell out various warnings to his new protégé; particularly for her to avoid the Krylock Demon's dangerous fangs, claws and tail, respectively.

Now, while Mayzie was able to obey her new mentor's initial warnings at this time, she still not that able to make that much headway in terms of landing her own offensive blows. In fact, the most effective thing that she was actually able to do to this Krylock Demon was grab onto its Cobra head hood and then, ride on top of it like some type of cowboy riding a bull during some sort of Texas style rodeo. Now, this was, definitely, more of a frightening, and stomach upsetting, ordeal than it was a fun one, and Mayzie would could not deny that in any way, shape or form. And while the initial movements of the Krylock, during its attempts to shake the young Mayzie Brooks right off, kept Jake and the others from getting in up too close, just as soon as it started to run off towards another part of the Park, with Mayzie still hanging on extremely tight, Jake Long was, at last, given the free space that he needed in order to go full dragon, with his main intention being to go and rescue his brand new dragon student. However, before Jake could even get too far away from just Rose and the other two, the young American Dragon suddenly felt an unexpected hindrance come his way in the form of a set of green and black glowing bolas, one that immediately forced him to ground, once it was able to wrap itself all around him.

And, once Trixie and Rose and Spud were all able to run directly towards their fallen dragon friend's immediate aide, Rose was almost immediately able to recognize this particular type of bolas, which was currently holding her boyfriend down, as the exact same type that Huntsclan used during their initial reign of terror. Now, this, of course, struck the rest of the group as both shocking and a little bit unthinkable at the time. But, pretty soon, nearly everything was starting to make a certain amount of sense, once the group was suddenly approached by exactly three Huntsclan brand-specific vehicles. This was when they were all very quick to notice that, in addition to the return of the clearly hypnotized Huntsboys #88 and #89, they were also about to deal with the respective returns of the Kelpie; the Gorgon sister, Euryale, and the young Miss Vicki Fickling, who was very quick say the following one-liner once she had been seen-

"Hiya there, Jakie, I'm back; miss me…?"

Meanwhile, though, way back with the young Miss Mayzie Brooks, she was still holding on for dear life as she struggled to not allow the Krylock Demon to throw her off. However, that soon turned out to be the inevitable outcome of all of this, seeing as, soon enough; the Krylock Demon did indeed succeed doing just that. It was only by sheer luck that the young dragon-in-training was not hurt by this initial action, seeing as she ended up landing in a nearby soft bush, albeit upside down in terms of what position. But, regardless of all that, though, especially when it came to what her position was at this time, she was still trouble, seeing as the Krylock Demon then proceeded to advance upon her, specifically, with a very angry expression found all across its nasty-looking serpent themed face to go along with it, as well. This also prompted the concerned young dragon girl to make her own little one-liner, and one-liner was-

"Um, y-you know, maybe I wasn't quite ready for this specific type of monster just yet…"

(Commercial Break)

Thing were looking particularly nasty at this moment for our young quartet of teenaged protagonists, even with the currently "Dragon'd-up" Jake being right there, right alongside them to give them some extra muscle. For you see, they were all slowly, but surely, being approached by the three members of the D.O.R.C.S. and their two hypnotized Huntsboy slaves. And it was during this particular advance that the five villains all then began to ready their newly acquired Huntsclan technology and weaponry, much to the initial dismay and confusion of our four young heroes. But, Vicki soon started to explain things to them all, via her usual hammy type of gloating and posturing. Apparently, when she first managed to hypnotize both #88 and #89, she soon learned that, in addition to gaining complete control their respective minds, she also had the ability to actually read their minds, hence how she found out about the various Huntsclan armories and the proper ways on how to use such armaments. But, what proved to be even more important to Vicki was the fact that she also learned about Rose and her relationship with Jake through #88 and #89's memories, which enraged her even more so than the time when Jake was going out with Miss Danika Hunnicutt. This is when the initial attack finally started to begin and Jake and company were either dodging while attempting to look for some cover or, essentially, dodging whilst in an attempt to fire back at their enemies. It was starting to look pretty nasty for both sides of this fight at this particular moment in time and that was actually saying something to be certain, really.

Meanwhile, though, way back at the shop still known as Canal Street Electronics, we are soon shown that old Lao-Shi himself was currently on the phone with somebody very important; both of Jake and Haley's two parents, Susan and Jonathan Long. This was, apparently, because the old Chinese dragon decided to immediately check-in with them about Haley's initial proposal regarding the young Miss Mayzie Brooks; about her coming to live with the Long family during her initial training time in New York City with Jake. And what's even more so is the fact that, Haley Long herself, along with her Dragon Master, Sun Park, was sitting right there, right next her grandfather, in order to see just how well that things went while he was making this particularly important phone call. But, in the end, though, it was decided that Mayzie was indeed allowed to come and live with the Long family at their humble abode, so long as she behaved herself and didn't cause a whole lot of trouble (although, that was pretty much just the standard type of condition for a new occupant of the household). And then, once that matter was, at last, taken care, George the Pixie then proceeded to serve the trio of dragons some refreshments, with Fu-Dog still watching him and awaiting his opportunity to, at last, confront him about his long run plans. Although, since old George was still, somewhat, oblivious to Fu-Dog's initial suspicions of him, the 'faithful and loyal' pixie then proceeded to say the following statement to the three dragons in front of him-

"You know, I still don't quite understand what Miss Haley Long's parents were so concerned about, I mean, Miss Mayzie Brooks seems like a very nice girl. I sincerely doubt that she'll end up being that much trouble in the real long run…"

Then, once again, almost as if it were on cue or something, we then cut right back to the subject of that very same sentence; Miss Mayzie Brooks herself, who was still currently dealing with an incredibly angry Krylock Demon, whilst she was within Central Park itself. Now, of course, she was still doing her absolute best to avoid the monster's initial attacks against her, but, once she actually tried to strike back with a few blasts of her own personal dragon fire, the most that she ended up accomplishing was simply mildly annoying the hybrid-like monster, who would only continue its attack against her, a mere few seconds or so, shortly afterwards. The sounds of their initial 'battle' could heard from a certain amount of distance within the park, especially when one possesses the acute sense of hearing of a young but experienced dragon. And thus, Jake soon able to hear the sounds of his new dragon student being in immediate danger and so, he felt the need to go over there and rescue her, with no delay involved at all. The only real problem that was really keeping him from doing that, however, was the fact that he and friends were still dealing with the attack of the three members of the D.O.R.C.S. and their two hypnotized Huntsboy slaves.

However, once Rose was, at last, able to realize just what was on her dragon beau's mind at this time, she insisted on him going off to go and help his new dragon student, while she, Trixie and Spud all stayed behind to deal with the enemy on their particular 'front'. Now, of course, the ever loyal Jake Long was completely against the idea of simply leaving his friends behind. But, soon enough, his beautiful young lady friend was able to convince him that, if she remembered anything from her former life as a Huntsclan member, it was the exact weaknesses that were found within most of their initial technology. Now, she was, of course, being very, very quiet about this particular little detail when she first told Jake about it, seeing as she didn't want the enemy to hear about this particular trump card of theirs, but, once our young Jake was able to hear all about it, he decided to put his complete trust in his beloved Rose's plan, and then, flew off while he still could, in order to go off and help his new pupil, Mayzie. This was when Rose then began to stare directly at the currently advancing enemy right in front of her and her group, and finally gave the word to both Trixie and Spud to follow her every single word and order.

Meanwhile, though, Mayzie Brooks herself was still doing her absolute best to avoid the clearly lethal attacks of the Krylock Demon, but, pretty soon, it became clear that the beast actually a whole lot smarter than young Mayzie initially gave it credit for. For you see, while its attacks seemed sporadic and without pattern upon first glance, in truth, the Krylock was actually trying to force Mayzie into something of a corner, which it ended up succeeded in doing, much to the young dragon-in-training's initial fear and mild embarrassment, as well. But, fortunately, though, before the ferocious beast could actually lay a single claw, fang or stinger on the young Miss Mayzie Brooks, Jake soon came to the rescue by firing out two or three blasts of dragon fire at the Krylock Demon's initial blind spots. This was, relatively, easy to accomplish, due to the Krylock's initial large size and because of that; the flames never even came remotely close to actually touching Miss Mayzie, not even for a second. And, um, speaking of Miss Mayzie Brooks, she was, um, both fully surprised and yet thoroughly impressed by the mere sight of this new look to Jake Long, by which I mean his fully transformed; red, yellow and green-colored, American Dragon form, which the magical community within New York City has likely come to recognize the most.

However, regardless of this, though, our dear young friend, Mr. Jake Long, was still very focused upon keeping up the pressure with this dragon fire attack of his, all of the way up until the Krylock Demon was actually able to get itself passed his dragon fire barrage and then, grab him by his tail and by one of his massive wings. But, this was still not enough for the horrible beast to actually defeat Jake, since he was still fully capable of keeping the monster's cobra head away from him with his hands and was still fully capable of dodging its incredibly poisonous tail. And, then, finally, Mayzie was, at last, able to get herself back into the game by actually grabbing a hold of the Krylock Demon's aforementioned tail and she actually did so by summoning the aid of her very own, which was exactly the way that it was when it was first seen in episode four, by the by. However, in the end, though, all that Mayzie really accomplished from this little action of hers was just make it so that she would be jerked around a great deal as the Krylock Demon simply ran about randomly with Jake still within the grip of its scorpion-like claws, but, fortunately, though, before this little situation could go on for any longer than it did, Jake finally gave Mayzie some useful advice about what she could do with the Krylock stinger that she currently had her own dragon tail wrapped all around; plunge it right into the bark of a nearby tree trunk. Now, the young Tibetan girl did indeed end up doing just that sort of thing, especially right after she was first able to take notice of a very large and thick looking tree that Krylock Demon was actually just starting to run very close by. And the second that she did actually do this clever little action of hers, it wound up causing the Krylock Demon to actually wrap itself all around the tree itself, and also allowed for both Jake and Mayzie to actually put some distance between them and the beast, as well.

However, though, this sneaky little trick of theirs was not enough to cause the Krylock Demon to be hindered for all that very long. In fact, pretty soon, the enormous and ferocious monster was almost immediately able to get back up on its very numerous arachnid-esque feet and was then able to start attacking the dragon duo in pure rage again; just like it had been doing ever since the very first second that it had first laid its eyes upon them. But, this time around, both Jake and Mayzie were considerably more ready for its attack, and that was because, this time around; Jake informed his new pupil that he had a plan to deal with this monster, which would only work if she followed his directions to the letter. Mayzie agreed to this one small condition and was quite ready to take down the large snake/scorpion monster hybrid. However, while the two of them were both just starting get things ready for this clever little plan of Jake's, while simultaneously avoiding the Krylock Demon's large snapping claws and strong and fast, poisonous tail, Mayzie still felt the need to ask Jake about just how the rest of their modest little group was, initially, faring at this point, which Jake would only answer to by saying that-

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"Oh, I wouldn't start worrying about any of my friends right about now, Miss Mayzie Brooks, because, if I know my BFFs and my main squeeze, Rose, then; they're all likely handling themselves pretty well right about now, I'm sure, no doubt about it, girl…"

And, sure enough, it was about at this very same moment in time that we are then made to cut immediately right back to where Rose, Trixie and Spud were all currently at, at this time; which was still in their original place within the vastness of Central Park, while they were still all being attacked by their enemies at that exact same moment. However, thanks to Rose's incredible leadership and skill, along with her amazingly specific instructions and directions, she and the duo of both Trixie and Spud were all able to easily deal with each and every single one of the enemy's Huntsclan made technology. They even managed to do so by using the most unexpected types of methods imaginable, for example; per what Rose had initially just shared with her, Trixie was able to down one of the Huntsclan's advanced and dangerous flying war machines by simply throwing a rock at it in the right place. There were quite a few of these Achilles heels found within the enemy's weaponry and once they were all finally hit and the weapons were all made completely useless to them, the D.O.R.C.S. finally decided to go the physical offensive, with their still hypnotized Huntsboy slaves being brought along to do their share of the initial general fighting. Now, there were quite a few interesting match-ups to be found within this part of the battle, to be certain; I mean Spud was being forced to deal with the Kelpie, while Trixie was made to deal with the wrath of Euryale. But, the biggest and most important battle of the day in the eyes of Miss Vicki Fickling was the one between her and Rose, mostly because she still has not gotten over her initial disdain of the idea of Jake being in the arms some "pretty, cutie-mama babe" instead of hers, and so, she sent both 88 and 89 after Rose. And even though the latter was still quite able to deal with the two mind-controlled puppets rather easily, this still did not phase the siren, Vicki, one teeny little bit. Mostly because she was perfectly okay with the idea of dealing with Rose in a one-on-one fight, she would then proceed to deal with Trixie soon after she was done that little sport.

However, as one would initially expect it to be the case, she fared no better against Rose than either one of her two hypnotized Huntsboy slaves, and Miss Vicki Fickling was soon taken out, almost immediately, within the next few minutes or so, with Rose being no worse for wear than she was at the very beginning of the fight. And, just when she was about ready to go to both Trixie and Spud's immediate aid, she soon saw that this was actually far from being necessary, since, thanks to some clever teamwork and some well-planned out movement on their part, they were both able to trick both the Kelpie and Euryale into taking each other out, in a very comedic fashion of it, no less, as well. However, just when Rose was convinced that this would be a good time for them all to get some real answers about what was going on here, Vicki Fickling was soon able to come back to her senses once again and actually pulled out a somewhat strange-looking push-button controller, which she then, immediately, activated right at that point. And this soon caused a very large Krylock-generated portal to suddenly appear right above everyone else's heads within the next seconds or so, but, instead of everyone suddenly getting sucked right into it, as the gravitational pull that it was causing implied was going to happen, only Vicki Fickling, the Kelpie and Euryale were all sucked right into, and the portal even soon closed the minute that that actually happened as an add level of ominous feel. Now, as far as both 88 and 89 were initially concerned; well, the second that their 'beautiful' and 'pretty-pretty' Vicki Fickling was finally gone from the premises, her spell over them was, at last, completely broken and they both just passed out right to ground the minute that that occurred, leaving only Rose, Trixie and Spud to start contemplating alone on what in the name of all the planet Earth was going on this week.

Meanwhile, though, way back at the part of the park where both Jake and Mayzie were currently facing off against their ferocious Krylock Demon, it seemed as though that Jake's initial plan to take down the monster was coming to fruition, at last. For you see, thanks to some very clever and speedy movements all around the Krylock Demon, both Jake and Mayzie were able to subdue the beast right down onto the ground, so that Jake could actually grab a hold of its scorpion-like tail and then, ready it to stab the Krylock Demon right into the stomach, just like he did with the previous Krylock that he encountered in the episode "Half-Baked". However, just before Jake could actually deliver this rather specific blow to the beast's body, he and Mayzie were both able to feel what felt like some kind of massive suction coming from right above them. It was yet another Krylock Demon-generated portal that had just recently opened right above them, of course, and once it actually started to suck them all into its swirling red vortex, it was at this time that both Jake and Mayzie immediately decided to take what little time that they had left to get out of range of the portal's initial suction. Now, they were both able to get out of harm's way just in the right nick of time, of course, but, this particularly strange event did also result in the Krylock Demon's initial escape. Not that that was of much concern to the young Miss Mayzie Brooks, mind you, because she was more concerned about the amount of adrenaline and excitement that she was able to gain from the very experience as a whole. This actually resulted in her new mentor, Jake Long, eventually responding to her initial joy and excitement by saying—

"We have got to work on a few things if we're going to make your dragon training work, little Mayzie B…"

-much to Mayzie's initial chagrin and embarrassment right after all of that was finally said out loud

It is from there that we are then soon brought right back to the shop known as Canal Street Electronics, where we see that our friend, Fu-Dog, has, at last, decided to finally approach George the pixie about all of his recent brown-nosing and incessant toadying. For, you see, he had finally grown tired of waiting for the right moment in time to do so and he wanted some answers for the Pixie's recent behavior right away, if not sooner. And, after, essentially, calling George out for all of his sycophantic behavior done recently, the pixie finally decided to give him an answer; he was attempting to win over both Lao-Shi and Sun Park in an attempt to get them both to agree to having him stay 'on staff' permanently as both an assistant and an attendant to just about everyone found within this particular inner circle. Now, that idea did, initially, strike Fu-Dog as a tad bit humorous, seeing as he found the idea of wanting to be a full-time errand boy a little bit ridiculous. But, more importantly, he felt the need to point out that just because old George managed to throw in a few nice compliments and boot-licking moments, there was no way on earth that that was going to be enough to convince people like Sun Park or Lao-Shi that he was worthy enough to be invited onto the 'staff' full-time. Naturally, though, it was around this time that it was revealed that both Lao-Shi and Sun Park actually arranged it for old George to be their permanent pixie assistant and attendant, which only made Fu-Dog feel all the more annoyed by the tiny little George when he actually stated that he would love to stay on full-time.

Meanwhile, though, way back at the old, abandoned and run-down-looking building that was originally shown way back in episode 3, we are then shown that the Krylock Demon-generated portals, which were used by the villains to make their initial escape from Central Park, were all set to open up all of the way back there, at that location specifically, save only for the Krylock itself, which was mysteriously not present. And, what's even more so; we are also able to learn that the 'handy dandy little pocket portal' device that they were all in possession of was actually a gift from the mysterious Ekaj Gnol himself, as a means of having a safety precaution on hand, should one have ever been needed at any given time at all. Speaking of the mysterious Mr. Ekaj Gnol; well, as it would happen turn out, he and the rest of the D.O.R.C.S. were all also at this particular location as well, due to it already having been made the rendezvous point for them all to meet up at, following the completion of Miss Vicki Fickling's initial plan. Now then, as one could probably already imagine it being the case right off the bat; Miss Vicki Fickling and the rest of her party were all feeling just a teensy-weensy bit embarrassed about what had just recently happened to all of them and their initial plan of attack, but, nevertheless, though; Ekaj still tried to reassure them that this type of outcome was most definitely for the best in the long run. This was because, with the initial completion of Vicki Fickling's own personal plan of attack, the three chances that Ekaj Gnol had already given the rest of the D.O.R.C.S. were finally used up, completely, which, of course, meant that now, per their original agreement, he was in charge now. And suffice it to say, old Ekaj Gnol had some big plans in store for the D.O.R.C.S. as a group and for their initial targets; the unaware Jacob Luke Long and the rest of his loyal inner circle.

Speaking of which; it was at this point that we finally cut right back to our young friend, Miss Mayzie Brooks, who, along with her loyal canine, Windchill, was just starting to settle into her new bed, which was found within the Long Family household's guest bedroom. She was looking particularly happy about the way that her life was starting to look right about now, that much was for certain, and little Windchill could not help but agree with her mistress on that point, as well with her initial statement about what the future might hold for the two of them during their time in New York City.

(Episode Ends)

Author's Notes: Sorry about the ending, I had a hard time finding the right words to use.