A/N: Dénouement : Three years later …
He walked by himself through Central Park.
'What should I do, Dad?'
Families and friends bustled lively throughout the secretly enchanted surroundings.
'That all depends on what you decide, Jake - a - roo.'
Laughter rose from all sides of the park.
'What's that suppose to mean, Dad!.? They're wanting me to go and get help.'
A young couple past by the man with a stroller and a young child in their care.
'There's nothing wrong with getting help now and again, son. Just do what feels right.'
Down a curving hill and past a nearly straight line of streets brought him to a park bench.
'How can I even trust myself with doing 'what feels right', when everyone tells me that I have done nothing but make bad decisions. Even if Rose supports me, that's not enough!'
A solitary person with shoulder - length black hair sat with her back to the man.
'What can I tell you, Jake? I just want you to be happy… that's, that's all I ever wanted.'
He approached the woman slowly, only pausing to see if she would react - she didn't.
'Even if I disappoint you. Even I dishonor and disgrace our entire family?'
The young man's long - lost love rose to her feet.
'You'll only be disappointing yourself in the end if you don't do what's right, son.'
She walked around the bench and over towards him.
'That means a lot Dad… I - I love you."
Sun Park took the eighteen - year - old she hadn't seen in three years in her arms.
'I love you too, son.' Jonathon smiled, took his last breath and slipped away.
"It's still hard." Jake said presently.
"Than we'll work it out together, now." She promised as she held him to her tighter.
The dragon smiled. "Than I can survive anything."
The End.
~ Lavenderpaw ~