"out of the way" said Brad as he went to push the new kid at once he counted and twisted his arm his other hand slipped a knife to his throat "try that again and your dead" said Nigel at that moment Jake walked through the door with his friends he felt uneasy as he watched the new kid beat Brad up it wasn't the fact that Brad was being hurt it was the techniques he used to most it was simple self-defence but Jake recognized these techniques they were Hunts clan he was just about to say something to Trixie and Spud when the kid approached them

"Hey names Nigel what's yours" he asked
"Jake"
"I'm Spud"
"Trix"
"Rose" they all answered
"my my aren't you a beauty" he said
"back off" Jake said aggressively he wouldn't tolerate this he wouldn't stand for it a member of the clan hitting on his girl his instincts told him to attack but he would have to expose himself as a dragon no he would need to handle this with care

"Jake I can take care of myself I don't need you beating everyone up that flirts with me" said Rose
"I know but he's hunts clan" protested Jake
"I know what he doesn't know is that you're a dragon" replied Rose as they walked into homeroom
"hello Jake" said Nigel Jakes blood began to boil he knew he had to pretend they he got along with him
"hi" he said back

"take your seats class" said Roitwood as he looked at the class
"I see we have a new student in the class Jake you can show him around the school"
"why me" complained Jake
"because you already know him and you seem to have too much free time on your hand" said Roitwood
"oh man" said Jake

"Jake why are you late" yelled Gramps
"we had to shake Nigel" said Rose
"who's that your boyfriend" Joked Fu he received a death glare from Jake
"he's a member of the hunts clan" said Jake Fu started laughing
"that's a good one kid" said Fu as he continued to laugh he soon looked at Jake and realized he was serious about the matter "do you have any proof" asked Lau Shi
"only that he used a hunts clan technique" answered Rose
"not many outside the clan know their techniques however it is possible that he is not in the clan until we have more information we must assume he is the enemy" said Lau Shi Jake nodded
"one problem Trix and Spud already befriended him" spoke Jake
"that complicates things" replied Lau Shi

The next few days went bye Jake was running out of reasons to ditch Nigel and he was watching him like a hawk not taking his eyes off him Jake got this feeling that he knew somehow he knew who he really was and it nerved him he didn't like it one bit and the fact that he had to pretend to be his friend made it even more confusing they had searched for proof constantly in an attempt to connect him to the clan they had found nothing the only suspicious thing was that he kept going to Eli Pandarous's tower but other than that he appeared to be a normal kid

Mercer was frustrated it was taking longer to befriend Jake then he would have liked he knew Jake suspected him of being hunts clan despite he could not see his mark that was on his back but he wasn't hunts clan the moment he discovered San he had turned traitor and began to help the dragons in secret he remembered saying "only death will grant freedom from the clan" how true that was he was marked and that mark would never leave him he remembered he had made his own attempt to rid himself of that mark the result was scars on his back

Jake sighed he was cornered by the hunts clan gramps was out and he didn't want to drag Rose into this mess he wasn't ready for this to handle things by himself even in the clan someone had his back when out on a mission but now no one had his back as he continued to hold them off his back against the wall was he going to die "gof" said a voice at once the room filled with fog Mercer clasped his hands together as a ring of crimson flames forcing the hunts clan to retreat "raelc' said Mercer the fog vanished
"Nigel" said Jake as he reverted to his human form
"Yes Jake" he said
"you're a wizard?" asked Jake
"duh" he replied "and you're a dragon" he said
"but I never seen magic like that" accused Jake
"only pureblood wizards can perform magic like that" said Nigel "but what were you thinking trying to take on that many alone without Rose or your master"
"you know" Jake stuttered in surprise
"I know since Rose disappears with you often and helped make up excuses along with Trixie and Spud" Jake sighed
"so what now?" he asked

"Jake it's 3 in the morning" complained Rose
"I know but I have some important news"
"can't it wait till morning" she protested
"no" said Jake "can you make sure gramps and Fu are up when I get there"
"fine" replied a grumpy Rose
"I love you" said Jake not enough to let me sleep thought Rose even though she knew the news would be important

A few minutes later they sat listening to Jake's story Rose was frustrated that Jake hadn't called her Gramps ranted at Jake in Chinese and Fu continued to make jokes about it the only good thing about this was that they had gained an ally "you staying" asked Rose
"I can't Rose" his voice rang with disappointment
"alright" as she went upstairs

The Huntsman paced up and down he was frustrated somehow the dragons seemed one step ahead of their actions they always knew where they seemed to be and what they were planning he suspected that there was a traitor in the clan but that wasn't possible the clan made sure of that first you must be born with the mark then you would be kidnapped he corrected himself taken to join your calling you when then raised to hate and hunt magical creatures the final test was to kill a magical creature of your examiner's choice if you failed you died this was how the clan purged weakness out of its members the rest were then joined up as apprentices to a member of the clan that was a fully-fledged member and would then train them therefor it stood to reason that Hunter was the traitor but he had shown outstanding loyalty to the clan

"who dares interrupts me" he yelled
"I'm sorry to barge in like this but I found this" as he opened a file "the strange thing is this file is under Hunt however when I searched for that name in the data base it doesn't exist what's more is that it has been constantly sending out emails on clan activity to Anonyms"
"thank you Hunter" said Huntsman his mind was clear of all suspicion towards him while the mystery had been solved as to how the dragons knew there every move it posed more questions than answers "go tell the tech labs to purge it from the systems and shut down all communications until this is resolved" he said