A/N: Chapter 4 of American Dragon Jake Long: Worldwide Crisis. Enjoy!

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Chapter 4: All around the world

"Let's split up. We'll gather more dragons that way." Jake told the group. Currently the three dragons were flying above North America. Namely there are a lot of dragon species around the globe so everyone has to count, leave no man behind as they say.

"Yeah. That sounds good." Yuki stated pleasantly.

"I'll go to Australia and the countries surrounding that area. I know a guy named Nerk so he'll be able to help us." Jake told the group. Last summer he had a fight with the new Australian dragon named Fred Nerk but they became friends when Jake saved him from the Dark Dragon.

"Then I'll go round up some of the dragons still in South America." Haley spoke confidently.

"Romania, Egypt and all of the eastern countries are mine then." Yuki added.

"We'll meet again back in North America when we rounded up everyone we can find. Good luck!" Jake did a mock salute and flew off to the land down under. Yuki and Hayley flew off in different directions to their respected destinations. Time is of the essence.

Australia...

The weather was good, clear blue skies and a warm breeze. When Jake arrived, the cities were mildly desolated, not a soul around. It was like civilization already evacuated, in fear of the darkness.

"Hey Jake!"

"Yo Nerk," Jake smiled as he saw his friend. Fred Nerk had curly orange hair and a smiling freckled face. He had a green jacket and casual pants. "I'm sure you heard what's going on in this world."

"No kidding! Most of our colleagues and society already fled to another place, fearing that the darkness will spread here." Nerk scratched the back of his head in stress. "Damn and I was actually going to go on a date with this charming girl of my dreams."

"You have a girl friend? Since when?!"

"After that incident from Draco Island, the girl that I'm dating saw our ordeal and she liked the honesty between you and me and how I recognized my mistake as well as my hubris of always winning competition. She asked me out and I couldn't believe my ears. I immediately said yes and so we decided to have our first date today. I was getting ready for our date and well...you know the rest." Nerk sat on the beach, trailing his finger in the sand. "And I got myself a good haircut all for nothing..."

"Come on man, pull yourself together. We have to gather more dragons." Jake pulled Nerk to his feet. "The fate of the world rest in our claws." Nerk nodded and the two boys took off, searching for more dragons around the vicinity.

South America...

"Urgh what's with this weather down here? My skin is starting to crack." Haley hacked her way through the Amazon Rainforest. She wiped the sweat off her brow and continued hacking the wild plants. She stumbled upon a lost monastery and knocked on the door. It opened, revealing a young child.

"Excuse me, is your master home?" Haley gave the child a smile. The child nodded and allowed Hayley to enter. They walked through the halls and came upon the master, kneeling before some gold statue.

"What can I help you with stranger?"

"I don't know if you know this already but the Dark Dragon is making a comeback so Jake, Yuki and I are flying around the world to gather more dragons to strengthen the forces of magical creatures and if the Dark Dragon wins we won't be able to save anyone and no one can have total freedom and we would be ALL DOOMED forever so I could really use your help!" Haley spoke in one huge breath before gasping for more air. The master gave his young apprentice a look before speaking to his guest.

"I see now that the world is in peril and that the Dark Dragon's darkness is influencing the nearby regions. His forces are inching closer and closer and before we know it the whole world will crumble." The master turned to Hayley. "I will come with you, young dragon but first…." The master turned into his dragon self. With rosy scales and an orange mane, not to mention ivory claws and skin-like wings this man was serious. "I have to test your trust with a fighting match."

"Are you serious? The whole world will be in total danger soon and you want to see if I can be trusted with a fighting match?" Haley looked skeptical.

"If you wish for help, you will do as I ask."

"Fiiiiiiineeee, let's do it."

Romania...

"Wow, this place is like paradise!" Yuki got a bird's eye view of the region with lush green prairies and magnificent castle structures. To the east was Ukraine, to the west, Bulgaria and to the north was the

"It'll be sad if this place was swallowed by the darkness."

"HEY KID! GET DOWN FROM THERE, YOU'LL GET HURT!" A loud voice shouted up to her. Looking down, she saw an old man with a weaved basket full of seafood on his back, a straw hat shielded his eyes from the sun.

"Sorry, my bad." Yuki apologized as she hopped down from the tree she was standing on.

"Hurrph it's not too bad but if you broke the tree, the mighty god of Vishnu will rain its' fist of judgement upon your head." The old man stroked his beard as he eyed her. "You...aren't from around here are you child. What's your name?"

"My name is Yukiko Kagami from Tokyo, Japan."

"So you really aren't from around here." The old man nodded his head. "I knew you were going to come since...well the creation of the darkness. Not too long ago, we noticed the increase in magical creatures activity. Most of us tried to shoo the new comers away but they keep coming and coming. I don't know how much longer we can feed them at this rate." The old man shook his head. "At this rate, the lands will be running dry and the whole magic migration will escalate."

"That's why I need everyone's help. Right now my friends and I are flying around the world to gather more forces to combat the Dark Dragon."

"My son, the Romanian Dragon had his claws full of other dragons flocking over the other day. Last night the Arabian, Spanish, French, Norwegian and Italian dragons flew over our border. They are in terrible states, goblins taking over Spain, Unicorns rampaging in France, majestic narwhals creating a tsunami in Norway and it's raining spaghetti and meatballs in Italy, courtesy of the weather dimplettes. It's chaotic!"

"I'm sorry to hear that but I need all the help I can get. Can I speak with these dragons?"

"Of course, follow me." The old man trotted back to a tiny village and Yuki followed.

Back in the NYC...

"Fu Dog, how many more nymphs do we need?" Trixie asked.

"Ummm...5 more and that'll be it." Fu Dog answered. "Right now we have trolls, giants, leprechauns, fairies, spiders, oracles, elves, unicorns and two normal humans."

"Yep we have a pretty good crew." Spud gave the group a quick look before an idea popped into his head. "Oh hang on, we're missing someone. I'll be right back..." With that he took off running and disappeared down a dark alley, vanishing from view.

"Where does that boy think he's going?" Trixie placed her hands on her hips. "Anyway Fu, I'll go get some more nymphs."

"Better hurry kid, time's a ticking." Fu dog checked his watch. It is now 4:00 pm.

A/N: Done with this chapter, I hoped you like it! :D