A/N: Chapter 5 of American Dragon: Worldwide Crisis. Enjoy!

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Chapter 5: The Dark Dragon Arises!

Inner Cavern...

"The time now is 7:00..." The Dark Dragon smiled gleefully as his subordinate Chang informed him. "Only 1 hr left until your reign of darkness begins, my lord."

"Baaaah, why can't I just rise from the depths now?" He looked at her with a glare. "There is no way the other dragons and challenge me. Besides, the dragon council members were put to sleep right?"

"Yes my lord, just as you commanded." Chang replied. "Of course, it's better if you wait till the time is right to conquer the entire world."

"But why can't I surface now? I want to see the look of fear on every single magical creature that managed to escape my darkness."

"Let's see." Chang conquered up a 3-D model map of the world. "All of the Eastern continents are shrouded in darkness...the only continents left is North and South America. However, my sources report that there is one place in Romania that still hasn't succumb to the darkness but, don't you worry they will fall soon enough."

"Then can I go and gloat at my soon-to-be victory?"

"Absolutely not. We had an agreement to stick with the plan. What's the purpose of making a plan if you're not going to follow it?"

"The purpose of making a plan is to ignore it and then laugh at how stupid it was later."

"You know, people who make plans actually achieve a lot of things during their lifetime."

"You saying I'm not accomplishing anything?!"

"Apparently so."

"Fiiiine," The Dark Dragon sat down on his earthy throne, tapping his claws in boredom. "I'll playing your little game of waiting."

"You won't regret it one bit my lord."

Romania...

"Son, we have one more dragon visitor today." The old man shouted as he led Yuki into a secret hideout. It was a small adobe that resides behind this huge marble castle. "The castle is just a hoax, a defense mechanism. When the enemy attacks, the building itself will shield the adobe kind of like a camouflage covering." They walked down the steps until they reached a door.

"Honestly, I'm getting sick and tired of all this." The door opened and a head popped out. "I already had my hands full yesterday, I can't take any more of this outrage this situation is bringing up."

"Now Adrian I know you have been busy but this one actually has a plan for the destruction of the Dark Dragon."

"Really?" Adrian smiled and led the guest in. "That's great." Once inside, Adrian quickly called the other dragons for a group meeting. They sat in a circle with Yuki at the head. On her right sat Adrain and on her left sat the dragon from Spain Rai. He was 15 years old, spiky jet black hair with green eyes, a T-shirt with jeans and sandals. Oh his right sat the dragon from Arabia Alea, 14 years old with long brown braided hair. Her brown eyes sparkled like gems. On her right sat the dragon from France Clodia, 15 years old with short curly hair. She had violet eyes and a sweet smile with some splashes of freckles on her face. On her right sat the dragon from Norwegian Magnus, 14 years old with sandy blonde hair. His topaz colored eyes were really charming and he had a really good tan. On his right sat the dragon from Italy Karah, 15 years old with mid-length red colored hair. She had hazel eyes and her laughs were just the cutest.

"Guys, my grandpa has brought us our salvation." Adrian smiled warmly at Yuki as the others applauded.

"Finally our salvation has arrived!"

"God's on our side, the Dark Dragon will be defeated once and for all!"

"Everyone, my name is Yukiko Kagami, the Japanese dragon. As you all know, the Dark Dragon has started to spread his darkness all around the globe and as far as I know, North and South American are the only continents that haven't been swept in the darkness."

"So you're telling us that our home countries are now surrounded by a perpetual cloud of darkness..." Clodia asked, her violet eyes wide with worry. "Will we even be enough to defeat him?"

"Yeah," Magnus pipped up. "I don't think our merry band is enough to handle his magic powers."

"Hush, Clodia and Magnus. I'm sure Yuki has a good idea for this."

"I'm gonna take you all to North America with me where we'll meet up with the others. Our group of magical creatures is sure to defeat the Dark Dragon."

"I hope this works, let's go y'all. Flight formation: Yuki's up front to lead us, Clodia and I are next, Alea and Magnus after us which leaves Rai and Karah to bring up the rear. That sound good?"

Rai, Alea and Karah shook their heads in agreement and left the room to wait for the others. After speaking to Adrian's Grandpa who assured them that they'll be fine in the little adobe, the rest of the dragons joined the ones outside. Talking flight, the dragons flew back to North America to join the others.

North America (Grandpa's Shop)...

"It's 7:30..." Fu dog checked his pocket watch nervously.

"Fu what time did you say the Dark Dragon was going to rise up to the surface and laugh like a maniac?" Trixie asked him.

"In like 30 minutes. Jake, Haley and Yuki haven't arrived yet."

"Does that mean we have to start the plan without them?"

"Guys, we're here!" Jake's voice sounded outside the shop. He brought his portion of dragons from his designated area which were about 20 or more dragons. "Let's move out!"

"It's only you Jakey, why don't we wait for the rest of the team?" Trixie looked at him.

"Yeah bro, Yuki and Haley haven't arrived yet." Spud added.

"What?!" Jake exclaimed, "There's no time!"

"No problem Jake, the thing doesn't start until..."

"Fu you don't understand! The Dark Dragon...The Dark Dragon..." Jake didn't finish his sentence when the skies rumbled and the sun was blotched out by rolling clouds. Immediately the town was swept by raging darkness and the small army moved to the rooftops to get a better view. The whole metropolis area was surrounded by a dense fog and it turned to a sea of black.

"Welcome...puny magical creatures..." The Dark Dragon's voice boomed overhead. "It is time for your downfall and my reign of supremacy to begin! The world shall belong to me!"

A/N: Gonna stop here, I hoped you enjoyed it! :D