OMG, I'm back! Only for the meantime, because it's Spetember break and I finally have time to get my hands on my stories! And I've been on lately. You should check it out! Oh, and wish me happy birthday, it's on the 8th! :D

Okay, this chapter seems short. It only looks long because there's a lot of dialogue. And uhh, it's not that good because I didn't read the previous chapters after I stumbled on it. But well, here it is.

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Chapter 5: Gotta find you

Rose wondered whether she was dreaming. No, it couldn't be, she thought. She knew she had seen Jake. Human Jake, dragon Jake. It was Jake. And she knew what she had seen. He had taken off a few minutes ago. Before he flew up, a little brown book fell out. Rose had picked the book up and she stood there for a moment, staring at where the dragon had flew off too. She didn't know where he was heading, but she knew where she would.

=.=

"Trixie? Trixie!" Rose yelled through the window. The sky was still dark, showing no sign of light. Rose wondered if that was the girl's name. She wasn't sure, but she remembered Jake talking about his best friends when they sat at the plane together. And she was sure this was Trixie, she'd seen her several times at school.

Growing impatient, Rose yelled again, "Trixie!"

With a jolt, Trixie sat up. She blinked and looked around. Trixie couldn't see very well in the dark, but she knew that there was no one there but Haley, who was sound asleep. Trixie frowned, and just as she was about to drift back to sleep, she heard a tap on her window. Trixie jumped.

"Rose? What are you doing out there, girl?" Trixie ran over to the window and opened it for Rose.

"I was looking for you."

"Well you found me. What is it?"

Rose took a deep breath, praying Trixie wouldn't think she's crazy. "It's about Jake. He's a dragon!"

Trixie's eyebrow twitched as she stared blankly at Rose. "Did you hit your head on the way here? Listen Rose, Jakey isn't a dragon."

"But he is! I can't believe it! He kept talking to me about dragons in the plane, and-"

"Yo Rose, relax.," Trixie said, holding her hands up to stop Rose from blabbering. "Jake's just obsessed about Rotwood, that's all. He's not a dragon!"

Rose didn't look convinced. She placed her hands on her hips and said, "Well then, why isn't Jake in bed?"

"What? Okay, fine. I'll take you to him, and you'll see that he's in his room with Spud, in his bed, sleeping safe and sound, as a human. Not dragon."

A few seconds later, Trixie found herself gaping. She and Rose were standing at Jake's door, and she was shocked to see that Jake wasn't in bed. "Told you," Rose grinned.

"But... this doesn't prove he's a dragon."

As if on cue, Spud sat up. His eyes were blank as he stared at Trixie and Rose. It was obvious that Spud was half-awake as his voice was thick with sleep. With closed eyes, he said, "Jake's a dragon." As soon as he said that, he drifted back off to sleep again, snoring louder than he originally did. Trixie's eyes were wide as she ran over to Spud yelling, "Spudinski, wake up!"

Spud grunted and sat up slowly, "What is it?"

Rose frowned as she walked over to Spud, pointing a finger at him. "Do you know where Jake is?"

"Jake? He's right there sound-" Trixie placed her hand on Spud's face and turned it towards Jake's empty bed. "Does it look like he's in bed?" she asked.

Rose covered her head in her hands and glanced at Spud with worried eyes, "You just said Jake was a dragon. How did you know that?"

"Jake's a dragon?" Spud pulled his head away from Trixie's grip and looked questioningly over at Rose, "I didn't say that."

"Yes you did. Just now."

"I did?" Spud scratched his head, and then smiled brightly. "Oh yeah, I did!"

Trixie sighed. "How did you know that?" Rose asked again.

Spud yawned and Trixie felt the need to cover her nose to keep herself from breathing in the horrible stench called morning breath. He frowned at Trixie before shrugging, "He told me. It was a few hours ago. I think he might have thought that I was asleep. But yeah, I was. Only, I can hear things." Spud lowered his voice into a whisper as she said the last part.

Rose frowned, "Where is he?" she wondered aloud.

"Maybe you don't need to worry so much. Maybe Jake was just taking a walk around town. I mean, flight. Or however it is dragons move," Spud shrugged.

"Yeah," Trixie said slowly, considering the idea. "Maybe Spud's right. I'm sure if we stick around for a few hours, Jakey would walk right through this door."

Rose sighed. "But it doesn't feel right," she said slowly. "It doesn't feel as though he'll come back."

"Well, where do you think he went?" Spud asked, directing his question to Rose.

Rose pondered in thought. "When I bumped into him tonight, he kept muttering 'sea pearl'. I told him about it, then he asked me about this temple." Suddenly, her eyes shot up and she flashed a wide smile to Trixie and Spud. "I think I know where we're heading."

"Where?" Trixie asked excitedly.

Rose grinned, "The Dragon Temple."

"Wait," Spud said slowly, "We?"

Smiling, Rose nodded and said, "Yes. We're going to find Jake."

Trixie and Spud had their mouth agape as Rose stood before them with confidence. It's going to be a long day, Trixie thought to herself.

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"There it is," Jake muttered to himself. His eyes took in the sight of the river's water that looked orange against the rising sun. "Zugi- uh, Zijiwhatsitsname river. Yeah."

He landed by the bank of the river that was flowing gently. Jake looked around in search for an island. Wait, didn't she say river bank? But isn't it an island? Oh great. I'm never going to find it at this rate. Jake grunted in frustration, "Aw man."

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