This is my unique twist on Once Upon A Time, if it coexsisted with the World of American Dragon: Jake Long, The story will mostly be told through the eyes of My OC Drake Blazes, a young Dragon in training, who meets, and befriends Henry, this all happens. This all happens during the first curse. Also I do not own Once Upon a Time or, American Dragon: Jake Long, or even some OC's. And I Absitively posolutely don't own Dodger, though to be honest I wish I owned him, he's the coolest.
Chapter 2: The Savior has arrived
Drake's POV
I had just finished with my science project, and grabbed my bag, I was about to head out when I bumped into someone. " Sorry." I said, as books fell. " Here let me help you." I said as I began to help only to realize, the person was Claire Pride. Her hair though short was Soft Brown Hue, while her eyebrows were dark brown, her skin was golden in tone, and her eyes were amber-brown. She was wearing a pale, orange gold jacket, over a cream colored shirt, and blue jeans, along with black, and white sneakers.
" Thanks!" She said. As soon as we were done. " Your Drake right?" She asked. " My Dad talks about you alot, says you really commited to the cause of The Circle of Life Animal Rescue, and Sanctuary." She said.
" Yeah, and your Claire." I said. " I've been seeing you around." I said, nervously. " Hey, would you be up for getting something at Granny' some time?" I asked.
" Sure, that'd be great, I'd love to." She said. " Saturday?" She asked.
" Yeah, we could do lunch." I said. As we parted for home. As I made my way, to the cafeteria My best friends, Fox Lucas, and Chris Von Bernstein waved me over to where he was sitting.
Chris is Slender with brown hair, he was currently wearing a green sweater with a white shirt/turtle neck, blue jeans, Brown, and White sneakers, and his favorite blue baseball cap with a red rim worn backwards. To describe his personality Chris is rather mischievous but he's also intelligent, brave, boyish, and a bit of a daredevil. Chris had been living a hard childhood, he was an orphan for a good period of his life, until getting involved with some bad people, and left them at the age of twelve, that's how he found his new family. He presently lives with his foster father. Chris was born on the 26th of July.
Fox is Ruby's younger brother. Like Kit, Fox is slender too but with red hair, with white bangs and brown roots, giving him an almost fox like appearance, his clothes consist of a white shirt under a blue hood sweater, black jeans, and black, and white sneakers. Fox is friendly, caring, adventurous, mischievous, kind, loyal, sweet, warm, gentle, brave, courageous. Fox's birthday is the 17th of November.
I made my way over to them. " Hey, Chris, Fox thanks saving me a spot." I said. As I sat down.
" No problem." Chris said happily, as we bumped fists.
" So how's it going living with the Evil Queen?" Fox asked. He, and Chris don't believe Henry that everyone in Storybrooke is a Fairytale Character, but he likes the concept that Regina is The Evil Queen.
" Nothing I can't handle." I said as I was eating my lunch of homemade Chow Mein. Regina saw fit not to make me my lunch but made Henry's, rather then resent him I chose to kick her in the face by cooking my own. No matter how many times she tries to beat me, I just manage to outwit her, soon she'll have to realize she can't beat me.
" Yeah, sometimes it's a miracle that she can't break you." Chris said.
" Much, less that you survive." Fox added. " How do you do it?"
" Hey it takes more then a tyrannical mayor to break me." I said. " She's nothing more then a pathetic bully." I finished.
Later that day...
I was in Granny's doing my homework, and waiting for Henry. " Hey kiddo." Ruby said bringing by my Peppermint Hot Chocolate, and Henry's Cinnamon Hot Chocolate.
" Oh hey, Ruby." I said, reaching for my change. " I see Fox's late." I said. Fox sometimes helps his sister, and grandmother at the diner, after he finishes his homework.
" Nah, He finally earned enough for what he was saving up for." She explained. Ruby, and Fox have a good big sister/ little brother relationship, and will cover for one another when necessary. That's when, Henry came, and walked up to me.
" Hey kid." I said sliding his cup to him. " Got your favorite." I said sliding him, his mug.
" Thanks." He said. " Drake, I think it's time we save Storybrooke, and Break the curse, we need to find the Savior."
" Okay, any leads?" I asked, as I helped him with his homework.
" Yeah." He said, finishing up. He pulled out his book, and showed me the picture of Snow White, Prince Charming, and their baby daughter, on her handknitted blanket stitched in cursive was the name Emma.
" Why does that look like Widow Lucas' Cursive style?" I asked.
" Maybe because it was handknitted by Granny." Dodger said. " I did some background research on yer mom Henry, turns out her name is Emma, Emma Swan." He said showing us the documents.
" How did you get those?" I asked.
" Person search!" Henry said, showing me Mary Margaret's credit card.
" Henry Daniel Mills!" I said sternly swiping the card out of his hand. " When we get back from Boston, I'm chewing you out big time for this." Then I realized what he just said." Emma Swan?" I said. " I know that name she's my godmother." I said, " And I know where to find her." I said. " She lives in Boston, in an apartment." I said. " She, and Mom were great friends in the Police Force, so much so that she asked her to be my godmother." I finished.
" Okay then see later." Henry said, about to take off but...
" Hold it." I said. " First homework, second you sure as Tartarus aren't going alone, there are murderers, and muggers who will not hesitate to make quick work of you." His face smirked.
" You're coming with me aren't you?" He said, Boy's as sharp as tack. Lately I've been teaching him things like despite Dr. Hopper's discouragment, I only told Henry to lie when it was absolutely necessary, but I did teach him things like how to see through bribes, the kid makes me proud.
" Exactly." I said.
" I'm coming too." Dodger said. " Don't forget you two have the Dodge as your Animal Guardian, and wherever you go, I go." He finished. After we finished our homework, We went back home to see Regina getting ready for another " Conference Meeting!", Yeah, I know what she really does, I could smell Graham's Cologne all over her clothes, when she would get back.
" Hi Mom, we're home!" We said.
" Did you boys finish your homework?" She asked.
" Yes mom!" We said.
" Good I'll check it when I get back so put it on my desk!" She said.
" Yeah, and put mine in the shredder." I murmured. It's true she spares Henry's, but clearly making me fail academically is another doomed attempt at making me suffer. So I use a Replication Spell to create an exact copy that she destroys. She won't find out, at least until she sees my report card. But then my results are 100% so if that doesn't blow her cauldron, it'll be enough to make her want bite one of her own poison apples.
After we left our Homework on her desk, we heard the paper shredder go. " What a dope." I muttered, with a triumphant smirk on my face. " When will she learn she can't beat me?" I asked.
" Guess she can't." Henry added.
" It's gonna be a long battle." Dodger added as all three of us high fived. As soon as Regina left, I grabbed the money I had earned from doing odd jobs around town. " Hold on guys." I said. I used my shapeshifting to first turn into Henry then used my Chi Doppleganger power to create a Henry double, then I turned into Dodger did the same, then morphed back into myself, and replicated for a third time. " Okay, here are our stunt doubles." I said." Hopefully by the time we get to Boston, Regina will have figured it out."
As soon as we got ro Boston it was night. " Well welcome to Boston, boys." I said. Suddenly...
" DRAKE!" Henry shouted, a mugger had him in his grasp with a knife at Henry's throat.
" Don't move boy." He said. " Or the brat dies."
" Your making a big mistake, Pal." I said. " If there was an Olympics for Bad Luck you didn't just gold medal Pal, you Michael Phelpsed."
" I'm gonna count to three, and then I'm gonna gut the boy, then you." He said. " One, Two, Argh!" He shouted as Dodger lept up, and sank his teeth deep into the muggers arm causing him to let go of both the knife, and Henry.
" HENRY GET DOWN!" I shouted after Dodger let go, as soon as he did, I Roundhouse kicked the man in the head, then punched him in the stomach, then kicked in the vulnerables. " Listen here, pathetic lowlife!" I said threateningly. " I have lost enough loved ones, and I draw the line here, and if no one likes it...!" BAM, I socked him in the jaw. "...Do I make myself clear?" The dropped to the ground. " Thanks for the assist Dodger." I said.
" Hey, I always help my boys, out of bad sitches." He said coolly.
" Henry, are you alright?" I asked.
" Yeah, I'm fine." He assured.
We finally got to the apartment. " She home?" Henry asked. I looked around, and spotted a yellow Volkswagen.
" Yep." I'd said. " She's home." We soon found her door, and Henry rang the bell.
" Are you Emma Swan?" I asked.
" Yeah, can I help you two?" She asked.
" I'm Henry, this is my older brother Drake." Henry said. " I'm your son." He answered.
" As the kid said, I'm Drake." I said. " I'm your godson." I added. As Dodger walked in.
" What are you talking about?" She asked.
" Fourteen years ago, you agreed to be the godmother to the son of Sabrina Blazes (nee) Cloudkicker, and Draco Blazes." I said. " That baby was me."
" Four years after that, you up a baby for adoption." Henry said. " That baby was me."
" Give me a minute." She said, as she retreated to the bathroom, to calm down,
" Well we definitely know it's her!" Dodger said taking the couch.
" Yeah, so what do we do, Henry?" I asked. " Dodger, down off the couch, this isn't our home."
" We need her to come home with us." Henry said. That's when Emma came out.
" Will you come home with us?" Henry asks her.
" No, I'm calling the Police." She threatened.
" And we'll tell them you kidnapped us." Henry said.
" Sorry, Miss Swan." I said. " Your not gonna win with this kid." I said picking Dodger up.
" Look kids, I have a superpower." She said. " I can tell when people are lying." She added, as she started to make the call.
" Mom please?" Henry asked. " We needs you to come with us to Storybrooke, Maine."
" Fine." Emma said, reluctantly.
" Can we stop for food?" Henry asked.
" Oh Henry we just had dinner!" I responded.
" No!" Emma refused. " we're are not on a road trip." She said.
Henry dug through his bag, and found his storybook, and started reading from it.
" Good book?" She asked. " I remember those stories." She added. " Really helped me through a ruff time."
" They're not just stories." Henry insisted. " They are all true." He stated.
" No, There just stories." She said.
" That right?" I asked from the backseat, with Dodger. " Then use your superpower on him."
" You be quiet back there." She said looking at me in her rear view mirror. " Henry, listen just because someone believes something does not make it real."
" Believing is what makes things real." He said. " And I have problems that your going to fix for me."
As soon as we arrived at Storybrooke, Henry, and I refused to give her an address, that's when Emma pulled over.
" Have they gotten that Clock working?" She asked.
" Nope." I answered. " It's been like that ever since My Dad, and I moved here possibly even before then."
" It's part of the Evil Queen's curse." Henry explained. " When she cast her curse it sent everyone from the fairytales here and trapped them, frozen in time."
" Why don't they just leave?" Emma asked.
" Because bad things happen to them when they try." Henry warned,
" Henry, Drake!" Came Dr. Hopper's voice, as he walked over with Pongo.
" I'm trying to find these boys' home, do you know where I can find it?" She asked.
" Yes, in fact those are the mayor's boys." Dr. Hopper said, also giving her our address. " Boy's where have you two been your mother has been worried sick about you two."
" Dr. Hopper you know I would take a bullet for Henry, if it meant he would stay alive." I assured. " I did say that last week during our last session. Hey Pongo."
" We were on a field trip!" Henry said.
" Really Henry?" I asked.
" Henry, what have I told you about lying?" Archie scolded. " When you lie it means giving in to the dark side." He explained. " And Drake, you encouraged this behavior."
" No, I went with him." I said. " Finding out your mother actually adopted you that's alot to take in, and naturally we all would want to know more, I just figured he deserved a sense of closure." I added charismatically, Dr. Hopper nodded in understanding, and continued walking Pongo.
" So if everyone here is from fairytales, who's he supposed to be?" Emma asked.
" He's our Psychiatrist." I explained.
" He's also Jiminy Cricket." He said.
" Aha." Emma said. " I thought your nose looked a little longer." She added.
" I'm not Pinocchio." Henry said. " He is Jiminy Cricket, but he does not know it. None of the townspeople remember who they really are. They have all been frozen in time, and nothing ever changes."
" Emma, if Henry's Pinocchio, then I'm Peter Rabbit." I added, sarcastically, shaking the blue jacket I was wearing.
" So what does Jiminy Cricket tell you to stop stealing from Mr. McGregor's Garden?" She asked, with same level of sarcasm.
" No he actually encourages it." I added as we got back in the car.
" Please don't take us back, the Mayor's house?" Henry asked. " She's evil, and only pretends to love me."
" And she never shows me any love." I said, but as soon as we got there.
" HENRY!" Regina shouted in relief ran out of the house, and embraced him.
" Yeah, yeah nice to see too." I said sarcastically. " Witch." I muttered.
" DRAKE!" She shouted embracing me too, clearly to put up the act. " I now hate you now more then ever, you disgusting little salamander." She whispered.
" Yeah, what else's new, you, sick, ugly crone." I whispered back.
" Where have you two been?" She asked.
" I found my real mother." Henry insisted, and ran inside.
" Henry!" I said following him, with Dodger following.
" I'll go check on them." Sheriff Graham said follow us as Regina invites Emma in for a glass of apple cider.
I walked into Henry's room, to see talk to him. " Henry, maybe we were rushing your mother." I reasoned. " We need to give her time." I said.
" Drake's right, Henry." Dodger said, nuzzling him. " She needs time to figure out the truth on her own, eventually she'll know that she is the Savior." He said.
" In the meantime, Miss Blanchard's Credit card, give it." I said. As he passed it to me. " Next time you need money just ask me." I advised, as I stepped out, Dodger chose to stay with him for the night. After that he lunged forward, and embraced me, as I returned his hug. " I'll always be here for you Henry, that's a promise."
" How is he?" Graham asked.
" He's fine." I answered, Even though Graham does share his bed with Regina on occasion, Graham, and I have a good friendship. " I saved him from a mugger with Dodger's help." I finished.
" I have no doubt you would lay your life down for that boy." He said.
" Thanks Sheriff, good night." I said heading to my room for the night. Before I did, I created another chi clone, opened my window, got on the ledge. " Wings of the Dragon." I whispered. As soon as my wings popped out of my back, I parachuted, down to the ground, and willed them away. I snuck to where Emma was parked, pulled out a copy of Regina's confession on CD, snuck into her unlocked car, stashed it in her glove compartment, I shut the door, and hid as soon as I heard the frontdoor opened. As Emma came out after talking to Regina. When she got to her car, And Regina had shut the door.
" Emma!" I said, as I made my presence known.
" I would ask if your mother knows you're out here but, I guess not." She said.
" I would lie, and say yes but you would use your superpower on me, and know that's a lie." I added. " Listen, Henry really needs you, to stay." I said.
" Don't tell me you believe him?" She asked.
" If not for that, do it for Henry, please?" I asked. " Henry's my brother, and he means alot to me." I said.
" I'm sorry Drake, I'm sure Henry's a good kid, and you are too, but I gave him up to have a better life." She said, placing a hand on my shoulder. " I gave birth to him in a prison cell, He deserved better then that, and I'm glad he found a nice loving home."
" You're telling me you believe Regina?" I asked.
" I wasn't talking about her I was talking about you." She said. " He's lucky to have you, I really wish I had a brother like you there for me. He needs you more then he needs me." She said, as she got into her car. " Take care kiddo." As soon as she drove away.
" Go for it, Wolfe." I said, feeling his presence. I walked back to the house, ran up the side of it, pushed off for the tree, just outside my window, and jumped through. As soon as I got in I dispelled my Chi Clone, and got ready for bed.
The next morning...
I made my way down to Granny's. Regina rushed me out of the house before, I could make my breakfast or, lunch, Henry however was not rushed out of the house. As soon as I walked I spotted Miss Blanchard.
" Good Morning, Miss Blanchard." I said. " May I join you?" I asked.
" Oh Drake, good morning." She said. " Please do." She added.
" Here you go, Mary Margaret, One stack of buttermilk pancakes." Ruby said. " Oh Drake, good morning what'll it be?"
" One waffle for me, plus a BLT, and Fries to go." I said. " Regina did it again." I added, as I reached for some money but...
" I'll buy for him." Graham said paying up front.
" Thanks again, Sheriff." I said. Suddenly I saw Dodger scratching at the front door, with my backpack in his mouth. " Right." I said, opening the door. " Thanks boy." I said, petting him, as soon as I got back my breakfast arrived. Along with my lunch, which I stashed in my backpack. " Oh right, I almost forgot." I said, pulling Miss Blanchard's Credit card out of my pocket. " Don't know how he did it, but somehow Henry swiped this off you." I said giving it back to her. " I am so sorry, please don't be mad with him, he used it on a tracking site to find his mother, so he could learn more about her." I explained. " You know how uneasy it is for kids like him, finding out the people who raised aren't your biological parents it's tough." I said.
Mary Margaret just smiled as she took back her credit card. " I couldn't be mad with him, and your right Drake, it's never easy finding out your adopted." She said. Hugging me. " Henry is extremely lucky to have you as his older brother." She said.
After breakfast, I walked with Dodger to school. " Okay see you after school boy." I said. As I walked in I saw Claire see her friends off to their classes. " Hey, Clair." I said. " Good morning, listen we're still on for Saturday night aren't we?" I asked.
" Yeah, we are, I look forward to it." She said. " So where were you yesterday?"
" What, oh yeah well." I said. " Henry took a trip to Boston to learn more about his mother, and I went with him to make sure he didn't get hurt." I answered.
Later, during lunch I was about to take a bite out of my sandwich when I was approached by Emma, and Regina. " How did you get that." Regina demanded. As everyone scattered at the mere sight of her.
" I bought, it you evil, vicious cow!" I said, sternly looking her in the eyes, well glaring. She reached for it but, I was faster, grabbed her wrist, and applied pressure." Just remember you may scare everyone else in town, but I will never fear you." I said, confidently. As I let go seeing the defeated look on her face." Can I help you Miss Swan?" I asked, switching to polite. " I thought you would be back in Boston by now."
" Yeah, I would've been if it weren't for a wolf hadn't gotten in the way, causing me to swerve, and hit the welcome sign." She said. " next thing I knew I was in a jail cell, with some grumpy guy."
" Leroy." I said. " Somedays that dude just can't stay out of trouble." I added.
" So what's up?" I asked.
" Your brother, where is he?" Regina demanded.
" You're the one who dropped him off at school, Regina!" I snapped. " If anyone you should be the one Miss Swan's questioning." I added.
" Is there anyone you can thiink of who might?" Emma asked.
" Miss Blanchard, his teacher might." I said. " She used to be my teacher too, I'll go with you." I said, snatching up my lunch, and leaving with them, Dodger followed.
Mary Margaret is just dismissing her class when we arrived. " Miss Blanchard, this Emma Swan, Henry's biological mother. May we ask you a few questions please?"
" I'm sorry, I know nothing where Henry is." She said." And my credit card was stolen."
" It was you who gave Henry the book!" She shouted.
" SHUT YOUR MOUTH, REGINA!" I shouted
" He's a special child." Miss Blanchard defended. As Regina stormed off. " Henry needed the book, so that he could have hope of a Happy Ending." She said to Emma.
" Don't let Regina get to you Miss Blanchard." I said. " She's just bully, underneath all that political armor she wears. You did the right thing giving it to him."
" So you know where to find Henry." Emma realized.
" Did you check his castle?" Miss Blanchard suggested.
" Of course, Duh, That should've been the first place I checked." I said smacking my forehead in realisation. " I know exactly where that is." I said. As Emma, Dodger, and I got into Emma's car as I told where to go. We found him, right where Miss Blanchard said.
" Hey you left this in my car." She said, giving him back his book.
" I hoped that if I brought you to Storybrooke things would change." Henry admitted." I thought once I brought you here, that the final battle would begin. He said. " But it feels you're pushing me away because you feels guilty." He said " I know you gave me away to give me my best chance."
" Henry, I'm a real person, not a savior." Emma insisted. " Yes I admit that I wanted you to have your best chance, and even if your life with Regina isn't the best you have Drake, you're lucky to have an Older Brother, who's willing to look out for you, I never had that growing up."
" Mom, please stay in Storybrooke, for at least a week?" Henry asked. " I'll prove that I'm not crazy." He said. " Besides apart from Drake my life sucks with Regina."
" Your life is nothing compared to mine." Emma said. " My parents abandoned me on a freeway and my foster family sent me back when I was 3." She admitted. " And I didn't have an older brother looking after me."
" No, you went through the wardrobe, and appeared on the freeway." Henry insisted. " Your real parents tried to save her from the curse." He finished. Emma did not believe him.
Emma drove us back to Regina and he runs inside. " You know if the ' Glove' fits, your ' Compartment' would have been wide open!" I said anonymously.
Regina thanked her, and notes that Henry seems to like Emma. I waited, to listen in on the conversation.
" When I blew out the candle on my birthday cupcake, I wished that I wouldn't be alone on my birthday." Emma admitted.
" Don't come back into Henry's life." Regina said. " I raised him, I changed every diaper, endured every tantrum, you lost the right to love him, it was a closed adoption same as with Drake, now leave town or, I will destroy you." She finished.
" Do you love them?" Emma asked, as Regina turned to go. " Drake, and Henry?" She asked.
" I do." She said shutting the door. As she went up to Henry's room. Coming back with his fairy tale book, and started studying one of her mirrors intently.
" You don't want her here, because you know she is The Savior." I sneered. " You're afraid of what this could mean for your curse."
" You areenabling He-?" She said.
" Oh stop pretending, you can try to convince you are not, but you can't fool me." I said. " And I intend to ensure that the curse breaks."
" Fine, why do you want the curse gone?" She asked.
" Because, I'm a dragon, and it's my job to protect the magical creatures that call my territory home." I said. " And that includes removing curses, or seeing to their removal, and intend to do just that." I said.
" You will not this is my town, and my curse." She said. " Just because you are unaffected, does not entitle you to do as you like." She said.
" We'll see, this game of chess has begun, I have moved my white pawn, your move." I said. Walking back up to Henry with the book. " Henry, did you honestly expect the final battle to happen so soon, that's not how stories work." I explained. " The Savior needs to prepare for the final battle, train, practice, and so much more." I said. " Don't you worry." I assured. " She will be ready, she just needs time." I said, hugging him.
" Thanks Drake." He said returning my hug. Henry looked out his window toward the town clock. As Dodger, and I joined him the hands move for the first time; meaning that Emma's arrival has started to weaken the curse.
" This is only the beginning, Ha-ha!" I laughed.
Third person POV
Meanwhile...
After welcoming Emma to Storybrooke, at Granny's, Gold traveled to the border where The figure stood, that he met with earlier. " The Savior has arrived." He said, " The Curse is finally beginning to lose power, and soon everything will go according to plan." he finished.
" Glad to hear it Mr. Gold, we will be back for another update." Said a woman's voice. " And then My Master will make his move." She said.
To Be Continued...
Well there you go ladies, and gentlemen, my second chapter in of my Once Upon a Time/American Dragon: Jake Long crossover, I mostly had to reread what happened from the Wiki, because I sometimes forgot most of what happened. So Read, Review, Like, and Share, and I may make a third chapter, just remember..." All Magic Comes at a price. Hee, hee. A due!"