[AUTHOR'S NOTE: HAVE WRITTEN IN AWHILE, AS SAID BEFORE I'VE BEEN GETTING SLAMMED WITH WORK AND SCHOOL. IT ISN'T JUST THIS, THE YOUTUBE CHANNELS HAVE BEEN NEGLETED TOO. SPEAKING OF WHICH, A NEW VIDEO WILL BE UP ON THE AMERICAN DRAGON CHANNEL SOON]

Jake quickly made his way back to school. He'd been too busy chasing down wizards that he forgot all about his lunch date with Rose. Hopefully, she would understand. He found her still waiting in their pre-determined meeting spot.

"Jake!" she said as soon as she saw him, "What took you so long? I've been waiting for almost 30 minutes, our lunch hour ends soon."

"I'm sorry." Jake answered, "I was chasing down leads on our mysterious sorcerer."

That was a topic Rose wanted to talk about. "Look, I know you've been keeping an eye on me, but you need to cut it out. Focus on your dragon duties, I'll be fine."

Jake wasn't too sure of that. "Rose I just..."

"Listen," Rose interrupted, "They probably know you are watching me, so there is no way they'll make a move while your doing it. Your basically wasting your time. You won't catch them this way."

"I'm not wasting my time," Jake insisted, "If they won't try anything while I'm watching, then they will as soon as I'm not. Which means it's very important I stay close."

"Jake, I can take care of myself." Rose told him.

"Are you sure? They've already gotten you once. What if this time I don't find you? What if..." Jake couldn't finish his sentence, it was something he didn't want to even think about. He couldn't even think about it.

"This isn't open for negotiation, Jake." Rose insisted, before walking away.

Jake was left standing alone in the hall, full of uncertainty. He didn't care what Rose thought, he wasn't about to let anything happen to her.

Jake was lost in his thoughts when there was a sudden flash of light, and a scream.

"Rose!" he shouted.

Jake ran around the corner Rose had walked around a mere second before, and felt his heart rise to his throat when he saw it was empty. This was exactly what he was afraid of. He'd let his guard down for a second. Just one second of him being careless, and Rose was gone.

Jake looked down at the ground, "Aww maan!"