Jake sat with his grandfather and Fu in the shop, debriefing their fight against Danika.
"So, Jake, I want you to think about all you have learned from this encounter. Lessons learned today can always be used to solve problems tomorrow." Gramps counseled him.
"I've learned magic can be easier to break than you'd think." Jake answered him.
"Good, now, let us review. What could have been done that would have made this task easier to accomplish? It will be good to know if we ever find ourselves in this situation again, or one similar to it." Gramps said.
"I can tell you one thing, if we got some Krylock venom, that would have really made things easier." Jake replied.
"Jake," Gramps said, "we need ideas that we can actually use in the future."
"I don't get it, G." Jake said, confused, "Why wouldn't we be able to use Krylock venom to make a teleporting potion."
"Because the Dragon Counsel has put a ban on all venom." Fu answered, "They're monitoring everything really closely. All harvested venom has been destroyed, and anytime a Krylock shows up they have dragons on the scene within seconds to make sure no one can get any. Not even the lowest of crime rings can get their hands on any, and even if they did, there's no way they'd be able to smuggle it without the Dragon Counsel knowing about it."
With each answer, Jake only got more questions, "Why the big protection?"
"We can no longer risk any getting into the wrong hands, it would put the entire magical world at risk." Gramps answered.
Jake, still getting more questions with each answer, "Why now? Why is it suddenly more dangerous than it was 3 months ago?"
Fu dusted off one of his old, magic books, and opened it, "Well you see kid, Krylock venom is the only substance that can permit inter-dimensional travel."
Jake was still clueless, "Yeah, so what?"
Gramps wanted him to figure it out on his own, "Think back, Jake. Who would the Dragon Counsel not want moving from one dimension to another?"
The answer suddenly hit Jake like a rock, "The Dark Dragon!"
"Hey! Hey! Give the kid a prize!" Fu shouted.
"At the current moment in time, the Dark Dragon is stuck in another dimension for the next thousand years." Gramps explained, "Which means the magical world is guaranteed a thousand years without the presence of its greatest threat. However, if someone were to use a Krylock potion to open an inter-dimensional portal, they could use it to free the Dark Dragon."
"But who would do something like that?" Jake asked, a little stunned.
"Hey kid," Fu said, "The name 'Chang' ring a bell?"
Before Jake could ask another question, the door opened, and Jake looked up to see Rose walk in.
"Jake, there's something we need to talk about." Rose said, a little uneasy.
"What is it?" Jake asked.
Rose looked at him for a second, "My sister."
[AUTHOR'S NOTE:]
Well after a couple months of writing it has come to an end. Before I move on to the next story, which rest assured, there will be a lot more, I would like to kind of break down some things you may have missed or not understood in this one. Just as an obvious one, there was a lot of foreshadowing, which I would recommend reading over this one more time real quick so you can see it all now that you know the end. Also, some of you may have found it odd that I didn't mention anything about Rose's twin (which is a very popular subject for other fanfics) it is because I didn't want to this time around, but don't worry, I didn't forget about it, I will be getting around to it.
I'm going to start with the metaphor of the doors. Off the top of my head I can't remember which chapter it was, but it was when Jake found Rose for the first time after she'd been kidnapped and left in the tunnels. I mentioned 3 doors with different symbols on them. These actually represent my ideas for sequels to this story. Obviously this one was focused on Rose, and the door with the Rose on it represented this story. Now I know I just gave a quick tease for sequels, and although I do plan on using at least one, if not both, of the ideas above, it's a mystery of when I'm going to do it. I will tell you this, for the next story, I'm using the door with the mysterious symbol on it, and I can't wait to get into that.
I also mentioned 3 black doors that Jake disregarded. Those represent ideas I have for off canon stories. (stories that aren't apart of this storyline) I will say in the descriptions just how "off canon" they are, but plan on them being completely independent from both this storyline, and the original show. They will be a bit more... mature, I believe is the word I am looking for. For this story, I tried to keep things pretty light, and stick pretty close to the Disney-approved, watered-down plot we've all come to know and love from American Dragon: Jake Long. Which was really important to me when I was writing this. I wanted to re-create the American Dragon experience. I wanted authenticity in not only the characters, but the story in general. Something that could actually be an episode. I've read a couple of other fanfictions, and some of the things I've read were so far out there, they practically ruined the story. For these off canon stories, I'm going to open the floodgates, and explore the darker possibilities of a story about a boy with dragon powers, being hunted by a terrorist cult (the Huntsclan) who's main goal is the genocide of all magical creatures.
Basically just imagine it like it's American Dragon... but it was written by the writers of Teen Wolf.
Now this time around I am going to do things a little bit differently. On this story, I wrote it as I went along, and would post the chapter right after I finished writing it. The problem is when you have school, and a job, it can be hard to find the time to create content for a story and 2 youtube channels. 2 of those are going to get neglected for a bit. Whenever I had time, I updated whichever had gone the longest without an update... which today happens to be this, as you can tell, I just barely posted the final chapter 30 seconds before I posted this.
So for the next one, I am going to take maybe 1 or 2 months off, and in that time, I am going write the next story, so it will be finished by the time I start posting it, and I will be able to post chapters on a more consistent basis. During the couple of months I'm not here, I will continue to read reviews and update the American Dragon Season 3 youtube channel. If you have any questions you can leave them in the review/comment sections or PM them to me here or there.
So I hope you stick around and enjoy that, and I will see you in a couple of months when I finish the next story.
