A Dragon's Crimson Cry

By: Tippi

A/N: Well here it is what most of you have been waiting for Jake's about to get told about his family secret.

Ch 39 Family Secrets Revealed

"I suppose I owe you an explanation" LS said looking at his grandson.

"I deserve an explanation" Jake responded.

"Very well then, but first tea" LS said walking off to make tea.

Fu and Jake looked sideway at each other that said 'should have seen that coming.'

The TV set had been turned off and the three were gathered around the coffee table with a hot cup of tea in front of each of them.

Jake was sitting on the couch and to his right was his grandfather, sitting in a chair in what seemed like an effort to keep a distance from Jake, and on the couch to Jake's left was Fu.

Jake hadn't touch his tea as he was more into answers not drinks.

"Tell me now" Jake almost yelled getting more impatient with every second that went by in silence.

LS gave and sigh and said "Understand I thought it be another few years before I'd have to explain any of this, I've got to say I'm a bit unprepared but here it goes."

"Your father's bloodline has been average humans as far back as anyone can trace back, while on my and your mother's bloodline has been dragons as far back as anyone can trace back. So as you already seen for your self I'm a dragon."

LS simplified deciding Jake would ask questions that he would answer to fill in the blanks instead of going into details Jake wouldn't be able to absorb.

"So the whole family's dragons but how, you and all of them look human" Jake said turning the statement into a question.

"All dragons can take on human form it's a power dragons have mastered since humans first appeared, dragons existed long before apes evolved. It's a way to blend in and hide us from the many dangers and persecution we would suffer if we walked the world in our true form 24/7" LS explained. "Some do have small characteristics in human form that indicted their dragon heritage like you and your green hair."

At that Jake ran a hand through his hair. The thought never occurred to him to question why his hair always had green in it; of course then again it wasn't really noticeable till he was almost 5. Age seemed to have a part in his green hair color.

"But dad was human you said wouldn't that make me half human" Jake asked. "I can't turn dragon, true I never tried but still" Jake said more to him self then to LS.

"Half," LS said with a chuckle "there's others out there with only 1/12 of dragon blood and still are able to take on dragon form. You'll be able to later," LS said before going on to explain. "Every dragon is born with a seal that keeps them human for a time. When the time comes your seal will crack and you'll learn how to change from dragon to human on your own before the seal disappears completely. But I'll go deeper into that when it happens, explaining in any more detail now would only confuse you."

LS left out the part about how his seal had already cracked and how it needed to be repaired. He felt Jake didn't need to ever know that.

Jake was a bright kid and everything was sinking in fairly easy but LS could see in his expression that it was still like a slap in the face, a very hard slap in the face.

"Why didn't anyone tell me" Jake demanded a previous anger returning.

He'd already been the answer from Fu but he wanted to hear it form his grandfather.

"It was your mother's idea" LS gave the same answer.

"You're the parent you didn't have to listen to her" Jake said.

"Your mother's puts up a very good agreement," LS answered but went on before Jake could reply. "She didn't want the whole thing about being a dragon hanging over your head all through out childhood; she wanted you to have an as normal one as you could."

The real truth was she didn't want the pressure of being the American dragon hanging over his head but LS, like Susan long ago agreed, he didn't need to know that yet.

Jake wanted to be so mad but the expiation was pushing it away.

"Beside I have been slipping hints about the whole magical world to you in form of books and stories" LS added.

"Great there's more, I really hate my life right about now" Jake said falling back in his seat letting his head hit the back of the couch.

Then another thought came to him.

"Wait the masked man, the one on the roof, why did you talk as if you knew him" Jake asked his anger restored.

"I don't know him personally but I know his kind," LS said. "He's a member of a clan that is all over the world. Almost every dragon meets with a member of this clan at least once in their life time. I've faced my fair share of them they're all the same."

"You knew, you know all along," Jake said ready to accuse his only family member left with betrayal. "You knew who was responsible all along and you didn't do anything. You just let him get away."

"First if it's not easy to find even one headquarters of the clan forget finding on particular member. Second revenge is an ugly thing if I go out looking for him purely on revenge I'll only be infecting my self with a deadly virus." LS explained.

Jake just gave him a strange look at the last part.

"Revenge is like a poisonous two headed snake while you take out one head you're bitten and poisoned by the other" LS decided use that example to get his point across.

Jake must of gotten the point as he went silent, letting his anger cool.

"You couldn't help the police out" Jake said as an after thought.

"If I did I'd have to tell them all about dragons and the rest of the magical world and that must remain a secret" LS answered. "And also everything we just talked about just now stay's between us."

"Even if I did tell anyone who would believe me" Jake said.

"All the same let's just keep it quiet" Fu said.

With everything about the big picture answered there wasn't much else for the three to do. They went to bed early since tomorrow was going to be the second anniversary.

A/N So how was that? This may get confusing later on if it isn't already so any questions just ask. Review