A Dragon's Crimson Cry
By: Tippi
A/n
Ch 75 Body Guard
Fu had dragged Jake to the ogre bowl pre game. Fu had far more interest in the game then Jake. As far as Jake was concerned it was just a bunch of ogres throwing a rock around.
"You call that a rock my grandmother could take that guy out and she's 1400 years old" Fu yelled.
"Hey I'm only 1392" Fu grandmother said getting up from the seat in front of them.
"Down in front grandma" Fu demanded while grabbing his popcorn.
Fu was explaining the game to Jake when a boulder came toward them. Fu pulled Jake out of his seat just in time.
"Wow, does anyone get seriously injured in this" Jake asked currently not having a seat to sit in.
"This is about team building and sportsmanship not violence, O a fight just broke out" Fu said with joy.
"The winner of this game goes on to the ogre bowl the granddaddy of all bolder ball" Fu was explaining. "Woo and that was just the fist period."
"And how many are there" Jake asked.
"We're playing winter rules so only 17" Fu replied.
"Huh" Jake responded.
"Can you believe it quadruple over time" Fu said as the game went on. "Maybe it'll end in a tie."
Jake had fallen asleep a while ago.
"Amateur" Fu said looking over at the sleeping Jake his head lying in his popcorn.
~Next morning in school~
"Mr. Long" Rotwood yelled slamming a yard stick on Jake's table.
"Ogre fowl" Jake yelled as he awoke.
"Nein! The answer is Cyclopes Mr. Long" Rotwood said. "Friday's test counts for you know what, 50% of your grade. So if you don't shape up by then, you will get the destined pleasure of seeing me, Professor Rotwood, in Bermuda shorts with the flippy floppy sandals."
"Fist off I don't know what you mean and second, ew, thanks for the mental picture" Jake said.
"It means summer school" Rotwood said slamming his yard stick so hard on the table it broke.
"Aw man" was all Jake could say.
~At home~
"Come on Fu just a little memory boosting potion, just for the test" Jake begged Fu.
"Uhh, Jake cutting one corner just leads to two corners" LS said taking a piece of paper and cutting a corner off with scissors.
"You just cut my homework" Jake said.
"The scissors of life cut many things but…" LS said taking a pause trying to think of the rest of the saying, not coming up with any. "Don't question your dragon master. Any way I have an important mission for you."
Jake, Fu, and LS were walking the streets of magus bazaar.
"Hi Jake" a red headed girl in a green dress said stopping the three. "Remember us? You will" she said as her eyes glowed gold.
"Oh yeah the oracle twins" Jake said as the memory of their fist encounter came to him. "So are you the one that only sees the good stuff or the bad stuff?"
"You're gonna get a nasty case of poison ivy all over you head in July. A pox upon your face" Sara said with a giggle.
"Right, the bad stuff. So that must make you the one that sees good stuff" Jake said turning to Kara.
"You're cavity free this year" Kara said in her gloomy manner.
"Yeah" Jake yelled jumping up.
"Root canal next year" Sara said.
"Aw" Jake responded.
"Jake the oracle twins are in gave danger. Some one is after them" LS said pulling a wanted poster off a pole holding it up to Jake.
"Herbert, what does a goblin crime boss want with the oracle twins" Jake asked.
"He plans on capturing the twins and forcing them to make predictions on the out come of the ogre bowl" LS explained.
"Using their magical gift to turn a profit will those goblins stop at nothing" Fu said faking disgust. "Take a look at the centaur races anything pop out at you" Fu said handing the twins the sports page. "Anything at all throw me a bone."
LS came up to Fu clearing his throat and giving him a displeased look.
"I'm a bad dog" Fu said looking down. "We'll talk later" Fu whispered to the twins.
"Jake as the American dragon you must protect the twins until the ogre bowl is over" LS said.
"No problem how about I pick you up on Friday after my mythology test" Jake said.
"No the ogre bowl is this Friday" LS informed.
"But I gotta…" Jake was saying.
"I know young one but you must learn to balance your dragon duties and your school work" LS said.
"Thanks for your help" Sara said hugging Jake. "O and don't trip on the newt eye balls."
"Newt eye balls what newt eye balls" Jake asked taking a step back and tripping over a box of newt eye balls.
"Talk about rolling your eyes" Fu said as the eyes rolled over the ground.
"Yo, if you can see the future can't you just see when Herbert's coming and make a run for it" Jake said picking up the eyes.
"We can't see everything Einstein" Kara said as she and Sara knelt down to help pick up the eyes.
"They may be descendants of the oracle Delphi but the blood line's thin after a few thousand years" Fu said.
"I just have dark horrible visions that haunt my every waking moment not to mention my nightmares" Sara said with a smile.
"And mine always seem to have rainbows and damn puppies in them" Kara said crossing her arms. "I hate puppies.
"I hear ya, the yapping and the chewing, the carpet stains" Fu said.
Jake was sitting outside the pizza polar with the twins when the trio of Spud, Trixie, and Al rolled over.
"We've been replaced" Spud said "I knew was only a matter of time before you got cuter sidekicks."
"Speak for your self Spud" Trixie said.
"I told you guys they're not my sidekicks they're my job" Jake said "I've got to body guard them."
"We're posing as his cousins from out of town and I forgive you for spitting soda on me" Sara said as her eyes glowed.
"I didn't spit" Trixie said.
"You didn't yet those two are oracles, as in sees the future" Al explained.
"Yeah but Sara can only see the bad stuff and Kara only sees the good stuff" Jake informed.
"Stop playing what do you see about me, hook Trixie up with a little something, something" Trixie asked as she took a sip of soda.
"You and yo-yo boy are going to tie a knot" Kara said.
At hearing that Trixie spit soda on Sara just like she said she would.
"Say what O no I'm tying the knot with Denzel" Trixie said.
"You and Denzel, why wasn't I invited" Spud asked. "I knew it was only a matter of time before you replaced me with a cuter sidekick."
Above them a goblin was sniffing the air.
"I smell them approaching boss, lets take them now" the goblin said to Herbert.
"Not now we must wait till they're alone" Herbert informed. "Are you two ready" Herbert asked two goblins dressed as teen girls. "Blend in with them in school watch their every move, the ogre bowl is this Friday we don't have much time."
~At school~
Jake was walking down the hall with the twins talking about how he had the most important test at 2 tomorrow but then he got distracted by Rose.
"Hey Rose" Jake said coming up to Rose while she was at her locker.
"Hi Jake" Rose said walking off.
"You're going to get a massive zit on your face tomorrow" Sara called out to Rose.
"Yo, people in the human realm aren't use to oracles going around making predictions so just tone it down a bit" Jake asked.
"Uh hu okay," Sara said before grabbing a nerds arm. "Some ones going to steal your pudding" Sara said to the nerd.
"Not again" the nerd responded.
"Guys exnay on the visions" Jake said to Sara as Kara was talking to another boy.
"You're going to be a Broadway star one day" Kara said to him.
"I can't hide it any longer I've got to dance and I don't care who knows" the boy said. "Attitude and Jazz hands" he continued dancing away.
"Hey watch it" one of the goblins dressed a girl said. "I mean I was all Bobby likes me and she's all like nu ha and I'm all uh ha" the goblin said trying to sound like a girl.
"I'm sorry Jake the visions just come and we have to blurt them out" Sara explained to Jake. Sara then ran in-between a girl and boy. "Sorry about your brake up next spring and before prom night too" Sara said.
"It's physically impossible for us not say them" Kara informed.
"Likes it physically impossible for me to touch my nose with my tongue" Spud said walking up and trying to do just that.
"Fine but maybe you can sugar coat it" Jake asked.
"Impossible we can't lie" Kara said.
"Our visions are 100% true and certain to happen" Sara explained.
"No, no, I can't be tying the knot with that" Trixie said looking at Spud who was spinning on the ground still trying to get his tongue to touch his nose.
Trixie propped Spud up then put his tongue on his nose.
"Please, please tell me you've been wrong once" Trixie begged.
The twins shook their heads.
"The inside of my nose tastes different then I thought if would" Spud said.
Trixie hugged Jake crying.
"You know there's always divorce," Al suggested. "Just make sure you two sign a prenup."
~the cafeteria at lunch~
"Okay Spud hit me" Jake said as Spud held up a picture flash card.
"Forest nymph" Jake answered.
"No according to Rotwood it's a pixie" Spud said.
"No that's really a forest nymph" Al said
"What, Rotwood is so wrong no wonder I'm failing his class" Jake yelled.
"Just think of it this way you put down what Rotwood wants pass the class and then forget it all" Al said.
"How about this if one of you vision thingies doesn't come true then that would prove we have control over our own destinies right" Trixie asked.
"Yeah" Spud said then quoted some Shakespeare.
"Listen our visions always come true" Kara said.
"And Spud is going to spill chocolate milk in 30 seconds" Sara said.
"O yeah well this is where your visions are going down" Spud said standing up then running out side having the trio and the twins follow. "See no chocolate milk anywhere."
Then Spud tripped his yo-yo went out into the middle of the road. A truck driver transporting chocolate milk slammed on the breaks, crashed, and the tanks of milk burst open spilling all over the front of the school.
"Wow like your visions always comes true" Spud said. "Honey I think we should honeymoon in Bora Bora."
"Denzel, Denzel" Trixie said sinking to her knees.
Jake and the twins were walking back to the shop from school.
"Come on the sooner I get home the sooner I can get some studying in" Jake said. "Come on short cut" Jake said as he climbed over a chin ling fence.
Kara climbed over no problem.
"Yeah chin ling fences and sandals don't really go together" Sara replied before climbing over falling and losing a sandal. "Whoops" Sara said with a giggle.
"How is that funny you just lost your sandal that's not a good thing" Jake said retrieving it.
"You know what is a good thing, ice cream" Sara said.
"Ice cream" Jake said coming back with her sandal. "I don't get you two you only see the good things but you're always so down and gloomy" Jake said to Kara. "And you only see the bad thing but you're always so happy" Jake said to Sara.
"When all you see is good things nothing's special any more all the surprises are taken out of life" Kara said.
"But when you see only bad things any bit of good news is great" Sara said.
"Hm, I guess I never saw it like that" Jake said thinking on what they said.
"You can't let a little bad news stop you from living" Sara said then her eyes glowed. "O and speaking of bad news goblins are going to fall from the sky I bet that will be exciting."
Just them a hoard of goblins shimmied down ropes into the alleyway and Herbert stepped out.
"Good work, grab them" Herbert said as all the goblins moved in.
Jake transformed as two goblins grab the twins. Jake knocked them off the girls with his tail then started hitting goblins left and right.
"O this whole ally is going to smell like rotten fish pew" Sara said.
"Rotten fish" Jake said spying the dumpster for the fish market. "Take a whiff of this" Jake said turning over the dumpster and spilling the fish parts all over the alleyway.
The goblin's sensitive noses couldn't take the spoiled meat. While they were distracted Jake flew off with the twins to the roof of a building.
"Thanks for saving us" Kara said.
"And for leading us down a dark alleyway where we were sitting ducks" Sara added.
"Thanks for the heads up on the whole fish thing Sara" Jake said transforming back to human.
"I just call em like I see them" Sara said with her usually happy giggle.
"Talking about seeing, congratulations genius you just got question four on your mythology test right" Kara said after a quick glow of the eyes.
"Did you just see the answers to my mythology test" Jake asked.
"I seems that way" Kara said.
"I'd kiss you if I didn't think you'd slap me silly" Jake said hugging the two.
"Oh, good call" Kara said.
"I like kisses" Sara giggled.