A Dragon's Crimson Cry
By: Tippi
Ch 98 Krylock Cupcakes
Since the spell hadn't worked Jake had been moping around in his room. He was laying in bed looking at the picture of him and Rose, with the blinds closed, and heart breaking music playing.
"Jake," Trixie said as she, Spud and Al walked into Jake's bedroom. "Look I'm sorry the spell didn't work but I'm not going to let you waste your life away."
Al opened the blinds letting the sun light in and Spud turned off the music.
"Huh, what happened to the music? When you guys get here" Jake said sitting up from the bed.
"He's really out of it" Al informed.
"Man get a grip" Spud yelled hitting Jake with his pillow. "Life goes on. Now get dressed, and get your butt downstairs" Spud instructed throwing Jake his clothes and pushing him out of bed. "The school carnival is today and we got cupcakes to sell" Spud finished.
"I don't get what went wrong" Jake said as they walked down the stairs. "I had all the ingredients and I said her name…" Jake trailed on.
"Let's stop focusing on what went wrong" Al suggested.
"And focus on what went right" Spud finished. "Look cupcakes" Spud announced jumping in front of the stack of cupcake boxes.
"Let's roll" Trixie said pushing boxes into Spud's and Al's arms then taking a stack herself and dragging Jake out of the house.
~At the carnival~
A couple dropped some money into the collection tin.
"Here enjoy the cupcakes" Jake said handing them both a cupcake. "But don't just enjoy the cupcakes," Jake said grabbing each by the arm. "Enjoy each other because mortal enemies or not you'll never know when you'll be ripped apart by the hands of fate never to see each other again" Jake finished letting go of the two. "Come back soon" Jake said to the two who backed away from the ranting boy.
"Killing the happy carnival vibe much" Al asked from behind Jake.
Back at the shop Fu was looking into what went wrong with the spell.
"Vanilla, so that's what went wrong with the portal spell" Fu said sniffing at the mixing bowl.
"What's this I hear about a portal spell" LS said coming up behind Fu.
Fu quickly pushed away the vanilla bottle to see the bottle labeled venom.
"Funny story, you see me and the kid were doing a portal spell and here's the funny part the vanilla ended up in the potion and which means…" Fu finished by push the venom bottle forward.
"Fu dog you mean to tell me there's krylock venom in the school cupcakes" LS yelled.
"Yeah pretty much, that's not a problem right" Fu weakly said.
LS exploded shouting out something in Chinese.
Back at the carnival Spud and Trixie were walking around each with a tray of cupcakes. They both went in to the main tent to sell cupcakes to the audience.
"Cupcakes get your delicious cupcakes" Spud and Trixie shouted handing out the pastries.
Then Spud was struck by sudden fear of the performing clowns, to be more exact Clowny McHonk-Honk.
"Run for your life it's Clowny McHonk-Honk" Spud said with a yell and running to hid behind Trixie.
"Oh enough, that's it Spud I'm going to show you once and for all that clowns are completely harmless" Trixie said going up to the performing clowns. "Hello Mr. McHonk-Honk might I interest you and your clown friends some tasty cupcakes" Trixie said holding out a tray to the clowns.
Jake and Al were bored at the cupcake stand as the crowd had thinned making the customers less. Jake grabbed a cupcake and began to unwrap when his cell went off.
"Yo" Jake said answering as he took a bite from the cupcake.
"Kid don't eat the cupcakes" Fu yelled on the other end causing Jake to spit out the bite he had just taken.
"They are spiked with krylock venom which should never be consumed by humans" LS informed over the phone.
"Why what'll happen" Jake asked looking at the mini cakes.
The clowns had each taken a cupcake and were now eating them in a comical way.
"So Spud what I tell ya" Trixie said going over to Spud. "Clowns are harmless and…" Trixie stopped abruptly as the clowns started to go through changes.
The clowns' eyes became yellow with slit pupils. Their arms became claws; they sprouted scorpion tails, sharp teeth, and forked tongues.
"You're totally right Trix. All these years I've been scared for nothing, make me laugh clowns" Spud said turning to the clowns only to back up in fear of their transformation.
Spud tripped and was too freaked out to move so Trixie grabbed him by the ankles and dragged him from the tent. Once outside Spud got back to his feet and both ran for it. Spud made it to cupcake booth and Jake, leaning over the counter breathing hard unable to get the words out.
"Jake we got issues" Trixie said coming up behind Spud able to say what he couldn't.
"I know there's krylock venom in the cupcakes" Jake said.
"Damn" Al added.
A girl at the kissing booth was finishing a cupcake before taking her next customer that just happened to be Brad.
"So you ready to pucker up" Brad said coming forward.
The girl suddenly transformed sending the other customers running. She opened her mouth and a second mouth shoots out like in Alien.
"Jackpot" Brad said not the least bit scared of the sudden change.
Around the entire carnival cupcake eaters were causing chaos as the rampaging around in their now look.
"Don't worry gramps and Fu will be here in a minute" Jake informed.
"Dude I seriously doubt we got a minute" Al said as the monster clowns made their way toward them.
Jake went dragon to hold off the people turned monster until Fu and gramps arrived.
"Okay bring it" Jake said ready to attack but was tackled by his grandfather in dragon form sending them both under a table.
"Hey get your own hiding place" Trixie said as the table the two dragons went under just happened to be the same the other three members of the group were using.
"Jake you mustn't hunt the mutants" LS said. "Those mutants are humans we need to reverse the effects and change them back."
"But how do we do that" Jake asked just as Fu joined them with a magic book.
"Okay here's the deal," Fu said reading from the book "the krylock venom gets its power from the krylock it came from so you got to destroy the krylock we got it from."
"But how the krylock is in another dimension and like you said we have no idea when and where a portal will open" Jake asked.
"Not if you have portal spell" Fu said taking out a bag filled with a partially finish potion. "All we need the krylock venom."
"Which is in the cupcakes" Spud exclaimed.
"But we going to use it to find Rose" Jake said sadly.
"I'm sorry young one but we have no choice" LS said.
"You're right" Jake said with sudden determination. "Lets go" Jake exclaimed as the group rushed out from their hiding place.
Jake and LS dodged the mutants and tried to hurt them as little as possible while trying get through the horde. Al was sending spouts of water from whatever source was available to ice and temporally freeze them. Spud and Trixie ran pass the battle grounds to the booth to get one of the cupcakes. Spud reached the booth first to find none were left. Spud quickly looked around to find a kid unwrapping the last cupcake about to eat it.
Spud grabbed a tray and used it to push his way through the mutant horde to get to the kid. Before the kid could even take a bite Spud pulled it out of his hand and held it out of reach.
"Here have a carrot it's better for you" Spud said handing the kid a carrot.
Spud threw the cake to Trixie, who threw it in the air that was then caught by Jake. Fu had emptied the potion from the bag into juice dispenser. Jake tossed the cake into the open top of the dispenser and the potion was ready. Fu pointed the spout of the dispenser.
"It's ready, go kid" Fu said pulling the knob shooting the potion out.
A swirl of red and black appeared.
"Show me the krylock demon" Jake said to the swirl.
The swirl became a portal and you could see the krylock in it. Just as Jake was about to go in a lighting streak of red went off from the side of the portal and made another that had Rose in it.
"Fu what's going on" Jake asked.
"Your voice says krylock but I guess your heart is saying something else" Fu explained.
"Rose" Jake said longingly and he gently put his fingertips to the portal causing the image to ripple.
"Jake" Rose said looking at the portal.
Jake looked at the crisis unfolding around him and took one last look at Rose.
"I'm sorry" Jake said as he took the portal with the krylock in it and Rose's portal closed.
Jake went after the krylock full force. With some kicks and swings from his tail he was able to nearly knock the krylock of the rock ledge. Jake shot out some fire as the krylock got himself back up. Jake flew by shooting some more fire but the krylock grabbed him by the tail and pinned him beneath him ready to plunge his stinger into Jake.
"Hurry the portal's closing" Fu yelled down as the portal started to shrink.
As the krylock brought his stinger down Jake caught it with his tail turned it around the stuck into the krylock. The krylock was gone in a puff of smoke and Jake took flight towards the closing portal.
Jake transformed back to human to fit through the portal making it out just before it closed. The mutants turned back to humans.
The mutant that was currently trying to eat Brad's head went back to normal and now saliva soaked Brad asked 'do I have to pay extra for that?'
Jake was getting pats on the back and cheers from his friends and Fu but he then turned to his grandfather to accept what he was to say.
"Well done young dragon. Now about disobeying me" LS started.
"I'm sorry gramps this is all my fault I was just so obsessed about finding Rose" Jake said.
"Don't worry, in the end you didn't do what you wanted you did what was right and that is what truly matters" LS said.
"Let's go" Trixie said as they made their way to leave the damaged carnival.
~Later that night~
Jake was on the roof looking out at the city and back to the photo of him and Rose.
"Crazy night huh" Fu said coming up next to Jake.
"I'm just glad everyone fell for the, you've been pranked, story" Jake answered.
"You impressed me you could have thrown it all to be with her but you didn't" Fu said.
"No I couldn't" Jake explained. "I know what it's like to be abandoned in tough times I couldn't do that to my friends and the only family I got left."
"I've got the feeling this obsession over Rose is as much psychological as it is a love sick heart" Fu assumed.
"I hate what she is but I love who she is. Everyone I care about leaves me in one way or another. It's like I cursed I should just give up and save my self-confusion and heart break" Jake admitted.
"You're not cursed and giving up only causes more heart break" Fu explained. "You got follow your heart to keep it from breaking. Keep looking just don't let it take over."
"Thanks Fu you know for everything" Jake said.
"Yeah I'm a dog loyalty comes with the fur" Fu said before asking. "You think she feels the same way about you?"
"That's what my heart and mind say" Jake said looking back out at the skyline.
A/N I was thinking of doing a chapter like hero of the hourglass but at a different time if you want to see this I need some ideas.