A Dragon's Crimson Cry

By: Tippi

Ch 100 It Takes A Little Time

A/N I like to say sorry for making you wait so long but hopefully it's worth the wait. Also I'd like to remind everyone Jake and Fu are in the past the day before the murder not the day of.

Jake was taking in a few deep breathes trying to slow his racing heart.

"He was watching, waiting" Jake breathed out. "Planed out in advance" Jake realized.

"So what are you gonna' do" Fu asked.

"I think I need help and who better than gramps" Jake said straighten p and headed out.

"I thought the plan was just to warn your family. How has it changed" Fu asked.

"He's watching them he'll know if I just warn them" Jake explained as the two were on their way to the shop.

"How are you going to go about this" Fu questioned.

Jake took a moment to think.

"I've got an idea" Jake finally said.

~At the shop~

"So that's the plan" Fu said.

"Yep" Jake replied.

"You got a 50/50 chance you know" Fu explained.

"If you look at it from my point of view those are pretty good odds" Jake explained coming to the shop door.

"I guess good luck" Fu said taking a seat outside. "I better stay here two Fus might rise suspicion.

"G… I mean Loa Shi" Jake said coming up to his grandfather at the counter.

"Do I know you" LS asked.

"No but I'm the new… Canadian dragon… Jack Timberlake" Jake said wishing he came up with a better cover name.

"Must be fairly new, I didn't see you at the last dragon summons" LS said.

"Yeah just started but I have something very important to tell you it's of the utmost importance Jake got out in urgency.

"What is it" LS asked.

"It's the huntsclan" Jake started.

"If it's about the new activate I already know" LS informed.

"No not that I'm talking about something worse they're watching and waiting to attack m… I mean your family as we speak" Jake explained.

"Are you sure" LS asked in shock.

"Of course I'm sure I saw one of them myself" Jake informed.

Without another word LS grabbed his keys and left.

Jake walked out of shop just in time to see LS get in a taxi.

"Hey you… where'd ya go" the younger Fu asked coming into the front of the shop.

"I'm guessing it worked" Fu assumed.

"Told ya the odds were pretty good; Shoot I should of hitched a ride now I have to walk" Jake said in sudden realization.

"Walk where" Fu asked.

"Where do you think" Jake said. "Gramps my need some help one may of attacked but more could be watching" Jake explained.

Fu just sighed knowing that there was no stopping Jake, he was on a mission.

Jake and Fu were trying to get there as soon as possible so were taking the short cut through alley ways and less busy streets.

Jake and Fu were going pass an elementary school when Jake heard the sound of crying.

Despite the need to get home incase Gramps may need his help he still stopped to find the source.

Jake followed his ears to the bushes out front and peeked behind them. A little girl was curled up against the wall with her knees up and her hands covering her face. Her hair was raven black hair up in two tiny pigtails on both sides of her head. She wore a pink top with a pink skirt with yellow flowers scattered on it. Her shoes were simple white tennis shoes.

"You okay" Jake asked slipping behind the bushes to stand in front of her.

The girl's head shoot up to look at him. He could now see her face; it was a familiar face that would never age.

It was Haley, his little sister her cheeks stained with tears.

"Who are you" she asked her cries turning to sniffles as she wiped away one last stray tear.

"O… just some concerned kid who was passing by and wondered why someone like you would be crying.

"I have no friends, I'm too different, I don't fit in" she cried.

"I'll let you in on a little secret," Jake said sitting down next to her and putting an arm around her shoulder. "We're all a little different and it took me years but I learned that that's what makes us fit in."

"Really" Haley asked.

"Really," Jake answered "I just wish I knew that when I was your age."

"Woof" Fu said to get Jake's attention then pointed at the non-existence watch on his wrist.

"Um I've got to go" Jake said getting to his feet. "Just remember what I said and no more tears" Jake said putting his hand under her chin and having her look up at him.

Haley just smiled in response. Jake wished he could of stay a look at the smile longer but if he changed the future he'd see that smile many times more.

"Nice to see you and your sister bonding" Fu said as they continued on their way.

"I can't tell if you're being serious or are trying to set up a joke" Jake said back.

~Back at the house~

There was no one home. Jonathan was at work, Susan was out, and the kids were at school and all seemed quiet to LS but he knows looks can be deceiving.

LS brought forth his enhanced dragon senses. The heighted eye sight brought nothing, hearing nothing, and his heighted sense of smell… There was the lingering scent made only fainter by the normal over powering scents of the city. The scent was that of fear and blood. Not that these weren't normal scents after all this was New York City not the safes or sane of cities but the blood scent was a mix of many magical based creatures. LS couldn't pinpoint the exact creatures as the scent was so weak.

LS was suspicious, there was a scent but little else to go on. If they were here they were gone now.

LS was giving a sigh of relief that the danger had pass, for now, when his magical communicator went off. LS quickly pulled it from his pocket to answer. This was a communicator used only when there was trouble in the magical world. It was Councilor Andam on the other end.

The conversation was short, LS was summoned to Draco island to discuss an urgent matter with the council and the world's dragons.

Since the danger had passed LS left.

When Jake got there LS was gone.

"Where's Gramps" Jake asked out load.

"Maybe he defeated the huntsman and left" Fu suggested.

Jake too used his dragon senses to see if he could find any sign of the huntsclan.

"Well I don't sense him" Jake said then opened the necklace to look how much sand was left in the hourglass before his attention was turned else were.

His mom's car had pulled up to the house and parked on the side of the street.

Susan got out of the driver's side fiddling with the key chain to get the house key ready but while fumbling with the tangled key chain it fell from her hands into the street. Even though the keys only fell a foot away from her a speeding car was driving to close to the line of parked cars on the road and wasn't paying attention to the road.

Susan leaned over to pick up her keys not noticing the car coming at her driven by a careless driver. Susan may have not noticed but Jake did.

Jake ran forward grabbing the back of Susan's jacket and pulled her back out of the path of the oncoming car just in time. The car went on just honking it's horn as the only indication that it saw Susan just before she was pulled out of the way.

Susan was pressed up against the side of her car breathing heavily trying to calm down from the scare of nearly being hit by the car.

"Here" Jake said picking up her keys and holding them out to her.

"You saved me" Susan said coming out of her stupor.

"Uh… Yeah" Jake said unable to think of anything else to say.

"Thank you, thank you" Susan said pulling Jake into a tight hug.

Jake was surprised at first but got over it quickly and fell into his mother's embrace having moment of complete blissfulness to be held by his mother again.

Finally his mother let go and Jake left his blissful state and was a disappointed it was over.

"Thank you" Susan said again finally taking the keys from Jake's hand.

"It's okay mo… I mean miss" Jake said. "It's just what I do, always taught to do the right thing."

"That's very modest and noble if my son grew up to be like you I'd be very proud of him" Susan said with hand on his shoulder.

Susan gave Jake as small before heading for the house.

Jake came to a sudden realization of why he came here in the first place and smacked his forehead at his forgetfulness. While Jake was doing that Fu came to his side.

"Wait" Jake yelled out but just as he got the word out the last grain of sand fell through the other end of the hourglass. The ucono hour glass pulled Jake and Fu back to their own time. When Susan turned around at the boy's word he and the dog where gone.

Jake and Fu dropped out into the present into the very back ally they were in when they were transported to the past.

"Damn" Jake said as soon as he got himself up from the ground. "Ran out of time, I didn't get to warn them."

"Maybe…" Fu started but didn't want to finish.

"Maybe it was enough" Jake said running off, Fu following but quickly fell behind.

"I'm so out of shape" Fu said huffing as he tried to keep up with the boy.

When Fu caught up with Jake he was standing in front of his old house. It look the same as it did every day for the past 7 years. Run down, boarded up, and dirty, nothing had changed.

"I should of told you before," Fu started "Sometimes you can go back as many times and you want but no matter what you do there are events that can't be changed, it will happen no matter what."