The Camelia and Jade Adventures

by Aeonmaster Aeroza

A silent girl made mute, for all those that which to see, the tale set before her and those she will meet. Though there was foretold for the child in question, will she meet up to the standards of things that will come her way? As time goes, she will be tested again and again, but with the help of those she will befriend, meet, or fall in love with... Who knows what will occur?

2. The Sheep

A few weeks later, on September 24th of 1999, on a Friday, within Section 13 of Jackie and Jade's shared room with Camelia, at 10AM:

Things were going well with Camelia as she was treated for things that were indeed recorded for future records, by the orders of her cousin, surprisingly, Captain Augustus Black.

She was currently with Jade as Jackie was gone for the moment looking for the next talisman without them, to amuse her and annoy her friend.

Camelia and Jade got along with her eventually traveling to both Mexico and Paris, under careful watch, and met three people she thought were misunderstood yet got along with like Jade did, as well: El Toro Fuerte, his apprentice Paco, and Viper.

They also saved a turtle who had the Rabbit Talisman and let's say that adventure was crazy as well.

During that time, as she was being served Earl Grey Lightly Sweetened Tea, of encountering a single Shadowkhan she named Mike, with Jade's help that is, and accidentally made him serve her permanently.

Jade of course was jealous yet she understood Uncle, despite being not happy about it, said it was going to take some getting used to as Mike was also able to speak because of her, but refused to reveal his origins, especially since he was a mixed chi entity due to the servant bond.

The concept of chi went over both the girl's heads when he explained it, but realized many things about Camelia, just like Jackie, Jade, and a select few others as she adventured with them.

She had a photographic memory and was able to eventually learn Chinese and Japanese with the help of an English Translation Guidebook, and saw she was purposely failing on her tutoring and was told to not do so, and even aided Jade with her homework as well.

Camelia also was reluctant to reveal many things but told them about a voice she was friends with for years of knowing him and aided her with the treatments she suffered under the hands of her former caretakers.

Jade wasn't given the main description of what she went through from the written word, but Captain Black, Uncle, and Jackie held in their fury after realizing that she was no longer a virgin from those people allowing things to happen.

To correct her not being able to speak, she was taught how to do sign language within three days and aided Jade in learning it as she didn't want to be left out in the loop, alongside sending a book to their friends in case they wanted to speak with Camelia as well, and the others too.

To get back to what she had, Camelia also had minor regeneration of sorts, but she could still get sick with common illnesses. She also somehow, after touching a talisman once, gained a minor effect of their powers as she was slightly stronger, able to levitate objects with ease but her limit was that of at least twenty or so heavy books and can go fully invisible and back from touching the Rooster, Ox, and Snake Talismans. From the Rabbit, she gained slight flexibility and was more agile than she was, however.

It doesn't explain her bizarre situations of those sneezes, her eyes glowing in dark places, and her cravings for a lot of food whenever she exhausted herself.

Speaking of her, Camelia changed for the better after some magical potions from Uncle, and still ongoing therapy and whatnot.

Mentioning about her clothing, everyone, the outfit she was given as a gift by them all and wore, was a soft mesh fishnet bra under her white sleeveless t-shirt and an open vest with it being mainly black and green accents and having silver zippers in four pockets close to the bottom, and it did show her stomach slightly. She also had elbow sleeves on her arms that were easily removable yet went all the way from her shoulders to her wrists and had blue and green flame etched designs on them. She wore short beige jeans with a leather black belt with copper pins on them, up to her mid-thigh, and wore plain white thigh stockings with adventuring sneakers by Nike, with then matching her vest and had bolt-based designs on the sides in a dull-yellow color, and the lining is brown.

Most was due to her body being back to what it was meant to be.

Speaking, she's now 4'2 and gained a figure that Jade tinted at times without realizing know Camelia was supposed to be going through early puberty, as she gained a decently sized chest for her age to her developing figure, and her signs of malnutrition were gone, but most and not all of her scars were rid of as to Uncle's surprise and more from treating her, those were caused by blood-absorbing cursed daggers.

Though she was measured to have a basic A-Cup, and others to her waist and hips, Camelia strangely felt that she was not done growing at all as after all, she was still a kid, as her measurements (to anyone's curious mind) was 30-22-33.

So the Potter Girl would need a special potion of sorts to take care of the rest, and it wouldn't be able to be made for quite some time as the components are rare to come by.

All in all, Camelia was getting used to life in America and never missed things on her part within England at all, especially since she has her things with Jade.

Speaking of which, they were playing a card game as Camelia asked Mike to bring Jade to play with her, as even he was given a book for him to learn sign language as well… Despite loving Uncle as well, she was sympathetic to Jade for eating those Mung Bean Sandwiches when she was told to stay with the old man until Jackie came back.

"Got any three's Amy?" Jade asked her seeing Camelia was looking and shook her head 'No' and soon held up five fingers to get Jade to groan as she gave her all three of the five-base cards she had in her hand. "How are you good at this as this is the fifth time you won?" Jade complained without a bite to it to know she was rather curious and saw Camelia shrugged back with her signing then, after she placed her cards down, "Not sure. I always win at times in any game somehow, if I can play it."

Jade nodded before looking at the time and confused Camelia before she blink and facepalmed to herself at forgetting as well, as Jade got around quickly, "Crap! I'm going to miss Jackie coming to the Shop…" she paused from getting her overnight bag and asked her then to which she glanced at Mike, "Could he get us there faster?"

"Mike, can you take us both to Uncle's Shop to greet Jackie? And then if you want, you can take a small break unless I mind-call you?" Camelia asked Mike as to the truth for him, he didn't mind the child as she was respectful and didn't mind his kind's way of travel at all, and he bowed before grabbing both Jade and her, and they sunk into a shadowy portal before arriving in moments into Uncle's Shop's main lobby.

Though the Servant Shadowkhan only decided to speak his mind when it comes to it, however, by his timing.

Camelia waved Mike off before they turned to see the door open, and Jackie came into it and held an 'Oomph' sound when Jade called him out and hugged the man.

Jackie blinked as he was reminded by Jade then of a trio she wanted to head to alongside Camelia, and beaming, "Are we heading to Melvin World now?"

"Oh? Ok. First I go home and get some sleep." Jackie informs her tiredly as Jade looked disappointed at that before Uncle gave Camelia a knowing look from sensing her servant brought her here, and had his arms out to greet Jackie by saying his name, and him as well… Before looking into his bags, "What did you bring me?"

"The Sheep Talisman." Jackie stated unsurely as he held it up to perk the two girls, and Uncle looked satisfied with him stating to him in a pleased tone, "Good. Now we can do research."

Jackie, as tired as he was, started to tell Uncle then, "Oh, but I'm very tired."

Uncle paused before amusing the girls at what they were watching as he held the talisman to his ear, and stated to Jackie, "I'm sorry, wait..." "What is it, what do you hear?" Jackie asked in wonder before he got two-fingered slapped on the forehead by Uncle and told him firmly, "I hear the sound of this sheep not telling me what power it holds."

While Jade complained to Jackie, Uncle dragged the man as well and explained things to him, and blinked with pulling Jade aside from Jackie stating he traveled for eighteen hours, and more, before Uncle retorted by telling him, and showing his place within his shop-home, "That is why you must relax with some of the wood books."

After seeing Uncle drag Jackie into the study, Jade raised an eyebrow at Camelia as she tripped and knocked over a stack of books that Uncle already had out, and hastily caught them and with one even balancing on her head to hide a hint of laughter to her friend, and helped her take care of them, and with Camelia raising an eyebrow on some books based from England, Japanese, and Chinese she decided to read later for herself.

Jade sighed on the couch with Camelia wordlessly patting her back, as truthfully, she was looking forward to her first trip to an amusement park as well, and perked up before Jade shook her head with a small smile at seeing she brought her cards, and stated to her in sign language, "Rematch?"

Meanwhile, within the Dark Hand Headquarters, Shendu was scolding the men for a partially successful job that failed, "Chan possesses another talisman, while I have none!" His eyes glowed though when he said this, and stated to Valmont then, "You are weak and your men are fools."

"That's it, I ain't taking no more lip from a statue," Finn stated and ignored Valmont glancing at him in a way he didn't like the idea.

The enforcers and their boss then turned to the statue as he informed them then firmly, "I am no statue. You stand in the presence of a Demon Sorcerer. I once held dominion over a vast empire, but my subjects betrayed me. They cast a Chi Spell that imprisoned me into this pitiful form that I have remained for nine hundred years. The twelve magic talismans that I drew my power, were scattered to the winds."

"Whoa." Ratso only stated as Finn admitted to the statue, "You got jacked." Shendu wasn't deterred by those words and continued his words to them, "The acquisition of all the talismans will allow me to be free of my confinement, and walk the Earth once again."

Valmont then informed them after his words to see greed in his men's eyes, "At which time, we will be rewarded the lost treasure of Ching Xi Hung. That is well worth taking a little lip, don't you think?"

Back at Uncle's Shop, an hour or two later, Uncle told Jackie then within his study as he looked at the back of the talisman itself, from a small breakthrough, "Jackie. These symbols explain the talisman's power. We must find a translation."

Uncle glanced at Jackie to see he fell asleep, and hit him with the talisman itself, waking him up and rubbing his head, and didn't amuse the old man by his words, "Counting sheep makes me sleepy."

"One more thing… We must keep the talisman in this magic box where it will be concealed from the dark forces." Uncle, without noticing anything alongside Jackie, didn't see Jade sneak into the room and pilfered the talisman from the box, and headed up to the attic as Uncle told Jackie then, "One more thing… Stay awake. You break many antiques when you sleepwalk."

Jackie then denied Uncle then and there, "I don't sleepwalk." At this, Uncle placed his hands on his hips and accused him then, "So? You break my antiques for fun?"

So with Jade, she was walking up the stairs and Camellia right behind her as she mainly stated to herself aloud, "I'll find out what it does the easy way." Near the pillows and closet, she stated to herself once more unsure alongside having a brave front, "Hmm… I just hope it isn't the exploding head talisman."

Jade then tried to do stuff with it for the next five minutes before Camelia tried as well, and didn't see a minor glint as she wordlessly yelled it shocked her to concern Jade and checked her hands and did see minor scorch marks that soon faded in moments, and gently grabbed the talisman, and let Camellia sit on the few chairs provided as she stated to it with a few shakes, "Work already!"

To their surprise, the lines on the sheep began tracing themselves over a glow and made Jade beam as it worked... For only Jade to be knocked back into a larger comfy blue antique chair and slumped to worry Camelia over.

While her friend was shaking her, Jade's Spirit herself came out of her body and blinked, before starting at seeing her transparent body, "Oh no! I'm dead!" She turned and glanced at her body in the chair, and her friend fell on her behind from being startled, "I'm not dead?"

Jade glanced at the talisman with a smirk at Camelia, and then slumped before coming back up and explaining to make her blink at the item, in wonder, "This thing makes me a ghost!"

"A Ghost Talisman?" Camelia signed with Jade nodding happily to her, "Ya. It was neat. I might go exploring and see what I can do, you in Amy?"

Camelia blinked and warily looked at the item, and saw Jade's face and sighed as she gave a hesitant nod, and they then decided to hold hands as Jade activated it… And soon found both girls were transparent with Jade blinking in utter shock, as Camelia voiced her opinions, and even sounding like Selena Gomez, didn't notice that she was speaking, "This is odd."

Seeing Jade's look of being stunned, made Camelia blink and asked her then with both speaking and signing it out, "What is it, Jade?"

"You can talk?!" Jade exclaimed, making Camelia pause and blink at herself in shock, "I can talk… I can talk!"

Camelia glanced at her body at being freaked out and soon got over herself and sighed, and she subconsciously touched her throat by sighing to Jade then, making the girl understand, "It seems that I might be able to talk like this, but when I go back…" "You can't?" Jade finished to which she saw her friend nod soberly and looked ready to cry, as this was the first in a long time she heard her voice through her lips, for years.

Camelia blinked back her tears from Jade patting her back, and made her smile softly to herself as she cheered her up by stating then, "Maybe we can see Moose World for ourselves? We won't have to wait in line."

Camelia then glanced at their bodies and back to her and asked her warily, and Jade thought in her words, "Should we make sure our bodies are safer than they are?"

"Psh, they will be fine Amy." Jade states with Camelia trusting her and took off with Jade holding her hand to Melvin Moose World, as they were doing so, two of The Enforcers pulled up and Ratso stated to Finn then in a way, he expects this as he brought out the Seeking Device, "Wasted time. They probably got it locked up at Section 13 by now. Wherever that is." Finn, although saw the device begin glowing both red eyes towards the Shop, and Ratso noticed with Finn cheekily said to his comrade, "I'm sorry, did you say something?"

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In another realm, a certain man on a top-secret and long-paid mission, sneezed as if someone stole his line, and resumed overseeing it through... Which was protecting two particular individuals from harm by some civilians as their one of few mentioned bodyguards, before chasing a kidnapper for the girl about five miles with avoiding flames, and ended him.

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The two went into the house and followed the glowing eyes, and soon came upon both children on the chair, with Jade being the one holding the talisman, with also seeing both girls holding hands.

Later on, the two enforcers returned and began making up a story to their boss, and Shendu then, "So then Chan lifts a whole bus and he chucks it at us!" Ratso began with Finn adding in details, "He wasn't easy to take down but…" they made both Valmont and Shendu if he could blink at revealing the Sheep Talisman, "We knew how much you wanted this."

Valmont grabbed it from his henchman and casually tossed it to the statue as it magically found its spot on him, glowed for a bit to know it's secured, and saluted in respect, "Cheers Shendu. First of an even dozen."

"I am free…" Shendu tells himself in excitement before going back into the statue, and informs them in a pleased tone, "The Sheep Talisman enables me to project my astral form, an admirable start… But I must have the others."

"Yeah, but finding them in Section 13 won't be as easy as taking a talisman out of a sleeping kid's hand," Ratso admitted before he got elbowed by Finn, and this intrigued Shendu within moments.

"Did that occur before or after Chan chucked the bus?" Valmont sarcastically tells the two with Shendu stating more to himself than to the three, "This sleeping child may not be sleeping at all… And if her spirit wanders," he activated the talisman to become a spectator and finished his words, and headed to where he thinks it is, "Her vessel has a vacancy."

With Jade and Camelia, Jade was having her arm go through a random kid's torso as he had an ice cream cone and made her laugh at her friend for picking his nose, before she sighed to concern Camelia over, by her words, "Being a Ghost of Golden Gate Park is lame if no one can see you."

"We did have fun with Moose World though… Even though we couldn't try the snacks and do the prize corners." Camelia admitted to Jade as she did agree to that, and sighed before starting to her and grabbing her hand, "Let's get back and maybe try and experience the real thing."

With Jackie and Uncle, the younger of the men admitted to himself with Uncle picking up some books, in a suspicious tone, "Jade is quiet." He got up, and went upstairs to see both Jade and Camelia resting together on the chair within the attic, and thought it was rather cute and stated to himself, "Oh… Like a baby."

This got him a sudden idea as he went over nearby and relaxed before slumber hit him, just as the ghostly forms of Jade and Camelia came back to the attic and stated to herself with her friend in agreement, "Like a baby," at Jackie before she froze at seeing her hand was empty of the talisman.

"Where's the talisman?!" Jade stated in growing panic as she began to look, and Camelia didn't know what to do as she was about to say something to Jade but stiffened as she felt like she was being watched, and slowly turned and gasped as she saw the Spirit of Shendu, and warily floated to Jade as she was looking behind some crates.

Jade began to get annoyed from the constant tugging on her phantasm-like hoodie and before she could say what, to her, she froze as well as saw Shendu.

"Whoa! What are you?!" Jade exclaimed as he chuckled at seeing two bodies to choose from, sensing the other girl must be the power source, and responded to them both, "Everything you will grow to fear!"

He charged and knocked Jade away from Camelia and forced her back into her body without seeing a discharge of chi being sent into her soul, and him going right into Jade's body.

Jade gasped at seeing her very own body rise, and brief glowing red eyes from them as Camelia wordlessly moved as if she was weakened, and glanced at the Possessed Jade smirking at her, before confusion settled in as she pointed at the body, and then to Jade, and back.

Seems the child has the power to see the dead- Shendu began to think before freezing and sensed fragments of his talismans within the girl, well, the ones that between the Chans and his minions encountered, and could easily sense her power alongside a concealed one, Intriguing… This might add to my conquest further.

Camelia hastily nodded with the Original Jade crossing her arms and narrowed her eyes at her body by speaking at her then, in her voice even, "Child… If you reveal my truth, I will render this body useless and dispose of it in a river or worse. And by my senses, you wouldn't desire that, would you?"

She froze with a finger aimed at her, seeing whoever possessed Jade's Body, wanted words, "Well then, speak!"

Shendu turned an ear to Spectral Jade as she signed out to him, and saw the faded scar on Camelia's throat with ease, and the faded lightning scar to intrigue him, in moments, "You're dumb as you are? You should know Amy can't talk due to her treatment by her former caretakers."

Camelia sharply looked wordlessly at Jade at that, before warily glancing at the intriguing entity within Jade's Body, and did sign language to then make her and even Jade blink at the entity understanding it, "Of course, you would be upset of a trusted ally stating things to make a point."

"You know Sign Language?" Camelia now no longer feared the entity to make Jade facepalm to herself and intrigue the entity's ego a bit, calmly stated to her then, "Correct as I learned that as well during my life… However, I think you could aid me further in many ways."

Confused, she hid a silent yelp with Jade stating 'Leave her alone' as Shendu raised her arm and blinked at seeing the knife-like scars of tainted weaponry, and stated to the girl with narrowed eyes at sensing she wasn't at all human, to begin with, by finally touching her through physical contact, and intrigued by her bracelet as well, "Who are your parents, Youngling?"

Camelia grabbed her arm back and signed truthfully with Jade's understanding as well, and knowing that her friend was trying to bide time to maybe figure things out, "I don't know. All I was told was that I was a Freak by my former family, and said my parents were better off dead."

Shendu despite his urge to find someone to take him to his desired location, frowned at this as despite sensing her mixed energy of light and darkness, perfectly blended, he sensed a powerful source possibly placed within her that felt equally or more powerful than him and told her to even make Jade blink at the entity's words of softness, "Perhaps you are misinformed then. You, powerful as you are, possibly have higher-powered parents that would rather have sent you to someone more equally to raise, than what you say. Especially since you come back from death," he touches her forehead to make her and Jade's eyes widen by this information, "Is the setback of a former dark soul that was banished from your very body to be a living vessel, for another."

Before Camelia could reply, she froze before slumping on the chair and startled after so many years, and the spirit as well of Jade, the Demon Sorcerer saw the child's eyes were changed into a set of glowing, fiery, and magma-like set of draconian eyes and even her voice was different, as it was a male, "True be that, Demon. I was sealed into her being for her protection and her safety, a deal her mother mainly made with gods unknown to you. I decided to take over this one time to explain things to you and her… Friend."

Camelia's body did stretch a bit before this new entity, to Jade's shock, and even learning the one in her body was a demon, explained firmly and calmly to them, "This child was indeed born with power unimaginable from the parents hosting entities or even having via the mother, via an egg, for a better birth. She has yet to fully access all her power as she is to learn and grow as time goes on until she has her prophetic telling unleashed. For she is the catalyst and the savior of this realm, the only one with a select few to devastation and balance of peace upon foes they encounter. Her true donated mother is not from this realm and resides in another, and yet, they have been told she was dead, and not knowing nothing could be done about it from false tellings. They are entities even I fear, and so shall you."

"So what name do you have then, fellow demon?" Shendu quizzically asked before jaw-dropping in unexpected shock, and Jade being puzzled as she thought she heard that name before, somewhere, as Camelia darkly chuckled at her body, and eyes glowing for a few moments to a glint, "It has been a long time to call my title or newer name, but I am no demon, dragon yes, but not so… I paid my dues to gain what I am now part of, after my demise from my realm. I am… Deathwing, the former catalyst and destructive force of my realm. I, however, know that in time you shall be freed, and more, but she is immune from particular things for further events, especially a particularbook."

Shendu's eyes widen at that, before narrowing at Deathwing with him firmly stating then through Jade's body, "You know of that?"

"Indeed. Although it would be a waste to return to where she will eventually seek me out within herself, as only my voice and hints of power aided her upbringing for her life, I have a proposal for you… And those in relation." Deathwing soon offered to make Shendu raise an eyebrow at Camelia's body, "And what may that be?"

What Deathwing stated next with him glancing right at Jade and back to her body, secretly excited and making her fearful, at the same time, "To be her mentor alongside the others, as I sensed she will need it, and in exchange, possible outcomes for blessings in the far future. That, and one of your few own dragons I sense is this and that child's familier, besides one other sealed away within the city, somewhere."

"Intrigued as this is, what is my part?" Shendu tells Deathwing to make the entity within Camelia's body narrow her eyes and then tells him with a glance at Jade as he spoke through Camelia's body, "To as I said, and more when times come… The prophecy, the truth of the true one, is important to her… The child, to which would be written in the Book of Amknaga, which is truth, is also hard to come by."

Shendu understood what that book was, and Jade didn't, before seeing Deathwing pause before chuckling and admitting to the host within Jade's Body, "She is rather surprised I can do this as well, and even realizing she, alongside your bodily host, has magic mixed with chi. I would have told her this when she was a bit older, but circumstances have changed ever since that slight energized earthquake felt within Mexico, finding the Ox Talisman to add and give her body what it needs, and strength. If you want to impress me further, and if Youngling Chan doesn't mind, then get to know Camelia as I will make a deal with you later, Jadis Chan."

"It's Jade Chan, not Jadis," Jade complained to amuse the dragon within Camelia before closing her eyes and then saw she returned with blinking a few times, as Shendu was now more interested in the child than ever if what this… Deathwing stated it was true. Especially since it seems like Jade informed her friend her true first name, who was mixed, at this moment.

Jade did reveal her true first name she hates to her in trust, and in turn, Jade hid some rage for unexpected reasons of some details Camelia left out back then she trusted the Chan Girl with.

Anyway, the demon then decided to get up and use Jade's right leg to disturb Jackie, and stated to him once he was awakened, "Time to awaken dear uncle."

Realizing the situation, Camelia watched as Jade stated to herself, "Sorry, Charlie. But my body ain't big enough for the both of us." She charged at her body to only be repelled and wincing as that hurt slightly and saw the demon was still trying to wake Jackie up, and Camelia was mixed in what to do as she didn't want Jade to harm herself again.

"Get out of there! Give me back my body!" Jade exclaimed before she was shoved away by the demon and dragged an aware Jackie, and told him then, "You should not sleep on the floor, Uncle Jackie."

Jackie yawned and agreed as he told 'Jade' then to not see the brief hidden smirk on Jade's bodily face, "We should go back to Section 13."

"Yes… Section 13." Shendu agreed before being annoyed as Uncle shouted at Jackie, his name, and Jackie sighed then to 'Jade', "Eventually."

Shendu had a brief glow of his host body's eyes in irritation at this as Jackie was heading downstairs and Camelia briefly got up, before seeing that look on Jade's body, despite not wanting to see it again, made the demon pause from Camelia touching Jade's left shoulder with her hand, and flinched at the tone he stated through Jade's voice, "What is it?"

Jade guessed she had no choice and figured maybe Camelia knew what to do, recalling as a ghost, no one could hear you at all, as she hesitated but signed away, "Maybe you should be patient? Section 13 does have the talismans, yes, but there is more I saw in that place that might scare you away from it. Especially since I saw a strange broken and slightly large tablet of sorts there."

Intrigued by the mention of a tablet and giving Jade a sheepish look with another look of later to know she would inform her where she meant, eventually, Shendu sighed holding the bridge of Jade's nose and asserted in a way, that he wasn't hostile at this moment, but irritated mixed with being curious, "What do you have in mind then? Youngling?"

Moments later, Jade was pouting as she gave up trying to get Jackie's attention she saw Camelia and her body with a demon host, coming down the stairs in reluctance.

They then headed into the kitchen seeing both Jackie and Uncle were busy researching once again and made Shendu and even Jade raises an eyebrow at Camelia getting ingredients for something, and even tea.

"What are you planning as I planned to serve them merely tea, Child?" Shendu inquired before Jade could ask and mumbled to herself as Camelia paused before signing to her friend's body, reluctantly, "I'm hungry and have not eaten anything this morning, and figured maybe I make some food for once for everyone and had a hunch... Well… Since you were going to make stuff too."

Before Shendu could reply, he watched on in amusement as Jade stated and exclaimed to her sheepish friend in apprehending her, as if she did something bad, "You need to eat, Amy. You know what those doctors said to help you recover?"

"I know Jade, but I didn't think about it when I was playing cards and stuff back at Section 13," Camelia signed out and then got ingredients for something Chinese to intrigue the demon at recognizing what it was, and once she got the stuff with ignoring Jade's pointed look to her, finished her words then, "I'm just not used to eating three meals a day, Jade. You know how my life was before I arrived by that weird vortex in San Francisco."

"I know, especially when you were lost until you bumped into yours truly," Jade pointed out cheekily with Camelia sticking out her tongue playfully back before blinking at Shendu in utter surprise as he began to help her then with a raised eyebrow of a wordless, what, and Jade wondered if she could cook as she was forced to watch the two make food plenty to go around, and perplexed Shendu of what she would be eating.

They made a lot of rice, cooked meat, and accessories to add to your all-you-can-eat stir-fry style, and Jade has grossed out that her host ate some sushi from Camelia knowing that she has yet to try some, and was intrigued with the flavors bursting into 'Her' mouth before they began to serve the food.

The two Chan males, smelled good cooking and were perplexed before coming into the kitchen, and blinked at seeing Camelia and 'Jade' was doing the final touches before she saw them, and froze as Uncle elbowed Jackie to say something, "Well, this looks fancy."

This made Camelia look relieved as Shendu figured by then the Youngling was probably a slave to whom raised her, as she shouldn't have been this well deserved in cooking, as she signed away in wariness with a half-truth, "I just wanted to thank you for taking me in and allowing me to be part of the family. Jade helped me with the drinks though, and some of the meat."

This touched both Chan males' hearts and didn't see 'Jade' hide a slight scowl with soft eyes glowing briefly at the child from this confession, and Uncle nodded with a warm smile, "Very good food selection for self-service. Jade and Little Flower have outdone themselves."

After eating the food with Jade at least knowing her body would be fed, Shendu asked with her realizing whatever demon this was, at last, wanted the talismans back within Section 13, "May we go to Section 13, after I and Camelia clean up?"

Jackie was about to say something, but winced as Uncle amused Shendu by a meager two-finger slap to his head, and didn't see 'Jade' smirk to herself as he sighed out tiredly, as the Oolong Tea didn't help matters, "I will arrange a ride."

Once the two were out of earshot, Shendu admitted to Camelia and she saw Jade leave and guessed was going to resume to try and get their attention, once again, made her tint from the honesty 'She' spoke of, "Truthfully, that was the best meal of a long time I have ever eaten. Though, a touch of white shark or other sea life would be good as well to it, even whale."

"You ate sharks before?" Camelia curiously signed to amuse Shendu, as he had a feeling that despite them hating his time on Earth, they would get a kick of sorts, out of this mortal child, "Indeed. Shark Sushi is also good as well, as during my reign I had that as a special treat, that, and smoked eel."

Shendu didn't want to clean up, but he did so to keep the charade he told the two Chan Clan Members, and snuck in some more sushi as well, and perhaps maybe getting in contact with them, as the child looked sheepishly at not seeing the demon fully recognizing said fire that came out from her mouth when she sneezed on some leftovers that became ash, on Uncle's former plate.

Her one of possibly three mothers cannot possibly be that entity?! But her set of eyes… They are just like who I thought I would never see again, Shendu briefly thought as he ducked and saw the girl sniffles from smelling pepper, and gave her a napkin to blow on once they were done, he was bewildered at the Youngling wanting to play a game with him.

"I have a better idea as those two fools are back in the study, why not try a new game?" Shendu suggested and ignored the wordless frown she made before looking at him with a cute held tilt in instant curiosity about what he meant, as so far to her, the demon may be as such, but whomever it was, it seemed nice.

"Hold out your hand, and since we know you cannot speak, I want you to repeat these words in your mind," Shendu says with a hidden grin, as with him knowing what he wanted to make sure of, she gave him a look after hearing the words but shrugged, closed her eyes, and saw she began to do so with her grabbing Jade's hands.

Shendu's knowledge of wanting to know was confirmed by seeing faint sigils floating above the child's head, and wondered what or how she survived, and wary of the others with seeing the golden glow of said sigils to know what her parents were before the child could even learn.

Camelia jumped on her spot on the large sofa as Shendu let out a low growl of irritation from being interrupted by a door slam by Uncle, to wake up Jackie, and the sigils easily faded away from view.

Later on, with Jade acting as a peacekeeper for another card game between Camelia and 'Jade', the door was knocked on to see it was Captain Black, with Jackie answered the door and both children got up with Jade seeing her friend doing single-handed signs to get her to understand, as she went with the demon possession body as he stated to the two girls, "Your coach awaits little ladies."

Once Camelia was buckled next to the demon, she had a feeling unlike 'Jade', they were going somewhere else.

After some time, Augustus gave her and 'Jade' blindfolds and told them in a way, that she was getting a mixture of wariness and excitement, "Better wear these you two, we're almost there."

Once she was escorted out of the car, she and 'Jade's' blindfolds were removed as she showed a small smile, and 'Jade' looked irritated before blinking at Camelia as she gave her a look with Captain Black not seeing their reactions just yet, and showed 'Her' to smile to raise an eyebrow to understand things as Shendu did so quickly, and was escorted into the park.

With her cousin busy as she asked for her and 'Jade' to have some snacks, Camelia signed to make Shendu blink and narrow with her friend's eyes at her then, and responded quietly for at least for her to hear, "Why should I do so? I seek what's in Section 13?"

"Because he brought us here out of our interests at heart. I know you are not pleased, but try to at least have fun as from what you stated, you haven't had legs to walk on in a long time. I'm sure Jade would understand… Slightly?" Camelia signed to the demon unsurely to then make the demon ponder this within Jade's body, and if the sigils were true, would maybe be a slight bonding moment with the child. "Fine, but we get to decide together on what these mortals have fun with, agreed?"

Camelia nodded as Captain Black came back to make both Shendu and Camellia puzzled by the menu of chili-cheese fries and some soda, and Shendu blinked as the food was good and saw Camelia dig in before she started to choke, and panicking the Section 13 leader and grabbed an unusual pen and injected it into her exposed arm he briefly lifted from her elbow sleeves and saw her wordlessly sigh with being confused as he looked angry, and was telling off the server about hers having no onions, and there was.

"Allergies?" Shendu asked the child to which she nodded weakly as she gave her food to 'Jade', and made the demon shrug with the host's body, and devoured it as Augustus Black came back with more, but without onions, being apologetic.

Soon, Shendu hates to admit it but the demon enjoyed the rides more than the mortals made seeing Camelia enjoying herself and admitting this was indeed her first time having fun in a place like this made the demon have brief glowing eyes at learning that.

Shendu ignored the call from the cellular device he recognized Valmont would tend to use to call out to people, on a rollercoaster, and soon was taking a picture with the mascot of the amusement park itself with Camelia looking to say nothing to the demon, and just smile, which Shendu reluctantly did as not known to them, the photo was taken twice with the original, showing the demon's spirit around Jade's bodily face.

Once it was getting to closing time, Camelia saw Jackie was running with Jade floating beside him and saw how irritated the demon within Jade's body was at this, as he exclaimed to Captain Black, "Get away from her!"

"Whoa there Jackie-" Shendu lowly growled at Jackie as he tried to explain his reasons, "She's not Jade! The talisman's magic has her a sheep, I mean, no, I'll prove it." He grabbed the startled mascot and declared to 'Jade', "What's the moose's name?!"

Shendu looked caught as Jackie exclaimed to Jade's body then in triumph, and let the mascot go as he got out of there, "You can't name it, can you? You're evil! You're evil!" Jackie though pointed at her in a way, Camelia facepalmed like Jade was to make him look crazy.

"Jackie," Captain Black began and looking at his friend in concern, "You look like you could use a little sleep-" without warning, 'Jade' rose and placed pinpoints on both the agent and Captain Black's necks to make them pass out, and smirk at Jackie as he asked the demon warily, "Who are you?"

It was then Camelia heard the real voice come out and guessed like her friend, Deathwing, anyone could mimic the original voice if they were a demon, a male one in fact, and stated to Jackie with a wicked grin, "You're executioner."

Camelia had to hold in silent laughter with Jade not doing so, as they watched the demon trying to go after Jackie yet failed as he easily held her head away from him, from watching Jade's body trying to punch her uncle, and went back a few steps with seeing 'Jade' going into a stance, "You- You stay back or I will give you a spanking!"

"As you wish, as this is not my body!" Shendu exclaimed as he tried to use Jade's body to do a kicking upper-cut, but failed, as Jackie caught the body, and with Shendu struggling in his hold.

"Weak little girl," Shendu grunted out with Jade taking offense to that, "I'm not weak!" Shendu then kicked Jackie in the chest to make Camelia wince, before being startled as Shendu grabbed her and took off back into the amusement park and began leading Jackie and Jade on a wild goose chase.

Seeing the child had a perfect memory, Shendu forced her down to lose Jackie for a moment, and made her confused as knowing he wouldn't be doing it himself, she could, "Pay attention Youngling as I am going to be giving you instructions on something important you must do alone, in front of any mirror. Understand?"

Camelia nodded as Shendu gave her the spell and with her disability, told her how to counteract it before leading her into the house of mirrors, and Jackie closely behind after spotting them.

Once inside, Jackie saw what appeared to be Jade, amused the demon, and made Camelia hide a wince as he smacked into a mirror, before becoming wary from seeing Shadowkhan revealing themselves, and magically coming out in an intimidating way.

Camelia didn't know what Jackie was doing, but she saw Shendu give her a real look of apology from firmly gripping her right wrist as the demon led her to the rollercoaster again, and saw the demon press a button before forcing her to join and was startled as the girl saw the ride nearly ran Jackie over but was relieved with hearing Jade, and a snort from the demon after, "You're not playing fair."

After passing by a few times, Jackie managed to get on the same cart on the coaster, held a cellphone to Jade's bodily right ear, forcibly, and stated to the demon, "It's for you!"

Camelia saw the body of Jade, and widen her eyes in shock before she was blinded, like Jackie was, by unnatural red lights glowing as beams from both Jade's bodily mouth and eyes, as the demon escaped in pain back to his statue body, and Jade cheering in victory before she saw Camelia was standing and tripped over herself, and began falling from the coaster to startle and horrify Jackie.

"Amy!" Jade shouted in panic as she didn't know what to do, and Camelia was soon crying her eyes out from falling to her doom.

The duo of Chan Clan Members froze from hearing a roar of sorts within the sky and something shooting quickly to go after Camelia, and the girl braced herself for contact with the ground… Only to feel nothing, and once she opened her eyes, she gaped at seeing she was being carried by a dragon.

A dragon that forced its way after trying so long from sensing her birth, to be freed and aid her at last, from the dimension the dragon was placed into. And it was all thanks to the demon freeing from the spotted location long forgotten when it zoomed past from the burst of demonic chi.

It is a dragon with a bristly appearance. It is covered in spikes that constantly regrow as they're broken off. It has two massive horns similar to a bull. The monster's hide is primarily black with purple and orange accents.

Despite its size, however, it was a pure race of its or her species, and gracefully landed with roaring upwards into the sky as Jade could only comment with only one word, "Whoa!"

Seeing that Camelia was passed out from her fainting in relief, the dragon growled protectively as Jackie and Jade, back in her body, cautiously approached with Jackie informing Uncle, and him having an answer with Jade glancing between the dragon, her friend, and to her uncle.

"Easy there, easy boy-" the dragon snarled at him at that gender naming, "I mean, easy girl!" The dragon lessened her snarling at the human with a snort, before gazing at Jade, directly, with more interest.

"Jackie… Why is she staring at me?" Jade warily asked before he could answer, the dragon sniffed Jade constantly for a few moments before getting a glint, and made the girl quickly cover her ears as the dragon roared at her alongside Jackie doing the same as his niece, and then the beast shook her head and made Jade yelp as the dragon placed Camelia on top of her with hinted amusement from the gurgles she let out.

"Not cool," Jade tells the dragon with Jackie realizing that the beast had humanized intelligence before blinking and with both of them jaw-dropping as from a flash of light, the dragon was now humanized to prove his theory and was making him tint at how attractive she looked as well, much to Jade's tinted annoyance.

She was around seven feet tall evenly, with her outfit resembling her dragon form in colors as it was mainly knighted polished armor that revealed her center and up to her neck of her bust in a large keyhole shape design, her arms, midsection, and legs. The armor itself even hinted as to what dragon she was with decently placed spikes on her shoulder, wrists plating, and her gauntlet boots on the sides.

To mention her looks, she also had blackened hair that looked silky and was tied into a decent fishnet ponytail at the back with her having a delicate and decently sharp-rounded face with wide-squarish draconian eyes to her dragon form, and tiger-like bolt marks up to three in crimson colors around the sides of both of her cheeks. She did have an athletic yet slender and decently curved top-heavy hourglass figure. Her bust being a large H-Cup that tends to jiggle on any movement, her sides gently tucked to help with her curves more and her back straight, her hips being perfect alongside tender yet decently toned and supple thighs to her long legs, to her lightly ashen or closer to pale skin.

She smirked showing she had sharp teeth as she laughed, and sounded just like the voice actress, Hynden Walch, as she spoke to them purposely crossing her arms under her bust to realize that she wasn't intimidated by the duo and was also flustering Jackie, "It seems like I have my work cut out for me of my Nergigante Race as a Shifter. Especially since my Mistress summoned me successfully from the realm and my other groups were sealed into separate sections."

"Ummm… Huh?" Jackie states to amuse the woman before them and glances at Jade with a glint in her eyes as Jade made sure Camelia was ok, before blinking like Jackie was at her words then, in gratitude, "Thanks, Dragon Lady."

"Well, no problem then, squirt." The dragon shifter ignored the unexpected glare at that, but continued as she came over to them, sensing there were at least two other humans closeby, and flicked Jackie's nose to amuse Jade over, "As after all… Serving one such as her will be both a blessing and a curse. And to be honest, I would not have it in any other way."

Before Jackie Chan himself could ask the twenty-something in age dragon, in appearance, they turned with seeing her look irritated as both the agent and Captain Black had guns pointed right at her, for only for her to send them right into her hands… And shocked them with Jade stating, cool, as she swallowed them whole with a look of challenge.

"Jackie…" Augustus warily states with Jade butting in before he can speak once more, and telling them this girl saved Camelia from falling to the ground.

"Well then, Miss?" Captain Black began as they were getting to the car with her realizing that she has yet to introduce herself, and perplexed the man from realizing herself she was in no harms way, currently, and gave a salute with a glint in her eyes, "Forgive this servant to my Mistress Camelia: I am Amelia Nightshade, daughter to the Ancient Nergigante Race and to that of the remaining Black Aspects that are free, and chosen service by her will under Lady Camelia."

Augustus kept the race names to the back of his mind for now as they all got into the back of the car, being secretly amused at how concerned Jade was over her friend, before making him and Jackie blink at the shifters' words then, "Ah… Developed love at its finest, especially since I sensed they have made a connection already."

Jade overheard this and tinted as she liked Camelia as a friend, but she did have to wonder at times why her heart thumps whenever she thought of her or rare moments when she touched her hand.

"Excuse me, connection?" Jackie warily asked the woman to which Amelia gave an obvious look, and made the two blink as Jade and them, by her power, saw a golden line between Jade and Camelia's hearts, vanished the wordless spell to hide it once again, and widen their eyes by her reveal, "Why, their bonds as Soulmates, of course."

Later on back in Section 13 with Captain Black making another room for Amelia to live in, and Jackie informing Uncle with his cellphone of this predicament, Camelia was awake in her shared room with Jackie and Jade, with the latter not here as she was going to check where she signed for the location of those weird objects.

She wordlessly sighed as her male voice friend, Deathwing, informed her about what he overheard when she was out, and soothed her gently as over the years being sealed within her, mellowed the entity out, and even considers her like a daughter or sibling, one of the two, "It is not anything to be wary about, as finding one's particular Other to their Soul, is a blessing from gods and others to know you and the Chan Girl, were meant to be. Even though you may find it strange."

Sensing her curiosity as she decided to try and do that spell from her asking Captain Black, despite his curiosity at that, a medium-length and full body mirror she adjusted on her side of the room, informed her then, "Soulmates, once they finish their connection, will be able to feel the others full feelings and emotions, and before that, have phantom pains of another as they can feel only slightly feelings then, and share their lives memories wither they be current or all from previous lives. And no matter the way, even be able to track them no matter where they are within this realm or the next. I should know as I, too, had one as well… Before the Old Gods got involved with my living mind and most of what I am surprised by, of the remaining incorruptible Black Dragonflight surviving the outcome."

Now feeling sadness for him from the child, he bitterly chuckled and relieved her of sorts as Camelia was finished fixing the mirror how she wanted it, "Nothing to worry about. Time has calmed my mind of madness, Youngling. She did die on what we all thought was the correct path to take, and I regret even using her as a breeder's tool for what I had done to try and rule over my realm. She is in a better place as of now."

She wordlessly nodded as Camelia took a step back, as the mirror itself oddly enough, held the etchings of the enchanted mirror from the cartoon movie, Beauty and the Beast by Disney, but was black-ivory colored from the material ring made by a mix of rhino and elephant horns that were deceased, and the vines were to that of pure silver itself, and the leaves to that of bronze. It stood about half her height and was fully taken care of if the mirror itself showed no smudges or worse.

"If you want to try the demon's spell, Youngling, you may proceed as Your Other will be busy and maybe finding things of use," Deathwing admits to making Camelia by staring at her reflection, sighing wordlessly with a small agreeable smile.

Camelia then did some hand signs she was shown from the demon possessing her friend's body, in signs related to the franchise: Naruto, in an ironic sense, of Dragon, Ox, Rabbit, Snake, Tiger, and Dragon with her then swirling her hands around the mirror's surface in a counter-clockwise motion or to a sideways eight and then lightly tapped it three times. She then saw it glow from her power seeping into it, and lastly, used her main writing hand, as instructed, to poke the center of the mirror.

She took a few steps back as from the center it rippled several times to the edge, and then stilled… For only for her to be startled to see a face showing up, and the face's anger immediately lost to be surprised by seeing her, making a call, in terms.

On the other side of the mirror, the entity or Demoness herself saw the child and recognized those eyes within moments, as she wondered how in the Netherworld the fellow demon she knew managed to have a Youngling.

She resembles a blue-skinned mermaid with a serpentine tail, fins located around her body, webbed hands, and has tentacles for hair, resembling the Greek Gorgons. She is larger than humans, yet is smaller than most that were trapped within the place's location for years.

"Why have you called upon me?" She asked firmly to blink at seeing she was doing movements with her hands and froze as the female demon turned to see the wiser of them all was now behind her, showing half-emotion of intrigue by gazing at the child as well.

His appearance seems to be based on an insect, as he is four-armed and has pincers. He has light grey skin and the front of his face is dark grey. He has a long ponytail and a long tongue that is always sticking out. He wears a red and purple outfit reminiscent of a Chinese nobleman.

"So it seems a Youngling managed to call both of us, Sister," the male demon states with seeing curiosity instead of fear on the child's face and saw what she was doing and even through the mirror, seeing the faint scar to narrow his eyes yet instead, made the female demon blink, and held the urge to facepalm at forgetting that way of communication, "She cannot speak as my dear Sister, with it being known as Sign Language."

Seeing her sign a few more times in a question, as the realm they were in is an alternate dimension of sorts, informed the female demon to raise an eyebrow for, "She is asking for our names, as she is saying as well, that someone possessed her friend's body by the use of the Sheep Talisman and taught her to use this spell."

To mention, everyone, the background in this dimension is orange, and there is very little gravity, as shown by the floating rocks that the demons locked away here used as platforms to stand on, and considered the terms: Bone dry pit, meaning due to the lack of moisture and humidity.

Even though there are floating isles of many places locked within this realm as well, buildings, trees, and more from the same or different Earths this place has sucked into it, however. Which included many, many things, but was distanced as the dimension is endless.

Back to the situation at hand, the female demon was mixed on this with both demons figuring out who may have taught this Youngling said spell for muted casters, and for once in a long time knowing that they both saw the sigils each time when a caster such as her, calls, of whom her parents were… Her main parents, despite the one they know being a true-by-blood surrogate to know she was fully her child as well, gave a rare smile on her face.

To the duo, this will make things interesting if she is the daughter of "Her", as, despite the situation of her one mother as a surrogate, this Youngling would be interesting over the years. Especially since they can see everyone else on the child's side, but the child only sees faces from their viewing on theirs.

"If you want to know, Youngling, I am known as Bai Tza. And this is one of my siblings, Tso Lan." The female Demoness, Bai Tza, gently informed before furrowing her brow from Tso Lan being amused by the next question the child signed away to him, as she guessed the child figured out he understood her more than the female demon and states amusedly to which Bai Tza sighed at, "She asked why we are both different from each other yet have the same eyes."

"We have the same father, but different mothers, Youngling." Bai Tza started to see the child having an 'Oh' face wordlessly and she quickly turned her head and sneezed with the two demons fully realizing that she is her child, and soon, she and Tso Lan began asking and answering questions between each other for the next mortal hour or so, as the dimension they're imprisoned into, is timeless.

Though the two demons held their tongue when they did ask about her welfare and were rather surprised the child trusted the two, and reluctantly told them with her not knowing why she saw anger in Tso Lan's eyes for only a moment of mentioning what they were told, as she was raped.

Seeing the child yawn to herself though and figuring out her power was being used to keep the spell working, made her blink sleepily at Bai Tza who stated softly, "Why don't you end the call and rest, Camelia? You are growing, and your magic is being drained if you keep this call up any longer."

To be honest, both demons were rather surprised by how long the child lasted during the call and knew she would be powerful when she grows fully, and the child looked sad and asked Tso Lan to amuse him, and he soon related her words to the Demoness after, "She is asking if she can speak with us again, as she wants to talk to us more."

"You may, but make sure you try and ask whomever you have to increase your reserves, as you can do so while young, and we will probably cut the calling spell to maybe half an hour until you gain more." Bai Tza tells Camelia as she nodded but had an idea, and was rather startled, like they were, as she was able to pass treats she bought from Moose World, well, her candy stash, that is, through the mirror and which they grabbed out of stumped wonder.

Tso Lan had his mind working at this and decided for later on, as despite seeing the child was tired, signed away to make him state in being fully amused and making Bai Tza blink at him for once in being startled, from the true laugh he admitted after, "She said she was not expecting that to work at all, and knowing now, she could send us meals since she can cook."

"You don't need to send us gifts every time, Youngling... Camelia, we can satisfy ourselves at times, unless you plan to do so as an offering to us?" Bai Tza questioned without a bite and saw the one few signs she understood was 'Yes' and she stood up before tripping and one of her books fell through the mirror as Tso Lan caught it.

Intrigued by it, he placed it under his robe and started a wordless looks of later to Bai Tza, as she nodded before informing the child then, "Next call, we will teach you how to close the spell when our next speaking is over. So when you call next, we will know."

Bai Tza touched the spell-based mirror on their end, and it shattered into particles she shared a look with her brother and sweatdropped at seeing he had what was called a 'Hershey Bar', in his lower hands and examined it, and soon agreed with her then out of reluctance. "We must form a council at once, and see who is willingly wanting to talk to her, as she seems to have suffered more mental and physical damage than even Brother Shendu before our banishment, and Hsi Wu, combined."

"Indeed… Even though my logic states it is unnecessary, if the child's spell is that powerful to send things to us, then she will merely have to grow to try and see if we can send stuff to her." Tso Lan admitted to making Bai Tza narrow her eyes at him quizzically, "Pray tell, why should we try and attempt to do so?"

"She is vulnerable to forces that will someday sense her power… Forces that we both know we countered before our banishment to this place. They will try to use her blood or even her power to aid in things as we know by sensing within her, the Prophecies of Old we secretly looked into, are slowly coming to, Sister." Tso Lan reminded her to make her sigh in irritation for a moment, and hesitantly nodded in agreement with him, "As you are well aware, Brother, she will need all the help she can get as we know she is 'Her' child, despite things as her blood is hers, and by what we were told by the unusual man long ago… Things are only beginning to fruit."

"Then we must call the meeting then, and decide whether to do so or not and have them all be introduced to the child." Tso Lan agreed back, as they took off to soon call a meeting and a bombshell of information on what would be a very interesting and long talk between themselves.