A/N: And here, we finally have the first chapter of "American Dragons Jake Long & Rose Anderson". Here's the main cast for the heroes and villains of the story (and yes, I know one of them being voiced by a certain actress with a character having a certain name is similar to the one we all know from a certain show, but that's only as far as the similarities go with the reason being that the Anderson girls being named after flowers is to keep the flower theme going). Also, the main designs used for all the characters in the story this time around would be based on the 2nd season designs.
Dante Basco - Jake Long
Mae Whitman - Rose Anderson
Ashley Johnson - Tulip Anderson
Luong Lao Shi - Keone Young
Fu Dog - John DiMaggio
Charlie Finn - Spud
Miss Kittie - Trixie
Amy Bruckner - Haley Long
Jonathan Long - Jeff Bennett
Susan Long - Lauren Tom
Ron Pearlman - Grand Huntsman
Robin Atkin Downes - Marcus/Huntsboy
Cree Summer - Kimberly/Huntsgirl
American Dragons Jake Long & Rose Anderson
Chapter 1: Old School Training
Act I
One morning, an average-looking but short for his age teenager with black, spiky hair with green highlights and a very attractive young woman with baby blue eyes, medium-length blonde hair, a blue flower necklace, a slender, almost hourglass-like figure, and pierced ears were overlooking the city, accompanied by a young woman with a similar build, but with blue hair and a ponytail, an old man with a long-sleeved blue robe with yellow tips at the sleeves and hem, and a slightly fat Chinese dog.
"This is your territory, young dragons... And you two alone are responsible for the magical creatures living within it. From the centaur herds of Highbridge Park... to the floor of the secret leprechaun stock exchange. From the gargoyle nest on top of the clock tower... to the mermaids of the East River.", the old man stated as it showed the centaurs riding on a subway boss, said stock exchange, 10 Gargoyles in the famous clock tower, one with lavender skin, a brown loincloth, and a belt of which was reading a book of sorts, and a mermaid closing up shop on the toll booth so she may drive into the water.
"Hey, kids, if you two can make it here, you'll both make it anywhere.", the dog spoke before laughing. "You know what I mean?"
"I'll do my best, Lao Shi.", the blonde girl assured with a bow.
"And hopefully, I get my powers, soon, too, Rose.", the blue-haired girl added.
"I'm sure you will, Tulip. You just have to be patient.", Rose assured.
"Ah, no problem. I am totally on it.", the young man assured.
"But first, you two must master your dragon training one step at a time. Even a young falcon must stand before it can fly. ", the old man stated.
"Check this out, G. Dragon up, yo!", the young man shouted before blue mist covered his hands, feet, and his body one at a time before disappearing, revealing his tall, red, serpentine-like dragon form.
At the same time, Rose concentrated and when she opened her eyes, she revealed slits amid a blue, misty glow. Then, she opened her mouth to reveal rows of razor sharp teeth and a forked tongue, a misty breath coming out of it. Then, the blue mist circled around her face as it protruded into a draconian snout before it then swirled around her body, which lengthened to a serpentine appearance. The mist then swirled around her her hands and feet, which became mighty talons as a serpentine tail extended from her backside. And, finally, her skin turned pink and scaley, completing her transformation into a dragon.
"Bow! I'm not only ready to fly, I'm ready to soar! Represent! Whoo-hoo! Yeah! Bad dudes beware 'cause the American Dragon is in the house! Yeah! Yeah...", the dragon shouted, showing off to Rose.
"Uh, Jake? I get that you're trying to impress me (and it's working, goshdang it), but I don't think it's a good idea to do that now.", Rose warned.
"Why not? It's working, isn't...", Jake began before suddenly, he changed back at the last minute.
"...it?", Jake finished before he looked down, panicked with a shout, and fell down.
"Jake!", the two girls shouted before rushing over in time to see Jake hanging onto a metal bar, much to their relief.
"Are you okay?", the pink-scaled Dragon asked.
"I'm cool, Rose. No prob.", Jake assured, trying to get back up, but with little to no success.
"C... C... Could you guys... A little help down here?", Jake asked.
The old man sighed while the two girls giggled warmly.
Full Intro:
Play Jonas Brothers Music: "The Chosen One"
Zooming to apartments, Jake was seen skateboarding, though not without first going down the stairs. The lead's parents kissed and became clumsy while Jake's sister got caked. Jake was still skateboarding and saw his friends, one of which grabbed Jake by the jacket and held him up. His other two friends were unimpressed while Rose just giggled with Jake. As they skateboarded, they saw Tulip, who waved to them, and Marco. Distracted, the two inadvertently ran into a newspaper cart and morphed into dragons as they burst out of the newspapers, one of which read "DRAGONS IN NYC".
Later, Fu Dog, Tulip, and Lao Shi see the villains, more importantly one among them that has a ninja-like face mask, his glowing red eyes, and is dressed in a more military-like uniform. His helmet was also redesigned to resemble a wolf. Shocked and called to action, the two morphed again. But Huntsboy pulled Jake's tail, causing him to breath fire right on Fu and Lao Shi, burning them comically.
Later, in the morning, the two dragons flew and saw their fantasy friends ranging from the Gargoyles on the clock tower, some of which waved very quickly while the rest just waved with fond stern, yet fond smiles, to the leprechaun and unicorn to the two mischievous fairies, which sent Jake roped into apartments' clothespin and dressed as a girl as Rose blushed. The clips of each episode featured were then shown up until it then showed the two dragons with Lao Shi before they flew up with Jake turning back prematurely before falling down as Rose flew after him, caught him, and turned back to normal with the two in a band with which the series' logo popped up and the two's friends (alongside Fu) were performing music via guitars and a drum set. The two then kissed before it faded to show them still kissing while in a sort of work place environment as Lao Shi broke up the kiss to remind them of their cleanup, prompting the boy to groan before Rose giggled as Jake then hit the series' logo as a gong.
They're cool, they're hot
Like a frozen sun
They're young and fast
They're the chosen ones
People, we're not braggin' They're the American Dragons
They're gonna stop their enemies with their dragon power
Dragon teeth, dragon tail, burnin' dragon fire, Real live wires!
American Dragon,
Jake: Dragon up!
American Dragon
Jake: Oh, oh, oh, WHOA!
They're the American Dragons (Freestyle with the dragons)
Their skills are getting faster with Grandpa the Master
It's destiny, what's up G? It's showtime, baby, for the legacy!
American Dragons,
Jake (Rose): From the J, to the A (From the R, to the O)
to the K, to the E (to the S, to the E), (American Dragons)
We're the Mackdaddy dragons (we're the magical protectors) from the NYC, ya heard? (American Dragon)
Lao Shi: JAKE! ROSE! Get back to work!
American Dragons!
Jake: Oh, man.
YOW!
End Jonas Brothers Music: "The Chosen One"
Act II
One night, Jake, Rose, Tulip, Fu, and Lao Shi were walking down at the park.
"We dragons are creatures of immense magical power. But to unlock your potential, you must keep training, and master the fundamentals. Dragon fire! Dragon teeth! Dragon tongue! Dragon claws! Dragon tail!", Fu spoke as Fu sniffed on the ground before both Jake and Rose changed into dragons with the blue mist changing one body part at a time until they were now full dragon, especially as the two sprouted wings.
"Okay. Got it.", Rose responded.
"Ha! Right! Yo, I'm all over it, Grandpa.", Jake assured.
"And a dragon student must obey his dragon master, without question or hesitation.", Lao Shi warned.
"Totally. I'm all about obeying. Whatever you say, whenever you say it.", Jake said.
Meanwhile, Fu sniffed until he found something rotten and reacted.
"Oh! Blecch!", Fu exclaimed.
"What is it? What did you find?", Tulip asked.
"Perfume with a touch of sweat sock. And Blue Cheese with the same touch. It's the Huntsboy AND the Huntsgirl. I'd know those foot stinks anywhere.", Fu said.
"The Huntsboy?", Jake asked.
"The Huntsgirl?", Rose asked at the same time as they both turned back into human form.
"You sure, Fu Dog?", Jake asked before Fu sprinkled dust onto the ground, revealing said footprints.
"What's he doing all the way out here?", Tulip asked.
"Ahh, you tell us, young one. Their footprints head north/south on the night of a full moon.", Lao Shi replied.
A whinnying sound was heard as Fu made a unicorn impression, making Jake and Rose gasp.
"He's hunting unicorns!", Jake and Rose shouted in unison.
"Bada-bingo! Give the kids a prize!", Fu Dog congratulated.
Meanwhile, the Huntsboy and Huntsgirl were spying on a couple of unicorns behind a bush.
"Why exactly are we here?", Huntsboy asked.
"I heard that unicorn horns are always a valuable commodity on the magical black market.", Huntsgirl replied as she and Huntsboy snuck closer to them.
"What's going down? Are we gonna crack open a can of smack daddy on this Huntsboy and Huntsgirl here or what?", Jake asked.
"Not we, you two.", Lao Shi responded.
"Us?", Jake and Rose asked in unison.
"As in alone?", Rose asked.
"Solo?"
"I will not be around forever. It's time you both put your dragon training to the test.", Lao Shi responded.
"Okay. Come on, Jake.", Rose said, moving in first before Jake.
"Right! Ha! Put my mad skizz-ills to the test. I'm all over it.", Jake responded, following Rose past the bush.
"Hey, hey! Make it good, kids. I'm calling Ernie and laying 50 biscuits on you.", Fu called as he got out his phone and a foam finger before speaking over the phone.
"Hey, Big Ernie! Ho ho! It's Fu! I need to make a bet.", Fu said.
Meanwhile, as the Huntsboy and the Huntsgirl surveyed the unicorns, Jake and Rose hid behind a tree behind them.
"Now! Give them dragon fire.", Lao Shi whispered.
"Taste my dragon breath, dirtball.", Jake said as both he and Rose turned their heads into dragon heads.
But when Jake tried to do said fire breath, he wound up blasting fire from his rear end by mistake, and right at Fu, Tulip, and Lao Shi, too!
"Incoming!", Fu shouted as he, Tulip, and Lao Shi dodged the fire that struck the bush.
It also sent the two unicorns trotting away in a panic and disappearing.
"Sorry! My bad, guys!", Jake apologized.
"Well, I guess that's one way to save the unicorns...", Rose said. "By the way, your butt's on fire."
"Wait, what?", Jake asked.
Puzzled, he turned to see said rear end on fire.
"WHOA! Hot cheeks! Hot cheeks! Hot cheeks!", Jake exclaimed before leaping into the pond water, dousing out the fire.
"Oh, oh, oh, oh! Ahh...", Jake sighed in relief.
Rose giggled a bit as she helped Jake up.
"Well, the good news is, the unicorns are safe. But that?", Rose began, pointing to the Huntsboy and Huntsgirl.
"It's the Dragons!", Huntsboy shouted before he and Huntsgirl charged after Jake and Rose.
"Huh?", Jake puzzled.
"Well, that's the bad news.", Rose finished.
"Oh, come on. Dragon up. Oh! Dragon up! Oh! Now would be nice!", Jake shouted in panic.
"Seize them!", Huntsboy shouted.
"Get away from him!", Rose shouted before going full dragon and knocking Huntsgirl back, allowing Jake to go full dragon himself.
"Ha ha! Is that all you got, Huntsboy? 'Cause I'm about to come over there and...", Jake began.
"Jake, look out!", Rose shouted before Huntsgirl knocked him back.
"How was that, Huntsboy?", Huntsgirl asked.
"That was great, Huntsgirl. Our training clearly did the trick.", Huntsboy responded.
"Jake, are you okay?", Rose asked as she helped him up.
"Oh... Did anyone get a number on that bus...?", Jake groaned.
With that, Huntsgirl proceeded to attack Rose, keeping her on her guard.
"What do you think you're doing, hunting unicorns?", Rose asked as she swung and missed Huntsgirl, who grabbed her by the arm and flipped her.
"What do you think? Making a big score.", Huntsgirl replied.
Meanwhile, Jake was fighting Huntsboy.
"Come on, now, what's a boy like you doing hunting unicorns?", Jake asked before he was forced to burp upon being elbowed.
Then, the Huntsboy flipped backwards to face behind Jake as he put the dragon's arm on his back.
"What's a dragon like you doing outside in his undies?", Huntsboy asked retortedly.
"Huh? Oh! Well, I...", Jake began before he was pushed aside.
"This is a golden opportunity to slay our first dragons. We can't waste them.", the Huntsboy urged.
"All right, all right. We're on it.", Huntsgirl said.
With that, the two huntsmen prepared to finish them, but at the last second, dragon fire was launched out and cast a line between the huntsmen and the dragons before Lao Shi, Fu, and Tulip stepped forward.
"This isn't over, dragons!", Huntsboy shouted before using his staff to help himself and his partner escape.
"Well, the important thing is, they didn't get the unicorns.", Rose said, turning back into human form.
"Ah, tough break, kid. Almost as bad as when you tangled with those mountain trolls last week.", Fu said before it showed said trolls kicking him around like a ball in the past as well as going back to the present.
"Or the week before that, when we took on the giants.", Rose added.
In another flashback, in a sort of field, Jake wound up crushed by two giants, one time per giant, before going back to the present.
"Or the week before that, when... when those field pixies wrapped you with your own tail.", Tulip snickered.
In said flashback, Jake was indeed tied up with his own tail in dragon form before going back to the present with Fu laughing.
"I know! That one's a classic!", Fu laughed in agreement.
"Young dragon, you must learn that smack daddy does not come in a can. Tomorrow, we step up both you and Rose's training. Be on rooftop right after school.", Lao Shi advised.
"Ahh, okay.", Jake responded.
"We'll be there, Lao Shi.", Rose said as she, Jake, Tulip, Lao Shi, and Fu Dog take their leave.
The next morning, the professor spoke in class.
"...which brings us to the topic of dragons. Now, if you'll turn to chapter 237 of my groundbreaking, yet unpublished 1984 thesis entitled Mythobiology: a Scientific Study of the Magical Creatures Among Us, you'll see that I describe dragons as an evolutionary offshoot of the dinosaurs. Thus, what can we conclude about the size of a dragon's brain? Mr. Long!", the professor called out to Jake, who was playing with the pages until he was called, surprising him.
"Uh, well, um, I would conclude that dragons have very large brains. I mean, they'd probably be pretty smart and cool.", Jake answered.
"Incorrect! We can assume that a dragon's brain is about... About the size of a pea. Maybe a walnut.", the professor only corrected.
"But I thought...", Jake began only for the professor to point his ruler at him.
"Not with the... Quiet. Write that down, Mr. Long. It's certain to be on your final examination.", the professor warned.
"Aw, man.", Jake groaned.
"Well, you have to admit. Professor Rotwood's not that far off.", Tulip whispered.
"Hey, yo, Mr. Rot...", a girl named Trixie began before the professor angrily interrupted.
"Professor!", Rotwood snapped.
"Yeah. Professor Rotwood. This is mythology class up in here, right? So, how can you know about the size of a dragon's brain? I mean, elves, unicorns? That stuff isn't even really real, yo.", Trixie said.
"But Trixie on the other hand, well...", Rose began.
"Heh. Yo, yo. Yes, well, you know, this is certainly the prevailing belief now, isn't it, you know? However, some great minds have devoted the bulk of their careers and indeed their lives to proving otherwise! Yeah, yeah, yeah, well, you know, of course, this... This kind of academic courage, you know, doesn't, you know, come without a price, of course. Not unlike being ridiculed by one's colleagues! Or being banished from every respectable educational institution in the world! Or even being... Help me... Or even being reduced to teaching in the public schools!", Rotwood shouted as he broke his ruler in half.
A student only coughed before the bell rang and the whole class went out of the room.
"Oh, okey-dokey. Class dismissed.", Rotwood sighed.
Later, Jake, Rose, and Tulip were leaving school when Trixie and a young man named Spud skateboarded over to the trio.
"Hey, yo, Jake!", Trixie called.
"Ladies.", Spud added.
"What's crack-alatin', baby?", Trixie asked.
"Yo, what's up, Trixie? Spud?", Jake greeted.
"Guys, what's shaking?", Tulip asked.
"We cruisin' over to Washington Park Right about now. We gonna shred some serious asphalt.", Trixie grinned.
"Um..., last time we went there, Spud got a concussion.", Rose responded.
"Ha ha! No way! That was totally a case of subcutaneous occipital trauma.", Spud said before giggling. "No worries, bro."
"Yeah, whatever. So, what up? You in or are you in?", Trixie asked as she shoved Spud out of the way.
"Uh..., sounds great, Trixie, but I gotta help Jake out at his grandfather's shop.", Rose responded.
"Me, too.", Tulip added.
"Again? Aw, man. That's, like, the... 1, 2, 4, 23... No... Eleven-teenth time this week, dudes. What up? It's stressing me out.", Spud said as he got up and counted.
"Yeah, man, for real! Don't we have some kind of child labor laws in this city or something?", Trixie asked.
"Actually, we're teenagers, not kids.", Tulip corrected.
"And some of us go to work after school all the time.", Rose added.
"Yo, maybe next time, guys, aiight? Holla!", Jake said as he, Rose, and Tulip held out their fists for a fist bump.
"Yeah, aiight. Holla at your girl.", Trixie said, bumping fists with him.
"Adiós, buddy.", Spud added, bumping his fist as well.
But when the trio skateboarded off, they accidentally bumped into a boy and a girl, surprising all 5.
"Aah! Oh, man, I am so sorry, Marcus!", Tulip apologized.
"You guys okay?", Rose asked.
"Our bad, Kim, we're sorry about the...", Jake began.
"Hey, it's okay.", the boy responded.
"Wait. You two have matching dragon tattoos?", Tulip asked.
"Yeah. Actually, it's a birth mark.", the boy responded.
"And a dang cool one, at that.", Kim added.
"All right, Kimberly. We better get going. See you guys later.", Marcus said as he and Kimberly left.
"Uh.., okay. Good to see you. See you guys later.", Rose waved.
Later, Fu was counting down.
"...and 3, 2, 1. They're la-gate! Goo goo goo goo!", Fu shouted, holding up his watch.
Just then, Jake called out as he, Rose, and Tulip arrived with the latter sister riding on top of the former sister as they flew.
"We're here! We're here! We're here! Whoa!", Jake called before sliding on the rooftop as Rose and Tulip arrived.
"You three are late, young dragon.", Lao Shi scolded.
"Say what? By, like, 3 seconds!", Jake said as a cloth landed on him.
"3 seconds or 3 hours, late is late!", Lao Shi shouted angrily, not knowing that Huntsboy and Huntsgirl were watching.
"Well, that's them, all right. So, that's where they live...", Huntsboy said as he surveyed them before the Huntsgirl arrived.
"Do you know what would look so cool all stuffed and mounted on the wall of the Huntslair?", Huntsgirl asked as Jake flew into the air only for his tail to get caught in one of the small metallic poles, causing him to ricochet back.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!", Jake exclaimed as he got himself wrapped.
"Are you okay?", Rose asked.
"I'm cool, I'm cool.", Jake replied.
"A pair of dragon skins.", Huntsgirl grinned.
"Maybe. But I think we need to wait until they're more well-trained enough. One of them may seem like a buffoon, at best, but there has to be a reason they're being trained. We'll hunt for them here tomorrow. Hopefully, by then, they'll make this hunt more worthwhile.", Huntsboy stated with a sort of serious glare.
Act III
"Today, we will begin old school dragon training.", Lao Shi said as he, Fu, Jake, Tulip, and Rose were now inside the shop in which Fu flipped the sign from open to closed.
"So, what are we supposed to do?", Rose asked.
"Yo, bring it, G. What are we starting with today, extreme aerial maneuvers? A little fireball action?", Jake asked as he flipped and tossed a fireball out the window only for it to hit something nearby, earning a cringe from both Jake, Rose, and Tulip. "I'm ready to rock over here."
"You, Rose, will practice using only parts of your dragon form in a fight. Tulip will take note of this."
"All right.", Rose nodded.
"Jake, you, on the other hand, shall begin in bathroom.", Lao Shi said, setting the bucket down.
"Say what?", Jake groaned.
Lao Shi then brought Jake over to the toilet.
"You must clean toilet using circular motion, first clockwise, then counterclockwise.", Lao Shi advised.
"Uh, if you say so.", Jake said, about to reach for it with his hand.
But before he could touch it, Lao Shi stopped him.
"Aah! Not with hand! You must clean toilet using only dragon tongue.", Lao Shi gestured.
"My tongue? On that?", Jake said, picking up the toilet brush.
"Ha ha! Nuh-uh, no way, fuh-get about it.", Jake refused, dropping it.
"Are you not dragon student? Did you not pledge to obey dragon master?", Lao Shi asked.
"I really don't remember every single thing that we'd agreed upon.", Jake said before Lao Shi showed to Jake in the mirror events that played out last night.
"Totally! I am all about obeying. Whatever you say, whenever you say it.", Jake spoke in the flashback before it went away, showing the reflection.
Jake grunted in disgust before getting started on cleaning the toilet with his dragon tongue, in which he picked the brush up with said dragon tongue.
"Aw, man! You cannot be serious!", Jake groaned, his tongue holding onto the toilet brush by the handle.
"Circular motion. First clockwise, then counterclockwise.", Lao Shi spoke before walking away and closing the door.
"Ew! Aah! This is nasty. I'm gonna throw up! Ew...", Jake groaned in disgust.
"Is this really necessary?", Tulip asked.
"More so than you think.", Lao Shi replied.
"Well, he's not wrong. I remember when I had to do that. Ugh...!", Rose shuddered.
"Yeah, not gonna lie. That was gross.", Tulip agreed.
"Yes, but now, you have other lessons to work on, Ms. Anderson.", Lao Shi assured.
"That's right.", Rose responded.
"Hurry up! Grandpa has more old school training waiting.", Lao Shi said to Jake as he walked away.
Moments later, both Rose and Tulip were now back in the rooftop.
"Okay. I'll need to practice my partial dragon parts if I'm gonna be able to help.", Rose said to herself. "But where do I start...?"
"Oh! Maybe you could start with your tail. Didn't you say once that it hurts sometimes when you use your tail?", Tulip asked.
"Oh. Dragon tail, it is.", Rose said, growing her dragon tail in a puff of blue mist from behind.
"All right. Time to see what I can do with it.", Rose said to herself.
From there, while Rose was using her own dragon tail to lift herself up and down enough times before later, using it to swipe as if swiping away waves of bad guys as if they were here with Tulip watching, Jake was also coincidentally swiping with his tail, too, but using it to sweep the floor off of the dust and scoop it into this smouth before he inhaled it and burped. He even used his scaly underbelly to wash the laundry while he, himself, is in the laundry bucket full of soap and water.
"Ew!", Jake groaned.
Meanwhile, as Tulip watched, Rose jumped up into the air before growing wings and soaring while also doing some aerial swoops from above with her talons as Jake was balancing on the TV, though not very well, and even giving Lao Shi a foot massage with his talons before later balancing on the TV again, this time, more successfully.
"Aha!", Fu cheered.
Then, Jake was doing some Banzai trimming with his mouth before spitting out a pidgeon he accidentally ate.
"Oh! That's foul!", Jake groaned.
"Let me get that for you!", Rose shouted in midair.
With that, Rose took a deep breath and let loose a breath of fire, cooking the pidgeon to a point that it's covered in soot before it coughed out smoke once and flew away.
"Whoa! Nice one, Rose. How'd you aim for that pidgeon that far away?", Jake asked.
"Simple. I just used these.", Rose replied, showing her now draconic-slit-like eyes to him before they went back to normal as did the rest of Rose's body.
"Forget Eagle Eye, you definitely have a dragon eye.", Jake said.
Then, both Jake, Rose, and Tulip heard Spud and Trixie having fun on skate boards.
"Ha ha! Aiight, Trixie!", Spud beamed.
"Put it down, baby!", Trixie called.
"Go, girl!", Spud shouted.
"That's what's up!", Trixie added excitedly.
"So..., how's your training coming along?", Rose asked.
"Well, at this rate I'm glad I'm almost done with 'training' today.", Jake responded.
"What a coincidence. I'm almost done with training, too.", Rose said.
Just then, the toilet flushed before Fu popped out.
"Oh, Jake! I think the toilet's gonna need a little touch-up.", Fu said before chuckling and going back inside.
"Well..., let's both get through our training.", Rose said.
"Yeah.", Jake responded before puffing out smoke from his nostrils.
Then, it faded away to show Jake using his dragon tail to place the trash in a trash can as Rose and Tulip watched.
"You are done with training for today.", Lao Shi assured as said dragon tail disappeared.
"Training? You call this training? I call it being your house boy. What's cleaning your toilet and sweeping your floor have to do with being the American Dragon?", Jake asked.
"The seed does not question where the wind takes it.", Lao Shi retorted.
"In other words, listen to the old man, come back tomorrow, and get ready. Fu Dog's gonna need a deep wrinkle massage. Whoa.", Fu said, moving his face up and down, much to Jake's annoyance.
"I like to think that the wrinkle massage was the better part of this.", Rose said.
Later, Jake was speaking with his mother, Susan, about what happened.
"I'm telling you, Mom, Grandpa has seriously lost it.", Jake said as Susan brought out a tray of vegetables.
"Yeah, uh-huh. Haley! You can chop the vegetables now!", Susan called.
Then, Jake's little sister, Haley, entered.
"All right! Check out my Japanese chopping-yake technique.", Haley said, turning her hands into claws with blue mists and then chopping said vegetables.
"I mean, he's turned dragon training into gag-me training. Rose said she went through somethin' like that before but... days like today make me wish I could just be a normal human like Dad.", Jake responded.
Just then, Jake's father, Jonathan, entered the room, singing as he held a briefcase.
"Hey! Who's that cow with the halo on her head...", Jonathan began.
"Haley, lose the claws!", Susan whispered before Haley changed her claws back to normal.
"And an udder made of gold? 'Cause she's all grain fed! Oh, the cow...", Jonathan continued.
"And, uh, I use the term 'normal' very loosely.", Jake said as Jonathan continued singing before finishing.
"Moo! Hey, great news, familia. I just landed... The Wholesome Heifer account!", Jonathan shouted, holding out a carton of milk. "Huh? Okay. Wholesome Heifer is the city's largest organic milk producer. The head honcho and his wife are coming over for dinner tomorrow night to seal the deal!"
"Congratulations, honey. Mmwah!", Susan congratulated with a kiss.
"Daddy, Daddy, Daddy! Look at the violin concerto I composed at school today.", Haley said, showing said musical notes on a piece of paper.
"Oh, peanut, that is so cute.", Jonathan grinned.
When the coast was clear, Jake spoke to his Susan.
"Uh, Mom, are we ever gonna tell Dad that he married into a family of magical reptiles?", Jake asked.
"Well, of course, dear. It's just that your father's always been so, you know... I think we need to wait for the right moment. A time when, uh... Well, uh, a time when...", Susan began before Jonathan shouted.
"There's a spider on me! Get it off! Get it off! Oh. Oh, wait. Oh, it's just a fuzzy. Ha! False alarm.", Jonathan said, removing said fuzzy from a sweater before walking away as he put his orange sweater on.
"A time when we think he can handle it.", Susan finished.
Later, Jake was brushing his tongue in the bathroom.
"Unh! Ecch! All I can taste is toilet brush. Ecch!", Jake spoke in disgust before Susan entered.
"Listen, Jake? I know this whole thing has been hard on you. First, you find out you're a dragon...", Susan began before Jake showed his dragon tongue.
"That's cool. It was the whole, 'By the way, you're responsible for protecting an entire magical underworld' that's freaking me out.", Jake responded.
"Well, that's why it's so important for you to master your dragon powers. Believe me, I know your grandfather can be a bit eccentric, but you just have to trust him, okay?", Susan suggested.
The next day, at school, Jake, Rose, and Tulip were leaving school when they saw Marcus and Kimberly leaving somewhere. But this time, they acted as though they were in a hurry.
"Wow. Looks like they're in a big hurry, huh?", Jake asked. Then, the trio saw Marcus and Kimberly run into an allyway before peeping out on the side and then continuing.
"If they were, I don't think they'd look both ways, like that.", Tulip said.
"What are they up to?", Rose pondered.
Suddenly, Trixie called out.
"Hey, yo, fellas!", Trixie shouted, catching them by surprise.
"Ah! Oh. Hi, Trixie. What's up?", Tulip asked.
"You mean you don't know?", Spud asked.
"I'll tell you what's up. They just reopened the 14th Street skate park!", Trixie said excitedly.
"We gonna hit that!", both shouted as they bumped fists.
"Oh, sounds sweet, Trix, but, you know, we gotta...", Jake began.
"Dude! No! Not working in the shop again! That's, like, the... 1, 2, 4...", Spud began.
"Wake up, y'all! That old dude is, like, stealing your youths, man.", Trixie exclaimed before Jake inhaled.
"Sorry, Trix. This is just too important.", Tulip said.
"We'll try to make time for it today if we can.", Rose added.
"Aiight. But I'm telling you, Fellas, you're missing out here.", Trixie said before skateboarding away just as a Fairy mail delivery woman arrived with a letter.
"Sign here.", the fairy spoke before delivering said letter while handing Jake a small clipboard, which Jake signed and returned.
When Jake opened the letter, however, a burst of smoke with Lao Shi's face on it appeared.
"Hurry up and get to training! Must use dragon teeth to scoop sludge out of Grandpa's rain gutter!", Lao Shi spoke before the smoke disappeared.
Seeing this, Rose and Tulip looked especially concerned for Jake, the former eventually consigning.
"Go to them.", Rose said.
"Huh?", Jake puzzled.
"What?", Tulip puzzled.
"We'll try to cover for you.", Rose assured.
"Although, your grandfather might not like it...", Tulip added.
Regardless, Jake grinned.
"Thanks, Rose.", Jake thanked.
"Just don't hang out too long. Okay?", Rose asked.
Jake nodded and turned back to his friends, running to catch up.
"Yo, Trixie, Spud! Wait up, guys!", Jake called, bringing his skateboard.
"Are you sure this is a good idea?", Tulip asked.
Before Rose could answer, she saw the Huntsmen making a move and leaping across rooftops.
"It's the Huntsmen. They're...", Rose began before widening her eyes in fear upon realizing what it means.
"Oh, no...!", Rose gasped.
Later, Lao Shi was waiting.
"Ai-yah... Jake, Rose, and Tulip are all late for training. I got a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach.", Lao Shi said, checking his watch.
"Oh, you're telling me. But that's what we get for eating lunch at a place called the Chimichanga Chuckwagon.", Fu said just as he was reading the paper until his belly growled, prompting him to close up the papers and rush to the nearest bathroom.
"Oh! Hold down the fort, Pops, 'cause nature's calling 911! Aye-yi-yi-yi-yi...", Fu exclaimed as he rushed to said bathroom and closed the door.
"Jake, Rose, Tulip, where are you three? Something must be wrong.", Lao Shi said.
Suddenly, Rose arrived in dragon form with Tulip riding on her before they landed, they were both worried.
"Rose! Tulip! Where were you two?", Lao Shi asked.
"Lao Shi, listen! We could be in danger! And so are you!", Rose shouted.
Suddenly, both the Huntsboy and the Huntsgirl arrived.
"You should listen to the American Dragon. She speaks the truth.", the Huntsboy said.
"Looks like we meet again, dragons.", Huntsgirl added.
"Ho! It is always a pleasure to defeat you!", Lao Shi smirked before morphing into a big, long, blue serpentine dragon.
Rose then spewed fireballs from her mouth at the Huntsboy, who cancelled them out with a spin of his staff. Meanwhile, Huntsgirl leapt on Lao Shi's back and off, luring him into a point that he's set to tie himself up in a knot. Rose and Tulip saw this and tried to warn him.
"Lao Shi, no!", the two girls shouted.
But Lao Shi went after the two huntsmen only to get himself tied up.
"What?", Lao Shi grunted.
"Get away from him!", Rose shouted before she and Huntsboy fought with one another.
They may have clashed fists and feet with one another, but Rose was steadily getting the lead as she smacked the Huntsboy to the wall with her tail.
Huntsboy grunted as he got back up.
"No more games!", Huntsboy shouted before he fired a net straight from his staff, but it wasn't aimed at her.
It was right towards Lao Shi!
"Look out!", Rose shouted as she leapt into its path to save him.
But in the process, both dragons wound up trapped in the net.
"No!", Tulip shouted.
"It's no use. This net is made of pure sphinx hair.", Huntsboy said, not knowing that Fu Dog was seeing what's going on from the bathroom.
"Oh...", Lao Shi groaned as Rose did at the same time before both turned back to normal.
"Two dragons down, and one to go.", Huntsgirl chuckled.
Act IV
Vexingly worried about the situation, Fu closed the door.
"Okay, Fu Dog, just keep quiet. They'll never know you're in here.", Fu said to himself quietly.
Suddenly, however, the door handle jangled.
"Hey! Who's in there? Open up!", Huntsgirl shouted.
"I really gotta stop talking to myself.", Fu said in worry.
Meanwhile, Tulip turned to Rose in worry.
"Go...! Hurry...!", Rose whispered.
Tulip nodded and then took off as the Huntsboy and Huntsgirl were busy with the door.
"Here goes nothing.", Fu said before getting in the toilet and flushing himself down the drain, quite literally.
Just in time, too. The Huntsboy opened the door and saw that nobody was inside.
"Dang. No one's in there.", Huntsgirl said.
"Well then, back to business.", Huntsboy glared.
Meanwhile, at the 14th Street park, Spud was skating.
"Yeah! Yeah! This is only like the best day ever!", Jake said.
"Ha ha! Whoop!", Spud said.
Meanwhile, Tulip was already on her way to the park, though not without having to deal with street-crossing traffic.
"Ahhh...! This is the worst day ever! My sister's in trouble and here I am stuck in traffic! It's days like this that I wish my dragon powers would sprout now.", Tulip said to herself.
Suddenly, a car beeped before she exclaimed, leaping out of it's path onto the other side.
"HEY! I WAS WALKING HERE, YOU JERK!", Tulip shouted.
Meanwhile, Fu was in the same boat for a different reason in the sewers.
"Ah, this is the worst day ever! Lost in a sewer, no cell service. How come Lassie always made this getting help stuff look so glamorous?", Fu asked to himself.
Suddenly, a voice called out from up ahead.
"Who dares to enter the lair of the one-eyed sewer troll?", the troll bellowed.
"Easy there, tiger. I'm just...", Fu said in worry before realizing who it was up ahead of him. "Stanlifkowski? Is that you?
"Fu-ster? Hey!", Stanlifkowski exclaimed as he walked forward. "You're a sight for sore eye. What's it been, 2-300 years? What brings you down here?"
"Serious trouble, Stan. I gotta get to the East Village pronto."
"Say no more.I know a shortcut under the zoo.", Stan assured as he picked Fu up and proceeded to said short-cut.
"Ah, more sewer...", Fu groaned.
Later, Tulip arrived at Jake's house the same time Jake arrived back home.
"Jake! There you are...!", Tulip panted.
"Tulip? What are you...?", Jake began as he and Tulip entered.
"Oh, Jake, there you are. Oh, and you brought Tulip here, too! Hurry and wash up, you two. Dad's clients are already here.", Susan grinned.
"Clients? What's going on?", Tulip puzzled.
"I'll explain later.", Jake responded.
Susan then proceeded to cook the mushroom caps with her flame breath.
"Who's ready for mushroom caps?", Susan asked.
"Jake, listen. It's about Lao Shi. And Rose.", Tulip said.
"What? What about them?", Jake asked.
But before she could answer, Fu suddenly popped up from the sink.
"Fu? Yo, dawg, we do have a doggie door.", Jake said.
"Kid, where were you?", Fu asked before noticing Tulip. "And what are you doin' here?"
"Well, don't mind me. I was just going to tell him that the huntsmen ambushed us!", Tulip answered stressfully.
"Hey, that's what I was gonna tell 'im!", Fu said.
"The Huntsmen? Where's Grandpa and Rose now?", Jake asked, pulling Fu's face.
"Look, long story short, Rose is a tough cookie, but it ain't looking good for the old man.", Fu responded before Jake let go.
"This is all my fault.", Jake said in worry.
"We gotta go get help.", Fu urged as he began to walk away.
"No! I've gotta do this.", Jake urged back.
"Uh, look, no offense, kid, but we don't got time for no dress rehearsal. It's showtime! And you haven't even mastered going full dragon yet.", Fu said in worry.
"Watch me. Dragon up!", Jake shouted as he gave a bit of a glare before becoming shrouded in a blue mist, which changed his hands into claws, his feet into talons, and his body into that of a long, serpentine dragon's.
"Hey! I did it! Check me out! I'm the American Dragon!", Jake said before roaring and getting on all fours, allowing Tulip and Fu to get on his back.
"Heh. It's about time.", Tulip grinned.
"Okay, let's fly, kid!", Fu urged.
"Wait... You can fly, right?", Tulip asked.
Meanwhile the rest of the Longs were at the table.
"So, as you can see, we're just your normal, wholesome, milk-drinking family. Whoopsie!", Jonathan said, inadvertently smacking the milk carton off his hand before bringing down to go get it.
That was when Jake, Tulip, and Fu burst in, flying around uncontrollably and screaming before going out the window with Jonathan's boss and his wife surprised.
"So, who'd like salad?", Susan asked, holding out a salad bowl.
Meanwhile, the Huntsboy was growing impatient.
"Don't make this any harder than it needs to be. The other American Dragon! Where! IS! He?!", Huntsboy demanded.
"Right under your nose, dude!", Jake called out, arriving alongside Tulip and Fu Dog. "I'm like a booger that way. Ha! Wait. That didn't come out right."
"Jake...!", Rose said in relief.
"Let me have a go at him. I got unfinished business with this dragon.", Huntsgirl said.
"Do with him as you please.", Huntsboy responded, handing her his staff.
Then, she spun the staff and charged at him. She swung at Jake and missed a couple of times, although hitting him back once. After that, she attacked again as he was guarding both Rose and Lao Shi only for her to strike the brick chimney, causing a few bricks to land on Jake's head, making Rose wince with a sharp inhale.
"Ow! Ow! Ow! Stop it!", Jake said.
"Yeah, he's gonna feel that in the morning.", Tulip said to herself.
Meanwhile, Fu was calling over the phone.
"Yo, Big Ernie! Yeah, it's Fu. I want to lay down some cookies on a bet.", Fu said as Huntsgirl then grabbed Jake by the arm.
"Hey, get off!", Jake shouted as he got flipped.
"Hey, what, are we strangers? You know I'm good for it.", Fu added.
Jake got zapped and forced back before he then kicked the Huntsgirl back, making her let go of the staff with the Huntsboy grabbing his staff back.
"I gotta get us out of there, fast!", Rose said to herself, beginning to move the net off her and Lao Shi slightly.
"Try my fastball!", Jake said before making a fireball, spewing it at his hand, and then tossing it at Huntsgirl only for her to dodge as it hit, making the mini water tower shake and tumble, causing it to splash water all over Jake.
"No!", Jake exclaimed, getting splashed in the water.
"That's quite enough. I expected more from you, American Dragon. Maybe you won't be as disappointing as a pair of boots!", Huntsboy said before then firing his net at him.
"Oh, no!", Rose shouted in worry.
"YOUNG ONE! CLEAN TOILET BOWL!", Lao Shi shouted.
Puzzled, Jake nevertheless used his dragon tongue on the net.
"First clockwise, then counterclockwise.", Jake thought, spinning the net in said directions, hurtling it right back at him.
"What?!", Huntsboy exclaimed before the net landed on him.
"Hey! It worked! Ha ha! Who the man now, Huntsboy? Huh, Hunts-punk? Yeah, you want some? There's some more where that came from.", Jake smirked before Huntsgirl let out a battle cry while charging at him.
"Jake! Sweep the floor!", Rose shouted as she was now halfway there, freeing herself and Lao Shi.
This time, Jake used his tail to smack Huntsgirl back.
"Ernie, Ernie! Wait, wait, wait! I changed my mind! Put all my biscuits on the kid! Yeah, that's right, the whole thing!", Fu said.
Meanwhile, Rose was nearly there.
"Almost... got it...!", Rose grunted.
Meanwhile, Jake and Huntsgirl clashed.
"Hey! Check you out. You're good, Huntsgirl.", Jake said.
The two clashed up until Huntsgirl ran on Jake's back as he moved along forward before they faced each other again.
"Ooh, you're really good.", Jake said.
"You're not so bad yourself, dragon boy.", Huntsgirl said.
As they fought, Huntsboy used his staff to free himself from his own net.
"Clever dragon. Perhaps you weren't as disappointing as I thought.", Huntsboy said.
Eventually, Jake grabbed Huntsgirl's right arm with his tail and let go, inadvertently revealing that she has a similar birthmark, making Rose and Tulip gasp as they noticed.
"Hey!", Huntsgirl shouted.
With that, Huntsboy, seeing what was happening in the fight, prepared his staff in attack mode.
"Kid!", Fu shouted.
"Jake!", Rose and Tulip shouted in unison.
"Behind you!", all three shouted.
"Huh?", Jake puzzled.
He turned and saw Huntsboy raising the staff to finish him off. But Huntsgirl grabbed Jake's arms to keep him from moving. Fortunately, Rose was now free as she got herself and Lao Shi out of the net.
"Get off of him!", Rose shouted before morphing into a dragon again and then smacking her off of Jake and right onto another rooftop.
"Jake, however you're gonna fire, hurry!", Rose shouted.
Pressed for time, Jake blasted fire out of his butt yet again, but this time, sending the Huntsboy hurtling towards a Wholesome Heiffer Milk billboard.
Once the Huntsgirl recovered, he turned back to the dragons, Tulip, and Fu.
"This isn't over, dragons! We'll be back!", Huntsgirl shouted.
"And we'll be ready.", Jake responded.
"Uh, kid, you got a little problem downstairs.", Fu reported, covering his eyes, looking away, and pointing toward the remote problem.
"Aw, man!", Jake groaned, making Rose and Tulip giggle a bit before Huntsgirl put her glove back on and went after Huntsboy.
With that, the trio of dragons turned back to normal.
"Yes! You did it, Jake!", Rose shouted, hugging him.
"I knew you could do it, kid. I didn't doubt you for a second.", Fu grinned only to earn a glare from Jake, Rose, and Tulip.
"Okay, I did, but that's why you love me, right? Come on.", Fu said.
"Well done, young dragon. But word to the wise, it is not good idea to flirt with mortal enemies. Trust Grandpa. He's been there.", Lao Shi said.
"Even a mortal enemy that fine? Come on, Gramps.", Jake said.
"Many battles lie ahead. We pick training up tomorrow, right after school!", Lao Shi said.
"Good idea.", Rose agreed.
"We'll be there, Grandpa, right on time. I'm sorry I doubted you.", Jake apologized.
"Come. It's late. Fu Dog and I walk you home.", Lao Shi said.
Later, it was night time.
"Okay, I just gotta get this out. If I'm not a dragon yet, then why'd you guys bring me along? And how do I even prepare?", Tulip asked.
"Well, I'm sure that question will be answered tomorrow, at some point. Right, Master?", Rose asked.
"That is correct.", Lao Shi responded.
"Ahh. Okay, so I get the whole cleaning the toilet with the tongue thing now. No problem. Very useful stuff. Disgusting, but useful.", Jake began.
"Right.", Lao Shi said.
"And that whole sweeping the floor with the tail thing? I see how that's gonna come in handy, too.", Jake added.
"Mm-hmm."
"But what about the part where I did all your laundry? I mean, you had me scrubbing all your nasty socks and drawers. Ecch! What's up with that?", Jake asked.
"What's upping was Grandpa needed his laundry done.", Lao Shi responded.
"And tomorrow, you get to do mine.", Fu added before laughing.
"But... But I just... Aw, man...!", Jake groaned, earning Rose and Tulip's giggles.
It then faded from the full moon to a teacup and saucer on a table or ledge. A fist was slammed down, breaking them, after which a pair of white-gloved hands reached down with a small broom and dustpan to sweep up the pieces. It was the elderly butler. He had a fresh cup, which he set on the arm of his employer's chair. a sort of menacing being was seated and lit, only showing a shape drenched in shadow with naught but his glowing red eyes now visible. This being is known only as the Grand Huntsman. Despite having just lashed out, his voice retained its control.
"Next time, the hunt will be complete. And the American Dragons will pay.", the Grand Huntsman vowed.
A/N: And as you already know by now, Ron Pearlman would voice the Grand Huntsman (originally Huntsman in the original version of the TV show) the reason being he gives off a better "Slade" vibe to it than Jeff Bennett does (props to him for voicing the big bad, though, so no disrespect), if you know what I mean. And this time, Jake and Rose would be a couple from the get-go, dragons or otherwise. Also, Susan would have dragon powers as well instead of it skipping a generation! Pretty cool, huh?