Ok, so I don't know what happened, but the last chapter had become the first chapter...anyway, here it is once again!

==The next day

"I'm here!" David yelled, bursting into the office holding his mask in one hand, buckling his buckle with the other.

"You're late Huntsboy, the rest of the team already went down there." Huntsgirl replied, her tone steely.

"I'm sorry, I'll make it up with you on a date?" David asked, hopeful.

"I told you before and I'll tell you again, I'm not going out with you! You're a filthy spy! You probably just want to date me for information! Now let's get going," Huntsgirl stated, brushing past him towards the catacombs elbowing him in the process, and not in a light way.

"No! I like you, I really like you, plus, what do I have to do to get you to go out with me? Please Haley! Just give me a chance!" David pleaded.

"You can shut up and hold your breath...go like that for one whole day, if you're still living, I'll go out with you." Huntsgirl replied, disdain in her voice.

"Ha-ha, very cute. Seriously, will you at least go out with me once!" David retorted.

Haley turned around and backed him into a wall her eyes flashing like her boss' "listen Huntsboy, you and I have a different view of the world, and are from different worlds, so give it up. But if it'll shut you up, consider our time in the catacombs our date."

They approached the catacombs and went inside, going down the long stairs. When they finally reached the bottom, they went to their assigned section. David was confused. He saw from Haley's eyes that she was pissed, but he saw sadness in them too when she talked about them being from different worlds. He would make the most out of this 'date' and try to get her to go out with him again, that way she could see he meant her no harm, and so he could find out what was plaguing her.

"So Haley, do you want to do this together or separated?"

"Doesn't matter to me." Huntsgirl replied.

"Let's do it together, and we can split the files in each cabinet." The whole place was like a very big library, except it was deep underground, and the dust so thick that the whole place was covered in a continuous choir of sneezes.

After a couple of hours of searching through files, they were looking for the files on the chalice of Lord Dulett, which claimed to be able to find magical creatures even when they were hiding, David got up and left. Huntsgirl noted this and thought good riddance.

He came back holding out a bottle of water. He explained, "They ran out of water bottles, so we'll have to share, care to have a drink?"

"No thanks."

David took his mask off, drinking. Once he finished he realized, he had never seen Huntsgirl's face. But he knew she had very pretty eyes. She got up and carried the files she was looking at back to their cabinet. She had yet to sneeze and David was impressed, it was really hard to hold a sneeze in. She went to the next cabinet, trying to open the door.

"Here, let me help." David said, grinning at her.

Haley rolled her eyes "whatever, I can handle this." She jerked it open and a bunch of dust came out. David sneezed a couple of times, but Haley looked like she was trying to hold the sneeze in.

"Don't hold it in, just let it all out! It'll be worse if you do." Then David saw that Haley looked positively terrified at the prospect of sneezing, and she was shaking her head profusely. He grabbed Haley by the shoulders trying to calm her. "Haley, it's ok, just sneeze."

She pushed him out of the way and "AH-AH-AH-ACHOOO!"

David just stared at her newly revealed face. Haley had just breathed out fire, and a lot of it, burning half of her mask before Haley took it off and put it out by stomping on it. Haley looked at him, and he had an incredulous look on his face. It now all made sense. He tried approaching her, but she just backed away, her eyes wide in fear. She was pushed back into a deep alcove between two cabinets.

"Haley-" David said, grabbing her face. He brought it up to his face, her scared eyes never looking at him, and kissed her. Her eyes widened, and she slowly melted into the kiss. Her mouth is really warm David thought, enjoying the feeling. He had fallen in love with a dragon, and was proud and happy about it.

Once they broke apart, he smiled at Haley, who still looked scared. "Hey, it's ok, don't worry your secret is safe with me.-" Just then two Huntsclan idiots came in and David blocked her from view, which was relatively easy considering he was a bit taller and the crevice was quite dark. "You there, we saw fire around here, do you know what happened?"

"Nah, my mask fell in there and I had to grab it, and then I started sneezing so I didn't see anything...fire? Really?"

He could've sworn he heard "wings of the dragon" come out from behind him and was snapped out of his reverie by the two idiots, who were asking him to stand aside. David stepped aside, and was shocked when there was nothing there. They shrugged their shoulders and left.

Once they left, David looked up and saw Haley, cowering, floating above him, with beautiful pink dragon wings on her back. She landed on the ground in front of him, and her wings disappeared.

"David I-" He kissed her again before she could finish her sentence, hugging her close to him.

"Haley, it's ok, you don't have to say a word."

With that, Haley fainted. Since she was already in David's arms, she didn't fall. He grabbed his staff and used the teleporter to transport them to Huntress's complex. They landed outside the complex, he put his mask back on. He knocked on the door and his worst fears came true when Huntress opened the door.

"Huntsboy, what is going on here?" Huntress asked, stepping aside to let them in, closing the door behind her.

"Haley fainted. Too much dust, not enough hydration." David replied, trying to sound confident as he put Haley down on the sofa.

"Where is her mask?"

"Uhm, I erm, she must have left it behind."

"I see." Huntress didn't believe him, he was hiding something.

Haley came to with a groan. "What happened?"

"You fainted Haley, as I told Huntress, I think too much dust and not enough hydration led to you fainting."

They were interrupted by a sharp knock on the door. Huntress went to open the door. "What's going on here?" she asked the two Huntsmen who had accosted David earlier.

"There was a loud sneeze and everyone saw fire ma'am what should we do? Do you think that there's a dragon here?"

"That's preposterous. Someone is obviously playing a prank on you, go back to work, and don't interrupt me unless it's actually of some importance." She shut the door in their faces. She went back and sat down on the sofa in front of the two young lovers.

"Gesundheit" Huntress stated.

"Thanks" Haley replied.

"But Haley, you didn't sneeze." David countered.

"David, she knows." Haley sighed.

"Know? Know what?" David spluttered.

"Are you kidding me? You're now going to act like you don't know? I'm a dragon! Did you forget already?" Haley answered exasperated.

"Haley! I'm sorry Huntress, it might be she's still not feeling well. Pfft, dragons, right? It's a joke!" David said, trying to sound confident.

"David she knows ok? You don't need to act like that. You can trust her." Haley answered, hesitatingly putting her hand on his arm. He looked at her and saw kindness in her face and eyes.

"David, your term of punishment has come to a close. What do you wish to do?" Huntress asked shaking them out of their reverie. Haley gave Huntress a look of annoyment.

"Huntress, with all due respect, I wish to stay with Haley. I truly care about her, and I wish to be there for her." David replied, squeezing Haley's hands. "Could I see your dragon form?"

Haley looked at Huntress, who gave a silent nod. "Dragon up" Haley whispered. Blue flames engulfed her.

"Woah!" David said jumping back.

Once the flames died down, he saw quite a beautiful pink dragon. She was skinny and had long black hair. To tell the truth, David could see the resemblance. All of a sudden, the flames once again appeared, transforming her once again into the Haley he had gotten to know in the past month.

"David, are you going to quiet about Haley?" Huntress asked.

"Huntress, not even if you paid me all of the money and riches in the world would I reveal Haley as a dragon." David put a protective arm around Haley, hugging her.

"David, I, thanks." Haley said, snuggling up to him.

"Well, I never thought I would see the day. Hunter and dragon, cuddling and I don't think they're the first ones are they Rose?"

David, Haley paled and broke apart abruptly and Huntress turned to face the owner of the voice. In the doorway to her room, Gwen was leaning on the doorframe, snickering.

"Oh, please, don't let me spoil the party. You two lovebirds deserve each other." Gwen smiled, coming to sit beside Huntress.

"You're not mad? Or going to do anything?" Haley asked, disbelief clear in her voice as she backed up closer to David.

"Haley, I knew there was something about you. You always had this look on your face whenever dragons were mentioned. Plus, I saw the whole thing with that dragon yesterday. On top of that, Rose, you really should pick a different nickname for the American Dragon if you're going to be fighting in two different sides."

"I guess I underestimated you Gwen." Huntress said, chuckling.

"Nah, I just am at the right place at the right time. Now Rose, is that Dragon the father?" Gwen smirked.

"Gwen! I, yeah, be amazed." Huntress said, sinking her head to her hands.

"My goodness, Huntress, the one that hated dragons with a passion, the one that dreamed of that dragon's hide on her wall, is in a relationship with him and is going to have his child!" Gwen said, hugging her friend.

"No, you're wrong, I'm not in a relationship with the dragon, I...married him." Huntress said, her head in her lap.

Gwen chortled. "Rose, you seriously are something else."

"This is an interesting day to say the least." David said.

The five continued talking all day, conversing, getting to know each other, all shedding their masks, physical and metaphorical.

==8 months later

"Haley, Gwen, I'm about to have it!" Rose said, clutching her stomach.

They had decided to do it in private in case it was a dragon, that way they could lie about it. Haley told them that a baby, if it was a dragon, it would burp out a small flame if tickled.

After the pains and pseudo screams, to which all three women were glad for the soundproof walls, the baby came out.

"Um, Rose, it's a dragon." Haley said, dejected.

Rose sat up, startled. She looked at Gwen's hands, and saw a dragon. "Shit."

"It's a girl though," Haley noted, wrapping it in a blanket and handing it to the mother. Rose looked at the bundle, hugging her daughter close. She was a beautiful dragon, blue scales and jet-black hair, and when she opened her eyes, she saw big blue eyes.

"Call-call Jake, tell him to meet me at Central Park in 10 minutes." Rose mumbled, not wanting to let her daughter go.

==10 minutes later, Central Park.

Jake was sitting on a bench, wondering what was so important that Haley had to call him.

"Jake"

Jake turned to see Rose carrying a bundle of blankets along with her staff.

"Rose, what's going on?"

"Meet your daughter"

Jake looked down and saw an actual blue baby dragon, cooing.

"Rose-"

"Jake, we made an agreement, so you have to take her."

"I know, I just want tonight, let's just be parents tonight ok?" Jake pleaded, turning into a dragon and getting down on all fours to indicate to Rose to get on. Incredibly enough, Rose got on, and hugged Jake tightly. He flew up and into his apartment. They put their daughter down on a crib they had bought.

After a couple of minutes, the baby transformed into a beautiful baby girl.

"Rose, have you thought of a name?" Jake asked.

"Yes, Bridgette." Rose answered.

"Alright Bridgette Angel Long. That way she has some part of you always with her. Specific reason for the first name?"

"Yes, I want our daughter to be a bridge between us. Two enemies who fell in love with each other and made the best of it."

Thanks for reading, and go check out Hidden Lives: Dragons!

Hezpeller