Chapter 1

"Come on Jakey cheer up a little. The world isn't ending you know." Trixie said as she patted him on his back.

"Trix, in my eyes the world just ended. Rose is the Huntsgirl. Now every time I see her. I don't know if I should fear her or embrace her."

"Seems like you're in love with your mortal enemy." Spud paused. "Wait, you are."

"Thanks Spud." Jake muttered.

Trixie glared at her friend. "I swear boy one day I am going to shove my foot into a place where the sun doesn't shine. Can't you be smart for once?"

Spud shrugged. "I could be but if I would they don't associated me with the cool kids anymore and call me a teacher's pet." Spud said as he tried to look cool as three cheerleaders walked past them. They looked at them strangely before walking away fast. "They totally dig the Spudmeister."

"Keep on dreaming." Trixie hissed as she smacked him on the back of his head. "Uh-oh Jake trouble straight ahead."

Jake lifted his head and saw Rose coming at them. He froze in place.

"Jake? Can we talk, please?" She asked sadly.

"Uhm…Look at the time. Sorry Rose gotta be somewhere." Jake said as he hurried to the school.

Tears stung at the sides of Rose's eyes. "Hey, Trixie can you please tell Jake. I really didn't want Brad to mess up at the ski trip."

Trixie looked at her skeptically and huffed. " Girl, He isn't worried about Brad. He has bigger things on his mind." She said in her sassy way.

"Yeah, like you being." Spud said but stopped as Trixie covered his mouth and pulled him away.

Rose looked at them both suspiciously as the duo entered the school building.

Jake first entered Home economics. No one was in class yet so he chose a spot in the middle of the classroom and placed his head on the table.

"Why me?" He asked himself.

"What's the matter Jake?" A voice asked.

Jake looked up and looked right at the smiling face of Sun park his teacher.

"Nothing misses Park."

"First, it's Sun and second. A storm that only collects water but does not release it will soon collapse under its own weight." Sun said.

"You sound like my grandfather." Jake mumbled as he laid his head back down on the table.

"Maybe you're grandfather is right then. Remember if there is something you want to talk about. You can find a listening ear here. I will listen as if I had dragon ears." Sun said.

Jake looked at his teacher who walked to her desk incredulously.

"Did she just say dragon ears?" He whispered to himself. "Nah, that can't be, right?"

He decided not to spent any more time on the matter as students filled the classroom. He looked at the door just as Rose entered. His eyes met hers as she shot him a look filled with sadness. Jake quickly adverted his eyes not being able to look at her.

The class went by pretty slow for Jake. It wasn't that it was a dull class but he could feel the piercing eyes of Rose the whole lesson. "Why is this so difficult?" He thought.

He got up and hastily stuffed his books back into his bag. He swung it over his shoulder and headed for his favorite class. Mytho-biology with Professor Rotwood.

"Good morning mister Long." Rotwood said a wicked grin on his face.

Jake just grunted as he walked to his place in the back of the class.

"Hey, Spud why's Rotwood acting strange?" He asked as he sat down.

Spud looked at him his eyebrow risen. "Jake, even I know Rotwood acts strange all the time. So why does this surprise you?"

Jake shrugged. "Guess, your right."

Rotwood waited for everyone to enter and closed the door. He clapped his hands together and tried to get the class's attention.

"Silence!" He shouted as he didn't get it.

The whole class was silent at an instant. Rotwood moved a hand through the little hair he had left and continued.

"Today there will be an oral test." He announced he got several groans in reply. "Don't worry this will be fun." He said as he sat down. "Spudinskie! Get to the front of the class."

Spud stood and walked to the front of the class. "What's up Rotwood?"

Rotwood ripped the book he was holding in half. "Professor Rotwood." He calmly said. "I want you to impersonate an ogre."

"Sure." Spud replied as he got in a poetic stance. "To be or not to…"

"You can stop you've failed another F, mister Spudinskie one more and you will beat a certain someone in this room." He said as he eyed Jake.

"Mister Morton could you please impersonate an ogre."

Brad who was paying to Rose's misery more attention to her then to Rotwood turned. "Euhm can you repeat the question?"

"Impersonate an ogre, now!"

Brad thought for a moment and burped loudly. "That's okay wasn't it?"

"A bit disgusting but it fits. You get a B-."

"Alright, Highest score in the year. suck on that summer school." Brad said as he bumped his fist with one of his football mates."

"Misses Killdragonnosa will you please impersonate a dragon for me, hmm?"

Rose groaned inwardly as she walked to the front of the class.

"Rawr, I'm a disgusting dragon." She said uninterested.

"Hmm. Disappointing miss Killdragonnosa. I expected more from you."

Rose shrugged and returned to her place. Jake buried his face into his hands he knew who was next.

"Mister Long would you please join me at the front of the class."

Jake also groaned as he slumped to the front. "Rawr, I'm a dragon." He mumbled.

Rotwood narrowed his eyes. "I am sure you can better than this."

"Rawr, I'm a big mean dragon." Jake said now slightly harder.

"Tsk, tsk. Still not convinced."

Jake turned to Rotwood his eyes glaring daggers at his teacher. "You want to be convinced." Jake shouted. He roared a feral roar his face inches away Rotwood's.

Rotwood paled and swallowed hard. "That convinced me. You get an A."

Jake turned immediately regretting his outburst. He looked at his classmates all of them except for Trixie, Spud and Rose were terrified.

"Wonderful." He mumbled and got back to his seat several students flinched as he walked past them. Rose's eyes now pierced even more at the back of his head.

Suddenly Brad started to laugh. "Jerk Long is a freak." He said between laughter.

Jake buried his face into his arms again as the whole class started to laugh. Only to end as Rotwood slammed a ruler into his desk. "Just because mister Long did a good impression of a dragon doesn't mean you can make fun of him." He said as he looked at Brad. Who stood up.

"Yeah, I know the drill." Brad mumbled as he walked out of the classroom.

"Now, who's next?"

The rest of the day went by normal not considering the fact Jake spent his lunch time in the boy's restroom to avoid Rose. Because of the snow he walked to his grandfathers shop.

"I'm here." He said sadly as he entered the back half.

"Ah, Young dragon. I think tonight is a good night to patrol the city on your own." His grandfather smiled.

Jake nodded. "Why is that?"

"Didn't you feel the cold outside. The old man doesn't want to go into it. a-goo-goo-goo." Fu shouted as he was watching some magical program.

Jake glared at his grandfather.

"Would I really? Please young dragon I am sure you know I wouldn't do my duty because of a little cold." Loa Shi nervously said. "I really think you are ready."

Jake nodded again as he assumed dragon form and went out through the back. Jake flew through the sky letting his thoughts drift off to Rose. "I almost told her my secret. What if I had done that? She would have slain me." He sadly said.

He flew over the Hudson river as he saw Huntsgirl attacking some mermaids. He started to fly that way but stopped mid air. "I can't" he thought and turned to leave. He swirled around as he heard a mermaid scream. "Here goes nothing. Hey, Huntschump." He shouted. "Harassing mermaids are we?"

"I wondered when you would show up." The Huntsgirl replied her voice as cold as the weather. "We need to talk, dragon."

Jake hesitated for a moment. "We don't need to talk." He said as he lunged at her.

He tried to hit her. But his heart made him weak. He got some blows but not what he normally did. The Huntsgirl seemed to notice this.

"What's wrong with you?" She asked as she lowered her staff. "It seems like you don't want to fight."

"Trust me I don't." He said as he swiped at her again which she easily blocked. In the corner of his eye he could see the mermaids had left. He opened his wings and started to fly away. "See you later. Huntsgirl."

The Huntsgirl groaned as he started to fly away. She raised her staff and fired.

Jake felt the burning heat coming at him. He turned but it was already too late as the bolt impacted on his shoulder. He dropped down his eyes widened as he saw the cold water coming closer by the second. He plunged into it. the sudden cold made him gasp. He swallowed water and tried to get to the surface but the mixture of the cold water, lack of air and hurt shoulder made him give up as he slowly ascended into the deep.

"This is it. This is where my life ends." He thought.

The Huntsgirl stood waiting for the dragon to surface.

"Come on." She hissed. "Come on."

She saw a few bubbles and suddenly a lot of them. Her eyes widened.

"He's not going to make it." She said.

Thoughts of the Ski trip went through her mind as did the fight several seconds ago. She didn't hesitate as she dropped the staff and jumped into the cold water.

"Quite peaceful." Jake thought as he slowly ascended. "I thought it would hurt."

Darkness slowly enveloping him. he could barely make out the two blue eyes looking at him seconds later he felt as his body was pulled up by someone.

The Huntsgirl used every bit of strength she had, as she pulled the drowning dragon on to the land. She praised the Huntsman for having a water resistant and isolated jumpsuit. She placed the dragon on his back. Who started coughing up water and taking deep breaths of air. She saw he shivered and his responses where slow. The Huntsman was going to hate her for this. She unzipped her Jumpsuit and pressed herself against the chest of the dragon and wrapped her arms around her.

"What are you doing?" He asked flabbergasted.

"Keeping you warm. If your blood is to cold and it reaches your heart you get a heart attack and die." Rose explained.

"isn't that the point, me dying."

"You saved my life once. After this consider us even." She snapped. "And if you ever tell anybody."

They sat there for several minutes. Rose still had her hands wrapped around Jakes chest. Because of his size. She had her head also placed against it. She almost dosed off by the steady rhythm of his heartbeat.

"Why did you save me? you're a dragon and I'm a hunter." She asked.

Jake sighed. "Some things are better left unsaid. Huntsgirl."

She raised her head of his chest and looked at him her eyes filled with sadness. "You know who I am don't you?"

Jake nodded. "Yes, I do. That is what makes it hard."

Rose leaned her head against his chest again listing to the gentle beating again.

They sat there for several minutes more as Rose moved her arms away from him and zipped up het jumpsuit.

"Till we meet again, dragon." She said as she tapped her Huntsstaf on the ground and disappeared with mixed feelings.

Jake got up and looked to the spot where she just disappeared. He flexed his hurt shoulder and opened his wings. "That meeting takes place every day." He said and took off."

End of chapter.

EDIT: originally a one-shot but after some requests to continue it, decided it could be done.

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