Post by The Pantheon Dragon on Feb 18, 2006 15:00:22 GMT -5
A/N: Sequeal to The Last Phoenix...this is Haley-POV'd and is four years after Rose and Jake left.Things to expect...A new side of Haley,a new Dark Dragon and a new update on Jake and Rose!^^ Here we go...
Four years leading up to this...
Four years after the Phoenix incident:In New York City...
Hailey Long,thirteen and dressed in a purple shirt with a dark blue strip in the middle with long jeans and her hair loose down to the middle of her back,sat perched precariously on the edge of a building,coolly scanning the paved streets below her as she watched for anything that could go wrong.But with all the events that had lead up to her being named the new American Dragon,she knew that it wasn't too often anymore things between the magic world and the regular world got out off hand.Looking down to her left,she noticed two of her Brother's old friend's going down the sidewalk.She almost went down to say hi,but something held her back.Something she couldn't explain,
"I can't believe it,"she sighed deeply to herself,rising to her feet and started to sprout her lavender wings for no apparent reason,"It's been four years today since Jake left and still...still I sense that he's near me.Just waiting for me to come and see him again."
Indeed,it had been exactly that long since Jake Long,the person and/or Dragon that a lot of people knew and liked.Had disappeared from his ceil and had never been seen again,nor Rose either.Some speculated that he had been tricked to the dark side and had left on his on accord,other's thought he was kidnapped and possibley slayed by other Huntsmembers as a result of Huntsmaster's defeat.But for the select few who still clinged to hope that Jake hadn't just left without thinking it through,it was better to keep those thoughts to themselfs.
Finally extending her wings outward to lift off the building,Hailey glanced both ways to make sure no one was coming,as she lowered herself down to the sidewalk with some gentle,coetaneous flaps as she carefully descended to the ground.Grinning a bit as she realized she had made it without anyone seeing her,Hailey started to slowly back up,but not before she felt someone's presence without even touching them.Did she whirl around and brace herself for the fact that for the first time in only a years time,she had been nonchalant about things,
"What?"she gasped in a rushed breath of both surprise and relief,"It's...it's...only you two.How did you know I was up there?"
"Oh please,girl.If you knew how many times you're brother would sneak off and do things behind our backs,you'd know more of what to suspect too,"Trixie,who was a Senior now and earning money off of teaching kids 5-12 to hip-hop,repiled back casually as she handed some of the new accessories she bought for the kids she taught who didn't have the neassary ones over to Spud,"And besides,who else would be up on top of the same building she's been for the last four years everytime the Annivesary of...well...you know what I'm sayin."
"Uh,if by sayin,you mean the fact that everytime this day comes around that we all just ignore it and try to aviod it due to the fact that Jake's been gone for that long,is what you're sayin,"Spud,who was also a Senior and going to college on a scholarship he got for skateboarding,finished for her obliviously,"Then yes,me and her both totally get what you're saying!"
"Right,"she said flatly and then added a little more energetically as always,"And I get that you're still a few hundred brain cells short of ton."
"You guys,"Hailey interjected with her first laugh that day,"You're still the same after all this time,"she then paused and started to say in her normal,perky voice,"Well,what are you guys doing all the way down here anyways?I was just rapping it up on patrol here."
"If a few of Spud's supposively 'in exisit' brain cells are some how functioning properly,then the ticket both for the Karma concert tonight should be just about a block away,"Trixie told Hailey directly,but kept glaring at Spud out of the corner of her eye,"Hey,"she suddenly sounded elated,"Why don't you come with us?I know you're into the whole classical-jazzy-music thing.But Kidz-Are-Rockin-My-Aftertoon,who happen not to be kids at all,are for everyone!You should really think about it."
Hailey thought about this for a moment,her other friends,Chelsea a punk-rock/goth girl and JD a rapping DJ had tried to talk her into it too and not that she didn't think that crossing culture bounderies concerning musical productions wasn't interesting,but the time she always wanted to be alone had to been today and also to do her duties as the American Dragon had made her lie and say she had more work to do at her Grandfather's shop.So with a strained smile,she only shook her head and started to uneasily side-step Trixie and Spud,
"It sounds like a load of fun guys,"she prompted them appreciatively,as she started to move quicker towards the end of the block,"But you know,I've got other things to do and places to see and...well,you know,I really don't have the time.So,you know,I better..."
"Listen,we know it's hard for you,"Trixie suddenly became aware of Hailey's nervousness and approached her gently,"Jake wasn't just our best friend,he was you're brother."she tried to offer Hailey a hopeful smile,"And you should never get you're hopes up about him,you know,coming back and all that.But just remember,Jake really did care about the ones he,well,I guess we better be going now."
She watched them as they went in the opposite direction and resumed thier normal selfs.Without thinking about it,she started to head off down her block and down the few streets she had to go to get back to her home.On her way there,she noticed the sun was hanging overhead and that it's rays were starting to make things a little blurry,which caused her to get a mental image of the last time she had seen Jake.Hurt and angered,but had that really drove him become bad?She pondered on that heavily,as she finally came upon her front stoop and heard the familiar crys of her baby brother,Skyler,crying in the distance.Perking a bit at his sound,Hailey strolled up the steps almost casually and entered her home with an open mind.She had left early that morning and didn't know how her parents would react.
"Hailey,do you think you could give me a hand with these sheets?"Her Mother inquired her briskly,as she seperated some of the bed sheets she had piled up high both her hands and held them out for Hailey to take,"her smile broandened some,"Skyler contributed again."
As Hailey smiled back and came over to assist,she noticed with not too much shock that her Mom was pretty much forcing cheerfullness that day and even when Hailey frowned at her phoeiness,she still only dismissed the start of talking about Jake with a stiff shake of her head and a firm nod towards the laundry room.Only an instant hiccup from Skylar made her look down again,he was nearing three and looked a bit like Jake.But the only difference was Skyler's flat light brown hair and curious way about him,where he didn't really remind anybody of Jake,but he didn't quite fill the void left by his absience.Hailey only partly grinned,before she went to go help her Mom.
Later that day in Hailey's room...
Another day of fighting as the so-called American Dragon,Hailey mused to herself a bit idly,as she lean her back on the back board of her bed,I don't know why,but I thought today was the day that Jake might...She let her thoughts and memmories of Jake diminish,as a single tear ran down her cheek and she began to focus on something else,The way Alex Robinsion looked at me last Friday...
Hailey almost got the spontanous urge to bolt up from where she was and literally snatch the phone off the hook,as she almost dialed the number of the hottest,new student.Alex Robinsion was a generally laid-back and easy-going kid of boy,who never really showed off or acted too cool for school.Who was just someone who made friends easily and although he hand girls hanging off of him,he and Hailey still had thier 'close encounters' with each other.Usually Hailey was a little shy,compared to her ususal up-beat and lively self,but on days like this and only when she came close to Alex was she tounge-tied.However,over time Alex had made it easier to talk with him and even seemed to like spending some more of his time with her recently.She didn't know if it was permanet,but she liked the extra attention.
The two greatest things ever that could come true are seeing Jake again and hearing Alex say he likes me,likes me,Hailey almost scoffed at the Elementary way of saying "I love you" but gradually smiled at both subjects and figured that as long as she had to be the American Dragon and keep a good relationship with Alex going,while still waiting for her Brother.It was most defiantly worth it.
It may seem a little cliche' a bit at first...or not.But I have a lot planned for this one,so be prepared!Which I know you will.Anywho,I hope this was a good approach to my sequeal and one can never be too sure.But,will see what happens next,ttylz!
LP
Four years leading up to this...
Four years after the Phoenix incident:In New York City...
Hailey Long,thirteen and dressed in a purple shirt with a dark blue strip in the middle with long jeans and her hair loose down to the middle of her back,sat perched precariously on the edge of a building,coolly scanning the paved streets below her as she watched for anything that could go wrong.But with all the events that had lead up to her being named the new American Dragon,she knew that it wasn't too often anymore things between the magic world and the regular world got out off hand.Looking down to her left,she noticed two of her Brother's old friend's going down the sidewalk.She almost went down to say hi,but something held her back.Something she couldn't explain,
"I can't believe it,"she sighed deeply to herself,rising to her feet and started to sprout her lavender wings for no apparent reason,"It's been four years today since Jake left and still...still I sense that he's near me.Just waiting for me to come and see him again."
Indeed,it had been exactly that long since Jake Long,the person and/or Dragon that a lot of people knew and liked.Had disappeared from his ceil and had never been seen again,nor Rose either.Some speculated that he had been tricked to the dark side and had left on his on accord,other's thought he was kidnapped and possibley slayed by other Huntsmembers as a result of Huntsmaster's defeat.But for the select few who still clinged to hope that Jake hadn't just left without thinking it through,it was better to keep those thoughts to themselfs.
Finally extending her wings outward to lift off the building,Hailey glanced both ways to make sure no one was coming,as she lowered herself down to the sidewalk with some gentle,coetaneous flaps as she carefully descended to the ground.Grinning a bit as she realized she had made it without anyone seeing her,Hailey started to slowly back up,but not before she felt someone's presence without even touching them.Did she whirl around and brace herself for the fact that for the first time in only a years time,she had been nonchalant about things,
"What?"she gasped in a rushed breath of both surprise and relief,"It's...it's...only you two.How did you know I was up there?"
"Oh please,girl.If you knew how many times you're brother would sneak off and do things behind our backs,you'd know more of what to suspect too,"Trixie,who was a Senior now and earning money off of teaching kids 5-12 to hip-hop,repiled back casually as she handed some of the new accessories she bought for the kids she taught who didn't have the neassary ones over to Spud,"And besides,who else would be up on top of the same building she's been for the last four years everytime the Annivesary of...well...you know what I'm sayin."
"Uh,if by sayin,you mean the fact that everytime this day comes around that we all just ignore it and try to aviod it due to the fact that Jake's been gone for that long,is what you're sayin,"Spud,who was also a Senior and going to college on a scholarship he got for skateboarding,finished for her obliviously,"Then yes,me and her both totally get what you're saying!"
"Right,"she said flatly and then added a little more energetically as always,"And I get that you're still a few hundred brain cells short of ton."
"You guys,"Hailey interjected with her first laugh that day,"You're still the same after all this time,"she then paused and started to say in her normal,perky voice,"Well,what are you guys doing all the way down here anyways?I was just rapping it up on patrol here."
"If a few of Spud's supposively 'in exisit' brain cells are some how functioning properly,then the ticket both for the Karma concert tonight should be just about a block away,"Trixie told Hailey directly,but kept glaring at Spud out of the corner of her eye,"Hey,"she suddenly sounded elated,"Why don't you come with us?I know you're into the whole classical-jazzy-music thing.But Kidz-Are-Rockin-My-Aftertoon,who happen not to be kids at all,are for everyone!You should really think about it."
Hailey thought about this for a moment,her other friends,Chelsea a punk-rock/goth girl and JD a rapping DJ had tried to talk her into it too and not that she didn't think that crossing culture bounderies concerning musical productions wasn't interesting,but the time she always wanted to be alone had to been today and also to do her duties as the American Dragon had made her lie and say she had more work to do at her Grandfather's shop.So with a strained smile,she only shook her head and started to uneasily side-step Trixie and Spud,
"It sounds like a load of fun guys,"she prompted them appreciatively,as she started to move quicker towards the end of the block,"But you know,I've got other things to do and places to see and...well,you know,I really don't have the time.So,you know,I better..."
"Listen,we know it's hard for you,"Trixie suddenly became aware of Hailey's nervousness and approached her gently,"Jake wasn't just our best friend,he was you're brother."she tried to offer Hailey a hopeful smile,"And you should never get you're hopes up about him,you know,coming back and all that.But just remember,Jake really did care about the ones he,well,I guess we better be going now."
She watched them as they went in the opposite direction and resumed thier normal selfs.Without thinking about it,she started to head off down her block and down the few streets she had to go to get back to her home.On her way there,she noticed the sun was hanging overhead and that it's rays were starting to make things a little blurry,which caused her to get a mental image of the last time she had seen Jake.Hurt and angered,but had that really drove him become bad?She pondered on that heavily,as she finally came upon her front stoop and heard the familiar crys of her baby brother,Skyler,crying in the distance.Perking a bit at his sound,Hailey strolled up the steps almost casually and entered her home with an open mind.She had left early that morning and didn't know how her parents would react.
"Hailey,do you think you could give me a hand with these sheets?"Her Mother inquired her briskly,as she seperated some of the bed sheets she had piled up high both her hands and held them out for Hailey to take,"her smile broandened some,"Skyler contributed again."
As Hailey smiled back and came over to assist,she noticed with not too much shock that her Mom was pretty much forcing cheerfullness that day and even when Hailey frowned at her phoeiness,she still only dismissed the start of talking about Jake with a stiff shake of her head and a firm nod towards the laundry room.Only an instant hiccup from Skylar made her look down again,he was nearing three and looked a bit like Jake.But the only difference was Skyler's flat light brown hair and curious way about him,where he didn't really remind anybody of Jake,but he didn't quite fill the void left by his absience.Hailey only partly grinned,before she went to go help her Mom.
Later that day in Hailey's room...
Another day of fighting as the so-called American Dragon,Hailey mused to herself a bit idly,as she lean her back on the back board of her bed,I don't know why,but I thought today was the day that Jake might...She let her thoughts and memmories of Jake diminish,as a single tear ran down her cheek and she began to focus on something else,The way Alex Robinsion looked at me last Friday...
Hailey almost got the spontanous urge to bolt up from where she was and literally snatch the phone off the hook,as she almost dialed the number of the hottest,new student.Alex Robinsion was a generally laid-back and easy-going kid of boy,who never really showed off or acted too cool for school.Who was just someone who made friends easily and although he hand girls hanging off of him,he and Hailey still had thier 'close encounters' with each other.Usually Hailey was a little shy,compared to her ususal up-beat and lively self,but on days like this and only when she came close to Alex was she tounge-tied.However,over time Alex had made it easier to talk with him and even seemed to like spending some more of his time with her recently.She didn't know if it was permanet,but she liked the extra attention.
The two greatest things ever that could come true are seeing Jake again and hearing Alex say he likes me,likes me,Hailey almost scoffed at the Elementary way of saying "I love you" but gradually smiled at both subjects and figured that as long as she had to be the American Dragon and keep a good relationship with Alex going,while still waiting for her Brother.It was most defiantly worth it.
It may seem a little cliche' a bit at first...or not.But I have a lot planned for this one,so be prepared!Which I know you will.Anywho,I hope this was a good approach to my sequeal and one can never be too sure.But,will see what happens next,ttylz!
LP