Hunting a Dragon

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So as you guys can guess, I got Netflix to work by just downloading the app. I used a laptop when doing my stories and figured I'd just use the website which didn't seem to wanting to work. So enjoy this chapter, sorry if it seems late.

"Now, hold on." Jim said as he gestured for everyone to just wait a second for him to figure out a plan. "This fight, I don't know, maybe we can um ...postpone it?" Jim asked as he looked at Draal, in hopes Draal would at least do him one favor. "Postpone, you say?" Draal chuckled while gesturing to Jim, Y/n balling her hands as a way to silence her. "What a trainer!" Draal laughed as Blinky and Toby matched Y/n annoyed glare, Jim looking at his friends with concern. "Does everyone in your company forget how to fight?" Draal asked smugly whilst his hands rested on his hips, earning a low growl from Aarrrgghh as he frowned at the blue troll. "If you think you could train Jim better, why don't you?" Y/n mumbled as she folded her arms across her chest. Before Draal could laugh at her, Jim interrupted.  "There are things that have been brought to our attention. Things that have serious implications." Jim said as he tried to reason with Draal, Blinky suddenly becoming wary of Jim's words. 

"No, no, no, Master Jim!" Blinky said and then tried to shush Jim as a warning, but Draal was already angered. "By Kanjigar's honor, I would have made your death swift and painless." Draal growled as Jim looked at him, Toby having to nudge Y/n to help remind her to keep calm. "But for that act of cowardice, I will show you no mercy when I take back what's rightfully mine." Draal said, Aarrrgghh had to grab Y/n as he noticed she was about to pounce on Draal in a fit of anger. Draal had already walked off but stopped when Y/n grunted and tried to get out of Aarrrgghh's hold. "Big farewell to your loved ones, Jim 'The Dead Meat'." Draal chuckled darkly before grunting and then walking off. Aarrrgghh finally let of of Y/n as Toby walked over to Jim and rested his hand on Jim's shoulder. "I'm gonna die tomorrow." Jim said as Toby sighed an nodded. Y/n looked at Jim and then at Draal who was still walking off. Soon enough, you and the boys went home for the night in silence. No one dared to talk on the walk to their houses before Y/n noticed her street was coming up.

"I'll uh, catch you guys tomorrow." Y/n said as she pointed her thumb to the street, Toby waving goodbye to Y/n as she walked off while Jim just watched her go. Once Y/n made it to Strickler's house, she just turned the handle. Not seeing his car in the drive way, Y/n assumed he was out doing some late night busy stuff. Y/n didn't both to grab anything out of the kitchen, she just walked to her room and laid on her bed and stared at the ceiling. Jim, the person Y/n has liked since she saw him, was probably gonna die tomorrow and Y/n couldn't do anything. Not only that, but Y/n had to go to school otherwise Strickler would start to think that Y/n was being manipulated to her death and would probably move away from Arcadia. Y/n just sighed and went under covers and stared at the window, being able to see the moon and all the stars in the sky. The next day, you hardly listened to anything or anyone at school. Another thing is that because Jim kept missing rehearsals for Romeo and Juliet, Steve took over the main role and left Jim to be the understudy.

Speaking of rehearsals, one was being held this morning before class was suppose to start. Y/n went to the school to try and explain to Jim she couldn't go and cheer him on while he was fighting Draal, as much as she wanted to. At the moment, Y/n stood in front of the stage doors and sighed. She pushed open the doors to see Steve and Claire on the stage, but Claire was looking through the back curtains while Steve was standing on the stage like he owned it. Y/n walked through the shadows and made her way to back stage in hopes of seeing Jim there. You were glad no one say you as Claire made her way back to the main stage to practice her part. Y/n sighed as she looked around back stage and didn't see him anywhere. Only for someone to poke her shoulder, causing Y/n to turn and see Eli standing behind her with a envelope in hand with Y/n's name on it. "So uh, Jim wanted me to give you this before he went off some place?" Eli said and handed the envelope to Y/n, who looked at the cursive hand writing on it.

"I didn't look at it, so it's still closed." Eli said and then rushed off to go and do his thing as stage crew. Y/n watched him walk off before sighing and returning her gaze to the envelope, rubbing her thumb on her written name. But Y/n was brought back to reality when the bell rang, signaling students to  start heading to their classes. Instead of focusing one your studies, you just eyed the letter from Jim that rested in your bag for the majority of the day. Mary and Claire noticed your strange behavior when you went to the girls bathroom instead of the cafeteria at lunch, the letter in hand. You looked for an empty stall and sat in it, locking the door after setting your bag on the hook of the back side of it. You looked at the envelope in your hands before taking a deep breath and slowly turning it around and carefully opening it and pulling out the letter inside and unfolding it to see it was kind of short.

Dear Y/n,

Okay, I don't really know what to say in this letter. I've already written several of these for you and I can only assume you're not going to come watch me fight Draal. I wouldn't blame you. I'm also sorry that I couldn't help you over your fear of trolls. I also know that you told me you didn't want me to figure out why your parents died, but I've asked Blinky if he could look into it since I had two lives to live. Hopefully when Draal, you know... ends me, the amulet will pick either you or Toby to continue my legacy.

You didn't even bother to finish the rest, wild thoughts about what Blinky might've found ran through your mind. But your thoughts were interrupted once more when the bell rang, causing you to sigh and be beyond nervous to even focus. When the end of the school day came, you grabbed your bag and dashed as fast as you could to the canals. You had your skateboard in your bag and easily yanked it out and threw it in front of you, zooming and dash through cars and bikers once you got on it. You stopped abruptly when you saw the canals in front of you, your body heaving from trying to get there the fastest you could. You threw your things into a nearby bush and ran down the canals, nearly tripping a few times. You finally got to the the wall but before you could even touch it, a amber glow came from it. You froze with a great distance between you and the wall as it seemed someone was trying to come outside. You waited for a moment and watched as the wall slowly collapsed enough for an opening.

"THAT WAS SO AWESOME SAUCE JIM!" Y/n heard Toby say as two shadows began to walk through the opening as the taller one chuckled a little as the smaller one punched the taller's shoulder. "And Y/n is gonna be so excited to know you survived!" Toby called out as tears streamed down your face, the wall appearing behind Jim and Toby once they were out of Trollmarket. Toby and Jim laughed for a bit, Toby caught sight of you and stopped, his laughter dying down as Jim noticed his friend stopped. "Tobes? You good?" Jim asked as he back was turned to you as Toby blinked in shock. "Uh, yeah, I don't think she is though." Toby laughed nervously as he pointed in front of him. Jim was confused and looked over to you, his eyes widening a bit as you looked at Jim. Even Jim remain frozen until you took a slow step towards him. It was almost as if a gun was set off and you and Jim dashed towards each other, Toby smirking as he folding his arms across his chest. Jim and you collided into a hug as your eyes were tightly closed as you both hugged each other tight. All that remained was silence as Toby looked around to make sure no one was spying on them.