So for anyone who follows my other stories, I'm going to tell you now they are still being worked on. Whenever I get stumped on them, I start writing something new to give my brain a break. This story is one of those, it is completely finished as of right now. That means I won't be leaving this one one hanging for months on end. A week at most.

This DP x AD cross was heavily inspired by a comic drawn by notbecca on Deviantart. For right now this is just a short prologue and the other chapters will be longer though there won't be more than maybe... 10 chapters to this story. Enjoy.=^-^=

Disclaimer: This is fanfiction. Enough said.

Ch. 1 - Ghosts and Dragons

Jake stretched as he sat in hiding with Fu Dog. They were on a stake out watching for a black market deal in Central Park. "Man, is this gonna happen sometime tonight? Got catch some Zs if I'm gonna get anywhere with that test tomorrow." Jake groaned after noting it was past midnight.

"Cool it Jake. You know how these guys are. Somethin about the timing and the position of the moon... somethin like that." He muttered curiously before looking back into his binoculars. "Oh hey kid, it's on." He gestured for Jake to look for himself.

He took the binoculars to see two trolls strolling up to the bridge with large clubs. "Check it. Ugly and uglier."

Fu chuckled a bit before becoming serious. "No time for jokes kid, this is serious. As soon as the supplier shows up, we gotta swipe that amulet."

Jake wore a cocky expression. "Come on now Fu, you know the Amdrag is on it."

Fu dog rolled his eyes. "But how long.." He muttered to himself.

"Oh Fu, I see leprechauns... It's Brocamas again." He almost growled thinking back to the Aztec Skulls incident. "So he's got the amulet."

"Yeah, and if we let him trade it to those trolls it'll be real bad."

Jake raised a brow. "Come on Fu they're trolls."

"Come on kid, wise up. What do trolls normally do when they work to get powerful magical artifacts?"

Jake's smile twisted into a grimace. "Oh yeah, they're workin for someone. Know the boss man?"

"I got a tip from an old buddy of mine that it could be Pandarus which would make this worse than it already is."

Jake furrowed his brow. "Could you just tell me what the stupid necklace does already?"

"No time, get in there!" He directed as he pushed Jake's face into the bushes.

Jake spit out the brush before bursting into flame. "Dragon up!" He bolted from the shadows and dove at the leprechauns. "Sorry Brocamas, no sale!" He landed in an attack pose as he stared down the small men. "Hand over the amulet and no one gets hurt." They all jumped in surprise before one of them threw a sack at Jake. "What the-"

"Sorry American Dragon, but this deal cannot be cancelled." The bag burst open in a flash, and golden sparks rained all around Jake clouding his vision.

"Oh boy... fell for the shiny in a sack bit." Fu groaned from the bushes. "Why does that work so well?"

Jake flailed through the flashes, and was able to grab a few of the clever little rascals, but none of the ones he grabbed had the amulet. "Hand over... oh.. Hand over... dang! Which one of you has it anyway!?" He kept struggling to see until he heard Brocamas yelp.

"Hey, give me back the amulet of Eragon now!" Jake's ears shot up at the strange voice. It had a bazaar echo to it he couldn't quite place.

"Get out of the way!" A troll bellowed as he swung down his club on the intruder. He was quickly turned around, and the second troll ended up hitting him by mistake.

"Ha, found it!" The intruder snatched the amulet from the leprechaun's case, and held it up. "Good, now maybe I can enjoy some time off."

Jake was finally starting to see straight as he took note of the glowing intruder. "Oh hey! Give that back!" He flew up to him and shook most of the sparks from his eyes.

"Back? It was never yours in the first place you over grown lizard."

Jake glared at the cocky young man, and could almost see him clearly before a club met his tail hard. "Yah!" He wailed as a burst of fire erupted from his mouth.

It caught the intruder off guard, and the amulet fell from his hands. "The amulet!" The other troll snatched it up, while the first one cut the intruder off with a wide swing of his club. It hit its mark as he was tossed off and skidded over the water a few times before disappearing.

Jake growled as he flew up, and quickly caught sight of the trolls again. He chased them down to the edge of the park before a cloud of colored dust appeared out of nowhere. "Wha?!"

"Begone American Dragon!" A whirlwind erupted and before Jake could place the voice he was tangled in the nearest tree.

"Hey Jake, you remember that talk we had about getting the amulet at ALL COSTS! Gramps is going to be ranting in mandarin for hours after this."

"Awww man!" Jake groaned as he hung haphazardly in place.

(Cue theme song right?)

"I cannot believe you lost the amulet!" He continued for several minutes in Chinese as Jake covered his ears from the foreign disappointment. He was still red in the face when he was done.

"Chill gramps, I mean enchanted jewelry are a dime a dozen at the Magus Bazaar aren't they? What's so great about this one?"

Lao Shi took a few deep breaths before regaining his composure. "Jake, you have been the American Dragon for a couple of years now. I do not believe you would so easily question it when I tell you something is important."

Jake furrowed his brow. "Gramps everything you ask me to do is important." The young dragon pointed out in slight frustration.

"He does have a point you know." Fu added in only to be met with a glare from the old man.

"That is not important. This particular amulet was an extremely dangerous artifact!" He yelled before turning back to Jake with another calming breath. "Look Jake, you are halfway through your last year of high school and so I did not want you to feel as stressed as I have made you in the past. I decided not to tell you the true nature of the amulet because I thought it would help, but now I see perhaps that has only made it worse."

"Wait, you're really gonna tell him?" Fu asked in surprise. "But I thought that was-"

"A highly guarded secret of the dragon council. They presented the case to the American Dragon and so it should be alright to tell him."

Jake raised a surprised brow. "The dragon council?! Yo G, why didn't you tell me it was that level of important!?"

"Because young dragon, all things should be counted as equally important no matter how small the job." He advised with a wise expression.

"Yeah, but I would've... you know..."

"Would it have really made a difference?" His grandfather inquired knowing his grandson all too well.

Jake looked sheepish as he twiddled his fingers. "Uh well, no or... maybe a little." He expressed with his fingers indicating the amount.

"Then you are not trying hard enough!" Lao Shi yelled at the top of his lungs. After another few minutes of shouting in mandarin he calmed again, and began to explain more about the mission. "The dragon council, as you know, was put in place to protect the magical world. You of course also know of the story of the Dark Dragon being the first dragon to break away from this inherent destiny."

With the mention of the dark dragon Jake's eyes became more focused than Lao Shi normally sees them. "So this is dark dragon bad."

"In a way young dragon. You see the Amulet of Eragon is an ancient and magical artifact able to turn its wearer into an elder dragon. If you do not remember my previous explanation, just know that they are much like regular dragons aside from having an indefinite life span."

"Oh yeah, the last one was how old? 1200? or was it 2100?" Fu interjected curiously as he tried to remember.

Jake's eyes widened. "Whoa... are there any of those around now?"

Lao Shi shook his head. "No, but if they were, they would no doubt be either on the dragon council or as equal threat as the Dark Dragon once posed. You see Jake, with each year a dragon's magical power grows."

"So you can imagine what 2100 years can do for 'em... or was it 1200?" He tossed the idea aside. "Either way, it's bad news if Eli Pandarus gets his paws on it."

Jake sat up with a serious expression. "If this amulet is so dangerous, why didn't the dragon council put it under lock and key already?" He asked curiously. "Surely something so dangerous had to be worth a magical version of fort knocks."

"Alas young dragon, it was not that simple. The Amulet of Eragon is an artifact originally created by the great Wizard Blowhard to imprison the spirits of two warring elder dragons." Jake's chuckle at the name didn't go unnoticed.

"They fought like cats and dogs for centuries." Fu added in which got a minor glare from Lao Shi for interrupting.

"So there's two elder dragons in this thing?"

Lao Shi shook his head. "No there are 2 amulets. They were given to a special line of human royalty to ensure their protection from those who would seek to misuse the power. Only those of that line can use the power properly. Anyone else who attempts to use the amulet will only find themselves in an uncontrollable fit of rage."

Jake raised a brow as he rubbed his chin. "So then Pandarus can't use it either."

"Yet Jake." Fu corrected ominously. "You see Jake, there is a way to counter the spell that makes only those of that royal line able to use it. It is one that was closely guarded by the family, and was thought to be lost."

Jake seemed confused. "So... he still can't use it? Am I missing the urgency here?"

Lao Shi sighed as he clasped his hands together in his robe. "For what possible reason could Pandarus seek the amulet unless he was able to use that power properly?"

"So basically, don't take the chance kid." Fu explained more directly to which Lao Shi nodded. "Yes."

Jake stood up and crossed his arms. "Alright then I'll just have to get it back."

Lao Shi held up a finger to stop him. "Ah, but first we must think on our strategy young dragon. We must assume that Pandarus can use the amulet at any time, and use the utmost caution." He turned and pulled a scroll from the shelf. He opened it up and blew the dust from it that had Jake hacking up a storm. "You will need to enlist the aid of the royal line of Eragon if you wish to take back the amulet successfully."

Jake crossed his arms confidently. "Cool G, so where do I find these guys? Not a lot of real royals in New York these days."

Lao Shi traded a glance with Fu dog. "Yeah, I got ya. It's not a place in New York kid. We're going dimension hopping."

Jake was quickly bewildered. "Dimension hopping? To where?"

Lao Shi threw up some powder before burning it with his dragon fire. "The Infinite Realms." He informed as a swirling green portal appeared from the flames.

So that's my first part. I'd always though about a crossover for this but I could never come up with a solid idea... so I went with the obvious one. Either way I think it worked out and hopefully ya'll will agree when i'm done posting it. I made them older here since I thought it would be more fun, and they'd know what they were doing instead of tripping over each other... though I guess that's what happened already huh? LOL. Another thing that really bothered me was how they kept insisting Jake was in Jr. High despite all the school events that happened in the show. Homecoming, Student Council, Graduation with caps and gowns, year book hype. All this stuff is normal for HIGH school, but I've never seen a middle school with all this.

Anyway, please let me know if you liked it or I suppose hate it?... In a comment below! I plan to update with a new longer chapter in a few days.=^-^=