Alex, who lives with her uncle in the flat above their doorknob shop, meets her new teacher, Mr. Underwood, a descendant of a famous pirate, and soon three vicious men turn up in town, looking for a map to a fabled family treasure.
Timothy Freshwater, a young boy with too much spirit for his own good, finds himself in a dangerous adventure when he becomes the guardian of a Chinese dragon-turned-human who must scale an ancient Dragon's Gate to regain his true form.