Hey y'alls! Just letting you guys know that at 1 point, it may sound like SOG but it's not meant to. Just letting you guys know. Enjoy.
Chapter 1:
Cole sat on his bed at Marty Oppenheimer School of Performing Arts with his friend Chiara,
"You're leaving?" Chiara asked,
"This place isn't for me Chiara, you know this." Cole explained,
"Where are you going to go?" Chiara asked,
"I'm thinking of climbing Mt Ninjago." Cole explained,
"But then what?" Chiara asked,
"I don't know, but I'll find something, heck, I might become a mountain climber." Cole explained,
"What about your dad?" Chiara asked,
"You're pretty much the only one I've actually talked to, they won't remember me so no one will tell dad but, I have to ask you to keep this a secret, please." Cole requested,
"Have I ever let you down?" Chiara replied. Chiara walked with Cole to the front gate,
"Thanks Chiara." Cole stated,
"Any time, just, please don't forget about me." Chiara requested, tears pricking at her eyes. Cole noticed this and placed a hand on Chiara's shoulder. Chiara hugged Cole, who returned it,
"I promise and I promise I'll see you again." Cole replied. They broke the hug and Cole placed a small box in her hands. Chiara watched as Cole climbed over the gate before she walked back to her room, looking inside the box.
Cole started in space as the ninjas were flying to their next mission,
"You right buddy?" Jay asked,
"What? Oh, yeah." Cole replied,
"You sure. You've been in a different world." Jay explained,
"I'm fine Jay." Cole reassured as they landed outside a palace,
"What is this place?" Kai asked,
"Remember how the palace of secrets was destroyed?" Lloyd asked,
"Yeah. By their own princess." Nya replied, disgusted,
"Well, this is the replacement." Lloyd finished as the gates opened and a man with black hair that reached the bottom of his ears and light brown eyes and wore green robes with black outlines,
"The ninja I presume." He spoke,
"Yes, and you are?" Lloyd asked,
"My name is Ronald, the royal adviser here. Please do come in, the emperor and empress are waiting in the throne room." Ronald explained as he led the ninjas to the throne room where a man with short blond hair and light blue eyes and wore purple robes and a woman with blond hair that was tied up in a bun and baby blue eyes and wore a purple dress, both sat in the thrones. Ronald led them in front of them and the ninjas bowed,
"Thank you for coming ninjas." The empress spoke,
"It's our pleaser. May I ask why you called us?" Lloyd asked,
"You see, our daughter has been reviving these threats and tonight is the ball to celebrate our 1st year as the rulers of Ninjago and we're afraid that whomever sent these letters will attack tonight. We were hoping that you ninjas would be able to keep an eye out for our daughter and even hopefully find out who sent them." The emperor explained,
"It would be our honour your highnesses." Lloyd replied,
"Thank you. Ronald will show you all to your sleeping chambers and if you need to speak to our daughter, she's a bit busy at the moment so you'll be able to meet her tonight." The empress explained. Ronald showed the ninjas to their room,
"The emperor and empress have suggested that if you don't want to be spotted, you may join the ball. Suits and a dress have been set out on each of your beds and the empress says that if there's a problem with your suits, to tell someone and they'll sort them out." Ronald explained,
"I'm sure that won't be necessary but thank you." Zane replied.
It was 10 minuets until the ball and the ninjas decided to blend in as guest and if they have to, spinjitzu into their GIs. Soon, the ballroom was filled with guests and the ninjas were spread out among them when trumpets sounded,
"Ladies and gentlemen, the emperor, empress and princess of Ninjago." Ronald announced as the doors behind them opened and the 3 walked out. The princess had blond hair that was tied into a bun with bits left out either side of her face to frame it and had bright blue eyes and wore a pink dress asymmetric neck line (1 shoulder strap basically) and a thin line of diamonds around her waist, pink heels, a sliver tiara with pink jewels and a silver necklace with a pink heart pendant. As the emperor gave his speech, Cole couldn't help to think that the princess looked familiar until he saw the necklace, which if you looked close enough had a symbol of earth, then he knew. The royal family walked among their guest and Cole watched as the princess snuck away to the buffet and started to eat the cupcakes. Cole walked up to her,
"Those look good." Cole stated and the princess froze before swallowing her mouthful, straightening up and spinning around to be greeted by Cole's smirk,
"Cole?" she asked,
"Nice to see you too, Chiara." Cole replied as Chiara hugged Cole, "Or should I say, princess Chiara?" Cole mocked, rolling the r in 'princess' and doing a mock bow,
"Shut up." Chiara replied,
"Can I ask you something?" Cole asked,
"Let me guess. Why am I a princess and where is my mum?" Chiara guessed and Cole nodded, "*sigh* mum got killed in a car crash not long before I graduated from Marty Oppenheimer School of Performing Arts and the emperor and empress adopted me so know I'm the princess." Chiara replied, tears threatening her eyes. Cole placed a hand on Chiara's shoulder and gave it a light squeeze to let her know that it's ok. Chiara was about to say something when,
"Cole." Kai called as he walked over,
"Hey Kai." Cole replied,
"I thought we decided to question the princess later." Kai whispered,
"I'm not questioning the princess. I'm talking to an old friend." Cole explained,
"Old friend?" Kai asked,
"Kai, Chiara. Chiara…" Cole started,
"Kai Smith, ex-blacksmith who is now the master of fire and Nya's older brother." Chiara interrupted. Both men gave her a shocked look, "What? I was bored, you guys were a big thing so I decided to see who was protecting Ninjago and it turns out mum and dad, the emperor and empress ones, are good friends with all your parents." Chiara explained,
"Emperor and empress ones?" Kai questioned,
"I'll explain later when you guys agreed to 'question me'." Chiara stated,
"I forgot how good you could hear." Cole stated,
"Well it's handy." Chiara replied.
After the ball, the ninjas asked Ronald to show them to the princess and Ronald led them to Chiara's room. Ronald knocked on the door,
"Yeah?" Chiara called out,
"The ninjas have some questions for you." Ronald explained,
"1 second." Chiara replied before she screamed. Ronald opened the door in a rush to see Chiara on the floor with a coat hanger on top of her. Chiara looked up to see Ronald with worried and confused look on his face, "I fell." Chiara explained as she pushed the coat hanger off her to show that she was now in a purple tank top, purple pyjama pants and socks and her hair in a low pony and revealed to reach her mid-back and still had her necklace around her neck,
"Do you wish for me to stay your highness?" Ronald asked,
"It's ok Ron and I thought we talked about the 'your highness'." Chiara replied as Ronald smiled before he left, "Please don't mind the mess." Chiara requested as she kicked the fallen coat hanger to the side,
"You always were a slob." Cole replied. The others couldn't believe what Cole had called the princess before Chiara picked up a shirt from the floor and threw it at Cole's face,
"Wanna say that again?" Chiara stated and she raised her right hip and placed her hand on it and she held another shirt in her left hand,
"You got me. You're not a slob…you're the queen of slobs." Cole replied. Chiara tackled Cole but Cole poked her side with made her freeze as Cole slug her over his shoulder, soon they were just play fighting,
"Cole are you 5 or something?" Nya asked,
"No." Cole replied as he once again slung Chiara over his shoulder,
"I'll tell them your secret." Chiara sang,
"They know I went to Marty Oppenheimer School of Performing Arts." Cole replied,
"Not that. The other one." Chiara sang,
"You wouldn't." Cole stated,
"Hey did you guys know that…!" Chiara stated loudly before Cole tossed her in the air to catch her, still slung over his shoulder but now it saw so now Cole could cover her mouth with his hand,
"Not that." Cole stated,
"Not what?" Jay asked,
"Nothing important." Cole replied,
"It if it's not important, why are you stopping me from spilling?" Chiara asked, resting her head on Cole's hand that was meant to be covering her mouth,
"Not important to them." Cole replied,
"Are you going to put the princess down?" Zane questioned,
"Nah it's cool. This way I don't have to use my legs." Chiara replied. Cole glared at her then he smirked before Cole dropped his shoulder, causing Chiara to drop onto a pile of clothes,
"Hey!" Chiara stated,
"Ha ha." Cole teased before Chiara swung her leg at Cole's legs, causing him to fall over,
"Ha ha." Chiara repeated before the 2 laughed,
"What is she doing to Cole?" Jay whispered,
"What am I doing to Cole? Awww Cole acts like the big tough guy." Chiara teased. Cole threw a near by shirt at her and Chiara threw it back at him,
"How did you hear that?" Zane questioned,
"She has hearing like a dog." Cole explained,
"Like a dog?" Nya questioned,
"Yeah. I can even hear a dog whistle." Chiara explained,
"Cool." Kai stated,
"So um, we're meant to be asking you questions about some threats your parents told us about." Lloyd stated,
"Oh right. They're right here." Chiara explained as she got up and walked over to her desk, casually hitting Cole in the face with a shirt on the way. Chiara grabbed a small pile of papers and walked back over to the ninjas, "Yeah they started coming not long ago. They all basically say 'Princess blah blah blah, your time is up, blah blah blah, watch your back' and ends with this symbol that no one I asked knows about." Chiara explained,
"You seem a bit too casual about all this." Zane commented,
"It ain't the 1st time I've gotten threats. This is just the 1st time I've gotten threats in my time being a princess." Chiara explained,
"Then you should be watching your back." Kai stated as Chiara handed Lloyd the letters,
"They're all just all talk and no bite." Chiara stated when Ronald popped his head in,
"Chiara your parents are coming to see if your room is clean." Ronald explained,
"Shoot! Thanks Ron." Chiara replied. Ronald nodded his head and left,
"How are you going to get this all cleaned?" Nya asked,
"Just don't tell my parents about what you're about to see." Chiara requested and the ninjas nodded. Chiara's hands started to have a black glow on them as she moved them around and room seemed to be cleaning itself. The last item slid into place as the glow faded as the emperor and empress walked in,
"Nice to see your room clean Chiara." The empress stated,
"Thanks mum." Chiara stated, freaking out a bit,
"Keep it up sweet." The emperor added,
"No probs dad." Chiara replied, sounding like she was holding her breath. The emperor and empress walked away and Chiara finally exhaled as she flopped on to her bed that she was standing in front of,
"What was that?" Cole asked, wide eyed,
"I don't know. You guys are the only one to know other than Ronald. I guess it had something to do with my biological dad." Chiara explained, mumbling the last part,
"What and what?" Jay asked,
"I'm adopted by the emperor and empress." Chiara explained,
"And the part about your biological dad?" Cole asked,
"You don't wanna know." Chiara replied,
"Who?" Cole asked,
"You. Don't. Wanna. Know." Chiara repeated. Cole could tell she was getting scared,
"Sorry." Cole stated,
"It's fine. So do you guys know the symbol. It'd be nice for mum and dad to stop fussing over me." Chiara stated, changing the subject,
"Harumi." Lloyd whispered,
"The ex-princess. That girl is threating me?" Chiara asked before bursting into laughter,
"Why are you laughing? Harumi is more dangerous than you think. She brought back the evil side of Garmadon." Cole explained,
"Yeah. When she had the masks. There aren't any masks any more. What's she gonna do huh? Without the masks, she's just some psychotic freak." Chiara explained,
"But if she knew about that power." Cole replied,
"Look, I've never used it outside of my room and the only people who knows of it is Ron and now you guys." Chiara explained,
"We should stick around a bit longer in case something happens." Lloyd stated,
"Isn't Harumi in jail anyways? In like massive lock down along with her gang?" Chiara questioned,
"She has a point." Kai admitted,
"Guys." Zane stated before he projected live footage of the news,
"It has seemed that the ex-princess of Ninjago, Harumi, and her motorcycle gang, the Sons of Garmadon, have just escaped Kryptarium Prison." Gale explained,
"Should I be scared of her power or scared that that the cops let her go like that?" Chiara asked,
"That's what you're worried about?" Cole questioned,
"Should I be worried about something else? Cole you know me. I only worry about practical things like the fact she escaped, not why." Chiara explained.