~3rd person POV~
Jesse sighs as he leads the others to a portal with diamond and redstone blocks.
"Do the blocks give any indication to the world we end up in?" Jesse asks Ivor who shrugs.
"Maybe? I don't know. Ask in this world." Petra and Lukas nod in agreement.
"Let's go then," Jesse says before he and his friends enter the portal.
"What the heck?" Petra says. "Not what I was expecting."
The adventurers were stood on the middle of what appears to be a deserted street. Suddenly 7 people come sprinting past all in different colours. They all seem to be wearing full body, kimonos or gis. They also have the hoods down. They appear to be fighters.
~Cole's POV~
"Sis, how far away are we?" Jay yells from where he's pretty much at the back of the group. At this point, Maria and I have stopped.
Maria rolls her eyes. "We still need to go through another two streets. Which means running because we're already late!"
"Maria, calm down. Dad and Dareth are still teaching the younger children now. We don't have to be there until two." Lloyd reassures Maria, placing a hand on her shoulder.
"You do realise it's five to now right?" Maria says back, sassily to Lloyd.
Maria turns around and glances at the people behind her. Jay walks up to them dragging Maria with him.
"You're not from around here are you?" Maria asks.
I am surprised she was the first to speak. She's normally really shy around new people. Heck, she wouldn't even talk to Sensei Wu on her own for nearly two weeks after we met her!
"No, we're not." The blonde boy of the group says. 'So the whole thing about every group having a blonde is true.' I glance quickly at Lloyd. 'Yep definitely true.'
"You guys go to the dojo. Apologise to Sensei Garmadon for me!" Maria half yells the last part as we've already taken off running.
~Jesse's POV~
"I'm Maria." Maria says glancing around us.
"Well I'm Jesse, this is Petra, Lukas and Ivor." I point around the group as I say their name.
I look down at Maria. Her eyes are squinted against the sun.
"Where are you from then?" She asks us.
Something about this girl makes me feel like I can trust her about the whole portal thing. Maybe she knows someone who's an Old Builder.
"Well, it's a long story-"
"I know people who can help." She interrupts me. "Tell me on the way."
~10 minutes later~
"So let me get this straight, you guys are stuck in a portal hallway and you came through a portal with redstone and diamond blocks and ended up here." Maria pretty much recites.
"Yeah. That's right." Ivor says tugging on the girl's shoulder. "Know any Old Builders?" To everyone's surprise, she winces. Though it could have been from Ivor gripping her shoulder.
"Got yourself lucky there. I know 3 other Old Builders." Maria says smiling as she opens the door of a dojo.
"Wait. Are you an Old Builder?" Lukas asks Maria whose smile widens even more now if that's possible.
"Yep. Never liked the name though. Makes me seem really old, considering I'm the youngest." She says as an old man in a Sensei like suit waves her over.
"Maria, finally decide to show up." He says as Maria walks over.
"So she says she knows 3 Old Builders. She IS an Old Builder herself. She should be able to help us get home." I say to the others.
Another old man walks up to Maria and the first man and starts talking to them.
"Do you think this place is good then? Better than the others?" Petra asks glancing around the place.
"Defiantly seems better. Plus we've not had to ASK about getting home. It's like Maria expected us to come." Lukas says glancing at the two elders and the young girl.
"Maybe she did? If she's really an Old Builder, do you think she's maybe in contact with Cassie or anyone from Sky City?" Petra asks, she does have a fair point actually.
"Of course she's an Old Builder!" Ivor says a bit too loud making Maria, Maria's brother and friends, and the two elders Maria is talking to turn and glance at Ivor, before going back and doing what they were doing previously.
"Guys, let's not try and embarrass the girl we've just met and has agreed to help us. Also, I think Ivor's right about her being an Old Builder." I say. I'd seen Maria's cheeks turn a bright pink when Ivor had spoken.
~Maria's POV~
'Great thank you so much, Ivor!'
Sensei's Wu and Garmadon walk up to Jesse and Ivor while I weave through the students to find my brother.
"Maria!" Jay calls from where everyone is crowded around a table. Lloyd and Nya are sitting on the table. Cole is leaning up on the wall nearest Lloyd, Kai doing the same but nearest Nya, Jay was sat on the floor before he'd jumps up and hugs me, Zane also pulls himself to his feet and goes to stand next to Kai. "I thought you'd got lost!" I snigger a little bit at that.
"Says the guy who asked me how far away we were!" I say as Jay laughs half nervously.
"Sorry, sis." Jay apologises.
"What is an Old Builder exactly?" Kai asks me as I sigh.
"Heard Ivor then huh?" I ask him.
"I think the whole dojo heard him, Marie," Nya says hopping down from the table.
"What'd they need then?" Cole asks me.
"They just need to get home," I say giving Cole a half hug who automatically hugs me back. "Why miss me too much?" I joke making Cole snort into my hair.
"No, just worried about you." He says sweetly making me blush and bury my head in his chest. He strokes my hair comfortingly.
"I assume they aren't from this world at all correct?" Zane asks me as I emerge from Cole's gi.
"Yeah. That's right." I say curling up into Cole's side and rest my head on his arm as his hand settles on my waist. Luckily Jay isn't going to pry me away from Cole.
"Is Ivor the man who practically yelled?" Lloyd asks, his eyes slightly wide with awe and as if he's going to start teasing us as he looks at me literally cuddling Cole.
"Yeah, he is," I reply.
I quickly explain their story to my friends, I already got permission to tell anyone I think could help so I'm not going behind their backs and telling my closest friends if they'd asked me not to. I'm not like that. Plus I think Lloyd and Zane can help them. The next thing I say has everyone staring at me in pure surprise.
"Misako, Sensei Wu and Sensei Garmadon are Old Builders."
Hey guys, hope you enjoyed my first cross over of two of my favourite fandoms, MCSM and Ninjago.
