NINJAGO TALES

PIRATES OF NINJAGO

INTRODUCTION

COLE'S CHILDHOOD

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His great grandfather was a pirate. His grandfather was a pirate. His own father is a pirate, but what will Cole become? Certainly not a pirate, that's for sure. Over two hundred years ago, in the year of seventeen eighty-one, a boy was born to a pirate and his wife. That baby happened to be Cole. His father was the one and only Captain Soto, the greatest pirate who ever sailed the seas of Nin. That son grew up into a child, but he was certainly not as wild as his parents expected him to be. He was always calm and considerate, usually spending hours in his room reading books and scrolls, studying not only the land he sailed on, but the world. He planned to become the greatest world traveler one day, but his father had other plans for Cole.

When Cole turned nine, he was told to leave his room and come and help swab the deck. Handing him a mop and a bucket of water, his father looked him straight in the eye and said, "Now, sonny, I don't want you wasting away your precious days being closed up in your room when you have too many things to do and take care of. Starting today, you are known as the ship's cabin boy. That means you'll be taking care of all the cleaning. This should give you a little sense of what being a pirate is all about. Start swabbing the deck. I want it finished in an hour."

"Yes, Father," Cole said.

"No, no, that's not how you say it. Your part of the crew now. If your going to be a pirate, then your gonna need to talk like one. Now, what are you really suppose to say?"

"I... don't know. I'm not sure what to say."

"We'll work on your pirate talk later. Start swabbing, boy."

Without getting angry or frustrated with his father, Cole placed the mop in the bucket and once it was moist enough, he placed it on the hardwood deck of the ship, mopping it up like there was no tomorrow. He thought it was actually pretty easy. The hard part was having to mop the entire ship. Once he got around the sail, Cole wasn't paying attention and the mop handle got caught in the rope, pulling both that and Cole up. The sail poked out when there was no wind, but even though he was small, Cole was heavy enough to force the sail to hit the ground, covering up half the ship. Cole got up out of the gigantic white cloth and gasp at the sight he saw. His father's crew poked their heads out from different places and started walking up towards the sail, some of them muttering as they saw what happen. At that exact moment, Captain Soto and his wife, Anna, looked at their son. While his mother looked with pity, his father had disappointment showing in his eyes. Cole figure he would suffer the consequences sooner or later, so he walked up to his parents.

Cole fell to his knees. "It was an accident, father. I didn't mean for any of this to happen."

"I don't want to hear it," Soto said, "I specifically told you to do the easiest thing in the world, and you have to mess that up as well. It wasn't that hard."

"I didn't look at where the handle was moving at. It got caught in the rope. The both of us went shooting up and landing back down. I promise, father. What I'm saying is the truth. I'll look out at where I mop at. I promise."

"I'll talk to you about it later. Looks like I've got a mess to clean up. Just go to your room."

With that being said, Cole ran inside his room and plopped himself on his bed. He was almost at the verge of tears. He knew that being a pirate wouldn't be easy, but messing everything up was just too much to bear. Maybe pirating would never be something Cole was interested in doing. A light tap was heard on his door. He refused to get up and see who it was, so whoever wanted him just came in. It was his mother, who came and sat next to him on his bed.

"I'm sorry it didn't work out the way you thought it would, Cole," Anna said.

"I don't get it," Cole said, sitting up and sticking close to his mother, "I make only one mistake and father just gets angry for no reason. What's with that?"

"Honey, as a captain, your father can't afford to make mistakes. He's just trying to teach you that. He doesn't mean to be hard on you. He's just trying to show you how to do it the proper way."

"The proper way? He may never be able to teach me how to do anything."

"I didn't say that." She paused a moment, then sighed. "Don't say that I told you this to your father, but he plans for you to be the captain one day."

"Why should I be a captain? This was my first job and my first screw up, and I managed to do that in ten minutes. Maybe I'm not cut out for this whole pirate thing."

"You may think that, but your father doesn't."

"Who cares what father thinks? He's only trying to teach me the ways so I can follow in his footsteps. Why should I? It's not like it's a family tradition or something."

"Actually, it is, but here's what I think you should do. Don't tell your father this, but I would rather have you be something more than a pirate. It doesn't work out for him much and I doubt that you'll be too stress because the ship's not exactly how you want it."

"It doesn't matter. I don't want this ship. I don't want to be a pirate. I don't want to be anything that involves being around these waters. What should I do?"

"Here's what you should do. Whatever you please."

"That's it? That's all you have to say? What do you mean by that?"

"Don't ask too many question, sweetheart. I mean that you can be whoever you wanna be. You don't have to be a pirate because your father is making you. This world is filled with many things. Do whatever you please."

"Can I be a world traveler?"

"If that's what you wanna do, then do it. Nobody is stopping you."

"Dad will."

"One of these days, he won't. He'll just have to accept your decision. Otherwise, there will be consequences."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Nothing, darling. Even though I'm telling you all this, you may not remember it all, but just think about it the next time a mistake happens."

"I can do whatever I want and nobody can say otherwise. Not even Father."

Time passed and Anna time had finally come for her to leave the world. Cole was only twelve when it happened. He was devastated for many days, but his father had not a thought in the world about it. He made sure Cole was always doing something to be part of his crew and keep his mind off his mother. No matter what Cole did, he always managed to screw it up, even when he simply needs to lower or rise the anchor. When he finally became a teenager, it was hard for him to want to do anything. He was usually up late at night and slept in the next morning. He never wanted to do much of what he was told, but when punishments came into the picture, Cole had no choice. Although, when those punishments included cleaning, Cole managed to mess it all up. No matter what he did, he couldn't do it right. Sometimes he would just shake it off and let it go. Other times, he would run to his room like a child and lock himself in, not bothering to open it when somebody knocked. This is how it was like living as a teenager. Cole's attitude became much too difficult to handle by the time Cole turned sixteen. He needed to figure out something that would get Cole on the right track and start obeying the rules. Soto finally figured it out and told his crew about it at dinner one night. Cole placed himself in his room, finishing up dinner quickly to be away from all of them. Typical teenagers, nowadays, Soto thought.

"Okay, crew, I have a plan that might be able to help Cole," Soto said, "Right on the docks of Scotland, there is a hideout for pirates only."

"Arg," Soto`s first mate said, "Everybody knows that we pirates have our own place in every country of the seven seas."

"This is different, though. I'm trying to help my son by finding someone that can teach him the ways of being a pirate. More importantly, teach him on how to be a proper captain. There is one guy that everybody seems to know well. He's a new captain for his father's ship, and I must say, he does a excellent job with keeping everything in order."

"Why would you wanna sent Cole out to some new fancy smancy captain when your the best all around?" No Eyed Pete asked while the other men of the crew laughed.

"That's the reason I'm doing all this, you slimy seadog," Soto said, "I've done all I can to teach Cole, but I suppose I'm just not the right captain to do it. He needs someone fresh, new and good at what he does. Someone that might be able to bring Cole to his senses. It's a tradition in my family for every firstborn son to become captain of his father's ship. There will be a day where I won't be around, so he needs to take over."

"How do we know that this freshly new captain is gonna teach your boy how to do anything?" a crew member asked.

"Haven't you all heard of the legendary new captain known as Blue Jay?" He set a drawing of the figure down on the table as the pirates gasp. "He's one of the most toughest pirates of all. I'm hoping he'll put some sense into Cole."

There were times when Captain Soto knew what he was doing, but this was just ridiculous. Sending his own son to train with a different captain that may have more experience than he does and wants this man to teach Cole the ways of being a pirate. If only Cole knew about this. He would put some sense in his own father. Unfortunately, if he did that, he would be more that just getting punished for his actions. He would get whipped by his father's first mate. Hopefully, Cole won't do so bad. Or maybe he'll give up and start being a normal man once he finds a place to settle down at. As they all saw, let the fun begin.

SEEMS AS THOUGH SOTO IS NOT AN EASY CAPTAIN TO GET ALONG WITH. IF ONLY COLE'S MOTHER WERE STILL AROUND FOR A LITTLE LONGER, EVERYTHING WOULD STILL BE NORMAL. WELL, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO EXCUSE SOME OF THE TEENAGE BEHAVIOR IN THIS. COLE WILL BE ACTING LIKE THAT IN THE STORY, SO THIS MAY BE A LITTLE OUT OF SORTS. I'M GLAD I KNOW HOW A TEENAGER ACTS. I AM ONE.

I HOPE THIS CHAPTER WAS GOOD.

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