Hi guys! A new story by your beloved author, SpitfirewaterNinja, and I'm proud to present my collaboration with YinYangBroAndSis, an amazing and funny author. We got to talking and thought this would be an interesting story to write. Hope you guys like it!
Gracelynn Holbrook shut her book and sighed. Her eyes were about to bleed, she had reviewed so much history. Her best friend Alyss Suzuki echoed her sigh.
"Are we ever going to get this project done?" Gracelynn asked Alyss.
"Maybe. If we pull an all nighter. This has to get done by tomorrow. No excuses." Alyss replied.
"Thanks for reminding me. I need to go get another book on crystals for the Jewelry of the Royals part of the project."
"Fine. I'll be here." Alyss groaned. Gracelynn jumped up from their table at the library add went to the geology section. Gracelynn found the book she was after. She pulled it out, and it felt strangely un-booklike, but Gracelynn shrugged it off. She turned around and jumped. Alyss was right behind her. After glaring at her a second, Gracelynn tried to open the book. It wouldn't open.
"Lyss, this book won't open."
"Hey, Gracie, -"
"No, Alyss, look!" Gracelynn had pried the book open and inside was a crystal, slightly larger than the palm of her hand.
"Whoa!What Is that-"
"I don't know. It's kinda creepy. I mean, what does it do?" As if to answer her question, a blinding light filled the library.
"What's happening!" Alyss yelled.
"I don't know!" Gracelynn screeched back.
A pounding headache filled Gracelynn's brain.
"Ow... Oh my gosh!" She looked at herself. She looked like an cartoon anime character.
Gracelynn's emerald eyes were adorably huge had overly exaggerated lashes. Her already long reddish brown hair had bluish tips, and was in a high set curly ponytail that almost reached her knees. She was wearing a turquoise and black ninja gi, along with combat boots. After she had gotten over the shock of her appearance, Gracelynn suddenly remembered Alyss.
"Alyss! Alyss Suzuki! Where are you!" She called her friend. But Alyss was nowhere to be seen.
"Hey!" A gruff voice behind her scared her out of her wits. Gracelynn whirled around. A man of about nineteen was standing there. He had blonde hair and wore a green ninja gi. His face was masked, but his jade green eyes were like jewels burning through her.
"Who are you?" Gracelynn asked nervously, then blushing at her own nervousness.
"Names Lloyd. Lloyd Garmadon. Who are you?"
"Gracelynn Holbrook. I'm looking for my friend. Her name is Alyss Suzuki. She's taller than me, well practically everyone is taller than me," Gracelynn started babbling she was so terrified. This man was just looking at her like he wanted to slit her throat.
"And she was wearing a tank top and leggings with furry boots last I saw her. We kinda got thrown into this world, wherever this place is-"
"Ninjago." Lloyd cut her off.
"What?"
"Ninjago. You're in Ninjago." Gracelynn stared at him wide eyed.
"Wait- so you're the Lloyd Garmadon? The ninja? Master of Energy?"
"Umm... Yeah, how did you know that?"
"I, uh, watch a lot of TV."
"Ookkkaaayy... Anyway, why don't you come with me and my teamand I can help you find your friend." Lloyd Garmadon offered Gracelynn his hand and she accepted, to be dragged to his dragon.
"Uh, I don't think I can ride this..." She started.
"Sure you can. You want to find your friend right?" Gracelynn nodded. "Hop on."
Alyss stood up slowly. One minute she was with Gracelynn at the library, now she was somewhere she had never been before. She looked at her clothes and nearly fell over again. Why in the world did she look like an anime character? Her brown hair was now light lilac on one side, and she had a black sleeveless gi with tall black boots on. En she realized Gracelynn was nowhere to be seen.
"Gracie! Gracelynn! Gracelynn Holbrook can you hear me!? Where are you?" No reply save the echoes bouncing of of the mountains.
Alyss looked at the city in the distance, and groaned. It looked like it was miles away. After walking for about ten minutes, a strange shadow overhead made her look up. It looked like a dragon? It was a pale blue, and it looked like the energy was just fizzing out of it in little sparks. Things took a turn for the worst, at least in Alyss' mind, when the dragon swooped down towards her.
"You lost?" Bright blue eyes stared in her own dark ones, and there seemed to be just a tad of mischief in the electricity that was cutting into her.
"Uh, yeah, sorta." Alyss replied to the young man. His ginger hair was smoothly parted, but she couldn't see his expression, because his face was half covered by a blue mask.
"Want some help? I can give you a lift." Who was this dude? Didn't even know her and was offering her a ride. No way.
"Um... No thanks." Alyss replied to the guy. What about Gracelynn? A voice in her head whispered.
"Okay. Suit yourself." The young man said. Alyss bit her lip.
"Actually, I do need help. I'm looking for my friend, Gracelynn Holbrook."
"My team and I can help. I'm Jay Walker by the way." Jay's electric blue eyes sparkled in the blinding sunlight.
"Alyss Suzuki." Jay Walker? OMG, she was in Ninjago! It all made sense now!
"Nice name. Okay, let's go see if we can find your friend." Jay recreated his dragon Wisp with a few lighning bolts, and leapt onto him. He then offered his hand to Alyss, whom accepted so he could pull her onto that- thing.
Gracelynn was slowly warming up to the almost silent man she was riding behind. He didn't talk much, but asked questions and let her do most of the talking.
"Okay, we're here." His voice made Gracelynn jump. Here? It was a tea shop, with a boat on dry land. He jumped gracefully off of the dragon, then motioned for Gracelynn to do the same. It took all she had to not fall on her face. She dusted herself off and followed Lloyd into the shop.
"Uncle Wu! I'm home! We have a visitor!" Lloyd called. Instead of Wu came the person that changed Gracelynn's life.
"Sensei's not here. He and Zane are out looking at some kind of new tea experiment." Kai Smith said. He glanced at Gracelynn. Those Amber eyes...
"Hi. Who's she Lloyd?" The fire master asked.
"Gracelynn Holbrook." He glanced at Gracelynn who nodded. "She's looking for her friend. Alyss Suzuki, right?" Gracelynn nodded again.
"Well, we'll see if we can find her." Kai said.
Alyss was enjoying her dragon ride. At least she didn't have to talk with motormouth in front of her. When they finally got to where they were going, Alyss gasped. There was Gracelynn, talking to some of the other ninja!
"Gracie!" Alyss shrieked from atop Wisp.
"Hey! Can you not bust my eardrums?" Jay complained.
"Sorry, but that's my friend!" Alyss gave her excuse.
"Okay, cool, but dude, my ears!"
"Sorry, sorry." Alyss apologized. Jay took Wisp in for the landing and Alyss soon realized life was going to get complicated. Because there was Cole Brookstone.