Hi everyone! I'm MagicalEpiphanies and I hope you enjoy this story! The story is one of many chapters, that will need to be updated. If I don't update regularly please understand because the school holidays are about to end. This is my first story ever and I hope you will enjoy! Reviews are most welcome! :)

(By the way I'm using British English and spelling, so please take note of that and be sure not to mention that in your reviews. XD)

~MagicalEpiphanies ( WITH SPARKLES AND RAINBOWSSSS)

Part I

Cole lay in bed, unable to sleep. The deep snores of his sleeping friends sounded through the small bunker, tranquil and rhythmic. Something was bothering him. A memory, pushed down to the deepest, darkest part of his mind. It was trying to claw itself out, out of the prison Cole had put it in. As much as he pushed the memory down and caged it out of his mind, he could not protect himself from the anguish. The anguish tormenting him everywhere he went, no matter what he did to block it out.

It was from his childhood, this memory. It permeated his mind and would not leave. The failure. The extreme training. The arduous hours he toiled only to be shunned by those who had not done half of what he had. When his mother left the family, tears, pain, regrets and all, he was alone. Only with his father for comfort. He worked hard, practiced for hours, days, weeks, to succeed in his career in dance, only to be rejected by the cold, unloving eyes of countless judges.

Part II

"Cole! Wake up! COLE!" Jay's loud voice shouted, oozing with impatience. However, the sleeping ninja would not wake.

"We bought you cake! All the stock in the cake store! Everything! The strawberry cake, the chocolate cake, the butter cake, the chocolate mousse cake, the mango cake, the vanilla cake, the assorted fruits cake, and the everything else cake," rang the voice again, this time more exasperated than impatient. Cole stirred, then stilled again. Nothing seemed to be able to wake the ninja out of his troubled sleep.

"Alright, that is it! I am done trying to wake Cole! Let's call Sensei Wu," Jay exclaimed.

The rest of the ninja nodded, expressing consent.

Breaking the silence that filled the bunker, Lloyd spoke softly, full of worry," I just hope that he's alright."

Part III

"I sense a disturbance in his spirit. I fear that he has gone into ethereal sleep. This is more commonly known as the sleep of memories. I'm afraid that he cannot be woken, or he risks death."

The ninja listened, distraught, as they slowly realised that they were going to lose their friend forever.

Part IV

"What can we do, Sensei Wu? We have to be able to do something!" Kai demanded, fear in his voice. The wise old sensei replied, sadness in every wrinkle of the weathered skin on his face,"I am afraid, that nothing can be done. I'm sorry. We cannot wake him, nor communicate with him while he is in this state. We can wait for him to get out of ethereal sleep. However, ethereal sleep has been known to last for thousands of years. So even if Cole dies as a ghost, his ethereal sleep will continue. I'm so sorry, but nothing can be done."

End of Chapter One

Thank you SO much for reading and I hope you enjoyed! The next part might be up soon! If any OCs come in, I'd be glad to put them in! However, this is a ship-free story so I'm sorry to any of you who were hoping to be paired with anyone in the story. Please send your OCs in as soon as possible. Please, make your OCs have NORMAL human proportions. Bye for now! :)

~MagicalEpiphanies