Hey guys, whaddup, wow I haven't been on here for a hot minute lol. I just spent the last week being a counselor at my church camp with my friend (or as we call it "YCL" ten points if you can tell me what church I'm from haha) and I wanted to write a story about the ninja getting the "camp counselor experience" based on the adventures that me and my friend had last week. Most of the stories in this fic will be about the stuff that happened to us at camp just with Ninjago characters and the kids at the camp will be based on the kids we were in charge of. Get it now? Okay cool, here's chapter one, obviously, this isn't based off reality cause I'm not a freakin ninja and I knew full well that I agreed to be a leader haha. Also if you read my "Children of Spinjitzu" fic and are wondering why the hell I haven't updated it in over a year it's because I kinda hit a bit of a writer's block and life got busy and then I forgot about it and then when I remembered it and wanted to finish it, there were new episodes coming out so I wanted to wait for those and then after the new episodes I decided I wanna rewrite the whole thing. I'm not changing it completely, I just wanna refine it and clean it up and I had an idea for a new character I wanna add in. So don't worry, I haven't abandoned it, I'm just gonna wait till season 11 airs and then I promise you'll get more of the ninja kids cause I really love them a lot and wanna tell ya'll the story I've made for them it's just hard to stay focused and get my ideas out into words. You feel me? But you didn't come here for that story tho, you came for this one so imma let you read it now lol.

"Citizens of Ninjago, thank you for joining us today for this most auspicious celebration. Today we honor our most beloved ninja, who once again have saved our city from evil and ruin."

The ninja stood up on the stage in the middle of Ninjago square, smiles uncomfortably plastered on their faces. They'd heard the commissioner's speech several times before, and felt like this was the 5,000th ceremony held to "honor" them.

"He does know that he doesn't have to do this EVERY time we save the city, right?" Jay whispered to Cole. The earth ninja shrugged. "Ceremonies usually have cake, and if there's cake, I'm not complaining."

"Would you guys quit talking, you're distracting everyone from looking at me," Kai said, waving at the crowd.

Nya rolled her eyes. "Zane, how much longer do I need to pretend to care about this?"

"I was told the appreciation ceremony would conclude at 6 pm. However…" he sighed. "It is 6:45" Nya groaned.

"C' mon guys, in a few minutes they'll give us our "gift" and then we can go home," Lloyd said.

The ninja used to get excited when the city offered them gifts as a thank you for protecting them. But the ninja had saved Ninjago so many times that the commissioner and mayor seemed to be running out of ideas. Last time the ninja stopped a bank robbery they were given keychains of themselves and a pack of cupcakes. So they weren't anticipating any kind of big extravagant gift this time and honestly, they didn't want one. They just wanted to live their lives in peace without being "celebrated" every five minutes.

"...we again express our gratitude and can't wait to see what happens next week!" The audience cheered as the commissioner finished his speech. The ninja waved and quickly left the stage.

"Thank the freaking first spinjitzu master," Nya said as she hopped in the driver's seat of the car the teenagers shared for casual outings.

"What we do next week?" Jay buckled himself in the passenger seat. "That's oddly specific."

Kai opened the passenger side door. "Hey, it's my turn in the front, get out."

"C' mon Kai, really?"

Kai nodded. "Just cause you and Nya are engaged now doesn't mean you get to sit up front with her every time."

Jay sighed and unclicked his belt. He stuck his tongue out at Kai and sat in the back seat next to Zane.

"Wow, very mature Jay," Kai said, sitting down. Nya giggled and started the engine.

When they arrived back at the monastery, Master Wu was waiting for them on the training grounds.

"So how was the ceremony?"

"Same old, same old" Lloyd answered, headed towards the kitchen. "Except for the commissioner forgot to give us a thank you gift this time, but honestly I don't even care anymore."

Wu looked confused. "They didn't tell you?"

"Tell us what?" Zane asked.

"About the summer camp? The one named after you in your honor?"

The ninja looked at each other, baffled.

"We didn't hear anything about it," Jay said.

"We probably missed it when we were telling you to shut up," Kai responded. Jay elbowed his arm.

Wu rolled his eyes. "Well, you better start paying attention if you want to be counselors next week."

"Camp Counsellors?" Lloyd asked. "Who said anything about being counselors?"

"Apparently COLE did according to Gayle Gossip's latest blogpost," Nya said looking at her phone. "When asked to join the camp as counselors to teach and guide their young fans, ninja team member, Cole Steele, answered 'we'd be thrilled.'

"I thought they were asking if we could eat cake!" Cole defended. "I was in gratitude ceremony autopilot mode, I had no idea what anyone was saying!"

Lloyd sighed, then turned to Wu. "We'll have to tell the mayor we can't do it. It's great they're naming a camp after us and all, but we're not cut out to be counselors."

"I'm afraid it's too late," Wu said. "All the kids attending camp have heard the news and are expecting you there. What kind of role models would you be if you broke your promise?"

The ninja all began protesting at once. Wu held up his hands.

"It's already been settled. Pack your bags ninja, you're going camping."