New story? New season? ENJOY! BTW I drew the cover and I'm pretty pleased with how Kai came out!
HELPFUL THING: If YOU want to take part in solving the case you may BUT the names of the rooms will be revealed in the NEXT chapter. I have my reasons for doing that.
Today was an important day for all of Ninjago. People were in the streets yelling and cheering. Kids were running around and singing. The Mayor was ready for important guests to come to his mansion in order to celebrate this occasion.
You may ask what is the occasion? Was the Stone Army obliterated after all the damage they had caused? Was every evil in Ninjago vanquished? Did Kai loose those 800lbs that he dragged everywhere? The Last one did happen but no.
It was the celebration of Garmadon becoming a pure man. A man without evil in his veins. A man with no intentions to remake Ninjago into his own image.
It has been a year since Ninjago has been bathed in peace. All of Ninjago City has grown to trust and respect Garmadon without any threats but with the love in their hearts.
This day will always be special to everyone who lived in Ninjago. Everything was fine until...the murder.
Cole knocked on the huge gold and sliver double-doors in order to enter the Mayor's mansion. Behind Cole was the rest of the Ninja team which preserved during the climactic time. A woman in a black and white maid dress answered and introduced herself.
"My name is Amelia, the Mayor's maid. You may enter but take off your shoes. The floor's of this place are covered in carpet. Well half is carpet and the other half is hard-wood flooring. I'm sorry for the mix up!" She said nervously.
"It's ok" Cole replied humbly, "It must be pretty hard to serve the Mayor of Ninjago city!"
"HA! You have no idea." She said in a serious tone.
Amelia lead the Team through long corridors and led them into the living room which was one the 2nd floor. The Mayor walked in just in time and was able to shake hands with everyone before they sat down.
When everyone was settled the Mayor stood up, "As you know that I, Mayor Daniel Vaca Cornelius, invited all of you to celebrate the return of Garmadon's good heart and soul. I have invited you all so we can have a private party with four floors all to ourselves!"
Amelia brought in a bottle of wine and poured it into 13 cups as a refreshment. One for each of our guest.
"CHEERS!" Mayor Cornelius yelled.
"CHEERS!" Everyone else yelled in unison.
That's when it happened.
The lights flickered on and off. Then died.
There was a scream. A high-pitched one to be exact.
The lights came back on.
Everyone was speechless.
The party gathered around Mayor Cornelius' body. It was on the floor covered in blood. Glass was covering his body and the floor.
Someone had murdered Ninjago's Mayor.
Caroline bent down and picked up a piece of shattered glass on the floor examining it while everyone else tried their best not to freak out. The doors and windows were locked so no one would be able to break in nor interrupt the party that was specially and specifically planned for Garmadon.
Caroline stood up after 5 minutes with the piece of glass still in her hand, "It is obvious that someone took the wine bottle while the lights were out and slammed this bottle right into his head. This was NO accident. Especially that this happened at this moment."
"But who could have done it?" Jay asked.
"It HAS to be one of us." Caroline pointed to the party, "As the Ninja of Darkness I would have enough sense to warn everybody if danger was coming. No windows were broken and none of the doors have been damaged from anything! One of you HAD to kill the mayor. So if you did it you might as well cough it up."
Everyone started to look at each other and yelled, "I'M INNOCENT! IT WASN'T ME!"
Caroline facepalmed and took a seat. She watched as everyone started bickering at one another and started to fist-fight. That's when an idea appeared to her.
A woman with brown hair, eyes, and skin walked in with a multi-colored shirt, copper jeans, and golden high heels. She walked into the living room and looked at the Ninja fighting with a maid and each other.
"SHUT UP AND PAY ATTENTION!" She yelled.
Everyone sat down quietly and waited for the woman to talk again.
"Now look you idiots. As Ninjago's Ninja, maid, and retired Dark Lord. Oh and that slutty Mom of Lloyd's, you people should be trying to gather clues, stick together, and work this out. The only thing I see still here is a dead body covered in glass! Did anyone examine the body for clues?"
Kai mumbled, "Caroline did."
"WHAT?"
"CAROLINE DID!"
"Hey hey, no need to yell. Keep on yelling watch when you get slapped across the face and you'll go screaming to the Dentist. Now, you may be wondering how I know about the Mayor's murder..."
"You did it!" Cole yelled.
"WRONG YOU FOOL!" The woman said while smacking Cole across the face.
"Caroline told me about it and since I'm good at solving problems, I will help you people find the murderer!"
Nya cheered at the good news. "Thanks...um...What's your name?"
The lady facepalmed and laugh. "Sorry about that! My name is Ashley! All you need to know is that my last name ends with Saint. I don't need any stalkers following me and all of that!"
"Sensei I think she's talking to you." Jay whispered.
"Why would I stalk the young lady? She seems nice, independent, and pretty."
Ashley scoffed, "Flattery will get you no where especially at your age Sensei Wu. Each and every person who was in this house when Mayor Daniel Cow Cornelius was murdered with a...wine bottle is a suspect."
At that moment the chef came out with a cart of appetizers. It was like he never noticed the body.
"Hello and welcome our fellow guest! I cooked up my best recipes and...OH MY CRABCAKES WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MAYOR! OH SQUID SHERLOCK! OH MY CARROTS WHAT THE THYME-"
"SHHHHHHH MARIO!" Amelia exclaimed, "Someone murdered him and we can't even tell who did it! We'll just have to continue with the party."
"Why are we continuing the party? The Mayor died!" Lara shouted.
Mario sighed, "He would want us to continue the party regardless. Every time an event happens Mayor Daniel Cow..."
"Two questions. One, why are you saying Cow instead of Vaca? Two, why do you keep on saying his full name?" Jay questioned.
"The Mayor is Spanish and Cow is the English translation for Vaca. We say that as a way of respect." Ashley answered.
Mario continued, "As I was saying he would let us make a promise to him. What ever happens to him we must go on to please the guest."
Mario lead the Ninja and Ashley to a table with abundant amounts of food and let them get into their seats before they started to eat. Many other people were at the table as well. Five other maids, an accountant, a lawyer, and a woman in a long ruby read mermaid dress.
"So my husband really did get murdered by one of us? What a shame." The woman in the mermaid dress said calmly. "I'm sorry for causing such a scene."
Ashley looked at her in confusion.
"When she's upset she has sparkling grape juice instead of red wine. That's 's wife Matilda." She whispered.
Mario gave Garmadon a metal and ordered everyone to clap for him.
"Guys, I'm going to use the bathroom." Kai said quickly. He ran out as fast as he could but everyone was still congratulating Garmadon on his recovery.
"Alright every you may drink your drinks as you please!" Mario said. Everyone took sips in order to avoid becoming the ulimate drunk.
That's when Mario collapsed on the floor.
"Oh no Mario! This is horrible!" Matilda said calmly.
"Man, you REALLY need to show more emotion woman." Ashley commented.
Amelia bent down to in order to feel a pulse from Mario but she got nothing.
"He's dead."
That's when Kai came back.
"What happened?" He asked.
"Well you should know! YOU KILLED HIM!" Nya accused.
"Killed who?"
"MARIO!"
"I went to the bathroom!"
"Yeah, right before he died!"
"Does it look like I did something to the dude?"
That's when Zane stepped on between the quarreling siblings, "Nya we can't accuse Kai. Anyone could have done this."
"The thing I noticed is that whenever someone shows affection for Garmadon like congratulates him or something that person ends up dying. One of us hates Garmadon apparently." Amelia pointed out.
"The problem is that at one point all of us hated him! Someone here may still have a grudge against this him or something." Ashley was not joking when she said this.
Everyone who was in the dining room went into the living to discuss the murders and who the murderer may be.
Dark? Yes. It really doesn't matter.
OH! Sooner or later I may make an author version of this so hold on to your...um...COMPUTERS!
Anyway review and I hope you enjoy this story!
Have a nice whatever day of Summer you're on! It's Sunday June 23rd so it's the 2nd, 3rd, somewhere around that.
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