Nya stood near the edge of the cliff, the wind blowing fiercely, looking at the ocean. Since the years of Sunset had begun, the water had gotten darker, almost black. She wondered if this happened all the time. She had asked her parents and townspeople many more questions of Night, but nobody would talk of it. Perhaps it was just too mysterious to speak of.
There was a rustle in the bushes and leaves, and Jay comes bursting through the woods, panting.
"You're late." Nya said, barely looking at her friend. Although he has just used most of his energy running, he manages a smirk.
"Only a minute or two," he replies.
Jay was Nya's older brother Kai's friend more than her own. She met Jay through her brother over five years ago, when the years of Twilight was halfway over.
"Has the tide turned yet?" Jay asks Nya, and she shakes her head.
"No," she replies. "No, not yet. Did you bring the rope?"
"Yeah." said Jay. "Yeah, right here."
Jay turned his shoulder, letting his bag fall to the ground, and pulled out a thick rope, obviously made for climbing.
"So why do you want it?" Jay asked as Nya seized it from him.
"Well," Nya said. "As much as I know that the tide turning is a big deal, it's not what I've come to see. Frankly, I don't care much about it."
Jay turned to look at her, his eyebrow slightly raised.
"But you should," Jay said. "When the tide turns, that marks that we have to leave within two days. It warns us when-"
"I know that, Jay." Nya interrupts. "Can I just show you what I mean?"
Nya leaned forward in the air, and pointed downwards toward the side of the cliff.
Beneath the two was a glistening, frozen substance, that snaked down the cliff toward the bottom, like wax from a candlestick. Jay looked at it in awe, matching the expression that had formed on Nya's face.
"Wow…" Jay said. "That's amazing. What is it?"
"Hasn't anybody told you? That's ice, Jay." Nya said, excitement building in her voice. "Ice! Can you believe it?"
Nya unrolled the rope and dropped the end down the side of the cliff. Then without a holster, grabbed onto the rope and began to climb down. She looked up at Jay, who still stood at the edge, staring admirably at her.
"Well?" Nya asked. "Are you coming?"
With no hesitation, Jay seized the rope too, and climbed down behind Nya.
Nya climbs lower toward Jay, and closer to the ice. Once she's right next to him, she graces the ice with one hand, keeping another hand on the wall to support herself. The ice was a numbing cold, and Nya couldn't believe just how cold it was.
In Ninjago, because it has been Day, and the sun has been out for the past fifteen years, ice in this form was almost foreign to the townspeople. She had never seen ice in her life, except maybe in her water.
Then suddenly Jay's cries forced their way through Nya's trance.
"Nya!" Jay was shouting. "Nya! The tide!"
Frantically, Nya turned around, and behind her she faced a mountain of a wave, the dark waters gushing foam, and crashed into the side of the cliff.
Suddenly, a loud rumbling sounded behind the two. They both turn, and almost lose their balance from shock.
SORRY FOR THE SHORT CHAPTER. BUT IF I MADE IT ANY LONGER, IT WOULDN'T LEAVE ROOM FOR THE FUTURE ONES! THANKS AGAIN FOR READING, AND I HOPE YOU CONTINUE!
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