AUTHORS NOTE

Hi guys! This is my first fanfic so please no hate. A huge thank you and shoutout to my beta Strange Marmalade who is an amazing editor. I hope you all enjoy and constructive criticism welcome :)

The plot will take a while to get into because there is a large back story to do. I have already pre-written around five chapters just so you know :) XD

CHAPTER 1 - KELLY'S P.O.V

I stared hard at the mirror on the bathroom wall, as though it would save me from my living hell.

Crash.

That would be mum.

My mum is an alcoholic, she drinks with every meal, in between and can't speak at the most useful times. Four months ago, when dad was still alive, it wasn't half as bad. She'd always drink on a Friday and go clubbing on a Saturday and sometimes Monday. When she came back in, she'd be drunk but kind of able to talk so my dad and younger sister Missy would coax her into bed and she'd be normal in the morning.

Back then, she was the coolest mum ever, taking Missy and I out to the shopping centre every Saturday, taking us to the hairdressers, to look at styles and let Missy dye her hair an unusual colour. Missy was the rebel sister, the cool one, the person everybody liked even though we were only a year apart. We were still close though, I can remember her standing with her purple hair in a towel, brushing out my long red hair. Everybody in our family had red hair, even Missy. But, as I said, that was then.

My dad and sister died in a car crash four months ago. I will never quite forget that moment of anger, because most of the time I'm very cool. It was kind of freak though too, because mum and I were in the car, but we survived. Sometimes I think some of the reason that mum drinks to much is too forget that night.

Talking of mum, I jump down off the stool (I'm 17 years old, and still 5"2!) and shuffle into the lounge of our house. As usual, she's intolerable and stinks of whatever poisons she's been drinking so I begin to mop up the pool of mud and water where's she's been walking, off the floor. Just like that, I turn into an efficient machine of cleaning. Tiding up the broken pieces of my family.

'Kelly?' I turn around, my mother can speak after clubbing. Well that's a first. 'Can you find my shoe?' She murmurs. I nod quickly and turn away because I don't want to pity her. She doesn't deserve pity.

I head outside and realise how much it's raining. The grey clouds above my head swirl around like a tornado and I'm certain I see stars. Unsteady, I grab hold of the letterbox to find out the ferocious wind has pulled it out of the ground. I can see mum's red stiletto across the lawn but instead of reaching out for it, I make my way to the shed, because the whole thing terrifies me.

Typically, at that moment, mum comes outside. I'm hazy and dizzy but the words somehow scream out of my mouth. Not even sure what I said, mum starts to stumble her way across the lawn. She's halfway there when she spots her stiletto.

'No! MUM!' I scream because she can't be stupid enough to go for that stiletto, can she? The tree directly behind it sways dangerously and I could swear I just saw my next door neighbour's caravan head towards the tornado.

But she has. My mother would rather chase after a stupid stiletto rather than save her own life. In my foolhardy way, I edge out of the shed and reach out for mum, even though she is inching closer to the shoe.

What happens next I see in a hazy slow motion. The tree above mum sways and I don't think she's even aware of it until I scream so loud she hears and looks at me. I point up just as she has time to see what will kill her in two seconds flat. The giant oak, sways, creaking. It is pulled out of the ground, roots trailing behind like empty veins, and falls straight towards mum. I know it's too late, but I want to help her anyway. As I run forwards, desperate to save what is already lost, a branch scrapes straight down my leg causing severe agony.

I scream for help but none comes, I wasn't really expecting it anyway. There are bodies scattered in the ground and in the air, and then it hits me, the village is lost. I am probably one of the only survivors. A house opposite is pulled straight from the ground and topples onto a small child outside, I turn away, not wanting to see more. I can still hear the piercing scream of four year old Anita, and it kills me inside.

Suddenly, a huge ship materializes in the air and four figures jump off the side and slide down on ropes. Realising this could be my chance, I stagger up and limp down the street. Pain racks my body like a knife in my leg. Agony sears through me replacing the blood being pumped out and it courses through my veins. I know I must have hit something, but I can't bear to look. If I do, I'll see my own blood and then I'll faint which won't do. I have to be strong, I'm the only one left.

I scream all I can but I think the figures on the ship have surveyed the damage all they need too. There will be no survivors, except me of course but if they don't see me I'll die soon too. I ought to stand up, wave, but I can't.

Suddenly, the figure in black turns around and sees me. He gathers that I'm still alive and moving so motions to the other three to come with him. It's lucky really because I'm in danger of fainting. The figures, who now look like ninjas are now next to me and trying to see how to help.

'What's your name?' The one in black asks.

I can feel myself hyperventilating so I shut my eyes tight as the ground sways beneath me. My leg is throbbing horribly and I'm about to die, surely.

My leg!

My eyes snap open as I turn my head to look at my leg. The last thing I remember is white skin and red everywhere.

'So much blood,' I murmur in a quiet voice.

I crumple to the ground.

KAI'S POV

'What do we do?' I ask Cole who looks faintly worried.

'I don't know,' he replies. 'Will Sensei let us-WOAH LOOK OUT!'

We both duck as a lamp post flies overhead.

'Will Sensei really let us have this girl on the ship?'

Cole bursts out laughing.

'I do not understand why you are laughing. What is the joke?' Zane asks, bewildered.

That caused Jay and I to laugh as well.

'Hang on, hang on.' I stop, thoughtful for a moment. 'Didn't the prophecy say blah blah blah then, something about a tornado and how the last ninja you will find will be the one and only survivor of this that and the other?'

Cole thinks for a minute.

'I think you're right Kai, but what happens if this girl isn't the fire ninja? What if it's the wrong town? Anyway, she looks kind of young, thirteen or fourteen maybe?'

'I know but we can't just leave her to die and either way, we need to hurry up and make a decision! Look!'

I point to the church which is being pulled out of the ground. The wind whips up and all I can hear is the howling. Lovely situation, tornado, ship, me, Cole,Jay and Zane standing in the middle with an unconscious girl who could or could not be the one to help save ninjago. Big gamble much?

'I SAY WE TAKE HER!' I shout. Cole just looks at me blankly. He probably didn't hear. Jay runs off towards the ship.

To show him what I mean, I pick up the girl and gesture towards the tornado. Cole nods and starts to snigger.

'Ooh, let's take her then shall we Kai?'

'Shut up! Can't you do something about that lot?'

Cole holds out his hands and a cloud of dust appears. The tornado slows down considerably but now the rain pelts down and the winds are still pretty strong.

'Can't you do something about the winds?' I shout at him.

'NO!' He yells.'The rest is all natural so I can't change it!'

I jog with the girl and wave to Jay, who is standing on the ship talking to Sensei. He sees me with the girl and understands not being able to climb up the rope. Pressing a button, it lowers the ramp slowly and I hurry up it with the girl.

'NYA!' Zane shouts and my sister comes running out.

'Kai what's going on?' She's wearing a red silk kimono and judging by the state of her hair, has only just got out of bed. 'Oh my god Kai! What have you done?'

Jay and Cole collapse on the deck, clutching their ribs.

'It wasn't his fault Nya.' Sensei Wu says. He has been quietly observing the scene. 'She was the last survivor of a tornado and I presume you remember the prophecy?'

He watches me with interest and raises an eyebrow.

'You are quite sure?' He asks Cole and I.

'She was the last one,' says Cole. 'Think she was hit by something on the leg, possibly a car?'

'They was nobody else Sensei so unless there was another tornado somewhere else she has to be the one. What normal person could've survived this tornado anyway?'

'Ok guys!' Nya says. 'She's just passed out because of the sight of blood. She was also hit by something in the leg which caused her to hit her head on the ground. This may have caused concussion but judging from it, I think she'll be fine.' Nya nods as she says this. She went to medical school a few years ago so nobody questions her.

'What do we do?' Jay asks.

'You guys do nothing, please,' Nya says.

'But?'

'But nothing.' Nya glares at Cole.

'When she wakes up, she will want to be around girls because, no offence, you guys are all weird. Jay, wake up the girls and send them down to the med room, Kai you can carry her down and then all of you just carry on. We don't want to alarm her with your weirdness.'

Jay hurries off while Zane and Cole begin to fly the ship. I scoop up the girl and follow Nya to the med room, which, luckily, isn't too far away.

After she's been put onto a bed and Nya has attached a few drips to her arm. I linger before going.

'Do you want me to do anything Nya?' I ask.

'Would you mind putting this needle in her arm?' She asks. 'It's a calming drug. I've got to find some papers.'

'Sure.' I quickly inject the needle into the girl's arm and then leave. Medical really isn't my area.