Lilac's P.O.V
I watch from the tree I was hiding in, camouflaged by the mirror – like silver fabric of my hunting clothes. Silver hunting boots, jegging pants, shirt, and hunting jacket. My mask, which covers the lower half of my face, and quiver are also made of the silver material are on. My bow and arrows, however, are not made of the reflecting silverness. My long, dark chocolate brown hair is woven into a braid down my back, gold and silver strands visible. When I see the ship's lights turn off, I jump from the limb I was watching from. I snuck through the shadows onto the hull of the giant warship. Wow, impressive, I think to myself. I find the door that leads to the kitchen, and use all of my willpower and a touch of magic to open it. I'm hoping that my wings will not pop out and whack something. That'd blow my cover. I creep over to the pantry, and open it the same way I did the other door. I check the time, seeing that it's eleven – thirty-five and I need to hurry. I grab a couple loafs of bread, they had tons. As well as the bread, I place four apples and a small hunk of cheese into my game bag. Sure, I hunt too, but it's easier to just get food this way. I can't make food appear, but I can make silver appear, so I always leave five coins in the pantries to make up for what I've stolen. The supermarkets don't take silver as payment, and banks make me nervous. Too much iron, bronze, and green paper. I am practically allergic to green paper. I quietly close the pantry, and am about to turn around when I feel a flashlight beam on my back. I freeze, calculating what I'll do next. "Turn around and put your hands up!" A light male voice orders. Aw, shit. Busted. I follow their instructions and and turn. I am shocked by who holds the flashlight. It's a young boy of about seventeen, so my age. He has light blonde hair, medium-pale skin, peridot green eyes, and is average height. He wears a peridot green ninja's gi with gold designs. He's pretty cute, handsome even. I don't want to, but I fire my silver powers momentarily at him. He stumbles back, and I see my chance. I bolt for the door, and get out onto the deck. The boy follows me, and I have no choice. I spread my wings and take to the sky, hoping to make it back to my camp. I look back slightly and see the boy looking dumbfounded. Damn you, Lilac! You got caught and revealed your powers! You are so massively screwed. It takes awhile, because my wings are weak from lack of use, but I get back to my camp. I, literally, drop out of the sky. My wings faltered. Thank God I was only three meters, or nine feet, off the ground when I fell. I brush myself off, and go by my fireplace. I start a fire, and toast a few pieces of bread after I smear some cheese onto them. While it toasts, I use my hunting knife to cut up the apple. I fill my water bottle with water from the stream, and use my magic to purify it. When the toast and cheese are done, I eat them and a few apple slices, washing it down with my water. I read by the fire for a few minutes after that, then I put it out and go into my tent to go to bed. I don't bother to change, my clothes are designed to keep me warm. They adjust to whatever temperature I want them to, so I almost never take them off. Only for washing and when I go swimming in the summer. I crawl under my sleeping bag, turn on my night lantern, and spread my security blanket, Blanky, over my arms. I've seen a lot of traumatizing things, so that's why I still need a security blanket. I fall asleep thinking about the young boy who caught me earlier.
Lloyd's P.O.V.
I gape at the young girl as she flies off into the night. She was beautiful, with her dark chocolate brown hair, shaded grass-green eyes with silver flecks, pale skin, and strawberry red lips. She was on the short side, and looked to be about my age of seventeen. She wore silver hunting clothes that seemed to be made of a reflective material and a bow and quiver of arrows. But she had been stealing from us. And that was unacceptable, mostly. When I fell back, I hit the table and knocked it over. It made a loud bang, so I knew I'd woken the others up. By the time they got down here, the girl was only a silhouette against the moon. But her wings were clear. "What is that, a giant bird?" Kai asked me. "I – it was a girl. With wings and silver magic. She was stealing from us. I came down for a midnight snack, and caught her. I told her to turn around, and she did. Then she fired her freaky silver magic stuff into my face, and I crashed into the table. She got away. But her power was like mine, only silver and stronger." I say. "Well, then, we gotta find her!" Cole yells. He's shirtless, and still in his pajama shorts. They are black with white – gray stripes. I sleep in my gi, but the ninja sleep in pajamas like Cole's. "Yeah!" Jay yells. "Just let me get a snack." And he walks into the kitchen and to the pantry. He opens the door, and on one shelf are five silver coins. "Hey guys! Look what that girl left us!" Jay waved the coins in the air. He pocketed one, and threw one at each of the rest of us ninja. "Okay, now we go get that girl!" Jay yelled, his mouth stuffed full with chocolate. "Yes." Sensei Wu agreed. "When you find her, bring her here. We will decide what to do with her. Lloyd," He said, turning to me. "What did she look like?" He asks. "Well, um, she was short with dark chocolate brown hair, shaded grass-green eyes with silver flecks, pale skin, and strawberry red lips. She wore silver reflective camouflage, and had a silver-silver bow and quiver of arrows." I say. "Alright, boys, let's go! Get into your gis and suit up!" Kai yells. So we do. We all move together, and run through the forest. We search for hours, and are about to give up when Zane spots a clearing. "Look." He says, and points. There, in the clearing, is a tent made of silver fabric like the bow's handle.
Lilac's P.O.V.
Movement. I sense movement. Human movement around my tent. I react quickly but silently, sliding out of my sleeping bag and into my boots. I strap on my quiver, grab my bow, nock an arrow, and undo the zipper door. I jump out, and aim my bow at the first person I see.
Lloyd's P.O.V.
The girl jumps out of her tent, and fires a well aimed arrow at Cole. He ducks just in time, and the arrow hits a tree behind him. She nocks another arrow, and fires it at Kai. She keeps nocking arrows and firing them at us, but then Jay trips her. She stumbles, her bow slipping from her hands as she falls onto the ground. Cole runs over to her and grabs her wrists with one hand, the other rips off her quiver. He flings it aside, twists her around so he can see her face, and plants his knee onto her calfs. Cole then starts to punch her, yelling things like, "This is for the arrows you fired at me! This is for kicking me and Jay!" and on and on. The girl starts to get bruises, and about seven or eight cuts open up. One is a nasty-ish gash across her cheek. "Enough, Cole!" I shout. Cole looks up at me and drops the girl. She starts crying, softly, only noticeable by the tears running down her cheeks. "Look, ya see what you did to her? That's not right, man." I say. "It was an act of revenge!" Cole shouts. "It was an act of abuse! She's only, what, seventeen? That's not something Sensei would be proud of. We'll treat her nicely, take her back to the Bounty like Sensei said to." The girl looks at me gratefully, her tears slowing. Man, I gotta find out her name. She's intriguing. I want to protect this girl, no matter what the cost. I feel some sort of connection with her. What is your name? A voice says in my mind. I look at the girl. She is staring fixatedly at me. I know she has spoken to me using her magic. I think as hard as I can, Lloyd. What's yours? She responds with, Lilac. My name is Lilac. And I am very thankful for you standing up to that Cole to protect me. Then Jay is waving his hand in front of my face. "Hello? Earth to Lloyd, are ya there?" He says. I blink rapidly. "Yeah, what is it?" "We got problems. How do you expect to get this girl back to the Bounty? She seems like she can't walk." Jay says. Would it be OK if I carried you? I ask Lilac inside my mind. I guess. If your Sensei wants to see me, so be it. I can't talk, that Cole guy hit my voice box. I'll be fine soon. But, can you go into my tent and get my security blanket? I'm sorry to ask, but I've seen a lot a traumatizing things. So I walk into her tent and pick up the security blanket, then walk back outside. The ninja stare at me. "Uh, Lloyd, why do you have a blanket?" Cole asks. I glance at Lilac. Should I tell them? She looks at me. Yes. Tell them my name, too. I look back at my teammates. "Guys, this is Lilac. She has magic, and can speak to me telepathically. I can talk to her too. She says I can carry her back to the Bounty, but she wanted her security blanket first. She said she's seen a lot of traumatizing things." Cole looks from me to Lilac and back. "So, why didn't she just tell us that?" He asks. "Well, maybe you should ask yourself that question, because she says you hit her voice box and she can't talk for awhile." Cole glares at me. "Alright, let's go." He says and moves toward Lilac holding thick chains, a lot of them. "Woah, woah, woah, Cole. What the hell are you doing?" Kai asks. "Well, I don't want her to fire her freaky magic at us once she feels up to it." "Well, she ain't no farm animal, so let's not." Jay steps in. "Okay, fine, we'll compromise. I'll just use rope and tie her wrists, fair?" Cole says. It's fine, Lilac says to me. I sigh, and nod. As soon as Lilac's wrists are tied, I place her security blanket on her and ease one arm under her legs and one under her head. We run back to the Bounty, me making sure Lilac doesn't get hurt anymore. Sensei is pacing the deck when we arrive. I set Lilac down gently, and he comes over. "Is this her?" He asks. I nod. "What happened?" "Cole happened. She thought we were attacking her, so she attacked us. She fired a few arrows strait at Cole, and tripped him. And punched him. And so on. But then he grabbed her when she tripped and beat her up bad. She can't talk for a while because he hit her voice box. Her name is Lilac. I know because we can speak telepathically thanks to her magic." I answer. Sensei just nods and we take her to the sick bay. Nya helps to fix her up, feeding her some of our ambrosia. After a few hours, she's okay and can talk. We take her to the hull and stand around her. She sits on her knees, swaying slightly. "Okay, Lilac, explain. Tell us everything so we can decide what to do with you." Sensei says. Lilac takes a deep breath. "As you know, my name is Lilac, I have magic and wings, and I can speak telepathically with Lloyd. But this is what you don't know. I am a fairy, and I have the Silver power. It is much like Lloyd's Golden power, only stronger and silver. I also posses the powers of all elements, except the ability to make food. That's why I was stealing from you. I know it's not right, but I'm starving. I always leave the few silver coins, because I can easily create silver. Another thing: I am the goddess of harmony and the moon, the representation of the moon. Lloyd here, he is the sun god, and the representation of the sun. He's also my significant other." She says the last part slowly. I am shocked, as is everyone else. "I don't know too much else, but I know that people can tell what I would and wouldn't do after they've known me for awhile, and something is after me. I don't know what or why, but they are. They have a vast army, and the leader, the one really after me, I think his name is Luke, but he goes by Shadow Hunter. That's all I know." Lilac concludes. Wow, is all I can think. "What of your past?" Sensei asks. "I've seen a lot of traumatizing things in my past; that's all my past is. Traumatic." Sensei looks at the five of us ninja and Nya. "We will discuss in the back room. Come, pupils." And we follow him into the room. But, as he says "To be safe", Cole chains Lilac's wrists with long chains that connect into the floor so she can't escape. Once we are all in the back room, Sensei begins to talk. "She shows great potential. I want to make her the Silver ninja. She cab be your counterpart, Lloyd. You do share the connection of being each other's significant other." Cole looks ready to faint, Kai and Jay nod, Zane says, "That is a good idea.", and Nya smiles and says that she agrees. We walk back out to find Lilac making it snow, and making ice sculptures? "What the hell are you doing?" Cole screams. Lilac jumps so hard she makes a dent in her sculpture. "I was passing time creatively, and being nice." Now that I look closely, I see that each statue is of one of us! The one she dented was Cole's. Sensei u chains her hands, and she waves one at the sculpture of Cole. It fixes itself. "Lilac, we have decided to make you the Silver ninja, Lloyd's counterpart. Do you accept?" She smiles. "Yes." Then she waves her hands down her body and turns her clothes into a beautiful silver gi. It looks like mine, only completely silver, with ice blue and Aurora Borealis designs, and made for a girl. That's beautiful! I tell her. Thank you, she responds. "Lilac, you can have the guest bedroom. It's a little small, but-" "Oh, don't be silly. I lived in a tent for five years, for God's sake." So I show Lilac to the guest room. When I open the door, she waves her hand and everything cleans itself up and fixed itself to Lilac's taste. When done, it hade a silver twin bed with silver sheets and ice blue pillows, a silver desk and chair with a bookshelf, a little closet that was open with a full-size mirror and silver hangers, a small silver couch with silky-smooth and soft ice blue pillows, a silver TV, plush silver carpet, and Aurora Borealis wallpaper/paint. I was amazed that she could do that, and so quickly! There were even books on the bookshelf and pens, paper, art supplies, and other stationary at the desk! I wanted to ask her to remake our room, too. Lilac smiled. "Impressed?" She asked. "Yeah. Real impressed." Lilac laughed. "Well, I'll let ya settle in." "See ya 'round, ya buggin' shank." She says. "You like Maze Runner too?" I ask. "Yeah, I love to read. Bye!" She yelled as I walked down the hall. I'd closd jer door behind me, but I still heard her turn on her music. She began to sing along, and she was good! I laughed in spite of myself, and went back to our room for a quick rest. I was on guard tonight, so I needed as much sleep as I could get. I lay down, thinking it'd be impossible to get to sleep. But I did. I fell asleep dreaming about Lilac.
Cole's P.O.V.
Oh, damn, how much I hate that girl Lilac. I don't know why, exactly, but I hate her! And now she has to be part of our team?! I won't be able to live with it! Unless….. Well, I could just beat her every night. That'd make me feel better. I'll just have to make sure she doesn't tell anyone. If the others find out, I'm off the team for sure! I'll start tonight, I noticed that she talked about wanting to go for a walk after dinner. She said she usually does. Hmm…...