Alicia's POV

Alicia woke up on March seventeenth. She shook Nya awake. "Happy St. Patrick's Day," she said. Nya smiled. "That's right," she said. "I've been planning my outfit all year," Alicia said. "Figure if I keep my hood down..."

Nya pulled a green wristband out of their closet. Alicia grabbed a green bandana. "I bet Lloyd won't have any trouble with his outfit," Alicia said. "The only thing that really can go wrong for him today is if he somehow misplaced his suit."

There was a knock on the door and Nya went to open it. Cole was standing there. "Very funny, Alicia," he said. "Now where is it?" "Where's what?" Alicia asked, extremely confused. "Lloyd's suit is missing," Cole answered. "Now give it back."

Alicia was stunned. "What makes you think I had something to do with it?" she asked. "Because it's nowhere in our room, and Sensei said he hasn't seen it, so that just leaves you girls," Cole answered. "Plus, Nya would never stoop so low," Kai's voice called from the hall.

"I-I had nothing to do with it," Alicia protested. "I swear." Sensei called them for breakfast.

Nya and Cole left. "Now where's my suit?" Alicia asked herself.

Alicia nearly crashed into Lloyd in the hall. He glared at her. They went separate directions. Alicia found her suit in the boys' closet. Not cool, Alicia thought.

She nearly crashed into Lloyd again. He held up his suit. "Explain why this was in your closet," he said. "After you explain why this was in your closet," Alicia replied, holding up her own suit. They didn't realize that they were right outside the dining room.

Now the ninja were more convinced than ever that Alicia was the culprit.

Alicia wasn't sure what to do. She went out on deck to train and clear her mind. Usually that gave her some good ideas. Today, however, her mind drew a blank. How was she supposed to prove her innocence? "Haven't they heard the expression 'innocent until proven guilty?'" Alicia asked herself as she trained.

Nya's POV

Nya was watching Alicia train. She looked quite stressed. It was probably the boys. Nya could hear them arguing about what the best way to get back at her was. "We should hide her Bow and Arrow for a month," Kai said. "No, let's hide her Bow and all of her arrows for a season." Lloyd suggested. "That's a little cruel, don't you think?" Zane asked. "So all in favor of hiding her Silver Weapons for a month, say 'aye,'" Jay said. Nya poked her head in, being as silent as possible. A chorus of "aye" rang out with not a single "nay."

"It's settled, then," Jay said. "The trick will hiding them without touching them," Kai pointed. "We use a few of her other arrows," Lloyd offered. The other ninja nodded at him.

Nya dashed off. She had to warn Sensei. Surely he wouldn't let them execute their plan. She found him in his room. He seemed a little surprised to see her. "Sensei, you've got to help," Nya said. "The ninja are going to hide Alicia's Weapons in retaliation with the suit. I know she had nothing to do with it. Please, Sensei, you've got to take my word for it. Alicia is innocent..." Sensei held up a hand to signal her to stop.

"I know Alicia is innocent," he said. "I've even had a talk with the boys about them trying to find out the truth before really blaming her. I suppose that, as usual, they didn't listen."

The two of them walked over to the girls' room, where they caught the boys in the act. They looked very much like a herd of deer caught in headlights. "Hey," Kai said softly. Nya shook her head. "Count your lucky stars that Alicia isn't here right now," she said. "She'd kill you." The boys looked at each other. "Don't forget that Alicia can summon her Arrow at will." "You talking about me?" The voice behind then made them all turn around.

Alicia was standing there. "I heard your entire conversation," she said, tears in her eyes. "I can't believe you guys would stoop so low as to steal my Bow and Arrow. Looking at you now, I wouldn't be surprised if one of you stole Lloyd's (bleep)ing suit and framed me for it!"

The ninja looked alarmed at her accusation. They looked at each other as Alicia grabbed her Bow and Arrow and stormed into the girls' room. She slammed and locked the door. Nya glared at the boys. "Is one suit worth more than a friend?" she asked, coldly.

Lloyd's POV

Nya stormed off. "Both girls make excellent points," Sensei said. "I just hope you didn't zone out on them." He walked off as well. It was just the ninja in the hallway now. "What've we done?" Jay asked. "'We turned Alicia against us." "Not to mention Nya and Sensei," Kai added. "We've also lost their trust," Cole said. "And I highly doubt that it'll be easy regaining it." Without anyone saying so, they all knew that they all shared the same guilt.

Lloyd summoned the courage to knock on the girls' door. "Alicia?" he asked softly. Alicia opened the door, but then almost shot Lloyd in the face with one of her regular arrows. There was a note. "Talk to the arrow," it said. "What's that even supposed to mean?" Kai asked. "It's like a 'talk to the hand' kind of thing," Cole explained. "She used to do that to me all the time."

They went on deck to train. "You know what's crazy?" Cole asked. "We're having another one of our 'No Alicia' adventures, but this time, Alicia wasn't called away by the wind, and we're not fighting an enemy." "Unless you count doubt as an enemy," Zane muttered.

"Why did we even doubt her in the first place?" Lloyd asked. "Sure she's known for her pranks, but really? Would she really stoop so low?" "We're talking about the girl who replaced my toothpaste with itching creme," Cole said. "Yes she would stoop that low." The other ninja stared at him.

"She replaced your toothpaste with itching creme?" Jay asked. "When was this?" "Before you guys came," Cole answered. "It's a long story." Lloyd did a facepalm. "You're missing my point entirely," he said. "I'm saying, we doubted a friend and we shouldn't have. We lost her trust completely and it won't be easy to regain it." The other ninja agreed.

"So, what do we do?" Jay asked. Nobody answered. Lloyd sighed. "We apologize," he said. "What'll we say though?" Jay asked. "'Let's just move on and forget this whole incident ever occurred? No if's, and's, or but's?'" "Jay's got a point," Cole said. "We lost Alicia's trust, and just apologizing won't be enough to convince her that we believe she was innocent." "Cole, that's it!" Lloyd exclaimed.

The others looked baffled. "What's what?" Cole asked. "We need to prove she's innocent," Lloyd answered. "I see where you're going," Zane said. "Like you said, Cole, just apologizing won't be enough for Alicia. We have to take action and find out who the real culprit is." "But that could be anyone," Kai pointed.

There was silence.

It hit suddenly Lloyd like an encyclopedia being thrown on a desk. He gasped. "Alicia said that she found her suit in our room, right?" he asked. "Yeah, so?" Cole asked. "And my suit was in the girls' room, right?" "Yeah, but, Lloyd, where are you going with this?" Kai asked. "I think I know where," Zane said. "He thinks that there was a little mix-up with the laundry last night and somehow, Lloyd's suit was mistaken for Alicia's, and vice-versa." "So, I guess the culprit was whoever did the laundry last night," Cole said. "That would've been me."

The new voice startled them. "Will you stop doing that?" Lloyd asked as turned around to find Alicia standing right behind him. Alicia laughed. "I never would've guessed that I was the culprit right from the start," she said. "I was actually worried about losing your trust for a while there." Now it was the boys' turn to laugh. "That's pretty ironic," Lloyd said. "We worried about losing your trust."

"How long have you been eavesdropping on us?" Jay asked. "Ever since you guys headed outside," Alicia answered. "I'm sorry, what?" Kai asked. Alicia shrugged. "How else was I supposed to make sure you didn't try to seek any more revenge on me?" she asked.

No one could argue with that logic. "Well, I think it's safe to say that this case is officially closed," Lloyd said.

The team trained together again through lunch. And even until after dinner. Alicia excused herself once to use the bathroom during that time. Though just before the sun set...

"ALICIA!" Nya shouted from inside. "Bye," Alicia said as she dashed off. The boys ran inside. "What she'd do?" Cole asked. Jay looked in the table. "She is so dead," he said. Alicia had written "Jay + Nya = 3" on the table in huge letters.

With a quick glance at each other, Nya and Jay ran off screaming, "You are a dead ninja!" to Alicia. Lloyd, Cole, Kai and Zane only stood and laughed. "This has just been one wild Saint Patrick's Day," Lloyd said. The other ninja agreed.

"Though if any if this day gets written down anywhere, I'll search it down and burn it to ashes," Kai said.