Hm... well, this is my NinjaGo story which was actually my first original idea... so... I hope it turns out okay! Enjoy! Read Review! ^^
Quiet winter breezes blew over the monastery, rattling the window panes gently. No other sound could be heard that dark night, except the small icy pattering of snowflakes hitting the building. The monastery had been built where the one before it had been (before it burnt down); on the mountain top above a small village. Everyone slept contently, except Master Wu.
Master Wu sat awake in a dark room, with only a few candles circling around him. His staff lay in front of him as he thought over things.
The Dark Lord had been defeated, and Lloyd, Green Ninja had reached his full power. Not to mention Lloyd's father, Lord Garmadon was once again human, and reunited with his wife. And to think, the four ninjas Wu had started out with had become the best team anyone had ever seen. Even one of the ninja's sisters, Nya, had become a Samurai.
The skeletons and serpentine didn't even bother anyone anymore; everything had turned out for the best. Or, at least that's how it seemed at first.
Master Wu slowly opened his eyes to see the candles around him flicker, then die out very slowly. Something was wrong. Standing up he quickly went into the hall, and looked down both ways; the hall was quiet, and the lanterns were just waving gently. But, the air wavered with fear, so he immediately started searching down the hallways.
Unknown to Wu, one of his four ninjas, Kai, lay restless in bed. He tossed and turned as a dream pierced through his deepest thoughts… a dream that slowly turned into a nightmare.
Kai ran through a desert, as the sky slowly was stained dark red. He wasn't sure exactly why he was running, but soon he saw great ruins of an old temple. Going in carefully, he avoided occasional traps that had been built into the walls a long time ago. He couldn't help but notice that streams of lava flowed through some of the pathways.
Following the lava streams, he dashed into what was supposed to be the main sanctuary. Even though the room was empty, Kai knew he was not alone. An echoing cackle flowed off the walls, as he could hear something sliding on the rock walls above, and around him. Six huge, glowing green eyes opened in front of Kai.
"Where am I?" He couldn't help but mumble out.
"You are at the wrong place, little ninja… for that, you will now suffer…" A terrible voice answered. The voice was so dreadful; it churned your soul and made you wish to cry out.
Kai drew his weapon, preparing for what was about to happen. A light came down beside him, and standing in the light stood Cole, also prepared for battle. A blue light came down on his other side, and Jay stood there holding out his Nunchucks.
Kai waited for a second, to see if Zane would appear, but he never did…
"Cole, where's Zane?" Kai asked his black-clad friend. But Cole didn't answer; he simply stood there as if he was a statue. Kai looked over to his blue-clad friend, "Jay?" Jay didn't move, but he did speak,
"He's not with us."
"Four little ninjas, fight as a team… you remove one, then there are three…" The terrible voice came back, as the eyes circled them.
"What did you do with Zane?" Kai shouted, demanding answers.
"He is being taken away from you." The voice answered, as Cole and Jay suddenly faded away, "He's but the first to go… then I'll pick of the other two just for fun… then take a head count… and then there's only one." Kai noticed he was indeed the only ninja left, but that was not important to him at the moment. Right then, the eyes had stepped out of the darkness to reveal the full figure that they belonged to. A giant Scorpion stood there with a low hiss, as it raised its tail. Swinging, it knocked Kai's weapon out of his hands. Then with another swing, it knocked him down.
Kai then braced himself for the finishing blow, but suddenly someone called out to him, "Kai! Hold on!"
Sensei Wu jumped down from nowhere, attacking the scorpion with great impact. The Scorpion shrieked and fell back, still being attacked by the old spinjutsu master.
"Kai, you must awake!" Master Wu called back to the red ninja, "Fight it!" Kai blinked, not understanding what his Sensei was getting at.
"You're dreaming! Wake yourself!"
Kai, startled, immediately sat up with a shot, opening his eyes wide to not see a giant scorpion; only to see his bedroom surrounding him. Sensei was sitting beside him, looking concerned.
"Master Wu! What happened? Weren't we just fighting a scorpion, in a desert temple?" Kai rubbed his head, slowly realizing it had just been a dream. But Master Wu clearly didn't think it was just a dream; at the mention of scorpions and desert temples his eyebrows went up.
"Something has poisoned your dreams…" Master Wu said, standing, looking around the dark room. Moving quietly, and holding his staff up, he suddenly crushed a tiny scorpion which was crossing the floor, "A demon spy…" he mumbled.
"What?" Kai said, eyes widening. Thinking of his dream, he remembered that Zane wasn't there to begin with, and must have been destroyed. Getting up and running out of his room, he quickly checked on all his monastery brothers. He even checked to make sure his sister, Lloyd, and Garmadon and his wife were still sleeping.
Master Wu followed him, "Kai, I was able to penetrate your dream at its end through meditation, but something happened before I came… perhaps you would like to tell me over a cup of tea?"
Kai sighed, and gently closed the door to his sister's room, "Alright…"
When morning came, Kai was already awake and sitting out in the snow, still in thought. He and Sensei had talked over the dream, and Master Wu told him it could have been a warning… or a vision of the future.
He had a plan, and needed help, so he waited for Jay and Cole to wake up. For Zane's safety, he decided not to say a word to the white ninja.
After they woke up, Kai pulled them quickly into a secret meeting. Explaining his dream to them, and what Master Wu had said, all three agreed to keep Zane completely out of harm's way for as long as they could.
Later that day, Zane was walking down through the snow towards the village to grab a few food supplies for that night's meal.
"ZANE! Zane wait up!" The ice ninja turned around to see Jay chasing after him, "What do you think you are doing?"
"Is something wrong brother?" Zane asked questioningly.
"Duh! With all this ice around you could slip and hurt yourself!" Jay said, "Do you know how many times a year someone gets a fatal injury from slipping on an ice patch?"
Zane looked down to the snow around his feet, "Well, I suppose that is very good point, but, I am the ice ninja you know…"
"That doesn't matter!" Jay said, shaking his head, and walking down with Zane, "I'll go with- yooOOUUUU!" Jay suddenly slipped on the ice and slid down into a snow covered bush. Zane awkwardly avoided him as he continued going to the market place.
"Hey Zane, how are you doing?" Kai asked, coming into the kitchen. Zane stood behind the oven, preparing to start cooking.
Pulling his apron on Zane blinked, "I am doing… well. Um, how are you doing, brother?" he returned the question, supposing that was what he was suppose to do.
"Oh I'm good… though, do you mind if I go through the groceries you bought real quickly?" Kai asked.
"Sure?" Zane answered, blinking as Kai started searching through the bags like a maniac.
"AHA!" Kai called out in victory, "I knew there was something dangerous in here!"
"Dangerous?"
"Yeah, see? This label right here says this stuff is flammable…" Kai said pointing to a green bottle.
"Well, that would be because it is olive oil…" Zane answered with a blank expression.
Kai shook his head and put the bottle down, "Still, it's too questionable to risk…"
"That coming from a fire ninja," Zane said, "But I ensure you, it's perfectly fine…" he took the bottle from Kai, and poured some in a frying pan with some vegetables. When the oven turned on, a flame danced on the pan then died down, just like you would see in a Japanese Steak House.
Kai suddenly screamed at the flame, scared that Zane would catch himself on fire or something. Zane looked at him strangely, being perfectly capable of handling the flame just for his cooking.
Kai stood back watching, and sighed finally giving up, "Alright… by the way, can I have some of this soda?"
Zane turned around to see what Kai was picking up and his eyes widened, "But Kai that's-"
"Thanks." Kai said before Zane could finish, and he started glugging down the liquid.
"-that's vinegar…" Zane finished in a mumble. Kai's eyes widened as he spit it out and quickly ran out of the room to the bathroom.
"So what are you cooking?" Cole asked coming into the kitchen as Zane was putting the finishing touches on some of his dishes.
Zane smiled, happy to hear someone was interested in what he had cooked, "Well, I made-"
"Was any of it made with suspicious looking items?" Cole asked, bending down so his eyes were level with a pot of chicken dumplings, and fried rice, "You know, like, glowing veggies? Smelly meat?"
Zane's smile faded, "If you are asking if it is safe to eat, then it is… but why would you want to know something like that?"
Cole was ignoring him, as he picked up an eggroll, "Hm… better just make sure these aren't poison…"
"Poison?" Zane was starting to get a little annoyed by his brother's antics. But Cole was happily munching away at everyone's dinner.
"Well, I think these may need a little more examining…" Cole said, trying to take the eggrolls. Zane glared, and quickly took all the dishes and balanced them on his arms and started to the dining room.
"Careful Zane, those are hot!" Cole called after him, chasing after the nin-droid.
"I am well aware of that!" Zane snapped back.
Everyone else was already seated around the table, as the food was brought out. "It smells delicious Zane!" Misako praised, "No doubt another cooking master piece!"
"Yeah I can't wait to eat some!" Lloyd agreed with his mother as Zane laid all the food on the table.
"I hope you all enjoy it." Zane concluded, going over to a stool to sit.
Jay immediately jumped up, "Here buddy I'll get that for you!" and he pulled the stool out for Zane and dusted it off. Unfortunately, Jay had pulled it out right as Zane was sitting down, so Zane fell on the floor.
Kai, Cole and Jay all gasped as they rushed to his side to help, as everyone else watched in puzzlement.
"Jay! Look what you did!"
"I'm so sorry! You're okay, right Zane?"
"Zane, you okay?"
Zane stood up immediately and his hands folded into fists, "I am FINE! I would please ask that you all stop trying to do everything for me!"
"But… we're just trying to help." Kai insisted.
"I am not a CHILD!" Zane growled, walking past them all, "I have a very high intellect and professional ninja skills! I am not stupid!" he stood in the doorway, "And if I am suppose to be part of this team, I expect to be treated like a member!" and he quickly ran off.
"What… just happened?" Lloyd asked blinking.
Kai looked back to Master Wu, who was shaking his head back and forth. Kai then looked to Lloyd, "I'll explain… but I'll explain as we go out and search for Zane…" he looked to Master Wu, "I think I just fulfilled my own dream…"
"No... you guys stay here... I think I'll go out and look for him. I mean, he's mad at you three, not me." Lloyd said, standing up and pulling his mask on. He ran over to the doorway.
"Lloyd has a point." Master Wu confirmed, "He should go."
Kai, Cole and Jay looked down with sadness and guilt, "Yes Master Wu." they mumbled as Lloyd ran out the door after Zane.
Well... this isn't good... O_o I hope Lloyd finds Zane... XD Anyway, review! Pretty please!