Hey guys! Here is something that came out of me after watching lots (and I mean LOTS) of soldier reunion videos. So each of the ninja are soldiers, and they come home and surprise their families. It's kind of a Veterans Day thing. First one is Cole.

This is my first chapter story, and I honestly am still relatively new to this. Wish me luck!

I do not own Ninjago or the song used in this chapter. I only own Bri, Lia, and Kat.

Backstage before the first concert of the year, two sisters got ready for their big performance.

"Lia, I can't get the rest of the dress zipped up!" Kat complained while struggling with her purple dress.

"Kat, calm down. You'll ruin the dress." Lia told her sister. Kat let go of the zipper and let Lia finish the job.

"Thanks." Kat observed the two of them in the mirror. She was wearing a purple spaghetti strap dress with long matching gloves and what her mother called "dancing heels." Her long black hair was in a high curly ponytail. Lia had a magenta halter dress with coverings from the wrist to the bicep, and the same heels. Her blonde hair was curled and kept loose. Both had long, shimmering capes behind them, the ends attached to their wrists.

"You ready, Kat?" Lia asked.

"I wish dad was here." She said honestly.

Lia sat next to Kat, bringing her into a hug. "I know. Me too. But we can't let that bring us down. We have a song's butt to kick!" Kat laughed as Lia helped her up.

Before going on stage, their mother came to see them.

"Hey girls. You excited?"

"Yep! We can't wait!" Kat told her mother.

"That's the spirit! Your father would be proud."

All three women sighed. They all missed him.

"Well, I'm gonna go find my seat. Good luck, you two!"

"See ya, mom!"

Soon, it was time for the girls to go onstage. The girls danced and sang their hearts out to their song of choice, Holding Out For a Hero. Little did they know that a certain individual was watching from a hidden location backstage.

And when the performance ended and the girls tried to exit the stage, the choir teacher came up.

"Now I just want to say that you two dominated that song. Am I right, folks?" The crowd applauded in response. "There's a reason I assigned this song to the girls. It was to tribute their dad, General Cole Brookstone, who was deployed 3 years ago overseas. I know your father would be very proud of you."

The figure backstage walked up to the trio. "You got that right," he told the teacher.

The girls turned around, and when they saw him there in his uniform, the tears started flowing as they shouted his name.

"Dad!" Both girls embraced their father as soon as they ran into his arms. Then their mother ran from her seat in the audience to join the hug.

For a while, the roaring crowd didn't matter, nor did the grins and tears from the other choir members. All that mattered to the family was the fact that they were together again.

Hope you enjoyed! Next is my OC Marisol surprising hers.

I know this was kinda short, but I hope they get longer as time goes on.

Til then, this is Gold Medal Ninja.