*This story contains references to my previous story of the Mario series. Please read it before moving on.*
Amu Hinamori and Kavi Goneru had decided to walk home from school together. It had been two months since their Mario adventure.
"Hey Amu," Kavi said.
Amu looked at her best friend. "Yeah?"
"Wanna come over to my house?"
"Sure! I mean, it's right across from ours, so why not?"
"I mean, for a sleepover."
Amu paused. It had been quite a while since her first sleepover with cross-dresser Nagihiko (known formerly as Nadeshiko).
"Sure! I'll bring my sleeping bag."
"Great!" Kavi exclaimed. "Race you home!" She started to run away.
"Hey, wait up!" Amu called out.
10:00 p.m.
"Bedtime, girls!" Kavi's mother called.
"OK!" they both answered from her room.
Kavi climbed onto her daybed while Amu sat on the trundle bed. "Gee, thinking back to that Mario adventure…" she murmured.
"Quite the odyssey, wasn't it?" Kavi agreed.
"I hope the plumbers and princesses are doing okay now."
"I think I know. We're as right as rain!" Kavi said in Princess Daisy's voice.
"You can say that again."
"I wonder if we'll go on any more adventures," Kavi questioned.
"I have to agree, that was fun," Amu replied.
"Going to all those Nintendo lands…"
"One thing hits my mind though, why didn't we go to Sonic's land?"
"Sonic belongs to SEGA™, silly!"
"Oh. Well, I did see him in some Nintendo games, so I was just wondering."
"Well, I don't know why I'm saying this, but I do hope we go on another adventure like that one."
Silence.
"Yeah, yeah, impossible," Amu retorted. "I mean, it's not like that random Warp Pipe would appear again and we go there- bazinga! I don't think it's like that."
"Oh well, we shall see," said Kavi, about to end the conversation. "Good night, Amu."
"Good night, Kavi."
"Good night Kavi-chan and Amu-chan!" all the Guardian Characters said, snuggling back into their eggs.
6:00 a.m.
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!?"Amu screamed. And there was a good reason to.
She was now in a one-room house with a weirdly made bed frame. She could see another bed with another person on it. Where was she?
But there was one thing she knew for sure- this was NOT a room in Kavi's house.
7:30 a.m.
The bell rang over a huge building called the Monastery as the people in Ninjago stared waking up. However, the Monastery was still rising and yet to be at its peak.
Sensei Wu yawned. He dressed in his gi and decided it was time to wake everyone else up.
He looked out in the hallway of the second floor of the dojo. He was a little surprised- Garmadon was usually out by this time. Then he saw him emerge from the room next to his.
"Ah, good morning, brother," Wu murmured.
"As to you, Wu," Garmadon replied. "I decided to wake up a bit later than normal so the ninja wouldn't get so… well, overexcited."
"I get what you mean. With Zane being finally restored yesterday and all. Everyone needs some rest."
"Now, let us meditate-" Garmadon started.
But Lloyd came running down the corridor, interrupting their discussion.
"Oh, good morning, son," Garmadon grumbled.
"Dad, you have to come over. It's Zane. He's been acting all weird lately. And when I say weird, I mean not his normal self!"
"Calm down Lloyd," Wu reassured. "Are the other three awake?"
"Oh yeah, and they're trying to contemplate what's wrong with him."
"Well, I'm sure they'll figure it out," Wu chuckled. "They're smart enough to figure it out."
"You don't get it. Zane is fighting against them as if they were strangers!" Lloyd shrieked.
"Auuugh!" Garmadon groaned, slapping his hand against his head. "I remember now. We restored his memory, but we forgot to add a switch! So, he still doesn't remember even us!"
The three warriors made off to the other set of rooms. They pushed open, with much difficulty, a door with a snowflake on it. The three ninja fought against Zane, and so far they were not faring well. A black ninja was already frozen to the wall, the blue ninja was trying to hide behind his bed and send him sneak attacks, and the red ninja was fighting with him openly.
"Sensei, you're here!" cried Jay from behind the bed. "Cole's frozen and Kai's in a sticky situation right now…"
"ZANE, WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU!?" Kai was shouting. "DON'T YOU REMEMBER ME?"
"Kai!" Wu yelled. "Attack his body so we can open the door to his circuits. Garmadon forgot to add a switch for memory!"
"No wonder he's acting so strange. I'm on it, sensei. Ninja-GO!" Kai whipped out a katana, singed and tore Zane's ninja outfit to reveal the flap to his circuits, and quickly flipped the flap open with the tip of his katana, making Zane fall to the ground lifeless.
Meanwhile, Jay jumped out from behind the bed and found a hammer. He ran over to a frozen Cole and broke the ice. Cole came back immediately.
"W-w-what hap-p-p-p-p-pened?" Cole chattered. "What-t-t-t'd I miss-s-s-s-s?"
"Well, Zane's- er- unconscious now," Jay said.
"Aw, again?" Lloyd cried.
"Jay, see what you can do, you're the inventor," Garmadon told him. "Sensei Wu is fetching P.I.X.A.L to see what she can do."
"Got it!" Jay called as Garmadon walked away.
There was silence as the four ninja sat around a lifeless Zane.
Jay broke the silence. "Uh, guys, I don't know what to do. Any bright ideas? I'm really open to bright ideas!"
The others just stared blankly at him.