Hi, I'm Rebelutionary, and this is my very first story on Fanfiction. This story started as a oneshot of Cole's insecurities, but as I thought about it more, it was pretty clear that I needed to widen it out to a full-on adventure story. And for you people like me: yes. There will be Jay.

How about I stop blabbing and let you figure it out for yourself. Presenting, Hands!

-Cole-

I'm not sure what's up with my hands.

Sure, they're mostly like normal hands. Four fingers. Thumb. Palm and back of hand. Muscles work fine.

But something.. something changed when I became a human again. No one knows why, much less how.

The thing is, my hands glow.

Scratch that- my hands, wrists, and whole lower arm glow. They always turn a bright orange, which I guess would be helpful if I was a crossing guard. Unfortunately, that's not exactly my career path.

When the others discovered my new 'talent,' there were different reactions. Jay was thrilled- "Dude, you can be a nightlight!" Nya and Lloyd were just happy that I was safe. Zane was as intrigued as a sixty year old robot can be. And Kai avoided me for a week.

Isn't it strange that one something you hate leaves, it's replaced by something less-but-still horrible?

My ghostliness was just plain annoying with all of the focus-or-you'll-drop-something junk. Brushing your teeth as your mind wonders? There goes your toothbrush. Carrying a near famous Cole Bucket Sundae (a giant ice cream sundae with almost every sweet thing in our pantry on it) while thinking about how good it'll taste? Crash! There it goes. Ice cream dreams dying like my dignity.

But glowing hands? That's just odd.

I have no idea what the significance of the glow is. It starts at random times, more when my heart rate is up, but never on command.

And the thing that bothers me the most is the fuzzy feeling I get when it happens. My whole body numbs up. My instincts overrule my mind.

I've been living with my new body for three weeks now. At the beginning everything was about learning how to be human again. Reintroducing myself to showers. Remembering how to swim. Reminding myself that drinking water is not deadly (which is actually quite a luxury- humans don't know how good they have it). Not to mention Righty and Lefty.

We weren't prepared to do what we did the second week- that is, fight time-traveling twin brothers while rescuing Kai and Nya's parents (who we didn't know existed) and the rest of Ninjago. The mission was long and hard, but at least I was distracted and not thinking about.. that.

Now, with Wu nowhere to be found, I feel like I've lost my sense of peace. Wu gave me direction. He set my eyes on the right path, let me see where it led, and always gave me a proud look when I came back to him. Like the father I never had.

The longer I go without knowing, the more I want to know. The longer Wu is gone, the more I need to know.

But if one thing's for sure about me, it's that I won't stop what I start. I'm going to find all my answers.

My only concern is how...

So there you go. First chapter. Kind of an odd mix of comedy and tragedy, but, hey, I think it's pretty good.

I hope y'all like cliffhangers. I have a feeling there's gonna be a lot of 'em.