Bravery will keep you going

Cole's P.O.V.

When I heard Zane's name, and the mentioning of a sister, I knew that it was his little sis, Zoey. I walked slower. I could hear them talking.

I caught the words 'Bullied', 'Zane', (Duh) and 'Anorexic'.

I looked at Zoey. She had brown hair parted to the side with side bangs, with bright blue streaks. She wore over-sized clothes. I could tell the she was Ana. I kept on walking.

Around halfway through the walk, I heard a car driving up. I looked, and saw Zane. He waved. "Need a lift?" He asked. I nodded. "Sure."

I opened the passengers' seat and hopped in. "What happened to your car?" Zane asked. "Dad had a meeting, and needed the car. The other one is still in the shop." Zane nodded, and continued driving.

"Hey, does your sister have blue streaks in her hair?" I asked. Zane gave me an odd look. "Yeah, I think I showed you a pic a few years ago." I nodded.

"Yeah, I think I saw her walking with some girl." I told him.

"You mean Amanda? Yeah, they're best friends." Zane said.

I nodded. "I've been thinking of a new song we could play." I told Zane.

"Really? What song?" He asked.

"Well, we kinda need a girl singer, but it's called 'Just a Kiss' I found it a few days ago on YouTube. It could be like a duet."

"Couldn't we just sing it? We've done it before."

"Trust me, it doesn't sound as good."

"Okay, I'll have a listen, and see what instruments we need. Maybe one of my sisters will wanna sing it, or one of their friends."

I nodded. We had arrived at the school gate.

Zane, Jay, Kai, Lloyd, and I go to a Ninja School, training to be better ninjas. I'm the ninja of earth, Zane Ice, Jay Lightning, Kai Fire, and Lloyd Creation. Zane's sister Zoey also goes here. I believe her element is Life. Like Lloyd, she has all of the powers. Zane's other sister Crystal goes to a normal school.

I saw Pixal, she's also a ninja. "Hey Zane, can you tell Crystal that I'll be over later? I've texted her, but I don't think she got the message."

Zane nodded, and walked over to talk to Lloyd. I walked over to Kai and Jay. "Sup?" I asked.

"Nothing." Jay answered.

"So, did your family get the house?" Kai asked. I nodded. My dad moved to Zane's neighborhood. Now, Kai, Lloyd, Zane, Jay, and I lived on the same street. I am now neighbors with Zane and Jay. Now, it would be an easier walk to band practice now that I only had to walk like, twenty feet.

"Yeah, we're moving boxes. Zane had promised that he'd convince his sisters to help." Kai nodded. "We'll help." He said. I smiled, and put my hands in my hoodie. "Thanks."

Zoe's P.O.V.

As soon as I saw the building, I knew that I would like it here. Amanda was a ninja of Water. I'm the ninja of Life.

I saw Zane as I walked. He gave the Emo looking boy a lift. He must've been in the band.

Amanda and I had finally reached the age to join the Ninja School. Sensei Wu, and Sensei Garmadon are family friends, so every once in a while, Zane and I get special training. Sensei Garmadon's son Lloyd, is friends with Zane. I told ya about him earlier, remember? He's pretty nice I guess. I think that Crystal has a crush on him.

I walked through the door. The school was huge. To the left, there was the Principal's Office, and to the right, there was the Gym. I saw a Dojo, and the janitor. I think his name was Dareth. He looked like a wannabe Elvis.

I walked to the receptionist's desk with Amanda.

"Hey Misako." I said. I recognized her from last Thanksgiving.

"Hello Zoe, Amanda. How are you today?" She smiled.

"Good,-" I started. "-What are our lessons?" Amanda finished.

Misako laughed. "Here." She handed eatch of us a piece of paper that had our lessons written down. I had Gym, Ninja Training, and The Art Of Spinjitzu. The last one sounded like a history lesson, but it's more Ninja Training for those who have more than one element. I looked at Amanda's sheet. She had the same classes, but instead The Art Of Spinjitzu, she had Ninja Alchemy.

"Your lockers are next to eatch other." Misako told us. I nodded. "Thanks! We'll see you next month, right?" Next month was October, and she sometimes helped with my dad's haunted house charity for kids with disabilities.

"You sure will. Lloyd's going to help with this one."

I smiled, "Cool!" I walked to my locker to put my stuff away. I saw Pixal standing there talking to Zane. "Hi." I said. Pixal turned, and smiled. "Hey, kid!" She greeted.

I saw Zane making goo goo eyes at her. Oh brother.

"Hey Zane." I said, snapping him out of Pixal Land.

"Huh?" He asked.

"I said 'Hey'." I told him, while seeing that Amanda was trying not to laugh.

"So..., um... I kinda promised Cole that you, Crystal, and I would help him unpack." He said.

I looked at him funny. "Okay, I'll help."

Zane smiled.

"For twenty dollars." I finished.

Zane gave me a funny look. "Fine." He handed me a twenty dollar bill. "Note to self, never underestimate Serpentine, Skeletons, or fourteen year old girls."

I smiled, while Pixal laughed. "Zane, you just got served by a kid!"

I did a small bow. "You're welcome!"

Amanda laughed, and we went to our lockers. I tossed in my things, while Amanda tossed some books in hers. She took out a few pictures, and placed a magnet on them to keep them in place. I saw that they were of us, and her family.

I did the same, but with band posters like 'The Script', and 'Escape The Fate'. I love their songs. Not many people know about 'Escape The Fate'. It's sad.

(So True! We miss you, Ronnie! No offense Craig...)

Amanda sometimes teases me and says that I should join my brother's band. Too bad I don't sing.

Zane's P.O.V.

Classes started in ten minutes. I looked at Pixal. We both had Gym. Both Sensei Wu, and Sensei Garmadon say that Gym is to stretch, but I think that it's to pass time, and get us in better shape, due to summer. Ya see, we only have Gym for the first semester, and the first day after the holidays. All the other days, we have training in the woods. We play games like Capture The Flag, Copter Chase, and very rarely, Borg Training. Borg Training is when we fight real enemies to see if we can pass to the next year. It's mandatory. The others are just for fun, and field training.

I walked to gym, and changed. I saw Zoe and Amanda talking to eatch other. They both wore tees, and jeans. Zoe's tee was over-sized.

(In case you were wondering, they put makeup on their arms and legs to hide the cut marks)

I went over to Cole, Kai, and Lloyd. Jay had Gym later on.

"So, Zoe's agreed to help with the boxes." I told Cole. He nodded.

"How much did you have to pay her?" Lloyd asked. I laughed. "Twenty dollars." I said.

Cole smiled. "Smart." I looked at Zoe. She looked really skinny. She had told me that she stopped.

"That's your sister?" Kai asked.

Lloyd and I nodded.

"Yeah." I said.

"Huh, kinda scrawny to be a ninja." I turned, and saw Jay.

"First off, I thought Gym was later for you. Second, hey, that's my sister you're talking about."

Jay held his hands up in surrender. "Sorry, but I just say. Also, Sensei Wu moved the time."

I nodded.

Coach Hence, (Cole's dad) blew his whistle.

"Listen up, we're playing dodge ball today! Pixal, you're on team red. Zane, you're on team blue. Pick your team mates!"

"Rock, Paper, Scissors." I won.

"Zoe." Was the first name I called. She was super good at sports. Jay gave me an offended look. I shrugged as Zoe walked over to me.

"Jay." Pixal said.

"Cole." I was pretty sure that Cole would be happy to be against Jay.

"Lloyd." I groaned. He was one of our best players.

"Kai." He gave me a look. "Thanks for picking me last." He said. "Hey, you weren't last. We still have like. twenty more players to choose."

Ninjago High was a pretty big school filled with a lot of ninjas in training.

Pretty soon, teams were sorted out. Amanda, Lindsay, Leo, Logan, Jack, and Jake were on my team, and that was just half of the players. We parted into three groups. One would play first, and the other would play second, and the third would play, well... third.

I chose Zoe, Cole, Amanda, Logan, Jack, Mark, Mike, Kelly, and Mara for the first part.

Pixal chose Lloyd, Kate, Jay, Dan, Taylor, herself, Miya, and Layla for the first part.

We were doing pretty good until Mara and Kelly 'Accidentally' got hit with the ball. After that, it all went downhill. Zoe, Cole, Amanda, Logan, Jack, me, and Leo were the only ones on my team that were still in. Cole stuck to the shadows, tossing balls at kids from the other team. By 'kids', I mean Jay.

Zoe threw a ball at Mia, and it hit her. Okay, now the only kids left on Pixal's team were her, Lloyd, Dan, Layla, Bloom, and Rosa.

Sadly, we lost. Pixal laughed as her team mates gave her high-fives.

"Hey, at least you didn't get hit upside the head and sent to the nurses office again." Kai said. I gave him a look. "Not. Helping."

So, the next chapter will be about... You know what? Never mind. Some people don't like spoiler alerts, so I'm gonna shut it.

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