Lost Between Worlds (Part 2)

by pinkittwice54

I was lost and then I was found. But I knew I lost something of my own and now I have to find it. Or I'll die trying. A continuation of Lost Between Worlds Part 1 that can be found on my page.

2. Lord Garmadon?

Chapter 5 - Lord Garmadon?

Right after the "defeat" of Lord Garmadon, the ninja went straight to work - training with all of their might. Working on getting stronger, faster, better together in case anything were to happen.

But as the days went by with no new news of any disastrous events approaching- they trained less and lacked vigor for any exercising they would have done before. While it wasn't the best thing for them to do for themselves, I had more room to practice my swordsmanship and my archery skills and I had more time to work the training course. There were some days where there was no progress on my abilities but Sensei had me train continuously and unlike the others...I hadn't unlocked spinjitzu yet.

Nya occasionally joined in my training- she would take the training course while I worked on my aim. It was on one of those days where the ninja were slacking off that Sensei had decided to do something about it. On that day however, I was alone in the training area. Sensei furrowed his eyebrows. "Where are the ninja?"

I thrusted my sword towards the dummy. "HA! Playing video games. HIYA!"

I heard the doors close from my side and only seconds later heard the protest of the ninja and them talking to Sensei. I decided to switch from my sword training to the training course and attempted to conquer it. I was past my latest checkpoint when Nya yeled. "Lord Garmadon has returned! He was spotted approaching Jamonikai Village!"

It startled me so much that I fell of of the course."Darn it!"

Not much later, I saw the ninja run past me and out of the monastery- assumably to go get their dragons. Nya, Sensei and I followed them down to the stables and I nearly fell over with giggles. Cole dropped his weapon when he jumped on his dragon, Jay managed to completely overshoot his jump and miss his dragon, Zane managed to get hit by the door coming down and Kai couldn't reach the reigns. Sensei sighed. "One mustn't lose their edge young one." I stopped laughing. "Keep that in mind."

I nodded. "I'll just head back then."

"Will they ever reach their true potential?" Nya asked.

"In time...it may be a long time, but in time."

I giggled and ran all the way back up to start the course again. "Ok…" I took a deep breath and pressed the button. "Can't lose my edge."

I started again and went again and again and again until Nya stopped me. "Can I have a go?"

I nodded in between breaths and sat down to watch her. She almost completed it before she was knocked out of the course. We then took turns switching from one to the other, this only lasted for about twenty minutes before the ninja came back, startling Nya off of the course.

Ja walked up to her and offered her his hand. "Hey Nya...closer to beating your brother's speed record?"

"I almost had it." She sighed. "I heard about what happened in town. So...it was just a false alarm?"

"Yup! But we're going to need the space. Sorry sis!" Kai said, stepping over to the storage closet with Cole.

"What are you doing?" I tilted my head.

"We're going to try something Brittany." Kai pulled a helmet over his head.

"Try what?"

"It's between us guys." Cole ushered me out of the area. "Sorry to kick you out but we wouldn't want you to get hurt, now would we?"

"Can I watch?" They all looked between each other only to reject my idea. I slumped my shoulders, completely dejected. "Fine."

I went inside and sat at the table where Nya was...doing something. "What are you doing?"

She jumped and hid whatever it was behind her back. "Brittany!"

"Yeah?"

"How long have you been there?" She nervously chuckled.

"Not long." I took a step closer. "What-cha got there?"

"Nothing! Don't tell anyone you saw this!" She hid it inside a secret compartment.

I gasped. "Are you a spy?"

She gulped. "No...it's a personal project."

"Do you want to play a game?" I clasped my hand together. "The guys wouldn't let me watch and there's nothing to do!"

"Sure! What game?" She smiled.

I bit my lip and looked down in concentration. "Hide and seek?"

"Alright! Go hide!"

I nodded and ran off- my spot was in the lowest shelf in the closet by Sensei's meditation room. I was only there for a little over five minutes when I heard Sensei leave and start yelling at the ninja. Curious, I left my spot and stood behind Sensei. I tried to not make myself known but Nya snuck up behind me. "Found you!"

I yelped and turned around. Pouting, I said. "No fair! I wanted to see what the ninja did this time!"

"This time?" Zane asked.

"Hey! We aren't that bad!" Jay crossed his arms.

"You kind of are." Nya laughed then ruffled my hair. "Maybe next time Brittany. Now while I would have like to watch my brother get yelled at- I think I'm going to head into Jermonikai village now that there's no danger."

So she left.

I was sent to read on Ninjago's history while the ninja regrouped themselves and trained as the should have been. It wasn't long before I saw the dragons take off again. "I wonder where they're going…"

I sighed and continued reading about my current home. "I haven't even started searching for my parents...and with the ninja always taking care of problems, how can I prove to them that I can tag along?"

I couldn't think of any other solution but to show that I can be like the ninja...that I could help. It might be my only way to head into town and ask around. I continued reading in silence- my eyes growing heavy with each passing second.

When I opened my eyes again, it was morning and I was in my bed. I could hear different yells from the guys outside and that alone encouraged me to get out of my bed. I ate a small breakfast that consisted of only an apple and promptly challenged Kai to a sword fight. All five us were training in the yard with the course on. While I had no idea where Nya was, Sensei came to check up on the noise we were making. Eventually Kai spun away with his spinjitzu- leaving me to either chase after him or fight someone else.

Zane didn't let me have the chance to make a choice though and spinjitzu-ed past me, covering everything in his path with ice. I managed to melt the ice under me using my waterbending but only enough to keep me standing, luckily it went by unnoticed by the others.I've kept my bending to a minimum...I'm not entirely sure why but a part of my told me that I would be better off with them not knowing- we clearly didn't use the same concept when it came to taming our elements so I kept my mouth shut.

The ninja didn't seem pleased with Zane's interruption and joined together. Kai spoke first. "This roof isn't big enough for the five of us."

"Correction." Cole vocally frowned. "This roof isn't big enough for him."

I sighed and stretched my arms a bit as Jay took over. "It's like he's in his own little world! I bet HE CAN'T EVEN HEAR US!"

Zane payed no mind to Jay's comment and continued with what he was doing.

Sensei stepped out and walked towards us. Kai once again spoke first. "Sensei...Zane's weird."

"What is weird? Someone who is different or someone who is different from you?" Was his reply.

"No Sensei." Cole explained. "He's weird-weird."

"Well I like Zane." I spoke up. 'Not to mention that i'm different to...you guys make the clear everyday,'

"We like the guy- don't get us wrong Brittany." Kai took off his hood. "He's just...a little off sometimes."

"Zane is a brother." Sensei turned away from watching Zane train. "And brothers are often different, I should know."

The conversation was interrupted by a large gong and the remaining ninja ran to the door screaming. "MAIL!"

I bit my cheek and went back to training, trying to stay out of Zane's way. I knew there wouldn't be anything for me in the mail. The mail guy eventually left, right after Cole ran away with a box he got. Jay and Kai opened their letters but stopped when Zane was passing by. "Hey Zane- why don't you ever hear from your parents?" Jay asked.

"I don't remember by parents." Zane shrugged. That caught my attention. "I've been an orphan for as long as I can remember."

I gasped- feeling sad for him. While I currently was an orphan, i knew I had a pair or parents that loved me very much before they died, even if I don't really remember them. Nevertheless- I ran up to him and gave him a big hug. "You're just like me Zane!"

"You mean you've never had a home?" Kai tilted his head.

"Kai! Don't be mean?" I wailed.

"The monastery is your home now." Sensei spoke directly to Zane.

I looked up to meet Zane's eyes. "Yeah Zane! And we're your family! Please don't be sad!"

He smiled a little at me before gently prying me off of him. "We are very much like each other...aren't we Brittany?"

The smile didn't quite reach his eyes though before he walked off and left us alone in the courtyard.

I didn't see Zane for the rest of the day. I had stopped training in the courtyard to retire to my room. From there I practiced my waterbending with a cup of water I borrowed from the kitchen and I practiced moving rocks with what I could find around the monastery. I tried to be as quiet as possible to not be found out but it was a while since I've practiced and today only served as a reminder that I had not just swordplay and spinjitzu to learn.

Time eventually passed and it was time to eat dinner. "MMMM...I love it when it's Zane's night to cook!" Jay had stars in his eyes. I took my seat next to Sensei when Cole spoke up. "I didn't hear any complaints about my duck chowder last night!"

"That's because it glued all of our mouths shut." Kai punched his shoulder.

"Where were you young one?" Sensei turned to me, catching my attention.

"I was in my room…" Not a total lie…"...playing dolls with some rocks I've found." There's the lie.

"Dinner is served." Zane placed a cooked chicken on the table. But we all started to laugh because of his pink apron. I had stopped laughing when I saw the look of confusion on Zane's face. "Is something wrong Zane?"

"I don't understand. Is it something I said?" He looked around.

"No- it's you apron dude!" Kai sputtered out- he was too busy laughing.

"Is there something wrong with wanting to be clean during the duration of preparing a meal?" He tilted his head.

"No! We're laughing because it looks ridiculous!" Cole shook his head, attempting to control his giggles.

"I guess we don't share the same sense of humor." Zane shrugged.

"Well…" Cole shrugged. "How about this?"

Cole then proceeded to pick up a plate and shove the whole thing in Kai's face. Kai tried to look angry but erupted into giggles shortly after. Zane had yet to laugh and Sensei moved from his spot and around the table only to dump a whole bowl of food onto Cole's head. "Now, you are brothers!" Sensei winked at Zane then walked away.

This caused a food fight between the table occupants but it didn't sit right with me. I got out of my seat and ran next to Znae who calmly watched. "I don't think this is funny."

He was a little by little covered in food that was thrown his way. I simply took some food that hadn't been thrown yet and ran away to eat it in my room. I was sad to leave them be but I never liked wasting food. There had already been many times in my life where I didn't have enough food to eat for the next day while on my journey. I felt a little sick but I had no idea what to tell the others.

The food I took wasn't enough so I had to rummage through my rations. In the end though, I was satisfied and went to bed without saying goodnight.

The next day I woke up in time to see off on their next mission. Zane claimed that he found Lloyd's headquarters and left with the others to check it out.

I continued with my usual routine until it was lunch time. Nya made the two of us some sandwiches to eat when Sensei came running in yelling. "The ninja are in trouble!"

Nya stood up. "What?"

"The serpentine have managed to hypnotise Cole- come! We must go!"

"What about me?" I stood up.

"You come along with us- I'm not planning on leaving you here by yourself again." Sensei led us down to the dragons and opened up the gate to Kai's.

"What do you mean by again?" I stood on the dragon's back, holding onto both Nya and the seat.

"We may have left you behind when Jermonikai Village was being attacked." Sensei picked the reigns and we took off in a direction that only Sensei knew.

I blinked and held on a little tighter. "That's why it was quieter than usual!"

When we got close to where we needed to be, a huge tree house came into our view. Sensei took out a really fancy flute and started to play a really pretty tune. Cole stopped fighting the other ninja and looked around in confusion. "What happened? What are we doing?"

"We're getting out of here!" Nya took Cole hand as he jumped onto the dragon. "Hurry! The place is coming down!"

The others followed suit just in time before the whole structure collapsed. "That flute, it cancels their power!"

"It's as old as the serpentine themselves." Sensei put the flute away and retook the reigns. "We must hurry! The monastery is unguarded! Quickly!"

So we flew back as quickly as the dragon could...only to find the entire place in flames.

My heart dropped to the pit of my stomach as we all got closer. "We're too late." Kai growled. "Those snakes!"

"Rocky!" Cole's eyes widened.

I could hear the dragon's cries from where we were- the whole place was on fire but the dragons were trapped. The second Kai's dragon landed, Cole jumped off and ran to the stables. A few seconds later they flew overhead, now free from the flames.

"Our home…" Kai looked at the mess. I looked up at him and put a hand on his elbow (I couldn't reach his shoulder).

"Shard! Put this out!" Zane commanded his dragon. Not a second later, the flames were out but the damage was done. All that remained was the skeleton of the building.

Tears welled up in my eyes as the information processed in my head Zane was the first to speak. "The training equipment...gone."

Jay cried out next. "Our videogames- gone!"

Sensei growled. "They stole their staff back."

Cole crossed his arms and said. "What do we do now?"

I tuned them out...I left something behind in our rush to save the ninja but now I feared that the snakes might have took off with it. So I ran into the rubble as the others started yelling at each other and maneuvered my way into what was once my room. I turned over things and dug through the frozen ash. It glinted at me, winked at me from the corner of my eye.

My tag.

I dove for it and cleaned it off the best I could. It seemed to be still intact and otherwise unscaved. "Oh thank notch!"

Without missing a beat, I put my tag around my neck and under my shirt. "I'm never taking this off again."

Suddenly I heard the sounds of one of the dragons taking off. It caught my attention so I ran out of the rubble just in time to see Zane flying away. I ran to the others with a heavy heart but was otherwise relieved to see my prized possession intact. "Where is Zane going? Why did he leave?"

"We don't know where he's going Brittany." Nya hugged her hands to her chest- not letting her tears flow.

"But then why-"

"Umm…" Kai started. "We were kinda…"

"We said some things." Jay looked away in shame. "That weren't really nice."

"We were bad friends…" Cole ran a hand through his hair.

That's when my tears started to trickle down my face. "Is he going to came back?"

"We will see." Sensei put a hand on my shoulder and guided me away. "Come now- we mustn't mope about. Let's find a place to stay for the night."

So the rest of us climbed onto the remaining dragons and flew away. We were flying until the sun started to set with no success of finding lodging. The dragons needed to rest and frankly we were all really hungry- so the older ones of the group made the decision to stop by some red rocks- seemingly in the middle of nowhere. Cole and Nya went to go find some food while the rest of us start to make a tarp thing.

I didn't like where this was going, so I took out my pick-axe and started to mining into tone of the sides of the mountain. I was still working on it when Cole and Nya came back with...something… but I kept going until I knew the space was big enough to hold most of us comfortably. When I was done with the mining, i could smell something cooking but I didn't think much on it. "Where's Brittany?" Kai asked but no one replied. "Brittany!"

I ran out of my self-made cave and waved at them. "I'm over here!"

"What are you doing?" Jay raised an eyebrow-staring at my pickaxe.

"I'm making a small cave we could be in!" I grinned. "I just need to put up some torches!"

The others seemed curious as to what I was talking about and followed me back in. I started to put torches in every corner so that there were no dominant shadows. "Whoa…"

I turned to see their shocked faces. "I know it's small but I think it would work for tonight."

"You did this?" Sensei stared at me.

I nodded. "I have my flint and steel but no wood...so I can't start a fire yet, but I thought this could keep some of the wind out."

"There's no way you did this!" Jay stood shocked. "And in so little time?!"

"I'm a Minecraftian...it's in my nature to do these things. My kind are master builders, crafters and we mine on our own most of the time." I shrugged and headed outside. I walked over to their fire and put in my inventory- unknowingly scaring the heck out of everyone else. I plopped the fire onto the floor and smiled. "I've been by myself for some time so I had to know how to make my own shelter. This is old hat for me."

"What are you?" Cole stared at me with his mouth agape.

"I told you! I'm a Minecraftian!" I pouted and bit my lip, trying to find something to change the subject. "What's for dinner?"

"Oh!" Nya ran out and brought back the cooked...animal(?)...from their tarp. "It's roasted mud newt."

Everyone got one on a stick with different reaction from each one of us. Coel was the first to take a bite."Not bad for something that lives underground."

Jay immediately spit it out. "Gross!"

I bit my lip again and brought out my rations of carrots, potatoes and bread. "I know it's not much….but you can have this Jay."

Sensei gasped and frowned. "Where did you get that?"

"I've always had it on me Sensei." I stepped away. "It's food from my homeland...as long as it's in my inventory- it doesn't go bad."

"Who cares?! Gimme!" Jay then snatched it from my hand and ate it.

"Look at you." Kai smiled. "Coming through today for us- aren't-cha?"

I blushed a little and started handing out my rations to each person, mud newt forgotten about. "Like I said...this is old hat for me."

"Wait- so you mean to say that you've lived like this? In the middle of nowhere- with little to eat and by yourself?!" Cole stared at me.

"Yeah...kind of...I didn't use to...but that was a long time ago." I sat down by the fire. "I left my comfy bed to try and find my parents...I've told you this."

"Well-" Sensei sighed. "You've done well today Brittany. Thank you."

I grinned and nibbled on a baked potato while the others ate their food. Occasionally they would send me looks of...pity? No...I don't think that was it but it wasn't the happiest of emotions.

I stood up and stretched. "What do your dragons?"

"What?"

"I have cooked meat on me...beef, chicken lamb...what do they eat? They need food too…"

"How long have you had this?" Nya asked.

"I"ve had it on me since I first met you guys but it was for emergencies only...and it wasn't really needed since I've met you guys. You took care of me...so I thought I should return the favor." I blushed and looked at my feet.

I was scooped up and spun around by the blue ninja. "You are so cute!"

"Just feed them what you have Brittany." Kai smiled at me. "They're not particularly picky."

I giggled as Jay set me down and ran off. "Ok!"

I gave each dragon a chicken and two pieces of beef before I heard footsteps behind me. I turned around and screamed. "ZANE!"

I couldn't control myself- I ran up to him and gave him a hug. "You're back! You're back!"

It didn't take long for the others to come outside to investigate and within seconds, Zane was in a giant group hug. Jay was the first to say something. "Zane! We're so sorry for what we said! We're a team- so that means we are all responsible!"

"You don't need to to apologize to me." Zane tilted his head.

Kai disagreed though. "What about all of those awful things we said? Isn't it why you left?"

"Of course not! I saw the falcon again and decided to follow him."

"That's our Zane." Cole grinned.

"We're happy to have you back." Nya stated. W all went in to give him another hug. I wasn't entirely sure that he got the message though. "Why? Is it my turn to make dinner?"

We laughed and I tugged on Zane's arm. "Can you make dinner please?!"

"But I already did!" He smiled. "Come! I want to show you what I found. I think you will all be pleased."

And so we followed him.

Cole gave me a ride on his shoulders for ebing (and I quote) "Little Miss Hero of the Day!" As much as I loved the title, looking back on it, I think it was just because he saw how tired I was.

Zane led us through the desert and suddenly stopped. "I can't explain it but I feel that I have a connection to the falcon. I think he's trying to show us the path that we need to take."

With that in mind, we made a turn and there it was. A huge boat like structure with steam coming out in the front. I gasped. "It looks like a fancy pirate ship!"

Cole took me off of his shoulders and set me down next to Sensei as he stared ahead. Jay broke out in a grin. "Is that pie I smell?"

"Zane nodded. "Cobbler berry! Oh! And I made vergl berry and apple."

Instantly Nya, Jay, Cole and Kai ran down to the ship and went inside. I stayed behind and gave Zane another hug. "Thank you Zane! But don't again, ok? I thought I would never see you again."

"Ok, I won't Brittany." Zane ruffled my hair. "I promise."

"I'm proud of you Zane." Sensei put a hand on Zane's shoulder. "One day we will find your family."

"But Sensei- I've already found them." Zane looked to our friends who were running all over the place- checking it out.

"I feel there's more to you than meets the eye." Sensei admitted. "As with you young one-" He turned to me with a smile. "We will find your family too...one day."

I nodded. "Can I go with them now?"

I pointed to the rest of our group. Once Sensei nodded, I took off running to catch up with what the other were doing.

The day ended splendidly well and we were all happy in our new home. I don't think any of us were prepared for the adventure ahead of us though.