Nya
The day she was separated from her brother was one of the worst days of her life.
First of all, she was kidnapped by Samukai and his Skulkin, which led to her overprotective brother flying into a fit of rage, wielding one of the swords he made himself, and charging at the Skeleton King, screaming.
She watched helplessly as he was pushed and punched and pulled and kicked all over the place, until Samukai grabbed him by the bare arm, lifted her struggling brother up, laughed at his mortified face and threw him out of the speeding car while Nya screamed at him to stop over and over through the tears.
She could still hear the dull thud as Kai landed limply upon the rocks, and the sharp clang as Samukai threw the sword out as well, proclaiming it to be garbage as it landed right next to the unconscious body of her brother.
When she later asked where he was, where her brother was, the skeletons laughed and told her that maybe he was dead. One skeleton, the one who had the job of bringing her food and water, quietly told her that several Skulkin were sent out to see if they could find Kai's body to bring him back to life as one of their army, but he couldn't be found anywhere, so he might still be alive.
Then, when she brought it up to Garmadon one day, telling him that her brother would come save her, the kind skeleton who brought her food was replaced by someone else, who was much meaner and didn't do anything to be nice to her.
That skeleton kept telling her that her brother was dead, that nobody was going to save her and that they were going to kill her as soon as they stop needing her.
But then she was set free.
Saved by four complete strangers and their master, an old man named Wu.
As they left, she walked past a familiar, non-moving skeleton. The one who was kind to her. The one who told her that her somebody would come and save her.
The ninjas told her that the skeleton was there when they came into the underworld to face Samukai, and the layer of dust over it told her that they were telling the dreadful truth.
She fell down right then and there, crying for the loss of her parents, her brother and the only person who was kind to her during her imprisonment, all which she felt were her fault.
The old man told the ninjas to let her mourn in peace.
Their leader, the girl who was red from her clothing to her hair, helped her to her feet when there were no more tears to give, telling her that she could come stay with them in their monastery to recuperate and wait for her brother to come get her, because the old man was going to write him a letter, explaining what happened.
She had to share her room with Skylor, the only girl of the group, who was excited to have another girl living with them, even if it was just for a little while, but still respected Nya's wishes to be left alone.
The letter was sent to her village, and a few weeks later, another letter came back, telling the old man that Kai didn't return to the village and that nobody had seen him since the kidnapping.
Nya, who started doing better since the first letter was sent, was devastated and would cry all the time, wondering if her brother was okay, snapping at Ash, the Blue Ninja, when he tried to cheer her up.
It's been almost a year since she's been kidnapped. It's been almost a year since the last time anybody heard from her brother. It's been three months since she's been rescued, and she often found herself wondering if Kai forgot about her. Maybe he didn't care anymore. Maybe he was eaten by cannibals living in the mountains.
She had no idea where he was.
"Morning, Nya," Karloff, the Black Ninja, greeted her when she sat down for breakfast, setting a plate down in front of her. "Good to see you out of room."
Griffin, the White Ninja, stopped chattering aimlessly at him and greeted Nya.
Nya mumbled a greeting to the two ninjas as she started poking around in her food, pushing the slightly burned bacon around in her plate.
Skylor came out of the bathroom, wearing her very red hair in a ponytail, as usual, and smiled when she saw Nya sitting at the table next to Griffin.
"Good to see you up, Nya," Skylor told her. "How're you doing?"
Nya nodded. "Fine. I'm fine." She took a bite of the scrambled eggs, but it didn't taste like anything other than sand. Everything tasted like sand these days.
"Is there any news about my brother?" She asked when she felt like she couldn't eat anymore. "I know he's alive somewhere. They never found his body. He had to get up himself."
The three ninjas looked at each other with sad expressions as the fourth ninja, Ash, walked into the room, stretching as he walked. "So, I saw Sensei doing something really weird when I walked past his room and I just have to say… Wow, who died?"
Four pairs of eyes turned to glare at Ash.
"Ash, maybe you and I should go out and see if we can find Lloyd," Griffin told his friend, pulling him out of the monetary by his arm. "And we'll keep an eye out for your brother," Griffin added, nodding to Nya as he left.
Ash complained the whole way out, trying to escape from Griffin's surprisingly strong grip, but he wasn't let go of at least until they reached their dragons.
"So, I've been thinking, maybe after Karloff and I are done training, maybe we can go see if maybe your brother went back home," Skylor suggested.
Nya shook her head. "He's not back home. Our neighbours would've let us know."
"So," Karloff said, sitting down at the table, "tell us about brother."
Nya smiled a little. Despite his loud, boisterous ways, Karloff was actually pretty nice.
"Kai was great. After our father vanished and our mom lost her freaking mind, he took care of me." Nya looked down at her plate, which was still full except for a few missing bites. "He ran our blacksmith's shop and when Samukai kidnapped me, he ran after us." Her voice cracked a little as she finished speaking. "Samukai threw him off the truck as it was driving away, and I didn't see him since…"
Skylor comforted Nya while Karloff said something about fixing something and ran off.
"It's going to be okay, Nya. I'll bet that Kai's looking for you right this instant, and won't give up until he finds you. He'll swim every ocean in Ninjago, and he'll climb every mountain, until he finds you." Skylor smiled at Nya. "Trust me, he'll come and get you."
Skylor left to train with Karloff, leaving Nya behind with her thoughts.
Maybe Kai was looking for her. Maybe he wasn't.
But one thing was certain: Nya wasn't going to be a damsel in distress anymore. Not if she could help it.
She waited until everybody was out, looking for Lloyd or looking for any rogue skeletons, when she went to the armoury to retrieve some of the armour she knew Sensei Wu owned.
She knew the old man wouldn't miss any of this junk.
All it needed was some modifications. Now, where was that book on Samurais she borrowed from the library?
Just so you know, this file was saved on my computer under the name: Turkey. As in the bird. Weird, right? Especially since we don't go nuts for them around here and don't have Thanksgiving. Thank you for reading this, and please comment!:D!
