Hey guys after some careful consideration *cough* just now *cough* I decided to introduce the two OC's this episode instead of in Rise of the snakes. Thanks for all of your reviews and I'm just going to warn you now that I will no longer be able to update every day because I have a life and need to stop updating at 11 every night. Even so I will update as much as I can the rest of the summer. Disclaimer- I do not own Ninjago and sadly never will.
Chapter 3: Childhood friends
As we made our way back up the mountain I noticed two familiar looking figures at the gates. There was one wearing a silver blouse with blue jeans and a purple sash with platinum blond hair that reached her waist; the other had vibrant red hair tied back in a ponytail, sun kissed skin, and was wearing an yellow tank with blue shorts. "Leah? Robin?" I ask addressing the two girls I haven't seen in two years. They quickly turn around to face me.
"Anna!" They say in unison tackling me into a group hug.
"It's so great to see you guys again." I say with a laugh pulling myself away.
"I know! It's been like ages since we have seen you! I thought I was going to die without you smacking me with every mistake!" Robin says as loudly as usual.
"How have you been Anna?" Leah asks me. I'm about to answer when I'm cut off by Robin.
"Who are your friends!" She asks running over to the group. Leah instantly goes into silent mode as I turn around to look at the confused, and slightly scared, group.
"Guys, I would like you to meet Leah and Robin. As you can see you have already met Robin." I say pulling Robin away before she starts poking someone. "Girls this is Cole, Zane, Jay, and Kai."
"Hi, hi, hiya, you're cute!" Robin says with no shame while getting into Kai's personal space. I smack Robin with her staff.
"Robin!" I say embarrassed.
"What, I was only telling the truth!" She replies rubbing the welt on her head. I then remember the very nervous Leah in the background.
"Oh, and this is Leah." I say pushing her forward. "Say hi."
"He-hello." She says silently.
"Don't worry she's always quite when you first get to know her! Give her some time and she'll be chatting it up like there's no tomorrow!" Robin says. I whack her with the staff again.
"Don't be rude-"I'm cut off by a familiar golden tornado. When it disappears Leah is now wearing a silver suit and Robin is wearing an yellow one.
"Leah, silver ninja of the wind!" Sensei yells in order to get our attention. When all of our stares go to her Leah looks frightened. Noticing this he turns to Robin. "And Robin, the yellow ninja of the sun."
"Were ninja now!" Robin says happily with a gasp bouncing up and down. Me and Leah smile at her. There was a comfortable moment of silence until Leah's stomach growled.
"S-sorry. Robin and I haven't eaten since this morning." She exclaims.
"Then join us inside. Kai, Cole, bring them to an empty room. Anna, would you mind cooking tonight?" He asks. We all nod and the boys grab their luggage and head into the gates. As the two girls followed Robin turned around winking before walking alongside Kai. I smiled and shook my head before going to the kitchen. I had been cooking for my mom ever since she had become ill, so I had gotten pretty good at cooking. That is, cooking anything that is not meat. Being one who grew up around death, I do not take kindly to cooking some animal's corpse. Shivering at the thought I took out some spaghetti noodles.
"I guess spaghetti will haft to do." I say taking out a pot.
(Leah's POV)
The rooms the boys showed us were small, but comfortable. Mine was right next to Anna's while Robins was across from mine. It would have been fine, that is, if Robin's wasn't positioned right next to Kai's room. She already said that he was cute, and if Robin likes something she will stop at nothing to get it. "Do you need to know anything else before we go to dinner?" The boy named Cole asks.
"No thank you." I say without stammering. I was still a bit uneasy around the boys though, maybe at dinner I would open up some more. The dining room was rather small, but cozy. The other boys and Robin were already seated, Robin sitting next to Kai. I rolled my eyes at her, but she just grinned back in return. Cole sat near the head of the table leaving me next to Robin and the empty seat where Anna would be sitting. At that very moment Anna came out with several bowls of spaghetti and two large containers of salad. Dashing back into the kitchen she returned with garlic bread.
"No meatballs?" Jay asks which gets him a smack from her. "Ow! I was just asking."
"If you must know, I don't eat or cook meat. I find it disgusting to be handling or consuming what was once a living thing." She replies making her seat beside me. Jay grumbles something under his breath which gets a roll thrown at his head. I smile at their childish antics. Anna hasn't changed a bit since she was little. When Robin finishes before Kai she stays at the table and results to poking peoples cheeks in boredom. Right now she is poking Cole whose eye twitches in frustration.
"Please bear with it. She only does this kind of thing when she's board. If you don't fight back she'll stop." I say in an attempt to calm him down. It seems to work as he relaxes a little and doesn't try to resist.
"Awwwwww. Leah, why did you haft to go and ruin all my fun?" Robin complains pouting. Instead of giving an answer I return to my spaghetti. She huffs and leaves the room without her 'crush'.
~Spirit~
(Anna POV)
The next day we resumed our search for the golden weapons. We were currently on a boat in the freezing artic sea. Cole was driving, Jay was trying to play a game of I-spy, Robin was pacing around the boat impatiently, Kai and Zane were chit chatting, Sensei was balancing on one foot on the stern of the ship, and Leah and I were aimlessly watching the snow fall. "If Sensei knows the way to the next golden weapon, why isn't he steering the ship? We've been drifting aimlessly for miles." I over hear Kai ask.
"Sensei's wisdom is beyond my own." Zane replies.
"The most powerful move in spinjitzu can only be accomplished when all seven elements are combined." Sensei says spinning down from his post. (Oh yea, that's the reason I included Robin and Leah so soon…) "Earth, Ice, Fire, Lightning, Spirit, Wind, Light."
"Uh, what happens when all of them are combined?" Jay asks.
"The tornado of creation, the power to create something out of nothing." I don't know if it was just me, but I could of swore that I saw Sensei pull out a cup of tea from nowhere while saying this. Kai then kicks and spins as if trying to create it himself.
"No Kai. If done incorrectly, it will lead to disastrous consequences."
"Disastrous consequences, right." Kai says disbelieving Sensei's warning. The boat gives a huge shake and I almost fall overboard.
"Uh, wasn't me." I hear Cole say from the wheel.
"Did I do that?" Kai asks.
"No, we are here." Sensei says. Standing up I can see several gates made of ice leading into a mountain of the frozen liquid. We make our way up to the cave where there are several frozen skeletons scattered about the icy cavern.
"Whoa, looks like somebody's already been here." Kai remarks, looking at the frozen remains.
"It's cold!" Robin whines from beside me. We all shush her as the ice sickles on the roof tremble.
"The shrunken." Zane says. I look up to see them hovering below what looks to be another dragons mouth. He jumps up to retrieve them, but as his hand makes contact with the metal his entire body is frozen in a case of ice. The dragon's mouth widens as it growls enabling large chunks of ice to fall onto us. Thinking quickly we grab Zane and run out of there screaming. As we reach the exit Zane is converted into a sled. We ride our way down the path way until we crash into a large block of ice. Everyone is thrown against each other, but the impact manages to break Zane's encasement. "Ow." Our next stop is to the end of the world where the nun chucks of lighting are.
"Skeleton!" I say warning the group of the enemy down below.
"We are being followed." Zane says.
"Let's go!" Jay yells climbing the chain to where the weapon is located. "Alright!" He shouts retrieving it. The dragon flashes out of nowhere forcing him to retreat of the edge. We all follow in suite falling a good ways down before snapping out Jay's latest invention, wings. We glide safely to our next destination which is an crumbling castle. This one takes time, so we wait around a sundial until the sun is full in the sky. Its beams hit the sundial causing a pillar of light, and the staff of light to appear.
"Thank, you." Robin says grabbing the staff and awakening the dragon. Its vibrant yellow form shoots out of the ruins of the once great home. We had prepared ahead of time, and were already headed to the location of the whip of winds. It is located on top of a massive cliff. Its winds are so strong that we haft to stay tied together in order for none of us to fly away. Reaching the top the whip is curled around what looks to be a tail. As it is removed the tail disappears in the blink of an eye to be replaced by a silver dragon. Once again Jay's invention comes to use as we ride the wind back to the earth. Night is approaching fast, so we only have time to retrieve the fans of spirit before the sun disappears. The next golden weapon is located in an ancient Mayan temple. We take nearly half an hour figuring our way through a series of mazes and traps before it opens up to a vast room filled with gold. "So, shiny." Robin says leaning in to touch a golden statue.
"No!" Leah shouts holding her back. "If I have learned anything from books it's that you don't touch golden statures in ancient temples." Robin pouts a little before returning to the group. I give her a pitiful smile before looking at the fans. They are rotating around a purple orb; it is almost like they are doing a hypnotic dance. I take a step toward them only to release a brigade of arrows. Someone pulls me backward just in time. I watch as the arrows fly past my face. I'm about to look back to see who my savior is when I remember that I'm still in their arms. Looking down I see a familiar white suit. Embarrassed I jump out of his arms only to set off another trap. He catches my hand just in time, preventing me from impaling myself on the spikes below.
"Th-thanks." I say in a shaky voice from being near to death twice. His only response is a nod of the head.
"How are we supposed to know where the traps are?" Kai questions looking to the ground for any signs of pressure plates. I look back to the orb and the fans mysterious dance around them.
"Of course." I whisper taking out my own fans. Without a second thought I mimic the pattern of the golden weapons. Left, right, spin, left. Left, right, spin, left. I repeat the pattern over and over in my head until I reach the other side un-harmed. The team cheers as I remove the blades from their resting place. There's a roar from deep inside the mazes. We don't waste time getting out of there. That night we were celebrating around a campfire only miles from where the last golden weapon was located. Jay, Kai, and Robin were dancing while Cole and Leah played two separate sets of drums in perfect harmony. Sensei Wu was calmly sitting down gazing at the campfire, while Zane and I blissfully watched on.
"Come on Sensei, join us!" Kai says trying to get him onto the party.
"Yea Sensei, It would be fun!" Robin chimes in.
"There is still one weapon left." Sensei says sounding worried. "We must get our sleep."
"Aw, Sensei. You gotta admit that were kicking their bony buts!" Jay says.
"Get up here, show us some moves." Kai says. If we weren't under aged to drink, I would guess that Kai would be more like this when he's drunk.
"…I guess I could." Sensei says giving in. "Now this move is very special." He stands on one leg.
"But if done incorrectly, will it lead to disastrous consequences?" Zane ask. Everyone breaks out laughing.
"Oh, Zane! Is that a joke? A sense of humor? You found it." Kai asks still laughing. (Don't question the 'that's a Zane' part. I honestly have no idea what he said there) Cole and Leah return to playing the drums, and Sensei starts to dance.
"Shake what your momma gave you." He says grabbing his mustache. "Look at this one." I can honestly say at this point, that I have been scarred for life. "Spin around." We all go into another laughing fit. After that I curl up next to something warm and fall asleep. I wake up to find myself bound together with everyone else. I'm a heavy sleeper, so all I can tell is that Kai was gone, the skeletons had the golden weapons, and that I was uncomfortably close to Zane.
"To the fire temple!" Samukai yells raising five golden weapons in the air while the fans floated around him. The army gives out a loud cry which is cut off by a shadow appearing.
"My brother has taken the sword of fire to the underworld." It hisses. "Hurry! Return home and unite the weapons before it's too late!"
"Uh, change of plans. To the underworld!" Samukai yells once again. The skeletons cheer raising their weapons high before taking off in their vehicles.
"Great, now what." Cole says.
"Now, we get outta here." Jay says pulling out one of the skeletons swords.
"Uh, Jay. Before you do that you might want to-"Cole tries to warn him that only Robin and him were upright on the rope. As it falls we all land in a big pile. Jay is on bottom followed by Cole, Leah, Zane, and then me on top. "Warn us." He finishes.
"Let's go!" Zane shouts standing up after I get off of him. We quickly flip on our hoods and run after the skeletons. It's not long before we are able to catch up by jumping through the trees. We split into three groups as we close in on the skeletons. Cole and Leah were holding back the bikes with their weapons; Zane and I took out the skeletons on the side bikes; and Jay and Robin took care of Samukai's bike.
"Get them!" Samukai shouts. The skeletons that we have not defeated jumped over to the main bike where they were thrown off by Jay and Robin's tornado. Right now I am thankful that we took the time to teach her and Leah how to do that before we left. They then try to undo the chains with no results.
"Hey Cole!" Jay says hopping on one bike.
"Leah!" Robin says hopping on the other. Jay gets hit in the throat with Cole's scythe and Leah's whip wraps around Robin's.
"Jay/Robin, sorry I didn't see you." Cole and Leah say in unison. I then see Zane try to take out the drivers of the main cart when Samukai knocks him off. I quickly grab his hand and pull him back onto the cart.
"One more save by me and we're even." I say before going back to the fight. It doesn't last much longer as Samukai puts the vehicle in full gear throwing all of us off. In a flash of purple light he descends into the underworld. Jay says something in a scratchy voice that I cannot understand.
"You don't need to say it. I know." Cole replies understanding. "We lost."
Sorry for the very late update. The speakers blew out on my computer yesterday so I wasn't able to listen to the episodes. It was supposed to be updating two days ago, but I fell asleep at the keyboard. (this is not the first time I have done that) and my computer would not allow me to open those little thingies on the side to upload the document. All good now though. Now onto my reviews.
Inkheart5351- Your welcome. And the smacking heads part just came to me at a random moment. Since, as I mentioned in the previous chapter, they are a part of me I had to include that. (::)(::)
Animals Music and Ninjago- I don't put all of the lines in because I want to leave some dialog space in for the OC's or I have no clue to what they just said and can give no reasonable guess.(::)
TheBlueBoxGirl- *Shrugs* sometimes I just don't feel the characters. (::)(::)
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Lezul- continued(::)
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