The ninja and I went around the corner, me still wondering what Ultra is. I went through all the memories of Paige talking about the ninja, but none came with her mentioning something about Ultra. In that instant of me not looking where I was going, I tripped and fell. I looked at what I fell over and saw it was a long white scaly tail with green spikes.
"Wha-"I said confused, but was stopped short by a roar.
"Oh, there you are!" I heard someone exclaim. "I thought I told you not to move," I realized it was Cole speaking. Then a low grumble came from somewhere. I stood up and looked around to what Cole was talking to.
A dragon with four heads stood before the ninja and I. It had pearly white scales at the top of its body and coal black scales on the bottom. Its talons were golden and it had green spikes at the end of its tail. Its leathery wings looked like snow white paper in the moonlight lined with black and green spikes. Each head was a different color. The first head looked like two other except that it had yellow markings. The second was the odd one out with a different head shape and brown markings. The third had red markings and the fourth blue. It was extraordinary!
I stood almost hypnotized by the beautiful beast. I have never ever seen a dragon this close before. Someone pulled me forward by the arm, bringing me out of my dazed state.
"Come on, Elise. We don't have all night," Jay pulled me forward to the four headed dragon.
"I-I-is t-that…Is that Ultra?" I stammered, not taking my eyes of the dragon that is rubbing against Cole with one of its heads, while following behind Jay.
"You bet, now come on. The sooner I can scream at you, the better," Jay said in a surprisingly happy tone. I sighed and looked at my feet, feeling little guilty.
I shouldn't be feeling guilty. I should be feeling proud. If this never happened I never would have been able to help some people over these past few months. I never would have grown stronger physically and mentally. I never would have seen a real dragon!
I started smiling at all my accomplishments. The next thing I knew, I was standing right next to the enormous dragon. I carefully touched the dragon's rough skin. The dragon twitched when my hand came in contact with it, but it soon relaxed. My hand moved across the scales and found a chipped one. It looked so out of place next to the rest. I instantly decided it was the most beautiful.
Without me noticing, the ninja were all on top on the dragon, sitting in some kind of seats. Lloyd was sitting in the front holding reins to control the dragon. Behind him was Cole followed by Zane and Kai. My brother was sitting on the end, holding his hand out for me to take.
I took his hand hesitantly and he pulled me up in front of him. I was squished between Kai and Jay.
"Is everyone on?" Lloyd asked looking back.
"Everyone is present, Lloyd," Zane said.
The green ninja nodded and turned back to the front. He made a weird whistling noise and suddenly the dragon began moving; taking a few steps forward while flapping its wings. We slowly began rising, the dragon holding a steady beat with its wings.
"Whoa!" I said as I looked down. We were above all of the buildings, soaring through the cold night. There were no words to describe how good it felt with the wind whistling by. I almost forgot all about my problems with Jay. I closed my eyes and listened to the wind. I took a deep breath and opened my eyes again, seeing a faint light coming from somewhere in the woods.
As we got closer I could depict that it was a huge building, probably the monastery Zane mentioned. The ninja were silent the whole ride, even Jay, which was unusual, because he would even talk in the most inappropriate times. I began to get nervous, not knowing why they are silent. Is it because of me or the purple snakes?
The dragon dived down to the building and landed softly next to it. The ninja jumped off and I tried to do the same, except ending face first to the ground.
I got up with a groan and looked at the faces staring at me. The other ninja had taken their masks off.
The black ninja, Cole, had long raven black hair, dark brown eyes and bushy eyebrows. The red ninja, Kai, had spiky light brown hair that stood wild and hazel eyes that made him look if he was egotistical. The white ninja, Zane, had greyish blue eyes and light blond hair. The green ninja, Lloyd, had a darker blond hair that was long and messy; his eyes were an emerald green.
They all began laughing at the same time. I could feel my face get red, something I could never control was blushing. I shot Jay a look and he immediately stopped laughing. He elbowed Kai in the ribs which made him stop laughing. Jay walked next to me and hanged his arm around my neck. The humor died down and we walked to the monastery, Jay occasionally pulled out grass from my hair.
The monastery was a traditional Chinese build and at the entrance was a sign. 'Sensei Garmadon's academy,' I read. The ninja walked toward the doors and opened it without hesitation.
Inside it had a disciplined feel and I heard some people talking. The voices were getting closer and Jay removed his arm. From another door were four people revealed, a very old man with a straw hat and long white beard. A young woman with short black hair, hazel eyes and is wearing a red cheongsam with golden patterns. An older female with gray hair and green eyes. Behind all of the stood another old man with gray hair, blue eyes and a kind smile. He looked exactly like the one who sold me my Bo staff! I totally forgot about my Bo staff in my hands and gripped it tighter.
"Your back!" the young woman threw her arms around my brother. Jay gave a small chuckle as he hugged her back. He pulled away and gave her a light kiss. I stood confused staring at the two who were obviously in love. Jay never told me he had a girlfriend!
"Uh…hi," I said and they broke apart. She looked just confused as I was. "I'm Elise, Jay's sister."
"Um…uh…hi, Nya," she held out her hand. I shook it and, coincidentally, we both turned to Jay at the same time.
He gave a nervous smile, luckily for him the man with the straw hat started talking.
"What has happened?" he asked.
"Sensei Wu, there were Anacondrai! I thought there were no more of them," Jay turned to him.
"How many?" the one who sold me my staff asked.
"My scanners indicated that there were more than 15 snakes, sensei Garmadon," Zane told, also giving me the name of him.
"They were easy to beat, though…" Kai added.
"Yeah, this time. We don't know how many could be out there or how long this has been going on," Cole said frowning.
"About nine months…" I finally added. Everybody looked at me and I could feel my face getting warm again.
"Nine months!" Jay screamed. "You're saying you've been doing that for nine months!"
I cringed and then sighed, "Yes."
"Oh my gosh, Elise! Next you're going to tell me that he sold you, your Bo staff!" he pointed at Garmadon.
"Uh…yeah…" I looked at my scuffed shoes and held my Bo staff close to my body.
"What?" Jay looked at Garmadon, who just shrugged. "I can't believe this," he ran his hands through his short auburn hair. "What am I going to do?"
"She could stay here?" the older woman finally spoke and looked at Garmadon.
"Yeah, Jay told us she was going to stay for the summer, before the alarm went off," Lloyd said out of the blue. Everybody looked at the boy in the green kimono.
"Ugh, my head hurts, this is too much information this late," Nya said holding the one side of her head.
"I agree. we should discuss this in the morning. Everybody go to your rooms," Garmadon commanded. "I will take Elise to the spare bedroom."
Everybody nodded and said goodnight to each other, except me that was standing like a statue, trying to figure out what happened.
Jay was the last to leave, giving me a concerned look, leaving Garmadon and I alone.
He placed his hand on my back and guided me through a hallway. "I see you used the staff well, over these past months." He motioned toward my Bo staff.
I looked down at the staff that was tightly wrapped in my hands. I nodded, not wanting to speak. We stopped in front of a door.
"Here is your room; I presume you are tired after all excitement," he said in a kind voice.
"Thank you," I blurted out.
He smiled warmly. "My pleasure. Now, I suggest you get some sleep if you are going to all answer the questions your brother is going to ask." He opened the door.
I nodded and entered the room. He closed the door, leaving me alone. I sighed and looked around; my eyes instantly fell on the single bed in the corner. I fell down on the bed, inhaling its unfamiliar scent. I never realized how tired I actually was. I put my Bo staff next to the bed and fell asleep.
Aww, Garmadon's nice! :3 And I'm am also very tired…so, give some feedback about the story and I'll give you a complementary…wait for it…sandwich! [/] Yay! XP
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