Hey guys! Another chapter, yay! Sorry if this one is on the shorter side. I've had a bit of writers block. Let me just say I had the best geography class today! Nothing is more fun then watching your fellow classmates get whacked in the face with a giant plushie globe.=)
Nya was sorting through all her fathers old blueprints. Since most of them had been left untouched for ten years, they had faded away with age, and were nearly impossible to read.
As she opened another drawer, a large explosion of dust sent her into a coughing fit. As, the air cleared Nya took a closer look at the drawer's contents. Many of these prints were covered in a heavy layer of dust, and were probably older than she was, but unlike a lot of the others, she didn't recognize any of them.
Most of the blueprints, Nya remembered watching her father draw, or had been shown to her to get an opinion, but not these ones. They didn't appear to be as advanced as the other ones. Simpler, much less complex. However, there was one in particular that caught her eye. It looked like some sort of bird. Sure enough, in the corner, in her father's handwriting, was one word. Falcon.
"Hey Zane?" Nya shouted from her father's laboratory.
"Yeah," he answered, standing in the doorframe between the kitchen and laboratory. He wore the same pink apron and held a dirty dish rag.
"One of these days, I'm going to have to make you an apron that's more your color," she smiled, before returning to the original reason she called for him. "What do you think?" Nya held up the blueprints so Zane could get a better look.
"A falcon," he gazed in awe at the magnificent design. "You plan to make this for the fair?"
"I found it in a drawer full of old blueprints," she pointed towards the pile of faded dusty papers. "It looks as though it could have been in there for nearly twenty years. I'm defiantly making it for the fair."
"You'll need to be careful though," Zane cautioned, "if Grace or Lana found it, who knows what they'd do. They might tell Misako, or try to claim it as their own."
"Don't worry," Nya reassured him, placing a hand on his shoulder. "It'll be fine."
"Nya! Zane! Get up here now!" They heard an angry Misako shout from somewhere upstairs.
"Ugh, looks like someone needs us," Zane groaned.
Nya put the blueprints to the falcon down, and started to sort through the rest, making sure they all made it back to the correct places. "I'll be up in a minute. Will you tell her that for me?" She asked.
"Sure," he replied, and on that note, Zane left to see what Misako could possibly want with him.
Once she finished sorting, Nya headed upstairs, in search for Zane and Misako. She found them both along with Cole, Lloyd, Lana, and Grace. All of them were gathered in the dressing room.
"Nya, were have you been?" Misako cried out in dis stress.
"I told Za-" she started before she was cut off.
"No excuses! I expect you to be here when I call you," Misako scolded the way any mother would, only there was no kindness behind her annoyance. "Understood?"
"Yes ma'am," Nya sighed, her head bowed. As cruel and unfair Misako had been, she understood there was no longer any point to continuing her argument.
"Now, I have a list of chores and requirements for you all in the month leading up to the fair," Misako instructed. "Zane, go light on the meals, Lana and Grace need to fit in their dresses, and not be bursting at the seams."
Zane just nodded, but Cole didn't like what he was hearing, and wasn't going to let his friend take an insult like that.
"Hey, I cook to. If you pick on one chef, you have to pick on the other," he retorted, a good feeling burning inside him like a candle for standing up to Misako.
"Ok then. Cole, I don't even want to see you cooking. Your food is so bad, ugh! I can't even describe it. Now I don't need you making these girls sick before their big day," she growled, extinguishing the candle, which only made him feel worse.
"Lloyd, I need you to keep this house clean, and bring these lovely ladies anything they need," Misako instructed, emphasizing 'lovely ladies'.
"Yes sir," he tried to say with confidence, hoping to avoid a scolding or criticism. Misako glared at him for a moment, before he caught his mistake. "Ma'am?" Lloyd corrected himself, but with caution, trying to avoid eye contact.
"Better," was all she replied. "And Nya," she went back to giving instructions, "I want you to be ready to answer for my every need. If i say the floor needs to be washed, you washed, you wash it until it sparkles like new. Got it?"
"Got it," Nya replied, her head hung low, not at all fond of the idea of being Misako's personal servant.
"Good. I'm glad to see we're all on the same page." Misako said, satisfied that everyone understood how things would be running from now on. As for poor Nya, Lloyd, Cole, and Zane. They were now no more than dogs on a leash.
Sorry for the delay. Again, everyone hates writers block, but at least I got it out before Saturday. My two favorite episodes of Ninjago are on right now, and I can't decide which one to watch(which is a major mentle crisis for me. Gaah!) What is your favorite episode? Oh, and I also got my avatar thingy. It's my cat, the real Pebble. I know I have a tendency to obsess over him, but how can you not love that face?