A/N: Yay, another chapter.

Thanks to all who are reading this right now. You don't know how much it means to me.

And a very special thanks to WindNinja333, for all that you've done for me. Especially with my one-shots.

Alicia woke up at 6:00 the next day, mostly out of habit, for it wasn't until 7:00 that Sensei woke them up. "Evil doesn't sleep and neither should you," Alicia heard him say to the boys. "In order to reach your full potential, we must greet each day as an opportunity." Alicia got up and looked around the room that she shared with Nya. "We need to clean this place up," Alicia said to her roommate. "I agree," Nya replied. It took almost an hour, but they finally got their room more presentable. Alicia then helped the boys clean around the ship.

Cole used Spinjitzu to clear some junk out of the way (she later saw the junk with a sign that said "garage sale"), then Zane and Kai combined their powers to make the room clean. Jay powered up the ship using his powers. They also opened the sails (which was way easier said than done) and dusted the deck.

They were finally finished.

Alicia trained on deck while the boys left to play video games. It was like that when Sensei Wu returned. After some conversation, Alicia heard a car horn blow.

Apparently, she wasn't the only one.

"Looks like we're about to have some visitors," Nya said. "And loud ones at that." "Oh, it's my parents," Jay said. "Please, if they start yapping, just don't get them going? They don't know when to quit. If you start talking, then they'll start, and suddenly half the day is gone-" "We get it," Kai interrupted. "They talk a lot. The cherry doesn't fall far from it's blossom."

"Mom, dad," Jay said,pretending to be happy after they had all gone up on deck to greet his parents. "What are you doing here?" "Oh, look it's my baby boy," Jay's mother said. "It's been so long since we've heard from you." "Ma, I called you two days ago," Jay replied.

"Well, it's not soon enough, son," Jay's father said. "When are you coming out to the junkyard? You say you're coming, and then you don't." "Dad, do we have to talk about the junkyard in front of my friends?" Jay asked. "He hates it when we tell people he was born in a junkyard," Jay's mother said. "Oh, and who are you?" she asked Nya. "You're so cute. You're just my son's type." "Mom!" Jay said, sounding more than a little annoyed. "It's a pleasure meeting you," Nya said to Jay's mom.

"I'm sure if you want, Jay can give you the tour. He worked very hard on it." "We'd love a tour," both of Jay's parents replied at once.

Alicia giggled. "Are parents always like this?" she asked Jay. "Yes," he answered.

They toured the ship with Jay's parents. Alicia excused herself to go to her room. She wasn't sure if she could keep herself from laughing through the whole tour.

It was Alicia's turn to make dinner that night. She made her famous apple curry soup. Alicia was the only one who could even come close to rivaling Zane's cooking. At least according to Jay. Alicia almost laughed again when she remembered Jay's parents.

After dinner, they all got ready for bed. Alicia heard a shout from the boy's bathroom and Cole came out soaking wet. "Alright, who rigged the bathroom sink?" he asked, looking ready to strangle whoever did. Everyone laughed, though the one who laughed the hardest was Alicia. "Come on Cole," Alicia said between laughs. "It's been such a long time since I had any fun. Besides, can't you take a joke?"

That morning dawned with new chores. Alicia didn't really mind, however, for it meant more time with the other ninja as a team. Besides, who says you can't clean, train, and have fun at the same time?

Alicia had an idea to get Jay to see his parents. When he wasn't around, she filled the others in. "Great idea," Cole said. "Sneaky," Kai said. "Ingenious," Nya agreed. "I just hope it works," Alicia said. "Of course it will," Zane said. "Trust us, it will."

Jay was working on the button when they executed Alicia's plan. "Boy we sure have a lot of junk piling up," Kai said to Zane when Jay was close enough to hear. "If only there was a place where we could get rid of it." "If you don't mind, I'm trying to focus," Jay said angrily.

Onto plan B. Cole picked up a phone. He didn't dial a number, but it really wasn't necessary that he did. "Hi, mom and dad," he said into the phone, "of course I'd love to visit. What kind of son would I be if I didn't want to?" Jay pretended to laugh. "I know what you're trying to do," he said. "Okay, look. I might have promised to visit my parents. But there's a lot of stuff on my plate."

Onto plan C. Alicia "accidentally" dropped some old pieces of wood she was carrying. "Sorry," she said as she picked them up. Nya walked in. Jay laughed nervously. "Hi, Nya," he said, clearly getting butterflies all of a sudden.

So Alicia was right. Jay has a crush on Nya.

"You gonna visit your parents today?" Nay asked. "Uh, sure am," he answered. "Just about to leave." "Tell them I say hi," Nya said. The ninja looked at Jay. "What?" he asked. "So my plate's not that full."

"I can't believe we had to resort to plan C," Alicia said to the others when Jay was out of earshot. "I told you," Kai said. "Plan C should've been plan A."

Outside, Jay was getting ready to mount his dragon, Wisp while Alicia trained in the desert heat (she wanted to make sure she was ready for a fight in any sort of environment). From what Alicia could see and hear, Wisp wasn't himself today. She also overheard Sensei talking to Jay about it.

"Every adolescent dragon goes through a transformation before it becomes an adult.," Sensei said. "We must allow them to migrate east to the Spirit Coves for their transformation." "Will we see them again?" Jay asked. "It is hard to say," Sensei replied. The others walked by as Sensei was talking. "But we need to allow them to follow their path," Sensei continued. "Rocky's going east?" Cole asked. "Say it isn't so, Rocky." All the ninja were a little sad.

Jay walked up to Nya. "Well, I guess I gotta go on this looong walk all by myself," he said. "Sure be nice to have company." "Of course we will, buddy," Kai said. Apparently, Jay had forgotten that the other ninja were within earshot. "I could use a break," Cole said. "All you had to do was ask," Zane added. "Then we'll all go, together," Alicia said.

They watched their dragons fly off. Sensei played on the flute. "Of all the days to lose our ride," Jay sighed. Zane walked up to pace with Sensei, who was leading the pack. "That flute," Zane said, "you've never told us why it's so special."

"Long ago there were many flutes, created to combat the powers of the serpentine and drive them underground," Sensei replied. "But over time, Ninjago's forgotten its ancestor's wisdom, and now this is the only one." He played in Jay's face, as if to show him something. "I get the lesson," he said, "respect your elders, or else suffer the consequences. Boy you guys are laying it on thick." Sensei chuckled. "Perhaps you are only hearing what you need to hear," he said.

They were there.

Alicia felt a presence in the wind, many presences, actually. Of all of them, she had only felt one of them before. The rest gave her deja vu. She couldn't place her finger on it though, so she pushed that thought to the back of her head.

Jay had stopped. Something was clearly wrong in his mind. "What is it?" Nya asked. "It's quiet," Jay answered. "My family is never quiet." He put up his hood (for all those thinking that the ninja had their hoods up the whole time, imagine walking through a desert with a hood up and trying not to feel the heat), the other ninja following in suit. They dashed inside.

Alicia suddenly remembered where she had felt that presence before. She remembered she had felt it when Lloyd was in Jamanakai Village both times.

Lloyd Garmadon was in Jay's home.

They heard muffled shouts from an old refrigerator (at least that's what it looked like to Alicia) and Jay kicked it open. "What happened?" Jay asked. "Who did this?" Jay peeled some duct tape from his mother's mouth. "Sweetheart, you came," she said, holding out the "s" a little longer than strictly necessary. "You gotta get out of here," Jay's father said when Jay peeled the duct tape from his mouth. Alicia felt the other presences (in other words, the presences that were not from Lloyd) again. They were similar to the Hypnobrai, but they were different in a way.

Another Serpentine tribe must've been released, she thought. No doubt Lloyd has something to do with this. "You shouldn't have come," Jay's father added. "It's the snakes." Called it, Alicia thought. "The bite of the Fangpyre," Sensei said. Alicia shuddered. "That's the tribe that can turn anything into a snake, right?" Alicia asked, not sure whether she wanted to hear the answer. The others looked horrified. Sensei nodded. "After they bite, it's only a matter of time before the full transformation is complete," he said.

They heard something from around a trash pile. An army of snakes appeared. I guess they really can turn anything into a snake, Alicia thought, as a crane-and-wrecking-ball snake came with the army of Serpentine. "Is that wrecking ball staring at me?" Cole asked. Indeed, that's what it seemed like. It swung towards them. "Duck!" Jay shouted at the same time Alicia shouted, "Take cover!" Jay's parents were standing there, too afraid to move. Jay shoved them out of the way. "Thanks, son," Jay's father said.

"Lloyd," Sensei said. "Hello, uncle," Lloyd replied. "Looks like we're not the only family reunion." Alicia knew these words were not directed at her, but they hurt. She had so many flashbacks run through her head. The more she tried to get her head back, the more flashbacks came. She could hear voices, but they were faint and nonsensical. The thing that brought her back to her senses was the wrecking ball snake that sent her flying into the old refrigerator. " What happened?" she asked, sounding a little dazed.

"Easier said than done, sis," Kai said to Nya. "We're a bit outnumbered." Zane turned to Alicia. "You're normally a lot better than that," he said. "What happened?" "Flashbacks," Alicia replied simply. "Nobody messes with my family," Jay said to the snakes. He started on the snakes. The others followed in suit.

Alicia was too busy with some snakes on the far side of the junkyard. This was going to take a while. "Ninja go!" she shouted as she launched into a Spinjitzu.

She couldn't hear all that was going on. The only thing that she did hear was Lloyd's command to retreat.

She got to the others just as Sensei finished telling Jay something. Was it was, Alicia will never know. "What?" Jay asked Sensei. "Now is not the time to be cryptic." "He's saying that our weapons are vehicles themselves," Zane translated in such term that Jay could understand. Of everyone there, Alicia thought Jay had the simplest mind.

"Don't tell me I have to ride this like a broomstick?" Kai said. Alicia snickered to herself. That was one hilarious image if she ever saw one.

"Jay," Sensei said to him, "concentrate on unlocking your Golden Weapon. Let your heart guide you. Imagine you're taking flight." Jay focused on his nunchucks. Alicia wondered (not for the first time) what it would be like to wield a Golden Weapon. After spinning it wildly a few times (emitting lightning bolts as he did so), it made what looked like a plane to Alicia.

"Whoa!" he shouted. "Ha-ha! Did I just do that?" Alicia did a facepalm. "Of course," she muttered under her breath.

Kai looked at his sword. He swung it around a few times and it made a cool-looking motorbike. Zane did the same thing with his shurikens. They too made a motorbike. Cole followed last. After swinging his scythe around, it made a pretty cool car. "I hate to hurt Rocky's feelings," he said, "but I think he's just been replaced."

Alicia shook her head. Boys could be weird sometimes. Alicia wondered about herself. She had no weapons that could do what the Golden Weapons could. Yet, she figured she could be of some use. She could feel in the wind if they were getting close to their targets. "I'll stay behind," she finally said. "Nonsense," Zane responded. "You're coming with us," Cole added. "You can ride with me," Kai offered. "Thanks," Alicia said, gratefully.

Alicia found herself beginning to like Kai, and not just as a brother or friend, either. Not to mention that he was kind of cute. Focus, Alicia, she thought to herself. Now was not the time.

Jay had successfully gotten the staff. The bad part was what happened afterwards. Jay had forgotten to concentrate, so his plane vanished. He started falling. "Jay, you have to concentrate!" Kai yelled. "I can't!" Jay yelled back. "We're gonna have to catch him," Cole said. Then the boys started arguing over who was going to catch Jay. It was no surprise to Alicia when all of their vehicles vanished.

As for Jay, he should probably be counting his lucky stars that Nya was able to catch him using his parents' car.

The four ninja (Jay wasn't with them yet) gathered as the Fangpyre started attacking. "Why isn't it working?" Kai asked. "Your weapon is merely an extension of your mind," Sensei said as Nya pulled the car up next to them. "If your mind is immobile, so is your weapon." Jay's father said some really random things that I personally feel as if they are not really necessary to put in the story. "Get in," he finally said. "We have to get back to headquarters," Jay said to Nya. "ASAP," Alicia added.

They got back to headquarters, but they knew that Lloyd and the Fangpyre would catch up to them sooner or later. Jay's parents went with Nya while Sensei and the ninja ran into the bridge. "Man the stations, everyone," Jay said. They all took position. "Jay, we better hurry," Kai called. "I've been waiting for this moment," Jay said. He pushed the button. Nothing happened. "They're gaining on us," Kai called. They looked at Alicia. "Don't look at me," she said. "The best I've ever done is rig a bathroom sink." Jay pounded on it while Cole rolled his eyes. "I don't get what's wrong," Jay said. "I spent forever on this. It's supposed to work." All Alicia knew was that Jay's father asked if he could help. Alicia was too busy to pay much notice. She shoved Kai out of the way so she could see.

"They'll be on us in five…" Alicia said, "four… three… two…" Alicia never got to one.

"So that's what they call a family," Alicia said to herself as she watched Jay and his family. Alicia felt heavy hearted for some reason. Maybe it was because she longed for her own family, the one she had lost so long ago. It all seemed like a dream now.

Kai walked up to Alicia. "So, what happened back there, with the wrecking ball?" he asked. Alicia looked down as he said, "You're usually so much better than that." "Flashbacks," she said simply. "Zane already know part of my story, but I've told no one else." She then told Kai her whole story, right up to the part where she met Sensei. Kai looked stunned when she had finished.

"You lost your entire family in one day?" he asked. "The only member who I even think is still alive is my twin brother, Jackson," Alicia replied. Kai put his hand on her shoulder. "I promise, Alicia, we will find your biological brother," he said. "I can't imagine being separated from Nya for eleven years, so can't even be sure what this might be like for you. It sure explains some things about you, though."

"Promise me something?" Alicia asked. "Sure," Kai replied. "What's the promise?" "Tell the others my story," Alicia said. "Will do, Alicia," Kai replied.

If you're at this part, than you've probably already read the prologue. If not, go back and read it now, for that is the first part of Alicia's story. For those who have read the prologue, and are curious about the rest of the story, here it is.

After Alicia was separated from Jackson, she was sent to an orphanage where she wasn't quite sure if she belonged there. She was often questioned for her story of how she got to the orphanage. Alicia, still rather stunned from her loss, only mumbled in answer. That only made the others more curious.

Alicia's roommate, Leona, was also her rival. This was because Leona loved being the center of attention, and she didn't like Alicia stealing the spotlight.

Alicia lived there until one night, about a year after she arrived, she decided to run away.

She sneaked away though the window at midnight. From there, she let the wind be her guide. She became a loner, traveling all over Ninjago, begging for food.

One night, about a year after she turned her back on the orphanage for good, she came upon some mountains. She would've been about seven at this point. What really surprised her about one of these mountains is that one of them had stairs carved into it. The wind guided her up the stairs and she, after the long, long, climb, got to the top.

There was a building there, which completely surprised Alicia. Why on earth would a building be here, of all places? Alicia didn't care at this point, however, and she knocked. A kind looking old man answered. "Kind sir, may I seek shelter in your humble household?" Alicia asked. "Of course," the old man replied. "It's been so long since I've had any company. Stay as long as you like." "Oh, it's just for tonight," Alicia responded. "I was just getting dinner going, if you want," Dinner smelled wonderful. "Thank you, kind sir," Alicia said.

At dinner, Alicia found that this kind old man was a sensei, someone who trained ninja. "I sense something great in you," he said to Alicia. "I can see the colors in the air, mixing into cream when the wind blows," Alicia said. The sensei looked a little surprised. "Maybe someday, you could be a great ninja," he told her.

Alicia remembered seeing her first cream uniform about a month later, and she could remember greeting all of the other ninja as they arrived, one by one, as well as Nya, at the Monastery. You probably know the rest of the story from there

Nine years have passed since Alicia met Sensei Wu.

A/N: I know, I probably should've made the rest of Alicia's backstory another chapter, but with the way the TV show played out, it made more sense to do it this way.

Sorry if I don't post consistently. I can never remember what day I first post a chapter or story (at least it makes it so you have to follow so you know when I post).