Hey! Thanks for all the positive feedback on the last chapter! I have about the next ten or so chapters planned out, but I'm open to requests for chapters sixteen on. I plan to do about thirty to thirty-five chapters, then write a couple of sequels. Okay, so I'll just shut the cap up now, and get to the story. Enjoy! -Lilacluna14
Lilac's P.O.V.
I open my eyes ever so slightly, and am struck by bright sunlight. Amid the sunlight is person. Lloyd. And Jay. They were talking softly, when Jay noticed I was awake. "Hey, she's waking up!" Lloyd rushes over to me. "Lilac, how do you feel?" I try to sit up and fail, so I settle for propping myself up on my elbow. "Fine, but what happened?" Lloyd looks down. "You got a nasty wound from that knife, and there were a few poison spikes lodged in you. Cole got one or two as well. Zane split a wire, and Jay, Kai, and I got a couple of little cuts. Nothing major. You'll need to rest here for a bit, then you can go shower and change and such. Nya did change your clothed, though. You've been out for about three days." "Three DAYS?!"
I shriek. "Yes, but it's been peaceful. We had contact with Sensei, and he and Garmadon think we should move their school here. They had about fifty to seventy people our age apply, so we agreed. Is that okay? You don't have to teach if you don't want to, but-" "Lloyd!" He stares at me. "I think it's a great idea. When are they coming?" "A week." Jay pipes up.
"Okay, that's plenty of time. I'm just gonna," I get the covers off me, and swing my legs to the edge. Then I pull them to the floor. The minute I put weight on them, they collapse from under me. "Get up." I say from the floor. Lloyd takes my arms and pulls me up to my feet. "Thanks." I start to walk on my own, and stumble a little. "Oh, no, Lilac. There'll be none of that." Lloyd says, pulling one of my arms around his shoulders so that he is supporting me. "I'll walk you to the bathroom." Seeing my worried expression, he says, "I'm not going to come in." "Okay, I'll just go." Jay says, and gets up and leaves.
Lloyd walks me to the bathroom. "Thank you. I'll meet you in an hour?" Lloyd smiles. "Sure. There are clothes and a brush in there." Then he leaves. I close the door, slide out of my clothes, turn on the shower, and step into the warm rain. For about half an hour I just stand and sit, then I decide to get clean. I step out, with the water off, and wrap myself into the soft folds of a towel.
Once I'm dry, I look at the at the clothes. They are a silver off-one-shoulder top, black leather pants, and a pair of black leather boots. I pull on the clothes, brush my hair, curl it, apply light makeup (just for the fun of it), and head downstairs to meet Lloyd. Passing in the hallway, I see Kai.
"Hey, Lilac? Can I talk to you?" "Uh, sure. What do you need?" I ask, turning to face him. He takes a step closer. "I think you need to leave." I'm taken aback. "Wait, what?" " You heard me. Sure, you can fight, but I think it's clear that this Shadow Hunter guy wants you and your powers, so all we're doing is protecting you. You're deadweight, a useless immortal." "I am not useless!" I half-shout. "And if you were half as incredible, brave, and strong as you pretend to be, you'd admit-" "What. What would I admit?" I'm silent for a second, adding to a dramatic pause. "That you're just jealous that Lloyd is spending a bit more time with me since I'm new here and not so much you, and you don't like me because of it, and-" I never get finish, because Kai wraps a hand around my throat and pins me to the wall. "You don't know anything." Kai says through gritted teeth. "I may be slightly jealous, but-"
"Kai! That's enough! Let her down." Kai turns his head sharply, and sees Lloyd. He releases my throat, and I drop down about five inches. I gasp for air, and stagger to my feet. Lloyd strides forward to Kai. "Really, there was no need for that. Now, get." He says, flicking his wrist in the direction for Kai to go. He does.
Lloyd rushes to me, back on the ground from loss of air making my knees decide to buckle underneath me. "Lilac, are you alright?" I nod. "Yes. Thank you." He helps me up, and takes my hand. We walk out.
"Hey, you're quiet. Are you sure you're alright?" "Well, yeah, sort of. I seem like I am getting hurt considerable amounts of time, and you all keep having to take care of me. If anything, you guys should be getting hurt and me taking care of you because I'm immortal. It takes a lot to hurt us few immortals. I don't mean you should actually all get hurt, I just mean, you know," Lloyd nods. "Yeah. So, the plans for the new school are in the living area. If you want to teach, Nya and Zane think you should teach archery/weaponry, art, and self-sufficient survival. Is that okay?" "Yeah, I'll totally teach. It sounds fun! We just can't, you know, tell them I'm immortal. And everyone else. No one but you, since I've known you your whole life. What are you going to teach?" I ask, smiling. "Well, I was going to assist you in weaponry, since I can't do archery, and I was going to do P.E. and arithmetic/math." "Oh, awesome!"
We arrive at one of the lounge areas, the one with the school plans, and sit there. Lloyd and I go over plans, talk, and eat until about ten-thirty. I stretch my arms up. "Well, it's late, so I'm going to go to bed. 'Night." I get up to leave. "Hey, wait!" Lloyd says, catching my wrist. He stands up with me. "At least let me walk you to your room. This Shadow Hunter dude kinda scares me, and I don't we anything to happen to you. Or your magic." He says the last part quickly.
I smile. I find myself smiling a lot now, which is nice since before meeting the ninja I hadn't had much of a reason to smile. "Well, then, come on. I'm tired, so I'm going to bed." I start walking, and he catches up to me and takes my hand. We walk to my room, hand in hand.
We pause outside my door. "Well, goodnight, Lloyd." I say. "'Night, Lilac." I close my door. I lean my back against it, and wait until I hear Lloyd's footsteps echo away. I notice I am spending more time with him, and we are growing closer. Could I be falling in love?
