Legend of the Shattered Weapons

by Mehri Garmadon

Long before time had a name, there were four weapons. But they were extremely dangerous. So, the First Spinjitzu Master shattered the four weapons and scattered the fragments across Ninjago. He decided that the kunoichi wouldn't be important, as long as Darth Vader wasn't released. Little did he know he had begun to lose his marbles in this stage in his life, and they were vital.

10. Discarded Drawings

Vivi carefully erased the extra lines in her drawing. It was her and Jada training. She examined it. It didn't look right. Jada was focusing too much. In reality, Jada had been distant and nervous lately. Vivi crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it in the general direction of the trashcan.

"Hey, why's paper flying at me?" Vivi turned to see Lloyd in the doorway, holding her crumpled drawing. Lloyd was cute, with his wavy blonde hair, emerald green eyes and not to mention his dimples . . .

Vivi blushed. She hated teenage hormones . . .

Lloyd uncrumpled the paper that had accidentally used his head as a target. It was Vivi and her older sister. "Hey this is amazing! Why'd you throw it out?" Vivi shrugged and Lloyd noticed a red tint on her cheeks. "Could I keep it?" Vivi nodded and Lloyd saw her red cheeks turn a perfect crimson colour.

Lloyd walked over to where the girl sat and plopped down beside her on the bed. There was a huge stack of notebooks, sketchbooks and assorted papers. Each was filled with drawings, paintings, sketches and doodles. They were all amazing, at least from Lloyd's point of view. Then, he noticed the trashcan, filled to the brim with discarded paper, undoubtedly perfectly good drawings. And to think, Vivi and Jada had only been here for a few days!

Lloyd's mind began to wander. Vivi and Jada were only two of four kunoichi. They wanted to find the others after Jada and Vivi had been fully trained, but Jada was making it hard. She barely tried and seemed scared.

"Lloyd?" Vivi knew he was in his own world. She often daydreamed, mostly about him. Yeah, she hated being a teenager.

Vivi let her mind wander too. Jada had been acting weird recently. First of all, Jada was never scared or nervous. Another thing, she didn't even bother with the training course. Usually she at least tried a little bit.

Luckily, according to the ninja, Vivi was making excellent progress, already beginning to master the training course. She was the (what was the word?) kunoichi of creativity. It made sense. Jada was the kunoichi of energy, which Vivi didn't quite understand, but whatever.

Suddenly a scream shook the two from their thoughts. They exchanged scared glances and darted towards where they had heard the noise.