A little late and a bit random, but a new years chapter... it's also short! Sorry! I based this off of my New Years experience, but there is some character development! ENJOY!
Jay sniffed the cold winter air. Today was the last day of 2014... that meant a huge new years party at Lloyd's! Everyone was going to be there, his large family, along with some of Kai and Nya's were coming too.
Jay shivered as Wisp sniffed around, they were taking a walk around Jillian Donte Park that was covered with a new, light fluffy blanket of snow. After many minutes of the dog plling and tugging on the leash, Jay gave in and unhooked the leash. The moment the canine realized it was free, it made a dash towards a white fox, hidden in the snow.
"Wisp! No! Bad dog!" Jay yelled as he bolted after his dog. The golden-doodle chased after the fox that jumped into a nearby pit. However, to the dog this was a sign that she needed to follow the creature into the hole. Thank goodness only her head would fit in.
"Wisp!" he ran over to his dog before hooking up the leash once again. He was about to close the latch when Wisp ran up ahead again and made another dash towards the white fox that had escaped through it's hole.
"Wisp!" Jay whined again as he continued the chase. That was until he smacked face first into Lloyd.
"Jay! I need your help! Have you seen a white fox around?"
"White fox?" Jay asked, puzzled. Why would Lloyd want the fox? "I saw Wisp chasing one, why do you ask?"
"It's my uncle Greg's he's allergic to dogs and cats, so he cares for a white fox, now lets get her before Wisp eats her!"
"Oh yeah!" Jay swallowed,"Right!" they chased after the fox,"Is-is she always like this?"
"Ya, according to Gary, she's more spunky than a puppy."
"Wow," Jay coughed while grabbing his dog's collar and fastening the leash's hook onto it tightly. "There!" Jay smirked as he wrapped the leash around his hand many times to insure that Wisp wouldn't get out of his grasp.
"Thanks." Lloyd snatched up the fox as he began to walk by Jay,"Does Wisp hunt?"
"No! She wouldn't hurt a fly, but she would scare any smaller animal trying to become friends."
"Good." Lloyd exhaled as they went their separate ways,"See you tonight Jay!"
"See you tonight Lloyd!" Jay echoed as they both walked home, making sure the animals didn't escape again.
Later that evening, Jay and his parents arrived, as well as Kai, Nya, their parents, and a few of their family members too. Lloyd smiled and welcomed them inside. The Smith and Walker families got to meet some of the Garmadons, the first ones they met were Lloyd's ants and Uncles.
"Welcome, these are my uncles and aunts, Gary, Gabe, Greg, Gale, Grace, and Carl!" he introduced his fathers side,"And this is my mother's brother Marvin!"
They all met and hit it off quite well. Lloyd however had a lot of younger cousins, that didn't even count Kai's two little second cousins.
"Lloyd, could you gather some of the older kids to watch over the younger kids? It would be a big help!" Misako asked as her son nodded his head.
"Kai, can you help me out on daycare duty?"
"Why me?"
"Because I asked you, and only you."
"Fine." Kai groaned as they gathered up the kids and took them upstairs.
Lloyd picked up a younger boy from Kai's family who Nya was talking to, but he was quite shy. The blonde teen carried him upstairs as Nya waved goodbye to him.
As all of the kids were gathered upstairs, the two boys just noticed how many of them there truly were! All together there were twelve kids to look after! "In a moment, for one moment, everything was quiet... then all hell broke lose as the kids began to scream and cry, while the older ones whined about being bored.
Kai struggled to keep the younger ones quiet as Lloyd dug through an old supply closet for some toys that the kids could play with. The green eyed boy eventually found a chest in the back of the closet labeled,'Toys' he grabbed it and pushed the heavy trunk across the floor until it was in the room.
As the box opened the children each grabbed one or more toys! There were stuffed animals, crayons, and toy cars galore! "That should keep em' busy!" Lloyd fist-bumped Kai before they headed back downstairs to see if Nya could take a shift.
"Hey Ny-" Kai was cut off to see Nya talking to Cole and Jay who had arrived a few minutes earlier.
"Hey Kai!" Nya called them over,"Shouldn't you guys be with the kids?"
"We were going to ask you to cover for us with the kids." Lloyd answered,"They're occupied and we would like a break."
Nya frowned at this, Jay immediately spoke up,"Cole and I will cover for you guys!" Jay pulled his black haired friend closer to him as he volunteered Cole and himself.
"Okay, you guys take a shift." Lloyd agreed as Jay pulled Cole upstairs, not even giving the older boy a chance to speak about how he felt.
"What was that about?" Cole asked as he and Jay walked upstairs.
"Nya looked upset, I guess I just- uh." Cole smirked, he knew about Jay's elementary level crush on Nya. "I-it's just just kids! What could go wrong?" Jay questioned as they opened up the door to find chaos in control!
There were kids choking on the toy trucks, fighting over stuffed animals, and eating crayons as if they were chocolate bars! "Woah, woah, woah!" Jay grabbed some crayons out of a three year old's mouth,"Didn't you read the label!? Fun to play with, not to eat!"
"Jay!" Cole facepalmed,"They can't read yet."
"They should know that these are toxic though!"
"They don't know better, they're toddlers!"
"Well, how am I supposed to know that they can't read yet?"
"How about when they chew on books instead of opening them?" Cole pointed towards Kai's little cousin who was quickly snatched away and put near some other toys. Their argument continued for a few minutes as they zoned the world around them out, until...
"What's going on up here?" Zane walked into the room to find a huge mess, and Cole and Jay in the middle of it.
"Oh my goodness!" he cried as he struggled to pick up the dangerous toys and put them away. Within minutes, Zane had gotten everything under control, he even got some kids asleep, for it was already late for them on New Years Eve.
However, once peace was reached it couldn't get better, only worse.
A few of the older kids had woken up and started to bother the bandmates. "Hello there." Zane greeted the boy as he leaned down to eye level with him.
"Wh-where's, where's her? I want to see her!" the boy said.
"What?" Cole asked, leaning down as well, with Jay joining them.
"I want to see her!"
"Who's cousin is he?"
"I think he's Kai's."
"Lets see if he knows then."
They carried the boy down to Kai who was confused at the comment as well. "Sorry guys, I don't know a 'her'." Kai chuckled.
"Her! Her!" the kid whined as he pointed to Nya who was watching a movie with some of the older kids in the corner while the adults mingled in other places around the house.
"Oh! Do you mean Nya?" Jay smiled,"I got this guys." He carried the boy over to the teenage girl.
"Hi Zander!" Nya greeted the boy.
"Her!" he shouted back.
"Hmm?" Nya looked up at Jay.
"He wanted you, but didn't know your name, so he asked,'Where's Her?', it was pretty cute."
"Well, thanks for bringing him!" Jay sat down as they watched the movie, it was one of Jay's favorites... 'The Incredibles!' the most amazing movie about a superhero family ever!
As the movie progressed, Jay got up to use the bathroom and check on the kids with Kai and Cole while Nya stayed with the kids right after the, "Honey, Where's My Super Suit!?" scene.
By the time Jay got back, Nya was leaning over in pain and a different movie had turned on for the old one was over,"What's wrong Nya!?" Jay asked alarmed.
"Zander likes to be like the guys in the superhero movie... he thinks his superpower is bodyslamming... he tested them out on my sensitive area."
Jay looked towards where Zander was playing with some of the slightly older kids, they were doing puzzles while Zander drove his lego batmobile car around on top of it.
Jay and Nya had to explain to him why it was considered rude to drive your legos on top of someone else's puzzle.
The pattern of the kids continued until most of them passed out for a nap until the ball dropped. All that remained were the few second graders and Zander. A game of Apples to Apples had begun as everyone separated into teams.
The adults stayed with one of their close friends and some paired up with new friends. Cole and Kai teamed up together, Lloyd and Zane were together, Jay volunteered to watch Zander so Nya could join.
However, there were no people left over, so she was a part of a team of three, it was her, Mr. Julien, and Ed Walker... the ultimate team!
They had won eight in a row now and everyone was getting tired. That was until they finally lost a round! Lloyd tried to high five Zane but the other teen didn't understand, so he just stood there for a moment before Lloyd just put his hand down.
The game went on and eventually Zander joined a team. It was an Apples to Apples showdown, and the younger kids were winning! They were actually beginning to have fun until the kids woke up again.
They had to stop the game to watch the kids again and they were not happy about it!
They walked back upstairs with them to the clean room.
(TEN MINUTES LATER)
The room was a mess and Lloyd was on the edge of breaking. He had barely had any fun at all! He was sick of it! "I'm gonna snap!" Lloyd said through gritted teeth as his mother's footsteps made their way up the stairs.
"Time for the ball to drop!" Misako called up the stairs as they all sighed in relief before bringing the kids down.
10... Everybody thought about their futures...
9... What next year had in store for them...
8...The six friends closed their eyes...
7... I am going to be more outgoing and try to advance more in my technical work...
6...I am going to be less hotheaded...
5...I am going to make my father proud, no matter what I am doing...
4...I am not going to let school get in the way of friendships, but I will still thrive...
3...I am going to tell Nya how I feel...
2...I am going to never take what I have for granted...
1... I am going to survive this year! The friends smirked.
"HAPPY NEW YEAR!" they celebrated and danced as the ball dropped. right as the cheers had died down, Garmadon spoke up,"Okay, everybody out!" Lloyd's friends were about to leave when they were stopped.
"Where do you think you're going?"
They five people leaving turned to Garmadon.
"You need to help us clean up the mess you allowed the toddlers to create."
They all sighed before walking back inside to the trashed house. Thinking of their new years resolutions...
But about those... everybody knows they never keep true to them...
Wow! Shortest chapter of this story!
I am going to update stuff tomorrow! Do no worry! I am alive! Just busy! I will return to writing over this next week though.
What am I busy with?
-Graphic design practice
-Reading Harry Potter... my best excuse yet!
I hope you enjoyed!
more to come...
-AwesomeAuthor13