Zane accidently abandons the others:

Zane rubbed his hands together, even as he listened the others talking amongst themselves…

"I hope we run into an ice polar bear!"(Kai)

"I want to see an ice whale!"(Nya)

"Um…what are those?"(Lloyd)

"The ice polar bears are awesomer than some ice whale!"(Kai)

"Are not! And awesomer is not a word!"(Nya)

"Um, guys?"(Lloyd)

Zane frowned, wondering if he should break up the fight before it got worse, when Jay suddenly yelled. "Zane! Kai and Nya are doing it again!"

Zane sighed, before turning around to look at the bickering siblings. "Alright you two…break it up. And Kai, Nya is correct. Awesomer is not a real word. Please refrain from using it in the future."

"Yes Zane." The siblings stopped their fight immediately upon noticing that Zane had noticed.

Zane ran his fingers through his hair, wondering how he got himself into these kinds of messes…oh wait. He volunteered to keep an eye on all of them. Turning his attention back to the ship's steering wheel, he barely avoided crashing into a giant glacier. "We also have a higher chance of seeing an ice whale out here than an ice polar bear."

Kai pouted at that, making Zane wonder if he should worry about his strange obsession with carnivorous animals. A hand suddenly tugged hard on his sleeve. "Zane? What's that?" Zane glanced down to see that it was just Cole, pointing to something in front of them. Frowning, he looked up to see that there was a dead end up ahead… and that the dead end happened to be what appeared to be a temple made entirely out of ice.

"I have no idea. We'll stop for the night here though. Anyone remembers what naturally grows here that is edible?" Zane knew how much the others hated pop quizzes, but he loved them and knew they knew the stuff he was asking.

Groans could be heard from the older four, before they spoke in perfect unison. "The ice berries and the fish. Nothing else grows here…unless it is near extinction like the ice whales and ice polar bears."

"Good job! Kai, how about you go into the ship's galley and get the stove going?" Zane asked the one he really considered his little brother to go and get the meal started.

Kai nodded before disappearing back inside…where it was warmer. Kai had a harder time handling the cold than the others and despite his fascination with the wildlife here, preferred to be indoors.

~Back with Sensei~

"We have a problem… you remember how there was that prophesy once that declared that one of Father's chosen ones would be a teen that never ages with icy blue eyes? Well… let's just say that Lloyd showed up at my doorstep with this teen that had icy blue eyes. What if Garmadon is finding the chosen ones to do his duty work?" Sensei paced nervously across the room, holding the phone to his ear. He listened to the voice on the other side for a minute before speaking again. "No… I sent them away. I didn't think at the moment that they might not be working for Garmadon…" Another pause. "I know where to go to find them. They have the map to the first weapon. I'll go intersect them…before they get lost hopefully." Silence filled the air, before he uttered five words full of longing. "I miss you too. Bye." He then hung up his phone, slipping it back into his pocket. He had a trip to prepare for…

~Back with Zane~

Zane tossed and turned in his bed, his mind unable to shut down. Sitting up in his bed, he swung his legs over and got up; figuring that checking on the kids for the hundredth time that night couldn't hurt him. He tiptoed quietly to the closest bedroom door, which was where Cole and Rocky slept. The little dragon for some unknown reason was rather attached to Cole and wouldn't leave him alone for more than a few seconds. Sighing upon seeing that Rocky was, like always, curled up next to Cole in his bed, the two of them sleeping soundly while Cole's arm was draped over the course scales of the dragon. He then proceeded down the hall. Everything was alright; all of the children were sound asleep. But then why was he hearing a low humming sound? As if someone had his favorite song stuck in their head and couldn't get it out? The only one that hummed in their sleep was Cole and he was humming well, a different song than the one Zane was hearing. Honestly if he was honest with himself it sounded like it was coming from…outside?

Turning to the steps that led up to the deck, he considered following the noise. If there was someone nearby he needed to know if they were a threat to his charges. With that thought in mind, he strode of to find the source once and for all. Outside of the dimly lit ship, it was pitch black except for the few stars and the sliver of moon in the sky. Hugging himself close, he walked down the plank onto the solid ground, following the humming noise. His eyes flickered over the ice temple as he slowly approached it, realizing that he what he was hearing was coming from inside of it. Did that mean that someone lived here, of all places?

Timidly, he slipped into the large building. The noise appeared to be coming from behind a large set of doors to his right. Walking slowly, he carefully knocked on the cold door. The persistent humming stopped. Zane bit his lip as he wondered if the person was shy, and wouldn't like being disturbed at this hour. The door creaked open…and a large Ice light blue almost white Ice Dragon, a creature only ever spoken of in fairytales was standing right in front of him. Amazement slipped through as he looked at the large beast. A snort escaped the dragon, even as the humming picked up again…this time somewhere behind the dragon. Ducking around the legendary creature, he scurried in to find the source of the humming. "Hello? I heard you humming and can't help but be impressed…." Zane broke off upon noticing that no one was there. No one was there but the gold shruikens of ice were. Amazed, he reached out and touched the powerful relics. Immediately there was a bright flash of light, which blinded him. When the light vanished from view, much to his disappointment, the weapons were gone, replaced with an old chest. Picking the chest up, he turned to notice that the dragon was watching him curiously. Upon noticing that he was watching it, the dragon sneezed, ice shards flying everywhere.

"Uh…Shard. How does that sound for a name majestic being?" Zane asked the dragon what he thought about being called Shard.

The newly named Shard expressed his excitement upon hearing his name by jumping up and down. As he did so though, he shrank to the size of Zane's palm. Zane smiled as Shard settled on his shoulder like a proud parrot. Shaking his head at that weird simile, he strode off back to the ship. He had quite the story to tell the others in the morning.

A/N: Done! Phew… um yeah. Sensei is kinda a step behind them. But Zane has Shard now! I also have a cold…that won't go away. And I've been behaving so well with it! Ok, maybe going to that demo kitchen Monday was not the best thing to do when fighting a cold… oops. But I've been good the rest of the time…. Can't think of anything else to say…

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