At Night 2:30 AM
Grace petted Silvermist as her Uncle stood beside her. "You understand you mission, right Grace?" Sensei Wu asked his niece, who nodded her head. Grace adjusted the bags that were at Silvermist's sides before turning to her Uncle. "But why must I go alone Uncle? Won't you need me here to help?" Grace asked Sensei Wu, who smiled lightly. "Today and tomorrow possibly, the boys will only be cleaning our new home." Sensei Wu stated as he stroked his beard, Grace smiled back at him. "Okay, so please explain it to me again. Just so I can make sure I remember it right." Grace stated, quickly adding the last part to quench her Uncle's confused gaze.
"Ahh, yes. The Spirit Smoke told me that 2 brand new Ninjas have appeared, though they will be getting their golden weapons at a later date. The Smoke said it will be 2 of your friends, who are visiting a rest spot outside your town that you lived in before I asked you to join us." Sensei Wu calmly stated, Grace nodded her head again. "Alright then Uncle, I'll be off then." Grace said as she, in her original (from Chapter 1(before she became a ninja)) clothing, hopped onto Silvermist. "Then I shall reassure the boys that you will be gone for a while then." Sensei Wu stated as he went back inside the house, once he was gone Grace quickly jumped off of Silvermist and went to Rocky.
"Hey boy, take care of Cole for me okay?" Grace asked Rocky, who nuzzled her cheek. "Heh! Thanks Rocky." Grace stated to Rocky before she ran to Whisp (Jay's dragon) and Flame. "Take care of Jay and Kai okay? I know how both of them can be...Hard to handle sometimes." Grace said as she petted both dragons, who purred lightly at her touch before they nodded their heads. "Good. Thanks Whisp, Flame." Grace stated before she ran to Shard, who smiled down at her. "Make sure Zane doesn't get picked on okay? And make sure he laughs at least 5 times a day too." Grace stated to Shard, who smiled at her before nuzzling her cheek, much like Rocky did.
"Okay boys, I'll be off then." Grace stated as she hopped onto Silvermist, who nodded to the other dragons before she took off to the sky. Grace and Silvermist loved the trip. The moon eliminated the scattered cloud tops with a beautiful blue hue, the stars twinkled even more then they normally do, and the moon lead them. "Mother in heaven, thank you for protecting me." Grace whispered to the moon as she and Silvermist skimmed the cloud tops, causing them to split slightly. Grace looked down at Silvermist and took in her features.
The flesh in between her wings, unlike some of the boy's dragons, had small scales that looked likes gills, and functioned as them, in a different light. Her chest scales made it look like there was a waterfall there, ranging in beautiful blues to amazing silvers and whites. Then the scales on her head made it so there were "splashes of water" as Grace liked to call them around her eyes. Yep, a dragon fit for the Ninja of Water.
7:00 AM
Grace grinned as she saw the town where she grew up for a part of her life. The town was a little out of the way from Ninjago, to where it was surrounded by vasts amounts of forests and other natural objects instead of technology and skyscrapers. Grace looked down and saw all her favorite buildings; the dance studio, central park, the bakeries, the open ponds, lovers cliff where is you stand there in the moonlight with your special someone that you are supposedly "destined" to be together forever, the music store, and finally the large white building in the edge of town...
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Her old home
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Silvermist looked at her from the side slightly when she heard her master sniff, yet she frowned when she saw a few tears going down her face. "I-It's okay Silver, just a tad emotional." Grace stated as she wiped away a few tears before smiling at Silvermist, who smiled back at her before turning her head back into the direction they were heading. "Okay, we need to land riiiight...There." Grace stated as she shot a small beam of water at a large house just a tad bit outside the village's boundaries.
Silvermist roared quietly in return before diving at the house, Grace had to hold on tightly to the reins as she was lifted out of her seat quickly. "S-Slow doooown Si-lver!" Grace shouted, but the wind started to block out some of her voice. Silvermist grinned lightly as she suddenly stopped and landed, she turned her head to snicker at Grace's slightly sick face. "Never...Again or else no snacks for you." Grace stated to Silvermist, who quickly took the threat into consideration as Grace stumbled upon the large house after taking all her bags off of Silvermist.
It wasn't really a house actually though, it was a inn for travelers who had to stop to either repack or just rest. The Inn had a thin dark wood fence around it's white egg-shelled colored walls and stone hedges. "So...Where are you guys?" Grace whispered aloud as she motioned Silvermist to hide for now, which she did by diving into the lake beside the inn. Grace gulped as she picked up her bags and entered the inn. The inside was lavished with velvet rugs, a fire place, mahogany floor and walls, and a marble front desk. Grace walked up to the counter, in her mind she had a good guess of who she was here for.
"Hello, um...Is there 2 girls named Kim-Ly and Bunny?" Grace asked the teenage girl at the desk, who didn't even look up from her magazine. "Yeah, room 34 on the 44th level." the teenager stated as she pointed to a staircase. Grace blinked as she got her bags up from the ground and walked to the staircase before sighing. Ninjago city better thank me one day Grace thought as she started to climb the large, never ending staircase until she was at the 44th level.
"Thank goodness, I thought I would never get up here!" Grace stated, before her eye twitched when she saw a couple exiting a elevator right next to the staircase. "...This place needs better management." Grace muttered as she walked down the highly decorated hallways before finally reaching a oak door with the number 34 written on it in gold pencil. "Welp, here goes nothing." Grace muttered as she knocked on the wooden door, she heard feet shuffling on the inside.
"Wait one moment please." a thin, frail voice stated from inside, Grace couldn't help but smile at that. Yep, it was Bunny all right. A few seconds later the golden doorknob of the door turned and out stepped Bunny. Bunny was a little smaller then Grace, with pale green and dark brown eyes, slightly pale skin, light pink lips, and had fluffy platinum blonde hair with light brown fringe around her face that fell down the sides of her head like bunny ears (all her hair is platinum blonde besides the part surrounding her face which is light brown), skimming past her shoulders a bit. Bunny was wearing a light brown woolen sweater, a white knee-length skirt, and black flats.
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"...Grace?" Bunny asked, her voice almost breaking in surprise. "Hey Bunny, how are you?" Grace asked her old friend, who smiled widely at her before engulfing her in a hug. "I've been good, Kim-Ly is already inside. Oh please, do come in!" Bunny insisted as she took one of Grace's bags into her own thin hands and walked Grace into the large room. With 2 golden beds, deep red carpeted floors, creme walls, a few doors, and a television the room looked very nice. "Oi! Bun, who's at the-Grace?" a voice asked from the bed, Grace grinned as she looked at a surprised Kim-Ly.
Kim-Ly had slate black waist-length hair that was messy and fell into her eyes, which were actually a deep hazel that at most times looked like gold, slightly darker then normal skin, was about Grace's height, and had dark red lips. Kim-Ly was wearing a dark grey t-shirt that had ripped sleeves, dark blue pants, and black sneakers. "Weeeell, finally showed up huh?" Kim-Ly asked Grace, who grinned at her. "Oh be quiet you. As I remember you were the one who was and is always late." Grace stated as she bumped fists with Kim-Ly, who grinned at her.
"Yeeeeah, well..." Kim-Ly started, before she and Grace noticed Bunny leaning against the wall. "Hey, come over here ya wall flower." Kim-Ly said to Bunny, who blushed slightly before walking over to her 2 friends. "Now, why are you here Grace? And how did you know where to find us?" Kim-Ly asked Grace, who sighed. "It's a looooong story." Grace stated, Bunny giggled at her already-tired voice. "Then we have a looooong night ahead of us!" Bunny stated in her light voice, Kim-Ly and Grace laughed along with her before sitting on the beds; Grace opposite of Bunny and Kim-Ly.
"I guess the best place to start off is at the beginning." Grace stated before pausing for a bit, before smiling. Grace then started off with explaining everything that she knew or could think of at that point. The beginning of Spinjitsu, the Serpentine, her Dad, her brother, the boys, and Sensei Wu. "Whoa..." both Bunny and Kim-Ly stated as Grace got done explaining. "Yeah, and you can imagine the adventures already that we've had." Grace stated before she explained her experience with the boys. Once she was done she saw that it was already the break of dawn.
"Geez...And all of that was in around 2 weeks?" Kim-Ly asked, and her's and Bunny's jaws fell when Grace nodded her head. "Yep, now I need to ask you a question." Grace stated, the 2 girls closed their mouths quickly before looking up at Grace. "Sure Grace, what's up?" Kim-Ly stated as Bunny tilted her head to the side, both watched Grace's every move. "...I need you 2 to come with me, and my friends on a journey to save Ninjago." Grace stated, her voice showed serious urgency.
"B-But why us?" Bunny asked, she was partially scared of the idea of having to fight snakes. "Because, my uncle told me that 2 of my old friends, destined to be 2 of our ninjas, were at a resting spot outside the town I grew up in before he brought me to the Monastery." Grace stated, both Bunny and Kim-Ly blinked before they fainted. "*sigh* Why did I have a feeling that would happen?" Grace asked the space around her, she then tucked Bunny and Kim-Ly into the bed their beds before she herself took a blanket out of her bag and used said bag as a pillow. "I wonder how the boys are doing right now." Grace mumbled as she fell asleep, and stayed like that for a while.
Earlier With Cole
Cole sighed as he looked up at the starry sky above him. "I hope your okay Grace, I really do." Cole told the moon, he was pretty sad. The beginning of yesterday, when he had FINALLY gotten the courage to ask Grace out on a real date, Sensei told everyone that she had gone to find the final 2 Ninjas besides the Green Ninja. Then later on that same day he had to deal with Jay's very talkative parents, though he didn't mind making fun of Jay using the story's his mom gave him. Then earlier today he had to say goodbye to Rocky, the little guy was like another best friend to him.
"I wonder how Grace is going to take Rocky and the other dragons being gone when she gets back." a voice behind Cole stated, Cole turned to find it was Zane who was watching the moon and sat beside him on the ground. The 2 leaned against the railing. "When did you and Grace become so...Tight?" Cole asked Zane, who blinked before looking thoughtful. "We made a bond as we were making dinner before we showed you all Lloyd's tree fort." Zane replied to Cole, who nodded his head before looking back up at the stars.
"Do you ever wonder why she always comes out and watches the moon?" Zane asked Cole, who smiled lightly. "She told me it was a habit that her mom kind of left her with." Cole stated, Zane nodded to the new information.
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"I wonder...What ever happened to her mom." Zane stated, Cole looked at him lightly before looking back up at the moon. "We may never know." Cole responded as the moon shone brightly.
Mayhemb; Kim-Ly is translated to Golden Lion in Vietnamese
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