Mayhemb; Another Filler Chapter, yet this has special memories from our favorite Nature Ninja Mama..! Also, only 3 days (technically 2) till the end of the Character Contest...!
Songs Used; "For Good" (remixed a bit) from Wicked
Regina sighed happily as she sat on the Destiny's deck, her Aunt Bunny beside her. The others had gone into the village bellow to restock on supplies.
"I'm soooooo glad to be out of the beds..!" Regina happily chimed as she fell back onto the deck, the Nature Ninja couldn't help but giggle at this.
"I am also." Bunny whispered to the girl, before letting out a small breath as a gentle breeze fluttered in.
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"Aunt Bunny."
"Yes...?"
"...What was my mom good at..?" Bunny blinked at the question, before looking down at her neice with a cocked eyebrow.
"What..?"
"D-Don't get me wrong..! I-I mean...I know she was the fastest ninja, and one of the best fighters...But what else was she good at..? She never talks about her past anymore, a-and...And I don't want to ask her, b-because I know she thinks about the time when she was...You know..Controlled..!" Regina quickly tried to cover up any problem she may have made, Bunny blinked at this before giggling a bit.
"Well, one thing you mom was pretty good at was dancing.." Bunny stated, getting an odd look from the Green Ninja.
"Dancing...? Really?"
"Did you expect something else..?"
"W-Well yeah..! I..I mean, I know my dad got practically forced to dance by Grandpa Lou...But that's about it..!" Bunny continued to giggle a bit at the girl's shocked face, a small smile climbing up her lips.
"Well then, I also bet you'd be in a real shock if you found out your mother used to preform for the circus-crowd." Regina's jaw dropped at this, h-her mom...A clown?.!
"Okay, now I know you're making this up Aunt Bunny." Bunny held up her hands in defense at this, a small smirk on her face.
"Nope, in fact, her skills in the circus are what lead her to meet me and Kim-Ly." Regina was shocked for a few moments, before sitting up in her spot on the deck.
"So...Uh...What did my mom do in the circus..?"
"Easy. She was mostly into gymnastics, the trapeze and tightrope were her favorite if I remember correctly.." Bunny replied with a thoughtful look, looking off a bit as she tried to remember everything. Yet after a few moments, Bunny found her eyes back on the shocked Regina.
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"You know, a lot of people didn't approve of your mother being in the circus.." Regina snapped out of her daze at this, before looking up a bit.
"R..Really..?"
"Oh yes, much like you they were surprised to hear that she had gone into such a subject...Until.." Regina got onto her knees now, and padded over to her sentence-dropping Aunt.
"Until..?" Bunny smiled a bit at how easy it was to gain the girl's attention. Slowly Bunny rose her hand, and twitched her fingers a bit. The boards on the deck shook a tiny bit as they began to grow, before making what looked like 2 circus platforms.
"Until they actually saw her in the air." Bunny finished before snapping her fingers, a small figure formed on one of the platforms now. The figure took hold of another board's outreached (and outgrown) limb before stepping off the platform, going halfway, only to let go and do a flip. Then from the figure's back, something like wings appeared, and she flew up after loosing some height...Only to zoom past the other trapeze platform and over the edge of the bounty.
"Your mother was called an Angel of the Stage for a few reasons, you know." Bunny told the teenage girl beside her, who gave a small smile.
"R-really..?"
"Yep! She loved doing aerials for both dancing and the circus, she'd be up for hours upon hours practicing..!" Bunny suddenly started to give a big speech as Regina listened tentatively.
"Let me try..!" Regina suddenly yelled as she popped up with a grin on her face, Bunny blinked at this.
"What..?"
"I wanna try the trapeze..! A-And the tightrope..!" Regina exclaimed happily, before noticing her Aunt's worried look.
"I...I don't know sweetie.." Bunny worridly said, before she gasped when her niece was suddenly gripping her shoulders and looking at her with pleading eyes.
"Oooooh please Aunt Bunny...!" Regina almost whined, before giving her aunt her biggest weapon. The puppy-dog pout.
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"OKAY! FINE! Just...Stop looking at me like that..!" Bunny finally yelled, suddenly Regina was up with a big grin on her face.
"Thanks..! Now, let's get started..!" Bunny gave a tired sigh at this, massaging her temple a bit with a small frown on her face.
"What have I gotten myself into?"
"Do I really have to wear this..?" Regina asked as she looked at the clothes her aunt was making her wear, blushing a bit as she did so. It was a dark green full-body leotard with a golden sash crossing from her left shoulder to right hip, and she wore a dark blue bejeweled headband to keep her hair out of her face. Bunny circled around her, before quickly ripping off the arms of the leotard and discarding them to the side.
"There, much better." Bunny stated as she looked around the area she and Regina were in. They had parked in a clearing only about 20 yards away from where they had been flying.
"And yes, yes you do have to wear that." Bunny quickly responded to the almost-forgotten question, earning a small blush from the Green Ninja. Bunny couldn't help but giggle a bit at the pink tint on her niece's cheeks, before she held up her hands.
Quickly 3 trees uprooted from their positions and positioned themselves; one on one end of the clearing, the other at the opposite end, and the final one a bit off of the center. Then the trees at the opposite sides of the clearing started to grow solid platforms with steps, while the one in the middle started to make a trapeze by growing out a branch with vines.
Jay and Kai couldn't help but chuckle a bit as they watched their sons bicker.
"I'm sure Regina would like spaghetti for dinner..!" Cody yelled to Steel, who glared at him.
"Yeah, just like I'm sure that I'mma 'bout to punch you if you don't stop yelling..!" Steel retorted, Cody just smirked at him.
"You're just ticked that I asked her out before you and-"
"That's it..!" Steel yelled, cutting off Cody's sentence, before he tackled the teenage Lightning Ninja.
"Should we help them...?" Jay asked Kai, who looked at him...Before the 2 started laughing.
Regina gulped as she looked down from the platform, HOW HIGH UP WAS SHE?.!
"You okay Regina..?" Bunny yelled up to the girl from her spot on the Destiny's deck, finding the ship let her be a bit closer to the teenager.
"Y-Yeah..!" Regina replied, before she looking up to see the make-shift trapeze bar before her. This was insane..! Yet...Yet she had to do it though...! Carefully Regina gripped the trapeze bar into her hands, before walking to the edge of the platform. With one final deep breath, Regina finally took the step, and felt the wind rush by her.
Bunny smiled a bit as she heard Regina yell happily when the wind flew past her ears, not even noticing how a few pairs of feet were coming up from behind her.
"It seems like you 2 have been...Progressive." Sensei Wu's voice declared from behind the woman, who jumped and turned around. The only people behind her was Sensei Wu, Zane, and Ali. The others were walking into the Bounty, Cody and Steel staring at Regina as they went inside.
"I-I..Guess we have." Bunny replied bashfully, glancing behind her as she saw Regina continue her fun. Sensei Wu smiled a bit at this, chuckling as he picked up the bag he had dropped.
"Do not worry, we shall give you both time to finish up. Come Zane, Ali. We need to get the groceries inside." Sensei Wu stated before he lead the 2 men inside, both giving their wife (Zane) or mother (Ali) a smile as they left. Slowly then Bunny looked back at Regina, and smiled a bit. She really was growing up like her mother, wasn't she...?
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Her mother...
Bunny sighed as memories started to fill her heads of her life with the ninjas, even finding in all that jumbled mess...To start singing as she reminisced.
Bunny; I've heard it said
That people come into our lives for a reason
"Everyone I'd like you to meet my 2 friends. Bunny and Kim-Ly." Grace stated as she pointed out who was who, Bunny was hiding behind Kim-Ly, who glared at the boys.
(Chapter 11 of "The Water Ninja")
Bringing something we must learn
"...I need you 2 to come with me, and my friends on a journey to save Ninjago." Grace stated, her voice showed serious urgency.
(Chapter 10 of "The Water Ninja")
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow
If we let them
"She's learning fast." Grace told Bunny as they watched Charlotte train.
(not from any of the books...yet.)
And we help them in return
Well, I don't know if I believe that's true
But I know I'm who I am today
"Eeeeasy." Grace whispered to Bunny, who gulped as she and Kim-Ly tried to balance on a couple of surfboards.
(not from any of the books...yet.)
Because I knew you...
Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
"Fine." Lloyd whispered in defeat, Bunny couldn't only blink at this before nodding her head.
"Good, then I'll be going. I have to get some stuff for dinner tonight." Bunny declared, before walking past the 2. Yet not without giving her sister a smirk, which the Ninja of Light blushed a bit at.
(Chapter 41 from "A New Beginning")
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
I...I'm so sorry Zane." Bunny apologized to the boy, who had tears running down his cheek.
(Chapter 60 from "The Water Ninja")
Who can say if we've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
"I will love you as best as I can, Bunny." Zane whispered to Bunny before kissing her lightly on the head, before he to went to sleep.
(Chapter 51 from "The Water Ninja")
I have been changed for good
It may have seemed
That we could've never meet again
"...I...I'm...S-...So..orr...y.." Bunny let out, before her chest gave away one final breath, her clouded eyes now locked with the crying eyes of her love.
(Chapter 60 from "The Water Ninja")
In this lifetime
So let me say before we part
So much of me
Is made from what I learned from you
You'll be with me
Like a handprint on my heart
Bunny gasped as she and Zane were pushed back by Cole and Jay, before the 2 fallen ninja felt the darkness rise around them and started to taint their being.
"Zane...I..I'm sor-"
"Sssh...I already know, Bunny..I already know..."
(Chapter 61 from "A New Beginning")
And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have re-written mine
By being my friend...
Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a skybird
In a distant wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
Because I knew you
I have been changed for good
And just to clear the air
We asked forgiveness
For the things she had done
We blame us for
But then, I guess we know
There's blame to share
And none of it seems to matter anymore
Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
"W-Wait? What do you mean when she feels like it?" Bunny asked as she gripped onto Grace's shoulder, she didn't feel comfortable when both Silvermist and Grace grinned at her and Kim-Ly."Hold on!" Grace yelled as she tugged Silvermist's rein, causing her to blast off. "AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!" Kim-Ly and Bunny yelled as they gripped onto Grace's shoulders, Grace just giggled along with Silvermist as they flew through the skies.
(Chapter 11 from "The Ninja of Water")
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a bird in the wood
Who can say if I've been
Changed for the better?
"I have left you countless times, I know...But this won't be another one." Bunny told the Ice Ninja, who gave her a smile before the 2 faced off against the ninja of Lightning and Earth.
(Chapter 61 from "A New Beginning")
I do believe I have been
Changed for the better
And because I knew you...
*Picture of Lloyd, Karishma, Sensei Wu, and Lord Garmadon*
Because I knew you...
*Kim-Ly, Grace, and Charlotte's picture flashed by her memory*
Because I knew you...I have been changed for good...
"Aunt Bunny..! Come on inside! Dinner's ready..!" Regina yelled out from the other side of the deck, snapping Bunny out of her trance...Only to smile a bit at the memory.
"I'll be right in." Bunny replied, Regina nodded her head at this before retreating inside. Looking around now, Bunny saw that they were back up in the air...The sunset coloring the clouds in lovely orange-red color...Where was her camera when she needed it..?
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