Mayhemb; Sorry about the long wait just got done with Finals so we all hope you enjoy!
Lloyd grunted as he balanced his Uncle, Cole, Jay, Kai, and Zane as he was standing with only 1 hand on a beach ball. His mom, Bunny, Kyle, and Charlotte all watched from a distance as Grace was up close and would tickle him if he even went a millimeter off balance...A bit harsh, yes, but effective.
"H-Heyyy! G-Grace! Stop it!" Lloyd yelled as his sister tickled his sides, before stopping once he was back in place.
"Sorry Lloyd, but since you keep falling on your face when we use the bamboo book method (Chapter 5 reference to what Lloyd was doing), this is the next best thing." Grace apologized to her little brother, who stiffly nodded his head before smiling once he started to get the hang of it. Grace had been a bit more strict and snappy, so it was nice to hear a bit of her old self.
"Focus, in order to bear the weight of Ninjago on your shoulders. You must first learn, to bear the weight, of all of us." Sensei Wu said from on top of the stack, looking down at his Nephew.
"Focus." Sensei Wu said, before smiling at how Karishma was smiling and video taping this.
"Uh..Sensei, I'm starting to think this was a bad idea." Jay said as he watched Grace's cheshire grin...Oh geez, why did she have to be Lord Garmadon's daughter?
"Yeah Sensei, he's just a kid." Cole agreed, before having a mini-heart attack when Grace pretended to tickle Lloyd.
"In order for him to succeed we must all learn to trust one another." Sensei Wu said as he poured himself a cup of tea, Grace paused a bit as she heard some noise.
"Does anyone else hear a wrecking ball coming towards us?" Grace asked the group, who looked at her strangely. There were no wrecking balls her-
CRAAAAASH
Opps, never mind.
"Ugggh, what was that?" Cole asked as the debris settled down, Grace glared through it.
"A magical pink unicorn! What did ya expect?" Grace snapped back, the others flinched at this a bit.
"WHOA! WHOA! WHOA! This wasn't supposed to happen, until tomorrow!" Dareth yelled at the 2 construction workers that were in the gapping hole that used to be the window, the one in the suit looked confused.
"Tomorrow? *turns to the other construction worker* Let me see that order." the man said before being handed a piece of paper, after reading it he looked up at Dareth.
"O-ho yeah. My bad! Sorry about that, we'll be back in the morning!" the man exclaimed before the construction crew left, the group turned to Dareth. Dareth frowned as he picked up one of his fake trophies, Cole decided to step up.
"Uh, Dareth? What is all this about?" Cole asked the sad Dojo owner, who faced the group.
"Well, I fell behind on some of my payments and some developer called Darnagom Enterprises is buying the entire block to put in some stupid Frisbee-golf course. They say if I don't come up with 50 Thousand by tomorrow, the dojo is gone." Dareth declared, all the ninjas and their Senseis (Karishma, Grace, and Wu) gasped a bit.
"But we already lost the Bounty! We can't lose the dojo know!" Jay exclaimed, all the while Bunny and Grace were whispering to each other about a race.
"My trophies..! All my fake trophies!" Dareth sobbed in as he clutched his dented trophy, Zane looked at a sign near them.
"Wait a minute...Darnagom..? When you rearrange the letters it spells-" "O Grandma..?" Jay cut Zane off, Kai glared a bit at Jay.
"No! Garmadon!" Kai exclaimed in annoyance, Jay bashfully smiled while Lloyd and Grace looked a bit ashamed. "Riiight, heh, that would make more sense." Jay concluded to the others, before Lloyd looked up a bit.
"My dad is behind this?" Lloyd asked suddenly, Grace didn't look up from the ground.
"If he destroys the dojo, where will we train Lloyd?" Cole asked Sensei Wu, before Dareth also looked at the old man.
"Any chance you got 50,000 in that tea pot of yours?" Dareth asked, Sensei Wu came up to Dareth.
"Worry not Dareth, you are not in this alone. We're all with you." Sensei Wu stated, before Jay suddenly had a bright idea before turning to the Asher sisters (Bunny and Charlotte).
"Hey, couldn't you 2 ask your parents for the money-" "Our parents are out of town on a business trip. By the time we contact them, even with Grace's speed, it would already be too late to get the 50,000..." Bunny quickly cut Jay's idea off, causing the lightning ninja to sulk.
"Did someone say 50,000-?" "*gasp* You didn't happen to win the lottery?" Jay cut Nya off as she came into the room, Kim-Ly was seen running down the street towards the dojo with a few papers in her hand.
"No, but I heard about Ninjaball Run." Nya stated, all the ninja repeated the word besides Bunny and Grace for some reason.
"It's the biggest road race in ninjago with a prize of 100,000 big ones. And it's tomorrow!"
"I thank you little lady-fighter. But your talking about the most dangerous race known to man. Only the most serious of racers stand a chance." Dareth stated, before Kim-Ly suddenly walked through the door.
"Yeah, the race I'm gonna win this year." Kim-Ly said with a grin, the ninjas all were confused even more when Grace scoffed at this while Bunny rolled her eyes.
"Oh, as if! Remember me and my brothers left you in the dust last year!" Bunny exclaimed as she took a paper from Kim-Ly's hands, Grace soon did the same thing.
"But remember. I always win a race." Grace boasted, before she realized that the others were looking at the 3 girls in confusion.
"Oh! Uh...Yeah, guess this would be the right time ta tell you...Uh...Me and the girls sorta, race in the Ninjaball Run every year. I go solo while Bunny and Kim-Ly get their brother. *Kyle raises his hand* The older brothers. *Kyle puts his hand down*." Grace explained to the group, before Kai looked up a bit.
"Well can't we enter the race too? The more people we have, the better the chances we have at winning! A-And besides, didn't you do a few upgrades on our Ultra Sonic Raider Nya?" Kai asked Nya, who nodded her head yes.
"Maybe we might stand a chance!" Kai explained, Kim-Ly looked at Bunny and Grace then.
"And if we combine ourselves into 1 team. We could protect ourselves even more and gain a bit of an advantage." Kim-Ly said to the 2 other Sensei's, before Bunny pulled out her sketchpad.
"Weeeell, I have been working on a design for a small mobile stage that has 3 detachable motorcycles With a few tweaks, it should be good to go!" Bunny chimed happily, receiving a pat on the back from Grace and Kim-Ly.
"And I can enter with my dragon! You guys did say I needed the practice!" Lloyd happily added in, before sending a comforting glance to his sister. Grace had been so on edge lately, that this small gesture was greatly appreciated.
"So it is agreed. You will all enter this Ninjaball Run. To save the dojo." Sensei Wu concluded, before they all noticed that Dareth was crying.
"Okay, grown man crying. I'm leaving to go get Dave, Tyler, Ash, and Lucas. (Dave is Kim-Ly's twin brother. Tyler is Bunny's twin brother while Ash and Lucas are the younger twins in Bunny's family) Byyye~!" Grace chimed before leaving, probably off to the dragon's area to get Silvermist ready for the ride.
"I'll work on mine and the girl's car, while Kim-Ly takes you guys to get registered for the race." Bunny explained before leaving also.
"Dude. Are you still crying?" Kim-Ly asked Dareth as she put her hand on her hips, Dareth looked up a bit.
"Yes. *sniff* But, th-these are happy tears." Dareth responded, Kim-Ly only rolled her eyes at this with a smirk on her face. Why was she always left in the awkward moments?
Later- At Night
Dave, Ash, Tyler, and Lucas were all sleeping in sleeping bags provided by Bunny. They were sleeping in the dojo, a large blanket was draped over the gaping hole. Along with them, sitting on a blanket, was their older sisters (Bunny and Kim-Ly).
"Okay. So basically we're going to team up and beat everyone?" Dave asked the 2 girls, who nodded their heads.
"Basically. (Bunny)" "Do we do anything else? (Kim-Ly)" the 2 girls replied, before all the guys grinned.
"Let's do this!" the boys yelled before they all talked happily about their victory party when they win.
? (1st person POV)
A older looking Green Ninja fell to the ground, he painfully looked up. You looked down at him through your own eyes, enjoying the sight completely.
"W-Why are you doing this? I-I thought you...That you cared about us!" the older boy yelled, you only laughed at this.
"Hah! You idiot, you actually think I cared about you? You ruined my life!" you felt yourself yell, but inside a voice was yelling at you.
No! Please, you don't believe that! STOP IT!
"Please! You have to stop!" the older boy vainly tried to convince you to stop, yet all you felt was your stomach turn in disgust. With out mercy you rip the boy's hood off, to reveal a older Lloyd's face. Slowly you raise your dark purple and black sword, darkness pouring out of it it seems.
"Goodnight, Lloyd." you spat out his name as your sword lowered down in slow motion.
"No Grace!" Lloyd vainly yelled along with your inner voice.
NO! NO! NOOOOOOO-
Real Life- Girl's Apartment
"NOOOOOO!" Grace yelled as she sat up straight in her bed, a film of cold sweat on her skin.
Ever since visiting the future and finding Jay's journal, the nightmares had become more and more vivid. At the beginning it was a simple accident like accidentally bumping Lloyd into busy traffic...But now, it was of a large fight. They were on a island normally, on a beach while the other ninjas were battling against these black-skin red-armor wearing man...
"Grace? *yawn* Sweety? Are you okay?" Karishma asked as she looked at her daughter's bunk, having woken up from the yells.
"Y-Yeah mom...J-Just a bad dream is all." Grace comforted her mom, who gave a sleepy smile.
"That's nice dear. Make sure you flush the cat when your done." Karishma stated, earning her a confused glance from Grace, before Karishma fell back down on her bed.
With a sigh Grace tucked herself back into bed. She had to sleep, she couldn't win a race while half-awake...Well, she did once, but that was a one-time thing though...Yet winning this race would mean the decision of whether or not Lloyd will be ready to fight the ultimate battle...Even if he thought he was fighting their dad.
"I promise, it won't come down to that...I swear." Grace promised herself before falling asleep, hoping her promise would be fulfilled no matter what.
Next Morning- Starting Line
Bunny and Kim-Ly proudly looked at the machine they had built together. It was a nice car that resembled the one that the Royal Blacksmith's (Cole's Dad's band) were using, but they also had 3 small motorcycles suspended on the sides.
"Good luck Mr. Lou!" Grace chimed as she came back from having a nice chat with Cole's dad, who was more than happy to see her.
"Looks like some stiff competition this year. Should be fun." Dave stated as he looked at everything around them. A mail man, the ninjas in their tank thingy, the ultra-dragon and Lloyd, a school bus, the Walker's (Ed and Edna), the Royal Blacksmiths, skeletons, and a few more.
"Get ready boys! We're gonna win this thing!" Kim-Ly yelled to the other boy ninjas, who smirked at the group. Kai quickly ran to the girl's sides.
"Don't think so Kimmy, we're gonna bring this on home." Kai stated in a smug manner, no one noticed that the school boys were tampering with the tank's wheel.
"Guys! I have to tell you about a little surprise I put in for you!" Nya yelled to Kai, who nodded to the girls before racing off.
"It doesn't matter which one of us wins. As long as we get the money for the dojo." Bunny concluded, yet Tyler smirked at her.
"Yeah, uh, sis? Don't you know that it'll be hard to think that while we're holding the 1st place trophy?" Tyler asked Bunny, who giggled a maybe. The group all filled into the car. Ash and Lucas were both in the front while the rest with in the back. Bunny couldn't help but glance at the stands and feel a bit relived to see a small flash of gold near Nya, Sensei Wu, Karishma, and Kyle. She and Kim-Ly had asked Charlotte and Kyle to stay behind and be careful. Bunny turned her head at the right moment so she didn't see Charlotte place herself behind Lloyd, who blushed a bit at this.
Quickly the announcers explained the whole entire race to everyone. The course starts in Ninjago City, then leads into the treacherous Sea of Sand, Crash Course Cave, the Birchwood Forest, the Glacier Purims, and finally the homestretch to Ninjago City.
"-So good luck to everyone!" the announcer concluded before the light suddenly buzzed.
Red Light On
Lloyd tightened his grip on the dragon's reins while Charlotte tells him good luck as she grips her bo staff.
The mail man activates his bike's motors along with Kai starting up the tank.
All the competitors glance at each other and Ash purposely floors the car.
Yellow Light On
"On your mark!" the announcer exclaimed as Ed and Edna put down their goggles.
"Get set!" the announcer shouted as Kruncha revs the skeleton truck.
"NINJAAAAABAAAAAALL!" the announcer yelled as the light flared green, all the racers took off.
It was on!