With Grace
As Grace watched as the lights fell onto of Cole and his dad something in her just snapped. The memory of her accident flooded her head as anger rose inside her, as she saw through the dust that Pythor was getting away...No...No he wasn't! Grace placed the bouquet beside the group as she ran past them and into the halls outside the backstage area, to see Pythor slythering away.
"Stop right there Pythor!" Grace yelled angrily, Pythor looked back at her with a smug look. "Oh what'sssss wrong dear? Ssssnappy that your boyfriend is now asssss flat asssss a pancake?" Pythor asked, the smug look turning to one of fear as a dark aura surrounded Grace. "THAT'S IT!" Grace yelled before charging Pythor in less a second, Pythor yelled as she did.
Grace's anger flooded into her body just like water would flood a area after a dam broke...The Ninja of Water was angry, and that was just like the Hulk being angry. "I *punch* HATE *punch* YOU *punch* SO *punch* MUUUUCH! *punch*" Grace yelled as she attacked Pythor, punch after punch before standing over Pythor's slightly bruised body. "DON'T YOU TEST MY PATIENCE SNAKE BASTARD!" Grace yelled at Pythor, who flinched at her yelling.
Grace then walked over to the trophy and picked it up, right before Skalidor came from underneath her and wrapped his tail around her. "Ah, ah-AAAAAAHHHHHHH!" Skalidor stated as Grace bit into Skalidor's tail, causing him to unwrap her...But she didn't let go of his tail. "G-Get her off me! GET HER OFF ME!" Skalidor yelled as Grace tasted blood in her mouth, the scales chipping against her teeth.
"What is wro-oh no!" Skales yelled as he saw Grace in her angry mode, and she had the Fang Blade!...Yet a Constrictai popped out of the ground and quickly got the Fang Blade before digging back into the ground, Grace now focused her attention to the Hypnobrai general...Oh this just WAS NOT his day!
Moments Later
Grace sighed as she quickly fixed her hair before taking the fang-blade less trophy into the backstage area, right before she grinned as she saw Cole being wrapped in a golden mist. "How did we survive that...Son?" Lou asked as he saw Cole enveloped in the golden glow, Belinda quickly climbed the pile of junk and hugged Lou and Cole. "Cole's found his true potential! His relationship with his father must have been holding him back!" Zane happily stated, Jay walked with Zane so they were more near the hugging family. "He's indestructible!" Jay added in, yet Belinda shook her head. "I don't care about that...I...I'm just glad that you are both safe." Belinda whispered to Cole and Lou, who hugged her back.
Grace grabbed the bouquet of black roses as she stood a bit away from the group. "Ugh...Great! So now I really am the only one who hasn't figured out my special power*earns glare from Kim-Ly* I mean out of the guys of course!" Kai stated, right before Cole stopped glowing and looked around at his family and friend (he has yet to see Grace yet). "Is everyone alright? What just happened?" Cole asked as his parents let go of him, Lou placed a hand on his shoulder. "We're all okay son!" Lou happily stated, just then Grace walked up to the pile of light with the trophy and bouquet in her hands. "Great! Because I have someone I want you guys to meet!" Cole happily stated as he lead his parents off the junk pile, Grace made note not to step towards them and instead went back into the shadows.
"Oh? And who would that be?" Lou asked, Cole grinned at his parents. "I...I want you to meet the girl of my dreams...And the woman that I love." Cole happily stated, both Cole's parents looked shocked at this. "Guess it's my turn to come in." Grace whispered to herself as she walked up to the group.
"Hey! Were did you guys learn those dance moves?" Grace asked, Cole blinked before grinning at Grace as she came over. "Grace! Y-You came!" Cole happily stated as he jumped down and hugged Grace, making sure to not dent the things in her arms. "Of course...Even though I am a bit mad at you." Grace stated, Cole looked scared and quickly backed away. "Wh-Why?" Cole asked, Grace playfully grinned. "For taking away my title as the only person ever to be able to do the Triple Tiger Sashay." Grace stated, Zane grinned.
"So my theory was correct!" Zane stated happily, Cole blinked before looking back up at Grace. "Wha...What happened to you that was so bad that you quit professional dancing?" Cole asked, Grace smiled lightly at him. "Let's talk about that later, but for now *holds out the trophy and bouquet for Cole* congratulations on winning." Grace stated happily, Cole gently took the bouquet and trophy in his hands. "How did you get back the trophy?" Cole asked, Grace grinned lightly at everyone.
"Let me just say, that you do NOT want to get this Water Ninja angry." Grace stated, right before Kim-Ly looked out into the hallway where she had left the snake generals. "Oh! Holly-" Kim-Ly stated as she looked into the hallway, the other ninjas, Belinda, and Lou all ran to see what was wrong. Everyone walked into the hallway and saw what Kim-Ly was staring at. Skalidor had his head bashed into the wall with blood lightly trickling out of a bite-mark in his tail, Pythor hung from the light from above them, and Skales had a bucket on his had as he was stuffed into a hole in the ground with his hands beside his head.
"EEEEEII!" Pythor screamed as he saw Grace stare up at him, right before he fell on the ground right in front of Grace. "I...I...AAAAAHHH!" Pythor yelled as he grabbed Skale's hands and Skalidor's tail before he dragged the 2 other generals out of the hallway, everyone turned to Grace who was lightly blushing. "I...Uh...Didn't mean for you all to see that...Heh." Grace stated as she rubbed her neck, everyone stared at her before Cole hugged her. Lou was now holding the trophy while Belinda held onto the beautiful roses.
"You really are something, ya know that?" Cole asked Grace, who grinned at him. "I'll take that as a complement." Grace stated before she hugged Cole, yet the 2 were cut short by Lou coughing. Quickly they pulled apart just as Lou set the trophy down and walked towards the 2 ninjas. "Cole, can you proporley introduce your mother and me to this young lady please?" Lou asked Cole, who happily grinned. "Mom, dad this is-" Cole was cut off by Kai and Jay. "That's Grace- (Kai)" "Cole's girlfriend (Jay)-" "-the girl of his dreams and the woman he loves. (both Kai and Jay)" both Kai and Jay stated, Cole and Grace blushed before Grace glared at the 2 other boys.
"I'm giving you 5 seconds to run." Grace stated as she picked up a metal pipe that was near them, Kai and Jay looked at each other before running off. "Be back in a few!" Grace chimed before kissing Cole on the cheek, then running after Kai and Jay. Cole sighed happily as he watched Grace chase the 2 ninja, while his parents grinned at him. "Well son! You sure picked a keeper!" Lou stated happily, causing Cole to blush even more. "D-Dad I...Uh..." Cole couldn't speak since his mom hugged him.
"Oh! My little boy has his first girlfriend! How cuuuuute!" Belinda chimed happily, causing Cole to blush even more. "M-Mom!" Cole yelled, yet everyone around him (besides Grace, Kai, and Jay) laughed.
At Cole's house
The ninja, Belinda, Lou, and Nya (who just got there to hear the story) talked happily around the room. Lou already having announced to everyone that they were all family (especially Grace) now. "Story time." Kim-Ly stated, before everyone stared at Grace, who was now sitting beside Cole. "Sooo...What happened the day of your accident?" Jay asked, right before being slapped by Kim-Ly. "Ow! What did I do?" Jay asked, Kim-Ly glared at him. "Way to be subtle!" Kim-Ly stated, before the 2 ninja turned to Grace. "*sigh*...I guess the best place to start is from the beginning of that day...Right?" Grace asked, everyone nodded to her.
"Okay then...*sigh* *closes eyes* I remember the day clearly...It was what would have been the biggest day of my dancing career! I was 14 at the time (lets say that the ninja are about 16 to 17 okay(Grace is 16)), yeah I know. Short time for me to already having a dancing career. Anyway...I wasn't really all the liked in my dance class, being the youngest yet the one who had gotten a solo, which ment most of the other dancers hated me...So they wanted to spook me." Grace stated, pausing to sip the lemon honey tea in her hands.
"What did they do?" Nya asked, Grace took in a shakey breath before continuing. "They...Paid one of the stage hands to adjust one of the lights to constatly flicker through my proformance, a symbol of bad luck in the dance studio I went to...Yet...The stage hand they had paid didn't know how to do that, so all he did was lossen the bolt holding the stage light holding the one of the main spotlight...He thought that with the added weight to the wires that it would cause the light to flicker or something like that." Grace stated before staring at her cup of tea then at her right leg.
"So...During my ballet preformance, the one that was my last preformance actually, the light's supporting wires snapped...Causing the light to fall..." Grace paused as everyone gasped at this. "Yeah...And the worst this is, is that it fell on my leg." Grace was stopped by the others gasps. "Gasp at the end of the story!" Kim-Ly stated before paying attention to Grace again, who smiled at her before staring at Grace.
"The...Doctors at the time said that I would be okay to dance again, with enough physical therapy and patience...But... It wasn't the physical issues that I had problems with...It was the mental trauma of it...No matter how much mental therapy I had received, I never received the closure that I needed to help me recover." Grace stated as tears fell into her tea, Cole hugged her comfortable. "Shh, shhh...It's okay now." Cole whispered to Grace as he petted her hair, Grace sniffed before wipping away her tears.
"Oh...Geez...I...I would have never guessed that.." Kai couldn't find words, none of his sentances could truly express how bad he felt for Grace. "I...I know Kai...But ever since that day...I've never been able to stand on a stage infront of a audeince..." Grace stated sadly, Kim-Ly suddenly grinned. "Hey! Let's not let this bad stuff ruin the fun mood! We need to celebrate the guy's victory about winning the Ninjago Talent Show!" Kim-Ly stated, Grace smiled along with her. "She's right...So who's up for a little dancing..?" Belinda asked the others, everyone nodded their heads.
Dance Studio
Everyone was dancing happily as Lou played the piano along with Belinda. Nya and Jay were bobbing around, Zane and Bunny were doing a sort of a waltz, Kai and Kim-Ly were trying to dance but Kai ended up just constantly stepping on her feet. Then there was Cole and Grace, who were doing the cha-cha...Lou and Belinda happily watched as their son danced with Grace, who gave him small tips and reminders here and there, but mostly they were silent.
"I really like her." Belinda whispered to Lou, who smiled at her. "I like her to...Who know actually..? She may help Cole with his dancing and then we can count on a another generation of dancers." Lou stated, yet he chuckled at how Belinda was looking at his with disapprovment. "I'm just kidding dear." Lou stated, before they watched as Cole gave Grace back her bow.
"Heh, I do beleive this is yours my dear." Cole told Grace as he held out her ribbon, which she gently took back. "Never forget." Grace whispered to Cole, who smiled down at her. "I never will." Cole stated before he kissed Grace, only to see a flash from where the door was. "I GOT A PICTURE!" Cole's little brother, Bruce, yelled as he waved a camera in the air (they met him right as they getting back from the contest). The only reason they hadn't seen Bruce earlier was because he was out as his in-town dance classes the other day.
Bruce was kind of like a shorter version of Cole, only with longer hair. He wore a dark velvet button down shirt, black jeans, and grey shoes. "GET BACK HERE YOU LITTLE RUNT!" Cole yelled before running after his little brother at full steam, a blush deeply painting on his face, which his brother took pictures of. Yet Grace laughed as she watched Cole chase his little brother around. The others soon joined in on the laughing as Cole yelled threats to his brother, which didn't phase Bruce one bit.
Mrs. Loon; I know it was never told if Cole was a only child, but it seems to us that he would have a little brother with the way he acts.
Mayhemb; Review pleace!
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