AN: Hello again people of Fanfiction! I'm back yet again with another chapter, so since I don't have anything to say, let's jump right into-wait… where's my notebook?!
*searches bag*
Me: Oh no. This is bad, this is extremely not good!
Hannah (in the distance): WHOAT?!
*runs into Hannah's room*
Me: Hannah, give me back my book right now!
Hannah: But, you're going to-
Me: ENJOY THE CHAPTER EVERYONE!
I don't own NinjaGo!
(Now it starts, Alicia's P.O.V)
"I don't get it. What do you mean by that?" Kai asked, clearly confused, and I let out a sigh.
After we'd left Hannah in the garden Zane had helped me to the infirmary to take care of my hand, and once he was done we returned to the main hall, were everyone had been waiting. I started to explain what had happened to Hannah, and why it was able to happen to her. But when I was done, no-one had understood anything. So, I tried to explain it in a more simple way.
"Hannah… has a sixth sense, and that sixth sense gives her the ability to Spirit walk. Her spirit is able to leave her body and walk away on its own, usually to the Spirit world. But the problem is that it's dangerous for her to Spirit walk, since her spirit can get lost in the other realm, and if it does... it's game over for her. Without her spirit, she can't stay alive, so she never uses her ability." I said, and I think they understood a bit better this time.
"But if her spirit is able to leave her body to wander, how do we know that it will return?" Zane asked, and at this Kai's eyes grew wider in fear. He ran over to me and grabbed my shoulders, a bit too hard for my liking.
"She will be able to get back, right?!" he almost screamed, and I tried to back away a bit.
"Y-Yeah. Her spirit always finds its way back-" I tried to tell him, but I stopped when the door suddenly opened. Everyone turned their attention to the door, and I saw Hannah leaning on the handle, gaze on the floor and tears falling down her cheeks. Kai quickly let go of my shoulders and ran over to pull her into a tight embrace. But she just stood there, not moving a muscle.
"Hannah?" I asked and walked over to her, and that's when she started crying. Everyone stood up and took a few steps closer to her, and she grabbed onto Kai's shirt as she started sobbing.
"Hannah, what's wrong?!" he asked, and she looked up at him, her lips shaking as she tried to speak.
"I-I-I… I saw m-m-my, my mother… sh-she found m-me… on the s-s-street… I-I…" she whispered and then she looked at all of us, and when her eyes stopped at me, I could see her heart break.
"…I'm from Ninjago…"
Everyone stood in silence, most likely too chocked to do anything, and my vision started to blur as I could feel my heart ache. My legs started to tremble, the lump in my throat returned, and I could feel my head getting lighter as I took in what she just said.
"Wh-What?" Alex asked, breaking the silence around us, and Hannah closed her eyes, trying to collect herself, and then she explained.
"I-I, saw the past of a woman… my real mother, and how she and my father sent me away to save me. From what, I don't know, but whatever is was wanted me for something. So they sent me to our world."
She lied to you…
"How do you know that it was you? It could have been anyone." Cole said, but Hannah shook her head.
"I saw my mother pick the baby up… and my dead brother was with her… There's no way it could've been anyone else."
…All these years have all been lies…
The door to the second infirmary opened, and Garmadon and Misako walked out of the room and over to us when they saw that something was wrong.
"What is happening here?" Garmadon asked, and Jay looked at him.
"We just found out Hannah is from our world." He simply explained, and both of the elders looked over at her. Misako walked over to Hannah, and she looked up at her, her tears almost gone.
"You called me Lillian… Do you know who I am?" she asked, and Misako smiled slightly.
"Yes. We do, both of us." She answered and motion towards her husband.
"Then… can you tell me?"
…She's not you're friend…
"You are Lillian Meili Garmadon… Your mother was Rose Angelica Garmadon, and your father…" Garmadon answered, but stopped when the front doors opened, and Sensei Wu walked inside, a sad smile on his face.
"Is right here." He said, and everyone gasped.
…She's not your sister…
Hannah looked up at Wu, too chocked to create words as he walked over to her, and then he started to talk in a calm and sad voice.
"I am sorry that you had to find out this way. I had wished that I would be able to tell you the truth myself, but destiny had its own plans. Please forgive me for what I have done, daughter. You have to understand that what your mother and I did was to save you… So please forgive me, Lillian."
…She's a stranger… a liar… just like everyone else…
"I-I, I forgive you… father." Hannah whispered, before she hugged Sensei and let a few more tears escape her eyes. Suddenly the shine in Jay's eyes flickered, almost like if he'd realized something.
"Wait, if you're from our world, and Sensei Wu is your dad… that means you're Garmadon's and Misako's niece, and THAT means," he said and suddenly smiled brightly. "you're Lloyd's cousin!"
Lies, lies, lies…
The doors to the infirmary opened and everyone turned their heads to see Lloyd standing there with a hand to his head, and a face that was something between chock, surprise and confusion.
"She's what?" he asked, and Hannah suddenly started to smile.
"I'm your cousin!" she laughed and ran over to give him a hug, and he looked even more surprise. Garmadon walked over to his son and put a hand on his shoulder.
"Hannah, is Wu's daughter and your long lost cousin, that was sent to Alicia's world when she was a baby." He explained, and after a while Lloyd too started to smile… but he stopped when he turned his head and looked at me.
"Alicia?" he asked, and everyone finally looked at me.
She lied…
"Stop it…" I whispered, and my leg finally gave in. Lloyd hurried over to me and sat down in front of me, and Hannah soon followed.
"Alicia, what's wrong?" she asked, but I kept staring at the floor.
She lied to you…
"Stop it." I said, and I could sense how Lloyd got worried by my behavior.
"Stop what?" he asked, but when he did my chest started to tighten, and my hands started shaking.
She lied to you, just like everyone else…
"STOP IT!" I screamed and shot myself up, pushing Lloyd out of my way as I ran out of the building and into the garden, and that's when my powers suddenly burst out and created a sphere around me, locking me inside.
(Lloyd's P.O.V)
I was looking down at Alicia, and the worry in my chest only grew stronger when she refused to even look back at me. What had she been talking about? She told me to stop something, but I hadn't even done anything to her. Then suddenly she threw me to the side and ran off, leaving everyone else behind with worried looks.
"Alicia! Come back!" Alex shouted and ran after her, Cole close behind and Hannah helped me up before we sprinted after her as well.
When I finally came out in the garden I saw Alicia sitting on her knees in a purple sphere, hands over her ears and seemingly screaming at something. I felt my heart sink to the pit of my chest when she suddenly rose her head, tears streaming down her face and her eyes wide open in pain. I hurried over to the sphere and started banging on it, screaming her name and trying to break the walls around her, but to no avail. The bubble remained intact.
Suddenly the sphere started to turn darker, and when I looked up I saw black liquid falling down the sides, making it impossible to look through, and surrounding Alicia in darkness. I banged harder on the walls around her, trying to at least make a crack, but the now black bubble around my loved one wouldn't give in.
"Guys help me!" I screamed and turned to look at everyone around me. The rest of my team looked at each other for a second before walking over to the sphere and pulling out their elemental blades, before they all started to attack the orb.
I have no idea how long we'd been standing here, hitting the sphere in unsuccessful attempts to break it, when it suddenly broke into pieces of black glass, sending out a wave of energy that forced us back a few steps. When the orb was broken, and the energy had settled down, I looked up and saw Alicia standing there on wobbly legs, holding her bandaged hand and staring at us… with red eyes.
"She's mine now… You better hurry, ninjas…" she said, but the voice that came out of her mouth clearly wasn't hers, and when it stopped talking, Alicia fell to the ground.
It took me a second to realize it, but when I did I hurried over to her and picked her up, holding her limp body close to me. I looked up at everyone else, but they were too chocked to move. I walked over to Sensei Wu and my father and tried the best I could to snap my fingers, breaking their state of chock.
"Sensei, I think we should get back to the Bounty." I said, and he gave a small nod before walking over to the rest of my team, and whacking them in their heads with his staff.
"OUCH!" Jay shouted when Sensei hit his head, but when he turned to me it seemed like he immediately understood the situation, and he grabbed something from his pocket.
"I'll tell Nya to get here as quick as she can." He said before he walked away from the rest of the group.
I looked down at Alicia, and saw that she was still crying. Small drops of silvery water rolled down her red cheeks, and her entire body was shaking. This seemed far too familiar, like it had all happened before, but I couldn't put my finger on when. Suddenly her eyes opened slightly, revealing her now brown eyes, and she opened her mouth to say something, but I stopped her by putting my lips on hers.
"Don't say anything, okay? You need to recover your energy." I whispered, and she responded with a small nod before closing her eyes again and snuggled up in my chest, putting her ear where my heart was placed. I looked back up at the others, and I could see the worry in their eyes as they looked at Alicia, and I sighed.
Can this day get any worse?
(Later that evening, back to Alicia's P.O.V)
"I'm going to bed. Are you sure that you'll be okay?" Lloyd asked as he rose from the sofa, and I smiled.
After what had happened at the Dojo today, Lloyd hadn't left my side, and we had pretty much just stayed in the couch in the Gaming room. While we were lying there he'd told me about what had happened, and when he was done I didn't say anything for pretty much the rest of the day.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine." I said, and after a small hesitation he left the room, leaving me to be the only one still awake. Well, what to do now?
I looked down at my bandaged hand, the same hand that Pythor bit, and let out a small sigh. Hannah still didn't know that she's the reason my hand is like this, but maybe that's for the best, since I really don't want to freak her out because I'm hurt. I let out a laugh. That reminds me of the time back in our world when she accidently made me slip on a patch of ice and scratch up my arm, and she totally freaked out and started acting like an over-protective big sister, almost forcing me to go to the hospital because of a little bleeding.
I stood up and stretched a little, before I walked over to the closest bathroom and locked the door. I walked over to the sink and turned on the water, and while I was waiting for it to get cold I carefully took off the bandages…
"Oh my God…" I whispered and slammed my healthy hand over my mouth. My hand was completely red, and it almost looked the flesh was falling off. But that wasn't even the worst part. The veins at the back of my hand were popping out, almost like ropes glued to my skin, and they were completely black. I took a step back, and looked at myself in the mirror, and I almost screamed when I saw that, for a split second, my eyes were glowing red.
Suddenly the sound of a doorbell rang, snapping me back to reality and causing me to jump a little. This place had a doorbell?! I turned off the water and started to wrap the bandages back, not really like it should be, but enough to make sure that my hand wasn't visible. I then unlocked the door and ran to the end of the corridor that led up on deck, and when I came there, I answered the door.
Once I opened it I was a bit surprised to see Miss Také standing outside (AN: Don't know if that's her name, but that's what they say in the Swedish version!) with a worried look on her face.
"Good evening Miss, how may I help you?" I said, and forced myself to make a smile. She looked at me and tried to fake a smile as well before she answered.
"I was wondering if your Sensei was here, for I must tell him something." She said, and I stepped away from the door, motioning for her to enter. When she did I lead her to Sensei's room, and I gently knocked on his door.
"You may enter." He said from inside, and I opened the door and walked in.
"Sensei, there is someone who seeks you." I said, and Miss Také entered next to me. Sensei looked up from the scroll he was reading, and I could see him smile under his beard.
"Ah, Miss Také. It has been a while." He said and stood up, but instead of answering with the smile she'd put on, Miss Také talked with a serious tone.
"Do you remember when you bought the Tomorrows tea from my shop?" she asked, and Sensei nodded, his eyes changing to a look of confusion and worry.
"I do. What about it?" he answered, and I could feel how a small bit of worry grew in my chest.
"The reason the tea was hidden was because it was not working as it should have done. Normal Tomorrows tea would have functioned for years forward, but the bag you bought would only last a few months." She explained, and both Sensei and I was caught off guard by this information.
"Wait. Sensei, you used it on the ninjas to make them teenagers again!" I said and turned to look at him. He looked back at me, but I didn't stay there long enough to let him speak. I ran out of his room and slammed the boys' door open, causing them to jolt awake and stare at me.
"Who's attacking?!" Cole asked, but I just sighed. They were still themselves, and not kids.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to wake you up." I said and looked at all of them.
"Then why did you slam the door open loud enough for the entire ship to hear you?" Jay asked, and I scratched my neck a little.
"I'll tell you tomorrow. Just, go back to slee-" I said, but stopped as soon as I looked towards Lloyd's bed. He was sitting up, his hair a complete mess, his green T-shirt hanging enough to show one of his shoulders, and he was rubbing his eyes sleepily. He looked up at me, his big emerald eyes filled with confusion as he let out a yawn.
"What's all the fuss about? Is something wrong?" he asked, his voice slightly pitcher than normal, and the others reacted to that as they turned their heads towards him. They all let out a gasp.
"Lloyd… y-you're-" Kai started, but he didn't need to continue when Lloyd looked down at himself. His eyes grew wide, and he jumped of the bed and ran to the closest bathroom. I stared at the others, and I knew that we were all just as chocked.
Suddenly we heard him scream, and I ran out to the bathroom at the end of the hall. I heard another door open behind me, and I didn't even have to look to know that it was the other girls. I finally came to the bathroom, and I saw Lloyd sitting on the floor, shaking from what I guess was either chock or fear. I could here everyone else behind me, and I knew that they were all looking at Lloyd. He slowly rose his head, small teardrops in the corners of his eyes.
"I-I'm… I'm a kid…"
AN: And I think that would be the end of the chapter. Yes, I know it's a short one, but I have like 6 different homeworks that needs to be done.
Now then. *turns to Hannah* How far in my book did you read?
Hannah: Not too far, just to the next chapter.
Me: Are you sure?
Hannah: YES! I promise, I didn't read more than that!
Me: Okay. But promise you won't tell anyone.
Hannah: Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye.
Me: Where did you-
Hannah: You've been gone for 8 months, and I've been bored.
Me: Well okay then!
I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and I'll see you in the next one!
Asta la Pasta Brochachos!