The Black in Jade
Return of the Jade
Tori was massaging her head when two voices came from down the hall. Those voices belonged to Blake and Hunter Bradley. The two Thunder brothers burst into the room where Shane, Tori, Dustin, and Cam were. Blake and Hunter had been teaching at the Thunder academy since Lothor had been defeated, but they came to visit often.
"What's up with you guys?" Hunter said, trying to raise everyone's spirit when he saw no one was really in a cheerful mood.
"Yeah," Blake agreed. "Aren't you happy to see us?"
Tori sighed. "You couldn't have chosen a worse time to visit. Yesterday someone from the Sun Academy snuck into our academy and tried to open the Abyss of Evil to release Lothor."
"The worst part is I led her straight to the academy," Cam groaned.
"How could you have?" Hunter asked. "I know that students of the Sun Academy normally have psychological powers, but it would take more than a few mind tricks to find an academy."
"She had Cam's jacket," Shane said.
Blake nodded. "Then she probably used the jacket to sniff out the academy, our sister could."
Blake trailed off. The others waited for him to continue, but he didn't. It was Dustin who broke the silence. "Dude, do you think that Sun girl could teach me a few mind tricks?"
Everyone laughed at Dustin's wacky question. Even Dustin joined in on the laugher.
Later that evening, Blake went to go see Ebony for himself. He found her curled up in a small ball in one corner. She wasn't the proud ninja who had tried to free Lothor; she was a sad and defeated girl who had no one to run to.
"Aren't you cold down here?" Blake asked her.
Ebony shook her head. "No, I'm used to cold temperatures."
"Excuse me," Blake said, "but if you don't mind me asking, do you have a small tattoo of a U and a S on your left forearm?"
Ebony touched her arm. "Yes I do. How do you know?"
"My sister had one," Blake said simply.
Ebony got up from where she sat. "I couldn't be your sister; I have no family."
"What's your name?" Blake asked.
Ebony gave him a funny look. "It's Ebony."
"I don't think so," Blake said. "I think it's Jade."
Ebony fell to the floor, faint, as memories that had been locked away without her permission were freed once more, bringing a roaring headache with them. Blake placed his hand over the lock and concentrated for a few minutes; a slight navy blue light formed where Blake's hand was. In seconds the lock clicked open and Blake rushed to his sister's side. "Jade! Jade, wake up!" Blake called to his sister.
Jade slowly opened her eyes. At first everything was blurry, but slowly everything returned to normal. "Blake?" Jade whispered.
"Jade, what's the last thing you can clearly remember?" Blake asked her.
Jade thought for a minute. "You and Hunter in my room, going through my things." Blake broke out into a smile at his sister's answer. Jade was back.
A few minutes later, Blake was leading Hunter out into the forest of the Wind academy. "What's going on Blake?" Hunter asked.
Blake turned his head slightly to look at his older brother. "We're going to meet someone."
"Who?" Hunter asked impatiently.
"Me," Jade said, jumping down from a branch. With Blake's help and Jade's psychological powers, Jade managed to escape into the forest.
"Jade!" Hunter cried happily. "We thought you were dead! What's going on?"
"I'd like to know what's going on, too," Tori said, stepping out from behind a tree. She had been following Hunter and Blake the entire time.
"Sit down and I'll explain," Jade said while sitting on a rock. Tori, Hunter, and Blake followed Jade's example, sitting down on the ground. Tori felt a little uneasy sitting calmly on the ground while the person who had tried to free Lothor sat in front of her, but Blake and Hunter seemed to trust her, and there seemed something familiar about the mysterious girl. Jade began talking again. "I'm Blake's sister by birth, Hunter's sister by adoption. Blake and I were born into the Sun Academy. The Sun Academy is known for its students having psychological powers. At the time of our births, Blake and I didn't fit the power level of normal children. So we were marked as unwanted children. On Blake's second birthday, the Thunder Academy attacked. When the Thunder Ninjas left, they took any child who was unwanted back to the Thunder Academy. We were then all adopted out."
"Are you older or younger than Blake?" Tori asked.
"I'm two years older than Blake and a year older than Hunter," Jade said. "We were adopted by the Bradley couple; they had already adopted Hunter, and they were glad to adopt the two of us as well. As I got older, I found that I had a high level of psychological power, as did Blake. I trained myself, since no one at the Thunder Academy could. I tried to teach Blake, but he can be apathetic about these things. The only thing he truly ever mastered was picking locks with his mind. I caught him and Hunter in my room more than once."
Tori giggled slightly. "Seems like something they would do." Jade also laughed while her brothers scowled at the two girls.
"So fill us in with what has happened to you since Lothor attacked," Hunter said to Jade.
"I was hoping you could tell me," Jade confessed. "All I remember is waking up to people screaming, 'Lothor is attacking,' and that memory is not very clear at all. Then there is a big blank for about a year."
"So you don't remember trying to free Lothor, hurting Cam, or anything about Ebony at all?" Tori asked.
Jade gave Tori a funny look. "Free someone who attacked my academy; are you insane? And who's Cam and Ebony?"
Blake turned to Tori. "How does she know Cam?"
Tori sighed. She had a feeling that this would take a long time to sort out before everybody understood what was going on.
Return of the Jade
Tori was massaging her head when two voices came from down the hall. Those voices belonged to Blake and Hunter Bradley. The two Thunder brothers burst into the room where Shane, Tori, Dustin, and Cam were. Blake and Hunter had been teaching at the Thunder academy since Lothor had been defeated, but they came to visit often.
"What's up with you guys?" Hunter said, trying to raise everyone's spirit when he saw no one was really in a cheerful mood.
"Yeah," Blake agreed. "Aren't you happy to see us?"
Tori sighed. "You couldn't have chosen a worse time to visit. Yesterday someone from the Sun Academy snuck into our academy and tried to open the Abyss of Evil to release Lothor."
"The worst part is I led her straight to the academy," Cam groaned.
"How could you have?" Hunter asked. "I know that students of the Sun Academy normally have psychological powers, but it would take more than a few mind tricks to find an academy."
"She had Cam's jacket," Shane said.
Blake nodded. "Then she probably used the jacket to sniff out the academy, our sister could."
Blake trailed off. The others waited for him to continue, but he didn't. It was Dustin who broke the silence. "Dude, do you think that Sun girl could teach me a few mind tricks?"
Everyone laughed at Dustin's wacky question. Even Dustin joined in on the laugher.
Later that evening, Blake went to go see Ebony for himself. He found her curled up in a small ball in one corner. She wasn't the proud ninja who had tried to free Lothor; she was a sad and defeated girl who had no one to run to.
"Aren't you cold down here?" Blake asked her.
Ebony shook her head. "No, I'm used to cold temperatures."
"Excuse me," Blake said, "but if you don't mind me asking, do you have a small tattoo of a U and a S on your left forearm?"
Ebony touched her arm. "Yes I do. How do you know?"
"My sister had one," Blake said simply.
Ebony got up from where she sat. "I couldn't be your sister; I have no family."
"What's your name?" Blake asked.
Ebony gave him a funny look. "It's Ebony."
"I don't think so," Blake said. "I think it's Jade."
Ebony fell to the floor, faint, as memories that had been locked away without her permission were freed once more, bringing a roaring headache with them. Blake placed his hand over the lock and concentrated for a few minutes; a slight navy blue light formed where Blake's hand was. In seconds the lock clicked open and Blake rushed to his sister's side. "Jade! Jade, wake up!" Blake called to his sister.
Jade slowly opened her eyes. At first everything was blurry, but slowly everything returned to normal. "Blake?" Jade whispered.
"Jade, what's the last thing you can clearly remember?" Blake asked her.
Jade thought for a minute. "You and Hunter in my room, going through my things." Blake broke out into a smile at his sister's answer. Jade was back.
A few minutes later, Blake was leading Hunter out into the forest of the Wind academy. "What's going on Blake?" Hunter asked.
Blake turned his head slightly to look at his older brother. "We're going to meet someone."
"Who?" Hunter asked impatiently.
"Me," Jade said, jumping down from a branch. With Blake's help and Jade's psychological powers, Jade managed to escape into the forest.
"Jade!" Hunter cried happily. "We thought you were dead! What's going on?"
"I'd like to know what's going on, too," Tori said, stepping out from behind a tree. She had been following Hunter and Blake the entire time.
"Sit down and I'll explain," Jade said while sitting on a rock. Tori, Hunter, and Blake followed Jade's example, sitting down on the ground. Tori felt a little uneasy sitting calmly on the ground while the person who had tried to free Lothor sat in front of her, but Blake and Hunter seemed to trust her, and there seemed something familiar about the mysterious girl. Jade began talking again. "I'm Blake's sister by birth, Hunter's sister by adoption. Blake and I were born into the Sun Academy. The Sun Academy is known for its students having psychological powers. At the time of our births, Blake and I didn't fit the power level of normal children. So we were marked as unwanted children. On Blake's second birthday, the Thunder Academy attacked. When the Thunder Ninjas left, they took any child who was unwanted back to the Thunder Academy. We were then all adopted out."
"Are you older or younger than Blake?" Tori asked.
"I'm two years older than Blake and a year older than Hunter," Jade said. "We were adopted by the Bradley couple; they had already adopted Hunter, and they were glad to adopt the two of us as well. As I got older, I found that I had a high level of psychological power, as did Blake. I trained myself, since no one at the Thunder Academy could. I tried to teach Blake, but he can be apathetic about these things. The only thing he truly ever mastered was picking locks with his mind. I caught him and Hunter in my room more than once."
Tori giggled slightly. "Seems like something they would do." Jade also laughed while her brothers scowled at the two girls.
"So fill us in with what has happened to you since Lothor attacked," Hunter said to Jade.
"I was hoping you could tell me," Jade confessed. "All I remember is waking up to people screaming, 'Lothor is attacking,' and that memory is not very clear at all. Then there is a big blank for about a year."
"So you don't remember trying to free Lothor, hurting Cam, or anything about Ebony at all?" Tori asked.
Jade gave Tori a funny look. "Free someone who attacked my academy; are you insane? And who's Cam and Ebony?"
Blake turned to Tori. "How does she know Cam?"
Tori sighed. She had a feeling that this would take a long time to sort out before everybody understood what was going on.