Chapter 3:
Lilly, Misako, Skylor and Kai sat in the games room as Skylor explained her trip to Australia when Lloyd poked his head in,
"Hey sis." Lloyd stated,
"Sup?" Lilly replied,
"Come with me." Lloyd instructed,
"But Skylor's explaining her trip to Australia." Lilly sulked,
"It's ok. I can tell you about it later if you want?" Skylor explained,
"Really?" Lilly asked and Skylor nodded, "Thanks." Lilly stated before following Lloyd to the training room, "So what's going on?" Lilly asked,
"I thought now would be a good time to start working on your powers." Lloyd explained,
"I hate to say it but I think you're right." Lilly admitted. Lloyd handed Lilly a purple and black GI with some parts green,
"I thought this would a good choice since you hate bright colours." Lloyd explained,
"Thanks Lloyd." Lilly replied before taking the GI and rushing to her new room to get changed as Misako walked in,
"Are you sure you'll be able to train her?" Misako asked,
"If it's about age, I did start training when I was younger than her." Lloyd reminded,
"It's not that. You never had experience with her abilities." Misako explained,
"Mum, I can try and at the moment, it's just controlling her powers, not using them." Lloyd explained,
"What's the difference?" Lilly asked as she walked in,
"Controlling them is just so you don't have an outburst of power while using them is using their full abilities." Lloyd explained,
"Makes sense but why can't I learn to use them now?" Lilly asked,
"Because you need to learn to control them to use them and like mum said before you walked in, I haven't had any experience with your abilities so now it's trial and error so earlier won't happen again." Lloyd explained, "But if I can I'll teach you to use them." He added, whispering it. Lloyd and Lilly sat across from each other, cross-legged and eyes shut, "Now, clear your mind and focus on nothing but my voice." Lloyd spoke,
"Can I ask 1 thing though?" Lilly asked as she opened her eyes and looked at Lloyd, who opened his eyes and looked back at her, "How is this meditation thing going to help me control my powers? Isn't meditation just sitting with your eyes close and breathing?" Lilly asked,
"Meditation is more than that. Meditation is a way to connect to your body." Lloyd explained,
"But aren't we already connected to our bodies? That's how we move right?" Lilly asked,
"Not exactly. That's only the physical side and the physical side is only a part of it. To be truly connected to your body, you have to connect to it spiritually. Meditation is a way to do that by blocking out distractions and focusing on your body." Lloyd explained,
"Ok." Lilly replied. Lloyd talked Lilly through the meditation when the gong for dinner sounded, "All that time and nothing happened?" Lilly asked,
"We'll try again later." Lloyd stated as he led her the dining room.
Everyone sat at the table with Lilly in between Lloyd and Cole. Zane brought out a roast pork with roast veggies, mash potatoes and gravy. Everyone got their food and tucked in. After dinner, Lilly walked outside and sat in a clear patch of grass as she stared out and watched the sunset, something she has been able to do more and more now a days. Lilly uses this time to think, think about what ever comes to mind whether that be how things were changing or her new life but right now, she was thinking of her old life, the one that she wanted to get rid of her whole life and now that it's gone, she feels weird,
"Beautiful huh?" Cole stated as he walked to Lilly,
"Huh?" Lilly asked, whipping her head around,
"The sunset." Cole explained, sitting next to the young girl,
"Yeah." Lilly replied, looking back out, "Back at Darkley's, I never got to look at the sunset. If you enjoyed the little things, you were considered weak but out here, I don't know what weak is anymore so I don't know how to be tough." Lilly admitted,
"That's deep for a 10 year old." Cole stated,
"I get a lot of time to think about things." Lilly explained,
"Is that a good thing?" Cole asked,
"I don't know." Lilly replied, "How do you stay tough?" Lilly asked,
"I don't know. It just came apart of my personality but the longer I stay here, the more I open up." Cole explained,
"Why?" Lilly asked,
"Because I trust them. I trust everyone here not to judge me anymore." Cole explained,
"How long did that take?" Lilly asked,
"I don't remember and why are you asking these questions?" Cole asked,
"I wanna stay tough." Lilly admitted, mumbling,
"You are tough. You can be soft and still be tough." Cole explained,
"How? They're opposite." Lilly asked,
"Yes but, you need both. It's like making slime. You had the glue to make it tough but if you add to much, it won't move so you add water to soften it up a bit." Cole explained,
"Now I'll never see making slime the same way." Lilly stated and the 2 laughed. Lilly looked over at the near by tree's shadow. Lilly aimed her hand at it and cleared her mind as she closed her eyes. When she opened them, the tree's shadow had changed into the shape of a circle,
"Way to go!" Cole cheered,
"I did it!" Lilly cheered, "How though?" She asked,
"I think it was because you found a balance." Cole guessed,
"Balance? What balance?" Lilly asked,
"Well, when you cut everything out, it's dark but because you were happy, light found it's way in and it's flowed your powers. I think." Cole guessed,
"You really see things in a different way huh?" Lilly questioned,
"Well when you've been on a couple 100 journeys, that tends to happen." Cole explained as the 2 chuckled. Lilly looked in thought again afterwards,
"What's wrong?" Cole asked,
"Lloyd's so different now. I honestly still don't know bow to feel about being around him again." Lilly admitted,
"Yeah he has but he's still the same." Cole replied,
"Not really. You guys don't know him how I do. He was so different at Darkley's." Lilly explained,
"I'm only different because I've discovered more about myself." Lloyd explained. Lilly whipped around before looking out. Cole took this as his cue to leave and give them time to talk, "I know you don't like it." Lloyd started,
"Who said I didn't like it?" Lilly asked,
"I know you don't like change Lilly and a lot of big changes have happened but not everything has to change." Lloyd explained,
"But there's so much that has changed that shouldn't of have, like you being older." Lilly sulked,
"I know but accidents happen and sometimes accidents happen for good reasons, you just need to find them." Lloyd explained. Lilly thought about this before hugging her brother.
Inside, Lilly was walking around when she pasted Misako, who stopped her,
"What is it mum?" Lilly asked,
"What is this?" Misako asked, pointing to a white power that Lilly brushed off quickly,
"Nothing." Lilly replied when Kai screamed out in horror,
"What was that?" Misako asked,
"I don't know?" Lilly replied as Kai came stomping out of the bathroom, covered in white power,
"WHO PUT BABY POWDER IN MY HAIR DYER?" Kai demanded as Lilly calmly took a photo,
"You better delete that." Kai stated,
"I'm good." Lilly smiled,
"What's this about baby powder?" Skylor asked as she and Lloyd walked in, saw Kai and burst out laughing,
"It's not funny." Kai stated blankly,
"You're right it's not, it's HILARIOUS!" Skylor stated,
"Baby power in the hair dryer. How did I NOT do the when I 1st got here?" Lloyd asked,
"Who ever did this is going to pay." Kai stated,
"You can't kill what's not there." Lilly sang as she slipped from the room,
"LILLY!" Kai called as he chased after her,
"She hasn't change. Kai's lucky." Lloyd stated,
"Why?" Misako asked,
"She ran out of super bright pink hair dye." Lloyd explained,
"Well, I was going to be nice and make it super bright green and orange." Lilly explained as she poked her head from underneath the coffee table,
"How did you?" Skylor asked,
"I'm Lilly. That's how." Lilly stated,
"If you make it to Kai's room, there's a space in his closet small enough for you. It's the last place he'll look and you'll get a jump scare." Lloyd informed,
"I'll get my camera. Thanks Lloyd." Lilly replied as she slipped from the room,
"It's wasn't from me." Lloyd called after her,
"Really?" Skylor asked,
"What? I got to look after my sister." Lloyd shrugged,
"And I thought every ounce of Darkley's was gone from you." Misako stated,
"Sorry mum. There's still forever more. I've just been hiding it." Lloyd stated.
½ an hour later, Kai had gotten all the baby powder out of his hair,
"Where did that little snake go?" Kai asked,
"Good luck finding her." Lloyd stated,
"Why?" Kai asked,
"Lilly can be right under your nose and you wouldn't notice. I don't think Wu would've noticed,
"Dam. I'm still going to get her." Kai stated,
"Have fun with that." Lloyd stated,
"You're not helping." Kai replied,
"It's Lilly. You're going to get any help from anyone. Trust me." Lloyd explained as he kissed Kai on the cheek and walked out. Kai sighed as he remembered he had 1 trick up his sleeve. Kai went to his closet where when he opened the door…the face of some sort of monster jumped at him. Kai screamed as he flew back and Lilly took off the mask, laughing so hard she was crying,
"You should've seen you FACE!" Lilly stated,
"You are going to pay!" Kai stated, lunging for the 10-year-old who just jumped up, pushed her self off Kai's head and landed at the doorway where she grabbed a camera,
"Wait till the others see this." Lilly laughed as she ran off,
"LILLY!" Kai shouted after her and went after her,
"I think Kai made a new friend." Nya stated,
"I have to learn how she does this." Jay stated,
"Well she was at Darkley's for a long time." Nya explained,
"But Lloyd wasn't like this, there has to be more to her secrets." Jay stated,
"Oh Jay." Nya rolled her eyes as she walked out of the dinning room, kissing Jay on the way.