I don't own Ninjago or any of its Characters, only the OCs and the plot.
White was everywhere, in the flowers, decorations and black was in the streamers above and yin-yang symbols hung around the newly rebuilt monastery. Two faces though, appeared in most of the decor; one of a young man with tussled brownish red hair with freckles and the other of a young woman with a high black ponytail and pale skin. It was Jay's and Nya's surprise pre-martial party that the other ninja were setting up. Zane was putting the finishing touches on the last banner, when Lloyd cam from inside the monastery. "You almost done here, Zane?" He asked.
"Affirmative." Zane replied as he jumped down from the roof next to Lloyd. "I am very excited for today."
"Yeah, I know what you mean." Said a voice from across the courtyard. Kai walked over to Lloyd and Zane. "My little sister is getting married. She's all grown up!" Kai smiled fondly at the banner above their hands, showing his sister's and soon-to-be-brother-in-law's pictures. "And she couldn't have picked a better man to spend the rest of her life with."
"I agree." Said Lloyd. "I can't wait to see their faces when they come back. Speaking of which... Zane, do you know when Cole is suppose to bring them back?"
"Anytime now, I should think." Replied Zane.
"Okay! Kai, can you go tell the others to get in their places? Thanks. Zane, you and I are by the door." They snuck behind the large entrance doors while Kai ran inside. A few minutes later, they heard footsteps and the unmistakable voices of the trio returning to the monastery. Jay and Nya were trying to pump Cole for information about what was going on, who refused to humor them and just asked them to be patient. He stopped at the doors which he then flung open. Then courtyard then lit up with Kai, Lloyd, Zane, Sensei Wu, Misako, Faith, Pixal, Dareth and Skylor all jumping out from hiding places and all shouting, "Surprise!"
Jay freaked out and yelped while Nya gasped and Cole just laughed heartily. Once Jay had calmed down and Nya caught her breath, everyone had a good laugh and surrounded the happy couple to congratulate them.
"You really did all of this just for us?" Nya asked, astonished.
Kai nodded. "All just for you and Jay. Think of it! Pretty soon, I'll have to call you Mrs. Walker and-OWW!" Kai exclaimed as Nya elbowed him hard in the ribs. "A simple think would have sufficed!" He squeaked.
The rest of the party went off with a bang. "So when are you thinking about having the wedding?" Skylor asked Nya and Jay as she strolled over with drinks for the three of them.
"Well," Began Nya. "We were thinking in a few months as soon as we get this Garmadon thing wrapped up." She smiled slyly. "What about you and my brother? I think I would like a sister pretty soon."
Skylor blushed. "Nothing definite at the moment." She sighed. "I'm beginning to think that he's satisfied just with the way things are."
Nya frowned. 'What type of idiot is my brother acting like that he would put the woman he loved on hold?' She made a mental note to lec-talk to her brother about this later. She took a sip of the yellow foamy liquid. "Mmmm! This is delicious!" She exclaimed. Jay took a sip, but spat it out and gagged. "Ugh! Nya! Why would you say this was good? It tasted like salty fruit juice!"
"That's because it is, Zaptrap!" Lloyd snickered as he replaced Jay's drink with his own.
Jay groaned. "I thought you had outgrown the freakish desire for pranks, Lloyd!"
"Nope. Here, this is the real thing Jay." Jay took the drink Loyd gave him and eyed both the drink and the prankster. While keeping one eye on Lloyd, he sipped his drink. 'Hmm!' He said to himself. 'This is not half-bad.' Lloyd grinned widely at him and Jay was uneasy around him for the rest of the night, fully expecting snakes popping out of cans or glue on the seats of the chairs.
After pranking Jay, Lloyd mingled with the rest of the guests, chating with Pixal, being updated by Faith on how the First Realm was doing, arguing with Dareth about the new Borg watch in comparison to the Bounty's communication system and finally talked to Misako and Sensei Wu about a sensitive issue that influenced all of them. "Hey Mom. Hey Uncle Wu." Lloyd greeted them as he walked up, munching on one of Skylor's sweets that she catered for the party. "Watchya talking about?"
Misako looked grave despite the happy setting they were in. "We were talking about your father, Lloyd."
Lloyd darkened at that comment. "I'm not sure he qualifies as that anymore."
His mother saddened at his comment and rubbed his shoulder in empathy. "I know Lloyd, I know. But I still hold out some hope for him. You told me yourself that he was different the last time you saw him, and I," She paused, trying to reign in her emotions. "I know that he is in there... somewhere."
Sensei Wu stroked his beard. "We were conjecturing the whereabouts of your father, Lloyd. And his reasoning for staying hidden for the past six months without a sight or rumor of his presence anywhere."
Lloyd sighed in exasperation and glanced at his uncle. "You'd think a warlord would be warlording the minute he was home free. But no, he has to make us scratch our ninja-hooded heads and wonder when and where he's gonna attack next."
Sensei Wu looked at his nephew in pity. "We can only hope for more information Lloyd. Until then, we can do nothing but wait."
It was getting late and the guests had all left. Skylor and Kai had embraced and said good night, Wu thanked Faith for coming and escorted her to Firstbourne and Pixal worked with Zane to clean up afterwards. "Zane, I have a query." Pixal said as she placed leftover trash in a garbage bag.
"Speak, Pixal. I am always open to your questions." Replied Zane as he put away the dishes.
She breathed in deeply, her thought processor trying to shuffle her thoughts in a logical order. "Do you think we-" She stopped, afraid to say anything else. She knew what she wanted to ask, but she didn't know how to approach in gently.
"We what, Pixal?" Zane turned to face her. She had her arm in mid air with a piece of trash in her hand.
"Do you think we should help Nya and Jay with their wedding plans?" She finished weakly, mental kicking herself for being such a coward.
Zane was confused, but he didn't let it show. "I think they would appreciate that." He said carefully. "Is there anything else you wish to discuss?"
If nindroids could blush, Pixal would be as red as a cherry. "No, not right now Zane. Maybe later." She sighed to herself, careful that he couldn't hear her and went back to work, quickly followed by Zane.
Outside a coastal town in the eastern region of Ninjago, far away from the Ninja headquarters...
A silver robed figure lent against a tree and looked down at the village before him. He smiled, but it wasn't a pleasant one. It was the smile of a chess master in the endgame, the grin of a brutal mastermind watching his plan unfold to the hero's extreme confusion; it was the smirk of a man who rarely lost and always got what he wanted. His plan was in motion and the pitiful inhabitants and defenders of this world would never see it coming. Choices were a'coming and not everyone would survive those choices. "It is time." He said to no one in particular.
A/N: So that's first chapter! I'll try to publish a chapter every week, but I'm in school so no promises! Reviews are greatly appreciated! See y'all!