Following Lloyd through a Maze is a great way to get LOST:

Zane dodged yet another plant that appeared to be interested in tripping him. Kai had somehow turned their escapade into some sort of game, scrambling over tree roots and yelling at the top of his lungs. Cole was keeping up easily with him while Jay and Nya struggled to keep up. Lloyd was leading the way, distracted by something that only he could hear.

"Lloyd…how much longer?" Nya whined as she plopped down onto a tree root.

Lloyd paused, tilting his head to the side. "We're getting closer… I think. Are we getting closer if the music is getting louder?"

"Yes!" Zane winced as he wondered when did they all start talking in unison….

"Oh…in that case we're here!" Lloyd pulled back a low hanging branch to reveal a four headed white dragon blinking as it stared at them. Each head had decorational scales covering them, and each head appeared to have a different color scheme. One head was an electric blue, another one had silver lines that were just a shade darker than the white scales on the rest of the head. Another had brown scales and the last head had bright red scales.

Behind the dragon was the most interesting golden weapon yet. A frown crossed Zane as he stared at it. "What is that?"

The weapon appeared to be a mash up of multiple elements in one weapon. The top half of the weapon was clearly for decorative purposes. The left side of the top appeared like flames and turned into ice when it reached the top. It then continued and turned into lightning on the right side of the weapon. What appeared to be earth was in the center. The handle was long, and had several curves in it for a better grip. A spear shaped point was at the bottom, though it was hard to see, seeing as it was half buried into a stand just like the others where.

"Cool!" Lloyd walked over and touched the weapon. Instantly it disappeared in a blinding light. The four headed dragon snorted as he sniffed Lloyd curiously, before turning its attention to the other dragons, shrinking down to the size of Lloyd's palm.

"Come on. We better head back to civilization now." Zane turned to leave.

"Ok!"

…

Zane knew that something was wrong…but he wasn't sure he should say anything since doing so might send the children into a panic. But they've been walking to leave the infamous labyrinth far longer than they had to find the weapon in the middle of it.

Kai fell back to walk beside him, his feet dragging. "Zane? Are we lost?"

Nya whipped around, panic flaring in her eyes. "We're lost?! No!" She crumbled to the ground in tears, along with a terrified Lloyd.

Jay went into panic mode, hyperventilating over the whole lost thing, while Cole was trying to calm him down while panicking himself. Zane shot Kai a see what you did look, before turning to face the others. "We appear to be lost…however we do have dragons with us. We can all just fly on out of here…"

"No we can't." Lloyd interjected, confusion crossing his face.

Zane blinked, before shaking his head at Lloyd. "We have six dragons…I am pretty sure that we can fly out of here."

"Weren't you paying attention? They flew off a few hours ago. It's just us." Lloyd pointed out the lack of dragons around them.

To say the least, Zane wasn't impressed with him at the moment.

~Back with Sensei~

Sensei found himself taking in deep breaths as he stared at the empty sea cave. For safety reasons he had turned his phone off and placed it deep in his one pocket and was ignoring the urge to call his sister-in-law. He didn't exactly trust the citizens of Stiix not to rob him if he pulled out his phone. Besides that, there was no coverage down here in the sea cave.

Shaking his head, he turned around to leave…and immediately groaned upon seeing that all six dragons were hovering there, heads titled to the side. And yes, it was all nine heads. "You six are supposed to be with your Masters."

Low throated roars were his response as they flocked around him, eagerly nudging him forward. This was going to be fun…

~Back with the others~

Zane fumbled slightly as he set up the tent, aware of the various night life that lived in the labyrinth…potentially dangerous wildlife in the dreaded forest.

"Zane?"

"Not now Kai."

"Zane?"

"Not now Nya."

"Zane?"

"Not now Cole."

"Zane?"

"Not now Jay."

"Zane!? The pot is boiling over!" Lloyd yelled, drawing the older boy's attention.

Sure enough, the pot of noodles he had placed on the portable stove was boiling over. Leaping to his feet, he turned the temperature down and began the process of taking back control of the pot. Finally, he drained the water and stirred the sauce that was simmering in a pan into the noodles. "Dinner is ready!"

"Sweet…" "Yum!" "You're gonna pay more attention next time to the pot, right?"

Zane shot Lloyd a glare at that remark, before setting to the task of dishing up the noodles.

A/N: Done! A little on the short side…but this is where I wanted to end it. Next chapter is a Sensei finally catches up with them…and they start 'boarding school'. And the dragons come back. They just went to get Sensei since they had presumed that he would be with their new masters when they arrived and he wasn't and they just realized that they haven't seen him in a while.

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P.S. In case you haven't seen it, I have a new story called Ray and Maya…basically a happily ever after Romeo and Juliet AU.