Sensei Wu to the Rescue!

Zane nibbled on his bottom lip as he looked over the map. He had hoped that if he had combined all six flashlights together it would show him the way out. All it did was show that he really had no idea what he was doing. It has now been four days and they were running low of food, having expected to be out of the labyrinth by now. Zane turned the flashlights off, frustration flooding him.

"Zane? Are we never going to leave this place?" Lloyd fearfully asked the teen, worry dancing in his eyes.

Zane sighed as he turned to face the others. "I …am not sure. I am working on it young Lloyd."

Lloyd nodded, before heading back to the others. Zane frowned as he noticed not for the first time that of the younger ones were playing or goofing off. Being lost in the labyrinth really had them worried. Kai had wrapped his arms around his sister, gaze on the ground as he nibbled his bottom lip. Jay was unusually quiet, dragging a stick through the ground. Cole was hugging his knees to his chest, clearly bothered about the whole lost in the middle of Hiroshi's Labyrinth issue they were correctly facing.

Stifling another sigh, he seems to be doing that a lot recently; he rummaged through their food supply until he found six granola bars and bags of peanuts. "Come on, it's time for lunch."

All eyes landed on the meager lunch he was offering to them, before with an extra loud sigh, Kai stood up and walked over to accept his portion. "Come on. It's better than starving to death."

Zane winced at that, knowing very well that if they don't get help soon, they will be starving. Well, the younger ones would be starving. He could survive without food longer than them. The other children walked over and collected the meager meal, slowly nibbling through it….as if that would make it last longer. Zane glanced down at his granola bar and bag of peanuts, before quietly slipping them back into the pack. He didn't need to eat with the way his body worked. He could miss a few meals.

He was trying to figure out how many meals he could miss before the others noticed and started insisting that he eat, when the bush in front of him suddenly shook… right before Sensei Wu stepped out of it, with the dragons.

"You all need help here?"

"Uncle Wu!" Lloyd appeared to have forgotten the fact that he had turned them away as he ran over and tackled him in a hug.

Sensei Wu blinked; startled about that, before wrapping his arms around the small child as he hugged him back. "Think you can forgive me for being an old fool nephew?" Lloyd mumbled something into his shoulder, though no one could hear what he said. "Can you repeat that?"

"I'll forgive you only cause you came right on time…we're almost out of food." Lloyd staged whispered the last part, his eyes widening in horror.

Zane rolled his eyes, before looking over at their savior. "Thank you for coming to look for us."

"Yes…well, it was my mistake for sending you all away. Now then…what are you all doing wandering about the place in the middle of the school year?! Shouldn't you all be in school?" Sensei Wu looked disapprovingly at each of the children.

Kai rolled his eyes as he pointed to Zane. "Zane home schools us…or is it tent school if we live in a tent?"

Zane could feel embarrassment flood him, a blush flushing his face. "That is not what he meant by that… um…. Yeah. Kai, Nya and I are orphans and Cole is a runaway that we've been keeping an eye on…and Jay's parents know he's with us."

"I see…you know what nephew? I just realized that I do not know your friends names…" Sensei Wu trailed off, prompting the young boy into action.

"This is Zane! He knows a lot about everything…and over there is Kai and Nya, their siblings….and that one is Jay and over here is Cole!" Lloyd bounced as he walked around the camp, introducing his uncle to each of his friends.

Sensei Wu looked over them all, before speaking up. "You know…I do have a permit to use the monastery as a boarding school… I just never could find the students who needed my help the most. Chasing after you six, and seeing the kinds of things you can all do…makes me wonder if I should make you my first students?"

"Will there be food?" Someone asked, Zane wasn't too sure who though.

"Unless there is a fire, there will be plenty of food all the time." Sensei Wu calmly answered the question.

"In that case…Yes!" Kai, Nya, Cole, Lloyd, and Jay punched the air in unison.

Zane smiled, glad that for once he could just be the sixteen year old friend. A frown crossed his face as he realized that couldn't be right. He was sixteen when he first met Kai and Nya all those years ago… he pushed this line of thought out of his mind, just glad to be found, and safe.

~Two Weeks Later, With Ed and Edna~

Ed waved goodbye to the mailman as he shuffled through the mail, trying to gauge what was junk and what wasn't. Surprise flashed through him as he stumbled upon one where the return address was labeled as the monastery on top of the Mountain of a Thousand Steps. Oh! And it was from Jay.

"Edna! We got a letter from our little Jayjay!" Ed called out as he walked over to where she was setting out some sandwiches for their lunch.

Edna clapped her hands together, a warm smile crossing her face. "Oh goody! What is he up to this time with his friends?" Ed shrugged, before handing her the letter. She eagerly tore it open, pulling the letter out. After scanning the contents, absorbing the words that he had written, a frown crossed her face. "Strange…Jay says that they are attending a new boarding school that is fairly small. He so far, loves his classes and knows that he doesn't have to deal with bullying unless it is his friends teasing him and he knows that they are teasing." She frowned, wondering what that would mean for her baby boy to be in a school setting again.

"He seems to like this new school. Maybe we should just wait and see if he, you know, changes his mind about it." Ed encouraged her as he took the letter back to read it himself. Edna slowly nodded, taking in a deep breath as she tried to calm herself down. "Hey look! Says here that they go on field trips a lot and will be leaving on their first one tomorrow. Doesn't say where too though…"

A/N: Done! This is literally the last chapter for What Really Happened in Ninjago Origins. Please keep your eyes peeled for What Really Happened in Ninjago The First Year! It will be coming out soon enough… once I get to it. Patience is key here.

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