Chapter 8:
The next afternoon, Crystal, Rita and Maria where having a catch up day,
"So how did you meet Lloyd?" Rita asked
"It's not any special story, he was just already a ninja when I got kidnaped and…yeah." Crystal explained
"Was it him who saved you like a knight in shining armour?" Maria asked, Maria loved fairy tales so it didn't surprise them that she said it like that.
"No. Just, I was leaving my dance class," Crystal started before she got interrupted
"Girl, why are you taking classes? You don't need to." Rita interrupted
"To keep and practice. Anyway, I was leaving my dance class when I got grabbed by these snake-human-things called serpentine and then the next day they took me to a tall building and knocked me out and then the next thing I knew I was in a room that was on a flying ship called the Density Bounty and…yeah Lloyd was there, I found out a was the sprit ninja and…yeah. That's how I meet Lloyd. Like I told you, it's not any special story." Crystal explained
"Is this sprit power of yours, is that how you have you match-up power?" Maria asked
"Yeah. We finally have the answer." Crystal said and the 3 giggled
"Cutie alert." Rita whispered in Spanish as a cute looking man walked by them
"Sorry Rita. Not for you." Crystal said in Spanish
"Awwww…seriously?" Rita explained and Crystal nodded, "When am I going to find a match?" she complained
"Soon, I can feel it." Crystal explained
"I guess I'm lucky that you're my friend." Rita said
"Yeah so you would have you heart broken every 2 seconds." Maria said which made the 3 burst out laughing
They walked around a bit more with shopping stops as well when they decided to take a break and get some milk shakes at a café. Crystal got vanilla, Rita got chocolate and Maria got strawberry.
"You still get plain boring vanilla?" Rita asked Crystal
"Hey. Vanilla's my favourite." Crystal said then she spotted someone, "HEY COLE! Hey RONALD!" she called in Spanish and waved at them,
"HEY GIRLS!" they called back in Spanish and waved back.
When Crystal called out to Ronald, Rita noticed that Maria blushed and went into her 'shy mode'.
"Omg. Maria, you're still crushing on him." Rita pointed out which made Maria's face go bright red
"No I'm not." Maria said but her red face gave it away,
"Yes you are. You've been crushing on him since 4th grade." Rita said
"No I haven't." Maria tried to defend herself but her red face still gave it away,
"You know…you and her brother do match." Crystal pointed out which made Maria's face go redder
"You should ask him out." Rita said
"No way! Anyway, there's no way he would notice me. He's probably crushing on someone else." Maria said which resulted in Rita and Crystal slapping her on each arm, "Ow! What was that for?" Maria asked
"For putting yourself down." Crystal and Rita said together
"Sorry." Maria said,
"Just don't do it again you know I don't like my friends putting themselves down." Rita said
"Same." Crystal agreed
"Can we please change the topic?" Maria asked
"Ok. Crystal, and match-ups or break-ups?" Rita asked which made Crystal and Maria laugh
"Of course you would change it to that." Maria said
"Duh." Rita said
"It's just amuses you that I can do that, doesn't it?" Crystal said
"Again, duh. So anything?" Rita asked as Crystal looked around.
"Break up over there at the fountain." Crystal said and the 3 looked to see a couple by the fountain,
"Look, I didn't want to say this but things aren't working out the way I hoped it would be." The man said the his girlfriend
"Really? It's not just me who feels that way?" the woman asked
"Wait, you too?" the man asked and the woman nodded, "Well then, do you want to take it back to just friends?" he asked
"I thought you'd never ask." The woman said as they hugged and walked off together.
(That conversation between the man and the woman was in Spanish btw)
"And she gets it correct once again." Maria stated
"Am I ever wrong?" Crystal asked, "But I don't really like sensing breakups but sometimes, it's for the best, especially is if the relationship isn't working out." She added
"Yeah. So, are there any matchups?" Rita asked as Crystal looked around,
"Even better, look over at the couple at the table behind us." Crystal said as they looked slyly over at them so they wouldn't notice
"Hey Ab, can I ask you something?" the man asked
"Sure, what is it?" the woman asked back as the man got down on 1 knee which grabbed a lot of people's attention,
"Abby, will you marry me?" the man asked, holding out a diamond ring as the woman's hand flew to her mouth
"Yes. Yes I will!" the woman said and everyone who saw clapped for the 2.
(That conversation was also all in Spanish btw)
"Please tell me that was a matching couple." Maria whispered to Crystal for she hated heartbreak for she was a fairy tale girl.
"That's why I said even better." Crystal said
They talked for a bit more, shopped a bit more then they had to go back home.
The next morning after breakfast, Crystal and Lloyd decided to wander around Empraio for the day,
"So, this there any particular place we're going?" Lloyd asked
"Is there any particular place you want to go?" Crystal asked back
"Where's your favourite place in Empraio?" Lloyd asked
"Ooooooo. You went there. Pretty much everywhere." Crystal asked
"Ok, what's one of them?" Lloyd asked
"Ummmm… Empraio?" Crystal said which made the 2 laugh a lot,
"Ok. Empraio it is." Lloyd joked around.
They wandered around for a bit until they were walking past the local swimming pools. When Crystal saw the pools, she stared at the clear, blue water. Lloyd noticed how she was looking at the water, it was like she wanted to jump in and go for a swim.
"You ok?" Lloyd asked and that seemed to snap Crystal out of her thoughts,
"What? Oh. Yeah." Crystal stammered,
"Are you sure?" Lloyd asked,
"It's just…I miss it." Crystal admitted,
"Swimming?" Lloyd questioned,
"Yeah. Even though it's been over 10 years, I still really miss it. Like it was striped away from me yesterday." Crystal explained and Lloyd noticed that she was fighting a few tears,
"Hey. We all have our fears." Lloyd reassured, then he thought of what could cheer her up, "Wanna know a secret?" he asked and Crystal nodded curiously, "When I was 6, I had a nightmare that vegetables were trying to eat me and after that, I refused to even go near a vegetable for like 2 whole weeks." And Crystal started to laugh which caused Lloyd to laugh too,
"Seriously?" Crystal questioned,
"No joke. This other time when I was at school, I dared one of the other boys to drop a balloon filled with mayonnaise onto the principal's head, he did it except, the balloon missed his head and landed on me. Until I got kicked out, I had the nickname 'Mayo Boy' and I bet you, if I went back there and they recognised me, they would still call me that." Lloyd explained and the 2 busted out laughing,
"Well, have I ever told you the story of when Cole got his head stuck in the toilet?" Crystal asked,
"You have my 1000% attention. I've got to hear this." Lloyd exclaimed,
"Well, when he was 6 and I was 5, he had a bunch of his friends over and we were all playing until one of friends, I think it was Yang, anyway, they dared him to try to do a handstand over the toilet and Cole being Cole then, he accepted and he did it but his hand slipped and his head ended up suck in the toilet seat." Crystal explained and the 2 busted out laughing,
"After hearing that, I'll never see him the same again." Lloyd said as he laughed,
"Don't worry. I still never see him the same and I'm his sister." Crystal said as she laughed. They spent the rest of the day looking around Empraio and telling funny stories.
That night, the ninjas and Wu were having dinner,
"How's everyone enjoying our home town?" Crystal asked
"Empraio is amazing! I love it." Nya stated
"Yeah. I'm actually mad that I've never heard of it before." Jay agreed
"Glad to hear." Crystal said
"So how often did you come here?" Zane asked
"As often as possible. Once, twice, three, four if we were lucky times a year." Cole answered
"Wow. How long at a time?" Kai asked
"It was different each time. Heck, sometimes we even got to spend the whole year even. Those were when we were really lucky." Crystal explained
"The whole year?" Jay asked
"The whole year. School and all." Cole explained
"Which was ok with me 'cos that meant we got to spend more time with our friends here." Crystal added and Cole agreed.
They talked a bit more after dinner them they went to bed.
The next day, Crystal and Cole had decided to have a brother/sister day out.
They were both putting together a big backpack each with things like sleeping bags, matches and other stuff like that,
"Hey why are you 2 packing that stuff?" Jay asked
"We're spending the night at our spot." Crystal explained
"Where's that?" Kai asked
"It's at the place that only me, sis, mum and dad are allowed to go." Cole explained
"Yeah. We get a bit protective over that place." Crystal stated, "One time someone tried to follow us to our spot and Cole punched them in the nose." She added, laughing a little bit and Cole did too.
"Why isn't anyone else allowed?" Zane asked
"Because that place is really special to us. It's where a lot of our amazing memories of mum are at." Crystal said, "We like to camp there every time we come here." She added
"Sounds fun." Nya stated
"Yeah, it is." Crystal said
"Sis, you got everything?" Cole asked and Crystal nodded, "Cool. We'll pick them up when we head to the spot. See you guys later." Cole said
"Bye guys." Crystal said as they left.
They wandered around for a bit,
"Hey sis, you excited to head to the spot tonight?" Cole asked
"Duh! Of course I am!" Crystal responded which made Cole laugh.
They wandered around for a bit more when they saw the time,
"We'll have to head off soon if we want to make it time." Cole pointed out
"Yeah, but we need to grab our supplies." Crystal pointed out
"Ok, we'll grab those now." Cole said
Soon they were walking up this hill to a cliff edge.
"I can't wait. It's been FOREVER since we've been here." Crystal exclaimed
"Yeah. I missed this place." Cole added as they arrived
"It's just as I remember." Crystal said
"Good. It means no else has been here." Cole stated as they laughed and sat up camp but they didn't bring a tent on purpose.
Soon the sun had set and the stars where out and they were laying on their sleeping bags just gazing at them.
"How come the stars aren't as beautiful in Ninjago as they are here?" Crystal asked
"I guess it's because this is a special place." Cole guessed
"Yeah. Wanna break out the marshmallows?" Crystal asked
"Yeah!" Cole said as Crystal grabbed the marshmallows and skewers and they toasted the marshmallows. Soon Crystal randomly started to sing in Spanish,
"Little one, sweet little one,
How I wish for you to know." Crystal started to sing and Cole started to join her also in Spanish
"How sweet you are, how dear you are,
And how you have my heart.
You're precious to the world,
You bring hope to the world,
And you'll never, ever, for as long as you live,
You'll never leave my heart." They finished singing the lullaby that their mother sung to them before she disappeared.
"I miss mum." Crystal said
"I know, I do to but don't forget what she said to us, 'as long as the stars shine in the night sky, the 4 of us will forever and always be together, no matter what'." Cole reminded his sister
"I know." Crystal said.
They talk for a bit more, then they went to sleep.
The next morning, they had breakfast, then went back to the hotel.
The rest of the 2 weeks went by in a flash and when they had to go, no one, wanted to,
"You'll come back right?" Triesha asked when she was seeing them off at the airport,
"Sorry Triesha, we have to but we'll come back." Crystal said
"When?" Triesha asked
"We don't know, but we won't be away forever." Cole reassured Triesha
"I'm with Triesha here girl. Get back here real soon, like tomorrow." Rita stated
"Sadly we can't come back tomorrow, but we will come back." Crystal
"Look out because I'm thinking of MAYBE coming over to Ninjago." Mashita said quietly so all the little one wouldn't hear and get over exited but Triesha heard
"Really?" Triesha asked
"Maybe sweetie, maybe." Mashita replied
"Can't wait." Cole said and Crystal agreed
"Cole, Crystal our flight has arrived." Wu said to the 2
"Yes Sensei, we'll be 10 seconds." Cole said back
"Bye you guys, come back soon." Maria said
Hugs went round and Cole and Crystal caught up with the others on the plane.
(Sorry if this is going too much on Crystal's stuff, it's all I can think of)