I just barely finished this today, but I finished today! Yay! Enjoy-yoy!


4. The General's Plot

Alex fell down and just wanted to stay there. That was the fifteenth times she failed the course. It was getting on her nerves. "There has to be an easier way," she moaned.

"This is the only way," Ryan said, crossing his arms. "You may be use to things being easier for you, but this is the real world, Princess. This is a real war. There's nothing easy about it."

Alex sighed and pushed herself up. "Then let me go again," she said. She got up and walked to the start. Ryan pushed a button and the course activated. Alex ran into it. She dodged the objects, jumped over one, turned to avoid another, and she fell. "Agh!"

"Maybe that's enough for the day," Ryan suggested. "It's almost midnight."

"What?" Alex choked. "I'm sorry, I have to go." She took off and left the hideout, finding her way back to the castle in the darkness of night. She slipped over the wall and into her window. She looked at her mother who sat worriedly on her bed. "I'm back," she told her.

Misako looked up. "Okay, I was getting worried. I'll let your father know," she said. "Come, he'll want to talk to you." Alex nodded and the two walked to the throne room.

"You're late," Garmadon said.

"I know, I'm sorry," Alex said, bowing.

"What did you learn?" her father asked.

"Nothing yet," Alex lied. "They don't trust me yet."

Garmadon dismissed her and she went to bed. She wanted to go back and pass the course, but that just had to wait until morning…


Kai knocked on Alex's door and she immediately opened it. "Yes?" she asked.

"What made you get back so late last night?" he asked. "Where did you even go?"

"That doesn't matter," Alex said. "I mean…it doesn't concern you."

"Does your father know?" Kai asked.

"Of course," Alex said. "Do you think we'd be having this conversation if he didn't?"

Kai thought for a moment. "I suppose not…"

Alex walked by him and down the hall.

She was hiding something. Kai could feel something was wrong. He slowly walked over to Lloyd's room and knocked.

"Yeah?" the young prince called.

"It's Kai. Open up."

The door opened and Lloyd offered for Kai to come in. Kai knew better though. He was forbidden from entering the royals' rooms and didn't want to risk it with the king. "I'd rather stand here," he said, "but I have a question."

"What is it?" Lloyd asked.

"Where do you think Alex was last night?" Kai asked.

A glint of hate flashed in the prince's eyes as he looked to Alex's door. "She was with the rebellion. Apparently she was trying to get on their good side so they'd reveal where Lucas went," he informed him.

"Is that so?" Kai mused. He could certainly use this to his will. He'd served the kind for five years and has known Alex since joining. The princess wasn't the fighting type, she'd never make it into the rebellion. "You're father is actually letting her?"

"Yeah, but she only had three days," Lloyd added. "Two now."

Kai thought about it. Alex wouldn't just join the rebellion for intel. He knew she was against her father, that she wouldn't say it but hated her father ruling. "Thanks for telling me," Kai said almost absentmindedly. He was trying to find a way to get to Alex's room in three nights without seeming suspicious.

He walked to the throne room and knocked on the door. Maybe he could do something now. Perhaps he could follow Alex tonight to find their base and attack it.

"Come in!"

Kai took a deep breath and opened the door. He walked to the center of the room and kneeled before the king. "Permission to speak?" he asked.

"Granted," Lord Garmadon grunted.

Kai looked up. "Last night you did not allow the army to search, and I know it shouldn't be my business, but Prince Lloyd told me why anyways," he said. "I'm very close to Princess Alexandra and was wondering if I could help her in anyway. I understand how much she cares for Prince Lucas and how important it is that he returns."

The king thought for a moment. "Perhaps you can follow my daughter to wherever she's meeting the rebellion at. Go alone so no one suspects you," he said.

"Do you want me to tell Princess Alexandra?" Kai asked.

"No," Garmadon said, "just stay in the shadows. Are we clear?"

"Crystal, sir."


That might have been a little shorter, but I had writer's block and no one could cure me! I had to make it a little shorter! Review anyway!

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