The days past. Ember taught Jade lessons she had learnt as a young girl as well as stealing a scythe from the palace, yet Ember couldn't find the fourth weapon she had been asked to recover. No matter how hard she looked the sword remained hidden. Then about a month after Jade had fled the city, events took a turn for the worst.
Ember and Jade followed their normal path to Wu's house. Jade walking ahead and Ember occasionally swiping something off a road side stall. When Jade stopped suddenly Ember walked right into her.
"What is it Jade?" Jade pointed out a flyer on a stall. It was announcing and execution
"The king's gonna kill Jay!" Ember grabbed her friends arm
"We must hurry. Wu will know what to do" The two girls continued through the city, not stopping until the reached their destination. Ember knocked on the door, which swung open. The pair moved through the house, stopping when once again Ember encountered a stranger in the back room.
"Who are you?" Ember demanded. Jade stepped forward
"Nya!" The other girl in the room looked up
"Jade!" The pair hugged each other "I haven't seen you since Jay got arrested!"
"Oh. You're the blacksmiths sister aren't you?" Ember asked
"Yes. Like Jade said my name is Nya. Nya Smith"
"Ember"
"I came to Wu for help"
"Let me guess something happened to your brother"
"Uh no. It's about Jay."
"We know Nya." Jade interrupted "Pythor wants him dead"
"Well if Pythor wants him dead your brother must be important Jade." Ember smiled "How about a rescue mission?"
"It is too risky Ember. You have done much, yet this is a task you cannot accomplish. A problem you cannot solve." Wu stated
"I can't just stand back and do nothing." Ember protested "Even if I don't do anything Jade will."
"She's right Wu. I'm not about to stand back and watch my brother die if I can do something about it"
"I cannot stop you. However you must be aware of the risks. By doing this you could just be dooming yourself to die beside your brother"
"She wont. I'm helping"
"Ember"
"No. It's my fault he's there in the first place. Jay was arrested for stealing something I took. I'm not gonna stand back and let him die for my crimes"
"You took those nunchuck thingies?"
"Yes I did."
"Why?"
"Because Wu asked me to"
"Why'd you listen?"
"Ten years ago he saved my life. A debit like that is hard to repay. What puzzles me is why Jay got arrested. I got seen the guards chased me through the forest. They could clearly see I'm a girl. Yet they arrested a boy?" Ember looked around the room "Pythor knows something we don't." Ember turned to face Wu. "We have to do this. I cannot sit by and watch this happen. Whether you want us to go or not we are going. Tomorrow we will see if we survived" With that Ember left the room. Jade and Nya close behind her. Wu watched them leave.
"It has begun."
Ember, Jade and Nya moved silently through the city. The girls quickly took out the guards and they entered the dungeon.
Cole stood outside of Jay's cell. Jay was complaining.
"You'd think they'd treat the doomed with some respect. I mean sure I might be walking to my death tomorrow but can they at least give me some food?"
"Shut up!"
Jade smiled as Jay's voice echoed up the corridor
"That's Jay alright" She whispered. "One last guard to get rid of, then we're walking out of here." Jade moved forward kicking a stone.
"Who's there?" All three girls froze. Ember glared at Jade. Cole came down the passage. Ember moved with lightning him to the wall. Mya and Jade raced past freeing Jay.
"Jade! I knew you'd come for me!" The siblings hugged as Ember and Cole fought.
"We need to go" Ember stated as she flipped Cole over. He landed hard winded. the group raced out of the dungeons towards the back gate of the city. Ember glanced back over her shoulder to see Cole chasing them. Ember stopped at the edge of the woods.
"Jade! Lead Jay back. Nya go get Wu. I'll distract our follower" Jade nodded and lead Jaya one way
"How will we find you?"
"Wu knows where my hideout is" Nay nodded and doubled back. Ember moved slowly along the forest edge.
Cole spotted Ember on the edge of the woods. He watched the small girl speed up and chased her.
An hour later the pair were still at it. Ember was surprised. Not many people could keep up with her in the forest. She quickly climbed up a tree and headed back to the treehouse. Unaware of Cole following her on the ground.
Back at the tree house Ember retrieve the nunchucks. She handed them to Jay
"Something tells me that you should have these. For some reason you got arrested for them being missing when the guards knew I took them. Pythor knows something we don't. There's something bigger going on. And something tells me you're gonna need these." Ember looked at Wu.
"What happened the day he took over?"
"You mean you don't know?" Nya asked
"The furthest back I remember is the day after he took over. I was a scared five year old wondering the streets in a ruined dress. I could only remember one thing. My name"
"I knew you would ask eventually. The time is upon us. You have set events in motion Ember. Events that will send our land into turmoil. Only one thing is clear. You hold the key."
"The key to what?"
All five froze at the sound of footsteps.
"So this is the thieves den." Cole stood in the entrance. "I can see how you managed to run rings around the palace guards all these years." He spotted the nunchucks "Are those?"
"The golden nunchucks of lightning? Yes" Ember smiled.
"You took them?"
"Along with the golden scythe of quakes and the golden shurikens of ice yes. Yes I did." Everyone just stared at Ember.
"And you just admitted it in front of witnesses."
"And? Doesn't matter. I highly doubt that you're going to turn me in. Even if you wanted to you'd have to catch me first. I have many hideouts. I know the forest inside out. You said yourself that I'd run rings around the palace guards." Cole just stared at her "And now you have a choice. You can go back to the snake that calls himself a king. You can turn me in. Whatever. Or you can join us. You can be on the winning side. I am going to fight Pythor. I am going to free this land. You can either help me or try and stop me. The choice is yours"
Seeing as several surnames are not give in the show I'm just making up some for characters Like Nya and Kai.
Remember the more reviews I get the sooner the next chapter goes up!
and MMM you'll just have to wait and see. But there is more to her than meets the eye. A whole lot more