Cole stared at Ember.
"I'm a member of the royal guard. And you're asking if I want to join you. why?" Ember shrugged
"I trust my instincts. And my instincts say I can trust you I can trust you. They haven't lead me wrong yet." Cole thought about it. He had a lot to gain from helping this girl and not much to lose. Except his life if her plan fails.
"What happens if you fail?"
"Then we'd all die. But I wont fail. Trust me. I always get what I want." She looked him in the eye and for the first time Cole noticed her eyes.
"Your eyes. They're green."
"And?"
"Green eyes are the sign of royalty. Only two people have them. The queen and the prince."
"And the lost princess." Nya pointed out.
"Lost princess?" Ember asked confused
"The princess vanished when Pythor took over. He managed to find and capture the king, the queen and the prince but the princess got away."
"What happened to her?"
"No one knows." Jade replied
"Her name?"
"Again, no one knows. All mentions of the royal family have been removed from the land. The names of the prince and princess are widely forgotten. The king and queen are remembered by the adults of the land. Queen Misako and King Garmadon but the children's names are unknown by most"
"The boy's name is Lloyd" Cole stated
"Don't you mean was? I thought Pythor had the royal family killed." Nya asked
"No. Lloyd is still alive. Pythor keeps him around as some sort of servant."
"More like slave knowing Pythor." Jay spoke up
"We're getting off topic" Ember pointed out "Are you in or not"
"Join the lost princess and help her reclaim the throne or die when she and her brother take over. Decisions decisions." Cole smiled "Of course I'm in. You need help if you want to get your brother out. Never mind take the throne back."
"Good to have you." Ember shook Cole's hand
"What about Kai?" Nya asked "What's going to happen to my brother" Jade stamped her foot
"Knew there was someone we were forgetting" She commented. Ember sighed. This was going to be a long day.
"Before we can do anything Jay, Nya and Cole need to learn the layout of the forest. It's easy to get lost if you don't know where you're going"
"Don't remind me" Jade laughed "You left me in the middle of the woods. It took me two days to make it back here. TWO DAYS!"
"You can't survive if you rely solely on others. A girl who cannot survive without others is a dead girl. Same thing goes for boys."
"I'd rather get my brother out than spend two days wondering the forest lost. Anything can happen in two days"
"I had to do it. I don't why you shouldn't have to as well"
"Alright Jade. But Nya is right. Anything can happen in two days. We need to get Kai out of the city as soon as we can."
"Why can't we wait?"
"Because by now Pythor will have figured out what's going on. When he realises Nya is helping he'll go after Kai in an attempt to control her."
"But what about Lloyd? Won't Pythor use him against you?"
"And tell the whole kingdom the prince and princess are alive? Of course he wont"
"Why would using Lloyd aginst you tell the kingdom you're both still alive?"
"Who else would come for him?"
"Remind me again why I'm listening to a fifteen year old." Kai stated as they moved through the city.
"She's the princess you idiot." Nya reminded him
"I don't see how. The princess is dead" Ember turned around, pulling off her sunglasses. Kai saw her bright green eyes for the first time. "I stand corrected. The princess is right in front of me."
"Keep your voice down. I didn't survive ten years in the woods only to get caught because some guy couldn't keep his mouth shut."
"Sorry Your majesty"
"Don't call me that."
"I still don't get why we left the tiara."
"That? Oh that was just to annoy Pythor. Let him know who he's dealing with." Ember smiled
"But wont that put Lloyd in danger?" Nya pointed out "Pythor's gonna make an example of him"
"And risk having the whole land find out we're both still alive? I think not"
"Wait. The prince is alive?"
"Yep. Next time I enter the city it's to get my brother back." Nya looked at Ember. The girls green eyes shone with determination. Unlike most of the city Ember still had some fight let in her.
"Are you mad Ember?" Nya asked "Going in there gives him the perfect chance to catch you" Ember turned away from Nya and Kai. When she spoke again her voice had a seriousness in it Nya had never heard in there before.
"Then I wont get caught"