"Wind is soft. It is flexible and gentle, but at the same time hard. You can move with it, or against it. Be wind, Serena. Be the wind." Sensei spoke, meditating. I sighed, and squeezed my eyes shut in concentration, ultimately failing to "be the wind".
"Come on now Serena. I know you can do it." Sensei prodded me. I sighed, the light outdoors blinding my now open eyes.
"I can't Sensei, I'm tried, and I feel like jello. My head hurts. I can't concentrate and the lights bothering me!" I complained. I was already just wearing sweats, and normally I tried to look nice, so that was a sign that I was not doing so hot. But still, Sensai decided (against my will) that my training could start. It wasn't bad at the beginning as we just went over the "history" of my powers. All the ninja decided to come for some strange reason. I mean, I love history but, have you seen them try to do some of my history homework? They absolutely HATE it. Especially Kai. One time he was looking over my shoulder at the paper my history teacher had assigned me and he couldn't find Austria, (you know the country) so, he got mad and he burned my homework. I had to do some explaining to my teacher the next day. That was a mess, but on the bright side, my teacher took it well because I knew the Ninja, and he was a big fan. But at least now I'm on spring break. Sensei had told me that elemental powers are hereditary, and that he had already taught someone with my powers. His name was Morro? I think that was what it was. I honestly can't remember, I have the memory of a goldfish. But I do remember this: Jay spitting out the water he was drinking, Lloyd retracting in disgust from being sprayed with water and from, obviously, disgust. Also, Kai yelling, "What?", Zane looking around widely, his eyebrows furrowed, and Cole slamming his fist down on the side table, with little rocks forming under his hand. It was quite the experience. I had never heard of Morro, so I didn't understand what the big deal was. I was from wayyyy out of town. That incident must have happened before I found Jay.
"I'm related to him?!" Jay yelled out. And when Jay said that, all the guys relaxed a little, and a second later died laughing. Apparently, told to me later, Morro was a ghost who tried to take over Ninjago. And he had wind powers. Morro ended up being my biological father's older brother, so in short, my uncle. But enough with history. I still had a concussion, minor of course, but still Sensei said I could train. All the guys backed out of training me, saying that training me in my condition wasn't right, but Sensei decided to go one on one. It was the first day, 30 minutes in and I couldn't get any of my powers to work. Not even the ones that I had already gotten to work. So that takes us back to where we were.
"Find the strength within you. Calm yourself. Only then can you become one with the wind." Sensei told me. I stamped my foot in frustration.
"I can't! I just can't! I told you I'm tired and I don't feel good! So you can go find yourself a new elemental master!" I yelled at him, throwing my hands in the air. And with that I stormed off. I got quiet a bit of strange looks from the Ninja, including Nya. I took Jay's stromglider, with everyone watching and then I left.
"Be wind. Bah humbug. I can't be wind! Whatever." I mumbled to myself. I was driving nowhere in particular, a just let my mind wander. Soon enough I was near Walter's Repair Shop. I got out of the stormglider, dragging my feet against the pavement that was in front of the shop. Walter had recently become a close friend, almost a second father. I knocked slightly on the door, and slowly opened it. It creaked slightly, filling the silence in the dark room. That surprised me, because it should have been locked. The lights were off, the street light casting shadows across the shop. I furrowed by eyebrows, something seeming suspicious. There was no noise. Normally you could hear talking. I walked upstairs to the second floor, where Walter and May lived. As I went to open the door, I heard muffled noises. I quickly retracted my hand, but pressed my body against the door trying to hear more. I couldn't make any of the conversation out, but I heard a deeper voice, and Walters voice somewhere in the mix. But then all the noises stopped. I grabbed my cell out of my pocket and dialed his number hoping he could explain. In the house I heard someone get up and shuffle to a different room. The ringing coming from my phone stopped.
"Hello?" Walter whispered to me.
"Walter what is going on in their? It's Serena. I just heard a weird voice and loud noises and I-" I rambled.
"Shhhh! It's fine. But some strange guy is here nursing May's wounds. She's been cutting herself." Walter told me, still talking in hushed tones. "I don't know where he came from, but it looks like he's known her for a while." I gasped, lifting my hand to my mouth in shock from both of his statements.
"Why would she cut herself? I mean I knew she was sorta lonely, but depressed? That's new information to me." I said in shock. Behind the door, I heard a thumping noise and someone walking to a different room. It was probably the deep voice dude.
"Look Serena, I gotta go. He's coming over here. I'll be fine and so will May. Just go home" Walter told me, nervous.
"But Walt-" I started, and then the line went dead. I backed up quickly from the door and sprinted out of the shop room. I breathed in the fresh outdoors air, and looked back at the shop. Raking my fingers through my hair, I just knew that something was wrong, something other than what Walter had told me. I decided that I would come back tomorrow, and would find out what was really happening. I hopped back into the stockholder and slowly made my way back to the Bounty. When I had landed, I jumped out of the stormglider, and sneaked back in. There was no way I was going to let the guys, Sensei and Nya know I was back. I had to much pride. But I was starving, so I decided to make a pit stop in the kitchen, which was a bad idea. Or a good one, depending on how you look at it. As I raided the fridge, I should have heard the soft footsteps coming down the stairs. They stopped, and I finally found some yogurt, because honestly, I was craving some. I turned around, screamed in fright and nearly dropped my delicious yogurt. It was Lloyd. And I had just done the complete opposite of what I wanted to happen. I didn't want anyone to know I was back, yet here was Lloyd and I had screamed probably waking everyone.
"Don't wake everyone!" Lloyd scolded me.
"Sorry." I mumbled, my mouth full of my first spoonful of strawberry yogurt. Lloyd rolled his eyes at me, and walked over to sit down on one of our stools. I walked over and joined him, figuring I was going to be in for a long lecture.
"So, how was training?" He questioned. I knew where this was leading, but I answered the question anyway.
"Ummm... I couldn't do anything with my powers, and I yelled at Sensei." I said meekly. "And then I stole Jay's stromglider and sorta ran away for a little bit." Lloyd chuckled a bit.
"I understand. I was the same way when I started training. I was stubborn and when I couldn't get something right I gave up and quit. Nya was the same way, so I've heard. But don't tell her I said that. She'll kill me." Lloyd whispered to Apparently, told to me later, Morro was a ghost who tried to take over Ninjago. And he had wind powers. I laughed softly at Lloyds reaction when he told me about Nya. But the smile on my face quickly left and my face became somber quickly.
"Lloyd I need to tell you something." I took a deep breath. "May, she's been cutting herself. You have to talk to her sometime. She needs you, or you need to figure out what happened between you guys. She needs you, even if she doesn't realize it. Same goes for you Mister." I told him, poking him in the stomach.
"She's been cutting herself! This is all my fault!" Lloyd cried, getting up and he started to pace. "I have to talk to her, I-" Lloyd rambled. I cut him off.
"Look, I'm going back to the shop tomorrow. You can come with me, but you have to do whatever I say. Deal?" I asked/told him, stretching my hand out.
"Deal." Lloyd said, shaking my hand.
"Night!" I called back to him, having already gotten up from my stool. I didn't hear a reply, but I when I looked back, I saw that Lloyd had gotten back up and started pacing again. I walked down the hall, avoiding the creaky floorboards. I pushed open the door to the room I shared with Nya, and slipped into my pajamas. As I got into my bed, I couldn't help but worry about May and Walter, and wonder about the mysterious deep voiced guy, as I had decided to call him. But before I could worry to much, sleep overcame me.