Note: I warned you guys, so even though I finished this just after chapter four, I made you wait AN ENTIRE MONTH. Now, if you don't review within the next three days, THIS IS GOING TO BE POSTPONED, perhaps indefinitely, and I will move on to the next story. And I know for a fact people are viewing the story! So would it kill you to review this?
No P.O.V.
For the first time since becoming ninjas, the girls woke up naturally rather than to a gong. At least, Nya, Annabella, and Emera woke up. Diane was in a fitful slumber. After seeing her toss and turn, Emera realized Diane was in a nightmare and woke her. Diane shot up, but thankfully did not hit the top of her bunk.
"Hey, are you alright?" Annabella said worriedly.
"I'm fine. Just a dream." Diane answered, rubbing her temple.
"Come on, we'll be late for morning training." Nya pointed out.
The girls went to the deck where the boys and Sensei Wu were waiting. "Alright, stretches!" Sensei Wu told them. "First, the swooping crane."
Everyone copied him, but the boys were clearly distracted, and when Zane said something to them, the other boys immediately said, "The Green Ninja?!"
Annabella, confused, looked at Nya. "Who's that? Diane?"
Nya shrugged. "I don't know."
Sensei Wu turned around to find the boys, excluding Zane, out of position. "That looks like the Shocked Monkey. Bad form! More focus." He instructed before turning again.
The boys continued to talk in low tones, making the girls curious. "Can anyone hear them?" Emera asked.
"I believe they speak of something important, but that is all I can gather." Diane told her.
"Pinching crab!" Sensei Wu said, and everyone shifted to make the position. Kai tried to talk to Zane again, but got caught by Sensei Wu. The boys tried to make up an excuse, but Sensei Wu didn't listen.
"If you are all unfocused, then you can share the punishment." Sensei Wu replied. The boys tried to blame Zane, who tried to defend themselves, and Annabella rolled her eyes at the other girls.
"So much for sticking together." She muttered.
"Now, no free time and no video games. The rest of the day can be used for training, and tomorrow, for that matter." Sensei Wu told him.
"Training? For how long?!" Kai asked.
"Until you can answer this simple riddle: What is the best way to defeat an enemy?" Sensei Wu answered.
"Sensei, what about us?" Nya asked.
"Since you were focused, you and the other girls will receive this time off. Oh, and do try to beat the boys' high scores, would you?" Sensei Wu said, amused at the looks of horror from the boys.
"Yes, Sensei." The girls said, leaving the deck. Emera dissolved into giggles once inside.
"BURN! Who's up for doing video games?" She asked the others.
"I'm hungry, so first breakfast." Annabella said.
"What about the boys? They didn't get any food." Diane pointed out.
"Yeah, we're not heartless. First, we'll make them something then we destroy their high scores." Nya added.
After making breakfast, the girls found the boys trying to answer the riddle. "How's it coming along?" Emera asked.
"Don't tell me you're here to taunt us." Jay said.
"Fine, if you don't want food, we'll leave." Annabella snorted.
"No, we're good!" Kai insisted, and the boys dug into the food the girls had brought.
"Quick, we don't want to get caught!" Nya insisted. The boys finished and the girls took the plates inside to be washed.
"So, now do we get to beat their high scores?" Emera asked.
"Or, we could do something more... sinister." Annabella replied, grinning.
Hours later...
The girls had gone to their room, bored, while the boys continued to train. "Hey, what was that dream about this morning?" Annabella asked, hanging upside-down off her bunk.
"It was dark, so I couldn't see much. But we were all there, fighting a black shadow. The dream ended before I could see who the victor was." Diane explained.
"You think it's a vision? Or a warning?" Emera said.
Diane was prevented from replying as an alarm went off. The girls rushed to the control room where Nya typed on the keyboard. The boys joined them a moment later.
"Break it down for me, sis." Kai told Nya.
"Lloyd and a Serpentine have overtaken Darkly's School for Bad Boys." She answered.
"Wait, a Serpentine? Why only one?" Emera asked.
"Doesn't matter. Let's go!" Cole said, pressing the button for flight.
Within minutes they were above the boarding school. "Looks quiet. Should we enter using stealth?" Zane asked.
"What about our weapons?" Annabella asked.
"There are a few problems with that." Cole responded. "Any other ideas?"
"I've got one. You'll have to trust me, though." Jay said.
"I think you guys can test drive that." Emera said quickly.
The boys went onto the anchor, slightly nervous. It was released, and they fell with the anchor to the boarding school... to the bottom.
"Anyone else happy they didn't do that?" Nya asked, and the other girls nodded. They all slid down the chain to find Lloyd and a purple Serpentine.
"Ah! Do something!" Lloyd told the Serpentine.
The Serpentine turned invisible and attacked, eventually knocking Annabella off the roof. "You bastard!" Emera screamed, running over to the side. She was surprised to find Annabella sitting on River, smiling. "Just when I needed her!" Annabella said happily.
The other dragons, Breeze, Spring, and Ore, flew to the school. Each were more powerfully built than before, but still looked familiar. The girls got on their dragons, each looking at Lloyd. The Serpentine, seeing he was outmatched, grabbed a piece of paper from Lloyd's pocket and left.
Lloyd tried to run away, but soon discovered being on the roof hadn't been the best idea. The boys came up through the hatch as the Bounty came into view.
"Lloyd Montgomery Garmadon! You come here right now!" Sensei Wu ordered.
"I got him." Jay said, flipping Lloyd over his shoulder.
"Hey! Lemme go!" Lloyd insisted.
"What should we do with him? Wash out his mouth with soap? For a year?" Cole asks.
"Ground him indefinitely?" Kai asks.
"Have him sit in the corner for a century?" Zane asks.
"Put him on chore duty? For a decade?" Annabella offered.
"Spank him for nine months?" Emera said.
"I know exactly what we must do." Sensei Wu answered.
What they needed to do turned out to be much less painful than the ninja thought. The boys were left grumbling, and the girls overheard them in their room. "So, what'd he do?" Annabella asked from the door frame.
"Nothing. Read the kid a bedtime story!" Kai answered, annoyed.
"What about the riddle?" Diane asked.
"Sensei said it's to make the enemy your friend. We were training all day to find that out!" Cole said.
"At least now you can play video games." Nya pointed out.
"Oh yeah! Come on, let's do some before bed!" Jay told the other guys, who rushed to the game room.
"3...2...1..." Emera began.
"NOOOOOOOOO!" Four voices screamed.
"JACKPOT!" The girls shouted, laughing.
People, you know the consequences. Prevention of postponing the story: REVIEWING WITHIN THE NEXT THREE DAYS. If on 3/20/13 there are no new reviews (and I'm not counting firecrackerxx) by the time my plane lands in Utah (which, Eastern Seaboard Time, is around 8 p.m. or later), the next story will begin. Also, keep voting for the poll! It's pretty close, and it will decide the next story!