~Chapter 3~

Tara's pov

I woke up at 6:30 and got dressed.

I was scrubbing the floor like Cinderella, I like to think of myself as Cinderella. Cleaning flying ships today, until my prince comes and picks me up off my feet. I'll admit, I'm a fanciful person in my head, but if a prince really swept me off my feet, I'd probably punch him in the face reflexively.

"Aaghh!" I heard an ugly noise, and quickly I turned to see the origin of the commotion. Only to see Cole, the mighty leader of Ninjago's protectors, lying flat on his face.

"What are you doing lying on the floor?" I asked confusedly, not even noticing him coming down the hallway.

"I'm having a picnic, what does it look like?" He teased lightly while getting himself up. I'm pretty sure he was a bit flustered though.

"Next time, put a 'wet floor' sign up or something, eh?" He smiled good-naturedly to me.

I smiled, loving the fact even Ninjago's protectors got to joke around a bit.

~Next day~

Nya's pov

Ever since the overlord was defeated, we fixed the bounty. We remodelled it – a lot.

Jay and Zane share a bedroom with a connected bathroom, Cole and Kai share a bedroom and a bathroom next to them, across the hallway from their room is mine and across from Kai and Cole's room, is Tara's, which is to the right of mine.

Ever since Sensei told us to include an extra room, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't curious what its purpose was. Though now I finally know.

After leaving my room, and heading to the deck I saw Cole and Tara laughing during a conversation of sorts between them.

"Anyway, I should probably start training now, you coming up today, Nya?" Cole ended their conversation, nodded a thanks for the nice talk to Tara, and then walked with me up to the deck for some early-morning stretches.

After we fixed the Bounty Sensei and the boys have really accepted me into the team, so I like to train a little bit, but not quite as much as them.

Having reached our desired location, Cole and I spotted Zane, who had already began stretching.

"Good morning, Nya! May we be having the pleasure of training beside you this lovely day?" Zane said sincerely, knowing the answer to his question.

"Yes," I responded sweetly, always enjoying Zane's happy mood in the mornings.

"I hope you don't find it too pleasurable, Zane." I heard the cheeky, lovable voice I had hoped to hear some time soon. I turned around to see Jay pulling the sleepy Kai up the small amount of stairs to the deck.

"No, I hope you don't find it too pleasurable, Jay" said Kai a little sleepily as he pulled Jay's hands off his ninja suit, standing up himself.

"Well you know I hate to disappoint, but in this case your disappointment is my joy!" Jay responded quickly and easily.

"That's it, first spar, you and me, Walker." Kai said, to my amusement. Then he went to lightly stretch, and pick out his equipment for the oncoming fight.

"So, who are you betting on, sweetheart?" Jay said, walking up to me, with one of his cheeky smiles.

"Are you asking for a biased vote?" I asked, raising an eyebrow at his antics.

"Why yes, I think I am!" He replied merrily, making me lightly giggle. I then thought of a way to remove myself for Kai and Jay's problems, albeit only for a short time.

"If I say you, will you not involve me in the next fight you and Kai will undoubtedly have?" I asked, hoping he would say yes, and give me a reason to not have to step between the two of them.

"Hmm… I think I can do that." He thought aloud, pretending to be thinking about it as if his life depended on it.

"Well then, of course I think you'll win the match!"

Tara's pov

After I cleaned the corridor outside the bedrooms, I moved on to the control room. After dusting the machinery, I washed and dried the windows when I heard a familiar voice that startled me.

"Hello, Tara. I hate to disturb you while you are working, but may I speak with you?" As I quickly turn in shock, Sensei waited patiently for my answer, pretending not to notice my lack of awareness of my surroundings.

After I slowly nodded, he briskly turned and walked back to his quarters, expecting me to follow.

But why does it feel like I'm being sent to the principal's office?

What have I done wrong?

Sensei's pov

I feel so unkind for doing this, be the new chapter in the ninja's prophecy must begin, and I cannot waste time giving in to hunches, I need to know.

I need to know now.

"Tara, do you have a sort of 'oddness'?" I asked, seeing shock clearly cross her face.

"Uh… what do you mean?" She replied confusedly, she mustn't know then. The inevitable must happen.

"Oh. That is… that is quite disappointing. I am very sorry to say, Tara, but I am going to have to let you go. Permanently." As the words came out of my mouth her face went from showcasing confusion and curiosity to being completely gutted.

She closed her eyes, her head hung from shame or disappointment, I couldn't tell. Tara didn't say much for a long time, though it seemed as if she was thinking about something. When she finally spoke, her voice almost startled me.

"Zane, I know you're out there, but if you don't mind, we're trying to have a conversation. Privately." She said, her head still low, her eyes still closed.

That statement raised a few questions, yet also answered a few in the process.

"Hmm… Tara, do you have a sister? A twin sister?" I continued, not letting the surprises stop coming for this young lady.

"Uh, yes. Why do you want to know?" Her face was full of bewilderment, which was enough of an answer in itself.

"Bring her here, give her a tour of the bounty." It wasn't a question, it was an order. Even though, technically, she was no longer our employee.

Tara's pov

After returning to my previous and maybe even soon to be current again abode, I knocked on the door. Though I wasn't sure where to find my twin, I thought Ms. We might.

Her.

I just stood there, dumbstruck. She was here, but why?

"Well, well, well! Haven't seen your face in a while." She said, what were the chances she would be here?

"D-Danielle?" I managed to stutter out, wondering where Ms We was. She looked no different to the last time I saw her.

"Yep, in the flesh! I was in the neighbourhood, came to visit, but you weren't here, Ms We offered me the place. I accepted." She was rather pleased with herself, like she always was.

"Hey, wanna come to the bounty, get a tour?" I said oddly, getting straight to the point. I honestly had no idea why Sensei wanted Danni to come. Yet she looked at me strangely, knowing something was wrong.

"Oh, ok. No hug? Not even a 'hello'? No asking about what I've been up to? And most of all, no compliment about how good I'm looking?" Danni said, half joking. That's what she did, she was confident, made jokes, liked fashion, yet could be stubborn. The opposite of me.

"Well, I've got my coat, let's go!" Danni said, holding a jacket, thrusting me back to reality. I wasn't particularly looking forward to her meeting the guys, Nya and Sensei.

I sighed. Here we go.

Jay's pov

"You lost the match, didn't you?" She said more than asked. Her voice monotone with the lack of excitement for the answer.

"Yep" I replied, nonchalantly, knowing we both knew this would happen.

"Wow, can you two tone down the PDA just a smidge, please. The rest of us are here, too, you know." Kai interjected sarcastically, following with filling the empty space with echoes of his indignant snort.

"For your information, I was just about to tell her how perfect she is and how I love her!" I exclaimed before I knew it, wanting to prove him wrong, like always.

Kai was saying something about how I "totally was" in his normal sarcastic voice, but I wasn't listening to him, I was listening to Nya's next words while absorbing in her gorgeous looks yet again, quite happy with myself that I had made us a moment.

"Aww, really?" Nya said smiling like a sun, then she kissed me. Well, technically it was a quick peck, but tomatoes, tomatoes. I still enjoyed it like it would be our last, getting lost in the chocolate sea that swirled around her coloured orbs.

I could stare into her eyes for eternity, but I heard a pointed cough and turned around, then I noticed Tara and a Tara look-alike walk onto the deck. I was surprised to find out that Tara had a sister, let alone a twin.

Her twin looked the same as her, long light brown hair, 'bout the same height, yet there was something different about her, confidence? It felt weird to see, to say the least, especially because I was not expecting Tara to have a sibling.

Danielle's pov

"Hi, I'm Kai" This red guy said, before Tara or I had even told them my name, so of course, I looked at him quizzically, pointing out to him that that was weird behaviour.

"Hey, I'm Cole. Ninja of Earth and leader of the team." Cole said while sticking his hand out, an invitation to shake it, which I did with a smile. He seemed like a respectable leader, I would trust him if I had to. Easily.

"Danielle" I replied with slight respect, having more fun than I originally expected. Soon this happy, blue chap came up to me, followed by a girl in red, showing me that he was hers.

"I'm Jay, ninja of lightning!" He said with such enthusiasm, it almost made me giggle. I just gave him a smile to show I accept his greeting.

"And I'm Nya, welcome aboard!" She said politely, smiling at me while hugging jay from the side. I just nodded, waiting to meet the last one.

"Hello, my name is Zane and I am the master of ice." He said curtly, offering a gentlemanly nod to accompany it. He seemed a little too gentlemanly for this century, but I went with it. I smiled and turned to Tara.

"Tour time?"

"Tour time."