Not all of the collections will contain my OCs, but this one will. (Heads up.)
I don't own Ninjago, just my OCs
(Lloyd's POV)
I snuck up behind Rachel before sliding my hands over her eyes.
"What the...Lloyd!" she exclaimed, but laughter could be heard clearly in her voice. I grinned.
"Hey," I said, "you know what today is?"
"I can only imagine," she replied sarcastically, "is it Christmas?"
"Nope," I giggled before kissing her cheek. "I'll give you a hint: it has candy." She sighed.
"Halloween?" she guessed, "Valentine's Day?"
"Yep."
"Figures..."
"And," I continued on, removing my hands from her eyes, "I booked reservations at Ninjago's number one restaurant. I've got a surprise for you, too," I added.
"How much time is there until we're scheduled?" She looked at me, her hawk brown eyes staring deep into my emerald green ones.
"Don't worry," I assured her, "there's plenty of time left for you to get ready. Unlike the half-hour that Cole and Jay gave to their girlfriends," I added.
(Cole's POV)
"And you didn't bother to tell me about two and a half hours earlier?" Emily yelled. I flinched at the sharpness of her words.
"I thought that a half an hour was enough!" I protested.
"You're not a female, Cole, so you don't know what it's like trying to get ready in a half-hour! My gosh!"
"You don't need to worry about make-up, if that's all you're worried about," I tried to reassure her.
"I'm sick of the same old dumb braid, but it takes a while to straighten it or curl it, it's that freaking long!"
"Get a haircut?" I suggested timidly, edging closer to the door just in case.
"And not only that, but then there's the whole outfit with matching accessories!" She ignored what I said. Yep, it was a mistake not giving her about three hours in advance. And she was letting me know it, too...
"Can I run for my life now?" I asked politely, but my voice trembled a little with fear. She scares the Underworld out of me when she is ticked off.
"You're not going anywhere, Hence!" she screeched, "Until I say so!" Yeah...this will take a while.
"Okay, fine. I'll cancel," I said, throwing my hands in the air, "And we can stay home like what Zane and Jen are doing."
"But where's the excitement in staying home?" Emily reminded me in a voice that told me that she was calming down.
"Okay, this is how we're going to do it," I began in a steady voice, although my temper was going to explode. "We're going to go to dinner and come back here to veg."
"Whoever said anything about vegging?" Oops...I face-palmed.
"Uh, obviously me?" I tried.
"Anything else planned at the last second?"
"You know what...never mind."
"...I didn't say it was a bad idea!"
"But you didn't say that it was a good idea, either," I pointed out.
"...I think it's a great idea."
(Josh's POV)
Oh, crap, I thought as Jordan opened the door. Her long, pure black hair was pulled back into its usual pony tail, and the silver streak in her hair stood out in sharp contrast. She was wearing dark gray baggy jeans with multiple rips and holes, a Modern Warfare II t-shirt underneath her black hoodie, and black-dark gray-white Osiris sneakers. She was chewing a large piece of bubble gum, and she blew an enormous bubble before popping it. She also had a large can of Monster in her hand, and she took a large slurp before belching loudly.
"What are you doing here?" she asked her, her death black eyes with bold lantern yellow flecks narrowed before taking another large gulp of the electric green-colored liquid. I fidgeted before handing her a bouquet of six red and six white roses. She arched an eyebrow at me, I just wanted to back away. She scared me a lot...and that was when she was in a good mood (which really doesn't happen a lot).
"The others," I blurted out before she could say anything about them. "Yeah, I know it's stupid, but they kept reminding me that it's Valentine's Day, and that I should at least give you flowers. I just wanted to buy you a bag of M&M's, Skittles, and Hershey's," I added quickly, "but apparently that wasn't good enough. I can understand if you want to trample the flowers, but at least keep the candy." I thrust the plastic bags at her, and her mouth slid open in shock until her bubble gum fell out.
"Isn't Kai allergic to flower pollen?" Jordan asked slyly. I stared at her before mentally face-palming. Only Jordan would think of pulling a prank on someone on February 14.
"Uh, yeah...?"
"Then in that case, thank you very much for the flowers and the candy," Jordan interrupted me. She tossed the M&M's, Skittles, Hershey's, and all the other candy that I had gotten her onto her bunk before bounding out the door. She grabbed me by the back of my shirt, and started to drag me along with her.
(Jay's POV)
"That's so sweet of you," Nya said in a voice that was as smooth as honey, "but it's a little too late for that." It suddenly lost its sweetness and became hard.
"I'm sorry!" I scrambled backwards as she started to stalk towards me. "But you change rather fast, don't you?"
"But what about..."
"You don't need to worry about anything else," I quickly jumped in, "just please don't kill me on Valentine's Day, that's all I ask. Okay?"
"Well...since you said please...sure, I guess." She quickly walked behind the room divider and reappeared about ten seconds later in her formal dress.
"Great," I said as she slid her feet into her usual black flats, "let's go now." And with that, she slid her arm into mine, and we walked into the hallway.
"Dang you, Jay!" Kai called after me.
"Jealous much?" I replied in a taunting voice.
(Kai's POV)
"It's the flowers," I said to Sam before giving four rapid-fire sneezes. I sniffed before grabbing a tissue and blowing my nose. My eyes watered like crazy, and I knew I had made a bad decision on bringing Sam flowers that were abundant in pollen.
"Did you take your medicine?" she gently pressed me. Her russet orange silk dress rustled with each movement, and I couldn't help but think, She looks fantastic. Her wet wood brown hair had been curled into waves which cascaded down her bare shoulders. Her eye shadow was a muted strawberry red, and it really did bring out her eyes, which were the exact same color as her hair: wet wood brown. Her black three inch heels clicked against the floor after I had shaken my head no. She sighed.
"Sorry!" I exclaimed as I reached for my medicine. "But I didn't know that there was that much pollen?"
"When do flowers never have pollen?" she reminded me.
"...Fake?"
"Come on, Fireboy," she said, completely ignoring what I said. "We've got a dinner and movie to go to."
Just as we walked out the door, a large pale yellow cloud exploded in my face. I started to cough hard and loud whenever I saw a streak of silver out of the corner of my eye.
"Jordan!" I screeched, but my tongue was starting to swell up. "Now ub domb it! I am selerly alargic do flober bobben!"
"Ha ha!" She laughed as she pranced around me in a circle. I started to sneeze rapidly, stopping long enough only to cough.
"I wib kill ub!" I screeched as well as I could through my sneezes, my coughing, and my swollen tongue. Curse my stupid allergies!
"Zane! Kai's in need of some medical attention!" Josh shouted as he dragged a hysterically laughing Death Kunoichi away from me.
"Jordan's fault!" Sam added as the tall Ice Ninja appeared.
"It was funny!" Jordan cackled. Zane rolled his eyes before his body turned clear with an ice ring surrounding the outline. A large thing of ice exploded out of his chest, and it was aimed at Jordan. Josh barely had enough time to dive to the side and get out of the way before Jordan became a very nice ice statue.
"Uh...a wittle help here?" I asked as well as I could with my swollen tongue.
(Zane's POV)
After I had treated Kai's allergy reactions, he and Sam left, which left Josh, Jen, a still-frozen Jordan, and myself.
Jen and I were staying home, because we both agreed that it was going to be crowded out there.
"Who needs to go to a five-star fancy restaurant and then go to the movies when you can have a Valentine's Day dinner and movie right at home?" Jen had pointed out. It did make sense, actually.
After checking the turkey to make sure that it was fully cooked one last time, I pulled it out of the oven and set it on the only platter that did not contain a chip or crack in it. I carried it out to the dining room and set it down before scrambling around trying to find candles that had not been used, matches, and candelabras. After checking to make sure that all was well, I brought out the mashed potatoes, gravy, peas, and bread rolls.
"I didn't know you specialized in table decoration," Jen teased me as she walked in. I shrugged smoothly, noticing that Syber was perched on her right shoulder.
"He likes you," I said, nodding towards her companion. She smiled at me.
"Yeah," she replied, "at least he didn't try to peck my eyes out like he did with Jordan."
"He's welcome to anytime!" Josh yelled from nearby. Syber shook his head before his beak opened and closed abruptly.
"I don't think Syber's quite like that, Yang!" Jen called. I rolled my eyes.
"Shall we?" I gestured to the table, and Syber flew off her shoulder and landed on my outstretched hand. I looked at him, and he returned my stare. After a few minutes, he stretched his wings and flew out of the dining table.
"He makes for a great pet," Jen commented as she sat down. I nodded, not knowing what else to say.
We ate in silence, which turned out to be a little awkward.
"So," Jen began, "think the others are doing well?"
"Yes," I answered. "As long as the Serpentine do not catch wind that we are separated, things should be okay."
"I hate those snakes," she said, staring deep into her water glass. "They're such a pain in the neck. They're like an itch that you can't get rid of, no matter what kind of anti-itch cream you use. Also," she added, "should be isn't exactly reassuring."
I did not know how to respond to that, so I just stayed quiet.
"Hey, Zane." Josh poked his head into the dining room. "Not to bother you and your cute little water drop, but can you unfreeze Jordan so she doesn't get frostbite?"
"Water drop?" Jen repeated as she raised an eyebrow at the Life Ninja, who shrugged.
"What else am I supposed to nick-name you? Zane's icicle?"
"...I thought that everyone was to call me Jen, nothing else."
"Fine," I interrupted the two before they could start arguing over names. "I'll unfreeze Jordan."
"Thanks, Zane!" And with that, Josh cheerfully skipped out of the dining room. I sighed, exchanging looks with Jen.
"Jordan can wait a few more minutes," I said.
...For someone who has a very high fever, a runny/stuffy nose, a sore throat, and a lot of coughing, I think I did okay.
Syber is the name that I've given the falcon because 1) He needs a name 2) I think it sounds great 3) ...I've got nothing else. The official naming of the falcon is in my other story Zane's Fate.
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(P.S.: Have a great 2/14/2014)