C.A.L.L.E.D.

The Beginning

When you realize something, you can never unthink that thought.

Chapter 2

Lewis

When I finally fell asleep, I wished I hadn't. My dreams were full of nightmares, and I woke up shaking. I wasn't in the bed anymore, but in a room with four bunk beds. Someone groaned, making me I jump. It was Kai, he was snoring in one of the beds. I walked over to him, and he muttered in his sleep.

"No," he said softly. "Come back." He rolled over, so he faced me. He seemed to be having a dream.

On a whim, I reached out and patted his nose lightly, trying to comfort him. There was a flash of red, and Kai froze. His breathing quickened, and I heard him groan louder.

"Don't…don't hurt them," he muttered. He seemed to be having a nightmare. I pressed harder on his nose, and I was transported.

I stood in a dimly lit dungeon. Kai was there, and he shouted at his shadow. "Leave her alone!" He shouted. I stepped forward, wondering what was happening.

"Kai!" I called. He didn't turn, he didn't even seem to hear me.

"Bring her back!" he demanded. "Bring back my sister!"

"Kai!" a girl shouted. It was Nya. She was chained in a corner, surrounded by black shadow. She was in danger. I ran to her, I was closer then Kai, and reached her first. The shadows grew and engulfed her, moving her to safety. Somehow I had controlled them. Maybe I could…I rose a hand and chains flew out of nowhere, chaining up Kai.

"That wasn't what I wanted that to do!" I shrieked.

"No!" Kai's voice cracked as he yelled. "Nya!"

In a second I was back in his room. Kai was breathing hard, and I removed the finger from his nose. I backed away from him in shock, and he now flipped over in his sleep. I backed out of the room, aware that I had caused this nightmare. He stirred and sat up in bed. I shrunk into the shadow, scared he might find me. Kai climbed out of his bed, and ran out of the room.

His footsteps faded, and I ran to the guest room. I climbed on the side of the bunkbed, and reached up for David, who was sleeping. I held a finger to his nose, and for the second time in my memory I was transported.

I stood in a grassy meadow. David stood there, he seemed to be waiting for something.

"David!" I called. "I figured out my power! I can control peoples dreams!"

He didn't turn to me, but looked down at the grass. I frowned, and walked forward to him. I stuck my hand out to him, but it went through him, he shivered though. I pulled back, and watched him stand in the grass. Tears fell from his eyes. He was crying softly. "Who am I?" he asked himself.

"Who are we?" I echoed, and my voice reverberated around the meadow. David looked up quickly.

"Lewis?" he asked. "Are you here? Why won't you respond?"

"I'm here!" I shouted, David didn't look around. My voice echoed horribly around the meadow, distorting my words. "I'm not here… Not there…for…you."

"Why not?" David asked. "We're the only ones there for each other."

"I am!" I yelled. "I am here!" I ran over to the grass surrounding him. I moved it around, forming it into words: I am here!

David looked confused. He was weeping now, and looked away from the grass. I waved my hands madly in his face, knowing he couldn't see them. To my surprise, the dream went black. I could hear David shouting, calling for me. Somehow I could see him wondering through the dark, stumbling on air, his tears falling behind him.

I stood on the bed in the guest room, watching David sleep. Without hesitation I shook him hard, and climbed back into my own bed. I cleared my mind of thought, just in case David tried to see if I was asleep not.

"She was there, she's safe, stop freaking out!" Kai's voice drifted through the wall. "Just try and go back to sleep."

David woke with a snort and he sat up straight in bed. I closed my eyes as David's head appeared. He hung upside down, this time watching me.

"Lewis?" David asked. I didn't respond. He mumbled something about me being asleep. I didn't feel as much as knew he was reading my mind. I made myself think about the first thing that popped into my mind: some white animal covered in black spots. I thought about it standing in a field of grass, and it was eating the grass. It mooed, and I echoed the sound.

I heard David turn over in bed, and I stopped thinking about the weird animal. I felt guilty about what I did to David, he was my brother. There was this moment of clarity, I didn't know many of the people here- more then half of them in the room next to me.

I sat up in bed, and despite the nagging feeling of guilt, I smiled. I had a power to match David's.

I didn't fall asleep, but lay there smiling to myself. I wanted to do it again. I climbed out of the bed, and walked around the room.

The next morning, the four ninja woke up late, each tousle-haired and drowsy. Breakfast was made by Nya, who out of concern for the boys made them sit at the table. "Did you four sleep at all?" Nya asked when breakfast was served.

"Hardly." Kai responded. "Every time I dozed off, I'd have a nightmare."

"Me too." Jay said. Cole and Zane raised their hands in agreement.

"All night," Kai said. "I'd hear a voice calling my name...it was someone I knew, but not well. He'd talk to me and hold everything I loved and love out of my reach. For some reason, I kept getting chained up."

"In all four of my dreams, someone was laughing," Jay said. "It wasn't an evil laugh, but it was a laugh. I heard you, Kai. You said things that never should be repeated."

"Mine just played the same scene over and over and over again." Cole added, he seemed to be in a daze. "I was alone, you guys weren't there. I heard Sensei Wu's voice yelling at me about how I left you guys somewhere. He kept saying I had failed, that I wouldn't be needed as a ninja anymore." Everyone looked at Zane for his input, but he shook his head.

"I do not feel comfortable speaking about my experience," he said simply, before starting on his food.

The door opened and one of the little boys from the night before entered. He looked as tired as the boys, with dark shadows under his eyes. He looked around at them nervously, looking as if he wasn't supposed to be there.

"Morning," Jay yawned.

"Hey." David said quietly. "Do you guys sleep at night?"

"No," Kai said.

"At least not last night," Cole added.

"Come sit down," Nya said warmly. David cautiously sat next to Jay and Zane. "You can serve yourself." David looked around at the food.

"I'm not hungry," He said simply.

"Oh," Nya said. "Where's your brother?"

"Lewis was still in bed," David replied. "It looked as if he didn't get much sleep either. None of you look as if you slept."

"Well, point taken, but neither do you," Jay said. "Did you sleep?"

"A little." David answered vaguely.

"Nightmares?" Kai asked. David looked sharply at him. "I think that was a yes." David nodded.

"Well, I wasn't as much nightmares as strange dreams." David said.

The door opened, and Lewis entered. He was tousle-haired, and wide eyed, just like the rest. He stopped in the doorway, looking at all the faces looking at him.

"Morning, Lewis," Nya said.

"Morning," Lewis responded. Unknown to the older people in the room, David and Lewis held a secret conversation.

"What did you do last night, Lewis?" David asked. "I heard you, even if I didn't see you."

"I discovered my power." Lewis answered. "I can turn dreams into nightmares."

"So, you experimented on me and the four boys?" David asked. "Next time, can you leave me out of it? Also, did you dream about a white creature?"

"Possibly." Lewis said. "It was something I had dreamed before."

"What was it?"

"I don't know."

David laughed unexpectedly, causing everyone to look at him. He shrugged, and looked away, placing his head upon the table. The door across the hall opened, and Sensei Wu entered.

"Today, we start training." Sensei Wu said. The boys groaned, all of them looking at their half eaten breakfasts. "Not you, Lewis and David."

The boys looked confusedly at the smaller boys, who looked confusedly back at them.

"Come," Sensei Wu said. The two boys followed the man out of the room, and into the entrance to the Monastery. "You two have a lot to learn."

He moved over to the only thing in the room, a small golden statue. "Finish the course before I finish my tea, then we'll see if you've earned those powers."

The boys stared at the training course that popped out of the ground; missing Sensei Wu's reference to their "hidden" powers. They shot furtive glances at each other. Sensei Wu took out his tea, and before the boys had noticed, he had drunk it all.

"Fail." Sensei said putting down his cup. "Try again." This continued for some time, David and Lewis couldn't stay on the moving contraption. "Stop." Sensei said, downing his cup of tea. "You have made almost no progress in the past hour. You two don't seem to remember, but I suspect you've had training."

"What?" Lewis asked. Both boys stared at the old man. "What do you know?"

"Only what I suspect." Sensei Wu said.

"And what do you suspect?" David questioned.

"What I just told you. You two may leave, find the boys." The old man had walked inside before either of them had moved.

"Uh," Lewis said. "I think it might have escaped his notice that we didn't do anything bad to him."

"At least not yet," David said slyly. "If we have to continue like that…" His voice trailed away.

"Hey, you two," Lewis turned to see Kai walking toward them. "Sensei Wu said you two were done training for today."

"Hi, Kai," Lewis said.

"Uh, hi," Kai said. "You guys should come to play video games."

"What are video games?" David asked.

"You don't-" Kai frowned at him. "Okay, let's go."

Sensei Wu sat crossed legged in his room. A smoking candle stood in front of him, his eyes were closed. Sensei Wu saw a blond boy, chained to a metal bed, he was unconscious.

"He's there," a shockingly familiar voice said. "Is there anyway I shouldn't feel guilty about this?"

"I get it," another voice said. "He is like a brother to us."

"But, thanks to him we'll never know if he is or not."

"Griffon!" The first voice yelled. A door opened, and a man entered. He was hunched over, and covered in hair.

"Masters," Griffon said in a gravely voice.

"Please tell us again why you captured him?"

"You said one of the boys," Griffon responded. "He was alone and week."

"Not him!" the boy roared. "Any one of them except him."

"I do not see how he isn't as good as any of the others."

"You said it yourself, he's weak," the voice said. "It doesn't matter now, he'll be used."

"Shh," the voice said."He's coming around."

Sensei Wu jumped out of the vision, it hadn't happened yet. It was of the future. Sensei Wu knew those voice's, well, two of them. That scared him. They didn't seem the villain type, but then again neither did Garmadon. He needed to consult the spirit smoke again. Hours later, he had pieced together a story that will happen- no matter what he or others did.

And it starts with the two voices in the vision…the two boys sitting with the ninja.

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