Yay! Two chapters in one day! Think I'm on a roll, guys?
Disclaimer: I do not own Ninjago.
Chapter 3
"Where are the newest video games?" a bright-eyed boy asked him.
"Next to the X-Boxes," he replied.
"Okay! Thanks," and then the boy dashed off.
Sighing, he leaned against the counter.
"Jay! You're supposed to be happy, smiling, and cheery," his boss, Mr. Jennson, said.
"Sorry, sir," Jay replied while straightening up, "I didn't sleep well last night."
"Oh, okay." And then Mr. Jennson hurried off in another direction.
"How's life?" Henry, Jay's best pal, asked him.
"Honestly, it sucks," was Jay's grouchy reply.
"Dude, are you feeling alright?"
"If I was," Jay sighed, "then I would be cracking jokes and flirting with the girls. But, as it is, I didn't sleep enough."
"Really? Well that's a first," Henry said, "I thought you had gone over to visit your mom and dad."
"I did," Jay replied irritably, "but you know them. Talking, talking, talking. Blah, blah, blah. It goes on and on and on. Not cool."
"Well, you sure did inherit their talking ability," Henry said jokingly.
"Shut up!" Jay rounded on Henry. "I'm sick of people always saying that!"
Without waiting for an answer, Jay walked over to where Tomb Raider Anniversary was on and started playing it.
Jay walked through the hallway, going to Apartment 27. He walked past Apartment 23 on his way. The door slammed shut, but Jay didn't think of anything of it.
Jay got to his apartment, unlocked the door, and went inside. He didn't even bother turning on the light. He just went straight to the shower.
Every flash of bright lightning, every boom of the rolling thunder made Jay jump. He was so scared of thunderstorms that he burrowed underneath the covers, whimpering with fear. He pulled Mr. Bear, his teddy bear, close to him. After what felt like hours, he finally he fell asleep.
Whenever he opened his eyes, he opened his mouth to scream, but no sound came out. He was standing in the middle of this huge thunderstorm.
Rain lashed around him, but couldn't touch him. There was a flash of lightning. It was followed by a deafening boom of thunder.
Something cold suddenly appeared in his hands. Jay looked down to see what it was.
Pure golden nunchuks with sapphires. Wow. He also noticed what he was wearing: a blue twist-patterned sleeved shirt with matching blue patterned pants. A sash of black silk was tied around his waist.
"Jay," a voice that sounded a lot like thunder said, "you were chosen long ago to help the One battle the darkness."
"I don't know how to fight," Jay replied, feeling confused.
"Do not worry. You will have others to help you along this journey."
Jay opened his mouth to say something else, but he was brutally slammed back into his own body.
Have others to help me? Battle darkness? How on earth am I supposed to battle darkness?! Jay thought.
He looked around his room. He noticed a box on the foot of his bed. Curious, Jay pulled the box closer towards him. He lifted the lid off and gaped at what he saw: solid golden nunchuks, the exact ones that he had seen in his dream. He lifted them up, staring at them.
A sharp pain erupted like a volcano all over his back. He bit back a yowl of pain and surprise. He dropped his new nunchuks, pushed back the sheets, and ran to the bathroom, running into things because he was taking his shirt off.
He reached the bathroom and stared at what used to be bare skin. Covering his back, from his left shoulder to his right hip, was a blue dragon, as blue as Jay's eyes, outlined in black.
Puzzled, Jay pulled his shirt back on, and then went back to bed.
A dragon tattoo, golden nunchuks, and a very weird dream, Jay thought, how very strange.
Unlike the first time, he fell right to sleep.
Okay, I might as well say this now before I forget: the dragon tattoos are the exact shape and design, just different colors. So don't get confused on why I didn't continue saying the shape about the tattoos. Also, did you notice that the color of the sash in the dream is the color of the outline of the tattoo?
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