Happy Monday, everyone! Before you start yelling at me on why I haven't posted since Friday, just let me tell you that I didn't warn you. Okay, so my weekend was very crappy, and I frankly couldn't find time to get on to post. And so, my apologies.
Thank you for all the reviews that you posted, they help me a lot. If you ever get tired of hearing me lecture about reviews, and how they're my motivation for writing this, sorry. I just get carried away...Enough of my random blabbing, let's get this show on the road!
As usual, I do not own Ninjago.
Chapter 8
Kai wandered into GameStop, searching for the newest Tomb Raider.
"Can I help you?" one of the employees asked him.
"Yeah," Kai said turning his head, "where is the…" he stopped and stared at the worker. His deep blue eyes widened, then went back to neutral. His name tag said 'Jay' on it.
"Let me guess," Jay said casually, leaning on the counter, "you've had a dream two nights in a row, both with a thunderous voice. The first dream you got a golden weapon and a dragon tattoo, and the most recent dream, which happened just last night, you saw my eyes along with three others, correct?" Kai nodded, stunned.
"How did you know?" he asked. Jay shrugged.
"I had the same dreams," he replied. "And we've been looking for you."
"We?" Jay nodded. A tall beach blond young man, probably around eighteen or nineteen years old, and another young man, this time with thick black hair who looked to be seventeen or eighteen, appeared.
"Prince Cole!" Kai gasped. He immediately started to kneel, but the prince stopped him by holding up his hand.
"I do want to act like a normal person for once," he said. Kai awkwardly stood back up.
"Cole, can we get a Wii?" an eight-year-old with honey blond hair and bright, emerald green eyes asked, holding the box.
"No," Cole said flatly.
"Can we get a PlayStation?"
"No."
"Can I get a Nintendo DS?"
"Lloyd! How many times do I have to tell you? No!"
"You never let me get anything!" Lloyd wailed. Cole glared at the ceiling without moving his head.
"I'm just reinforcing what Father says," the older prince said through clenched teeth. Lloyd pouted.
"Anyway, now that we're all here, what next?" Kai said, crossing his arms over his chest.
"We're missing the fifth," Zane objected.
"Emily," Cole sighed. "She specifically said that you three would have to come up to Wu's Manor. She didn't go into much detail. She just said that we would have to visit an old friend of her's, but he lives in the Forest of Shadows."
"Wait, you mean the forest where the sun barely touches the ground? The one where you can't tell day from night?" Jay said, standing straight up. Cole nodded.
"Should we meet here tomorrow at twelve?" Kai asked. "Because that should give us"-meaning himself, Jay, and Zane-"tonight and tomorrow morning to pack."
"Sounds good," Jay said. "My boss isn't going to be too pleased whenever I quit, because I'm the funny one, but he'll be okay. Now Henry, on the other hand, will break down and beg me not to go."
"I have a friend who can take over my position," Zane offered.
"Kyle, the manager at Super Lube, is going to be glad to hear that I quit," Kai stated, "but only because I'm better than him."
"Okay, so tomorrow at twelve, right?" Cole clarified. Jay, Zane, and Kai nodded. "Okay. Emily's going to be up the entire night cleaning. Don't ask why," he added.
"Wasn't going to," Kai, Zane, and Jay said together. After that, the four of them left GameStop.
Review, please! And, to make up for my absence, I'll post the next chapter right after I post this one. Happy, you guys?