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Chapter 12
Emily stormed across the prince's chambers and plucked the scroll out of his grasp. Kai watched as the maid tucked the scroll into a pocket that was on her skirt.
"In case you didn't catch it earlier, dinner is ready," she said, her voice still hard and as cold and brittle as ice. She wheeled around and stomped out of the room.
"I'm not hungry!" Lloyd's wail echoed up the hallway. Kai and the three others peered out the door. Emily was dragging Lloyd by the back of his collar.
"I don't care," Emily snapped, "you're going to eat, no arguing." Kai turned and looked at Cole.
"Something tells me that that scroll contains a lot of importance," Kai said as Cole took the lead and started walking down the hallway.
"Yeah," Jay agreed, "why else would she act the way she did?"
"Emily is a mystery," Cole said after a few moments of silence. "I've known her for eight years, and I still don't get her. She's like a puzzle. You think that you've got it figured out, and then you realize that a few pieces are in the wrong spot, and then you have to redo the entire thing." He shook his head. Kai felt his eyebrow start to lift upwards.
"Is that breaded chicken I smell?" Jay said. "With green beans and mashed potatoes?" Kai took a deep breath in through his noise, and he did too smell breaded chicken. His stomach growled hungrily. After turning multiple times, the four men reached the large dining hall.
Lloyd was already seated and eating, although he didn't look happy about it. Kai gave the kid a sympathetic look. He remembered the days whenever he and Nya stuck their noses in the air whenever they didn't want to eat. That was before their parents had been killed by some kid texting and driving.
They ate in silence, which was probably not the best way to begin the stay at the castle. Lloyd was the first one to leave, saying that he had things to do. It was just the four men with one quiet and very mad maid.
If Emily hadn't suddenly got mad, it wouldn't be quiet, Kai thought as he ripped the chicken with his fork and knife. Across the way, Jay's right cheek twitched, as if he too was thinking what Kai was. After a long silence, Emily finally broke it.
"That scroll," she began, "contains the most ancient prophecy in all of Ninjago. It's because of that prophecy that we're here." The four men looked at her with interest.
"It explains how one person will fight the Dark Lord," she continued, "and that five chosen people will train the one. The tattoos and the golden weapons are only the beginning of the end." She turned and walked away, leaving the four in a puzzled silence.
"What the heck was that supposed to mean?" Jay asked no one in particular. Kai shrugged; he was equally confused. He noticed that Zane was frowning in concentration.
"'The beginning of the end,'" he murmured under his breath. "What will happen if the One fails?" He left and disappeared into the hallway. Cole, Kai, and Jay gave each other questioning looks before going to their own sleeping quarters.
Okay, so at least now we know what's in the scroll. What do you think Emily's words mean? Suggestions, anyone?
Until next time, guys.
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