Okay, I had no idea what to write in this chapter but thanks to my cousin it is here. I had an interesting first day in the U.S. I was getting a glass of tea and I didn't realize it was hot and took a sip. Burned my tongue and, to make it worse, my aunt's ringtone went off… It was 'burn baby burn.' My family laughed for five minutes straight. Talk about irony.

The room fell silent. The word seem to echo through the room: Brother. Zane had another sibling! Leah was first to react, her blue-green eyes sparkled. "ASH! I missed you soo much!"

Ash chuckled. "Me too, Leah. I haven't seen you since you were five."

"Ash, how are you here?" Zane said. Ash sighed and closed his blue eyes.

"I dreaded the moment I would have to tell you this. Zane, do you recall the ice incident?" Zane nodded.

"It was our last together." He whispered.

"Let me retell that day…"

Three years earlier

"Ash! Why do we have to pick up Leah? Why can't father do it?" I sighed and turned around to see my brother, Zane Julien, slipping on the ice.

"Father is working, remember?" Zane grunted when his blue cloak blew in his face. He pushed the cloth off his face and fell on his back. "Zane?! Are you okay?" I hurried over to him, feeling my sword thump against my leg.

"I'm fine. Ash, are you sure this ice is safe?" I pushed my white bangs out of my water blue eyes.

"Yeah, I walked on this ice a million times. It's safe." Zane frowned.

"The weather has been warm lately. I sense the ice will be thinning." I helped Zane to his feet and touched my sword. Father had told me to bring it in case of an emergency.

"Well, then let's hurry before it cracks. Look, I can see the town just over the rise." I took two steps then heard the ice creaking and I looked down to see cracks snaking to the surface. "Zane, slowly walk to me." I turned my head, not moving my legs. "On the count of three, push off the ground and I will throw you to safety. Then run as fast as you can. Got it?" Zane nodded, his blue eyes tearing and he approached my side.

"What about you?"

"I don't know." A tear rolled down Zane's cheek. "Don't cry. It will ruin those beautiful eyes I love." I put my hands on Zane's cheeks, trying hard to keep my voice from shaking. "If I don't make it, remember this. You're eyes are a gift, use them to watch for people in need. Be brave, brother, I will see you at the town." I lied, knowing what I had to do to save him. Zane wiped his eyes on his sleeve. "One." I grabbed Zane's shirt. "Two." I loosened by sword. "Three." I threw Zane across the ice and stuck my sword into a crack. Zane rolled with the impact and got to his feet. "GO BROTHER! BE STRONG FOR ME! TAKE CARE OF LEAH AND FATHER!" Zane's eyes widened when he realized what I was doing. "Goodbye brother." I whispered and plunged my silver sword deeper making the ice cave in. As I sunk to the bottom of the lake, I saw a figure swimming towards me, the figure grabbed my purple cloak and hauled me back to the surface. As I coughed up water saw my brother in the distance. I looked up and saw a pure white Arctic Wolf with golden eyes. "I'm dead." I whispered

"You are not dead. I am Lachlan. Don't be afraid, Ash Julien, it is destiny we have met." The wolf said in wolf-tongue, a series of barks and clicks of the tongue. "Hold out your hand, young one." I did as I told and watched him raise a paw the size of my hand. He slashed a cut on his nose with a black claw then slashed mine. The cut burned like it was on fire and I watched as Lachlan touched the palm of my hand with the bloodied claw. A tooth appeared in my hand. "You are my Master. Never part with this tooth, Lowell. We are one with the tooth."

"What about my bother? What do I tell him?" I said, surprised I could talk wolf-tongue. Lachlan growled and spoke again.

"You don't tell him anything. He cannot know you are alive until the time is right." I rubbed my thumb over the tooth. "The tooth has powers beyond knowledge of others. I am your guardian, you are my master. Your command is my order, Lowell. You shall be called Ash Lowell by others until we meet your brother again. Look in the water, Lowell." I looked and saw my nose was stained red with blood and my eyes were gold, like Lachlan's. But what startled me the most was my hair. It was covered in white flames.

Present

Ash bowed his head when he finished. "I hope you can forgive me, but Lachlan told me not to contact you in any kind."

"Ash, of course I forgive you. I always regretted running when you told me to, and Leah really missed you." Ash looked at Zane and smiled.

"Thank you." He said in his soft voice. The door burst open and a nurse rushed in with Kai behind her.

"Are you okay, Zane?"

"Yes, thank you for your concern. I have a question, though. Where is Leo?" The nurse opened her mouth to say something but a voice beat her to it.

"Right here." Leo said, coming in with a wheel chair. Leo grinned. "Does this look bad? I don't want to scare away people." Leo winked and saw Ash. "Hey, are you the guy we saved from the bank?" The nurse checked the machines, gave Zane some medicine, spoke to Lloyd then left.

"Yes, my name is Ash. Are you that person who flew out the window?"

"I didn't fly out the window, I was shoved out the window. Any road, what did I miss?"

"Ash is Zane's brother, Leah is here, and Kai is out of shape." Jay said. Kai was in the corner panting.

"We were… just in… a fire."

"But you are the fire ninja." Kai glared at Jay.

"Zane's a nindroid and yet he got hurt in the fire."

"Wait, nindroid? Zane, what is he talking about?" Zane sighed and put his face in the light, showing Ash his gears. "Y-You're a robot?"

"Nindroid to be precise."

"Okay. Is that a nindroid trait of something?" Ash gestured to Zane's glowing chest. Behind him, there were surprised gasps and two yelps. Leo and Dakota's chests were glowing too.

"MAKE IT STOP! MAKE IT STOP!" Leo yelled. A beam of light shot out of his glowing chest and connected with Ash, who fell to one knee. Two more beams of light connected with Ash from Zane and Dakota and Ash fell to the ground as his clothes changing to white and blue. The beams of light dispersed quickly leaving Ash wearing a gi. His gi was white on the hood fading into blue then black shoes with a snowflake on his back with the word snow written in purple. He sat up and clutched his head.

"'You'll know when the time is right. Your heart will show you.' Ash is the snow ninja!" Zane said, his eyes half closed.

"Zane? What's wrong?" Leah asked.

"It's just his medicine. It makes him tired." Lloyd said. Zane muttered something about being a potato in sunshine. "And a little loopy. The nurse said he will fall asleep soon. Would it be alright if you stayed here while we took Leah to get food?" Leah bounced out the door, dragging poor Dakota with.

"That's fine with me." Ash said, settling into a chair as Lloyd left. Ash looked at his brother, fast asleep. "So much has passed since we saw each other, brother." Ash touched the wolf tooth. Moments later an Artic Wolf materialized in front of him. "Lachlan, protect this one and his friends." Lachlan bowed his head and barked.

"I will protect them with my life Lowell." Lachlan's voice said in wolf-tongue. Ash looked at Lachlan.

"What does 'Lowell' mean?" Lachlan grunted, his gold eyes peering into Ash's.

"It means wolf cub."

If any of you are wondering how to pronounce the wolf's name, Lachlan, it is pronounced Lock-in. (it's Scottish) and Lowell is l OH-uh l.