Emotional scene at the end (to some). And, Jay Walker fans, Jay is one of my favorite ninja. You'll understand why I say this ;)
Everyone sat in the living room, staring at Zane after the shadow left. Ash took a deep breath. "Okay, that's not the creepiest thing I've seen. I've seen worse." Leo and Jay were playing punchies in the corner, Cole and Kai raised surprised eyebrows, Dakota, Lloyd, and Sensei just sat there. Lachlan appeared on the coffee table, his paw in a pile of Jay's chips.
"What the hell happened here? What am I standing on?" Lachlan lifted his paw and shook it. "Humans." He snorted and hopped off the table, landing in Jay's spilled Pepsi. "OH FOR THE LOVE OF- WHY IS THERE FOOD EVERYWHERE?!" Lachlan barked.
"Whoa, never heard your wolf use bad language before." Lachlan swung his head and growled at Kai.
"Just answer the questions. What the hell happened here?"
"Zane was having another fit and he just, passed out." Cole said, his arms crossed. Lachlan narrowed his eyes and sniffed Zane's chest.
"Lowell, I need a marigold flower." He looked at Dakota. "Can you get me a dragon scale?" Dakota nodded and ran out of the room. Lachlan looked at Lloyd. "I need you to give Zane a little of your power." Ash placed a flower at Lachlan's paws. Lachlan bent his head and sniffed the flower. "Good, now we just need a dragon scale and a little power." At that moment, Dakota rushed in with a yellow dragon scale.
"Oh my word. What happened to my son?" Dr. Julien touched Zane's cheek. Lachlan prodded Dr. Julien's leg with his paw.
"I need everyone to stand back." He turned to everyone in the room. "Before I do this, I warn you that there is a possibility whenever Zane gets mad, he might change into Zolt, his other side. Do you still want me to do this?"
"If it means saving our brother, then yes. But, will Dakota still have power over him?"
"No Master Cole. When I do this, he cannot be marked by anyone else because there will be a permanent mark. This is an Arctiod spell so it cannot be reversed, it is the same one I used on Lowell but I have to assign a different Arctiod to him so it will be a little different. " Lachlan turned and picked up the dragon scale in his teeth. He broke it and a green liquid fell onto the marigold flower. Lachlan set the scale aside and picked the flower up by its stem and placed it on Zane's chest. "Lloyd, I need some golden power. Place it on the flower." Lloyd put his hands in front of him and made a ball of golden energy then he knelt next to Zane.
"I hope this works." He muttered and placed the ball onto the flower. Zane's chest glowed gold and the sound of gears whirring filled the room. Zane blinked his eyes open and looked around. Jay and Leo finally gave up there game of punchies when Leo accidentally socked Jay in the jaw. "Haha, it worked. It actually worked." Lachlan bared his teeth at Lloyd.
"Of course it did. I'm an Arctiod. I have powers you can't believe. I will be back with Zane's Arctiod at noon." Lachlan disappeared.
"Excuse me. What worked? What happened to the room?" Zane sat up. In his hand, he had a wolf tooth tinted blue.
"You know, this is the most interesting day in our lives. Ooh, we should turn this into a movie!"
"SHUT UP JAY!" Everyone yelled.
"Or not." Jay mumbled. Cole broke a canvas picture over Jay's head. "Ow, Sensei why didn't you hit him with your bamboo?"
"You deserved it… and I hated that picture."
"Come on, Leo, let's go." Jay threw his arm around Ash's shoulders.
"I'm Ash."
"Your point?"
"That doesn't ev- Aw never mind." Ash face palmed.
"So, what happened?" Zane asked again.
"You are not going to believe this!" Leo grinned.
After informing Zane about what happened, cleaning the room, eating pizza, everyone went to bed for a few hours. The heroes woke to the smell of bacon and eggs. They drifted to the kitchen to see Zane at the stove with his usual pink apron. He turned around with a smile and a plate heaping with bacon. "Good morning everyone. Please sit, I woke early to make breakfast for everyone."
"You didn't have to do that." Lloyd said.
"Oh, I know. I'm making up for what I did yesterday." No one argued and they sat at the table. Jay leaned to Dakota and Leo.
"We love it whenever it's Zane's day to cook. You haven't lived until you've had his cooking." He whispered. Zane sat two plates on the table, bacon and eggs, and gave everyone their favorite drinks. Leah smiled at her brother and offered him a piece of bacon.
"It's fine, Leah. I have already eaten. Sensei, when do we start training the new ninja?"
"After your morning classes with your students. I believe Brad is already here." Nya grabbed a few pieces of bacon and rushed to her class.
"Leah, after you eat get your school uniform on." Dr. Julien told his daughter. Leah finished her food and put her plate in the sink then skipped out the door. Kai, Cole, Jay, and Zane went upstairs to change also. The three new ninja looked at Sensei and Dakota spoke up.
"Can we see what they teach?" Sensei nodded and the trio left the kitchen to see kids rushing around in the hallways, opening lockers to grab their books, and entering their classrooms. "Let's stop by Zane's class first." They found Zane dressed in a sweater and khakis writing on the chalk board. The three went to the back of the room and listened to Zane talk.
"Now, Jack, how many multiplication problems equal thirty six are in this equation?" Zane stood to one side and tapped his chalk near the problem.
"One." A boy with black hair said. Zane shook his head and turned back to the board.
"No, there is three. You take six times six to get thirty six." He wrote down the numbers as he said them. "You take three times twelve to get thirty six. And lastly you take eighteen times two." He turned around again with his hands behind his back. "Any questions?" A girl with long black hair and glasses raised her hand. "Yes."
"Is it true that you died yesterday?" Zane closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
"Where on Earth did you hear that ridiculous statement?"
"People are saying they saw Lloyd and a new guy bringing you into the school and you looked dead." Zane opened his eyes and looked around the room.
"Don't worry, students. All that matters is that I am here, teaching you."
"So, it is true?" Zane sighed again.
"I am not one to lie, yes it is true." The students all gasped at once. "Now that is out of the way, let's move on t- Oh, greetings. Didn't see you there. Students, this is Ash." He nodded at Ash to come to the front of the room. "He is the ninja of snow, and my brother." Ash waved at the students. "This is Dakota, the ninja of day." Dakota stood up and smiled. "And this is Leo, the ninja of night." Leo ran down the aisles and gave everyone high-fives. "Any questions?"
"How did you die? What did it feel like? Is it true you are a zombie? Why didn't we know about Ash until now? Do you have more powers since you died?" Zane gasped and leaned back against his desk, holding his head with one hand and the desk with the other.
"Zane?" The desk broke and splintered where Zane had his hand and Ash took Zane's shoulders. "Zane, don't let Zolt out. We need you to stay with us." Zane shook his head and took a deep breath.
"I am fine. Students, my apologies about that, I have not been well recently and I have a headache." The students nodded. "Students, you are dismissed." The class scooped up their belongings, handed Zane their homework, and, dragging the masters of Day and Night, went out the door. Zane looked at Ash. "Sorry about that. It's just that, there were too many questions and I-I jus-"
"It's fine Zane. After all you've been through, I can understand why you lost your cool."
"I-I am stressed because of what happened yesterday. I know what I said to you an- I'm so, so sorry Ash." Zane looked down, his eyes full of tears.
"Zane, don't worry about it, really. It is my fault for leaving you so you had a right to say those things." Zane closed his eyes briefly. "Just know this, brother. I will always protect you even at the cost of my life. No matter what, I will always be there for you." Zane gave Ash a hug and whispered in his ear.
"And I will be there for you always. Nothing can stop me from that, not even Drakel." A bark echoed through the school hallways and Zane chuckled softly. "I think Lachlan is here, and I sense another being with great power is with him."
"I still can't believe you have the sixth sense." Ash and Zane exited the classroom, not knowing it would possibly be their last time going through the doorway.
Yes, Zolt is his other side of Zane. I am super bummed because chapter 13 got deleted so now I have to write it all over again. On another note, Zane will be getting an Arctiod like Lachlan but with a different personality. Did anyone figure out why I mentioned Jay in the before-note? No? It was because he was getting slapped and pictured broke on his head. Oh and before I forget has anyone heard what happened in Ninjago Rebooted episode 34? I heard about it and let me just say one thing about it… *takes a calm breath* NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WHHHHHYYYYYY?! T_T
ANNND one last thing, the Favorite- Character Contest (FCC) is still on. If you forgot who to vote for, here is the list: Ninja group: Jay, Cole, Zane, Kai, Lloyd, Sensei Wu, and Nya. OCs group: Lachlan, Dakota, Leo, Ash, and Drakel Flim. Comment those answers and let's see which character in each group wins. MAY THE ODDS BE EVER IN YOUR FAVOR! This is zanejulien, faithful fan of ninjago's very own Nindroid, telling anyone who is viewing this: Go and make beautiful stories. Every one of you can be an author, you just have to believe in yourself. Let your imagination wander and write amazing stories. :)