Disclaimer: I do not own Ninjago. I also do not own "No Creo" by Shakira.
Chapter 4: Old Friends, New Friends
A/N Don't worry, the ninja are coming up! Also, when Lupe is human, I'll refer to her as Lupe, but when she's a wolf, she's Cuchilla. Just so no one gets confused.
Lupe's POV
"You were bit, we were born. Don't worry, in about two months you'll be able to turn whenever you want." Alejandro explained.
Just as I was about to respond, an older female voice rang out behind me.
"Peridot! It's been too long!" Peridot turned around to see a white she-wolf, and smiled.
"Well, if it isn't Wasima! True, it has been far too long." Peridot greeted her friend. "By the way, this is Lupe."
"Hi." I saw Wasima smile, then lean to whisper something in Peridot's ear.
"Hola. ¿Quien eres tu?" She asked, testing my Spanish. Thankfully, I had done my homework, and knew she was saying 'Who are you?'.
"Yo soy Lupe. ¿Tu?" I told her, 'I am Lupe. You?'
"Wasima. ¿De donde eres?" She asked, 'Where are you from?'
"Yo soy de del Underworld." I answered, 'I am from the Underworld.' Wasima looked surprised for a few moments, and then resumed her Spanish questions.
"¿Que te gusta?" She asked, 'What do you like?'
"A mí me gusta mi hermanas y hermano." I answered, 'I like my sisters and brother,'
"So, Lupe, what are you doing here if you're from the Underworld?" Wasima asked.
"Looking for my brother." I told the family my story. All were quiet and surprised while I spoke, but no one bore the look of disbelief.
"That's pretty cool." Acuzio commented when I finished.
A few days later, the four of us, Delicia, Alejandro, Acuzio, and I were great friends. We hunted together, slept in the same cave together, and even turned together. We came up with a few songs together as well. Songs were a very important part of moon wolf culture. But we just made songs for fun. Delicia was a great poet, but once she started, it was hard for her to stop.
While in human form, Delicia was around my height, with long, white hair that went down to her waist.
One night, we were just fooling around in human form when Acuzio came up with a catchy beat for a new song Delicia had written. They always made me sing it first, even though I insisted I wasn't that good.
"Took you long enough." Alejandro told his brother as Acuzio told us his tune.
"Shut up, Al. Anyway, anyone not in favor say 'I'," When no one spoke, he continued. "Alright, Lupe, you sing."
"What? Why me?" I asked.
"Because you're better at it than Al is." Acuzio told me.
"Plus I will never sing. I don't care how much anyone pays me." Delicia retorted.
"Fine, but only this one time." I surrendered. I grabbed the poem Delicia wrote and looked it over.
"Solo tu sabes bien quien soy
Y por eso es tuyo mi corazón
Solo tu doblas mi razón
Y por eso a donde tu quieras voy
No creo que el mar algún día
Pierda el sabor a sal
No creo en mi todavía
No creo en el azar
Solo creo en tu sonrisa azul
En tu mirada de cristal
En los besos que me das
Y en todo lo que digas
Solo tu sabes bien quien soy
Y por eso es tuyo mi corazón
Solo tu doblas mi razón
Y por eso a donde tu quieras voy
Si hablo demasiado
No dejes de lado
Que nadie mas te amara así
Como lo hago yo
No creo en Venus ni Marte
No creo en Carlos Marx
No creo en Jean Paul Sartre
No creo en Brian Weiss
Solo creo en tu sonrisa azul
En tu mirada de cristal
En los besos que me das
Y hablen lo que hablen
Solo tu sabes bien quien soy
Y por eso es tuyo mi corazón
Solo tu doblas mi razón
Y por eso a donde tu quieras voy
Si hablo demasiado
No dejes de lado
Que nadie mas te amará así
Como lo hago yo
Ay yo quiero ser tu firmamento
De tu boca una canción
De tus alas siempre ser el viento
Tu terrón de sal
Un rayo de sol
Que a donde que tú
Quieres que yo vaya voy
Que eres mi desliz, mi país feliz
Mi primavera
Mi escalera al cielo si
Por eso sigo aquí y camino
Contigo
A ti nunca podría decirte que no
Sólo tú sabes bien quien soy
Y por eso es tuyo mi corazón
Sólo tú doblas mi razón
Y por eso a donde tú quieras voy
Tu terrón de sal
Un rayo de sol
Que a donde digas que tú quieres
Que yo vaya voy
Eres mi desliz, mi país feliz
Mi primavera,
Mi escalera al cielo, si
Si hablo demasiado
No dejes de lado
Que nadie mas te amará así
Como lo hago"
"See? Told you you'd be better than us." Acuzio remarked.
"Shut up." I rolled my eyes.
"Hey, have you guys ever been to Ninjago City?" Alejandro asked.
"Well, you, Acuzio, and I haven't. Or else all three of us would have gone." Delicia stated.
"I haven't been there either." I said. "We should go there one day."
"Yeah, I agree." Acuzio said.
"Everyone, shush!" Alejandro quieted us. He turned into a wolf and lifted his ears, focusing on something. The three of us did the same and we heard humans, four males, talking amongst each other.
"Let's set up here." One said.
"Sure." The other three agreed.
"They're on our land!" Hissed Alejandro.
"I'll go find fire wood." A boy in black said. A red boy went with him, leaving a white and blue one behind.
Wait, I've seen the blue one before! I thought. It's the Blue Jay!
After a few minutes, the white boy and Blue Jay didn't move, so using ear flicks and nods, Delicia, Acuzio, Alejandro and I figured now would be the time to chase them away.
I volunteered silently to do the chasing, and my three friends agreed. I crept up on the boys, with Blue Jay's back to mine. Before I could react, Blue Jay turned around and smacked me.
With a growl, my thoughts blurred and the next thing I knew, I saw Blue Jay and Ice Boy examining his arm, which I then realized was a bleeding. I took off in the direction opposite of my shared den, least I drag the siblings into this. I turned human as I approached human territory, and came across a flying ship. I climbed up the anchor and ran to the deepest part of the ship. Otherwise known as the brig. I accidentally locked myself in a jail cell, but didn't think anything of it at the time.
Well hasn't this been a fun day?