A.N.
Bookkeeper2004: YEAH I DID,I've just finished the first book and I'm starting the second soon,if you liked that quote you'll most likely like this chapter's quote as well. Sorry about my rant... thanks for the review!
SteampunkWilson:I've already PM'd you,but for everyone else's benefit,Tomorrow is just pulling on strings and threading together a theory from his already HUGE bank of information he's collected over the past 6 months.
The whole thing with the mask is explained by Kyle during the conversation at the start of last chapter.
DG: I had a feeling it was you! No they're not SOG... kinda...I figured it was you because you referenced one of my favorite songs!
"At this point I should probably back up and explain what the heck was going on.
Only problem: I wasn't sure what the heck was going on."
Percy Jackson on the events of The Crown of Ptolemy,Demigods and Magicians
Liam's room,The Inconscient Apartment,New Ninjago City,Now
Liam tried his best to stop himself from screaming in shock by once again covering his mouth,this time with both hands. The mask,with nothing keeping it on his face,should have fallen off... But it didn't, the lime green ribbons tied themselves together in a neat bow on the back of his head. This did nothing to help Liam's freak out. And if that wasn't bad enough,the mirror began glowing the exact same colour as his eyes... Once the glowing hadd subsided and Liam was brave enough to risk a look in the mirror,the boy nearly screamed at the top of his lungs... Luckily he didn't,or else we wouldn't have a story. What Liam saw in the mirror was yet another unfamiliar reflection, only this time there was something more familiar about it than his normal reflection. The Boy in the mirror looked like something out of a fantasy novel, like the one in the assorted pile of things Rick had brought Liam when he had just moved in and was extremely bored. The Boy in the mirror was definitely NOT Liam, and yet he looked more like the amnesiac than Liam ever had. That idea frightened Liam a tiny bit.
The Boy in the mirror, if you could even call him a "boy" had a slightly outgrown bowl cut of what looked like pure gold hair,with grass green highlights. And if shorter hair wasn't enough, there was also the change of clothes. Liam's favorite pale green PJ's had been replaced with an almost biker style outfit. He had dark green jeans that had a ripped style, and in every hole in the material was a thinner piece of material that was light green. He had darker green biker styled boots with golden buckles. He also had a pale gold t-shirt with green patterens climbing up it from the bottom in a way that reminded Liam of putting a drop of food dye in water,but backwards. Over the top was a dark green leather jacket with diamond patterns on it, a few random diamonds were coloured gold or light green with a metallic material that shined when it caught the light. It'd be terrible for sneaking around in, came a nagging voice from the back of Liam's mind,And it makes me look like a serpentine. Liam frowned,where had that thought come from. His facial movement caused Liam to focus on what his face now looked like. Despite the fact that he still had the mask on,which seemed to be the origin of the entire outfit because it glowed slightly, his face had changed drastically, his skin was now a pale grey and his ears,which were now visable because of the lack of hair covering them, were slightly pointed at the top. And to top the whole look off he now had tusk like teeth pointing out from his mouth like a vampire (A.N. think Vampires fangs but stronger and slightly thicker.) Curious,Liam opened his mout and found that all of his teeth were sharp,but those two were the largest and the only ones capable of poking out of his mouth. Liam looked down at himself and realised that his reflection in the mirror was exactly what he currently looked like. Liam held out his hand,as if he were going to touch the mirror,but his hand froze when he saw his hand. It had a green fingerless leather glove on it. What was more surprising was the fact that his finger nails had thickened and grown into tiny claws. Liam sighed as he bought his hand back down to his side, he realises that nothing about his appearance could surprise him anymore. He should have known better than to jinx it, because as soon as he thought it,he caught site of something more surprising behind him... Were those...Wings?
Upon closer inspection,Liam found that yes,yes they were wings. They matched the whole theme of the look he had had thrust upon him, they were majestic and beautiful, dark green wings that reminded him of a bat...or a dragon. The voice at the back of his mind said. Liam didn't argue with it,in the past day he'd become more open-minded than ge expected. Every now and then his wings,because they were HIS,they were attached to his back,shimmered gold. Looking back at the mirror Liam saw no explanation for his impromptu makeover, the only thing there was a single sentence that simmered out of view before he could question it.
"You shall be known to the others as Power"
New Ninjago City, The Restaurant Sector,a few moments later
Liam was running along rooftops of extremerly tall buildings, really feeling like a superhero. When he came to a large gap between buildings due to a road or a alleyway, Liam spread his wings and glided to the next building. He was following a faint glow that had appeared seconds after the message had disappeared. It took him to a noodle place known as The Amber Serpent, he'd landed on the roof and made his way to a fire escape and peeped into the window.
"So,you're the one who's supposed to lead us?"
Liam turned around and looked up. Then he winced in pain,his wings had collided with the side of the building and were most likely grazed and bleeding. The orange haired girl with deep red highlights winced in sympathy and offered to take a look at his injury. They made their way to the roof and she patched him up. When Liam got a good look at her,he noticed her colour scheme seemed to be an all shades of orange and red martial arts fighter with purple detailing,she was missing any weapons,but she too had a mask. Her's looked like it was made from solid amber was framed with purple snakes. She caught him looking at her mask and said "I was told they'll know me as Amber,what about you?"
"Uhh... Power?" Liam said hesitantly,"and what did you mean by "you're supposed to lead us"?"
"We're the so called "Mask gang",you've been picked to lead us."
"Why me? Why do I have to be the leader,Amber? I didn't ask for this." Liam demanded
"Woah,woah,WOAH. Slow down,Power. You don't have to lead us right away. And it has to be you because you're the highest in command,"
"Says who? I've only just arrived and I never said I'll join"
"Kid,you've got no choice, and you're leader because your mask says so. The higher in command have animals as their masks,your second in command will be Fire,he's got a burning lion as his mask. Third in command is Earth,he's got a black and mud brown gorilla as his, I'm the bottom link in the chain of command, I've just got snakes on my mask,nothing more... Shadow,the link above me,who has a wolf mask of many shades of black and grey,never stops tormenting me for it. Anyway,you'd best come inside and meet your team... We'll help you get through this,Power,don't worry"
And with that Amber led Power inside.
A.N... I'm DONNNEEEE
Did ya like it?
Also,next chapter is going to take a while,so I was thinking,I could do a "chapter" of character descriptions because they're hard to fit into the story and so you'll get a better idea of what they look like.
So... Who was the newcomer?
And did you like what happened to Liam?
