ON THE SECOND DAY OF JANUARY MY PARENTS GAVE TO ME
MORE TIME RESTRICTIONS ON MY INTERNET
So that's fun.
Review Replies(for both Forgotten and the one-shots):
AwesomeDisneyWolfChild: Awesome, isn't it? ;D
KRR: Hey remember back when you said somebody or other one of your OCs was depressed because he lost his boyfriend and you said "don't judge, he's gay"? That doesn't make any sense. The only reason I would judge him was because he was gay, so saying that is... pointless. Whatever. Hi Stan.
Angel: I ended up going with "Return of the Overlord", because the first book started with "return" as well. And the third will too.
Petal: Ohhhh, I thought you were talking about a song called Amnesia. But yep, that one you're talking about would make a good theme for Morro with memory loss.
Ghost Queen: *steals Morro's knives* There.
Maid of Evil: Bansha with sunglasses... lol.
Samantha: You sent two almost identical reviews... and I came up with a title of my own before I saw any of the suggestions in the reviews. Both your suggestions were good, though. :) Do my emojis unnerve you? Sorry.
Leb: Your reviews always make me laugh... most of the time for me it's just two sides of my brain fighting, not three. xD Thanks for the tip about nerf guns. I don't think I'll really need to buy one, since most of my nerf gun fights take place at my church's youth group, and they have a bunch of nerf guns there that people share. I should probably get one anyway. My younger brother has a way better one than me and he keeps beating me in our occasional fight. I don't have a sword, but I do have a pair of nunchucks! Don't fight me or I'll hit you with them. *evil laugh* Yesssssss... school stinks. :P WHY IS MATH IMPORTANT?! That's a great account name, yep. ^ ^ I wish I had some magazines. xD I usually get in trouble when I roughhouse with my siblings, unfortunately. :P When I run out of ammo, I usually hide behind a wall or some sort of shelter until my opponent gets closer. Then I whack then with my bow or gun. lol.
Windy: Yeah. That last chapter was fun to write cause everyone's happy. ^ ^ My brother got a fortune cookie once where the fortune said "Help! I'm trapped in a fortune cookie factory!" and I was like, "WE GOTTA RESCUE COLE!" That's gotta be the funniest fortune I've ever seen. And yes, the New Year's one shot was so cute. It was nice to write something where they're not imminent danger. Staying up is no problem for me either, it's SLEEPING that's difficult. I rarely fall asleep before 1:00 AM these days... oy. You have an email? YAY! My prayers have been answered! You can find my email address on my profile. Well, my work email. I have a personal one that I can email you via my work account. :) I'm glad you like Mordigo so much. Your supportiveness of me makes me happy. Love you!
Ruby: Okie dokie.
Final chapter.
Chapter 8
Sensei Wu stood in the doorway of the Monastery's training room with his hands clasped behind his back. It was the third day since Lloyd and the others had left. They were a day late. He hoped they were alright. In the center of the room, Clouse was summoning the daily portal. The rest of the room watched in tense silence, all of them (except maybe Tara) hoping that the adventurers would emerge. Once the portal was complete, Clouse stepped away, his fists clenched as he tried to keep the portal stable. They had fifteen seconds before Clouse would close the portal. Twelve. Ten. Seven. Suddenly, Jay tumbled out of the portal, landing on his back on the floor. Moments later, Kai followed. Then Indigo. Then, to everyone's relief, Morro. Lloyd was the last one out, just in time as Clouse let the portal close.
"I hate going through portals." Kai muttered as he sat up.
"Good to see you're all safe. Especially you, Morro." Wu said with a smile as the five got to their feet. Morro nodded, smiling back.
"Sorry we're late." Jay spoke up. "We kinda got captured by evil ghosts and Morro was working with then 'cause he lost his memory and we-"
"Morro lost his memory?" Nya asked in surprise.
"Yeah. He has it back now, though." Kai answered her question. "It's kinda a long story."
"And before we tell it, could we have something to eat? I'm starving." Jay complained.
"Sure." Zane nodded. "You can tell us over dinner."
Forgotten
"That went incredibly well." Soul Archer muttered sarcastically, pacing back and forth in his office.
"I'm sorry I couldn't stop them, sir." Bansha spoke up from the other side of the room. "But they took out the rest of my men. There were five of them and only one of me."
"It's too bad Ghoultar and I weren't here to help." Wrayth mused. "Then we would have had a much higher chance of winning."
"Yes. What did Chen want you for, anyway? What was so important that he needed two of my best warriors to escort it?" Soul Archer paused his pacing to glare at the chain master.
"Ghoultar's bringing it here now." Wrayth replied. "He'll be here any moment. He was supposed to have been here already." A few moments later, there was a knock on the door, and, at Soul Archer's order to enter, a foot soldier opened it and stepped out of the way. Then Bansha gasped as Ghoultar stepped into the room. In the scythe master's hands was a tray of some sort of dark purple slime, but that wasn't what had surprised her. It was that Ghoultar's entire body was gray. Except for his eyes, which were glowing bright purple.
"Dark Matter." Wrayth gestured to the slime, his words snapping Bansha out of her thoughts. "If you touch it, that happens to you."
"...do you just change color, or does it actually do something useful?" Soul Archer asked after a moment.
"It... changes you. Anything the Overlord wants, you do too." the chain-wielding ghost explained. "It should be an effective tool against the ninja."
"Hmm, wouldn't that be nice?" Soul Archer smirked. "To have the ninja working for us."
"Sir..." Wrayth hesitated. "I don't trust the Overlord."
"You met him?" Bansha asked in surprise.
"Yes. He looks... evil."
"So do we." Soul Archer pointed out.
"He looks worse. Anyway, I don't think that he'll have anything to do with us once he takes over Ninjago. He might just kill us all once he has the power."
"He can't kill us. We're ghosts. Besides, we don't want to rule. All we want is to be free of the Cursed Realm. He wouldn't deny us that, would he?"
"I don't know." Wrayth shook his head. "There's no telling what he would do."
"Sir..." Bansha spoke up. "Is the Cursed Realm really that bad? Is it worth helping the Overlord to escape it?"
"Of course." Soul Archer glared at her. "What are you saying? Do you not support our plans?"
"I don't really have a choice, do I?" she shrugged. "Never mind. But, if it's alright with you, I would rather not be turned into... that." she gestured to Ghoultar, who glared at her silently.
"That's fine with me." Soul Archer nodded absently. "Where's Chen?"
"On his way." Wrayth supplied.
"Good. Once he gets here, he can tell us how to get more of this... Dark Matter."
DUN DUN DUUUUUUN! OH THE CLIFFHANGERS!
So, I've got some news. For starters, my parents are going to turn the laptop I usually write on into a desktop. They're putting it on a desk and plugging it into the wall and saying we can't move it. And because of my "rampant desire for privacy" as my mom puts it, I will not be able to write as much due to the fact that the place they're putting it is directly next to another computer (the one I'm on right now) so the person working on the real desktop computer will be able to see my screen easily. Secondly, school break is over. Which means less time to write. My dad's going back to work, though, so updates might actually speed up until they turn my laptop INTO A DESKTOP. Thirdly, I will be starting RttCR's sequel, Return of the Overlord, sometime later this month after Season 6 is finished. I want to add some elements from that season into it. And yes, you can expect to see Nadakhan. Fourthly, if you haven't already noticed, Season 6 of Ninjago started! Two episodes in and I already hate Nadakhan's guts. Oh well. I'll be trying to catch up on one-shots over the next couple of weeks, so expect to see more of those. And I might even someday update Despair! Wow! Okay. Bye.
~FFF