Frostbite
Chapter 1
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Present day...
Lloyd's p.o.v
"Where are you going?" Zane called out as I started to walk out the door.
"On a walk," I answered.
"Walk? You never go for walks," Mom said, coming from the kitchen. "Something wrong?"
"No," I said. "It just looks nice outside."
Mom raised an eyebrow. "Are you sure?"
"Yes," I said a little too quickly.
She paused as if she wanted to say something else, but then she just gave a slight smile and said, "Alright. Be back by dinner." I nodded and went out the door.
Ok, so maybe I was lying. Ever since my dad was sent to the Cursed Realm, things had been...difficult, to say the least. Both my mom and I had taken Dad leaving really hard. Every so often, I would find my mom crying in her room, and I'd be lying if I said I hadn't cried once or twice. Yeah, I knew his sacrifice prevented what might have been certain doom, but that still didn't take the sting away. Him leaving left a pretty deep hole in my life.
I tried concentrating on all the good things that were happening. Zane and Cyrus Borg were working on a new body for P.I.X.A.L so now she and Zane could be back together. Jay, Nya, and Cole had (thank God) finally saw how stupid the whole love-triangle was and ended it. My mom had bought a house that we all currently lived in, so I finally got my own room. The only thing that wasn't so good was Skylar. Ever since the tournament, the other elemental masters hadn't totally forgiven her for helping with Chen's plan. Whenever she was around they would always look at her like she was some kind of bug that flew into the room. No one aside from me and my friends could stand her, and the worst part of it was that she knew exactly what they thought of her. She didn't really talk much or go out in public. Kai tried coaxing her out a few times, but he was unsuccessful. She just wouldn't come out of her shell.
Anyway, I started down a path that went into the forest near where the Bounty was stationed. It was a pretty forest, so I just let my eyes drift around the scenery. Spring had come, making everything green. I had a feeling that if I stood still, I would be practically invisible. All was quiet...until-
"ROOOAAARRR!"
"Is that all you've got, ya overgrown worm?!"
I snapped back into focus. Some one was in trouble! I ran towards the commotion.
I was nearly there when the ground beneath me disappeared. I fell down a hill, rolling and tumbling until I hit a log at the bottom. "Ow," I groaned while rubbing my head. I turned to the right, and what I saw nearly made me scream.
It was a huge snake (as if I haven't seen enough of THOSE in my life). It's scales were a copper color with a black streak running down its back. But the thing that set it apart from the Great Devourer and Clouse's snake was that it had nine heads! Each of the heads had two long fangs coming out of the mouth and piercing red eyes.
One of the heads was thrashing around violently while the rest were nipping at something on the head. I couldn't make out what it was...that is, until it was sent flying straight at me!
"OH, CRAP!" was all I could say before impact was made and I was sent flying backwards until I hit a tree. Once again, I groaned and rubbed my head. That's when I finally what-or in this case who- was fighting the snake.
It was a girl around seventeen or eighteen, and she had light blond hair with a blue streak that was tucked in a long braid that stopped at her waist. Messy bangs covered her eyebrows. She had a spray of freckles on her nose and was dressed in a plain white T-shirt and shorts. She was extremely tiny, probably only 4'11 or maybe even less. She carried a silver bow and a quiver filled with arrows. A sword sheath was on her back. I couldn't see what color her eyes were because they were closed. She was, like me, groaning and rubbing her head.
"Hey, are you-" I started. Then, she opened her eyes, and I suddenly couldn't find my voice.
They were extremely pretty; ice-blue with specks of indigo in them. I looked into them, and they seemed to stop me from thinking. She tilted her head a little, and they glittered like sapphires. I probably would have been there for the rest of the day, staring into them and trying to remember where I was, but then the girl gave me a half-concerned, half-weirded out look and said, "Hey, buddy, are you okay?"
That jarred me back into reality. I realized that I was staring stupidly at her. Immediately, my face turned beet-red and I stood up. Unfortunately, I didn't realize that she was sitting on me, so she ended up getting knocked to the ground.
"What was that for?!" she exclaimed angrily while picking herself up.
My face turned even redder. "I'm so sorry! It was an accident! I didn't mean-"
"ROOOAAARRR!" I heard again. All the heads lunged down at us. The girl and I dodged out of the way, leaving the heads in the stuck in the ground.
"Ha! You missed!" I taunted.
"That wasn't the attack," the girl said. Unfortunately, she was right.
All heads came up from the ground, each with a huge hunk of rock in their mouths. "RUN!" she screamed. We both dove behind a log as the rocks came crashing down.
"Alright, I'm giving you one more chance to stop, then I bring out the heavy artillery!" the girl yelled. For that, she got tree trunk flung at her. "Suit yourself!" She stuck two fingers in her mouth and gave a shrill three-note whistle. And...nothing happened.
"What was that supposed to do?!" I yelled.
"Wait for it," she said. We kept dodging the heads that kept snapping at us. Still nothing happened.
"Wait for it," she called from the shelves of rock she was pinned against while fighting two heads.
"STILL WAITING!" I yelled while shooting green energy at another head. It didn't really help much. In fact, nothing we did seemed to do anything aside from annoy it.
"WAIT LONGER!" she screamed back. As soon as she said that, the snake's tail came around behind her and sent her flying, once again, into me. This time, however, the tail wrapped us in a coil.
"Is this what we were waiting for?!" I growled. "Cause if it is, that was a terrible solution."
"It still hasn't come yet," she said behind grit teeth.
"Whatever it is, it better come soon, because-" I was cut off by the coils starting to tighten. "Yeah, that."
The girl started struggling to get out, but it only got tighter. I nudged her foot. "Don't you know anything about getting out of a coil?" I said. "The more you struggle, the worse it-"
I was cut off by a huge blast of purple light hitting the snake. It roared and uncoiled, and we dropped to the ground. Another blast hit the snake, causing one of its heads to get stuck between the shelves of rock.
"What-was-THAT?!" I exclaimed.
"What we were waiting for," the girl said. She gave another whistle. "Anubis! Over here, buddy!"
Out of the trees, a dragon came bounding out. It was rather small compared to other dragons, maybe only 20 feet long, and it had flashing dark purple scales with a splash of gold on the end of its tail and gleaming yellow eyes. It obviously belong to the girl, due to the saddle on its back. I watched in silence as she started scratching it under its chin and saying 'who's a good boy' over and over.
"You had a dragon this whole time?" I questioned.
"Yep, " she said.
"...WHY DIDN'T YOU USE THAT FIRST?!"
"Because reasons!" She got on the dragon and motioned for me to follow. "Hop on."
"Uh, no offense," I said, "but frankly, it's not wise to take rides from strangers, and I've never met any one stranger than you."
She gave me an annoyed look. "First of all, that pun was horrible," she said. "Second, it's either this giant reptile," she lightly pat her dragon, "or that one." She pointed to the snake just as it finally got its head out of the rock.
I didn't need any more convincing. "LET ME ON!" I yelped. I grabbed her hand, and just like that, we were up in the air. We were still close to the snake, but far enough so it couldn't get us. I saw the girl grabbing an arrow from her quiver.
"Uh, is that really gonna do anything against that thing?" I asked.
"It will. Just trust," she said. "By the way, there's a pack behind you, do you think you can get it for me?"
"Why?"
"Just. GET IT."
Exasperated, I reached behind me and grabbed a small brown pack. After I handed it to her, she started rummaging through it.
"Let's see, flashlight, headphones, dagger, pack of Oreos, compass, cell phone, water bottle,Rachel's Pikachu plushie- so THAT'S where it went- rubber band ball, Twilight book I was gonna blow up-Ah! There it is!"
She pulled out a small vial of bright blue liquid and dipped the arrowhead in it. She started notching the arrow into her bow.
"I REALLY don't think that one puny little arrow is gonna do anything!" I said.
She pulled back the bowstring. "You know, you're really starting to irritate me now," she responded. She aimed carefully, and a minute later, she let her arrow fly.
It hit it right underneath its chin. Immediately, blue vapor starting coming from the snake. It started growing smaller as it slithered around trying to figure out what was happening.
"What did you do?!" I said as we landed.
"I won," she responded.
"You're insane!"
"I take that as a compliment."
The blue vapor finally stopped. What was left was the snake, still the same, except now it was only about 3 feet long. All nine heads stared in fear at the girl, who was walking straight towards it. She got on one knee and crouched down to its eye level.
"Scat."
Immediately, the snake hissed and slithered away as fast it could. The girl watched with a smug look on her face. "Good riddance!" she exclaimed.
"Hey!" I called. She turned her head around. "What the heck was that-OOF!"
I was knocked to the ground by the dragon, who now sat on me, preventing me from moving. "Hey!" I yelled. "Get off of me, ya oversized lizard!"
It growled and swatted my head with its tail. "What was that for?!" I said.
"He doesn't like being called a lizard," a voice said above me. I stared up, and there was the girl, who was biting her cheek to keep from laughing at my predicament. I frowned at her.
"Stop laughing," I said.
"I'm not laughing," she said, the goofy grin on her face growing bigger.
"You want to!"
"No, I-" She snickered. "Okay, I do!" She started laughing. "I'm sorry!"
"You're not sorry!"
"I KNOW, BUT I'M ACTING LIKE IT!"
I watched in annoyance as she laughed harder. "Okay, okay, I get it. It's hilarious," I said. "Now that you've had a good laugh, could you PLEASE get your dragon off me?"
She stopped laughing, but she kept her grin. "Anubis, off."
Anubis (I guessed that's was his name was) got off me, but he snarled at me as he walked back to his owner. I got the impression that he didn't like me.
The girl helped me up. "Are you okay? Are you hurt in any way?" she asked.
"I'm fine," I said. Huh, I thought. I guess she isn't all crazy after all.
"Then WHAT THE HECK WHERE YOU DOING?!" She yelled while shaking me.
Or maybe she is.
"What was I doing?!" I yelled back. "What were YOU doing?! Going after a giant snake-"
"Xiangliu."
I blinked. "What?"
"It's called a xiangliu," she said.
"Xiangliu, snake- WHO CARES?! What I'm trying to say is that what did back there was completely crazy and dangerous, and you shouldn't have done it!"
The girl narrowed her eyes at me. "Oh, I get it," she said. "Just cause I'm not one of your ninja pals, I can't fend for myself. I see how it is."
"That's not what I was-wait, you know who I am?" I said.
She rolled her eyes. "Everyone knows who you are, Lloyd Garmadon," she said. "Last time I checked, when you save Ninjago several times over, people are sure to have heard of you at least once."
"Well, yeah, but...you..didn't fangirl," I said.
She gave an offended look and said something that sounded like And I thought the red one had the big ego. "Okay, look, I appreciate all you've done for everyone. Not a lot of people can do what you've done or be nearly as brave. HOWEVER, I'm not going to swoon and squeal over a guy I haven't even met just because you're famous!"
I was a bit stupefied when she said that, but not in a bad way. In a good way. You see, the thing with girls is that most of time, they only dote on me for no other reason than that I'm the Green Ninja. Sure, Mom, Nya, Skylar, and P. .L didn't act like that, but Mom and Nya knew me beforehand, Skylar had just now been convinced that we were her friends, and P.I.X.A.L...well, something told me it wouldn't really matter to her anyway. So, to come across a girl who treated me like me, and not just "the Green Ninja", was extremely rare. All previous feelings of dislike for her seemed to disappear, and I immediately started to like her.
"HEY, ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME?!" she yelled.
"Huh?" I had gone back to the same stupid stare I had before, completely zoning out for a minute, not realizing she was talking. "Oh. Umm...could you repeat that?" I said sheepishly.
She glared at me. "Well, this is disappointing. At first I thought you were kind of nice and that maybe you weren't as shallow as I thought you would be-"
"Shallow?!" I was slightly offended. "I'm not shallow!"
"Oh really?" She said sarcastically.
"Look, I'm sorry if I came off like that," I said. "It's just every other girl I've met has acted that way, and having a girl who doesn't think that way is...relieving."
Her expression softened a bit. "You...DON'T like it when girls swoon over you?" she questioned.
"Heck no!" I said. "Do you know how annoying it is? It's always 'Notice me, Green Ninja!' and 'Please be my boyfriend, Green Ninja!' and 'Green Ninja' this and 'Green Ninja' that!"
"'Oh, Green Ninja, I know you have a restraining order on me, but I know deep down you want me!'" the girl joked.
I stifled a laugh at that. "You know, I actually had to do that once," I said.
She started laughing again. "Really?" she asked.
I nodded my head. "The funniest part of it was she violated it in under an hour." That made her laugh harder, and I joined in with her. Pretty soon, we were both on the ground laughing our heads off. We probably looked stupid, but I didn't really care.
After a few minutes, we finally stopped laughing. "You know," I said while standing up, "I think we got off on the wrong foot. How about we start over?"
"I think that's a great idea," she said. "I'm Keyonee." She stuck her hand out. "Keyonee Furosto."
"Lloyd. Lloyd Garmadon," I responded back, and I took her hand into mine. It was slightly cold, but incredibly soft.
"But I'm still kind of weirded out by the fact you never come to Sanctuary Village," Keyonee said. "Why is that?"
I stared blankly at her. "Never come where now?"
"Sanctuary Village?" she pressed. "Village right next to the river? Home of elementals?" I shook my head. From all I knew, the village she was talking about had never existed. "You've never heard of Sanctuary Village?!"
She gave a experated look. "Well, that explains a lot."
"But, just wondering, what do you mean by 'home of elementals'?"
She broke into a huge grin. "I can show you!" She started walking to the left side of her. "Anubis, let's go home!" Anubis, who had been laying quietly on the edge of the clearing, got up to follow her, but not before growling at me again.
"Anubis, be nice," she scolded. She gestured me to follow. "C'mon! It's only 5 minutes away."
I decided that it couldn't hurt to be a little late for dinner and jogged up to her side. Her smile broadened. I couldn't help but think how much nicer she looked when she smiled. I felt blood rush to my face.
Was I...blushing?
Oooooh, sounds like Lloyd has himself a little crush!
Question of the chapter: What all do you think is gonna be in the village?
Again, sorry I didn't update like I promised. This summer was just really busy! I promise though, this time, I won't slack!
I love you guys so much! You're all just so awesome! Like, seriously, sometimes I wish I could jump through the screen and just give you all cookies! (Dj! Where are the cookies?!)
I'm Sunnyonminecraft! Until the next chapter!