Chapter 33: Story Time! Pt 2
(Crystal's POV)
I was in the kitchen making snacks as dad played video games. I could over hear the guys talking. "He's not even playing the game right. He's just shooting and destroying things," Kai said. "I noticed when he's not trying to create Ninjago in his own image, he's actually quit fascinating," Zane said. I giggled; glad he can accept another side to my dad. "Sure, four arms are freakish but all in all he isn't that bad," Cole said. Of course he might just be saying that because that's his future father-in-law. "He might have pulled the wool over all your eyes, but not me," Oh Kai! Dad's here for Lloyd. I agree it's not always so great. Like when me and Zane… (HORAY ANOTHER STORY!)
I was hanging some laundry on the clothes line out on deck when Zane came up behind me. "Hello Crystal," he said. "Hello Zane," I said smiling "what are you doing out here?" He wrapped his arms around my waist and hugged me. "I wanted us to be alone," he said softly. I giggled, "Well isn't that sweet." He nuzzled my neck with the top of his head and I purred like a cat. I turned around with my eyes closed and pulled him by his collar to my face, but then he was gone. I opened my eyes to see him on the ground. His suit was pinned with daggers to the wood. "What the…," I turned around to see my dad hanging sheets on the line. "DADDY!" I yelled. "Hi sweetheart!" he said waving to me. "UHGH!" I unpinned Zane and left for the kitchen instead.
I giggled thinking of how he's kept keeping us all as far apart as possible. I want to kiss Zane really bad, but it's not every day your dad, the Dark Lord, get's to spend time with you like a normal family. I topped off the banana pudding with whipped cream and frosted the cupcakes with chocolate, strawberry, and white icing. I heard the oven chime and went to take out the apricot tarts I made. I placed a mint leaf on each one and placed everything onto trays. I pulled out the fresh lemonade I made and started to carry in the two trays, one with cupcakes and pudding and the other held tarts and lemonade. "Who wants some snacks?" I said smiling as I walked into the room. Cole's eyes went to the cupcakes as set down the trays on the coffee table in the room. "I made banana pudding, apricot tarts, cupcakes, and fresh lemonade," I said picking up a tart. I watched as the guys each eyed the variety of desserts. I sat on the couch next to my dad as he reached over and took a cupcake from the tray. The guys slowly came in and picked a dessert. Zane tried a tart, Jay picked pudding, and Kai and Cole chose a cupcake. I watched all the others, including dad, bite into their desserts and their eyes lit up. "OH… MY… GOSH!" Jay yelled scooping more pudding into his mouth. "How did you learn to cook this good?" Kai said gobbling down his cupcake. "I learned when I was a kid with my sisters," I said biting my tart "we would cook as a family." I saw my dad look a bit softer as he remembered those days. "There was this one time that the baking went really wrong," I said smiling. Dad's face went rock hard. "Tell us!" Cole shouted. "No, no," Dad tried to argue, but I told the story anyway. "Me and the girls were baking with…"
The trio was in the kitchen. They were just 7 years old and loved baking with their mom and dad. They carried bowls, spoons, and ingredients to the countertop while their dad got the recipe. "Come on dad!" Ally yelled "I wanna make cookies!" She was bouncing up and down wanting chocolate chip cookies. "Daddy! I wanna squish the dough!" Crystal yelled, her pigtails flying up and down. "And I want to put them on the tray!" Mag yelled nearly being air born for a full minute. "Calm down," their dad said smiling "you'll all get to do what you want, but we have to get started first." They mixed the dough and added the chips, stirring until it was a big gooey glob. The girls were bouncing up and down until they saw their mom walking in quietly. She put her finger to her mouth as the girls giggled. They watched their mom slowly sneak up behind their dad as he mixed the dough with their hands. Their mom slowly went up to their dad's back and quickly wrapped her arms around his body. "Guess who!" she yelled. Unfortunately, their dad was so surprised he yelled and threw the dough in the air. The dough spun up in the air and landed directly on their mom's head. The girls couldn't hold it in and started laughing like crazy until they were red in the face.
"OH! OH MY SIDES!" Kai tried to breathe as he rolled on the floor laughing. Him, Jay, and Cole all were on the floor as I finished the story. Zane stood trying his best not to laugh at the story, but even with his funny switch off he knew it was hilarious. Dad was mumbling under his breath. My best guess, he's cursing the guys and swearing he'll kill them. "Trust me guys," I said "every family has its stories." I got up from the couch to prepare dinner. "I have to make dinner. And don't ask me what it is, it's a surprise dinner." I walked into the kitchen to prepare dinner.
(Lord Garmadon's POV)
It was dinner. Crystal was supposed to be cooking something special. I don't know what. I was seated next to Crystal's empty seat and Ally. I noticed the awkward silence over the table. I at least had to try to act like a father. "So," I said "what exactly have you been doing lately?" Ally was the first to respond, "Well, Crystal reversed the story on a fangpire. She was the one to bite his neck." "What?" I said. "After the serpentine kidnapped us, Lloyd, and Molly they knocked us girls unconscious. When Crystal woke up she saw Lloyd's face was scratched," she stopped to drink water from her glass "well, we were all still knocked out, so Crystal asked where he got the scratch. He said one of the snakes had done it while putting him in the cage. So she has him cover his ears and screams to the top of her lungs for Pythor. When all the snakes gathered to see her yelling, she had Lloyd point the one that scratched out. He turns around and puts his hands to his ears, and she gets the fangpire to come to her. When he got close, she strangled him, kneed him in the stomach, bit him, and head butted him. He passed out right there on the ground." Ally started to laugh as she recalled the story. Crystal bit a fangpire? SHE bit a SNAKE? "So, Crystal bit a snake?" I asked. "Yeah," Molly said "she also threatened Pythor's life with bad words." Now I'm really lost. My little Crystal, did all that? "It's a good thing you girls could get out alive," Ben said. "Yeah, alive, but now I'll always have the scar on the back of my neck and Cole will have the memory of finding my puddle of blood," Mag has a scar? My sugarcookie got a scar! And a puddle of blood! Wait, they're starring at me. "Its fine Mr. G," did Molly just call me Mr. G "I healed the wound, but a scar will remain forever. I can't undo the older damage." She can heal wounds? "Well it's a miracle you're all ok," I said. Then Crystal brought in a platter with a cover. "Now for my best dish," she announced as she lifted the cover "roasted turkey with mushrooms, carrots, and onions filled with my very own stuffing, and side dishes galore." She set the turkey on the table as she returned to the kitchen with potatoes, corn, green beans, rolls, garlic bread, sweet potatoes with marshmallows, gravy, chili, and her deserts; strawberry and chocolate parfe, a chocolate crumble cake, fruit salad, peach cobbler, and an assortment of cookies. "Crystal, you've out done yourself," I said taking in the meal. "Thanks daddy," she said setting down a pitcher of iced tea with lemon "I love to go above and beyond when I cook things." She giggled as we fixed our plates.