Hey everybody, I know that I'm updating a day earlier than I usually do, but I won't be able to update tomorrow and I figured that it was better to be early than late. I hope you don't mind. Well, here's chapter six:
Chapter Six: The Way Back
As Blair still sat on the ground, clutching her sister's mask, Jay asked, "What should we do now?"
Lloydanswered him, "Well, there's only one thing to do; we have to go back and tell my Uncle what happened."
"Yeah, and we can see what else he has been hiding from us," the fiery ninja said.
Blair now standing up with the dark purple mask still in her hand said, "Sensei Wu hasn't been hiding anything. I can not believe that he would hide something like this from my sister and I; he just couldn't have known. Besides, if he did know, then why would he have sent us to come here?"
"It was his full intention that we should go to the Temple of Light first," Zane said.
"That's true, but I still don't think that he could have hidden this from us, all of us," Blair said.
"Whatever his intentions were, we still need to get back to him," Cole continued, "we will figure this all out when we get back." He then started to walk out with his torch still in his hand. Blair stuffed Lydia's mask into her pocket and followed after the boys back into the long dark hall.
In attempt to make a joke and lighten the exceedingly tense mood, Jay said, "At least now Lloyd won't be the only ninja with evil running in their family..." He then trailed off after realizing his "joke" had ultimately failed when Kai, Cole, and Lloyd glared at him.
For the rest of the way down, not a word was exchanged between the six and Blair just kept her head down. It was strange for the others to see her like this. She was normally confident and perky, not glum and quiet.
When the ninja reached the end of this hallway and went out, it became very hard to see again. Their torches weren't doing anything so they put out their fires. They were thankful that they hard parked their motorcycles right outside of the entrance. Jay, on the other hand, was not so thankful because he ended up running into his. Everyone did manage to get into their bikes and turn them back into motorplanes. Zane was nominated to lead in the dark because he had the next best vision in the dark. He couldn't see as well in this thick dark as he could in just a night dark, but could, nonetheless, still see the best.
Traveling back across the large black crack of nothingness was even more terrifying than the first time. This time, the ninja could not be completely sure that they were heading in the correct direction. They were still able to make it across safely (if they hadn't, this story would be a lot shorter) and continue on their merry way back.
When it became lighter again, Cole resumed his position as leader with Jay, Zane, Lloyd, Blair, and Kai following him in that order.
"So, why do you think your sister will betray us?" Kai said to Blair.
"My sister will not betray us. Just because some stupid prophecy said she would, that doesn't mean she actually will," Blair said taking some offense to Kai's question.
"It is called a prophecy for a reason."
"Ok, but it was also prophesied that Lloyd would have to defeat his father and he never had to."
"Well..." Kai was cut short by Lloyd.
"Kai, Blair, stop arguing. That will only make things worse. Everything will be figured out and settled whenever we get back."
The entire way home not another word was said other than Jay starting to say something but quitting when Cole turned around to glare at him. Everyone else was content having the silence so they could have some time to think over the past eventful days.
Cole thought about how he was upset with himself. He was upset that he had his team not even five days before it fell apart. He knew that his ninja team was angry with each other, mainly Kai with Blair, and none of it would have happened if he would have just gone to the Temple of Light first like his Sensei had wanted.
Jay's mind was in a thousand different places. Being the positive thinker he is, Jay was trying his best not to think about Lydia and the past day. He was thinking about jokes, cool fight moves, his new bike, Prince Donagen, the junkyard, many other things, and Nya; he was constantly thinking of Nya.
Zane was mostly trying to figure the entire situation out and answer his many, many questions. Did Sensei Wu know about all of this? Why did he keep the twins a secret all these months? Would Lydia end up betraying them? Would ninjago fall into darkness?
This whole scenario reminded Lloyd of him and his father. Lloyd knew just how hard it is to know that someone you love dearly is dark and evil. He felt bad for Blair. He was also thinking of how thankful he was that his father turned good again. Lloyd just hoped that Lydia would stay with them in the light.
Other than Jay, Blair was thinking about the most things. She was thinking many of the same questions as Zane. She was also trying to figure out what would cause this to happen in her twin sister. Blair knew that Lydia had always been quiet and sort of gloomy, but that was just part of being the ninja of darkness, right?
Kai was angry at a lot of things. He was angry at Lydia for leaving and possibly betraying them, Blair, for being related to Lydia, Lloyd, for interrupting and shushing him, and his Sensei, for hiding this all from him.
The Bounty eventually became in sight to the now very tired and confused ninja. Misako, the Sensei, and Nya aboard the ship also became confused when they heard the ninja coming closer.
"Why, the ninja are not supposed to back for another few days. They only left this morning," Sensei Wu said.
"I hope nothing is the matter," Misako said.
When the sound of the ninja's motorcycles stopped, the four in the ship came out to greet them and find out why they were so early.
As the six remaining ninja came aboard, Wu asked sounding concerned where Lydia was. The ninja just looked at each other and then finally all at Blair.
"Lydia ran off. She saw the prophecy at the Temple and was scared and I might have yelled a few things I didn't mean at her."
"Hmm, this is very troubling news," was all Wu managed to say with a look of terror momentarily running across his face.
"So you have heard of the prophecy, I knew it!" Kai said.
"Yes, I have and my brother also knew of it as well."
"Good, I need answers right now! My sister is who knows where and is apparently destined to become some dark queen."
"Yeah, what are you hiding from us?" Kai asked.
"It is very late now and you all are very tired. How about you six get some sleep and then we..."
"No! I need answers right now. I can't sleep with Lydia missing. What are you keeping from me, from us?" Blair shouted cutting Wu's sentence short. "I'm sorry, I'm just tired and confused."
"It is alright, my student. Let's all go inside and I will make some tea. Then we can discuss this matter."
Once everyone was sitting around the table and tea had been made, Sensei Wu began to tell the story, "Yes, it is true that I knew of the prophecy, but the reason that I kept it from you is so that it may not become true. I thought that by turning you into ninja, the darkness would have vanished from Lydia. That is why I kept you two a secret from the other ninja. I wanted to make sure you had the proper training and skills before introducing you. I didn't want to push Lydia too far too quickly. I didn't tell you because I thought that Blair and Lydia should figure it out by themselves. If you had gone to the Temple of Light first, you wouldn't have heard the prophecy but you would have learned that it was not your destiny to become ninja. You would have been eased into everything. I also thought that you all would be more understanding of the situation. I was wrong in assuming this of you. Also, this morning, what really was wrong with Lydia was the darkness building up in her. If not stopped, she has the potential to become very powerful and strong."
"We're sorry we didn't go to the other temple first like you instructed us too," Cole said.
"It doesn't matter, you cannot change the past, just like how I was wrong into tricking myself that I could change the prophecy."
"There has to be a way, Lloyd and Sensei Garmadon changed their prophecy," Blair said.
"My prophecy was that my son must defeat me one day, he did, in a way, fulfill this. Lloyd was able to defeat the evil in me. This is not an easy undertaking, for darkness is a powerful thing."
"I guess, but I'm still upset that I will have to defeat my sister. How can I? We fight, move, and think the same way. She's my sister, I love her."
"It will be hard, but you will be ready when the time comes," Wu said to encourage Blair. She then yawned and Wu said, "It has been a long day and we are all tired. We shall see what tomorrow brings us in the morning."
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