Chapter Seven: Afraid to be Alone
Sensei Wu decided that it would only be fair to let his students sleep in. He did, however, draw the line at 8:30 when all six ninja and Nya were still asleep.
He walked into the boy's room and said, "Wake up ninja, we have much to do today. That means you too, Kai."
After he was persuaded that the boys were up, he went to get Nya up. Waking her up was simple, all he had to do was knock on the door and say, "Time to wake up, Nya."
Sensei Wu then went to wake Blair up. Waking her up was much easier than waking the boys (most things were easer than waking the boys), but not as simple as waking Nya. Wu knocked on the door, a little harder than Nya's door, and said, "Blair, time to get up," a little louder than he told Nya.
Zane was the first to come out and was pleasantly surprised to see that breakfast had already been made. He sat down at the table with Garmadon and Wu. Misako was in the kitchen finishing up making breakfast. Not much longer later, Nya came out and was shortly followed by Blair and the other ninja with Kai taking up the rear; he looked as if he had just woken from the dead. Everyone sat down at the big table and Misako brought out a plate with a tall stack of waffles in one hand and a plate of bacon in the other. There was already plates, eating utensils, syrup, and the like set out on the table.
"Mmmm, these look delicious," Jay said as he ate a way too big piece of his waffle. "And they taste even better."
"Yeah mom, these are really good," the ninja in green said.
"Well, I'm glad to see that you all are so fond of my cooking," Misako said with a smile.
Everyone was happily eating their breakfast, except for Blair. She was too worried about Lydia; she barely slept at all the previous night. In her mind, Lydia was her baby sister who needed protection. When she pictured her sister, she pictured small and weak. She knew that they were twins and Lydia was only a few minutes younger; she also knew that Lydia was capable of fighting and protecting herself, Blair just felt that Lydia was incapable of what the prophecy said Lydia would do.
"It is best to eat your breakfast to gain your nourishment and strength," Blair's Sensei said trying not to sound harsh.
"Thank you, but I'm not very hungry."
"But you really should eat," Wu said back in a relaxed tone.
"I said, I'm not hungry!" Blair said slamming her fists into the table. After realizing what she had done, her shoulders relaxed and she said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Blair then put her head in her hands and she started crying. Not a very loud cry, but not a cute cry; just a normal cry. She then ran out of the kitchen and into her room.
There then proceeded to be an awkward silence. It was strange for her companions to see her like that; they hadn't known her for very long at all but they already knew that she was very self confident and wasn't the kind of girl to go around crying about everything. She reminded them a lot of Nya.
Nya then broke the silence and said, "I'm going to go and check on Blair." She then got up and left.
As Nya approached Blair's room, she could hear her quietly crying. Nya figured that it would be best it she knocked and Blair gave a "come in". Blair quickly wiped the tears from her face, she wasn't one to cry in public, as Nya sat down beside Blair who was sitting on Lydia's bottom bunk with her knees pulled up to her chest.
"So, what's going on?" Nya said to Blair with a smile.
Blair closed her eyes as another year ran down her face and then open them again while looking up. She then proceeded to say, "Everything, everything seems to be going on. Lydia and I have always been together, I mean we're twins. She is my only family member that I have left. Our parents abandoned us when we were fourteen because they were frightened by our powers. We always have been together and shared the same room, even if we didn't have to, just so we could talk for hours before we fell asleep. No matter what happened that day, we were always there for each other, and now she's gone and it is partly my fault; I just feel awful. I thought that she really needed me, but it turns out that I just really need her. I'm sorry, I never get all emotional like this. Probably has something to do with being so tired."
"No, no, you don't have to apologize. Why are you so tired anyway? Are you having trouble sleeping?"
"It might sound silly, but it's really hard to sleep knowing that I'm the only one in the room. Even when I was most alone, we still had each other," Blair said but looked at Nya this time.
"I get it, that's how it is with Kai and I. Ever since our parents disappeared, we have been really close and I can't imagine losing him too. But don't worry, you haven't lost your sister, Blair. She's still out there probably confused and lost."
"You're right!"
"Of course..."
Nya was interrupted by Blair jumping off her feet and saying, "Lydia probably is lost and confused; she just needs my guidance."
"Wait, no, that's not what I meant."
"I have to find her to help her and everything will be alright again and we can pretend like none of this ever happened!"
Before Nya was able to say anything more to stop her, Blair grabbed her bow, arrows, and quiver that were hung on the wall and dashed straight out of the room. She ran passed everyone who was at the table and out the door while Nya yelled, "Wait, stop! That is not what I meant." But it was too late, Blair was already gone from the ship.
"What happened?" Kai asked his sister.
"Well, I was talking with her, trying to make her feel better and we had a bit of a misunderstanding. She thinks that she needs to find Lydia and bring her back and then everything will be back to normal."
"Hurry, ninja, you must stop her. She could get unintentionally hurt by Lydia," Wu said.
The ninja, and Nya, ran out and saw that it was too late to stop Blair. She had already gotten her motorcycle and driven out of sight without leaving a trace as to what direction she might have went in. They went back inside of the Bounty to tell the Sensei and Misako.
"We must find her, brother," Garmadon said.
"Yes, I know. Nya, get the Bounty ready for flying and take us to Blair. Ninja, get on the deck and look out for her; if you see her, tell Nya and we will land."
Nya and the ninja then left with a "yes Sensei".
"I told you it was a bad idea to let the twins become ninja and involved with the ninja in the first place," Garmadon told Wu after everyone else had left. Misako went with Nya to keep her company as she flew the ship.
"I suppose you are right, brother. I should not have tried to mess with the prophecy and thinking that I could stop the inevitable."
"Don't worry, we will find Blair and prepare her for the battle that must come."Garmadon and Wu then went to help the ninja look for their missing yellow wearing ninja.
After nearly all day of searching, everyone began to get irritated.
"How could we not have found her yet?" Jay said.
"I don't know, it's like she just disappeared or something," Lloyd said back.
"That's it! You are a genius, Lloyd," Cole said.
"I am?"
"Of course! How dumb have we all been. Blair's elemental power is light, she can turn herself nearly invisible. We could have passed over her fifty times by now."
"Great, now this is even more impossible," Jay said folding his arms.
Just then, almost like on cue, you could hear the engine of Blair's motorcycle coming towards them. Jay ran inside to tell Nya to land (and as an excuse to see who he held as the most beautiful person in the world). Once the Bounty landed, Blair parked her motorcycle and slowly made her way on deck. Her hair, although not very long, was all disheveled from her ride and she looked downtrodden.
Sensei Wu, not very happy at all, came up to her and said, "Blair, what do you have to say for yourself?"
"I'm sorry, I just thought that if I found Lydia everything would be alright."
"Lydia will not let herself be seen until she is ready. Until then, you must train and prepare yourself for the battle. That also means no running out rashly," Wu said sternly but not harshly.
"Alright." And with that she went back into the Bounty where she met Nya.
"Hey Blair, if you want, I can sleep in your room so you are not alone," Nya said.
"That would be very nice," Blair said with a smile.
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