Hey, my birthday's tomorrow...and my grandmother died a couple of days ago. I also want to let you know that I will be leaving for vacation this saturday and will be gone until the next saturday. So I might be taking a break from my fanfics for a while. Anyway, enjoy.

*Pythor's Comfort (In Memory of my Grandmother-June 14, 2014)*

Pythor had exited onto the deck when he spotted Pam sobbing at the starboard side. Worried for his beloved Wind Ninja, he slithered over to her.

"Pamela, what's wrong?" he asked. She then turned to him with tears streaming down her cheeks.

"Oh, Pythor," she said, wiping them away. "I'm sorry you have to see me like this."

"No need to apologize, dearest," he replied. "Just tell me what's troubling you. Did you get into another fight with the ninja?"

"No," she answered, feeling the urge to cry again. "I just got a call from my mother…She said that…" She then pressed her face into his chest before finishing with a sob. "My grandmother just passed away."

Hearing those words and her sobs immediately broke Pythor's heart. Pam told him so much about her grandmother being a wonderful lady and very beloved. He hoped to get the chance to meet her someday. But hearing this terrible news has shattered his chances completely. But Pam loosing a beloved family member is far worse.

"Oh, Pamela," he said, taking the girl into his arms and hugging her in comfort as she continued crying. "I'm so sorry…Is there…Is there anything I could do for you?"

"Just…Just hold me for a while," she sobbed. "I…I just…just needed…"

"Shhhh…" he replied, stroking her hair. "I will hold you for as long as you want." He then sat down on the floor with her, and she nestled into his coils and continued to cry in his arms. They sat that way for a good ten minutes before she cried herself to sleep. But Pythor decided to stay like this with her, not wanting to disturb her.

*Praise to the Voice (sequel to Caught on Stage)*

"Hold on," Zane said to his brothers. "I will use my heat vision to find him." His eyes then glowed red, and through his vision he spotted Pythor coiled around the tree with his head hidden under the coils. The Nindroid then went up to him and tapped him on the back gently, making him jump with a yelp and become visible again.

"Do you have to do that?" he snapped.

"Pythor, you shouldn't be ashamed about us catching you singing out loud," Zane answered calmly. "You have a wonderful singing voice."

"You…You think so?" he asked, still looking away with embarrassment.

"We know so!" Lloyd answered. "I mean, I've never heard you sing like that before!"

"You're like one of those rock stars from one of my favorite bands," Kai added.

"You totally rocked back there!" Jay stated with excitement.

"Even I was blond away," Nya concurred.

"Makes me wonder why you went as a judge instead of a contestant at the talent show," Cole stated. "The judges would've given you a fifteen each instead of a perfect ten." Pythor didn't turn to them but still looked away with embarrassment.

"Well…it's because…um…I have…stage fright."

*Surprise Gift *

"Hey, Pam," Lloyd said to her as he went up to her. "You just got this package." Looking up from her book, Pam took the small box from her ninja brother. It is wrapped in red velvet and tied with a golden string. She untied the string with ease and carefully unwrapped the velvet to keep each in one piece.

She then opened the box and gasped. Inside was a diamond-shaped amethyst charm to go with the new charm necklace she just got for her birthday. Lloyd whistled when he saw it.

"That's gonna go great with the other charms the guys and I got ya," he stated as she then clipped it onto the necklace around her neck.

"It sure does," she stated as she then looked over the box and velvet. "I wonder who sent it…" She then spotted her only clue: a purple scale…She smiled when she saw that it's a snake scale.

Pythor…