Chapter 58
A Trip To Darkley's
.:Violet:.
"Come on Lloyd, you got this." Violet encouraged brightly as Jay tried teaching the youngster on how to light up the light bulb. So far, Lloyd wasn't succeeding. The female ninja tried teaching him how to create a breeze in the hot dojo training room but he couldn't do it. He could do quakes but he couldn't control it very well. When Zane tried to teach him how to control his ice elemental power, Lloyd ended up freezing the Nindroid. And since Kai's is still recovering, he told everyone he would sit and watch.
"Ah! Stupid light bulb!" Lloyd suddenly yelled and Violet directed her attention on the blonde to see another light bulb shattered on the ground. "You guys are putting way too much pressure on me! Let me have one more try."
"Sorry Lloyd, that was the last light bulb." She heard Jay sighed next to her.
"Don't worry Lloyd, we'll get there soon. We'll continue training tomorrow okay?" Cole asked the young boy but Lloyd just pouted and grabbed a broom that was lying on the floor. He then attacked the punching bag with the broom, using it as a staff.
"What are we doing wrong Sensei Wu?" Jay asked with a small frown on his face. "Why can't we get him to control his powers?"
"Patience everyone, sometimes the greatest opponent we face is ourselves. That is especially true with Lloyd. Remember where he came from, he's the son of Lord Garmadon. It's going to take time for him to embrace the light." Wu sighed as well as he continued to sip his tea.
Finding that it was a good drink to keep you calm, Violet now always has a spare tea cup in the slip of her ninja gi and she quickly swiped the tea pot from in front of her sensei and poured herself some of the tea.
"And I see you have become particularly fond of tea."
"I have you to blame for that." Violet smiled as she started sipping on the green tea.
"That's just great, now we have two tea drinkers." She heard Jay whined and she couldn't help but giggle, not in a complete girly way but more like a chuckle.
"I'm sure Sensei will rub it on you guys soon." She teased but when they heard the sound of the beaded curtain jingle, they all looked to see Nya walk through with an envelope in her hands.
"Hey guys!" Nya greeted with a wave and a bright smile on her red lips.
"Hey Nya." They all chorused. When Violet saw Nya walk over to Jay with a slight blush on her cheeks so Violet walked over to Kai and sit down next to him.
"How are you feeling?"
"Better but tired."
"Poor baby." She teased and Kai shoved her playfully.
"Stop teasing me. I'm not a baby you know."
"By the way you were acting yesterday when it came to naptime you acted like a baby."
"I was not."
"Do I have too?" Violet mimicked Kai in a high-pitched voice. A pout entered on her lips as she saw him glare at her.
"Okay, first of all, I do not sound like that. Secondly, I did not pout at the time."
"Yes you did!" She exclaimed before bringing the cup to her lips.
"Well if you're going to get addicted to tea, can you not smell of it like Sensei Wu does? I really liked that perfume you used to wear before."
"Well for your information, I do not bathe in the stuff. I'm not a huge fan of tea like Sensei is although maybe when I'm old I would. Don't tell me you forgot Nya's severe allergy to perfume. That's the reason why I won't wear it… unless you want me to kill you sister accidently."
"No, I wouldn't want that."
"So there you go, that's why I won't wear it anymore." She answered with a soft smile before they both heard someone clear their throat. "Yes Cole?"
"Have you just heard what Wu said?"
"Umm… No?"
"I'll repeat. Lloyd got a letter from Darkley's School for Great Children." Wu informed her but she couldn't help but interrupt.
"Great Children?"
"It has changed since the last time we've been there. You were still unconscious from venom from the staff. It says that there's going to be a ceremony since Lloyd's change has inspired them. They want to give Lloyd an honorary degree of excellence."
"That's great." She smiled and she went to look at the blonde boy to only see him breaking the broom in half while fighting the dummy.
"Are we still talking about the same Lloyd?" She heard Kai asked… he does have a slight point.
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She was surprised when they –minus Nya and Sensei Wu- got to Darkley's. The school looked… clean and peaceful. Violet could smell the sweet fragrance of the roses that were planted along the concrete wall that surrounded the circular and tall school. She had to admit, this was her first time at a school and for some reason she felt nervous.
"Violet, you look troubled. Whatever is the matter?" She heard Zane's monotone voice from behind her.
"I've never been to a school before…" The female ninja admitted and she looked at Zane who gave her a soft smile.
"I've never been to a school either apart from the time when we went here on ninja business but do not worry Violet."
"I have a feeling most of these kids are going to be much smarter than me when it comes to maths and science…" She sighed softly but then a young voice captured both her's and Zane's attention and they looked to see a young boy around Lloyd's age with black hair and a fringe. Underneath the light blue, v-neck sweater, the boy wore a white top with a dark green tie which was tucked neatly underneath the sweater.
"You must be the ninja!" The young boy smiled brightly although something seemed… off. Violet couldn't tell what it was but she ignored it.
"Guys, meet Brad Tutabone." Lloyd introduced and instantly the young boy went to shake their hand.
"I'm such a huge friend, go good!" But when the boy shook her hand, he stopped. "I didn't see you last time when the ninja came to our school and… you're a girl!" And he pulled he hand away.
"Is there a problem with me being a girl?" She asked softly, trying not to be offended. "And I'm afraid I was unavailable that day."
"That's fine… Umm, please follow me into the school to see the principle." Brad announced and he walked off with a worried look on his face making her feel concern. Nevertheless, everyone followed the Darkley student and into the halls of the classroom. Everyone's shoes made the polished, oak floorboards creak as they walked into the empty and silent hallways with creamed coloured lockers along the right side and doors to classrooms to the left.
Violet was taking the appearance of the school in. She went to pick her head in to see what being in a class would look like but to her utter surprise, not a single student was in there. But at the front of the classroom, there was a large desk in front of a whiteboard and a blackboard. Filling the room should desks with a chair behind them. Each was positioned in rows and columns with a foot gap between each desk. Lots of posters plastered the classroom's walls, most were just pictures.
"Shouldn't everyone be in class right now?" She asked as caught up to the others as she got left behind while looking in the classroom.
"Actually, today is a new Darkley's school tradition, Ninja Day. We stay out of sight to honour the way of the ninja for showing us the light."
"Huh, this is a good school." Cole said with a smile presented on his thin lips. Finally they arrived at a room and Violet watched as Brad opened the bronze door handle but his left hand was clenched in a fist. Something was wrong and she knew it.
"Principal Noble! The ninja and Lloyd are here for the ceremony!" He called out and to her surprise; there was another door into another room. She looked around in the room they were in and saw there were many arm chairs in here; probably this was the waiting room.
"Ooh! And the cake. By any chance, do you know what type of cake it is?" She heard Cole whispered to the kid. But Violet catch a glimpse of the principal's silhouette through the paper-panelled door. His body shape was rather square and tight around the shoulders, his hair was combed back in a charming style and a smoking pipe was hanging from him mouth.
'Isn't that a bad habit to do in front of the boys?' She asked herself.
"I'll be with you in just a moment!" The principal called out loudly and then disappeared from the door.
"Oh, um, I should get back to the flowers." Brad said quickly before dashing out with slamming the door. Violet turned her attention back to the principal's door and managed to hear hush whispers.
"There's five ninja! Not just four!"
"We don't have enough time."
She cocked an eyebrow at that direction before her friend's voice got her attention.
"Has anyone seen a teacher yet?" Jay asked quietly, obviously not wanting to be heard from the principal.
"No… Their absence is most strange." Zane replied.
"Maybe they're doing the ninja thing too." Lloyd suggested but Violet shook her head.
"But wouldn't they would be patrolling instead of hiding?" The female ninja asked as her fingers nervously played with each other but her question remained unanswered as the principal's voice beckoned them to come in.
Just Cole placed his handle on the handle, Violet realised that the light from underneath the door disappeared. Once the leader opened it, they were plague in darkness. She was about to ask what was with the darkness until they all heard a click and a warm, orange light lightened the room. She first saw a kid with bright red hair with dull, emerald eyes sparkling behind a pair of glasses. Next to him was the 'principal: a fake skeleton with a blue jacket over with a smoking pipe hanging from its mouth.
"Welcome back Lloyd." The red-haired kid announced with a nasal voice.
"G-Gene..?" Lloyd spluttered with bewilderment plastered on his face.
"And welcome ninja to the new Darkley's Boarding School for Worst Boys! Mwhahaha!" When the kid mad an attempt at an evil crackle, Violet winced when it pretty much sounded like a drowning cat. She only just registered a group of boys surrounding them with dark blue sweaters over their uniforms. Violet looked back at Gene and saw him produce a pair of scissors from his pocket and cut the rope next to him. "Since we weren't expecting a girl, we got other plans for you."
"W-What?" She asked and when she heard heavy thuds next to her, she saw that all her teammates were each hit on the head by a sand bag and they all fell unconscious on the ground. "What do you think you're doing?!"
"Our school's reputation is at stake because of you dumb ninja! And you will never change this school's reputation again! Smoke bombs!" Gene cried out and Violet looked around to see each boy –about sixteen of them- threw small, grey balls at her. At first contact, they explode against her skin, making her cry out and a thick fog spilled from the balls.
"Is she down yet?" She heard Gene asked as the fog slowly started to clear out, when she looked around, she saw that the kids looked at her with shock written all over their faces. "That's not possible, you're only a girl!"
"Hey, those boys down there aren't better than me. In fact, I happen to be much better than them. Look like you knocked out the wrong ninja." She simply shrugged as she tried dusting off the soot marring her ninja gi and skin.
"But even if you say that, you'll be joining your teammates' condition." She heard Gene sneer and she looked at him with a confused look, not understanding how this kid could possibly knock her out. Just as she was about to take a step forward, something collided with the back of her head, making her stumble in darkness.
Sorry if it took a while from this chapter to be updated but now it's that time of the term where assignments and exams are being thrown at me with a week notice. As it pains me to say this, my studies and exams unfortunately have a slight higher priority than this. But big thanks to: NinjagoFangirlLloydCole4321, Jayla Fire Gal, AllyoftheNinja, ALookIntoMyWorld, LightningDanino23, Kaiisthebest, Rachymel, MortalNinjas, ElementzGirl7, KaiRulesSuckers, ShadowNinja27, legolover101 and CarlyShi208!
AllyoftheNinja: It's absolutely fine if you haven't review for the previous chapters, I'm just glad you love it.
ALookIntoMyWorld: About Jay kissing his pillow, I've realised this chapter was a bit short so I made Violet go around and when she got to Jay, I thought I just had to add that in.
Kaiisthebest: The tea addict just came into my mind and we're still getting cyclones but that's north in the state since I live south so I'm good (Australia is below the equator).
Rachymel: Kai's and Nya's mother being a Water Elemental Master? I haven't heard of that. I have some plans for the Tournament of Elements that included adding in another OC with water elements otherwise there would be an odd number or competitors. And I'm afraid I haven't seen Saturday Night Take Away or I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, I don't watch TV Series too often… although it's a great thing I'm hooked on Ninjago.
KaiRulesSuckers: That's hug face isn't crappy, I found it cute.
Legolover101: The cyclone? I've mentioned it in the end of one of the chapters… I think it was chapter 55. But yeah, I'm okay! ;)
Also, a note to everyone, I may keep it in Violet's POV for a while but if there's any character POV you would like see, please mention it in the reviews so I can put it in as soon as I can.