Author's Note: Hey everyone, so this is my first author's note. I just wanted to announce that another Dimension Holders book will be coming out after this chapter. The book will focus on little adventures the team went on during the time in between Book 1 and this book. I'm extremely excited for it and I hope you all will be too. It should be out in the middle to the end of March. Hope you guys are ready. One last thing, since I want to stay true to canon, the end of the third Volume has caused a predicament. So I have decide that this book will take place between books 2 and 3 so to understand some new stuff go back and read the new chapter 3. Thank you all so much, and I'm sorry i have changed the book.
Lloyd ran as fast as his legs would let him, through the forest. He looked up again, to only see the bird Grimm flying overhead. "If I can't use me dragon, why not travel on the ground faster?" His hands summoned green energy, and he summoned a green motorcycle that would get him through the forest. "Boy have I missed this thing." Lloyd smiled. He revved it's engines and drove off, getting away from only the scorpion Grimm. Lloyd drove for a while and began to think to himself. Holy crap. If I barely survived that, how are Hunter and Nathan holding up? This thought cycled itself through his mind several times. The green ninja was incredibly worried about his friends.
Lloyd continued to drive through the woods and was maneuvering himself around the trees, when out of nowhere Nathan appeared. The green ninja came to a immediate stop and went flying off his cycle into Nathan. Nathan got up and rubbed the backside of his head. A smile appeared on his face when he saw his friend. "Thank the Ultimate Spinjitzu Master! You're ok! Well, before this little accident I guess." Nathan said.
Lloyd stood up. "It's good to see you too. Where's Hunter?" I was off on my own slowly moving around the forest, not knowing what was around me. My foot snapped a twig as I crept through a large passage way. A growl came from about fifty feet away, and I turned to see bushes moving. I pulled out my technoblade and activated it, ready to fight whatever was coming my way.
The bushes kept moving and moving and all of a sudden a little bunny hopped out. "Oh thank goodness. I thought you were a Grimm little guy." I calmed down. The bunny turned towards me, and just like that, a Grimm swooped down and took it off. "HOLY CRAP!" I panicked. I watched as the poor little rabbit was taken by the Grimm. Well this isn't a time to feel sad. I need to get going, but more importantly, I need to find Nathan and Lloyd, or team RWBY, I wouldn't mind fighting with them. They seem like amazing fighters. I suppose it's time to get going.
My legs spun me around into a massive pile of fur. Not good, I instantly thought. I flew to my left and into a tree, when a paw came and hit me across the chest. No time for being in pain Hunter. You have to fight. I unleashed a massive amount of orange energy on it. Of course I know I'm not supposed to use it, but I have to use it eventually. The Grimm went flying and I made a strategic getaway. I ran through the woods for about five minutes and every ten seconds, another Grimm would show up. What a day it has been.
Soon, I could finally see an opening where the woods ended, but not into a field or anything like that. I had reached a cliffside. My feet stopped moving right on the edge and I almost lost my balance. There was a river beneath us, surrounded by more forest. I turned back around to see at least five massive Grimm slowly creeping in on me, their prey. My elemental powers aren't gonna be enough to stop these things. GAH! What do I do!? Out of nowhere, I saw green energy and water come flying out and cut the Grimm in several pieces. Lloyd and Nathan hopped out of the trees and by my side. "Brother, thank the First Spinjitzu Master that you aren't hurt." Nathan ran up and hugged me. All that matters to me right now is that my friends are safe.
We heard more growling and turned back to the forest to see more Grimm on their way. "There's too many." Lloyd took a step back to the edge of the cliff. I looked again at the river, and an idea came to me. Lloyd saw me and figured out the idea. "No. We arn't doing that. There's gotta be another way." I shook my head. This was our one chance to get away from all of these Grimm. Nathan knew this as well. We both nodded our heads at each other, and Nathan grabbed Lloyd. "What are you doing!?" The green ninja panicked. He pulled Nathan with him, and the three of us fell into the river below.
About two minutes later, we washed up on shore and were all out of breath. "Never...do that...again." Lloyd spoke in fragments. I laughed a little. Yeah, I understand it was a bad idea, but we're away from the Grimm now. The three of us got up and did spinjitzu to dry our suits.
"Look." Nathan spoke in awe. It was the village, it looked like a normal village from a long time ago, but there was a massive temple structure on the other side of it. We walked into the village and looked around. The three of us looked in around in buildings for these people we were supposed to say. "Aren't there supposed to be Grimm?" Nathan asked us.
"There were Grimm." A feminine voice from behind him spoke. We turned around to see another team from Beacon. It was team of two guys and two gals. "You three must be team NHL. It's nice to meet you. We are team JNPR." (pronounced Juniper). The girl with dark red hair spoke proudly. "I am Pyrrha Nikos." She smiled. "This is Jaune Arc," She gestured to a blonde boy in a hoodie, "Lie Ren, and Nora Valkyrie." Lie was wearing a green kimono looking outfit and he had a long ponytail. Nora was a girl with orange hair and looked like she could easily beat the crap out of us right now if she really wanted to.
The three of us introduced ourselves, and we noticed that Jaune was looking at our weapons. "What are those!" He said in complete awe. Lloyd told him that they were called technoblades and what they were used for. Jaune was still in complete awe. Pyrrha looked at him and laughed a little.
"Well I guess this mission is over." Nathan spoke with joy in his voice. It's finally time for the tournament. As we headed towards the border, the ground began to shake. The seven of us tried to hold our balance. "Is this the Grimm!?" The sky blue ninja panicked.
Ren shook his head. "No. Grimm can't shake the ground this much." Ren started to look around to find the cause, but could find nothing. Suddenly a portal above us opened, followed by a tank from Ninjago falling out of it. This is not good.
Several more portals opened up, but nothing came out of them, or so we thought. Something grabbed Lloyd and threw him into Jaune. I went to try and help them, but was kicked in the gut by something and sent flying. What's going on? "Get help I told team JNPR. We can handle whatever these things are." The team nodded and went off to get a teacher. Nathan, Lloyd and I all went back to back, ready to fight whatever was coming our way.
Lloyd shut his eyes and went silent. As fast as he could, he opened them and grabbed something in front of him. "I knew it." The green Ninja growled. He threw what was ever in his hands, into a tree. We heard a smashing noise and a smashed robot appeared at the base of the tree. "Nindroids!" He created a green energy shield around us, then unleashed it causing several more of these Nindroids to appear and be destroyed.
Several more appeared and another portal opened with a tank falling out of it. The tank opened up it's hatches causing several missiles to shoot at us. The three of us jumped over them, and the missiles flew into an old rotten house. "I've been wanting another one of these." Nathan smirked as he activated his techno blade and threw it into the tank like a spear. The water ninja sprinted up to the tank and tore out his technoblade as he then entered the tank. "Take this you worthless piles of scrap!" He pressed a button in his new tank, causing misses to fly out. The Nindroids screamed as they were blown to pieces.
"That was the last of them." Lloyd sighed in relief. "How did they find us?"
I shrugged my shoulders, wondering the same thing as well. "Well at least we know they're coming for us. We can prepare for our next encounter now."
"Speaking of which," Nathan began, hopping out of his tank, "what we're those things Lloyd? You said they were Nindroids?"
The green ninja nodded. "Back when Zane was still around..." He paused and thought back to the fateful day that Zane sacrificed himself to stop the Golden Master. "The Golden Master had an army of Nindroids, ninja robots, which he used to take over Ninjago City."
All of a sudden, there was a large roar. The three of us were now in a panic. What was making that noise? A mechanical dragon flew over our head and roared once more. I turned to Lloyd, who had gone pale. "Lloyd? LLOYD!?" I snapped at him. He turned to me with a horrified look on his face. "You ok?" A tree snapped in the distance from the mechanical dragon.
"I...I" Lloyd shuddered as he fell to the ground. Of all times to faint, it had to be now? What did this mech dragon do to him?
I lifted him up over my shoulder and turned to Nathan. "Let's get out of here!" Nathan hopped into his tank, getting ready to leave. I quickly hopped onto the tank and held on for dear life. My brother started up the tank and instantly floored it. The tank drove down a narrow passage and another roar came from behind us. I turned to see the mech dragon firing a missile at us. The missile nearly hit us, only missing us by a few inches. "Can you carry one more in there?" I asked Nathan, as I put a unconscious Lloyd I'm the tank with him. Nathan sighed as he was squished up against the windshield of the tank.
The mech dragon fired a missile again, this time hitting a tree to the side of us. I was thrown back and almost fell off the tank. I turned to face the mech dragon and began to strategize. I don't know how I'm gonna beat this thing without me orange energy, but I've gotta try. "Just believe." A female voice said to me. The voice sounded very familiar, one that I haven't heard in a while. I pushed my hands together and began to ready my wind powers. My wind flew at the dragon and cut off it's missile launchers.
The dragon now began to charge at us. Oh no, I made things worse. Out of nowhere bullets came flying through the sky and took down the mech dragon. It roared one last time as it unleashed smoke and crashed to the ground. A carrier came by with team RWBY and JNPR in it. Were we glad to see them. Nathan stopped his tank and we starred up at them. It's time we go home to beacon.
The carrier took Lloyd and I back, as Nathan drove his tank back below us. Once we reached beacon, Lloyd was taken to the infirmary to rest. Nathan headed back to the room and I stayed outside sat on the cliffside. The sun had just finished setting and the lights were on throughout vale. My mind was still trying to figure out who was talking to me earlier in the Nindroid battle. I'll think more about it tomorrow.
I got up and started walking back towards the school. "Hunter." A voice stopped me. It was the same voice from earlier. The voice was not in my head now, but behind me. I turned around to see someone I'd never thought I'd see ever again. It was my mother. She stood on the edge of the cliff smiling at me.
"M-Mom?" A couple tears began to well up in my eyes. She smiled at me again. I can't believe it. Stumbling, I ran to her and hugged her tightly. My mother hugged me back and kissed my forehead. "How-how are you...why are you...?" I asked her.
"Here?" She laughed a bit. "I can't tell you how, but I can tell you why." My mom starred at me, her and her white dress both blowing a light blue. "I came here to tell you how proud I am of you, and to stop doubting yourself. You're afraid to become the Creator, but Hunter, don't try to be someone you're not. Don't try to force yourself to become the Creator."
"How do I become the Creator?" I asked wiping a couple of tears away.
"Love. You must find true love, only then will you unlock your power of becoming the Creator. Now it's time for me to go, but before I do. Remember Hunter, that I will always love you and your brother."
She slowly began to float off the cliff. "Mom wait!" I tried to run up to here as she floated away from the cliff. "What if I can't find true love!?"
"Just believe" she spoke softly as she faded away. I stood there silently for a few seconds, than wiped away some of my tears. The beautiful lights of cake shined across the land.
"True love..." I said to myself. I looked at the city one last time and then began to head back to beacon. First I went to check up on Lloyd, but when I got to the infirmary, he wasn't there. I headed toward the nurse to see where he was, "excuse me ma'am, but where is the patient that was here earlier?"
The nurse looked up at me from her computer. "He checked out a while ago. I think he went to his dorm room." I thanked her and head back to our room. Lloyd was at our dorm with Nathan and they were setting up verything for the tournament,
"You ok Lloyd?" I asked. Lloyd nodded. "What happened with you?"
"It was nothing. Just was really stressed out." He replied.
"Are you sure you'll be ready for the tournament?" The green ninja nodded once more. "I guess I'll take your word for it... Hey where are the Sensei, Nya, and Cyrus?"
Nathan began to chime in now. "Misako brought the DBX, so they're getting everything set up with that."
General Ironwood began to pull off a board inside of the DBX. After he ripped it off, Garmadon pulled out the Destroyers staff. "We must destroy it." Sensei Wu ordered.
"It's impossible, he poured Dark Matter over it after Hunter broke it." Garmadon said. He looked over at Nya and Cyrus, who were busy helping Misako with her leg. The Sensei put the staff back into the secret compartment and walked over to his wife. "How bad is it?" He asked with a worried tone in his voice.
"Don't worry." Cyrus spoke. "It should be healed up in about a week and a half. For now, she must rest."
"Are your boys ready Wu?" Ironwood asked. "The tournament begins tomorrow."
"I don't know." The old man replied. "Though after this Nindroid fight they might be. We just can't let the Destroyer find out about his staff."
Someone sat in a tree near by starring at them and recording everything. The Destroyer stood where the recording was being sent to and in his beast suit laughing. "Don't worry Wu, I already know."