When Reine stepped outside, she saw Auria and Christa outside of the tv room. She smiled and walked towards her students.
"I-I think so," Christa said a little nervous, as Auria thought about what Christa told her.
"Well... you like him a lot, and he likes you a lot, so it's natural that you would feel the need to express your feelings through a kiss. But it may be too early to tell. I suggest you give each other a little more time before so, alright?" Auria said, as Christa nodded.
"What are you two doing here? Have you been standing here this whole time?" Reine asked jokingly, as Christa and Auria turned towards their Sensei.
"Sensei your okay," Christa said happily, as she gave Reine a gentle hug just in case she was still sore.
"Yes I'm alright now. I wanted to meet the others on this ship... plane... dragon," Reine said, and Auria clarified,
"Destiny's Bounty."
Reine nodded, "Yes, Destiny's Bounty. I would like to meet the others on your team."
Auria and Christa nodded.
A few moments or more before this:
Cole entered his room he shared with the other guys. He was putting his photo album away, when Kai came in.
"Hey Cole."
"Sup Kai."
"Cole, you haven't happened to see Flare any where have you? and where are the others?"
Cole turned to Kai and replied, "Not sure about Flare, but I know Zane, Auria, Jay, and Nya are watching the news, and Christa went with them. Raven is giving Lucy a tour... wait, why would you ask where Flare was first?"
Cole looked at Kai suspiciously, while Kai rubbed the back of his head, and replied,
"Uh, heh heh, I was just wondering you know. I haven't seen her since I walked in, and she walked in first, so I was just wondering where she was you know..."
Cole's expression didn't change, but as Kai was talking, Cole thought,
'Why is he nervous? What is he hiding? ... No. No way...'
Then Kai said, "I... I was just... trying to... avoid her! Yeah. Well not avoid her, but give her some space since we almost fought-"
"Do you like her?" Cole interupted Kai, as he stopped talking.
After a moment of silence, Kai spoke nervously, "Wha, uh, no, yes... she's just a friend."
Cole smirked and asked, "A friend? Just a friend?"
Kai started to blush a bit, but he held it back and said, "Y-Yeah, just a friend."
Cole replied with a smug sort of grin, "Oohh... so that explains why you and Flare are always bumping heads. You just wanna talk to her even if you fight huh? Your just hiding your feelings by fighting so that no one would suspect that you like her HUH?"
Kai started to turn more red, and he replied, "NO! That's NOT it! We j-just bump heads is all. It's NOTHING like that!"
Cole just shrugged and said, "Well if you say so, but I wonder what the other guys would think? and what Flare would think?"
Cole had his arms crossed with half-closed eyes and a smirk, as Kai turned more red from frustration and embarassment with his hands enclosed in fist. Then, a thought came to Kai's mind, and he smirked with smugness, as he said,
"Huh. Funny you should say that Cole. I guess while your telling the guys about me and Flare, I'll tell them about YOU and CHRISTA!"
Cole's eyes widened, as his hands dropped down to his sides. He didn't expect that Kai would fight fire with... (okay that should have been expected... fire with fire... hahaha ;) ) Anyway, Cole's face had a light blush as his brows furrowed and he said,
"What... What are you talking about Kai?"
"Don't play dumb Cole! I know you like Christa, that's why you made us slide down the staircase in Mount Soaria. And who knows, the other guys might know already, but wait until I tell EVERYONE," Kai said, as he kept his smirk, and Cole looked at him in annoyance and slight fear.
But then Cole straightened up and said,
"Alright Kai. I won't say anything about Flare, if you don't say anything about Christa. I don't want anyone to know until I tell her myself."
Kai loosened up and nodded, "Yeah, your not the only one."
Kai and Cole gave each other pound, as they exited their room and headed towards the tv room.
Present:
When they entered the hall, they noticed that Auria, Christa, and Reine were outside talking.
"I would like to meet the others on your team," Reine said, as Kai and Cole walked over.
Christa and Auria noticed that the guys were next to them, and Christa said,
"Well, let's introduce them to you Sensei. Here we have Kai, the fire ninja in red, and Cole, the earth ninja in black."
Cole and Kai bowed in respect to Reine, who bowed too, without lowering her eyes.
"Pleasure to meet you ninja," Reine said.
"It's a pleasure to meet you too your highness," Cole replied.
"Hm, call me Reine or Sensei Reine as the girls call me," Reine said with a smile, and Cole and Kai nodded.
"Come Sensei, let's introduce you to the others too," Auria said politely as Reine nodded.
They walked into the tv room. Zane, Jay, and Nya stood up when they saw Sensei Reine. Each ninja and samurai was introduced to Sensei Reine.
"Well, it's nice to finally meet you all, in better circumstances of course," Reine said happily, as the others nodded.
Then, Lloyd walked into the room.
"Hey guys... oh your highness, your up," Lloyd said a bit startled, since he didn't think Reine was going to be there.
Reine turned towards Lloyd and smiled as she walked over towards him. She looked at Lloyd carefully, and said,
"Well hello to you Golden-Green ninja. It's an honor to meet you."
Lloyd smiled and said, "Yeah-Uh, yes. It's an honor to meet you too Queen Reine."
"Just Reine is fine, or Sensei Reine," Reine said, as Lloyd nodded.
Then Reine took a moment to examine the young master before her, and thought,
'Well I see he is pretty handsome... but Raven doesn't care for appearance as much sinceshe is not what she seems on the outside... she 'sees' the heart... what does she 'see'in his heart?'
Reine smiled at Lloyd, but before she could speak to him, Raven and Lucy arrived.
"Hey guys, Sensei Wu said let's go meet in the dining room," Lucy said happily.
"Hey Lucy, how did your tour go?" Jay asked first, as Lucy smiled and spun around,
"Oh it was great! It's soo nice here on this flying ship."
The others nodded, and then they headed off to the dining room. Raven and Lloyd were walking together with Reine not too far behind them. They both would look towards one another and smile sweetly as they walked closer together, while Reine took notice. Sensei Wu, Garmadon, Misako, and Dr. Julien were already sitting in the dining room. Dareth and Violet were also in the dining room too. The others were entering the room. Kai was entering last, but then he heard someone say out of nowhere,
"What, no ladies first?"
Kai jumped up and turned around quick, when he saw that Flare was standing behind him. Kai clutched his chest, and signed and said,
"Don't EVER do that again."
Flare just shrugged and walked into the dining room casually, while Kai walked in after her, a little shaken from his quick scare by Flare. ( ;) )
Everyone sat around the table as follows; Sensei Wu on one side alone since it was the smallest side of the table, and to his right in order was Garmadon, Misako, Lloyd, Raven, Reine, Lucy, Christa, and Auria, and to his left in order was Dareth, Violet, Flare, Kai, Nya, Jay, Cole and Zane. Dr. Julien sat at the other end of the table opposite of Sensei Wu. After everyone settled down, Sensei Wu called attention and began to speak,
"Students, friends, and new friends, it is my pleasure to say that our mission was a success. We have successfully rescued Lucy, protected Raven, and recovered the four other platinum weapons. We have also found out the identity of the Purple ninja, and we have also uncovered the identity of the one who froze Queen Reine in the crystal prison. It was fairly difficult for us to get this far, especially when it came to getting along..."
Sensei Wu looked towards Flare and Kai, who both looked away from him. Then Sensei Wu continued,
"But we were able to put our differences aside and utilize our strengths to work together. I am proud of my students, and of our new friends for their hardwork and perseverence. Thank you all."
The others were clapping and cheering.
"However..." Sensei Wu said, as everyone stopped, and continued,
"We still have to deal with Darkness and the others who follow him. They are still at large, and we have no idea when he will strike next."
"Don't worry Sensei, we got this," Cole said.
"That's right, we're all much stronger now," Auria said.
"I concur. If Darkness comes back ,we'll be ready for him," Zane said.
"That's right," Flare said.
"Darkness will be stopped Sensei, no matter what wicked plans he has in mind. Light will always conquer the darkness," Kai said, as he turned towards Lloyd and nodded, as Lloyd nodded back.
Sensei Wu smiled and nodded towards his students.
"That's great to hear from all of you," Reine said, and then she pulled a scroll from her pocket.
"How about I show you guys something pretty awesome," she said, as she laid the scroll on the table and rolled it open.
The others gathered around behind Reine and in front, as they looked at the picture depicted on the scroll:
It showed two people each on one side of the scroll near the center of where they were, and it showed four people on each side surrounding each of the two people. The person in the middle on the left wore green and golden attire with a golden dragon behind them, while the four people around them held four platinum weapons and they wore, red, blue, black, and white attire for each one. The person in the middle on the right wore purple and silver attire with a silver dragon behind them, while the four people around them held four platinum weapons and they wore, orange, cyan, yellow, and grey attire for each one. Everyone looked on in amazement.
"Whoa... that's cool," Kai said.
"Is that us?" Jay asked in astonishment.
"It looks like it," Cole replied.
"Who else wears those colors besides us?" Christa said in amazement.
"Wow... it's so obvious," Flare said, as she lightly smacked Jay over the head while still looking at the scroll.
"Ouch," Jay said, still looking at the scroll, amazed.
"What is this Sensei Reine?" Auria asked, as Reine smiled and replied,
"This is a scroll I found before I was frozen. My first Sensei told me about the existence of a Green ninja and a Purple ninja, so through investigation, I found this scroll. I was studying it and I realized that the eight people possess each element of the platinum weapons, and that the Purple ninja and Green ninja can use and master four of the elements of the eight platinum weapons. By doing so, the Green ninja and Purple ninja will be able to awaken their true potentials and be able to tap into their true powers; the Green ninja being able to use the Golden Dragon, and the Purple ninja being able to use the Silver Dragon."
The others looked towards one another, and then at Raven.
"The Silver Dragon?" Raven asked, as Reine clarified,
"Yes. The Green ninja can use the Golden Dragon, and you, being the Purple ninja, can use the Silver Dragon. It is similar to the Golden Dragon, but it has it's own unique style which you can tap into. But you'll have to train yourself with your elements before you can use such a technique."
"Ooohhh," the others said at the same time.
Raven was amazed, as she looked at the scroll at the Purple ninja and Silver dragon.
"That's incredible," Raven whispered.
"WHOA! So Raven can summon a dragon too? That's crazy," Jay said, as Reine nodded and said,
"Yes. She must prepare her body and mind before she can use it though.."
Reine looked towards all of the kunoichi and said, "You girls will help train Raven since you can use the same elements. Lucy, I shall train you myself to master your element. Once all you girls have mastered your elements and are in sync, Raven's powers will be fully realized, and then she will be able to summon the Silver Dragon."
The girls looked at their Sensei and nodded with full understanding.
"Do you think I can do it Sensei Reine?" Lucy asked a little nervous, as Reine smiled and said,
"I know you can, and you will."
Lucy nodded and smiled back. As Reine rolled up the scroll, the others took their seats and talked about how cool it was that Raven gets that kind of power. Raven looked at her hands, thinking about the power she will surely possess, although she was pretty nervous about it. Lloyd noticed this, and he put his hand on Raven's hands. Raven looked up at him and he smiled at her, as she smiled back.
"Don't worry Raven. I'll be there for you okay?" Lloyd said, and Raven nodded and said,
"Okay... thank you Lloyd."
Raven moved a little closer to Lloyd, as he moved closer to her and replied, "Your welcome."
The others looked at Lloyd and Raven, and they smiled as they looked towards one another.
"Hey, what's going on?" Everyone looked up towards the doorway and saw Terrin standing there with his hair leaning to one side and all messed up.
The girls besides Lucy, Nya, and Violet started to giggle.
"So you really fell asleep huh?" Reine said, as she walked over to Terrin and fixed his hair.
"I was more tired than I thought," Terrin replied.
"His hair always gets messed up when he falls asleep," Christa whispered to the guys.
"Really?" Cole asked and Christa nodded.
"He could sleep for five minutes and not even move and his hair will still be messed up," Flare said.
"What? How's that?" Kai asked, and Flare shrugged.
"That's one mystery of King Terrin," Flare answered.
During this time, Violet was pretty silent. She was looking down the whole time at her hands, lost in thought. Dareth noticed, and he gently placed his hand on Violet's shoulder. Violet quickly looked up at him as he jumped a little, surprised.
"Oh um, I'm sorry. Did I startle you?" Dareth asked, and Violet shook her head and said,
"No... I was just thinking."
"Is it about what you told me earlier?" Dareth asked, and Violet nodded.
"Should we tell the others? I mean I'm sure they can help you and the other vampires," Dareth asked.
Lucy looked up at Violet and Dareth when she heard 'vampires.' Violet looked towards Lucy, and as if she could read her mind, Lucy nodded. Violet nodded back, and then she looked back towards Dareth and said,
"I guess we should tell them. Although, I'm not sure if they can do anything about it."
Dareth nodded and said, "Don't worry my dear Violet. They're the heros of Ninjago. I'm sure they'll be able to help in some way."
"Did someone say heros?" Cole asked, as he and all the others turned towards Dareth.
"Uh, well guys," Dareth began and continued, "There's something you should know about the vampires. Apparently, they weren't ALWAYS vampires. They used to be normal people."
Confusion was marked on everyone's faces except Lucy, Violet, and Dareth.
"What? What do you mean they use to be 'normal people'?" Kai asked.
Dareth continued, "Well, as Violet told me, vampires didn't exist... until someone came over and put a CURSE on a group of travelers. They were just peaceful traveling merchants, until that person tranformed them into vampires. The culprit is still at large, but the merchants stood as vampires. The only way to remove the curse is if the vampire leader defeats the culprit in a battle, but since they don't know who the culprit was, the people have stayed as vampires. It's been 40 years since then."
GASPING!
"40 YEARS?!" Jay yelled out.
"They've been cursed for that long?" Raven said.
"Wait, but if that was 40 years ago, then Violet... how old ARE you?" Christa asked.
All attention was drawn towards Violet, as she signed and said,
"My physical appearance is no older than you Ninja, but I've been around for 40 years without the ability to age anymore. I am the few young vampires of our group. The older ones stepped down not too long ago because they felt it would be better if we learned to live on our own, and that was when Marcell and Lucy joined us 10 years ago, although they became actual vampires five years ago."
Everyone's attention then shifted to Lucy, who grinned at the others while showing her fangs.
"So you girls have been the same age since you first became vampires?" Cole asked, and Lucy and Violet replied with a nod.
"So, that would have been us," Kai said, as he, Jay, Cole, Nya, and Lloyd looked towards one another.
Then Violet said, "At first, you are shocked, then it doesn't seem so bad... But as the years pass, and as those who are not vampires that you know, love, and who are friends with begin to decrease... you start to feel... lonely... grief... heart ache... the more time passes, the more you would want to be human again."
Silence filled the room... then someone spoke,
"I know the feeling."
Everyone turned and saw that Auria was the one who spoke.
"Auria," Christa said, as Auria stood up and said,
"I know how it feels to know that you will outlive everyone, because of the accident I had years ago, I was turned into a cyborg to save my life, but I realized that my lifespan would be infinite as yours is. At first, I was glad that I could protect my family and friends, but then I realized that they would all be gone one day... I tried to run away at one point to not face that reality, but then I realized that I couldn't... I couldn't just run away from them, although it would be sad to see them pass on. I came back, and I promised that I would always be there for them until the end, and that I would do everything in my power to protect those I love so that they can live their lives to the fullest. That would bring me happiness... and... I won't be alone..."
Auria reached out towards Zane, as they both held hands.
"I have Zane. He is a Nindroid, and he has my same capability of life... We'll be together, and we'll never forget our friends and family..."
Zane and Auria exchanged a smile. Then Auria turned towards Violet and Lucy and said,
"You shouldn't give up hope. There is no way for me to be a normal human again, and Zane wasn't human to begin with. If there is a way you can be human again, then don't ever lose hope!"
Violet and Lucy looked at Auria with wide eyes at her strength, and then they both nodded.
"We won't," Lucy said.
"We'll make sure," Violet said.
Then Auria nodded and said, "We'll help you find the one who turned you into vampires."
Then Zane said, "Yes. We will do all that we can to help all of your people return back to normal."
Lucy nodded happily, as Violet nodded slowly, with a tear in her eye that she quickly wiped away.
"Are you crying?" Nya asked softly, and Violet turned to her and said,
"Yes, but these are happy tears."
Dareth turned towards Violet surprised and smiled, as Violet smiled back at him. ( ;) )
"Alright guys, so we have another objective besides beating Darkness. We gotta find the jerk who turned them into vampires and have Marcell kick them in the face," Flare said, as she nudged her fist into her hand.
The others nodded.
"Great, we have our priorities set, now... is there anything to eat?" Reine asked.
The others looked at Reine with one eyebrow raised, but then they felt hunger creeping in their bellies too.
"Oh man, we haven't eaten in a while huh?" Jay asked and everyone agreed.
"I'll take care of that," Zane said, as he stood up and released Auria's hand.
"Oh! Can I help make food too?" Christa asked cheerfully, and Zane nodded.
"Can I join you guys too?" Lucy asked, and they agreed.
Soon...