(Kai's P.O.V.)

"Where are those girls?" Jay asked, more than a little grumpy this morning. It was his own fault for staying up so late. He didn't get to his bunk 'til about after midnight. Then Cole left to check something out and didn't come back for awhile, which was why he was resting his head on the table. He looked as worn down as Jay did.

"Jay, for once in your life, be quiet!" Cole exclaimed throwing a napkin at the blue loud mouth. "They'll get here when they get here."

"You okay Cole?" I asked, trying to figure out why our leader was in a bad mood. "You look sort of out of it."

Cole sighed. "I had another dream about Tallie last night."

"But you did not shout out like you did before." Zane said, setting down more food.

"That's just it. This time it was a good memory."

"Well, what did you see?" Jay asked, curious about the dream. It was strange he didn't get them since the rest of us-excluding Lloyd-had one.

Cole sat up. "I was teaching her something called 'Earth Shaker.' Then two guys who look like Kai and Zane came up with little ones of their own."

I almost choked on my drink. "Say what now?"

"You heard me." He said with a determined face. "The one that looked like you Kai was called 'Kashton' and he was with a little one he called 'Ky', and Zane; the one who looked like you was called 'Zandor' and his little one was called 'Snowflake'."

Zane and I looked at eachother, then back at him. "Did they call you by a different name?"

"Yeah. Colatos. Though, Tallie called me 'Col'."

"Well that's pretty close to your real name." Jay said as his stomach was growling. "Seriously, where are those girls?"

"Someone talkin' 'bout me?"

Looking up at the door, I was a bit shocked. Kyna was out of her regular clothes and was put into a gray gi with a hooded shirt and a red scarf around her neck. Her hair was pulled back tightly into a high pony tail held by a red ribbon. Her swords were strapped to her back. She looked a little different than I last saw her though. More…angry I guess.

"I still say my regular clothes would've been just fine for this." Kyna complained as she sat down beside me. "I mean, I'm not used to carrying my swords like this. I'm more used to them being at my side."

"Are you still complaining?" Soula asked as she walked in, wearing the same color gi with a white scarf. Her bangs held back by bobby pins instead of that weird button from yesterday. "You've had your swords on your back before, so just deal with it." She sat down between Jay and Zane. "Or would you prefer to tell Sensei why you wish to change positions of your weapons?"

Kyna growled-and I mean GROWLED-at that. As angry as she looked, she calmed when Talynn walked in with her scythe in hand. She wore the same thing as the other two. The only differences were her scarf was black, her hair was loose, and she was wearing her shades again.

"You okay Tal?" Kyna asked, helping Talynn sit between her and Cole. She seemed to be as overprotective as I did when Jay first met Nya. "You seemed dazed."

"Yeah 'm fine." She replied, letting her head rest on her arms. "Just another insomnia night."

"Again?"

I looked over to Cole to see if he knew anything about this, but our leader was still a bit out of it himself. Was he thinking about the dream again? Or something else?

(Zane's P.O.V.)

"Soula I thought you gave her that pill to help her sleep."

"I did." Soula replied, pulling back Talynn's hood to check for a fever. "But you know how quickly she adapts to a prescription. I'm surprised this one lasted this long."

"Is Talynn sickly?" I asked, looking Talynn over. She only seemed dizzy last night. Now she looked just plain tired.

"Not most of the time." She said, "But she's had insomnia before. Mostly from worrying about us or being in a new environment."

"And with us being in the air," Kyna stated, grabbing some food from the center of the table. "It's not unusual. Not to mention so many new faces at once."

"Kylina." Soula said in a warning tone.

Kyna silenced and munched on the bread quietly. My brothers all began eating quietly as Soula looked over Talynn.

"I'll be fine." Talynn assured her, sitting up from the table. "I'll get a nap in at free time."

"Which won't be until after lunch." Kai stated, grabbing the juice. "You think you can last that long?"

"Done worse." She replied sitting up. "Where's Sensei? I wanted to thank him for the new gi."

"Most likely outside meditating with Lloyd." I replied. "You're free to join them if you wish."

Talynn smiled as she grabbed a biscuit. "I'll take you up on it."

With that, she left to go up to the main deck.

****

(Wu's P.O.V.)

"Uncle, could I ask you something?"

I opened my eyes to look at my nephew. "Of course Lloyd. What troubles you?"

"It's the girls." He sighed as he went to the side of the deck. We'd landed that night and were over the ocean. "I know you said we could trust them, but…something about them is…off."

I smiled at this. "You've become very aware Lloyd." I told him as I went to stand beside him. "What would you say if I told you that the girls had the same heritage as you?"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, what if I told you that, like you, the girls' fathers were once evil?"

"You're kidding!" He exclaimed.

"It's true." Talynn said, coming up behind us. "The girls and I don't remember much of our mothers. But our fathers…well that's another story."

"Good morning to you Tallianne." I said bowing slightly.

"Sensei, I've told you. It's Tallianna. Not Tallianne." She said bowing back. "I came to thank you for the new gi. If I'd known you were talking about us, I would've brought the other girls for their opinions on our fathers."

"No it's fine." Lloyd said. "I just can't believe your dads would be…well…"

"Evil?" she asked. "You can say it. Like you we didn't take after our fathers in many ways." She waved her hand over Lloyd's shadow and made it move on its own to stand beside her. "The way we did mostly was through our powers and our hair color. Everything else about us is…well…our moms, I guess."

"How did you-?"

"To me, all shadows are alive." She said, making the shadow rise to full height. "You just gotta know when to help them and-" she stopped, looking around. "Did you hear something?"

Both my nephew and I looked around and listened but heard nothing. But, I knew Talynn well enough to know that, when she heard something, it wasn't good. Not even a minute after she asked the question, Kylina and Soulika ran up the steps from the dining room with the other ninja and Nya not far behind.

"What's going on?" Lloyd asked.

"Dunno." Jay replied out of breath. "We were just having breakfast when those two popped out of their seats like they were on fire and-"

"Could you all be quiet for more than five seconds?!" Kyna asked going over to Talynn's right. "We can't concentrate!"

That hushed the ninja faster than anything I've seen before. The girls circled quickly, letting only their shoulders touch.

"Sensei what's happening?" Cole whispered.

"The girls heard something that only they can hear."

"But why can they hear it?" Kai asked quietly. "Why can't we?"

"Because," I replied. "The girls were trained to hear a dragon's call."

(Talynn's P.O.V.)

I know I heard it. It was faint, but it was there. A baby dragon's call. It was so young I probably wouldn't of heard it if we were still in the air. But on the water…that was another story.

"It's afraid." Kyna said, rubbing at her wrist. "It knows we're close by, but it can't get to us."

"It sounds young." Soula said, looking at me. "Like, just hatched young."

"Um, excuse me?" Nya asked. "What're you listening for?"

I looked at the other ninja, who were just as curious as she was. I knew we'd have to tell them sooner or later, but this is ridiculous.

"We heard a baby dragon call." I said quickly. I know I'm going to regret this later. "It's scared, and it sounds like it needs help."

"Well why doesn't it just use its powers and get away from whatever's scaring it?" Jay asked.

"Because it's a baby." Kyna said coming up beside me. "If it was an adult or even a teenager, you guys might hear it."

"But a baby or a child is harder to hear." Soula said. "We can barely hear it ourselves."

"I see." Sensei said. "Which way did it sound like it was coming from?"

"Southeast." I replied. "We'd have to dive a bit, but that's where it's coming from."

"Very well. Nya, set course. Let us see this baby dragon for ourselves."

"What?!" All the ninja exclaimed.

"Sensei, what about training?" Zane asked.

"We shall do some later in the day. But finding this young one is very important."

"Does that mean we can get out of our gi?" Kyna asked.

"If you desire." Sensei replied. "I'll be meditating if anyone needs me."

"Finally." Kyna said pulling off her hood. "I'm gonna go get changed for a swim."

"How can you think of swimming at a time like this?!" Kai asked. "There's a baby dragon out there!"

"Didn't you hear Talynn? We're gonna have to dive for the little guy. Ergo, I'm not gonna wear my gi into the water."

"I agree with Kyna." Soula said, heading downstairs. "We're all gonna get wet, so we might as well change into something we wouldn't mind getting wet."

As the others continued to argue, Cole and I remained above. I wanted to give Kyna some cool off time since our fight last night, and Cole I guess had questions for me.

"Can you really hear a dragon?"

"Yep." I said sitting against the rail. "It's so small though. If we were in the air, I don't think I would've heard it."

He sat down beside me. "How do you know what a dragon sounds like?"

"Well…you know where the Scythe of Quakes was hidden?"

"Well yeah. That's where I got my first weapon and met…" he looked at me like he was coming to a realization. "You know Rocky don't you?"

I laughed. "You called him that too?"

"Well it's better than just calling him the Earth Dragon."

"True." I said, hugging my knees. "Anyway, Rocky was the first child dragon I met. When he realized I wasn't after the scythe, we became close. Then someone tried to hurt him to get to the scythe. I could hear him back at the monastery, so I reacted."

"You went to save Rocky all on your own?" He asked shocked. "Even I know that's crazy."

"Well what can I say, I was a stubborn eight year-old." I said standing up. The call was getting louder. "We're close. You may want to go get changed."

"Same to you." He replied. "And when we get back to New Ninjago City, remind me to introduce you to Rocky again."