Aether

Chapter One

Unless otherwise stated, I do not own any of the photos I am/will be using. The photo for this chapter will just be a general idea on what Hikaru looks like, but he has grey eyes.

3rd person's Pov

The ninjas had just returned from Darkley's School For Bad/Worse Boys the day before, and were in Darreth's dojo, training Lloyd when Sensei Wu walked into the room with a hum. "Training is cut short for the day." He said, stroking his beard as he walked over to his spot, sitting down and pulled out his tea pot. The boys all turned towards their Sensei with confused looks, but stopped what they were doing. "Uh, Sensei? Is there a specific reason why training is cut short today?" Cole had asked for his brothers, the others nodding their heads in agreement, they needed to train Lloyd as much as possible to get him ready for his battle with his father. Sensei Wu hummed as he took a sip from his now filled tea cup, setting it back down a moment after. "I received a letter of sorts...explaining that a school needs our help. They claim that it is too much that they cannot handle it themselves and wish for the ninja to help." He explained, looking over at his pupils who in exchange looked at each other, then back at him. As much as they didn't want to go to another school after what happened with Darkley's, they needed to help the people of Ninjago. "When do we leave, Sensei?"

"I am so glad you received my letter and came out to help us! We have been having troubles with this child ever since he arrived here. Well, he's not particularly the problem, it's the other students that tend to pick fights with him all because he's younger than them. You see, he's practically a prodigy, he's only 11 and he's already in grade 7! However...there are...ahem, other problems with him however." The principal explained as they walked through the halls of the school. It had just let out by the time the ninjas had arrived, due to it being a short day, but that's not what caught their attention. Shouts were heard as they continued to walk back outside and into the courtyard. The principal wasn't particularly shocked, he figured another fight would break out soon, and that's just what had happened. The ninjas however, were in shock at what they were seeing.

There was a jock that was staring down a smaller boy who wore baggy clothes, just plainly staring back at him. He had short brown hair with hints of dark brown mixed in, maybe even some black, and he had grey eyes from what they could tell from the distance, however Cole could see something different with them. There was a girl who stood by his side, being much taller than him, trying to urge the younger to keep walking and to not stop and retort to the jock who continued to shout at them. The girl had a soft pink color for hair with curls that flowed down to her back. She wore a pastel blue dress with a hint of pink-purple shade mixed in with it, but there were clearly leggings underneath with how she wore boots with the outfit. Despite her soft and cute look, she seemed to be ready to spring into action if needed.

"C'mon little boy! You always talk big, but I bet you can't even fight so show me what you got!" The jock shouted at him, inching to run at him. The boy just stared back at him, not moving. It was silent for a few more moments before he let out a sigh and took his bag off, dropping it at his side. The girl frowned at the younger and spoke up. "Your uncle is going to be upset with you if you do this, 'Aru." She made an 'x' with her arms on top of her dress that poofed out a little, making her arms be relaxed. Despite what she had said, she still took a few steps back, as the boy scoffed with his arms crossed. "At least I'm not intentionally starting them, Emara." He replied with annoyance hinted in his voice, but of course it was directed at the jock, not the girl with him.