Aether

Chapter Four

I do not own the picture, but this is Anna.

Hikaru's Pov

The older boys had yet to return and I was starting to grow worried. I could barely sleep last night, but when I got onto the deck, I saw Sensei Wu and Nya looking over the railing and out into the city. I walked over to Lloyd and grinned as I saw him reading the latest issue of Starfarer I had just bought him yesterday, but clearly had just started not long ago. I sat down beside him, startling him for a moment before he tilted it so I could read with him if I wanted to, and so I did. I wanted to find out why he was so fixated on this comic. Nya was clearly worried for her brother and the others as she said. "Oh...they should be back by now.." I frowned and looked over at them, Lloyd not really seeming to care as he didn't have to train but so much and had time to be a kid. Sensei Wu seemed to share our worry. "Oh, I fear something terrible has happened to them." I tapped Lloyd's shoulder the moment I saw Sensei Wu start to turn around and he immediately switched what he was reading.

"Lloyd, Hikaru." He started, startling Lloyd even though I had basically warned him of his uncle approaching. "You both are in charge of the Bounty while Nya and I have a look around town." He told us, earning a nod from me while Lloyd pretended to go back to reading whatever the book he had in his hands was. "Of course, Sensei." I responded while Lloyd stuttered. "Uh...yeah, sure thing." I rolled my eyes at him, watching as his uncle walked away and almost immediately he turned back to his comic book. "Okay, Fritz Donnegan. Looks like it's just gonna be you, me, Hikaru and the Imperial Sludge." I giggled as I leaned on his shoulder, looking over it as we resumed our reading.

Sora's Pov

We had been driven back to the museum and were brought up in front of the owner. It was ridiculous as we had to do it all because we were caught near it. I sighed as I followed the other three's actions and bowed to the owner, apologizing while Zane still stood up, confused by our actions. "But we didn't. I don't understand." Zane said, causing Kai to shush him. "Shh- the quicker we get out of here the faster we can figure out how to return our bodies back to normal." He told him in a hushed whisper. I rolled my eyes at him, but agreed to what he had said. Zane's eyes widened for a split second before understanding and bowed down as well. "I'm sorry for stealing too."

"Thank you, little boys for returning the sarcophagus, you did the right thing. But what about the bones?" He asked. Bones? I blinked slowly and sat on my knees as I looked at the man in front of us. "What bones?" I asked, Jay continuing for me. "We didn't steal any bones." And we received the answer we were anticipating. The Grundal Bones. Oh no...that means...Garmadon did it. I visibly paled as the others were talking amongst themselves, Cole turning to me as he noticed myself grow pale. He frowned and set a hand on my arm. "Hey, you okay?" I bit my lip and nodded slowly. "Y-yeah I'm fine. S-shouldn't we worry more about the Grundal and how Garmadon brought him back to life other than turning us into kids?" I asked him, watching as Jay walked up to the owner of the museum and tried to convince him that the Grundal was brought back to life- but of course, we're kids so he didn't believe us. The adults just laughed at us and made us sit on a bench, telling us they'll "keep a lookout" for something in the night. I sighed and shook my head, hearing how they told us to wait here until they called our parents. Our parents..