The Golden Princess

Baby

Cole followed me. "Are you okay?" He asked.

I ground my teeth together. "Yes. I'm just mad at Harumi."

"What did she do?"

I opened my mouth to tell him then shut it. "I can't tell you," I said. I still loved my sister. Even if she gave the enemies what they wanted. "Cole, do you think I could have a few minutes alone?" I asked.

"Sure. Lloyd, Zane, Jay, and I are going to go talk to the guy the police caught. Nya's staying here. We'll be back soon."

I forced a smile on my face. "Okay. See you then." He walked away. It was only two minutes later when Harumi came in. I glared. "What do you want?"

She shut the door. "I have something important to tell you and I don't want you to judge me until I tell you everything."

I thought for a minute. "Fine."

"I'm the Quiet One. Or the leader of the Sons of Garmadon."

My eyes widened. "What?!?"

"My parents were killed by the Great Devourer. Garmadon was the one who saved the day. So bringing him back will be the best thing for Ninjago."

I took a step back. "You're crazy. Garmadon will be evil. The only reason he saved Ninjago was because he loved Lloyd."

She smiled. "I'll be his kid after I bring him back."

"You can't. Lloyd is his son."

She snorted. "Garmadon won't even remember Lloyd."

"No," I whispered. Then I said in a stronger voice, "I won't let you do that, Harumi."

She frowned. "I don't want to hurt you, Y/n. You're my sister and I want to keep you safe."

I shook my head. "If you wanted to keep me safe you wouldn't be on the bad side!" I ran past her and all the way back onto the deck. Harumi was evil!?! That's her plan! She's making Lloyd fall for her so he'll be easy to manipulate. I can't let that happen. I won't let them be alone together. Ever. I heard a door open and saw it was just Nya.

"Hey, Y/n. Are you okay?"

I bit my lip. "Um, yeah." I thought for a minute. "Nya, please don't let Harumi get close to you."

She frowned. "Why?"

I looked away. "I can't tell you. But you have to trust me. It's a bad idea." 

"But..."

How am I going to save anyone if I can't tell them anything? I shook my head. "I want to tell you but I can't. You and the Ninja will just get hurt if you get close to her."

"Okay. I'll be cautious." She paused. "Do you want me to warn the others too?"

I thought for a minute. "Yes." 

When the Ninja came back Lloyd looked from me to Harumi. We stood as far apart from each other as we could. "Is something wrong?" He asked.

I shook my head. "No. Where's Cole and Zane?"

"Cole was captured and Zane is pretending to be evil."

I shut my eyes. I wish he hadn't said that. Heck, I wish I hadn't asked! I glanced at Harumi and I saw a gleam slide into her eyes. "So what are you going to do? Save Cole?" She asked innocently.

"We have to stay with Zane. Cole might find his own way out," Jay said.

"Oh. I'll be back." She left the room.

I followed her. "What are you doing?" I asked as she typed something in a little device.

"Warning my people."

"Harumi, I am this close to telling the Ninja who you really are," I said showing her with my fingers.

She smiled. "Go ahead. They won't believe you."

I went back out onto the deck just in time to see Cole landing on the deck with a...Baby!?! I hurried over. "Cole?" I said.

He looked at me. "Hey, Y/n."

"You escaped?" I looked at the baby again. "With a kid?"

"They had this little guy in one of the rooms. I saw him and thought he'd be safer with us."

I held out my arms. "May I?"

He handed him to me. "He's cute, right?"

My eyes widened when I realized who the baby was. "He is." I wonder what he'd say if he could understand what we said? I hid a smile. Master Wu would probably be irritated. I bit my lip to hold in a giggle as I imagined that scenario. "Hello, little one," I crooned. 

The others came in. "Is that a baby?" Harumi said.

I tightened my grip on him. "What's it to you?"

Her eyes narrowed. "It's just a question."

"Yeah, right."

All the Ninja were looking from me to Harumi and back again. "Uh, did I miss something while I was gone?" Cole asked.

"We all did," Lloyd said. "Where did the baby come from?"

"Cole saved him from the Sons of Garmadon," I said and felt a small amount of satisfaction as Harumi's eyes filled with anger. She hid it before anyone could see it. I smirked at her. She glared.

"May I see him?" She asked.

I took a step back. "No. I'm holding him."

"Y/n, please hand him to me."

"No." I handed him back to Cole. "Don't give him to her," I told him.

"Why?" He asked confused.

"I can't tell you."

"You know, how can we heed your warning when we have no idea what we'll be facing if we don't?" Nya asked.

I tensed. "I want to tell you but I want to see how some things turn out before I do."

Lloyd took the baby from Cole and gave it to Harumi. "We aren't enemies here," he told me.

"She is," I muttered.

"What?"

"Nothing." I turned and left the deck. This is getting irritating. I can't save them without telling them and I'm pretty sure I won't be able to save them if they knew. I glared at the ground. No, I will protect them. I will go anywhere Harumi and Lloyd go so I can keep him safe since he's her main target. That thought calmed me down and I went back out onto the deck. Only Lloyd and Harumi were there so I leaned against the wall and watched them. She won't be able to do anything to him while I'm around.