Original - The 17th Realm (The Maniac Trilogy - Book 1)

18 - Swap

COLE'S POV

"Well, what are you waiting for? This is your chance, Libber."

"Wait!" Nya said, "What if I told you that Jay is okay..."

She instantly stopped. "Jay..."

"He's our best friend," I said "And Nya's Yin..."

Libber calmed down and her eyes turned light blue. Nisaké on the other hand got pissed that Libber didn't kill us yet. "What are you waiting for?"

"My son is alive! They protected my son..."

"Fine! If you won't destroy them, I will..." Nisaké attacked with her entire army so we had to fight back. The army wasn't even people. They were made of some weird grey-blue stone and were controlled by her like the crystal invasion or even Zane's invasion over the Never-Realm or some of the guards at the Ice Palace. Only a few living beings, many objects.

"We have to defeat Nisaké! She's like the boss at the Ice!" Emily explained.

While we were busy fighting the guards, Lloyd tried to attack Nisaké but then she like... lifted him in the air and he started yelling in pain. So then Harumi tried to attack Nisaké but the same happened to her.

Ryan sneaked up behind Nisaké and stabbed her but as he did... Nisaké stabbed him back. They both fell dead on the ground.

"RYAN!!" Emily shrieked and ran up to him. "Ryan say something! Don't leave me! Ryan!" I saw him take a glance at Emily and smiling.

"We'll meet again... someday... You will always be like a sister to me..."

"Don't say that! Keep pressure on the wound! Just-" Emily said, putting her hands on the wound. Tears started flowing down her face.

"Emily."

"You'll be fine, you'll-"

"Emily!! Listen to me! I've lost too much blood already... I won't survive much longer, okay?" He took Emily's hands off the wound and coughed. "Take this..." He pulled out a small wooden pendant with an arrow engraved on it. "Now go before the darkness catches up. When I see you again, tell me everything about Ninjago. I love you like a sister..."

Ryan drew his last breath and died in Emily's arms. It was heart breaking to see Ryan die in Emily's - the only person he trusted his whole life - arms. My hand was over my mouth in shock.

"And I love you like a brother..." She wiped her tears as she stood up and turned around, leaving him right where he died. She stepped over to Nisaké's body, took out her bow and arrow, and shot it through Nisaké's eye.

"I never miss," she muttered coldly as she pulled her arrow out of Nisaké's dead body. Harumi and Lloyd fell unconscious as they fell to the ground after Nisaké was stabbed. All the guards crumbled into piles of stone. We ran over to Harumi and Lloyd. I helped Lloyd up and Emily and Nya helped Harumi up.

"Argh, my head..." Lloyd said in a weird voice.

They turned to look at each other and they both screamed.

"What the- the fu- why- how-" Harumi said, also in a weird voice.

While Lloyd and Harumi were being all weird we all just glanced at each other in confusion. Them two then stopped and shouted, "WHY ARE YOU IN MY BODY??"

"Huh?" I said.

"Harumi is in my body!"

"And Lloyd is in mine!"

"Oh shit." Nya said. She started laughing.

"How can you be laughing??" Lloyd... I mean... Harumi said.