Ninjago stories

Nightmares

( This used to happen to me when I was little.)

" What do you want?" Mia cried, waving her sword.

Jay gave her a sinister smile. " I want to kill you."

Three year old Mia shot out of her bed, screaming, " NO!"

She panted, and checked her clock. It was two in the morning.

Would Kai mind if she slept with him this night?

And maybe for the rest of the year?

Mia grabbed her blanket and stuffed orca and tiptoed to her brother in law's room. He was sleeping peacefully. 

Mia gently jumped on his bed, put her blanket on, and snugged with Orky ( her orca).

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Kai opened his eyes and sat up. 

Something beside him moved. 

And a small arm clung onto his. 

Kai's eyes widened as he saw Mia curled up next to him, Orky clutched tightly in her hand. He didn't dare move, unsure what had woken her. A whimper escaped her lips, followed by a mumbled, "Jay..."

Suddenly, Mia bolted upright, eyes wide with terror. "He wants to kill me!" she shrieked, pointing a tiny finger towards the doorway.

The door creaked open a crack, revealing a sleepy Cole. He squinted at the scene, rubbing his eyes. "What's all the commotion about?" he asked, his voice thick with sleep.

Kai reached out and gently shushed Mia, who scrambled closer to him. Before Kai could explain, Mia blurted out, pointing at him again, "Jay wants to kill meeeee!"

Cole's sleepiness vanished instantly. He rushed over and knelt beside the bed, concern etched on his face. "Mia, sweetheart, what are you talking about?"

Mia clung to Kai, burying her face in his shoulder. Kai, still confused, explained, "She woke up crying about Jay trying to hurt her."

Cole frowned. He glanced at Kai, then back at Mia. "A dream, perhaps?" he asked, his voice laced with a hint of disbelief. "But she's so little..."

Kai shrugged, unsure himself. "Even little ones have bad dreams, Cole."

Cole, however, didn't seem convinced. He looked at Mia, his brow furrowed in thought. "Mia," he said softly, "Can you tell Uncle Cole what happened in your dream?"

Mia peeked at him from behind Kai's arm. Tears welled up in her big, brown eyes. "Jay had a scary smile," she whimpered, "and he said he wanted to kill me!"

Cole exchanged a bewildered look with Kai. In all their years fighting alongside Jay, the idea of him ever wanting to harm anyone, let alone a child, seemed absurd. "Mia," Cole said gently, "Jay is your brother. He would never want to hurt you. Dreams can be scary sometimes, you know?"

Mia sniffled, unconvinced. "But it felt so real," she mumbled.

Kai, his brow furrowed in concern, glanced at Cole. "Hold on, Mia," he said gently. Turning to Cole, he lowered his voice. "Could you excuse me and Cole for a second?"

Mia nodded and snugged under the covers.

Kai led Cole out of earshot of Mia. "This is serious, Cole," Kai whispered. "Jay's her older brother! Why on earth would she dream something like that?"

Cole ran a hand through his hair, his face etched with worry. "Maybe it's just a nightmare, a jumbled mess of her subconscious. Kids make up all sorts of things in their dreams."