Earth, Fire, Ice, and Lightning. (a Genderbent Ninjago Fanfiction)

Shocked

Jayne

My alarm clock rang, jolting me from my sleep. I sat up groggily and turned it off. Stretching, I got up and got dressed in a blue sweater, and jeans with blue Converse. I brushed my auburn bob of hair and put on chapstick to my dry lips.

Then, eating breakfast quickly and brushing my teeth, I went back into my room, hoping that I hadn't woken up my parents.

Yes, I know. I'm 21 and I still live with my parents. I know I should be out hanging with friends, and partying, or something. I should probably get a better job too, but, honestly, I just didn't have the time. I did work part time at a pizzaria delivering pizzas via motorcycle, but it didn't pay too much. It didn't help that I was basically friendless, and my parents were both out of a job. Oh, and, not to mention, we live in a tiny, squashed trailer in the middle of a junkyard.

But I was really fine with that. I had time to work on my own inventions, and so did my parents, who get their money from their inventions. The scraps in the junkyard are good for prototype material.

I grabbed my current creation and strapped it onto my back. I then reached for my bag that was filled with supplies I needed, but I accidentally knocked my alarm clock off of the table in my tiny room, and it hit the carpeted floor with a soft bang! It rang louder than ever.

"Crap!" I muttered to myself, hurrying to pick it up and shut the alarm off.

Too late. My parents were stirring, I could hear them across the hall. I quicklly shoved my contraption under my unmade bed and jumped into my desk chair, pretending to be writing on a piece of paper when my door opened.

My mother stood there sleepily. She wore a stained pink nightdress and her graying brown hair was in a messy bun. There were worn bunny slippers on her feet, her glasses askew.

"Dear, are you alright in here?" she asked.

I looked up abrubtly, my freckled cheeks probably blushing slightly. "Uh, yeah ma..." I grumbled.

Her grey eyes bore into my electric blue ones. "If you say so!" she said. "I'm going to make us some pancakes!"

"No ma, it's fine, I already ate.."

"Ooh, are you sure! You're so thin!"

"Yes ma..."

My dad came out of his room in a grey bathrobe that matched his hair. His tired face looked at me, wrinkled with smile lines.
"Well, since you've already eaten, take out the garbage, why don'cha?" he asked.

I rolled my eyes. "Fine..."

They were seriously delaying my plans. I lugged the garbage bags outside and out to the front of the yard. Trudging back inside, I went past my parents, whom were now eating pancakes in the cramped kitchen.

I went back into my room for a while. Eventually, around 8:30, they finally were out of the house. I grabbed my invention and bag and crept outside wearing a light jacket over my sweater. I could hear my parents on the other side of the yard. I quickly scrawled a note saying I was going to be in the city for a bit and took off.

I ran down the road to the bus stop, my feet crunching in the light layer of snow blanketing the sidewalk. Once I was there, I was panting slightly. I sat down on the cold, hard bench at the bus stop, checking my watch. The bus should be here in another minute- I had made it just in time.

Surely enough, the bus rolled onto the unpaved road shortly after I had sat down. I climbed on, my bus token in hand.

"The radio tower in Ninjago city," I stated, handing the driver my token.