Omar's Journal

The Expedition of the Amulet II

As I landed in a clearing in the Forest of Tranquility, I walked over to where the fallen tree had hit me. I checked the bushes that I had found my grandfathers Amulet in, just to see if there were any more.

For the rest of the day, I was checking the forest. Under rocks, behind bushes, anywhere it could be. That night, I set up my tent, in hopes that I would find the next pieces soon.

The next morning, early and bright, I packed up my tent, rolled up my sleeping bag, and was ready to check somewhere else. As soon as I was about to summon my dragon, someone leaped out from the bush behind me!

"Ninja-GO!" I shouted. I flung the first person into a tree in front of me, when another wise guy decided to try to take me down! He rammed into me, but as I fell to the ground, I flipped him over my head, got up, grabbed him by the neck, and flung him into a bush.

I looked around to see if anyone else wanted a turn before I left. I didn't see anyone else, but just as I was about to leave, someone jumped on my back. "Oh my slurp, you guys don't know when to quit!" I said to whoever was on my back. I turned around to face him, but he was wearing a mask, so I couldn't see who he was.

I kicked his feet out from under him, picked up a stick and spun him silly with my Spinjitsu. He had a few scratches on his face when I was done, but he came back at me! So, since this guy has no reason to live, I decided to choke him out. Just as I pounced on top of him, one more person jumped on my back.

"Four on one? This isn't fair!" I turned to choke the person behind me while back-kicking the other masked guy. "Told you it wasn't fair." I said, smirking. "Okay, okay. You win jittery." A voice said. The guy pulled down his black mask.

"Cole? What are you doing here?" I asked in shock. The person I was pinning slipped out and aimed an arrow at me. She didn't fire, she just wanted me to stay down. "You got stronger, Orange Juice." Another one said. She flipped off her mask. Bethany was here too.

"Okay, I know what's going on!" I yelled. I looked up to view the archer, no longer aiming at my face. "Hey Crystal." I said casually. I got up and dusted myself off, turning to loom at the last masked attacker. "Since when are you as strong as Cole? And why did you fling me into a bush?" Kai asked.

"Hey! No way Omar's as strong as me." Cole defended himself. "Why do I believe that?" Bethany asked slyly as she smiled at Cole. "So what are you guys here for?" I asked. "Isn't it obvious? We want to see you die looking for that amulet!" Crystal said. Cole and Kai shot her a look, Beth just smirked.

"I mean, we want to help you look for it." She fixed. "I can see why you're so in love with her, Orange." Beth said to me. "Am not! And I'm turquoise. You wanna see orange go see Kai's girlfriend." I snapped back. "So everyone's growing up now." Bethany smirked at us.

"So, are we going to find the amulet, it are we just going to talk?" Cole said. "Well, I searched the whole forest yesterday! There's nothing else here!" I panicked. "We could search Crystal. She is a criminal." Kai said. "No she's not." Cole said. "And don't make me shove another bird down your throat." Crystal grabbed Kai by his collar and plucked a bird from the sky. ( Don't ask me how or why, because I don't know.)

"No no no! Please no! Not again! I take it back!" Kai shrieked. Bethany turned to me and whispered. "How many birds has she stuffed down his throat?" She asked. "Several. Not just birds either. Half the stuff she stuffs down there are poisonous. You know, stuff like mushrooms, berries, thorny branches, the occasional poison ivy..." I trailed off.

We then noticed Kai running away, and Crystal chasing after him, bird in hand. "How's he not, you know, dead?" Beth asked Cole. "Long story short. Magic tea." Cole explained. Bethany giggled like a girl for once, and not like a psychotic villain. After Kai and Crystal were done running around, I decided to finally go. It was already noon! We wasted too much time.

"Alright, anyone have any ideas where to go to find the amulets? I asked. "Well, mom did say that grandpa liked to go to the Wailing Apls." Bethany said. "Then let's go there! Get to your dragons, guys!" I shouted.

We flew at high speed across Ninjago, all the way to the freezing Wailing Alps. "W-w-w-why did h-he have to hide it h-h-here?" Bethany shivered. Cole gave her a sweater, and Kai lit up his fist with fire. "We'll be fine, just stay close, and together." He said.

"Alright, let's hike up the mountain see if we can spot it." I said. Crystal ripped some bark right off a tree. Then, she broke off some long branches. "If we see it, we can just ski down to it." She handed us long strips of bark and branches. "Alright, up we go!" Cole called.

We hiked for a long time before reaching a plateau. "Alright, we've been hiking for hours. Has anyone seen anything?" I asked. Everyone shook there heads no. "Hey, look! A village!" Cole pointed upwards. We looked up to see a small village on the side of the mountain.

"Let's look up there! Crystal said. We climbed up the steep drop to reach the village. No one was up there, of course. The only trace of people were bones and skulls. "Creepy. Awesome!" Bethany smirked.

"Alright, spread out. Search anywhere it could be." I instructed. "Uh, Omar?" Crystal tapped me on the shoulder. "Not now Crystal. Remember, this place isn't stable. Careful where you step." I continued. "Omar?" She asked again.

"Not now Crystal, I'm busy. If you see anything that looks like it, come back here and 'caw'. Got it?" I asked. "Omar!" Crystal nearly shouted. "What!?" I asked. I turned around to see what she wanted. "I found it." She announced.

I saw a turquoise gem glittering in the sunlight. At the very edge of a cliff. If it fell, we'd never see it again. "How do we get it without making it fall?" Bethany asked. "Relax, I'm the Master of Crystal for a reason." She cracked her knuckles and held our her hands. She concentrated hard on moving the crystal closer to her. She grabbed it with one hand and held in in the air.

"Yes! Victory!" She said. We all clapped and cheered. "Yeah!" Cole stomped the ground under us to with is Elemental Power. The ground started cracking under us. "He, he. Oops?" Cole laughed nervously.

The ground gave way under us, sending us clear off the mountain. The gem glittered in the sunlight as it flew our of reach! I swung at it, trying to snatch it from the air, and I finally grabbed it! "Wooo, hoooo!"I whooped. I then realized I was plummeting down towards the snow, and I left me skis at the village! "Oh no." I crashed into the thick snow, gem still in hand.

"What the slurp am I doing? I have a dragon!" I stood up in the Omar-shaped crater I made and summoned my dragon. I saw the others flying on their dragons, Beth, of course, sitting with Cole. "Did you catch it?" Kai asked. "Right here." I held it up so it shone in the light. Two down, two to go.