More to the Prophecy

Wrong Place, Wrong... Child?

previously in More to the Prophecy...

We're back at the beginning.

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How did this happen?! Is Kai his past self? Oh no. Oh no oh no oh no! I'm gonna have a panic attack if I'm not careful. Okay, Alex, breathe. Just, *inhale* breathe. Go downstairs, act like everything's normal, ooh! And don't forget to be sassy to Kai... Or to remind Nya that they are skeletal people. Or my favorite line, "Let you have all the fun?" got that? Yeah! Let's G- Arg! I always fall down the stairs!

"Oof!" I land right on my face. Great. At least that didn't change from what originally happened.

"Alex! are you okay?" Nya runs up to me with a wet washcloth in her hand. "Please tell me you're okay!" I look to see blue, black, white and red run past the entrance. Well, at least Kai isn't in the same boat as I am.

"Ye-yeah. I'm fine. Just me being my clumsy self." She giggles and helps me up, wiping my forehead clean of blood from the scratch that I didn't know I got.

"This is pretty deep for how you fell, you sure you're okay?" Oh shoot! I must still have my injuries from the small battle with the serpentine!

"Nya, stop fussing. We all know that she's pretty close to being invincible." Hey, past Kai actually said something helpful for once! "Now can you help me? I need another bucket of water. And some more coals to keep the fire hot would help." Man, if we knew that we were elemental masters, it would've helped a lot! I grab the bucket for the coals, just as Sensei comes in.

"Your metal is loud and heavy. Useful to slow one down, useless in the art of stealth." We all watch as he walks over to a stack of armor. "All tools for a samurai," He hits the top helmet with his staff, "But none for a ninja?" Before I let my mouth take control, I let Nya know that I'm going to get some fresh air, and walk out to where I saw the "pajama men" hide.

I turn the corner, and sure enough, there they are... Not very stealthy to have a red and blue ninja, don't ya think? "AH!" They all, somehow, quietly yell in surprise, not realizing that it's me from their timeline.

"Shh! It's me! The real me, from your timeline, well, ours but, you get the point!" Their scared faces all turn into confused ones as Kai tell Sensei to "go peddle his insults somewhere else" and gets smacked by Nya.

"I-I do not understand. How are you, little again?" I sigh, how am I, a twelve-well, eleven in this timeline- year old supposed to know that? Rrg!

"I don't know! All I know is that Sensei wanted me to make sure that you guys don't screw anything up, and when I landed, I was like this!"

"Well, now's my only chance, so..." Kai grabbed Sensei and pulled him back by us. "Sensei, we need your help!"

"Whoa whoa whoa, wait a minute! If we're trying to stop Garmadon from changing anything, wouldn't talking to sensei be like changing the past, thus altering our future?" Yep! And if Kai and Nya see me talking to any of you, that'll change it too!

"That would be correct." Zane gives a small glare to Kai. "I believe an uh oh is an order."

"Well we can't undo it now. Sensei, we really need your help."

"All four of you, you, you-"

"Traveled back in time to warn you of impending doom." Cole cuts him off. If he did that in our timeline, he'd get a nice bonk on the head! Maybe I should mention this to Sensei once we fix all this.

"Yeah, but we don't have time to explain! Can you help us?" Kai impatiently asks.

"I-I don't understand, but I can try." And now Kai goes into a long explanation that I don't hear because I have to get back in the shop or else I'll miss my favorite line! I bring back a bucket of coals just in time for the skeletal people to come. The deep purple fog filling the sky, it gives me chills to see that. I know that purple's my favorite color and all, but when people use it to define evil, it disgusts me! And terrifies me!