Out of Time // Ninjago Halloween Special 2018

Chapter 5 - 2018

With this chapter, you may notice a small change in the writing style - just when I'd finally gotten used to writing 1st person POV in the past tense, I had to switch to using present tense (but still Nya's POV) 😉.

This chapter contains an OC. Lillian's name was a suggestion by BlackNblue_Dragon (but she actually didn't know what part she would play). And I need to apologise to Amy4Walker - when I gave you the spoiler about her, I didn't tell the full story 😉.

I most likely won't be able to post the next part tomorrow (probably the day after tomorrow) so I wish you all an early Happy Halloween 🎃 my friends!

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Chapter 5 (2018)

For the umpteenth - and the final – time on this evening, I go through my list of items, making sure I've packed everything, before I close my diary and also add it to my backpack. I can't risk anyone, not even Kai, finding out, should things go wrong tonight.

I sit down on my bed and cuddle my dragon plushie as I look around my room for what could well be the last time, taking in every little detail of the place that has been my home for the last five years.

The walls are covered with pictures of my friends, on the nightstand, however, there is only an empty frame now, whereas the photo of young Kai and I is safely stored between the pages of my diary.

I give the huge dragon another hug before I set it down on the duvet and place the note right in front of it.

It is time.

I get up, take my backpack and leave the room. In the hall, I briefly check my reflection in the mirror - I am again wearing my mother's old dress and my long hair is pulled back in a high ponytail – and slip into my brother's old leather jacket.

As Kai is now working as a blacksmith apprentice in Domu, I live on my own in our apartment. When I spoke to him on the phone earlier today, I told my brother I love him, but I still wish I could have seen him face to face and given him a proper hug.

I lock the door and hide the keys at the bottom of my bag. As I walk down the stairs, I have to force myself not to look back but instead focus at the task in front of me.

The sun is just starting to set down when I reach the foot of Haunted Hill. Again, I climb up the narrow path, shivering both from the cold and in anticipation, and it is also for both reasons that I accelerate my steps.

Just as I reach the top of the hill, I see a figure break through the mist from the other side.

"Nya?" I hear the familiar voice call out for me, he must have spotted me as well.

"Jay!" I shout back, and start running towards him.

He drops the bag he's carrying and does the same.

As soon as we reach each other, I jump into his arms and kiss him. Sure, we don't have any time to lose tonight, but this is anything but wasting time.

And he seems to feel the same, for he holds me close in his strong arms and passionately kisses me back.

When we break apart, I rest my head against his chest.

"I've missed you." I mumble, listening to his strong heartbeat.

"I've missed you too." He replies, his face buried in my hair. "I love you so much, Nya."

I tilt my head to smile at him. "I love you too." I say.

Jay must have guessed the question burning on my mind. "I've talked to my parents, and they understood." He tells me as he gently sets me down. "They were actually proud of me for not wanting to rush into anything I'd regret for the rest of my life. Turned out my dad did the same; he refused to get married - until he met my mum."