It was early evening in Ninjago. The sun was slowly setting, causing the stars to start showing on the sky, the moon became more and more visible as well. On the bounty, the ninjas were all relaxing in the living room. Jay, Cole, and Nya were sitting on the couch watching a movie. Lloyd and Zane were talking about some new training routines that could help their fighting technique to get better. Sensei Wu was sipping his tea while reading a book. Kai, he was leaning against the wall, thinking. He had been having a strange feeling lately, the feeling like someone was watching him. The others thought he was just restless because there hadn't been any big alarms in about two weeks, mostly small things that people could handle themselves, like helping a cat from a tree, or some people vandalizing the benches in the park. But Kai knew that wasn't the reason, he couldn't lie, he was restless and bored, but it was not the reason he felt that feeling. He had a history of getting weird feelings ever since the whole thing on Chen's island. But nothing had ever happened, so everyone else thought it was nothing. But recently, the feeling in Kai's gut had gotten worse, and it worried him. Nya turned her head and saw how her brother seemed bothered by something, "Hey Kai." Kai lifted his head and looked at his sister, "Yeah?" "Why don't you come and watch the movie with us." Kai thought about it for a second and then shook his head, "Nah, I think I'll just go to bed. See you guys tomorrow." Kai then walked out of the living room and into the hallway. He walked down the hallway towards his bedroom and once he got to the door he entered the room. His room was a bit warmer than the others, it also had a little bit of smoke smell in the air, but it was understandable when thinking about Kai being the elemental master of fire. His bed stood to the right wall from the door and on the left side of the room he had a small window. At the feet side of Kai's bed, a desk was placed against the wall. The desk had three small drawers and one that was a little bigger. On the desk, there were some notebooks and two photo frames. One was a photo of all the ninjas plus Sensei Wu. And the other was a photo of Kai and Nya with their parents when they were younger. Kai had two posters on the wall over the desk. One was of Kai's elemental symbol. The other was of an electric guitar that Kai was planning to buy. It was black with flames. By the desk, there was a red desk chair. On the wall across the room from the door, was a door leading to Kai's own bathroom. He had gotten his own when they renovated the bounty a few months ago, not everyone had gotten their own bathroom. Jay, Cole, and Zane still had to share. Next to the bathroom door, there was a drawer standing against the wall. Kai lay down on his bed, not bothering to get out of his clothes and into his pajamas and go under the cover. He just stared at the ceiling, getting lost in thoughts. Without even realizing it, Kai stared at the ceiling for 1 and a half hour. When he finally snapped out of his thoughts he realized that the others had gone to bed. He was never seen as a guy who would do something like that, but the feeling in his gut made him worried. Kai turned his head to his right and saw the moonlight streaming through the window. He may be the ninja of fire, but he had always loved the moon over the sun. He would choose the night over the day at any time. But very few people thought the same about that as he did, so he had to sleep during the night and stay awake during the day. He had always been a night person, which was something not many people thought. Suddenly the silence was broken by a wicked chuckle. Kai's eyes widened and he quickly sat up and stared out into his dark room. The window wasn't big enough to light up the whole room, causing some parts of the room to be covered in darkness. Kai glanced across the dark room, his eyes filled with fear. When Kai didn't see anything he thought it must have been his imagination. "I'm more tired than I thought." Kai laid back down and tried to fall asleep, but he couldn't shake off the feeling that it hadn't been his imagination, and that someone was really watching him.
The next day Kai slept in late. He didn't sleep well and the others decided to not wake him up. In about the early afternoon, Kai finally woke up. He woke up with a jerk and it took him a few seconds to realize that he had been dreaming. In the dream Kai had been locked in a small dark room, the room had become colder and colder for every passing minute and Kai had grown weaker and weaker until he passed out and then woke up from the dream. Kai slowed his own breathing when he realized it had only been a dream. He had a pounding pain in his head which caused him to groan and put a hand on his head. "My head.." Kai stood up from his bed and walked out the door into the hallway. He heard some voices coming from the living room. Kai recognized the voices as Nya, Lloyd, and Zane. He walked towards the living room with shaky steps caused by the headache. His vision was somewhat getting a bit blurry. He walked through the doorway and saw Nya, Lloyd, and Zane sitting on the couch, talking. They all perked their heads in Kai's direction when the floorboards squeaked under the red ninja's feet. Nya gave Kai a smile that Kai barely saw because of his blurry vision, "I see the red ninja's finally awake." Kai took a few steps towards them, "Yeah." Lloyd then noticed how pale Kai was looking, "Kai, are you okay?" "Yeah, I'm fi-" Kai's world then went black.
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A fire's shadow
Fanfiction(this is a rewrite of the original 'the power of nightmares' book. Previously named 'The shadow of the fire') Season one: Ninjago, a peaceful place that is under the protection of the ninjas. But one ninja has a secret, a secret that he doesn't even...
