45 - Subtle Change

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[Lloyd]

Copper got herself ready to take us all back to Ninjago. Her style is completely different than my mother, instead of taking us into her wings, she rotates her body and a portal opens above our heads, and as if she can command the flow, we started floating into the portal, on the blink of the eye, we suddenly landed in Ninjago.

-"Guys... Come! Quick... there is some kind of tornado spinning the courtyard, bring Kim, just in case." I recognise Nya's voice even before we landed.

-"It is Lloyd! I can see the green inside"

-"How can you be so sure, Nya? It can be just a few green leaves." - Jay... of course!

-"Kim, can you stop the tornado?" - Cole asked Kim.

-"There is no need, it is about to cease." - exactly as Kim has predicted, the tornado stop, revealing all of us inside.

-"Wow... Did you bring back the entire Never Realm?" - Kai asked, he was the first one to jump over me to give me a hug, he missed me, I know! - "what is the deal, are they making sure the two of you don't make into 2nd base?" - He whispered in my ear.

-"Shut up, Kai! It is nice to see you too!"

Before I could say anything else, all the others jumped over me and Kai.

-"Thanks guys!! I am happy to see you all again... but, manners please, we have guests, in fact very important guests."

-"We all knew you would bring Akita with you, but what about Kataru and Sorla, are you two getting married already? And who is the other one?" - Jay asked, doing completely the opposite I had just asked everyone to do,

-"Jay!" - Nya shout at him.

-"What, Nya... It is a fair question, we know all of them, but one."

-"Mom... would you like to introduce Copper?" I asked my mother, but Copper jumped in front Mom.

-"If, you allow me, Lloyd... I can introduce myself." - I nodded, smiling at her. Copper likes a stage, and I just started to realise how good she is. - "Jay, Nya, Kai, Cole, Zane, Kim, Pixal and Sensei Wu..." - Copper said each of their names looking into their respective faces. "... It is an honour to finally meeting all of you face to face. My name is Copper, I am Time Lord, and I am Lloyd's maternal sister, from a completely different timeline."

-"You have a sister?!" - That is awesome!!" - Jay said.

-"And.. Quite a shock!" My uncle added, looking directly to my mother, I see she will have to explain herself to him later.

-"Lets all go inside, have some tea, there are quite a lot to explain." Mom said, walking in front of everyone.

Nya went towards Akita, introducing Kim to her and to Sorla and Kataru, the others were also around Akita, Kataru or Sorla, they were all talking at the same time. In the commotion of the reunion, I completely failed to notice a subtle change on Akita's behaviour.

-"Come with me Red, let me show a bit of my world to you, just like you show me yours..." - I said pulling her to the courtyard later on, after everything was explained to rest of the Ninja and we had some delicious food prepared by Zane.

-"if you don't mind Lloyd, I am too tired, where would I sleep?" - she said that without even looking at me, I thought it was odd, but it was night time, and I have learned the wolf can get a bit cranky when she is tired.

-"I will show you my bedroom. Come with me!" I pulled her in the corridor to me bedroom.

-"is it appropriate for me to be in your bedroom here in Ninjago?" Again it didn't sound anything like the Akita I know.

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