Wolves Of Secrets

Caged

Once again another full moon was upon Ninjago City and the pack was walking on eggshells. After what's happened during the last full moons, with Nya, Lloyd and Jay stranded on an island and with Kai and Cole being arrested everyone was waiting for something else to go wrong. Hopefully, the third time around would go smoothly for once. It was so tense that even Dr. Julien was locking the tunnel from his house into the forest, meaning the boys couldn't transform and ran into the forest.

Kai was dreading it.

After he nearly lost it in the police holding cell, the others had been helping him with his claustrophobia but he didn't think he was ready to spend an entire full-moon locked up.

"Misako's freaking out about tonight." Nya suddenly said as they walked down the hall, shocking her brother out of his thoughts.

"After the past two full moons, can you really blame her?" Cole asked.

"Mom says we've got to be there by five," Lloyd told Morro and Nya as they were staying with him during the full moon.

"So does Zane's dad." Kai sighed.

"That's hours till moonrise!" Morro cried, he had been hoping to get some last-minute running before he was locked away.

"Yeah, well, we don't want to take any chances this time." Jay reminded as Zane and Pixel approached them.

"Hi!" The human smiled, her arm looped around Zane's. "My father's out tonight so I was thinking we could go see a movie?"

"I'm sorry Pix, but me, Cole, and Kai's got some studying to catch up on." Nya lied.

"My Mom's making a big dinner tonight and is expecting Morro and me to be there," Lloyd said and Morro nodded in agreement.

"My Dad's not feeling well, sorry." Jay excused.

"Zane?" Pixel asked weakly and gave her boyfriend her best puppy dog eyes. Zane quickly looked away and desperately tried to come up with an excuse but he failed to find one.

"S-Sure Pixel... where else would I be?" He chuckled nervously, trying to avoid the glares the others were giving him.

"Great! I'm just going to return this book to the library and will talk about what to see." She smiled before she gave him a kiss on the cheek and walked away. As soon as she was out of sight, the others boxed in Zane before he could escape.

"You do know the cinema doesn't allow dogs?" Jay exclaimed.

"I panicked." He defended. "The only thing I could think of was, 'Sorry, we will be locked in the basement turning into wolves'."

"You should probably work on your excuses." Kai groaned.

"I can't just make up lies on the spot." He pouted just as Pixel returned.

"Listen, Zane was just saying how he can't make it tonight." Morro suddenly said before anyone could even blink. Pixel was taken aback by this while the others, mainly Zane, sent the lone wolf death glares.

"Why?" She asked and Zane gulped.

"Because... I just remembered... I have to stay in and... help Father with... curtains." He blushed while Kai and Jay attempted to hold in their laughter, getting slaps to the back of the heads from Nya.

"Curtains?" She asked in disbelief, clearly not believing her boyfriend.

"He is really into crafts all of a sudden." Zane quickly added. "I said I would hold them while he...sews."

"Can't he do it another time?"

"He's got a deadline, I'm so sorry."

"Oh, OK." Pixel sighed before the bell suddenly rang and she speed-walked away from the group and Zane felt the guilt crushing his heart.