So sorry about that everyone. I fixed it now. Let's just chalk that mistake up to my newness. As an extra I'm sorry, I'll let the next chapter come out early. ~W.R.

{Location: Chen's island}[Months later](Willow's POV)

A man with silver armor nearly lands on my head. "Where is Karlof?"

I am currently making a delivery of noodles to give to the Kabuki via the maze. "Karlof should be quieter." I snap as guards come to pick him up and drag him away.

I want to go after him, save him but a guard looks my way and I freeze. "You stay. We could make things worse for you, ya know." A guard holds a Frightstone bracelet and grins evilly.

"Things are dark right before the light comes." I put away my attitude and go back to the noodle chopping machine. After hours of mundane work, Karlof comes back. I can feel the lack of his element in him.

"Move it." A guard kicks him to get up. "You." The guard stares at me, "Teach him all about his new life here." The guard walks away cackling evilly.

"Don't worry," I help Karlof up, "After a while, it's not so bad." I guide him to the machine, despite how weak I am feeling.

"Who are you?" Karlof asks as we stop at the noodle chopper.

"I'm Willow. And the only reason I'm here is because Chen has my sister." I pull on a chain. Karlof tries that and ends up getting flour all over him.

"Who's your sister? What does she look like?" Karlof spits out flour from his mouth.

I don't answer.

"Her. I wish to speak with her." A female but recognizable voice order a grad to grab me. He brings me to a hallway. The woman has white face paint with pink swirlies, she wears a red dress. "Willy, you look horrible." Kit hugs me, getting Kabuki paint all over me.

"And you look like a clown." I let her hug me. "What did I miss?" She lets go, she's definitely grown up a little more, she is showing early signs of puberty, her baby fat is almost gone; her childish face is slowly changing into a tweenager.

Kit quickly goes over how she was forced to tell Chen what masters to bring and how to bring them here. After that, Kit was put a through a rigorous training course taught by Skylor.

"But you here now." I sigh, she's gotten taller, Kit is not quite eye to eye with me but her head now reaches where my nose is.

"Only because Chen doesn't know I'm here. But Willy, the Ninja are here. Even Zane." Kit growls at Chen's mention.

"Ok, you try keeping the Ninja in the tournament for as long as you can, I'll do what I can down here." I wince to get the words out as my neck brace nearly chokes me.

I hear a set of familiar footsteps, "Where is that Kabuki?" Cloues asks a guard just outside of our hiding spot.

"Stay strong." Kit whispers in my ear hug me then takes off. I walk back to my cell.

"Who are you?" Pixel on a computer screen cries as I collapse into the floor. "Willow?"

"Pixel? What are you doing here?" I force myself up and look at her broken parts that scatter my cell. "How'd you get here?"

"After I finished rebuilding Zane's body, we were attacked. I was scraped and Zane was brought here. How'd you get here?" Pixel almost sounds like a human with all the emotion in her voice. I manage to get to where her processor was.

"Long story. Where's Zane?"

"Right next to us." Pixel, on the screen, points as the door opens.

Clouse and a few guards appear and walk in. "I'm sorry to say but you have to vacate your room now." Clouse grins as the guards took me.

"Pixel, keep talking to Zane. Get him out of here." I scream with my leftover energy as I am dragged to a new cell.

[Close to a week later]

"Don't worry. After while, not so bad." Karlof greets a new loser. "Since you new, Karlof teach you everything you need to know." Karlof begins to show off how to cut noodles. Some flour is then dropped. "Not that one." Karlof makes more chops in the long string of noodles, "See? Chop. Now, don't make trouble."

"Well, I for one don't like following the rules, the minute you tell me the cost is clear, I'm busting out of here." Jacob, the ex-master of sound snickers.

Karlof sighs, "Even if you get past the guards, Mister blind guy, there's still the labyrinth guarded by big snake."

"My name's not Mister blind guy, It's Jacob, "And you may have already lost hope but I haven't, And not my buddy Cole here."

"I'm on your left." Cole rolls his eyes.

"Oh, you moved on me, you sneaky ninja."

"Karlof, who's that?" Cole points to me. I look up, my hair covering my ears. It really needs a wash. But I can barely stand up, this stupid Firghtstone was making me so weak.

"Her? She taught Karlof how to work everything here. As far as I know, she was the first one here." Karlof keeps working in a monotone voice.

"What's your name?" Cole lends over as I wave with one hand, with my other I pull out notecards and hold them up. "I'm Willow. The neck brace you see on me is Firghtstone." Cole reads aloud while cutting noodles, "Next one please."

I switch to a new card.

"Normally not toxic but being around it for long periods of time can have side effects." Cole finishes the cards and I pulls out my third one. The only one the guards didn't see me write. "I've heard Zane. I know where he is." Cole's eyes grew to the size of saucers. I hold my index finger to my mouth. "Sorry. Where's Zane?" Cole whispers.

I made a no nod, then hand scissor around my neck.

"Right, no voice. After our shift, can you led me to him?"

I nod yes.

"Hey, make noodles not trouble." Karlof snaps as two guards pass us.

"But life is so much more fun with a little trouble." Cole smirks and goes to work.

[Later]

"Why'd we stop?" The led guard yells at his row of prisoners.

"One sec, Karlof tie shoe." Karlof bends over pretending to tie a shoe. I nod to Cole. He is covered in flour but leads up against the door.

"Zane? You're alive." Cole whispers and goes into a conversation with the medal man.

"Shoe? What shoe?" The guard looks back and walks to investigate. Cole pulls back and stands in line. "Nevermind." The guard walks back and leads us to our cells.

I tumble onto the dirty floor. Gosh, I hope Kit is doing better than I am.  I really wish we never came to this blasted island. I do what I typically do in the evening hours, sulk.  I get into the uber comfortable position of my back on the wooden door. While I'm drowning in my thought, the newer losers of the tournament rattle their chains a bit.

"Psst."  I know that voice. I look up to see wisps of bright red hair. Skylor.  "Willow? Are you here?"

"Where else would I be?"  I'm too tired to get up and properly glare at her.  "Your Daddy sent me here remember?"

"I do."  Skylor slides down on the other side.  "Kit's doing great by the way. She actually surprises me often. She knows what she's doing. And claimed she picked up a lot from you."

Well, I don't need to be a prisoner to know that Kit adores me. I huff a little. I need a way out. I have half a dozen plans that have a fifty-fifty chance of happening.   "She ok?"

"Better than when I was her age."  Skylor sighs then inhales sharply. What the heck does that mean?

"What?"  I'm still feeling very salty, "Did you not get the island princess treatment?"  Pause. I know I suck at a decent conversation but I do know this is the part where the other person talks.  "Skylor? Are you still there?"

"Yeah."  She moves around as foot steps echo up and down the hall, "Let's just say, it wasn't easy. Growing up here," Something small and on a ring slips under the door and against my glove, "Or getting these."

Wow, I was not expecting that one. The footsteps come and go and I study the keys in what little light I have.  "How'd you get these?"

"I have some pull with one of the guards. Now, I have to be in the dining hall or better known as the mega-unwanted sleep over."

Wait, she's going? I first take the neck brace off, toss the darn thing as far away as I can and stand up, "Skylor wait. How do I get out of here?"  I look for bright red hair or anything orange. But she's gone. Wow, some managed to disappear on me.  I take a few quieter movements and look for anything that I can lower the key down with. I have one ugly jumpsuit, a piece of metal that hurts me and my wonderful self. I feel on my side of the door of where the knob is. I need to know how...oh. I feel a small metal hole on MY side. I place the key in and muffle the turning sounds with my sleeves. 

It works. I get out. I open it slowly to not let out small creeks. Then look left then right like I'm crossing a street. Yikes, that's a lot of guards. Who will look in my cell soon. I close the door carefully again and look for the small amount of hay I have to sleep on. I tuck it and the frightstone collar in a dark corner. There. Now it looks like I'm buried under the hay for warmth. Now I'm back at the door and study the gourd and running a mental timer in my head. Ruffly five minutes between the walk arounds from them. Then there's another problem, the other prisoners. Mainly Zane and Cole. Could I just leave them here while they see me leave? I need to get to Kit first. Well, as far as I know these keys work for just my cell. And I haven't the time to save them all. Plus, they'll still be here when I get back. I can do it later, right?

A guard passes back, he's a tall one who looks down. Hmm, there's a thought. I open the door once more than close and lock it from the outside. Wow, people in Ninjago are dumb. But at least I have a way out now. I stuff the keys into my pocket then carefully climb some rocks and follow the guard as fast and as carefully as I can. He leads me to another hall way with chocolate stains on the stone. A trail? From who? I jump down and follow the hallway. I shift my feet slowly for traps. But some one already activated them. Mabey another escape attempt? Soon the hall way goes up and I'm forced to climb in the dark. Then I'm back on horizontal ground.  "How the heck do I get out of here?"  Then I feel a button. It's super sensitive as me just brushing it triggers it. The section I'm on flips over and pours me on a red bed. I watch as the ceiling flips close. It couldn't be that easy, could it? I get up and look around, of all the rooms I had ended up in did I have to be Kai's? Everything here is so red, he even has a poster of himself. Ego much? I hope Kai doesn't keep his room locked. I have no idea if the prison keys work here. I pat my pockets for them. Shoot, I forgot about the mega hole in my pocket which I put the key in. I'll have to work fast,

Then something struggles in the hallway. Then an shh sound happens.  "Everyone else is sleeping."  Clouse pulls something or someone hard. I tip toe again to the door and see him dragging a little blonde girl with white kabuki paint in her hair. Kit.

Kit whimpers but darts her eyes around for an escape, "I've told you everything that I've seen happen. What more does Chen want?"

"It's not Chen who wants this."  Clouse yanks Kit into another room. At least this place has fewer guards. I slide crouch along the wall to the room. Clouse leaves the door open on purpose and places Kit in the middle of the room. Then he twists over and tries to grab me, "Good to see you again."

"How'd you know I was here?"  I hold my fists up. Now I wish I had back up.  "I'm a pretty quite person."

Clouse smirks like a snake as one of his fists glow dark purple and aims for Kit, "Let's just say, I'm aware when a Fay is close by. Or did you think it was just luck that I know what you are?"

Kit is sitting in the center of the room, it's covered in small bamboo curtains. Kit looks at me. Her dress is slipping with how shown off her right shoulder it, "Willow."  Her little face has small cuts, bruises and plenty of spots she tried to cover it up with makeup.  "Help me."

"Stay."  Clouse's fist of magic gets bigger, "Or say good bye-"

"Fine."  I hold my hands up and walk in slowly.

His magic closes the door behind me.  "That's a good Fay."  He must have been dying to play the role of main bad guy as he smirks bigger and his magic disappears, "Your sister has been giving us some trouble lately. I believe that you can talk some sense into her." 

Kit looks up at stares at me.  "He means I've caused him trouble. He just doesn't like kids." She has multiple bruises on her face and a low cut shirt that barely shows off a black and white snake tattoo on her right shoulder.

Clouse growls a little, "I'm fine with children. I just don't like you."

Kit grumples a little to her self as I look for another escape.

"Your sister hasn't learned her lesson. So you shall have to learn it for her."  Clouse snaps his fingers and something heavy hit the back of my neck. More fightstone? How much of this stuff does Chen have? Clouse hovers over me and straps on a similar bracelet. I fall on my face in agony.

"WILLOW!" Kit runs to my side and tries to pull off my chains.

"The only way your sister will be freed is if you show me how the next round ends." Clouse's voice drips with venom.

And me? Well, I am a rag doll at this point. "Don't..do it," I mutter as my nose begins to bleed.

"I can't just show you. It just happens when it happens." Kit's voice trails off. I hear footsteps heading west. Some paint dripping sounds are pattering on the floor seconds later.

"Now that wasn't so hard, was it?" Clouse walks away to admire Kit's new art.

"Willow." Kit drops something and races over to free me. "We have to get to the Ninja." Kit pulls the collar off first.

"Kit.. you should have never shown him that." I struggle to get up but my eyes land on the painting. A picture of roller skate rink with fights happening everywhere is pictured. After that, a jungle with various traps is set with Nya in her Samurai X uniform running for her life. In the last part of it, there are Chen's guards turning into Anacondrai warriors."

"Chen will be most pleased." Clouse cackles as Kit pulls my new bracelet off and picks me up. Dang, she's gotten strong.

"I can't change that past, but I can see the future, and I see your master still falling. Goodbye." Kit holds me like a sack of potatoes and dashes out of the room.

"GET BACK HERE!" Clouse charges after us but ends up running into a door.

I watch as silent alarms flash, "You do know how to get where we're going?"

"Like the back of my hand. Ou-oh." Kit stop in her tracks. "New problem." Wonderful, now we're cornered by buff dudes who looks more like snakes than men.

"Then use a new solution." I shimmy out of her grip and bounce over the railing. "Going down?" I ask as guards throw their spears.

"I wish I saw this coming." Kit ducks as she follows my lead.

We jump into the middle of a large hexagon room. The guards are two floors above us, somehow Kit and I land without a scratch. "This way." Kit points to a door and two guards appear.

"Nope. Time to take a U-turn." I grab her wrist and book it the other way. We bust through the door as the moon greets us. "Where now?"

"Over here." Kit shakes my hand off and speeds over to some motorcycles. "Let's get." Kit revs the engine, blowing smoke in a guard's' face.

"Agreed." I hop in another seat that has laser guns instead of a steering wheel. "Now hit the gas."

Kit slams her foot down as we take off.

"Get them." Chen orders from the higher floors. "Stay here Clouse. We have a round to get under way." Two guards chase us.

I place my finger on the triggers and aim. "Please tell me there's a secret Kabuki hide out that Chen doesn't know about?"

"How about the next best thing?" Kit turns right sharply and one of the guards crash. "Deep in the jungle."

A second guard grins as he gains ground. "I've got you now."

I pull the triggers, firing green lasers at him. The lasers hit the ground and form a ditch which he falls into. "All clear."

"We're not out of the woods yet. Hold on." Kit presses harder on the gas.

"Hold on? Hold on to-oh my Fay!" I scream as Kit jumps a small canyon. We actually land on the other side in one piece.

"WE made it." Kit stops the motorbike and whips around to hug me.

"We made it?" I ask, still stunned by the recent events.

"We made it." Kit pulls me out of the seat. "We need to get to cover."

"Right. Let's just talk with the nearest jungle hut retailer. Oh wait, he's trying to kill us!" I scream as Kit rolls her eyes and points to a small cave with color changing crystals. We crawl in but I am shivering like a leaf from the cold night air.

"I think this is good." Kit breaths heavily and flops down against a large crystal.

"Any changes we've got a blanket? It'll get cold soon." I fall beside her and hold the necklace Lloyd gave me nearly a year ago. So much has happened between now and then was it really only a year?

"Yup. You stay here. I'll bring in supplies." Kit hops to her feet and crawls back through the way we just came in.

The silence of just me and the cave was unbearable, so once Kit is far enough away, I talk to myself for the first time. "I miss you. I should have married you instead of taking your memories?" I pull my necklace off and hold it up to my eyes. The green rose taunts me with it's insensitive sparkles, Look at what you gave up. Fool! "I miss you Greenie." I squeeze the heart and a small click happens.

"Hey, Rosie. The one, the only, Lloyd Garmadon. I had Jay and Zane help me put this together if we ever happen to get separated again. And I guess it's easier talking to a recorder then you sometimes." Lloyd's voice fills the cave with his natural cheer. "Anyway. I've been poking around the internet lately and I'm not sure if you like music or not. Kit said you had a good singing voice. Here are three songs that I think you'll like the most." Lloyd's voice disappears as a young woman starts singing with a melody. "Beautiful, beautiful. Like sunlight burning at midnight." After she was done, a man with party music was on next. "Oh, this woman is my destiny. She said, shut up and dance with me." The last one really twisted my heartstrings. "I have died everyday waiting for you. Darling don't be afraid, I have loved you for a thousand years. And I love you for a thousand more." The music stops and Lloyd returns, "That's all I got Rosie. I love you. I promise to never forget you." The recording stop with a click and I feel like crying.

"Willy?" Kit asks as she drags in supplies. "Are you ok?"

Screw being strong for my pride's sake. "No, Kit. I'm not ok." I pull myself into a ball and start crying.

"Then let me in. I don't know what I'm helping with." Kit crawls her way over to me and worms her head through my curled position.

"It started after I stole the Black King's powers." I relax as tears sting my face. Kit's eyes widen as I reveal my true colors and the temperature in the cave drops a little. "A small amount of Fay resisted him and fought for the queen. I was coming in the doors, to safety." I told my sister of how I became the mess I am today.

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{Location: Real World}(Writingrockstar316's POV)

So quick note. I own none of the songs.  I just really like them. Here are the music videos. You don't have to watch them. But I would. ;P

https://youtu.be/WB5BlYsn6nk

https://youtu.be/mX9z8XV1RGU

https://youtu.be/717edRZhwXg