The evil wizard had been released as her brother aged up. And Ronin had taken Nunchuk with him. Mum claimed that Nunchuk had died because she was really old, but Oriana knew better.
Marco as a baby sucked, Marco as a child was even worse.
He used her ninja traps against her!! Which was sooo stupid, since he should use them so daddy wouldn't bite mum in the shower.
And when she stomped around the house, clearly learning how to be a dinosaur- ninja, dad didn't even look at her!!! He just kept talking with her stupid brother, wanting to play catch with him!!
The hard ball hit Marco in the face again! It was so difficult catching that stupid ball.
Dad! That hurts!! He heard his father appologize in the distance. That didn't help at all, his nose still ached. Oriana was so lucky she didn't have to play catch with dad. He threw harder than a horse kicked!!
Orianas stupid brother was better than her at everything too! When she built a ninja- fortress; he built the sphinx in Al- Simhara!! And then he said: That's really cool Oriana! Is it a dojo?! Like stupid Marco knew what a dojo was!! But she couldn't yell at him, because then mum yelled at her!
They always took her stupid brothers side!
Atleast she was still allowed to sit in the front seat! But when she said it was because Marco was still a baby, mum yelled at her. Even if Marco didn't care! He liked sitting in the backseat, 'cause then he could kick the back of mums seat.
Then when they went to visit uncle Marek and aunti Elsie, her stupid brother got everyones attention!! He told some stupid story that wasn't even about ninjas!
Whilst mum yelled at her for fishing!! How was she supposed to know there was no fish in the water?!! Why have a big pond with no fish in it? Uncle Marek and auntie Elsie were soooo weird.
And when she wanted to go to the beach alone, mum and dad said she had to take Marco with her. She even tried to run away from him, but he kept up.
Oriana wait!! Mum and dad said we had to stay together! She heard him calling for her in the background, but didn't stop.
And then when she came to the beach, she tried to talk to talk to one of the boys there. Oriana talked about ninjas ofcourse, because everyone likes ninjas! And the boy thought ninjas were way cool too!!
But then her uncool brother, just started playing in the sand and asked if the boy wanted to play with him. And he did!! Boys are so stupid!!
The only other kid to play with, was stupid Sunniva!! She was so mean, and always called Oriana and Vera lesbians. Vera had told her that a lesbian was a girl that like-liked other girls, and that was just stupid!
Oriana only liked ninjas and didn't care if they were boys or girls! Or dinosaurs!!
She got so mad at her brother and mean Sunniva, that she destroyed the sandcastle he made, like a real ninja would have!!! But then Oriana felt guilty instead. Even if her stupid brother didn't care about the sandcastle!
Marco had a really good time having a waterballoon- fight with the other kids. One of the boys, Milo, said he and Oriana were friends. But when they called for her to join, she was nowhere to be found. That was strange.
Oriana sulked as she went home. Dad asked her where Marco was, because she was supposed to look after him.
And ofcourse, when he did get home a short while after her, dad started sniffing the air and went: Marco? Have you been around werewolves? Go take a shower, and throw the clothes in the laundry.
Stupid dad ALWAYS cared about Marco. He never asked her to take a shower when she'd played with Milo!!
Even when Oriana showed she was a big girl, and didn't find any ninjas from opposing clans under her bed. (They were probably not there anymore because of her stupid brother!)
'Cause then Marco had checked under hid bed and found monsters! Like monsters live under beds!! They live in the closet, everyone knew that! That's what mum said, when Oriana asked her why they didn't have any closet.
Then dad would hug precious little Marco and tell him everything would be fine.
And dad said something stupid, like: Your mind is your best defense against monsters! Just have a riddle ready to tell them if they show up. Monsters are really dumb, so that will make them run away.
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What happens when someone dies?? Marco looked sadly at his parents. Oriana was in the tub, playing ninja- submarine so he dared ask the question. His sister thought FattyNunchuk was taken by an evil samurai without a master. Or something like that.
When we die, we end up in the big light, Iva said. And there you meet everyone else you know that has died. When you've been there a while, you come back as a baby. Or else it would get really crowded.
That sounded plausible! But why did dad give her such a strange glare?
Gard wasn't to happy with all the tall- tales Iva told their children. Even if it was impressive how she just came up with things like that. No wonder her writing went well.
After her morning bath, Oriana had dressed up as a ninja- astronaut, only to find a too common accurance.
Her stupid brother Marco, and her dad playing catch in the early morning light. Dad couldn't be to long out in the sun before he caught fire. Marco was soooo lucky, she wished dad would play catch with her!
Oriana jealously stared at them through the window. Maybe if she stared long and hard enough, dad would turn around and notice her.
It looked like her stupid brother was having soooo much fun!
Ouch! My eye! Dad had thrown the ball in his face again! It hurt so much, why did he always throw so hard?!
You're supposed to catch it with your hands boy. Not your face. Was dad laughing at him?
Marco saw his sister in the window, dressed up as an astronaut. He wished he could play astronaut, then dad could throw balls in Orianas face instead!
Why does daddy only care about Marco? Oriana whined to her mother.
Honey, dad plays with you all the time. He just wants to do a bit of father- son stuff with your brother. Iva didn't tell her daughter that Marco really needed to burn off a bit of energy.
But I wanna play catch with daddy too!! The girl sulked when she said it, putting up a face that would make her dad feel guilty. Didn't work on mums for some reason.
Iva wondered when her daughter had turned into such a whiny kid. Have you asked dad if he wants to play catch with you??
Oriana didn't want to ask her dad. She wanted him to ask her! Like he did with Marco. To throw her mother of her case, she said: You're really pretty mum! You look like a pretty painting, a really, really, REALLY old one!!
...Thanks..... Her daughter was such a charmer. Definitely got that from the dads side of the family.
The rising sun had finally become to much for his dad, so Marco played a bit with his toy oven. As he went to put the fresh pie in the fridge, he was terrified his dad wanted to play catch again. Why couldn't his dad just be fat, watch tv and drink beer like other dads?? He was hairy enough to be like that!!
You know, the school is full of yetis, Oriana told her brother. It was his first day after all, so she would make sure he felt unsafe and unwelcome. Like any good sister would.
And it's like constantly in danger of getting hit by a meteor, and then it will catch fire and everything will burn. And when it does, I'm not going to help you!!! Oriana would make sure that all the ninjas at school, wouldn't like her brother. She just had to find them first.
Marco sat quietly next to her. then said: That sounds cool! I like yetis! And fire!
Her brother was so stupid. Nothing was better than ninjas.
There's not a lot of the adults in this part. But the kids need a little room, especially Marco. Poor thing is easy to forget when Oriana is around. He has some traits I really couldn't find a good use for as a child. He'll be more prominent as a teen though.
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