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Episode 1: Way of the Ninja
"Long before time had a name, Ninjago was created by the First Spinjitzu Master by using the Four Weapons ofofofof S p inji iiiiiiiiiiiiiii-"
3pis0de 1: WAy oF---No More Lying, Here's The Real Deal
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Actually, you know what?
....No.
No more.
No more, I can't keep doing this. None of us can.
This has gone on for long enough.
Look, I don't really feel like lying to you guys anymore.
Really, I don't.
This isn't something that I want to keep sugarcoating anymore, nor is it something that I want to make look like a story found on some website, or a mere piece of fantasy for young children to listen too because their parents want them to go to bed.
Because in the end, none of this is mere fiction.
It's all real, everything that has happened to me-to us, is real. This is not a joke.
We can't take this anymore. We want, no, need people to hear this story. The real one this time.
We want to be remembered again. Remembered by someone or some people who are willing to listen to what we have to say.
Now, if you still believe that we're just a bunch of crazy people with big imaginations or some scammers looking to catch some poor naïve souls, then please, leave.
If you actually feel like staying and listening to everything, or if you feel like there is some truth behind our words, then please, do feel free to stay.
Just know that not everything that happens is going to be all sunshine and rainbows, it will get dark. After all, not everything in life is filled with happy moments. Sometimes there are the bad ones.
Trust me on that, okay?
....Anyways, are you ready?
Let's begin then.
A long time ago, I don't really know when, but it was a long time ago, a man wanted to bring fantasy to life.
This man wanted to shape worlds that were interconnected with each other, where reality and fiction combined together to create a harmonic universe of peace, pure imagination, and wonder.
Worlds where people and creatures of all kind could live in with bliss and happiness, adventure and fun lurking in every corner you could think of.
To start off his "amazing" project, he began learning how to create other dimensions.
Day and night, night and day, he worked endlessly to figure out how to fully create a functional dimension, when finally, after many years, discovered it.
He took pieces of life's elements and managed to turn each one of them into special crystals, except for four of them, the main, main aspects of life. Their crystals were sealed into golden weapons, to represent how those four elements were like, protectors of the world or something like that, I think. They were:
The Scythe of Quakes.
The Nun-chucks of Lightning.
The Shurikens of Ice.
And the Sword of Fire.
Using the crystals and the weapons, he began to shape worlds of all kind.
And, with this newfound power, the man also began creating his creatures.
The first two being the Skeletons and the Snakes.
At first, things seemed peaceful. Everyone was getting along, and people began to hop around the many dimensions that were created, always looking for a new adventure.
The man grew in fame, now becoming known as "The Master". He even managed to get a wife and two kids, a pair of boys.
However, soon the peace started fading away.
For some unknown reason, the creatures were becoming aggressive, attacking anyone that they could get their hands on.
What the Master did not know, was that when he was creating everything, he accidently brought something to life. A darkness that was never supposed to exist in the first place.
The Overlord.
Unknowing of what had been created, everything was soon covered in darkness. The Skeletons and Snakes had been unknowingly affected the most, turning into aggressive, monstrous beings that sought to bring chaos.
Seeing the Master as a threat to him, The Overlord created an army out of stone, one that could not be beat by anyone, which was "lovingly" nicknamed the Stone Army.
The Master would not let the Overlord destroy what he had created, so, he did the most logical thing ever.
Using the Elemental Crystals and the Four Weapons, he sealed the Overlord and his army away on an island far away, never to be seen or heard from again. He then proceeded to do the same to the Snakes and Skeletons, sealing them each in different dimensions, before cutting the ties between the real world and every other dimension.
With his work destroyed and his name in ashes after the Overlord ordeal, the Master could no longer face the public. Thus, he wiped everyone's memories of the other dimensions and creatures he created, and left with his family to live in solitude in a monastery far away, which he built himself.
He didn't want these powers anymore, he didn't want to feel the pain of the world, or of the people that had died because of his one mistake. He did not want a repeat of what happened, especially now that everyone's memories were wiped.
So, he decided to turn the Monastery into a training ground.
There, he gave his two sons along with many other children an Elemental Crystal or a Weapon. He trained them to become warriors, guardians, those that the people can look up to with the relief that they will be safe from harm.
He also created a special move that only the children and himself could perform. One that would identify them from the many others and tied them to their element. One such move that required balance and full focus.
This move was called "Spinjitzu".
The children began calling him the First Spinjitzu Master after he taught them such a powerful move, and things seemed to be looking up for the old master.
Keyword: seemed.
The snakes would make an appearance, having managed to escape the dimension they were sealed in, only to be defeated once more by the new Elemental Masters and being sealed away into separate tombs.
Not only that, but The Overlord's influence did not fully leave Earth just yet. It managed to leave something behind in the form of a slithering snake, one who's bite would leave darkness and evil coursing through the victim's veins.
The poor older brother would be affected by the venom at such a young age, and as time went on and the Master and his wife passed, the eldest would grow eviler each day, until he was nothing but a shadow of his former self.
The eldest killed almost everyone in the Monastery, and tried to take the Four Weapons, the most powerful elemental holders, for himself, but was defeated by his younger brother, who then used his own crystal to seal his darkened brother into another dimension.
With that, the younger brother hid all of the crystals and the weapons (except for his) in locations far away, in hopes that no one would be drawn to their power. He also removed the crystals out of the Four Weapons as to make sure that if his brother would try to seek for the weapons, they would be rendered useless.
He hoped that maybe, someone pure of heart would find them, and finish off the evils that would slowly, but surely, come back.
October 14, 2014
"Hey, dumbass. Get up."
Kai's eyes opened, and from his bed he was greeted by his mother, who was staring at him with impatience and annoyance. Which was the usual stare he got from her and his father.
"You're going to be late to school, so move your ass and get dressed." she demanded.
He rolled his eyes, but still managed to will himself to roll out of bed, even though his body was protesting against it.
He'd rather not get pulled out of bed by his hair. Again.
His mother finally left his room, leaving Kai to hurry and get dressed so that he could make it to school without being late. He didn't really have much to choose from clothes-wise, so he just opted for the simplest red t-shirt he could find and a pair of random jeans that were probably not washed from off of the floor.
He would need to do his laundry again soon.
Kai looked at the clock and saw that he had a couple of minutes to spare for the most part. "Good, I can fix up my hair." Kai thought. He quickly ran to the bathroom, pulling open the sink drawers and grabbing his comb from the bottom of the drawer. His hair was a rat's nest, he realized this as he combed through it, wincing every time the comb got stuck on a knot of hair. He finally managed to get his hair looking somewhat decent, giving a sad smile to the reflection looking back at him.
"God, I'm a mess, aren't I?" he spoke, even though no one could hear him.
The amber eyes that were once filled with happiness in his childhood days had been dulled, as the fire that was once in them had been extinguished for good. His tan skin practically clung onto his frame, a purple spot growing on his arm, and dark bags circled his eyes like a raccoon mask. Kai sighed. Thanks to him oversleeping, he definitely would not have time to get breakfast or apply any makeup to his scar, bruise, and bags. Perhaps if he's lucky, there's at least an apple in the fridge that he could take to school.
After grabbing his backpack and putting on his worn-out shoes and jacket, Kai ran down the hallway and made a beeline towards the fridge, searching for food when, as luck would have it, he found a red, juicy apple tucked away in the back. As he left the kitchen and was about to head towards the front door, he heard the news channel playing in the living room. From what his parents were saying, the news was most likely going over the same story they've been going over for the past week.
"So, the police still haven't found that kid, even with that new surveillance footage?" he heard his dad say.
"Apparently not." his mom replied.
"The kid's probably going to get his ass arrested if he keeps pulling stunts like that."
"Well, it sucks to be him, doesn't it? He shouldn't have run away in the first place, then he wouldn't have to be doing this shit."
Kai decided to ignore everything else they said afterwards and proceeded to leave the house for school. He didn't need to tell them that he was leaving, they weren't exactly paying attention anyways.
The walk to school was short, as he lived pretty close by to it, but even then, during his walks, he always felt so......lonely. He had no friends outside of or even in school, so there was no one around to walk with him to school. Everyone always thought of him as the hot-headed anti-social freshmen in the first place, so that made making friends kind of difficult in the first place. During those times, whether he was walking to and from school or just hanging around in the hallways, he wished he had someone close to be with. Heck, he would kill just to have a sibling, younger or older. He always had dreams of having a little sister, but he could never tell if they were actually dreams or memories. It wasn't like it mattered, though. His parents would never adopt another kid unless it made them look better.
Kai made it to class just as the bell rang, earning him a stern glare from the teacher, but he just shrugged it off. The look didn't really faze him anymore at this point. With that, Kai laid his head on the desk and closed his eyes, dozing off to the lecture his teacher was giving.