The Real Adventure Begins Now…
The sky was a clear blue with only a few wispy clouds in sight. At least, that was what it looked like for a few minutes before a portal opened up in the sky. Six dragons, one of which had four heads, dove out of the portal, excited roars escaping them. The portal closed behind them, blocking off whatever realm they were just in.
A slender sixteen year old boy with spiky auburn hair and hazel eyes shook his head from where he was sitting on the fire dragon. "I didn't get enough notes back there about the First Realm. Does anyone have any extra notes that they won't be using for their five page essay?"
The only female in the group, whom had short-cropped black hair and hazel eyes, rolled her eyes as she glanced over at the smallest, and youngest member of their little group. "Lloyd has enough notes for ten pages. You can ask him."
"Oh. I was just gonna repeat over and over again how bad the First Realm is under the rule of Iron Baron." Another boy, one with neatly combed light brown hair and electric blue eyes, piped up from his seat on the Lightning dragon.
"Oh Jay!" Everyone chuckled as they shook their heads at the teen.
It has been three years since their last big adventure, and the four sixteen year olds, one fourteen year old, and the now eleven year old, were all just getting back from another field trip for their school. So far the years have been pretty calm, with only slight misadventures happening during their unsupervised field trips.
The tallest teen with stiff snowy white hair, and icy blue eyes, took charge, leading the others to the mountain top that they all called home. Landing perfectly on the landing platform located slightly below the monastery where the school was located, he climbed off the ice dragon he rode on. "Come on guys. We need to unpack and start the first drafts for our essays."
"K. Zane. Let's make it a race!" The teen riding the earth dragon cheered, his eyes bright with excitement.
Zane groaned, even as cheers of agreement escaped the others. "Cole, it isn't a race!"
Cole rolled his eyes, even as Lloyd brushed his blonde hair out of his equally green eyes. "Come on Zane… please?"
Jay widened his eyes in an attempt to look innocent, shooting the siblings a look that clearly hinted that he wanted them to join in with him. Nya happily did so, while Kai rolled his eyes and went to unpack his saddlebags.
"I see you all made it home safely. Now then, I want the first drafts turned in first thing tomorrow." A new voice spoke up from behind Zane, his voice filled with wisdom.
"Yes Sensei." "Ok Uncle Wu." The six friends turned around to see that their mentor, Sensei Wu, was watching them once again.
Gathering their saddlebags, they hurried past him, even as all six dragons shrank to the size of their palms and landed perfectly on their shoulders. Sensei chuckled to himself, glad that he chased after them all those years ago. They certainly made life interesting.
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"Here Flames." Kai tossed a piece of the extra spicy chicken he ordered up to his dragon.
He had an open notebook in front of him, next to a binder that was open to a blank page. Picking his pencil up, he tapped it on his desk, wishing that he could ask the others for help. Unfortunately, they all had their own private bedrooms and everyone was busy with their own essays. Flames made a soft whirring noise, drawing Kai's attention back to him.
Kai shook his head as he stretched backwards. "I can do this… I mean just a five page essay on what life in the First Realms is really like. That should be easy enough…" He rubbed his eyes, before grabbing another spicy chicken and tore a bite off with his teeth.
He had work to do. If only this could be a little bit more interesting. Writing essays just wasn't something he considered fun to do…just required to do them. Standing up, he walked across his room to his window.
His eyes widened as he noticed not what he normally would see out the window, a falcon maybe Sensei mediating, instead something, or someone was attempting to sneak into the monastery. Whirling around, he charged off without a word.
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Jay had just finished writing his first draft and was on his way to drop his dishes off in the kitchen when Kai suddenly came tearing past him. "Trouble in the courtyard!"
Jay froze, wondering what he should do, before dropping the dishes down on the small table in the hallway and bolted after Kai. "Kai! Wait for me!"
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Cole slipped out of his room, needing a break from his first draft for the five page essay that Sensei had assigned to them. Surprise flashed through him when Kai suddenly tore across the hall, running past him.
"Trouble in the courtyard!"
Jay came tearing after him, looking just as alarmed as Cole felt. Turning, Cole ran after them.
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Zane tidied up his work space. Glad that he was finally done with his first three drafts for the essay. He would turn in the first draft tomorrow same as his friends. Almost as if he read his mind, Kai tore past his open door.
"There's trouble in the courtyard!"
Jay and Cole ran after him, Jay not even panting while Cole gulped in large breaths as he ran. Zane glanced down at his papers, before deciding that his papers could wait. His friends needed his help.
Whipping around, he ran after the three boys.
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Upon entering the courtyard, the four teens scanned the area for the trouble that Kai claimed to have seen. At first it looked like he was making it up, and then Jay screamed loudly.
"Skeleton!" Jay scrambled backwards, diving behind a startled Zane.
Kai flicked his wrist, the sword of fire immediately appearing in his hand. "Show yourself! We're harmed and prepared to defend the monastery!"
Zane mumbled something about how he wasn't ready to defend the monastery, when Cole gave off a girlish screech when an actual skeleton stepped out from the shadows. "We're called Skullkin! Not skeleton…dimwit."
"Yeah! That isn't very nice!" Jay bravely piped up from behind Zane.
Cole swallowed hard as he flicked his wrist, summoning the Scythe of Quakes into his hand. "Stand down!"
"NO! You stand down! I have a very important message for one Sensei Wu from his brother…Lord Garmadon!" The skeleton, I mean Skullkin, demanded.
"Wait…what?!" The four friends spoke in perfect unison as the two armed ones lowered their weapons.
A/N: Hello! Ok, yes this says First Year but takes place three years after Origins. Sorry about that. But hey! Garmadon is reaching out to Sensei! And looks like we have a new series of adventures coming up. Look through the first season. And some of the second season. Serpentine are coming up and you will laugh at how they get out of their tombs!
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