Cover Your Crystal Eyes, a Ninjago Fanfiction
Chapter One, The Chanted
Chant these words, and you will be free
The dark, bony figure opened his bleary eyes in an unfamiliar place. The atmosphere was not cold nor warm, in temperature or color. There was dim, colorless lighting, despite the fact that a light source was non-existent. It was indescribable what the being felt. Dead...but not as much as he had been before.
The past leader of the underworld found himself mindlessly wandering the dark endless caves he had woken in.
All he could remember was grasping the powerful weapons of spinjitzu in his four arms. A sharp pain had then rushed through the skeleton's body, and he had appeared in this unusual place.
Eventually, Samukai's stumbling brought him to a room full of dilapidated bookshelves. In the center was a dusty sheet of paper, simply laying on the softly illuminated ground. He strided over and uncharacteristically, gracefully picked it up. Small words were scribbled across it. What it said shocked the undead creature.
Pardon, character of the dark, please heed these words I am about to say. You are in a limbo. Whenever a being of the Underworld "dies", so to speak, they are transported to this place. It is a land of not the dead, yet not the living. Most of whom end up here are sent into eternal wandering the endless caves. But ever so rarely, so rare that it is yet to be accomplished, does someone make it to this hidden library. It is a lucky feat.
Now, I will explain the most incredible of things. There is a way where you can be sent to the overworld from here. The process involves you reading a power-giving spell. When you say the spell, the ancient power of black crystals will be implanted in your heart. This power will allow you to freely step into the overworld and be free. This comes with a burden. You will retain the power and will have it even after you leave. It is a strength, but in the wrong hands, it can destroy the balance in Ninjago. The power can be transferred to another if not properly inside the heart of the host. Stay in your place.
I am the creator of Ninjago, and I will do whatever I must to retain balance in Ninjago. I created the power in the crystals to keep this balance even past my grave.
Chant these words, and you will be free. Chant what is written below, and the black crystal will go to your heart.
Cold as night
Dark as stone
Casting out the demons below
See my way
That I shall stay
The host until my other side comes
The mutual crystals
Balance will come
The paper blew out of Samukai's decrepit hands as he read aloud the enchanted poem. A pain grew in his chest; a light formed in the place. However, the skeleton had no heart for the crystal to reside in. It simply glowed like an orb, suspended in his chest. He screamed harshly through his malevolent, raspy voice. At this, his weary old bones shook until his eyes fell closed.
They opened again, to see the bright sunlight of a grassy field in Ninjago. He stood slowly. "Ah. Ninjago, I am back. And I am more powerful than ever."
The ninja of earth felt himself being shaken awake. Upon opening his eyes and pushing his hair out of his vision, he saw Sensei Wu's concerned face towering above him. Cole sat up quickly. "What's going on?"
"Help me wake the others." The sensei said sternly. "Samukai is wreaking havoc on a nearby village. A fire is ablaze."
"I thought he died! A week ago, when he grabbed the Golden Weapons!" Cole shouted. A half-asleep Jay responded to this by pulling a blanket over himself. He was quickly awoken by the team leader, however, as were Kai and Zane.
Sensei shook his head. "I do not know how, but he has made a quick return."
After quickly getting suited up and armed, the ninja made their way down the Mountain of Impossible Height, and to the poor village in peril. Samukai was lighting what seemed to be blue fire from the bony palms of his hands. He then proceeded to throw the fire at houses, causing people to flee for their lives.
"How is he doing that!?" Kai yelled in confusion, as the team rushed to their foe.
"I sense he has picked up a supernatural power." Zane declared whilst pulling out a golden shuriken.
Cole shook his head. "Whatever power it is, we can still take him." He swang his scythe at the villain. The evil skeleton, however, simply fended off the attack with nothing but a gust of wind he had created.
"Whoa!" Jay exclaimed. He attempted to do the same as his team member, but his blow was easily blocked as well.
Then Samukai struck. He formed a solid nunchuck with the black power he was possessing. It struck a not-fast-enough ninja of lightning in the leg. Jay cried out in pain.
Cole looked over, and his eyes widened as he saw his friend get injured. "Jay!" he cried out.
Samukai laughed. "I have harmed one of you, see how that helps your wretched team. I have more important places in Ninjago to attack." After these malevolent words, he vanished into the darkness of the night.
The journey back to the monastery was difficult with a heavily limping team member. Cole decided to allow Jay to use him as a crutch. This didn't help them go any faster, but at least Cole felt Jay was in less pain.
Sensei Wu greeted them quickly and became distraught with their discovery of Samukai's new power. "I do not know of any elemental powers like that." He said in his old - yet wise - voice. After inspecting Jay's leg and declaring it was only bruised and would quickly heal, he made a decision. "Tomorrow I will head off to the scroll temple of the eastern Sun Forest. I must find out how to stop Samukai...or else Ninjago's balance will be destroyed - along with every living thing in it."
Thank you so much for reading! Chapter 2, The Circumstanced, will go up on Tuesday. Be sure to leave a review, like and follow! It really means a lot to me!~