Mayhemb; I figured that I'd use the same beginning from The Ninja of Water for this, since this firsts introduces Grace into her family the best. Yet the story starts out a bit before Kai is entered in.
This reversion-of-sorts was inspired by the 4 chapters of what would happen if Grace had met the boys earlier and how would that change everything..
I decided to do this since now that I'm going Solo, I can edit and spruce the chapters up a bit. And the reason things may change? Well before we all split up we decided on one thing; this one we get to see Grace earn her True Potential. Which means that a feeeew (major/minor) things'll change...Hope you all enjoy!
In the Past
Lord Garmadon looked down at his new born baby boy, who'm he named Lloyd, then at his young daughter. His daughter had dark purple hair made into small pigtails, pale skin, and baby blue eyes. She was wearing a dark black shirt, dark blue yoga pants, and sandals...A few bags were placed beside her tiny feet...His daughter whose name was Grace was an almost uncanny mirror image of the woman who was buried before them...Lloyd and Grace's mother...His wife...
"Daddy? Is somet'ing w'ong?" Grace asked, her front teeth missing gave her a unusual accent, Lord Garmadon couldn't help but smile lightly down at his daughter.
"No, sweetie...Just...Thinking is all." Lorn Garmadon stated as he led his daughter(who had picked up the bags), away from the grave, his daughter nodded her head.
Even at a young age Grace never stepped out of line with anyone, always choosing to be quiet, shy, and always watching from afar...Never fighting...Like her mother...
"-THIS WAY MEN!"Lord Garmadon heard from afar, he knew that they were after them. He looked down at his son, then down at his daughter before shedding a tear.
"Grace?" Lord Garmadon began in a soft voice, easily getting the attention of his daughter who tilted her head at him. Her father smiled down at her slightly. "I have to leave you for a long time, but I promise...That you will see me and Lloyd again...Okay?"
Lord Garmadon asked his daughter, who stared up and him and nodded her head. "Such a brave...Strong girl...Your mother would be proud."
Lord Garmadon stated happily, his daughter, son, and wife were the only ones who could get him to be like this...Lloyd suddenly cried and Grace touched the young boy, who was wrapped in a dark green blanket's face.
"It's owkay wittle bowther! I'll see yow soon! (It's okay little brother! I'll see you soon!)" Grace chimed, and sang a small small melody...A melody that always stopped little Lloyd from crying, make her mom smile, and make her dad's frozen heart heat up and swell slightly.
"Remember sweetie. No matter what happens in the future, that I will always love you." Lord Garmadon said before he kissed his baby girl's forehead. She hugged him softly and kissed her little brother on the forehead afterwards, before he opened 2 small portals; one on his left and the other on Grace's right.
"Bye daddy! Love w'ou and Lloyd!" Grace chimed before picking up her bags and smiled at him, he smiled lightly back, before the 2 entered the portal closest to them. The portals disappeared, just as the villagers came to the small clearing.
Present
Grace sighed as she thought back to her past, before looking up at the monastery. Though she had been adopted by a nice older couple with a large family, Grace still kept her shy attitude, yet made up for it little by little. She had grown up to be a bit more out going, even going into acting, singing, and dancing. Still a bit quiet and shy as a butterfly though, yet she made up for it easily for the other activities she did. She cooked, fixed machines, helped the inventing huts in a town near the town she lived in, painted for the community, gardened for farmers markets...
Grace blinked though, as she remembered what she herself looked like under the full black ninja suit. She now had waist-to-knee length dark dark purple, the same light baby blue eyes as from before, and lightly sun kissed skin which made her eyes pop out.
Her hair was kept hidden due to the hood and due to the dark red ribbon holding it all back, the one her real mother once gave her...
Quickly Grace shook her head before opening the doors to the Dojo, and smirked to see what was before her. Three ninja were training with the equipment; one was strong, another was fast, then the last was quiet and seemed to be the most wise of the group. When the door opened all three ninja looked at Grace, who was standing their in her own black ninja suit, a bamboo Yumi, and her leather quiver.
"Who is this guy..?" the strongest ninja asked to the quick one, who shrugged his shoulders as the 3 ninja stopped training.
"Pay no mind to G, continue the lesson." an old man's voice stated, before the all the ninja bowed before the old man, known as Sensei Wu to them, (besides Grace, who was his niece) and continued with what they were doing.
"Come G, I have a lot to explain to you." Sensei Wu instructed to Grace, who nodded her head and followed Sensei Wu into the forest. After walking a bit the two sat down and had tea.
"You must understand Grace, that the boys must not know what you look like or that you are a girl until I say so." Sensei Wu told his incognito niece, who nodded her head before opening up the bottom part of her ninja hood and sipping some tea.
She was naturally quiet, so it didn't seem all that hard.
"We also need to make sure that the boys never find out who your father is...Not until everything right now is cleaned up." Sensei Wu said to Grace, who nodded her head again as she set her tea cup down. "For now you will be called Gee, and you shall help train the boys while I am gone searching for the final ninja."
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"I am proud of you, that you can return to this temple Grace, and help me...Your mother would be very proud."
At this Grace hugged her Uncle, a hug which he returned. Grace had already mastered the art of Spinjitsu in one month and had been appointed Sensei Wu's best student when she was ten. A day every year since she had been left, Grace came back to the Monastery to train and speak with her Uncle...And now she was allowed to stay..!
"We should go back now, the boys will start to wonder where we are." Sensei Wu explained, and quickly the Sensei and the ninja walked back to the monastery.
The three ninja all stopped training when the door opened again, to reveal their Sensei and the mysterious ninja.
"Boys, come here." Sensei Wu spoke loudly, and swiftly the three ninjas, with weapons in hand, ran to their Sensei.
"I'd like you to meet my best and top student, Gee, who shall be training you while I am off to find...Something." Sensei Wu stated, all the boy ninjas glanced at each other before taking off their hoods, letting Grace see them clearly.
The first boy, the strongest one, had shaggy black hair, dark brown eyes, and a stern look on his face. He was carrying a scythe, which looked sharp to the touch.
The second boy, the wise one, had a military-style platinum hair, grey eyes, and a serious yet all the while curious it seems expression. He was holding a pair of shuriken, which were held with the daintiest of touches.
Then the last boy, the fast one of the three, had not-so-shaggy brown hair, electric blue-green eyes, and a ready-to-learn excited expression it seemed. He was holding a set of nunchucks, which he fiddled with as Grace watched him.
"I'm sorry Sensei, I'm not trying to go against you, but are you sure we can trust this guy..?" the strong one, obviously the leader of the group, asked Sensei Wu. Her Uncle nodded his head.
"Gee has trained with me before, and he shows everything and more that you three shall need to learn, to master Spinjitsu, and complete your destinies." Sensei Wu said, before smiling. "But how about Gee shows you what he knows...By him fighting against me."
At Sensei Wu's statement his male pupils gave surprised expressions, while Grace (will be called Gee for a while now)...She slowly nodded her head.
"Then so be it. Cole, Jay, Zane. You three sit out on the side and watch." Sensei Wu instructed as he lowered all the training equipment down, the boys nodded their heads to their name. Each responded to their own name, Zane was the platinum haired one, Cole had the scythe, and Jay was nunchucks...They all sat down and watched the two people before them.
Time stopped for a few seconds before the two raced at each other, bow clashing with staff, as the the fought face-to-face. Sensei Wu was generically fast, but Grace was one of the fastest people alive it seemed as she glided across the area dodging and deflecting the blows...Yet all three ninjas were soon surprised when "Gee" was surrounded by a tornado made by water.
"H-He knows Spinjitsu!" Jay screamed out loud, before he was hushed by the other two ninja as they continued to watch.
Sensei Wu pulled his staff back, yet it was still caught by Gee's hands. In a few moments Sensei Wu found himself pulled into the tornado. Seconds went by as weapon attacked weapon, before the tornado stopped. The three by-standers saw Gee with his foot on Sensei Wu's chest, and an arrow, cocked into the bow, pointed right between his eyes.
"Your skills have only sharpened over the years Gee, I am most impressed." Sensei Wu stated to Gee, who grunted in reply before helping Sensei Wu up...Only for Gee to be asked a billion questions by the ninja.
"When did you learn Spinjitsu?"
"HOW DID YOU DO THAT?"
"Do you know how COOL that was?" the boys asked along with more questions, to which all of them Gee stayed silent to.
"Gee is a quiet person, who talks only when necessary and-"
"So basically, the exact opposite of Jay?" Cole asked as he cut Sensei Wu off.
Jay glared at the scythe-wielder. "Hey!"
"Yet Gee shall be in charge of you, and as such, you must show him respect." Sensei Wu told his students, who nodded their heads before bowing to their Sensei.
"Yes Sensei." the three boys chorused while Gee nodded his head, before they all straightened up.
"I shall be going then, listen to Gee, and make sure to not let any intruders in." Sensei Wu stated, before bowing to his students and walking out of the Monasteries front doors.
"If you can't talk, then how are you going to teach us?" Cole asked Gee once the doors were closed, before Gee suddenly pulled out a pen and a few sheets of paper.
"I see, you shall communicate to use through writing, yes?" Gee nodded his head to Zane's question, before writing some stuff down and giving it to Cole, who read it over.
"Okay, since it's late we'll have dinner, get to know each other a bit, then go to bed so we can really train in the morning." Cole instructed the two boys, Jay grinned as he hugged Gee.
"I like this guy already! No training the first day, yahoooo!" Jay exclaimed as he continued to hug Gee, who blushed a bit yet chuckled at this. Soon the boys all lead Gee into the dinning room while Zane made dinner.
Question Time! Bold is What Gee/Grace wrote on the paper to reply
Cole; Favorite Color? Blue and Black
Jay; Favorite type of food? Sweets
Cole; Favorite Season? Winter and Fall
Jay; Favorite Animal? Dolphins, Penguins, and Monkeys
Cole; Special Skills? Dancing, singing, gardening, cooking, poetry, good with machines, smart, and a few other things
Jay; Happy place? I have to many to list
Cole; Something you can't live without? Music and my bow
Jay; Best physical and mental quality? My eyes, then my ability to withstand a lot of pressure
By this time Zane had come out and set down a bowl of soup for each ninja to eat, along with a cup of water.
"I hope you enjoy my cooking Gee." Zane told Gee, who nodded his head before eating the soup...
This is amazing Gee held up the piece of paper, Zane smiled at him.
"Thank you, that's very nice of you to sa-write." Zane corrected himself, causing a small fit of laughter from both Cole and Jay, while a chuckle from Gee.
Inside her heart though, Grace knew that sooner or later she would have to come clean to these boys...Yet also deep in her heart, she could sense that when that time comes, she will be glad to have known these boys. Because she was brought here for a reason, she had to meet these boys for a reason, and she would have to make a family with these boys for a reason...Because everyone knows one thing; That the fates work in mysterious ways.
Here's to hoping that this will all work out! Enjoy Grace's Birthday Gift to you all! Ta for now~