When did it begin... When did the balance shift, when did the enemy win. Ninjago had fallen.

The village was burning, raiders rampaged through the town, robbing, killing, kidnapping. One lonely blacksmith against it all. "How can i fight this?" Kai cried to his grandfather, "some times you can't fight, but it's better to know when to give up however... This land is falling apart" his grandfather paused, "my boy? Do you know where ancients crag is?" "Yes?" Kai replied confused, "go there an seek out a man named wu, he will teach you how to fight, without fighting" Kai didn't understand how you could fight without fighting but he knew his grandfather was wise, "remember the fire, I burns brightly in us, in times of need you can wield it, remember..." He trailed off. Kai collected his things and fled. Once arriving at the crag he was jumped by a bunch of men who grabbed his things and fled, he didn't bother to try to get them back, he needed to find wu, who ever he was.

Author's note,

I'm back from hiatus and so I've a story I have had planned for I while. Inspired by True Grit by Astrid16 I wrote a fic in a dark ninjago, all ninja will be in it eventually as well as most major villains, also some characters will be different and some might die. I plan for a lot of gore :) so thanks for reading