Two children were waving wooden toy swords around, pretending to be fighting an enemy. "Watch it," called the girl. "We know Spinjitzu," her brother finished. The two, laughing, charged forward, waving their toys and spinning. The boy lost his balance and fell on top of his sister. The crashed to the ground, laughing hysterically.
The twins looked out over the ocean, glistening beneath the sun. "I want to go there when I get older," the girl said. Her brother nodded. They saw their father's fishing boat on the water. They saw it moving. They also saw a rock jutting just out of the water. They were sure whoever was driving could not see it, for that was the last time they saw the boat on top of the water. Their father never came back, and they never saw their uncle, who was also aboard that boat, again.
"Father," the boy said. "Father," the girl repeated. Neither kid felt like playing anymore. Instead, they went inside and waited at the window for their mother to return. "Only about ten minutes or so," she had said about thirty seconds earlier. Five minutes passed. What was that police car doing in their driveway? the twins thought they saw an officer climb out of the car and walk up to the door. He knocked. The twins had no choice but to answer.
"You the Lieson twins?" the police officer asked them. The twins nodded in unison. "I'm afraid I have some terrible news." he said. "Your mother was taken in a car crash." That was almost too much for the girl, who had just seen her father and uncle die in a shipwreck. The only thing that could make things worse was that if she was told that she would have to be separated from her brother.
"I'm also sorry to say that your aunt and cousin have vanished and that there are no orphanages that accept both boys and girls in all of Ninjago," said the officer. "You will have to be separated." Really?
That's when she woke up.