The dawn of hope I set there at the fountain crying my eyes out. My mother had just died of a horrible disease. I heard faint whispering in a tree but i didn't bother to check it out. I felt something grab my shoulder I gasped. "Are you okay?" I looked up to see a boy my age with blue eyes and bleach-blonde hair with a concerned expression on his face looking down at me. "Um yes, I'm fine, none of a stranger's concern anyway." The boy smiled "I was just wondering and my name is Zane. May i sit down?" I replied "Sure. My name is Maddy and this is Igcluu my owl." I smiled "Well if nothing was wrong than why where you crying?" I looked around "Um can you keep a secret?" Zane nodded "My adoptive mother just died and no one else will take me." Zane looked a bit sad. "You can come stay with us." "Us?" Suddenly three more ninja appeared. We headed back to their home. An elderly man was waiting for them at the entrance. "Who is this?" he asked. Kai said " Maddy an orphan." Sensei Wu paused " I sense potential in her." And thus the beggining...