This day would be burned in Kai's mind forever. The day those dark clouds first rolled over Ninjago. The Day his life changed forever. The day he nearly his sister, the only family he had left. On this day one year ago was when Lord Garmadon's skeletons first attacked Ninjago.
Kai still remembered it all. The roar of the strange machines the skeletons rode. The darkness that covered his home village. The screams of the villages soon mixed with those of Nya. The feeling of bravery and concern only to be quickly replaced by that of helplessness and anger.
In the year since that day much had passed. Kai had become the red ninja of fire and joined his fellow ninjas and now best friends, Jay: ninja of lighting, Cole: ninja of earth, and Zane: ninja of ice. He had come to protect the golden sword of fire. Time and time again he had fought of threats. Not just skeletons, but other supernatural horrors and life challenges that would never had happened while he was a mere blacksmith. Kai had reached his 17th birthday and Nya her 16th. Yet one thing had not happened and it was the one thing Kai was waiting for. Lord Garmadon had yet to return.
Kai yawned. It had been a rough day in training. Sensei Wu had asked Jay to spruce up the training equipment making them faster and more like fighting real enemies. All four ninjas were exhausted now.
Kai's eyelids grew heavy. He sat at the window gazing out at the horizon. He would take on Lord Garmadon then and there if he could.
His eyes closed only to be snapped instantly away by the sound of his fellow ninjas running into his room.
"What's up?" he asked.
"Lord Garmadon's been spotted. We have to go now," said Cole.
Kai leapt up following the others to the four dragons that they had tamed. He literally jumped onto the own dark red and gold dragon and took the harness firstly as the dragon shot into the sky along with the others.
"Who spotted him? Is anyone hurt?" Kai asked.
"No one is hurt. But the witness said he saw conjuring catastrophes," said Zane.
"Like what?" Kai asked.
"Like balls of fire the size of your head , Earthquakes strong enough to bring down our dojo, freak storms popping out of nowhere and blizzards in the idle of summer!" said Jay.
"In other words he is practicing using the four elements of our weapons. If we do not beat him today then all will be lost. He will be ready to use the 4 weapons and will not hesitate to do so." said Zane.
Kai narrowed his eyes. He would not let that happen. Not after all he nearly lost the first time around. He would defeat Lord Garmadon. He would save Ninjago!
All at once his dragon reared up nearly knocking Kai off. *the other dragons did as well and jay actually did fall. Thankfully, he grabbed onto his dragon's tail. Kai regained his balance and looked forward to see balls of fire raining down.
He frowned. He may save Ninjago, but it wasn't going to be easy.