"Wow, this is the most fun I have had in ages!" Nira squealed as they flew on Lloyd's energy dragon to Sensei Wu's Academy.
"Yup it's pretty fun" Lloyd agreed "So do you have the slightest clue on how to get back to your world?"
"No, all I had to do was pull a leaver and I am here, but I doubt it will be as easy to leave" she sighed
"Don't worry, we will get you home", he said as they landed in the courtyard. "Well here we are" .
"Wow it's bigger than I thought", she said walking toward the door.
Inside looked like a normal schoo. Kids were here and there walking in the hallways as Nira and Lloyd walked into a room.
"This is the teacher's lounge", Lloyd told her as she sat and put Fluffy on her lap. "School will end soon, so you can meet the other ninjas, but I am afraid you can't meet my friend Zane. He sacrificed his life to save Ninjago from the Nindriods." I have a question do you have schools in your world?" Lloyd asked, changing the subject.
"Yup, my world is a lot like yours, but everyone looks different and your creatures are different", she answered. "I wonder if my mom and sister know that I am missing ", she said. Just then the bell rang and she could hear lots of kids in the halls. The door opened and a guy with black hair walked in and slumped in a chair near a small fridge, he eyed Nira and looked at Lloyd.
"Who is she? I don't recognize her," he asked.
"I will tell you when the rest come", Lloyd replied.
The door opened again and two guys, a girl and an old man walked in. Nira watched them closely. The one guy was wearing a blue striped t-shirt, he was laughing. The other guy had spiky hair and a red shirt. The girl had short black hair and a red dress and the old man was wearing a white robe. Nira knew each one of them. She was super excited to meet all the ninjas, her dream was coming true! No one did seemed to notice her until Lloyd stood up to introduce her, "Everyone I would like you to meet Nira and her cat Fluffy" he said , "Nira this is Cole, Jay, Kai, Nya and Sensei Wu". Nira was greeted with hi's and hello's. "She has a little problem that she needs our help with" Lloyd continued.
"There is no problem we can't solve" Kai said taking a drink from the mini fridge.
Nira stood up, "I think you might change your mind when I tell you what the problem is" she said sadly. "I was teleported from another world to Ninjago and I need your help getting home to my world", she continued with urgency. Kai spit out his drink all over the floor and Jay laughed.
"Good one!" Jay said laughing, then he stopped "You're not joking, are you?"
"I wish I was" she said with a sigh.
"Nira, you have been brought here for a special reason and I am afraid you can't leave till you have done what you were meant to do", Sensei Wu said to her with his usual wisdom.
"What do I have to do?" she asked hopefully.
"Unfortunately I don't know", he said.
"I am starting to think I will never go home" she said with tears starting to form in her eyes.
"But don't worry we will help you find out what you need to do" Lloyd said trying to cheer her up and everyone nodded in agreement.
"Thanks guys", she said wiping the tears from her eyes.
"You and Fluffy should stay with me in my room," Nya said. Nira thanked everyone for trying to help her before she left with Fluffy and Nya.
The next morning Nira had everything planned out for a tour of Ninjago. She figured if she had to be there she should make the best of it. First they would go on a tour of East and North Ninjago, then they would come back to eat lunch. After lunch they would go to West and South Ninjago then they would come back in time for dinner. Lloyd agreed to be her tour guide, so right after breakfast they left to explore Ninjago. On the way back for lunch they were a little ahead of schedule so they stopped at a nice place in the mountains called Jamanakai Village. It was a small village, but it was beautiful none the less. After walking around a bit Nira and Lloyd sat at a fountain. Lloyd told Nira about when he unleashed a serpentine. "You must love living here" Nira said, "there are all these beautiful places to see".
"Yeah, it's pretty nice", he smiled.
"I would love to live here in the mountains", she said looking around.
"You know, you don't have to go back", Lloyd replied.
"I know" she sighed, "but I would miss my home to much. I have a life over there, I can't just leave it behind".
"Yeah, I know."
"I hope once I go back I will be able to visit," she said.
"Me too," he replied.
"Lloyd, could you help me come up with a lie to tell my Mom? Because there is no way she is going to believe I traveled to Ninjago, she will think I am just a kid with good imagination and I am making it up!" she said with a sigh.
"Talking about kids, I think I have something that can help your problem," he said with a playful grin. He led the way as they climbed on his dragon and flew off.
After a half an hour they were on the outskirts of Ninjago City. They landed and walked into a small tea shop. "How can I help you?" an old lady said from behind the counter.
"Hi, could I have a bag of Tomorrows Tea and Yesterdays Tea?" Lloyd asked.
"Hard to find the stuff now a days, but I think I have some in the back. I'll be right back," she said as she headed through a small door way.
"What are you up to?" Nira asked.
"You will see," he said.
A few minutes later the lady came back with two small bags. "Here you go," she said handing the bags over to Nira as Lloyd paid.
Once they were outside Nira asked, "What is this?"
"It's Tomorrow's Tea," Lloyd said.
"Lloyd is this the stuff you took to get older?" She asked shaking the bag in front of him.
"Yes, this stuff is amazing for that" he replied. After a few minutes they left to go back to Sensei Wu's Academy.
When they arrived back for lunch Nira met Dareth. They sat down to discuss how to get Nira home. "So where do we even start?!" Kai said, "You may have to do some pretty crazy things! After all Sensai Wu did say you will have to find out what you were meant to do," Kai added with a wink.
"True, Sensei do you have the slightest of what it could be?" Cole asked.
"I believe she is here to learn something very important," Sensei Wu said, "if she does not learn it she will be stuck here".
To Nira the sound of never going home was devastating. Tears started to roll down her face, "But I can't stay here forever," she cried, "I have a family!"
"Don't say that. We will get you home" Nya said trying to console her. All of a sudden the ground started to shake.
"What's happening?!" Nira yelled over the loud rumbling.
"We have to evacuate the kids!" Cole yelled as he ran over to the door.
"If we don't get out soon the whole place is going to collapse!" Nya yelled as they all ran out the door.
Out in hall kids were running frantically toward the exit. Everyone exited just as the building collapsed.
"That was close!" Lloyd said breathing heavily.
"Too close!" Jay said panting.
"Is everyone ok?" Nya asked, turning to the students who stood shocked and afraid. Everyone replied with a nod or a "yes". Kai ordered all the students onto bus.
Once everyone was in the bus Dareth would drive them somewhere safe. When they left Nira, Nya, Sensei Wu and the ninjas looked for any undamaged items and sent them back to the children. Searching through a collapsed seven floor building was not easy! "Back in my world we don't 'climb broken buildings on the regular!" Nira said struggling to climb up a big piece of concrete. Nira stopped and stared at the next pile of concrete she was to begin rummaging through for savable items. As she stood in deep concentration, she got a funny feeling. Then all of a sudden, she was standing on top of that pile! Everyone stared in disbelief.
"Did you just teleport yourself?" Jay asked, confused about what just happened.
"I…..I….Umm," she too did not know what had just happened.
With satisfaction Sensei Wu announced, "I believe we just found out what you are meant to do," Wu continued, "I will train you to be the Ninja of Teleportation!"
