(A/N: Well, here is the start of my story. The reason I'm uploading these early is because I will be in Hobart, Tasmania for Easter, and my birthday tomorrow. The first chapter is actually an original, but hopefully, I get wi-fi and be able to upload the next chapter)
Not long after the Destiny's Bounty was destroyed, in what appeared to be a desert, Cole, whose left side of his gi was ripped and exposing his shoulder, laid on the ground, facedown, and groaned before Dragon came up to him and prods him with a stick. He looked up to see the little one was lightly giggling at his achievement. More groaning was soon heard as Cole and Dragon turn to see Kai, Jay, Zane and Gewuji, all on the ground with Zane on top of Jay and Gewuji lying on Kai's legs. Cole gets up to look around and finds out they're near a beach while the others got up as well with Kai helping Gewuji onto her feet. Kai was missing one part of his gi as well as his entire left sleeve, Jay had minor tears, Zane's right sleeve had a minor tear and a dirt spot by the left side of his gi and Gewuji's hair was half undone with a few tears on her gi as well, her right sleeve almost being completely torn off. "Traveler's Tea." Zane said, in his Titanium voice for some reason as Cole came up to them.
"Looks like we're no longer in Ninjago." He said.
Jay and Zane then look to the side to see a part of the Destiny's Bounty was brought along with them, mainly, the bridge and the entrance to the lower deck. "Then, where are we?" Jay asked.
Something soon flies over them and they all look up to see, to their surprise, dragons. "Back where it all began." Gewuji replied, noting where they are.
"The Realm of Oni and Dragons." Kai said.
As the dragons had now left their position, Gewuji soon picked up Dragon as he frowned a little. "How are we gonna get back?"
"First thing we should do is see if we can scavenge whatever came with us." Zane said as he soon looked at himself. "Uh oh. It appears my cloaking module has been damaged. Once I turn into my Titanium form, I won't be able to turn back."
"We'll get it fixed once we get home." Kai replied. "Come on, let's start looking."
"Cole, can you watch Dragon?" Gewuji asked as she hands Dragon to him.
"Of course." He replied as he took Dragon and Gewuji goes to follow them. Several hours later, it was almost nightfall as Cole and Dragon wait outside before Cole smells something and looks at Dragon before groaning in disgust and he giggles a little as the others came back out from the wreckage. Zane was now in his Titanium form. "Please tell me you found the diapers. Dragon's just had an accident."
"We did." Gewuji gets one out from a rucksack and throws it to him, which he catches. "Couldn't find any talcum powder, though."
"I'm sure he'll manage." He then looked down at Dragon. "Right, little Master?" Dragon laughs in delight before Cole got up and heads behind a sand dune to change him.
"Let's see what we found so far." Kai said as they sat down and looked at whatever items they found while Jay and Zane place some sticks into a pile. "We've got armour, clothes, diapers for Dragon, tampons, enough food for a week, maybe even more and Geoff's guitar. Also, at least my book's okay. Kai said, getting out a book he found in the wreckage. The title was 'A Titanium Undercover.' "We can use some of the pages to light a fire, but it'll only hold for a few seconds."
Tearing was heard as they look to see Gewuji tearing one of her leggings from the ankle and holds it out. "Doesn't matter." She replied, referring to the torn cloth.
"But, won't you get cold at night?" Jay asked as Kai puts the cloth into the sticks, tears some pages from his book to also put into the sticks before using his Fire power to light them, and blows into it to spread the flame through the campfire.
"We rarely had heating on Chen's island. And Geoff gave me lessons on resisting the cold weather."
"We'll need to ask him for some lessons ourselves." Cole said as he came back from changing Dragon and the little one came up to Gewuji.
"Might be something new to teach little Dragon here."
Later that night, they were all around the fire with Gewuji playing her brother's guitar being the only sound going on at the moment. "The Realm of Oni and Dragons." Kai said as he looked at their surroundings. "I wonder if we'll ever get home."
"I'm sure we will." Jay replied.
"Hey, positive thinking, Kai." Gewuji said as she still played the guitar.
"I was thinking about something." Zane said. "We have parts everywhere, well only half of the Bounty, and I'm thinking we use some parts to make a radio and try to contact Ninjago, let them know that we have survived."
"Looks like we have to work your fingers to the bone to find some useful parts." Cole replied.
They soon heard humming from somewhere and turn to Gewuji, who was still playing the guitar, and humming a little. "#I don't want to feel the pain#" She silently sang, unaware that the boys were looking at her. "#Losing myself to gloom, Sorrow, Or even misery#" She then looked up and noticed they were looking at her, making her stop. "What?"
"Oh, no. Keep going."
"Was that 'Stranded'?" Zane asked.
"Sorry, it almost felt like it was appropriate for our situation." Gewuji replied. "I shouldn't have done that."
"No, that was fine." Jay said.
"Music is comforting." Dragon said.
"You really should sing with Cole and your brother when we get back." Kai said.
"IF we get back." Gewuji replied.
"We will. It's not just our friends back home. There's your brother, Geoff... and Lloyd."
"Yeah, you're right." She puts the guitar aside and looks up at the sky. "I don't know if you can feel it, but... we're alive, Lloyd."
"Maybe we should turn in for the night." Cole said, noticing that Dragon had fallen asleep in his arms.
"Yeah, I agree." As they prepare to go to sleep, someone looks at them from a nearby sand dune and immediately heads off.
"Sleeping in the sand, I hope it's like a soft bed." Kai said.
The following morning, the Ninja were still asleep as Cole turned to one side and opened his eyes, seeing a pair of bare feet. "Huh?" He asked as he looked up to see a piece of debris covering something and looked further up to see a young boy with blonde hair, looking at him, curiously. "Whoa!" He gets up and moves back as the others got up as well.
"Where's the fire?" Gewuji asked as she got up and immediately poised.
"Guys, I think Master Wu has gone through another growth spurt."
"Master Wu?" The boy asked.
They all soon turn to look at him. He was using a piece of debris to cover his privates as his torn footie pyjamas and diaper were laying nearby. "You're right, Cole." Zane said. "Dragon looks like a 10 year old boy now."
"Dragon?" Dragon quickly hid behind a bigger piece of debris, in fear before peeking his head out. "Where?"
"No, master, that is your name." Cole said, reassuring the young boy as he came over to him. "Dragon Wu."
"Who are you?"
"It's me, Cole. Don't you remember me?"
Dragon shook his head. "No."
"Guess we have a lot of explaining to give our young master."
"But first, let's see if we got any clothes for his current size." Zane said. "Not sure not all of us appreciate our master being in the current state he's in."
After a few minutes of searching through the rubble, they managed to find a beige jacket, which had a tear on the lower left side at the front and on the lower right at the back, and a pair of beige pants which Dragon puts on immediately upon receiving them before getting him some tea and crumpets for his breakfast. Luckily, he still liked to drink tea as they explained their names, their ninja colours, their friends back in Ninjago and how they know him. "So, I'm actually your master?" Dragon asked as he finished his last crumpet and drank his tea.
"Yes." Cole replied. "You were touched by a Time Blade and that's why you're in this current state. But don't worry, you'll be back to your old self in no time."
"Well, I guess there's no more diaper changing for you, Cole." Gewuji said as she took the now empty cup from Dragon.
"I actually enjoyed it. Might help out when I get a child of my own one day."
"Right." She said it sarcastically as she placed it down. "But, what are we gonna do with them now?"
"We're still giving them to Jay."
"It wasn't even funny the first time."
"Okay, now that we don't have to worry about little Dragon, we better start working on building a radio." Jay said. "Who knows what dangerous creatures may come at us?"
"I hope they don't." Dragon replied. "Especially dragons."
"Don't worry, Dragon." Gewuji said, kneeling down to him and placed a reassuring hand on him. "Even if they do come, we won't let anything happen to you at all."
"Uh, thank you, mother."
She was soon surprised he said that. "Uh, what was it you called me?"
"I don't know why, but I think I remember that you're my mother."
"His memories are slowly returning to him." Zane said as Gewuji turned to him. "But it may take time."
"How much time?" Cole asked.
Zane soon frowned. "I do not know."
"Maybe we should start looking around for those parts." Kai said.
Gewuji turned back to Dragon. "I have to help the guys." She said. "Will you be okay here?"
"I will, mother." He replied. "You go do what you need to do." Gewuji nods and goes over to the boys before they start to search through the debris for any parts.
(A/N: Stranded is an original song, written by yours truly. check it out on my deviantART page: TEK1996)
