There's gonna be a lot of switching between Silas and Joe, so I'll make it easy and pu their names.

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Silas

"Manas!" I shouted. It was rude to barge into someone else's cave. After a while, Manas walked out.

"What?" he snapped. "You interrupted my meditation."

"Sorry, but… something weird happened." I let Thimba tell him what happened. Manas nodded.

"I see. Thimba, hold out your hand." He did as he was told, as Manas suddenly broke a branch from a tree and slashed Thimba's hand. The boy cried out.

"Now heal it." Thimba closed his eyes, blinking back the pain. He tensed slightly. And the wound began to heal. Close up. Then it was gone.

"You're powers are limited," said Manas. "For now, you can only heal yourself. But when you reach the next level, it will extend to others. But first…" He took a horn from his belt and blew. A sound came out, both loud and soft at once, both sharp and flat, and yet perfect. He noticed me staring at it.

"Like it?" He smiled. "My father made it. Many years ago. So long…" I opened my mouth to ask a question, then thought better of it. Thimba didn't.

"How old are you?" he asked. Manas laughed at the question.

"I don't really know, to tell the truth," he said. "Somewhere around five hundred." I gasped. Five hundred years old? Then Kasim appeared from behind a tree, then Brisa and Nalina.

"Thimba," said Manas. It was lighter, and we were standing outside. Me, Brisa, Nalina and Kasim were in a sort of circle, with Manas and Thimba in the centre.

"Do you swear your loyalty to the Xiaolin?"

"Yes."

"Do you swear you will help us in our fight against Death?"

"Yes."

"Do you swear to do what is best for the team?"

"Yes."

"Then you are a warrior. Wear your robes with pride." He held out a hand, a red object on top. Thimba put them on. It was a red robe, with a sash around the middle. Kasim, Brisa and Nalina walked towards him. Manas put his hand on Thimba's head, and then Kasim put his hand on Manas, then Brisa, then Nalina. Their hands glowed, and the glow went down, and Thimba was too bright to look at, like the sun on earth. Then the glow vanished, and the five stood there. A team.

"And soon you will join too, Silas," said Brisa. Could she read my mind? She just laughed gently. Nalina lead Thimba into the cave. He was ready for training.

Joe

"Greetings," said Master Fung. "I am pleased you all chose to join the temple."

"I didn't have a choice," I muttered. Master Fung either didn't hear it, or ignored it.

"This is Omi," he said, introducing a small boy. "Omi, this is Clay, Raimundo, Kimiko, Reinette and Joe." Omi bowed to us.

"I will show you to your sleeping quarters."

Over the next few years, we fought Wuya, Jack, Chase, Theo and Hannibal, collected a heck of a lot of Shen Gon Wu and discovered our powers – Omi water, Clay earth, Raimundo wind, Kimiko fire, me thunder, Reinette a healer. Then we were sucked into a parallel universe when Omi changed the past. But after winning a great showdown against the Heylin side, Omi and Omi met themselves, destroying that universe and sending us back to our own universe. Raimundo rose to the next level – Shoko Warrior – and became our leader.