(No One's P.O.V.)
Talynn's head pounded as she returned to the world of the living. She barely remembered what happened before she passed out, but she knew that she felt like she'd been tossed like a rag doll.
"Talynn." A voice said, making her head hurt more. "Talynn can you hear me?"
"Too loud." She said, having a hard time opening her eyes. She reached for her shades as they cracked open, then noticed the vine-like markings all over them.
Her eyes popped open, unable to believe what she was seeing. But in her hurry to get up, her body was wracked with pain. She grabbed her arm and lay back down, biting her lip in agony. A pair of hands helped sit her up, trying not to cause her anymore pain.
"Here." The figure said, placing her shades on her face. Talynn relaxed, then opened her eyes to see her fellow black ninja sitting beside her.
"Cole," She said with a relived smile, giving him a sideways hug. "You gave me quite a scare last night."
Cole chuckled nervously, pulling away as gently as he could. "It was actually two nights ago when…well everything happened."
"Two nights!" Talynn exclaimed, shifting again. Her body screamed in pain, and she felt the dragon move from its spot on her shoulder to wherever the pain came from. "That explains how this could happen."
"What did happen?" He asked curiously. "I mean, you look pretty nice like this. Not that you didn't look nice before it's just, this seems more…you."
"That's because it is her." Soula said with a yawn, sitting up from the floor. "Or rather, what she truly looks like."
"Supposed to?"
Soula closed her eyes for a few moments, then opened them again, revealing an emerald green iris. Frost-like designs spread around her eyes to her cheeks and down her face, silver streaks appeared in her snow white hair, and her dragon appeared from under her short sleeve shirt to fly down the length of her arm.
"Our true selves are quite frightful." She stated, transforming back. "So we hide them. But I guess Draco felt Talynn had been hiding long enough."
"Draco?" Talynn asked, a bit confused.
"I guess it's story time." Soula sat up straight. "It started after Draco hit you with his tail…"
(Soula's P.O.V)
-Two Nights Ago-
"Tallianna!" I yelled, watching Talynn go flying away from Cole and crash into a nearby tree. Her body crumbled on impact, making her pass out.
Now the one that had sent her flying, I'd only ever seen as a constellation or stories about. But seeing him in real life-or as real as he could get-was a whole other story entirely.
Draco was twice the size that Colatos was when he was alive having black scales with streaks of red, silver, green, blue, and gold. His eyes were a coppery orange that seemed to glow with rage; rage that seemed centered towards me and Talynn.
'You insolent child!' The dragon roared in my head 'How dare you interfere with my sons again!'
I could feel my eyes turn an icy blue Anger rose through my body. "Interfere? Interfere?! You've been interfering with our lives since the day were conceived!" Ice wrapped itself around my shaking fists as I stared down one of the most terrifying beings in the universe. "We're not the ones who went and made Moreisha mad!"
The dragon growled at me in anger and disgust. 'Don't you dare mention that sorceress to me Halfling!'
"Aren't you insulting your sons when you call someone that?" I asked, beginning to show my smart-alecky self. "After all," I drew my sais from the back of my belt, and took a defensive stance. "That's what they are!"
He stared at me with hate and discontent; I glared back at him with anger. My blood was boiling mad. Here this great being was, blaming the Blessed for what happened so long ago when in reality, it was him who stood by and did nothing when his sons needed him most.
'I can hear your thoughts little icicle.' Draco stated, circling me. 'I may have been the one who stood by when all that happened, but at least…' He swung his tail at me. 'I wasn't the one who caused it!'
I braced myself for impact when something shoved me out of the way. Looking up, I saw the titanium ninja holding the king of the dragon's tail back.
"Zane!"
"Stay back Soula!" Zane said through gritted teeth. "I can't hold this creature back for very long!"
'Creature!' Draco yelled back angrily. 'I am Draco! King of the Dragons, Lord of Earth! Master of-'
"Master of rambling on and on and on." Kyna said, hanging onto Kai for support. "We get it. You're big and tough. No one in the Celestial Realm can beat you. Sheesh."
I didn't notice when the others arrived, but I could feel someone helping me up. I looked behind me to see Wu pulling at my arm, Lloyd taking Talynn in his arms, and Jay and Nya trying to support Cole.
(No One's P.O.V.)
"Are you all right Soulika?" Wu asked, brushing some of the dirt off Soula's face.
"Yes Sensei." She replied, pulling away from him.
"So this is the dragons' father?" Kai asked giving the big reptile a once over. "I actually expected something bigger."
Draco glared towards Kai, but was surprised at what he saw. Then he looked around him, then down at the ninja still holding his tail. It couldn't be what he thought could it?
Then he met the old teacher's eyes, and the answers came to him.
He pulled his tail away from Zane, looking around him with a chuckle. 'So, this is what that dang Sorceress meant all those millennia ago.'
"Sorceress?" Lloyd asked, holding Talynn bridal style. "What's he talking about?"
Draco gave the two conscious Blessed a strange look. 'You haven't told them?'
"We weren't sure it was them until about an hour ago." Kyna said, leaning against a tree. "And even before that, it's kinda hard to say what we are and who they may be." She looked towards the dragon with a half-hearted glare. "I know you want everything to go back to the way it was before all this, but it can't happen. All you or any of us can do is be prepared for the worse."
The dragon took the young one's words and thought about them carefully. She was right, but at the same time wrong. He could do more. In fact, that's what he planned on doing.
'Very well.' Draco replied, tucking his wings into his side. 'But I'm not leaving without giving you all something in return.'
Kai drew his sword, getting between the dragon and everyone else. Fire seemed to light up his eyes.
'It seems this one doesn't need help awakening his inner dragon.' Draco laughed. 'But the rest of you are in sore need of it!'
The Destiny's Bounty's crew struggled to stay on their feet as the ground shook and swayed. Kyna, Soula, and Talynn's skin began to glow. The dragon's that'd been on their shoulders began to move off of them and become a great aura of power. Then it went flying into Kai, Zane, and Cole.
"What're you doing to them?" Nya yelled over the wind.
'I'm awakening my sons! If you wish to defeat the darkness, you'll need to awaken the dragons inside! But heed my warning, without all of my sons you won't defeat anything. Darkness will rise, and those who are lost to it will stay lost. You will find the fourth Blessed in Fiore. And with her you will find my youngest son, Lysander.'
"Isn't the fourth Blessed already under the Shadow Hunters control?" Jay asked, looking at the dragon nervously.
'Indeed she is. But she's not lost. Bring her back through her family, her friends, and her dragon. The girls will tell you everything when they feel it's safe.' Draco looked towards Wu. 'Be careful Spinjitsu master. You have some secrets of your own to share.'
-Present Day-
"And that pretty much brings us back up to now." Jay stated, looking over the room. The others had woken up some time ago, and now everyone was on the main deck of the ship, trying to make sense of Draco's warning.
"So we know there's some kind of sorceress to this story." Lloyd said, looking over at the girls.
Kyna nodded. "Moreisha. She was the first human to ever walk in the celestial plain."
"She was also Colatos, Zandor, Kashton, and Lysander's mother." Soula stated, rubbing her arm. "I don't know how she carried all four of them, but she did."
"So, why'd she curse them?" Nya asked.
"Technically, it wasn't them she cursed." Talynn stated, adjusting her shades. "She cursed Draco because she found out about him have a son that wasn't hers."
"Meaning he cheated on her." Cole deduced.
"Pretty much yeah."
"So what was the curse?"
Talynn rubbed her forehead slowly. "I remember it being something about the unknown son, and somehow it affected the others. The elder three landed in our realm, Lysander landed in another, and the other brother landed in an unknown realm. No one's been able to find him."
"Well from the sound of it," Nya said, setting down a map. "We're gonna have to find him. Draco said all of his sons were needed to combat the darkness."
"I'm a bit more interested in what Draco said about you Sensei." Kai said, looking at their teacher. "'Secrets that need to be revealed' ring a bell?"
The old master sighed. "There's some things I have kept from all of you." He looked towards the girls. "And it involves your parents."
They all looked at each other, then back at their teacher.
"When my father-the first Spinjitsu Master-was alive, he distributed his powers across the known realm. Creating Ninjago and the Elemental masters."
"We know that much." Nya said, looking at the maps again.
"But do you know who gave them to him?"
They all looked confused at this question.
"It was Talynn's mother who bestowed them."
Talynn shifted her shades down, surprised by this answer. "My mother? But she was an earth elemental."
"Nature technically. And you're right she was, but she also held life in her hand. She could bestow it on whatever and whomever she pleased. That's how she saved the dragon's lives that night. And how she got Lysander to come get you."
"So you've seen him?" Cole asked confused.
Wu sighed. "Yes. But only as he was doing the last of Amirah's instructions. Which were to get Tallianna to Fiore and wait for those she had chosen to take care of her child."
"So that's what happened." Talynn said, rubbing her head again. "I knew something happened to however was taking care of me."
"Well wherever this Fiore is, it's not on my map." Nya said, pushing the paper away.
"That's because Fiore is a country in another dimension." Kyna stated dryly, picking at her bracelet again. "We know the way, but I'm warning you. Fiore's nothing like Ninjago. Over half the continent is filled with people who have powers which they call magic. And almost all them belong in a guild."
"A guild?" Zane asked curiously.
"It's like a clan." Soula stated. "And it's filled to the brim with different types of people and magic. It's also where they can get jobs that can make their magic stronger."
"Are you guys in a guild?" Nya asked curiously.
"The strongest one for eleven years running."
"So how do we get there?" Jay asked getting to the helm.
Talynn, Soula, and Kyna looked at each other from the corners of their eyes and nodded. They then stood up-Talynn needing help still-and linked arms.
The wind around the ship picked up as they began to hum an ancient chant. While the younger ninja held onto something, their old master watched as they preformed this feat as naturally as they did when they were children.
From the outside, it looked like the ship was disappearing into thin air. Thunder clashed, and in an instant, the ship, and everyone on it were gone.
A lone figure sat in a dark and gloomy place. Purple eyes glowed in the dark, staring at a crystal orb with a picture of a ship flying through the air and disappearing.
"So, you think you're ready to face me?" the figure asked rhetorically, setting the orb down. A zap of energy destroyed it, making glass fly everywhere. "We shall see my sisters." A smile went across their face, seeming to make the room even darker. "We shall see. But it won't be bringing the good times back.
And that's the end of this book. I hope you'll read the next book in this series, A Blessed's Curse. As for now, I'll give you time to guess what's gonna happen next