Chapter Sixteen
Cole had a large bag of Traveler's Tea leaves from his own quest to replace the ones he lost, but it seems the tea leaves alone weren't going to be enough to get the ream back to Ninjago. "But you have a dragon, they're strong enough to travel to even the hardest to reach realms." Sorla explained. "And if you feed him the Traveler's Tea he will return you to Ninjago in seconds flat."
Zane looked over at the pot of brewing leaves, then over at the now frozen scroll. It was encased in ice just like Vex was, to prevent anyone else from being corrupted by its power. "But does that mean I can't change back? If I become myself again we'll be stuck here, I do hope Wu has some tea of his own that can change me back. Or at least have me look somewhat like my old self." He thought.
It seemed as if Lloyd read his mind. "Hey, it's going to be alright. Maybe Wu will end up sprouting a tail around ya too?" He joked, nudging the ice dragon's shoulder. "In all seriousness he'll be able to fix this once we get back, but now that I've got my own dragon side I wouldn't mind coming back to visit this realm."
"Heh, you mean to visit Akita?"
"Hey! Well, yeah actually I wouldn't mind just going to see her again. Don't tell Kai I said that, okay?"
Zane simply nodded, stumbling as his entire team hopped on board his back. "Hold on everyone, Ninjago here we come! I wonder what happened while I was away." The ice dragon thought as flapped his wings fueled by the Traveler's Tea he drank. The tea seemed to be flowing through his circuits, sending him a large pulse of energy. In a flash he shot off into the air, spinning into a formed portal.
Back at the monastery, Wu and Pixal were standing around the courtyard. They couldn't sleep, not when the team is still stuck in a faraway realm with no easy way back. The old sensei's beard was matted and stained with tea, his eyes baggy from staying up for days on end. Pixal was looking worse for wear herself, her hinges creaked as if she hasn't oiled them in a long while. They had just about given up when they saw a portal open in the sky. Coming out was a white and blue dragon they had never seen before, but they did recognize who was riding on it. "They're back? But how?" Wu thought, his jaw was so wide open one could swear it would hit the ground.
"Wu! We're back!! Whew.. It's a long story, but do you have any tea that undoes a transformation?" Lloyd gasped, landing beside the larger dragon. "Pix? You might recognize this big guy right here."
The female droid slowly approached the beast, staring into his bright blue eyes. "Zane? But how?"
"The scroll." Lloyd glared at the still frozen staff, no one would have guessed a single scroll could cause so much damage. He immediately grabbed it, breaking it in two. "Maybe this should be thrown into Torchfire Mountain, if it's hot enough to destroy the Fangblades it's only fitting that's what will happen with the scroll."
Wu just stroked Zane's head, he was just relieved the first ninja he recruited was still alive. "I'll brew you something, it should change you back... Eventually."
Pixal remained by her boyfriend's side, holding his front leg as Wu went into the monastery. "Don't worry, Zane. Nindroid or dragon, you'll always be you. And I love you either way." She cooed, kissing his cheek. "I was worried I would never see you again.."
"I... I missed you too, I don't know how long you waited. But I spent so many decades alone, I had just about lost hope." Zane thought, laying beside her. He would have stayed there longer if Wu didn't come back out with a kettle full of a soft blue tea.
"You'll have to drink the entire pot, but it should change you back." The nindroid didn't need to be told twice, he took the kettle into his maw, chugging it all down. His stomach heated up from the hot drink, but that wasn't all. He could feel his body alter once again, but it wasn't as painful as last time thankfully.
His snout shrunk into his face, his once fearsome fangs dulled down into human teeth and a familiar crew cut formed once again on his head. He shrunken down to the height of his fellow ninja, now back on two legs as opposed to four, he was looking like his old self again. "C.. Can you hear me?" Zane finally spoke, it had been so long since he could speak English again. He got his answer when the entire team pulled him into a hug.
"You're you again! Well sort of anyways. You still got wings and that tail. Oh and maybe you should file down those claws." Jay remarked. "Zane? Next time you have a dream, I won't ever doubt it again!"
The nindroid just laughed, his tail swishing. "I'm just glad to be back, what had happened while I was away?"
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