Inokirtes went to the stone palace. The ruler called his three best warriors and commanders to assign them a mission.

"You summoned us, sir" She nodded with respect.

"Yes, everyone gets their assignments. I was guided by your skills in assigning them" He got up and walked up to them. "You Leiran have to go north. The army in this region needs a commander. The previous one was killed in a dragon attack. I'm sure you'll replace him worthily. Go there immediately."

"Yes, my lord" He turned around immediately leaving the throne room.

"Pristenti you will train new warriors. You are the best at controlling the power of destruction. Even better than me, I admit."

"But, sir, don't flatter me like that," She said a little embarrassed.

"You are too modest, but I respect that attitude. You, too, start right away."

Pristenti nodded to him and, like Leiran, and left the throne room.

"And what will happen to me, sir?" She asked, and couldn't wait to be answered.

"You were always curious. The mission I have chosen for you will be perfect for you, but very dangerous" His face was serious.

"So exciting too" Oni trying to stop their emotions.

"Inokirtes" he took a moment to take a closer look at her "you'll have to turn your character into a dragon and join the ranks of the enemy."

"Oh..." she didn't know what to think about it. "It's really dangerous..."

"I know, but no one, except you, was watching the dragon. When others were killing them, you watched them, studied their behavior from afar, and they can't sense your energy through your strange, innate aura."

"Yeah, but that's right, it was from a distance. They're as intelligent as we are. I just thought... we could get along somehow."

"That's not possible, Inokirtes. You know well that we've tried to do it before. The dragons want to kill us because we're destroying. That's their main reason."

"They just don't understand that we need to destroy too."

"That's why you have to go there and find out about their plans. They are a threat to our entire race. Although they have the power to create, they destroy much more than we do. Think about how many have already died in defense of our lands. We couldn't help but defend ourselves, because then they would really get rid of us."

"If there's really nothing more we can do for peace between us, I'll go there as a dragon and spy on them. I'm sure I'll find out more."

"Then go. Just be careful. Once they discover your identity, they'll kill you without any thought." He warned her.

"I hope not. I'd like to live a few thousand more years" She laughed.

***

She stood in front of huge, thick pillars that separated the borders. One belonged to the Dragons, the other to Oni. No one protected the borders, because a distance too close could expose both sides to even more destruction.

Inokirtes slowly crossed the border. She was afraid of it, but also excited. She loved dangerous adventures, and turning into a dragon and joining their ranks met all the insanity limits she had never crossed before.

Sometimes dragons without power are born, I've seen them. Then they're sure to believe that I'm just such a dragon, but what do I look like? I don't think I'm gonna make a purple dragon because they don't exist. It'll be too suspicious, uh... O! I'm gonna look like lightning dragons! Blue is my second favorite color! She smiled at herself.

She spotted a cave. She checked to see if there's anyone inside, so no one could see how it turns.

After the transformation, she flew right out of the cave. She was glad she was there because she could transform herself into all animals and races, and that enabled her to fly. She loved flying.

She saw a dragon settlement in the distance. This race inhabited the caves they made themselves. It may have seemed simple, but the corridors were often several dozen kilometers long. They also had their rooms without furniture, because they were unnecessary. The dragons developed mainly nature and its beauty, but they transformed it with their hands and created buildings with tools.

Two huge reptiles flew to a stranger. At first, they just watched her, but then they spoke their language. Most of them knew it, including the Inokirtes, because they were guided to know their enemy's language.

"Where do you come from and what's your name?" The grey dragon with a few green scales asked. Most wind dragons looked like that.

"Honestly," she thought about the answer for a moment. "I don't remember, I woke up in some cave and I don't know how I got there."

"You must have hit your head very hard" another dragon stated" You have amnesia. Your memories may come back or you may never remember who you were."

"Oh... Really?" Inokirtes asked sadly.

"Flameferna, calm down. Don't take your hope away from that poor dragon" The other dragon said.

"I only told the truth, Starwind" He rolled his eyes. "Fly behind us, we'll surely find a free cave for you. We've created a little too many of them, so there's room."

***

It's been two weeks since she settled in a dragon settlement. She learned some new information, such as that Firstbourne, the dragon lord and owner of all elemental powers, conceived a son several years ago. Inokirtes decided to gather more information about him. She will have the opportunity to do so because Starwind and Flameferna told her that Firstbourne's son would come to their settlement.

"Lightning Sound, come on!"Dragon of the Wind called her. "He will arrive soon!"

"I'm coming" She got up and flew after him, and a moment later the Fire Dragon joined them.

Inokirtes admitted that she liked the two of them, but she knew that they would certainly hate her if they found out about her true identity.

All the dragons of the settlement gathered to welcome the son of the ruler, who had already arrived. He was a little bigger than the other dragons, his scales shone in emerald colors, and his eyes sparkled with gold.

"Welcome" He bowed, and his subjects did the same. "I, Forest Wild, have come here to test our soldiers' skills and train them if necessary. For many centuries we have been at war with the demons of destruction. We must be able to defend ourselves, and if necessary, attack. This settlement is also one of their most vulnerable because it is located near the border and therefore needs new recruits." He has approached his subjects. "Anyone?"

Inokirtes has left the crowd. If she wanted to know more about the dragon lord's son, she had to be closer to him so she could watch him without any suspicion.

"I'm Lightning Sound and I don't have any power, but that doesn't mean I'm useless. I want to be useful to my people."

"Well, just because you don't have powers, doesn't mean you can't be a warrior. The most important thing is courage, dedication and skill." Forest Wild has come close to her. "We'll see if you can become a soldier.

"I will do my best." She assured him and nodded.

***

Inokirtes not only practiced with the prince but also alone to catch up. Fighting in the form of a dragon fascinated her because their bodies were very different from those of them.

After some time she started to fall in love with Forest Wild. At first, she thought he was a stiff commander who only cared about fighting, but later she discovered that he cared about every soldier. After group exercises, he was able to devote his time to individual lessons to improve the skills of weaker dragons. It turned out that the young dragon reciprocated her feelings. They felt they were made for each other, but Inokirtes never revealed her true identity to him. She wanted to tell him, but it took too much risk.

A month and a half later, Oni army attacked them. She had to fight against her own to keep up appearances, but in fact, it was her first and last fight on the dragons' side, because Forest Wild sacrificed, protecting her from the blow. Desperate, she fled the battlefield, unable to look at it and afraid for her life.

In a cave near the border, she turned into her true identity. For two days she did not leave her, plunging into her sadness.

Then she returned to her country, reported to the ruler, and also told them that Firstbourne had a son, but had died in battle and would no longer be a threat to them. She said this with an indifference not to reveal what really connected her to her successor. She was also hurt by the fact that her lord was happy with the news.

After a while, she noticed strange symptoms. At first, she thought she was sick, but then she realized that it was perfectly natural, because she got pregnant. She felt the life that was developing in her. She didn't expect it to be genetically possible at all. Oni who got pregnant with the Dragon? This is pure madness! She wanted it to be born, but she was also afraid that her baby, which would be a hybrid, would die at birth or in her, and if she was born and healthy, she would be condemned to hide in her home forever. She did not really know if she would be able to change her character. She certainly won't be able to do it in the first weeks of her life, because even children can't do it right away.

After a few months, it was time for a new life to come. Inokirtes moved and lived in a house that was far from towns and villages to protect her child more effectively.

The birth was painless. The Inokirtes race, through their ability to change the form, could adapt their bodies to such situations, so they felt no pain or discomfort.

First, she washed her baby and only then she looked at it carefully. A small male creature, the shape of his body resembled the one he had, two arms and legs without claws, and his face did not resemble a dragon at all. His hair was golden, as was his skin, which in several places had green scales. He also had black horns, dragon wings and a tail. She could not see the color of her son's eyes, because he had not opened them yet.

"You are so tiny and unusual" She wrapped him in a blanket. "I've already chosen a name for you. Edrewil definitely fits you, my ray of light".

***

It's been years, and the Inokirtes' son continued to grow. He was able to change his figure like his mother, so none of them realized he was a hybrid.

Inokirtes realized after a time that Edrewil did not know his limits. He could create and destroy, but he couldn't do it on a larger scale to see where his power ends, because it would expose him.

One day, when the hybrid was over twenty, he first saw dragons. Inokirtes told him about them and did not hide the fact that his father was one of them. He wanted to know his other roots, so in the evening he asked directly:

"Mom, can I go to Dragonland?"

" You know you'll have to take care of yourself there. I have strange flaws, purple skin instead of black, and the power of destruction that the Dragons cannot sense. But your power is perceptible"

"I'll be careful, Mom" He smiled." After all, you know me."

"Yes, I do, and that's why I'm afraid for you. You're as curious as I am," she admitted. She came up to him and hugged him. He was 20 centimetres taller than her. "I love you, son."

"I love you too, Mom."

***

Years passed, and Edrewil lived among dragons. Inokirtes wasn't worried about him, because sometimes he would come home to tell her what had happened to him over the past weeks. What surprised her most was that the dragons did not react to him hostilely, but Edrewil told her that Firstbourne immediately recognized her grandson in him.

He saved the dragon villages from Oni several times. He didn't kill anyone then, he didn't want to take anyone's life. With his powers, he could fight so that no one would suffer.

The situation became more and more difficult because they wanted Edrewil to join them and so did the Dragons. He couldn't choose between them for a simple reason: he belonged to both races. He knew that it was all about his extraordinary power. No dragon and none of them had such great power, and that led to even bigger, more fierce fights between them.

The hybrid could no longer manage it. He tried to reconcile the kingdoms, as previous generations did, but even he could not do so. He would never reconcile them, but it was because of his fighting power that they became more and more bloody, so he decided to leave this dimension.

"Mom!' He entered a small house quickly. "We have to go!"

"What? Where do you want to go?" She asked surprised.

"I mean... if you want to stay here, I won't force you. I can open up passages to other dimensions like dragons, but if you don't want to, Mom, I'll understand..." He sighed. He wanted Inokirtes to go with him because he was the only one who never wanted his power.

"I wouldn't want? I'd really like to visit other lands! It'll be exciting!" She was happy. "I hope they'll leave you alone when we're gone."

"That's why I want to get out of here. I don't feel free here at all either. This war is pointless, but nobody wants to listen" He said he was angry.

Inokirtes sighing out exactly understanding that feeling. She started to collect the most necessary things in her bag, and then she threw it over her shoulder and went out with her son.

Edrewil stretched out his hands ahead. Hands were entwined with golden flames that looked like gloves. A portal in the shape of a circle appeared, which resembled a whirl of black and navy blue mass. After a moment of uncertainty, they jumped into the portal, which closed behind them.

They travelled for a long time visiting various dimensions. They also saw many unusual races and animals, for example, the low beings that lived on an extremely advanced planet. Their entire planet had tall buildings in the shape of cuboids, and the creatures themselves seemed very sensitive. Sometimes they considered something that was not an insult, but an ordinary joke. They also learned from them that there were five other planets in this world where life exists, but Inokirtes and Edrewil decided to move to another dimension instead of visiting other planets in this one.

After some time they came across a planet where life, in general, was developed on a bacterial level. Empty, great land and water, that's all.

"It's empty here, there will be nothing to explore."

"It's perfect!" Suddenly Edrewil shouted.

"But what do you mean?" There's nothing here!

"That's it! I can check the limits of my powers and I can create and destroy without harming anyone or anything!" He was happy. "I want to create my world right here."

"Then act. Create, son, and if you want to destroy something, remember that your mother also has the power to destroy and wants to have fun sometimes."She giggles, enjoying his happiness.

***

The following years passed and the world was developing more and more. Edrewil created many rivers, lakes, mountains, forests, meadows, as well as various animals. He modelled a lot on the worlds he had visited before. He transformed some things more, others less. He liked to experiment and created large insects, which in other dimensions were small. But he wanted to create something else, something more ambitious.

"What are you thinking about?" His mother asked him when she saw him staring at the stars.

"To create several races that would be similar to me." He answered by turning his head towards her. "This is a serious decision. I want them to be like us, intelligent, creative."

"But?"

"But they won't have any special abilities" He answered in a depressed tone. "That's one of the things I can't give them. Such powerful energy doesn't come from me, and I can't create it. Without it, they'll be very weak and hard to live without."

"We don't live by power alone. Imagine what life would be like if you had to live in your world without them." She offered him.

"Pretty hard, but maybe they could do it. I know!" He jumped up with joy to find a solution."Let them go into technology! We have seen in many dimensions how ordinary beings have created different machines. This science is a different kind of magic. It will probably take them some time, but they can do it! I'll see what I do next."

***

Inokirtes went for a walk alone to the forest that Edrewil had just created. It was quite specific because the trees shone their own light at night, each in a different color.

"This will probably be one of my favorite places," She said to herself by picking a shiny flower. "It's really beautiful here."

She heard a swish and felt a strong prick in her shoulder. She touched a sore spot and felt a small arrow. After a while, she weakened. She tried to find the culprit with her foggy eyes, but soon she fell on the grass, passing out.

***

"What...what happened..." She whispered and opened her eyes. Her hands were handcuffed and she was in a cage. "Where am I?"

"In prison" The famous Inokirtes Oni emerged from the shadows.

"Leiran" She looked at him. He had silver bracelets on his wrists. Only the lord wore them, and since he had them... "Why are you wearing them? They don't belong to you."

"They already do" There was a smile on his face. "Let's say the previous ruler tragically ended his rule.

"You killed him. Why did you kill him?"

"When you and your wonderful child ran away, he wouldn't look for you. But I thought otherwise. We need Edrewil's power, and since he didn't want to listen, well, you had to get rid of him."

"Not only did you kill the ruler, you still want to find my son to use his power!?" She moved violently and then she was electrocuted. She fell to her knees feeling pain in her whole body.

"Yes, and you'll help me with that" His smile was wider.

"I will never do that." She spat on the floor showing her contempt for him.

" But you will. One of our scientists managed to make a substance out of a dragon of the mind. All we have to do is give it to you and you want to take the power and kill your son."

***

Edrewil's been looking for his mom for four whole days. He couldn't find her anywhere. He got more and more worried. Inokirtes couldn't leave him without a reason. He was also afraid that one of his experiments hurt her and ate her. For example, a giant scarab that lives in the desert.

Suddenly he noticed a portal in the distance, which was just opening, and in a moment it was closed. He climbed up and flew to check it out. He saw someone standing there and recognized his mother by the shape.

"Mom! I've been looking for you for so long! Where would..."

When he got close to her, she hit him. Completely confused, Edrewil shook up and looked in her direction. For a moment he thought he was mistaken, but it was definitely her, not some of them who changed for her. He felt the energy of the true Inokirtes.

"Mom, what happened," He asked and approached her slowly. Her light purple eyes became dark, almost black, and she had a tiara with a small crystal on her forehead, which she had not worn before.

"Mom? You call your enemy strange" She said to set herself in a combat position.

" Enemy? I am not the enemy! Who did this to you?!"

"I don't know what you're talking about, but I'm not the one you think I am" She snorted. "And now it's best you don't move. It'll be more painful to pull your power out if you're wriggling."

The fight has begun. Edrewil tried not to fight Inokirtes and tried to talk, but no words gave her any hope of remembering anything.

There was only one thing he could do at that moment. He created a magic mirror in which he imprisoned her. The mirror had been asleep for many thousands of years, but he couldn't put her consciousness to sleep, so she could hear everything.

Edrewil tried to restore her memory in various ways, but the poison that was given to her was sealed with a magic that only a few knew. No dragon or they could take it off.

"Why am I useless? I couldn't save you!" Nervous he hit the mirror, but not so hard as to smash it." Even when I have so much power!"

Then he saw some visions of the future that might have happened. Only one of them was his mother cured.

"Platinum Warriors..."He whispered. "People from other dimensions, but with the power to destroy and create. Same as my own, yet so different, but for this one vision to have a chance, I will have to leave this world at some point. Then there will be three different ways out." He looked in the mirror where Inokirtes was trapped. "I'll sacrifice myself for you, Mom. I hope they can save you if I couldn't." He wiped away the tears with his hand and walked away from the mirror, leaving them deeply hidden in the cave.

"And that was it." She finished her story.

They looked at her with admiration. They knew she was telling the truth because Wu had checked her energy before and it was consistent with the energy of his dead father.

"I..." she looked at them with great remorse "I killed my own great-grandson..." She hid her face in her hands and started crying.

"It's not your fault, Inokirtes" Master Wu approached her. "You had no control over yourself. Edrewil knew about it and now" He looked at his students" We all know the truth"

***

The snow was slowly crumbling from the bright sky. The day, even though beautiful, carried in the air the atmosphere of mourning of the whole team. At the funeral, Inokirtes appeared, as well as the creator of Pixal, Cyrus Borg.

Lloyd's ashes were carried by Wu because he belonged to his closest family, and Zane carried the ashes of Pixal. In her honor, her favorite flowers, which symbolized her death, were burned. The others were quite good lanterns.

They decided to bury them at Zane's father's grave. It had been planned for a long time, but no one expected this day to come so quickly for the two members of their team and family.

When they arrived, the nindroid put the urn down for a while and made ice sculptures. The figures depicting the dead were erect and smiles were carved on their faces. The ice master tried to reproduce them as best he could. They looked alive, only in larger sizes.

They all came closer. Zane and Wu began to spill the ashes, and the rest of them let go of the lanterns, which rose up.

The nindroid fell to its knees. It seemed like he was crying, even when it was impossible for tears to appear. Rex, who was standing closest to him, noticed that there was frost on the robot's metal face, which looked like frozen tears.

Rex wanted to say something, but couldn't find the words. He understood the pain that everyone around him felt but was jealous of them. They lost their loved ones, but not everyone and their world was not destroyed. But he did not want to share his thoughts with them. He knew that this would not reduce the pain that they were feeling and that it could get even worse.

Emmet felt guilty for all this. Kai apologized to him for his previous behavior but still could not get it out of his head. He still felt that everyone could have survived if he had acted more sensibly or come up with a better tactic. His friends died because of his mistakes, and one of them started to have a romantic feeling.

He raised his head and looked straight ahead. In the sculpture, he saw his reflection and the intense green color of his eyes, which betrayed the presence of green ninja energy. This is the only thing left for Lloyd and was not a material thing. His energy will be passed on to the group leader, who will soon be chosen by four golden weapons. He had little hope that he would be chosen to keep part of his beloved, but at the same time, he felt that this was impossible because of the power he already possessed.

***

After returning to the monastery, the builder sneaked out at night and climbed to the roof. He sat on it and looked at the stars. He wondered what had happened to the dead, if they had hit this spiritual land or if nothing had happened to them and they had simply melted away.

He heard somebody coming up to the roof. He came to the end and looked down. It was Rex. He was on top.

"I already thought you wanted to run away. I was worried and I had to see if you really did." He admitted it and sat down with him. "You okay?"

"I think so." He sighed hard. "I can't sleep because I think about it all the time. I could have saved them in time, and I was useless..."

"I know how you feel" He looked at Emmet with understanding.

Then he started telling him about his past. His friend listened carefully, and he couldn't believe what the hell Rex went through.

"Like... How did you hide it?" He asked shocked.

"I told everything to Cole when we were in the temple. I just couldn't. I held it for a very long time." He laughed briefly. "It's not your fault, Emmet. It wasn't my fault that my world was destroyed and my whole family died. It was a big accident, but then I realized I had a family again. The pain will remain, but you can't stay in it all the time. You have to move on. Even if it's difficult."

"Thanks, Rex" He smiled a little at him. " It helped a little. And I remembered that Inokirtes told me a little more about our power. We can open up portals to other dimensions."

"I understand" He shook his head a little bit, but I'm not going. I only knew your world before, and I didn't think about it much. I just wanted to run away, but if I flew there now, the old pain would be renewed. Lucy will never be with me again and I won't have a family with her. Now my home is here and my family is here."

"In fact, I feel the same way. I don't want to go back there. Honestly, I thought you wanted to, but I guess there's no problem. Besides,"He lifted his head up and then towards him "We can't leave them now."

"You're right. They need support more than ever."

***

"Where are you going to go now?"

Wu asked Inokirtes. He couldn't believe he met her. He thought she was long gone because his father never mentioned her. Once, when he asked about her, he said she was missing. Now he understood the whole situation."

"I'm going to travel around Ninjago. I want to visit every corner of this place. After all, my son created it, and what will I do next? I don't know yet, but I'm sure I'll find something."She turned her back on him. "I see you're getting old, grandson, but you'd look forty years old if it weren't for that beard."

"I'm also half-man too, and I'm over a thousand years old, so much, much more than the average man" He approached her with his stick. "I don't quite know how much I'm going to live. As long as I live, I want to be a teacher of my students. They're like family to me.

"I know. Thank you for your forgiveness. See you, Wu, my grandson. Take good care of them."

***

It's been a month since the funeral and that's the day the ninja were called. The master called them in an important matter. They suspected what Wu wanted from them, it was obvious. The team needed a leader.

Master Wu put four gold weapons in the training room. They were to decide who would lead and who would replace the green ninja.

In the past, Zane, Kai, Cole and Jay fought for that title. Each one of them wanted it, and yet it was Lloyd Garmadon. They accepted it, although they felt disappointed.

Today was completely different. They had a chance to find out again who is worthy of the title, but it was a good thing that they lost and now they have to rebuild the team. The Ninjas were hoping that Emmet or Rex would be chosen.

Brickowsky went first. Although he had the element of Lloyd, nothing happened, the weapons did not react. Right after him, there was Rex and also no reaction. Next were Zane, Nya and Jay, but the weapons still did not react.

It was Kai's turn, the Master of Fire, who was the most nervous of all. Slowly and unsurely he entered the middle. Nothing happened after a few seconds. He wanted to leave already, but the weapons suddenly started to shine and they rose to the top rotating around the red ninja.

"What? I...?" He only managed to say so much when he saw the golden glow.

Emmet came up to him and held out his hand. Kai took it without saying a word, and Brickowsky gave the energy element to the new leader. The eyes of the Builder became dark green again, but Kai's brown eyes changed color to emerald. He felt that he was overwhelmed by a huge power, which he did not want to accept so much.

The weapons fell after he left the circle. The Master of Fire had a lowered head, which he lifted up after a while to be able to look at everyone.

"Everything okay, Kai?" His worried sister asked him.

"No, it's not okay," He said seriously, and then he took the air out and let it out. "But we can handle it."He smiled and stretched out his hand to his friends "together."

Everyone went up to the new leader and also stretched out their hands, except Rex and Emmet.

"Come on, you're part of the team." Cole encouraged them, but he noticed the uncertainty in their faces. "Unless you're going back to your dimension."

"No" Rex shook his head. "So? We're gonna get ourselves some ninja outfits too?"

"Yeah, I even made them for you" Master Wu went up to the wardrobe and pulled out the blue orange outfit and the other one in navy blue and green.

"Cool," Emmet took the clothes from the master " but how did you know we wouldn't go back home?"

"A thought" he shrugged.

They laughed and then made a Spinjitzu to change in a few seconds. Then they joined the others by stretching their hands inside.

"NINJA GO!"They shouted at the same time and lifted their hands up.