The island of Ninjago is threatened by darkness. 

Many foes will rise, all with ambitions to destroy the peaceful land and cause the balance of good and evil to be altered.

The darkness may triumph for a time, but light will always rise to defeat it.

Seven ninja will come to the aid of their homeland, and they will not be alone. They will have many friends and allies.

Their friendship will be tested on many occasions, and they will fight many battles.

But they will stand together, and choose to fight destruction and darkness with creation and light.

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Hello everyone, and welcome to my Ninjago fanfiction! I'm super excited to share this with all of you, and I want to thank everyone for all of the support that I've gotten so far.

Emergence is the first book of the Balance Of Light And Darkness Series, and it will begin before the pilot episodes and continue throughout the series until sometime after season ten. It will mainly involve my Original Character, Lyla Brookstone and the other main characters from the Ninjago tv show.

I've spent a lot of time working on a timeline for this, as well as working on developing the characters and storylines a little. This book may seem slow-paced compared to the tv show, because my goal is to spend time looking at how each of the characters change over the years. I want to focus on their personalities and relationships with the other characters that they encounter, and how they all grow and mature in different ways.

I would like to say a huge thank-you to the close friends that I've made on Quotev, without them this book would not have been possible to write! I would also like to thank everyone that has given me feedback on this story, and everyone who has taken the time to read it. 

If you enjoy the story, please leave a comment! I'm always happy to read them, and they really motivate me to continue. I would love to hear any thoughts or questions that you may have!

Thank you for reading this author's note, and I hope you enjoy the rest of the story! 

ArtisticNinja <3