Finding My Second Wind

One Hell of a Team

In my Ninjago One-shot book, I wrote a story where 12 yr old Harumi finds a spell in one of the books from the Palace libraries. She studies it and uses it to cast a spell, one that allows her to speak to one being from any realm of her choosing for a few minutes.

this takes place during Season 8 of Ninjago, and Harumi is about the perform the ritual to bring Lord Garmadon back. It can be a "sequel" to the one-shot in the oneshot book.  Note that this is also a one-shot, albeit a longer one.

I listened to One Hell of a Team by AmaLee while writing, and a lot of the story is inspired by the song.

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Harumi let her lips curl up into a smile as she made her way to the Temple of Resurrection located within the destroyed Palace of Secrets.  All this time, the Temple was hidden inside of the Palace, the one place she never thought to search because "there was no way something of that importance would be hidden here".  Then again, it wasn't called the "Palace of Secrets" for nothing.

She descended the seemingly endless flights of stairs, with the clicking of her heeled boots on stone being the only sound to reach her ears.  She reached out a gloved hand and ran it along the cracked, but otherwise still intact walls.  Her fingers traced over every bump, every dip, every crevice as she walked.

The Temple of Resurrection was located at the very bottom - nearly fifty meters below the surface of Ninjago, and for good reason too.  Harumi knew that this Temple held great power; power that would be dangerous in the wrong hands.  She let out a small laugh when that thought crossed her mind.  It was no doubt something that Lloyd and his little ninja friends would say to her.

The air around her seemed to become stuffier the more she walked.  It felt heavy on her shoulders and seemed to crush her with every step she took.  But still, she pushed these thoughts aside and continued.  She had gotten this far with her plan; the plan that her twelve year old self had thought of initially.  Granted her younger self had not thought about all these elaborate schemes and details, but the main ideas were there.

But what if it doesn't work? she thought with slight worry.  What if I don't succeed?

"I will succeed," she muttered out loud and any doubt she had disappeared almost instantly.  "I've gotten this far, I have all three Masks, and I'll soon have the hairs."  Harumi noticed that she was nearing the bottom of the stairs and let out a sigh of relief.  "And I'm here."

She pushed open the double doors, grunting from the exertion and frowning when she saw how much dust had rained down upon her head.  The Temple was more unstable than she initially thought, but it'll have to do.  She didn't have time to find another Temple of Resurrection, and this would probably be the only chance she had to do this.

Harumi's smile widened when she spotted Mr. E, Ultra Violet and Killow, all standing next to a restrained Green Ninja with the three Oni Masks in their hands.

"I see you brought the masks," she said, her tone biting and condescending.  "And what about our insurance policy?"

"Right here," Killow stated, pushing forwards a startled and frightened Misako.  She stumbled and almost fell onto the ground.

Up until that point, Lloyd hadn't even been aware that his mother was in the same room as him and the moment he laid eyes on her, he lost it.  "Mom!" he cried, pulling and tugging at his chains desperately in an attempt to break free and save her.  With no success, he ended up shooting a withering glare at Harumi, who had a pleasant smile on her face.  "Don't you dare touch her."