"ZANE, YOU ARE
INCREDIBLE."
when iris wu, the daughter of sensei wu, discovers her father has taken in four ninja, she travels home only to find her younger cousin causing mayhem and that the peculiar white ninja is more than he seems to be.
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CHAPTER ONE — HOMECOMING rise of the snakes — part one
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"Father, it has been a while." — iris wu
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EXHAUSTION CREPT ITS WAY UP IRIS WU'S LEGS AS SHE TREKED UP THE MOUNTAIN TO THE MONASTERY OF SPINJITZU, OR AS SHE CALLED IT, HOME. Two years had passed since she waved goodbye to the mountain peak, a place overrun with cherished memories and untold secrets. During her time away, Iris often reflected on her era at the monastery, because despite the fact she left to get away from it all, some part of her missed it.
The past couple of years were, for Iris Wu, a bit of a rollercoaster. Travelling Ninjago was a wonder she would never soon forget; the land, the people, the history, were all so beautiful and fascinating in their own amazing ways. And probably the best part about it, was that she was just Iris and not the daughter of the famous Sensei Wu and powerful Leslie Cho and certainly not the granddaughter of the legendary First Spinjitzu Master — the creator of all Ninjago. For the time she spent away from the monastery was the time where she was free, unbound by the burdens her name brought her.
It was through her two year adventure across her grandfather's creation that she realised how much her abilities had previously defined her. She learnt that she was rather good with computers, a pretty decent builder and surprisingly, an excellent artist. What she was proud of the most was that she did it all without her powers.
When she turned her back on the mountain top a couple of years ago, she vowed to leave behind her powers along with it, and in doing so allowed her to become the person she now was. And even though she was on her way back to the monastery, she didn't dare use her powers. For she created her oath the moment she exited the gates and would only break it when she re-entered them. Unfortunately, that meant Iris had to climb the countless steps up the large mountain without being able to use her powers to teleport herself immediately to the top.
But her Mother taught her long ago that you had to keep your word, it was what separated you from the bad guys who always betrayed it.
So the young woman continued her journey up the steep mountain steps, feeling the slight strain on her muscles after them not being in such frequent use for so long. The wind kissed her cheeks, the cold soothing the rush of red that surged beneath her skin. Beating like a drum, her heart ached within her cage of bones, threatening to break free as she neared her destination, a place she was clearly anxious to return to.
