Ninjago: Heart of the Storm (Slow Editing) (Re-Write)

Chapter Five: Whispering Wind

As the sun started to rise, it had caught the colors of a blazing, aflame ember as it rise in the east. The faint outline of the moon was in a pale circle of silver, glowing faintly in the dawning sky.
Lloyd watched Audra try multiple times to get through the course, while Audra did get closer with each attempt, she always ended up getting knocked down, it's definitely because of the trouble's she's trying to confirm with the terms of her past. Audra kept this up for most of the morning, and soon enough. He was excited and amazed to see Audra training in the course, and Lloyd was watching over her progress, it made them curious on what she's trying to do for helping Audra.
The longer Lloyd looked at the brave and determined girl, he couldn't help and yet admire her. He also caught glimpses of her face as she continued to change her positions. Her expression was very focused, and her blue eyes held a determined look in them as she stared at the obstacle course in front of her. Lloyd couldn't help, but subconsciously smile to himself. Audra's long, wavy light golden caramel hair seemed to shimmer like a waterfall of melted gold over her shoulders. As the light shone down on her, it seemed make her skin twinkle as if it's a pattern of a priceless jewel.
Audra did a flip as she kicked the dummies down quickly. She jumped and flipped over the spinning pistons. Audra spun with the blades before hopping away, and as she was in the parkour pistons as she hopped quickly. Lloyd watched her jumped out of the way of the axes and she flipped out of the way. But he noticed that Audra is nowhere in sight.
"Whew!" Lloyd jumped in place when he heard Audra's voice, a little tired and yet still excited from her exercise, but she was stretching from her exercise. "That was fun." She was soon seen drinking some her energy drink from her bottle.
When she saw Lloyd, Audra gave Lloyd an endearing smile as she looked at the boy she cared for so much, his presence giving her an instant sense of happiness. Lloyd couldn't help, but feel himself melt a bit under such a loving expression from his crush, and not just that, his cheeks began to heat up again as well. But their romantic sight to each other was ruined when they heard Master Wu's voice.
"Lloyd! It's time for your mediation training!" The blond-haired boy sighed at his uncle's order. He locked eyes with Audra. She smiled at him knowingly, in which he returns and she watched as Lloyd headed back towards the Monastery before she continued on with her training.
She continued going through and tried making her way through the course, Audra did look like she had some experience, but that may be due to her former life she had before. While Audra tried making it through the course the best she can, she did end up being hit by some of the obstacles and was knocked down, which showed she was still lacking proper experience. She tried multiple times to get through the course, while Audra did get closer with each attempt, she always ended up getting knocked down, it's definitely because of the trouble's she's having regarding her past.
But when she was taking a break from her workout on obstacle course, she felt the wind gently blowing through the courtyard. Audra hummed thoughtfully as she stood up while keeping her ears perked up at the sound of the wind. Due to her keen connection with the Wind Element, Audra could catch a few scattered, but whispered secrets that has been revealed to her within the blowing wind.
"Garmadon... Dragon... Master... Returning..."
Audra was surprised and confused of the whispered secrets on the wind. She soon fixed her eyes on the Ninja's mural (aka their legendary legacy) to gather her thoughts. Lord Garmadon was returning? Why? She remembered that he was leaning into his Oni side when he was revived by the ex-Princess Harumi and the "Sons of Garmadon." He was involved in the chaotic battle involving the invasion of the Oni, but nobody has ever seen him after the Ninja used the Tornado of Creation to destroy the invading Oni. But why did the wind mentioned "Dragon" and "Teacher?" There was a time that Lord Garmadon has become Master Garmadon to make up for the chaos that he has left behind when he was affected by the Great Devourer's venom. He soon helped the Ninja with the technology Overlord and the Tournament of Elements. But he was taken under by the drowning Preeminent, thanks to her idiotic older brother. But she remembered that Dragons opposes the Oni, since Dragons are creatures of Creation and Oni are creatures of Destruction. The two brothers represent those two creatures through their late father's heritage. But she was stumped by the "Returning" bit, she's unsure of what to make of it. Maybe he's returning to see his family again? And maybe in his Dragon Self? No, that's unlikely... But it is possible. Though, she better keep quiet about it, she's not sure if it's true and it might hurt Lloyd in more ways than in one.
Audra's thoughts were suddenly interrupted when she heard a strong, but calm knock on the door. She glanced at the Monastery, wondering if she should get the Ninja and Master Wu. But she decided against it and went towards the door. When Audra opened the door, she was surprised to see a familiar guy around Master Wu's age. He has graying hair that's in a swept-back, tousled hairstyle and his warm green eyes shone with warmth, much like Lloyd's eyes. He was wearing a predominantly black kimono with white sleeves and silver Ninjago letters written on the front of his kimono while he was wearing black pants and boots. He was also using a bo-staff to help him walk up the staircase and for self-defense.
"Um... Hello, sir," Audra spoke up with nervous curiosity.
"Is my son here?" asked the familiar man.
Audra blinked in confusion at his sudden question. "Your son? Who's your son?"
"Lloyd, the Green Ninja," The familiar man replied.
Quickly connecting the dots, Audra was surprised to see that her thoughts had actually been correct about the wind's message and knew who she was meeting for the first time. "That means you're Master Garmadon."
"Please." A touch of desperation entered Master Garmadon's voice. "Where's my son?"
Remembering his question, Audra let Master Garmadon inside the courtyard and closed the door behind him. "Lloyd's training with the other Ninja and Master Wu while Misako is returning today from her travels."
Master Garmadon let out a sigh of relief. "Thank you my dear. What's your name?"
"I'm Audra Valiente," replied Audra. "The new Teal Ninja. Elemental Master of Wind." She smiled softly at him. "Let's reunite you with the others." 

Everyone has been gathered into the dining room. Everyone at the table engaged in some amount of different conversations, some more than others. Nya and Jay both spoke about some of the ideas she had for upgrades to the Bounty. Kai and Cole were both bickering with each other playfully, like a pair of brothers. Zane was talking softly to Pixal about their next date (if nothing chaotic happened again). Lloyd was speaking softly to Master Wu and Misako. As everyone spoke to each other, Audra quickly gotten up from her seat next to Lloyd and left the dining room. She didn't catch Lloyd's briefly confused expression as she left the dining room. Everyone became silent as Audra left the room and exchanged confused looks.
A few minutes later, Audra had returned to the room with a bright smile. But the shadow of a person stood behind her. Lloyd sat up, his bright green eyes wide with concern and confusion. Everyone else watched on with concern and confusion just as well.
"Sorry about that." Audra smiled at them apologetically. "I was fetching someone who you guys consider as a close friend and a great father." At that, everyone turned to look at the hidden figure as he quietly stepped out of shadows of the hallway. The mysterious figure was none other than Master Garmadon.
Misako looked at the man in tearful awe, recognizing him anywhere. "G-Garmadon? Is it really you?"
"D-Dad?" Lloyd's voice was in a choked whisper at the sight of his father. Audra's expression softened at the sight of how emotional Lloyd was when he's seeing his dad. "But... Y-You were... You..." Lloyd was cut off as his father quickly pulled him into a tight hug.
"I told you I would always be with you, Lloyd," he told his son gently.
Lloyd wrapped his arms around him, the tears he had been trying to hold back were now pushing through and running down his cheeks. "I can't believe you're here... I can't believe you're here... Everything is going to be alright now..."
"Oh Garmadon." Misako snuggled against Garmadon's left side and he gently hugged her to his side.
Master Garmadon smiled tiredly, hugging his son closer to him. He wrapped his arms around him and squeezed his son tightly. Lloyd felt his dad's strong arms wrap around him. He shut his eyes and let his whole body relax into the hug. A silent sob escaped from him. Warm tears were sliding from Master Garmadon's face too.
"Brother?" Master Wu's shocked voice came as the others joined the reunion.
"Wu." Master Garmadon smiled warmly at his younger brother.
Lloyd looked up, grinning. "He came back." He still barely believed it himself. They all gathered around, all of them were joining the family reunion.
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I felt sorry for Master Garmadon.