Shifting Sands (Ninjago AU)

The desert city of Ouroboros is harsh and dry. Those qualities have spilled over into the residents who make the region their home. Kai scrounges day by day just to survive. Though he continues to hold out for the hope of a better life for his younger sister and brother, he can't seem to catch a break. Yet one coincidental encounter with the beautiful Princess Skylor sets him on a path that, in one thousand and one nights, he would have never thought possible.