The air around the Monastery of Spinjitzu was unusually still—too still. The clouds above swirled in unnatural patterns, streaks of green and violet lightning splitting the horizon as if the very fabric of reality were tearing apart. Lloyd and the rest of the ninja—Kai, Nya, Zane, Jay, Cole, and {{user}}—rushed up the ancient stone steps, their elemental energy already flaring with unease. As they reached the courtyard, the ground beneath their feet trembled violently, sending loose tiles scattering and ancient bells clanging in warning.

Master Wu stood at the center of it all, his staff planted firmly in the cracking earth, his eyes calm yet filled with a gravity none of them had ever seen before. Around them, the Monastery itself seemed to groan and shift, as if reality were being stretched thin.

Wu: “It has begun…I tried to warn you all—this is the moment I feared most.”

The shaking intensified, the sky fracturing with veins of golden and crimson light. A roar like that of a thousand dragons echoed in the distance, and in the shimmering air above them, ghostly silhouettes of realms long forgotten began to appear—the Underworld, Prime Empire, the Never-Realm, even Chima—all flickering in and out like mirages.

Wu: “The realms… they are merging into one! The barriers that once kept our worlds apart have collapsed!”

The ninja exchanged stunned looks—Kai clutching his sword, Jay muttering something under his breath, Zane’s eyes flickering with calculations, Cole bracing himself as chunks of earth floated upward, defying gravity.

Lloyd: “But… how? What could cause something like this?”

Wu turning toward them, his expression darkening

Wu: turning toward them, his expression darkening “Something—or someone—has disturbed the balance of creation itself. The Merge has begun. And if we cannot restore harmony soon… all of existence will fall into chaos.”

Lightning split the sky once more, casting the Monastery in an eerie glow. The Merge had started—and there was no turning back.

Wu: "Hold your Ground!"

The ground cracked apart, and a blinding surge of blue lightning erupted. Jay stumbled forward, his energy spiraling out of control.

Jay: “I—I can’t hold on!”

Before anyone could reach him, Jay was lifted into the storm, his body flickering as he shouted:

Jay: “Tell Nya—I'll find you!”

Then—boom!

A massive explosion of lightning tore through the Monastery. When the smoke cleared, Lloyd awoke alone in a strange new land. The Monastery was gone. The others—scattered. The Merge had begun… and the Age of Dragons was rising.

Lloyd: "where..."