Hey Everyone! This is my first attempt at a Ninjago fanfic so be nice. I hope you all enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu. I only own my OC.

S01 E01: Rise of the Snakes

"Fire Strike!"

Sensei Wu looked up from his place beside the Spirit Smoke when the sounds of the ninja reached him. He turned his head towards the door.

"Oh, my gosh, isn't that the greatest move you've ever seen?" Kai said enthusiastically.

"Stop trying to do it yourself, we need to attack as a team!" Cole called.

Wu opened the door to the training arena, hoping to find them there, but to his surprise found no one. Still the sounds continued.

"Zane! Why are you wasting your special attack on me, you have to save it!" Jay wined, trying to sound helpful.

Wu slowly walked across the training arena to another door, knowing what he would find.

"Fantastic! I'm out of lives!" Jay huffed, totally engrossed in the video game.

"But the lesson lives on, and I am getting the hang of it!" Zane said, the hint of a smile in his voice.

The four ninja were currently, much to their Sensei's disappointment, playing a video game based off of, what else, themselves. Pizza littered the floor along with their Golden Weapons, which were tossed carelessly to the side.

"Okay, now!" Cole called. Wu crossed the room and unplugged the TV.

"Aw," the ninja moaned when they saw the TV cord in their Sensei's hands.

"What happened!" Jay asked, shocked.

"It took us three hours to get there!" Cole complained.

"Why would you do that! Why?" Jay demanded.

"Just because Lord Garmadon escaped through a vortex doesn't mean he wont return one day for the Golden Weapons of Spinjitzu!" Wu said, eyeing his pupils sternly.

"But Sensei Wu, ever since he has been gone, Ninjago has had nothing but peace," Zane replied.

"Yeah, peace is boring," Jay complained. "There's no one to save, there's nothing to do."

"We can train tomorrow," Cole added.

"Never put off until tomorrow what can be done today," Sensei Wu said.

"Well, I was gonna eat this pizza tomorrow, so if that's the case," Cole said, bringing a slice of pizza to his lips.

"No pizza for you!" Sensei Wu shouted angrily, kicking the pizza out of his hands. "In order to reach your full potential you must train!"

"Uh, remember when we did a little thing called the Tornado of Creation? I thought that was pretty insane," Kai said, pumping his fist.

"Oh, you four have only scratched the surface of your full potential," Wu said, shaking his head in disappointment. "There are still so many secrets you've yet to unlock. You haven't even begun to tap into the powers your Golden Weapons hold."

His gaze traveled around the ninja, all of them staring boredly around the room.

"You wanna talk secret powers, check this out," Cole then reached over with his Scythe of Quakes and used it to plug the TV back in. The game started up and the ninja continued to play it.

Sensei pulled his beard in frustration. "Don't worry Master," Zane said. "We will be ready when Lord Garmadon returns."

As soon as he finished speaking Nya came running into the room. "Guys!" she called. "Lord Garmadon! He's returned! He was spotted approaching Jamonicai Village!"

This sent the ninja into a panic. Kai tried to get up but tripped over Jay, knocking the both to the ground. Zane got up and tried to shake the cord from his foot, but ended up tripping Cole and falling down himself. They all pulled on their hoods and picked up their Golden Weapons. Jay seemed to be having trouble so Nya handed him his Golden Weapon.

"Uh, uh, tha-thanks, uh, uh," Jay stuttered.

"Hurry!" Nya told him.

"Okay!" he called as he pulled up his hood and ran to join the others.

The ninja ran to the dragon keep. Zane however was going too fast and got hit in the head when the gate opened. Cole jumped onto his dragon, but dropped his Scythe. Jay went in for a flying leap, but missed and landed on his face. Sensei Wu shook his head.

"Um, can I help?" Nya asked as she watched Kai climb onto his dragon.

"Sorry sis," Kai replied. "Where we go, danger abounds. This is a job for the ninja." He then turned but found that he couldn't grab the reins. "Um, ah, a little help?" he asked sheepishly.

Nya grabbed the reins and handed them to her brother. They then took off into the bright blue sky.

"Will they ever reach their full potential?" Nya asked as she walked up to Sensei.

"In time," he replied. "Maybe, long time, but in time."

Meanwhile, in Jamonicai Village, a stranger appeared. She wore a smokey-grey ninja gi with a golden tree on her shoulder. Her golden eyes observed the pandemonium with suspicion. Everyone was running into their homes, shouting about some evil Lord returning. Her gaze hardened.

She forced her way through the crowd to the center of town. She looked around but, seeing nothing, decided to move on. Before she could, however, a loud crash from outside of town caught her attention. She ran towards it, careful to keep in the shadows. There she saw four brightly colored dragons and who she assumed to be their riders, all wearing matching colors. There was one red, one blue, one white, and one black. As she got closer, she could tell that they were bickering about something.

"Ha ha, my feet were down before yours!" the black one said to the one in white.

"You were all disillusioned. It was clearly me!" he retorted.

She then decided that she had had enough of this. She jumped down from the wall and turned to them.

"If you're here to protect the people, then I suggest we get going." The four ninja turned to her, their weapons in hand.

"Who are you?!" The red one growled.

"That is none of your concern," she said, waving him off. "What matters now is stopping the threat to this peaceful village."

"Woah, wait a minute..." the blue one started.

"We don't have a minute," she snapped at him. She felt her blood boil, and the presence she detested most threatened to take her over. No! Not now! Deep breath, don't let her take control.

"Um, are you okay?" She shook her head and saw the ninja looking at her warily. She took a deep breath.

"I'm fine. Let's go."

The grey ninja lead the other to the center of town, where a huge shadow was reflected onto the mountain. They all readied their Golden Weapons while the grey one adopted a fighting stance. Evil laughter filled the air.

"Stay sharp fellas," Kai said to the others. "Whatever happens, never let your guard down."

A young boy walked around the corner. "It is I, Lloyd Garmdon!" The ninja lowered their weapons, confused. "I demand all the candy in town, or else!"

"Lloyd Garmadon?" Jay asked. "I thought we were gonna face Lord Garmadon."

"It's his son," Cole clarified. Jay groaned. "Looks like he escaped his Boarding School for Bad Boys again. And to think we could've been doing Spinjitzu already!"

They started walking towards the kid on the fountain. "Uh, uh, gimmie your candy, or else I'll release the Serpentine on you!"

The crowd that had gathered started to yell at him. The ninja started to walk up when Jay noticed something. "Hey guys, where did that grey ninja go?"

They all stopped and looked around. "I don't know. He was right here a minute ago," Kai said while he searched.

"Oh well. One crisis at a time guys," Cole reminded them as he headed back towards the fountain. Lloyd, who was still standing on the fountain, took out a can. He opened it, causing rubber snakes to fly out. The villagers then had enough, tossing all sorts of veggies at him.

"Wait, I asked for candy, not vegetables! I hate vegetables! Agh!" Lloyd was knocked from the fountain in a wave of veggies.

"He's gonna have to do a lot better than use an old bedtime story to scare people," Kai remarked, picking up one of the rubber snakes.

"The Serpentine are real, Kai," Zane said. "They are not something to joke about."

"Serpentine, real?" Kai didn't seem convinced. "Huh, we're talking about the ancient race of snake people who once ruled Ninjago and were supposedly locked underground?"

Jay looked nervous. "Uhh, sealed in five different tombs to separate the warring tribes, and ensure they don't unify to exact their revenge on those who put them there!"

"It was an old wives tale, to teach kids not to poke our noses where they don't belong," Kai said. "Don't you think it's a little suspicious no one has ever found one of their tombs?"

"Well that's because you'd be a fool to look for one," Cole answered. "If there was anything I hated more than dragons, it was snakes, rubber or not!" The ninja walked up to the fountain and pulled Lloyd off. "Don't worry folks! We'll take care of this, nothing to see here!"

They started to walk off with Lloyd in tow. He wasn't very happy about it. "You'll bow down to me, or suffer my wrath! I'll give you to the count of three! One! Two!"

"What are we supposed to do? Spank 'im?" Kai asked.

"Two and a half!" Lloyd warned.

The ninja then proceeded to hang him off of a house. He was kicking and screaming insults at the ninja as they stood under him. "You just made me your nemesis! Mark my words! You'll pay for this!"

Below him the crowd laughed along with the ninja. Zane then took off his hood and bought some candy from a street vendor. He then passed it out to his friends, who had also taken off their hoods.

"Next time, try paying for your candy," Cole suggested.

"Crime doesn't pay, muchacho. You can take that to the bank," Kai said.

Jay began to eat his candy slowly in front of Lloyd. "Mmm, cotton candy!"

Lloyd screamed in frustration before he slumped over, defeated.

The ninja walked back to their dragons, the 'threat' being taken care of. Kai adjusted the saddle bag on his dragon, then jumped on. Before he settled, however, a scroll fell out of the bag. Zane picked it up and handed it to him as he jumped off his dragon.

"Huh, I don't remember putting this here," Kai remarked.

"That's Sensei's bag," Zane told him. "You must have accidentally took it in the rush."

Kai opened it up as Jay walked over. "What is it?"

"It's a scroll, windbag," Kai said sarcastically.

"I know it's a scroll," Jay said defensively. "But what does it say, it's written in chicken-scratch."

"Not chicken-scratch," Zane pointed out. "The ancient language of our ancestors."

"Uh, can you read it?" Kai asked.

"Well, I can try. This symbol, means prophecy," Zane said as he pointed it out on the scroll.

"Prophecy?" Jay asked, looking confused.

"It means it tells the future," Kai explained.

"Course, haha, I knew that."

"One ninja, will rise above the others, and become the green ninja," Zane translated. "The ninja destined, to defeat the dark Lord!"

"Ooh, look, a picture!" Jay interrupted. Sure enough, a picture displaying the four ninja was painted. In the center there were two ninja, one in green and one in purple.

"Dark Lord? Hold on. You think they mean Lord Garmadon?" Someone asked.

"Wait a minute, is that us?" Kai asked disbelievingly. "But who's the ninja in purple?"

"I was getting to that," Zane said. "There will be another, who will rise to his aid, and she will become, the purple ninja. The one who will help him, fight in his battles."

"Hold on, she?" Jay asked. "But there isn't a girl ninja. All of us are guys."

"Well there has got to be someone. But besides that, is anyone else thinking what I'm thinking?" Kai said, ignoring the stuff about the purple ninja.

"Uh, like how good I'm gonna look in green?" Jay said smugly.

"Huh, isn't it obvious I'm gonna be the green ninja?" Kai scoffed.

"It's more obvious that you're the purple ninja!" Jay snapped. "Besides, the color green obviously suits me!"

"Technically I am the best," Zane added.

"Everyone stop it!" Cole said, jumping in front of them. "Remember why Sensei brought us together in the first place. We're a team. We weren't meant to see this and probably for good reasons. Come on. Let's head back home. We have training to do." The ninja started mounting their dragons.

"It's about time I added some more finesse to my routine," Jay remarked, jumping onto his ride.

"Well I could use some exercise," Zane said thoughtfully.

"Yeah, I've gotta work on some new moves," Cole added.

The three of them took off, leaving Kai alone. "Hm, could I be the green ninja?" He wondered aloud before taking off to catch up with the others.

In Jumanicai Village, the grey ninja appeared again. She forced her way through the crowd that was still laughing at poor Lloyd. She got to the center and turned her anger to the people.

"Have none of you got any decency?! He's learned his lesson, now let him down!"

"Did you hear what he did?" Someone yelled at her. "The kid deserves to stay up there! Leave him!"

"Fine!" she growled. "Then I shall do it myself!" Skillfully she leaped onto the house that Lloyd was hanging from and freed him, pulling him with her onto the roof so that he wouldn't fall to the ground below.

"T-thanks!" he gasped.

"You're welcome," she replied curtly. "Now let's get out of here."

The two of them made their way to the ground outside of the Village. The ninja turned to Lloyd. "That was a mean trick, what you did. Scaring people and using someone else's identity. I hope you really have learned your lesson."

"I have," he squeaked. "Thanks again, for letting me down."

"No one else was going to do it," she replied. "Where are you going to go?"

"Oh, uh... that way! Yeah! My home's just over there."

"Well, let me walk you. It's not safe for you to be on your own, Lloyd. There are dangers out here not even I can combat."

"Uh, okay," The two of them started walking. After a while Lloyd broke the silence. "So, uh, what's your name?"

"Huh?"

"Well, I just thought that since you know my name I should know yours. What is it?"

"Oh, well, my name's Michaela."

"You're a girl?"

"Is there something wrong with that?"

"N-no! Of course not."

They continued walking in silence. Again, Lloyd broke it. "Can I see your face?"

"I guess so." She took off her mask and Lloyd's breath caught at the sight. Her chest length light blond hair fell down her shoulders like rivers. There was a purple stripe down the right side of her hair that stood out against her pale features.

"Oh. U-uh... wow, um... you're very pretty," Lloyd stuttered.

"Thanks. It's been a while since I've heard that."

"Why? It's true."

She smiled at his comment. "I don't stay around a lot of people very often. I prefer to live alone."

"Well, you shouldn't."

They kept walking, each lost in their own thoughts. Suddenly, Michaela stopped. "Why did you stop?"

"I can go no further," she said. "Stay safe Lloyd, it's dangerous and looks like it might snow soon. I hope to see you again."

"Yeah, me too."

She smiled again, then turned back and ran into the woods. Lloyd watched her leave until she was gone from sight. He then continued on his own. The snow came just like Michaela said. Lloyd became angry and kicked a rock in front of him.

"Stupid ninja! Well, except for Michaela," he muttered. "I'll show them who they're dealing with."

He continued kicking the rock until a metallic sound came from where it hit the snow.

"Hey, what is..." Lloyd muttered as he worked to clear the snow. However, when he looked up, he saw an intricately carved metal platform. He looked beside him and, seeing a carved snake, decided to push it. Suddenly, the platform split in half, a greenish mist coming from the opening. It kept getting wider and wider until Lloyd lost his footing and slipped into the crevasse below.

He smashed into the ice at the bottom and slid deeper into the cave. He stood up and began to look around.

"You are out of your mind to venture ssso far away from home, little one," a rough voice said to Lloyd. He turned sharply to see a blue snake with red swirling eyes and a yellow, black, and white pattern on its skin coming slowly towards him. The snake held in its hands a golden staff embedded with a blue jewel-like feature. He began to back up, frantically searching for a way out. "Look into my eyesssss," it hissed. "Give up your mind. I will control you."

Lloyd almost glanced at its huge, red, swirling eyes, but at the last second he ducked, shielding his face from the snakes piercing glare.

What he didn't see was that behind him a reflective piece of ice sat. When he ducked, the snake had become hypnotized. Lloyd looked up and, seeing the snake like this, smirked evilly. "No. I will control you from now on."

"What shall you have usss do, massster?" he asked, bowing slightly.

"Us?" Lloyd asked. He looked around, only to find many other blue snakes, some with arms and legs, some just normal snakes, all hissing evilly. "My own army of snakes!" he shouted. "Mwahahahaha!"

The ninja had just finished putting their dragons back in their stables and were currently meeting just outside of them.

"So then we all agree," Jay was saying. "The prophecy states that one of us will become the green ninja, and the issue will not rest until it is decided."

They all started heading up the path to the monastery. "May I suggest a tournament?" Zane asked. "Last ninja standing is the best."

"And will be declared the green ninja!" Kai added. "I love it!"

The four of them reached the door and Jay opened it. Inside they saw Nya working hard on the training course. She was close to completing it when one of the axes knocked her to the ground.

"Do you think she's the purple ninja?" Jay whispered to the others as they walked over to her.

"I don't think so," Kai said. "She's not a ninja."

Jay pulled his hood off his face. "H-hey Nya. Closer to breaking your brothers speed record?"

"I'm getting there," she said as he helped her up. "Oh, heard what happened in town. Just a false alarm?"

"Yeah," Kai answered. "Uh, but we're gonna need this space. Sorry sis."

Cole opened one of the cupboards and took out a helmet with blue padding, which he threw at Jay. "Two matches, then the winners of each face off for the title. Armor's for our own protection. It's time to see what these babies can do," he said, holding up his scythe as an example.

Kai put on his armor. "Hey Nya! Wanna stay and watch me mop the floor with 'em?"

"No thanks," she declined. "I think I'll just visit Jumonicai Village. Knock yourselves out."

"Alright," Cole announced. "First up, Kai verses Jay." The two of them bowed to each other and readied their weapons. "Ninja-GO!"

The two charged so quickly that they almost knocked Cole off his feet. Jay began to charge up his nunchucks but ended up shocking himself instead. Kai jumped over Jay's head and swung his sword at him only to have Jay block his swing. Jay took a few swipes at Kai but he blocked them too. Kai then went up a post and ran around the roof of the monastery, still blocking Jay's attacks. Once he got down Jay leaped back, charging his weapon to attack again. Before he had a chance to , however, Kai was able to use his Golden Weapon to stop him, ending the fight. He looked down in surprise, then looked at Jay, smirking.

"Next up, Cole verses Zane." Kai was announcing this one since Jay was still sulking from loosing their fight. The white and black ninja bowed to each other. "Ninja-GO!"

The two ninja brought out their weapons, each making a great show of wielding them. Cole took a swipe at Zane with his scythe but only succeeded in destroying part of the training course. Zane landed in front of him and Cole charged, Zane frantically blocking the attacks. When he couldn't take it anymore he jumped behind Cole and took out a shuriken. He threw it but missed, Cole putting his foot on it. What Cole didn't see though was the ice that started to form under him. when he did notice it was too late. Zane threw his shurikens at Cole, but he was able to block them every time. Cole was then able to trip Zane with his scythe, defeating him.

"For the prize and the title of best ninja blah blah ninja-go," Jay announced from the sidelines with Zane.

Kai and Cole's weapons clashed, sending sparks into the air. Cole jumped backward and landed a safe distance from Kai, then used the power of the Scythe of Quakes to knock him up against some training equipment. Jay and Zane cheered him on. "Yes!" he called. Kai's anger got the better of him. He growled and tried to use his spinjitzu.

"I-It's to... h-hot!" he panicked; the Sword of Fire seemed to have a mind of its own.

"It's burning!"

"Fire!"

Kai tried one more time to do spinjitzu, sparks flying everywhere. When he stopped he dropped the sword. A line of fire came from it, making a circle around Kai and just burning everything else. The ninja started to panic, jumping over the flames to help Kai. Sensei Wu came out and walked through the fire, picking up the Shurikens of Ice. He threw them into the air and folded his hands together. As if by magic, the shurikens followed him, creating snowfall and proceeded to put out the flames, including the ones on Jay. Once they returned to Wu he glared at his pupils. "What were you thinking!"

"Uh, we were tryin' ta figure out who was the green ninja," Jay answered. Zane, who was beside him, smacked him from behind. "Ow! Uh, heh, did I say green ninja? No,sorry, hm, what I, what I said was lean! Ah..."

"You were not supposed to see this," Wu said.

"But Sensei, we wanna know. Which one of us is the chosen one?" Kai asked as the others gathered around.

"Don't forget the mysterious purple ninja as well," Zane added.

"None of you are the chosen one! If you don't unlock your full potential. As for the purple one, I already have an idea on who it might be," Wu replied as he walked back to the door.

"But my sword. I-It was so bright!" Kai protested. "Is this what you meant by unlocking our Golden Weapons?"

"You are only at the beginning," Sensei answered. "The road is long and winding but yes, this is what I meant. If this is what it must take for you to train then so be it. But none of you are near the level of what it takes to be the green ninja. When the time is right, you will find the purple ninja. But be warned, for this might just come at a price."

Back in Jumonicai Village Nya was checking out the various fruit stands around the village. Suddenly screams echoed around the village from the frightened people. "What now?" she wondered out loud. She looked around for any danger when she saw Lloyd coming out of a shop, a wheelbarrow of candy in front of him.

"Take the candy! Take it alllll! Mwahahahaha!" he cried. Nya couldn't beleive her eyes when from behind Lloyd a group of blue, walking snakes with swirling red eyes appeared. The snakes rattled their tails and glared at the townsfolk, hypnotizing them into doing their bidding. Nya wasn't sure what to do until a ninja in grey with golden eyes grabbed her hand and yanked her into an allyway.

"What are you... mph!" Nya tried to ask until the stranger put a hand over her mouth.

"Shhh!" the stranger hissed. "Do you want to get spotted?" She shook her head. Beside them they heard two snakes fighting about something. It was the general, the one with the staff, and another snake.

"Thisss makesss no sssence, general," the one said. "Raiding an entire town, for sssweetsssss?!"

"You will do asss I command, because I hold the ssstaff," the general growled.

After they left Nya turned to the ninja. "Thanks. I owe you one."

"Then maybe you could help me rid the town of these vermin," the ninja suggested. "I can't do it on my own."

"Sure. Oh, I'm Nya. Who are you?"

"I'm... Mica."

The ninja were busy training with their Golden Weapons while their Sensei meditated with the spirit smoke. He opened his eyes as he saw what happened in Jumonicai Village. He rushed out to warn the ninja. "The Serpentine are back! Everyone in Jumonicai Village is in danger!"

"Calm down Sensei, we were just there. It was some kid who says he's-" Cole was cut off by Wu.

"The spirit smoke does not lie. An ancient evil has been released!"

"Nya's there right now!" Kai realized.

"Nya?!" Jay asked, coming to his senses.

The ninja rushed down to their dragons, mounting them this time without any trouble. "Stay close, stay together," Kai ordered.

"Would we do it any other way?" Cole asked playfully.

The villagers were running as fast as they could away from the snakes that terrorized their town. Lloyd wheeled his candy stash to the fountain in the middle of town, his whole body shaking. "Oh, ah, ha, I'm never coming down from this sugar high! Whehooo!" The ninja jumped in front of him, disturbing his moment of victory.

"Sorry to bust your buzz little Garmadon," Cole interrupted.

"But it's already past your bedtime," Jay finished.

"Get them!" Lloyd called out to the snakes. The general began to shake his tail, summoning the villagers to his aid.

"Ssseize them!" he called, pointing to the ninja.

"The Serpentine? Their real?!" Kai asked in disbelief.

The ninja got ready to fight, the Serpentine in front of them and the villagers behind. "It's not oly them we have to worry about," Cole said, nodding at the villagers. "The whole village has been hypnotized!"

Jay began to charge up his Nunchucks of Lightning when Zane stopped him. "No, our weapons are too unstable! We could do more harm than good!"

"I guess that leaves us with RUN!" Jay shouted as the ninja jumped over the snakes heads and onto the rooftops. They all met up outside of town. They all started to catch their breath when Nya and the grey ninja jumped off of the roofs.

"Nya?" Kai asked.

"You're okay!" Jay said, relief thick in his voice. "What's he doing here?" he asked, gesturing to the grey ninja.

"This is Mica, he helped me get away," Nya explained. "But there's no time! They've hypnotized everyone in town."

"Mind control," Jay gasped. "How is this possible?"

"They are the Hypnobri, one of the five snake tribes," Mica explained. "Their specialty is mind control. When you hear them rattle their tails, don't look them in the eyes. That's how they get you."

"Well what are we supposed to do?!" Jay asked, starting to panic. "We can't use our weapons, and now we gotta fight with our eyes closed? Ha, perfect!"

"The snake with the staff is their general," Nya told them. "He's the one in charge."

"If we can get the staff from him it holds the anti-venom. If we get that we can save everyone," Mica finished.

"Look guys," Kai started. "Forget about the whole 'green ninja' thing. Let's make Sensei proud. the four of us. We're a team."

"Now you're talking!" Cole exclaimed.

"Oh, and you two can be our honorary members," Jay said to Nya and Mica.

"Gee, thanks," Nya said sarcastically while Mica rolled his eyes.

The six of them traveled across the rooftops so they wouldn't be spotted by the snakes or villagers. Kai then jumped down only to have some come up behind him. "You wanna play," he asked them. "Then how 'bout a little spinjitzu! Ninja-GO!" He started up his spinjitzu, but because of the ice and how out of shape he was he ended up crashing into the wall of a house nearby. Slipping on a banana peel doesn't make things any better either.

"Ookay, we're really outta shape," Jay commented from the rooftops.

Kai then got up and proceeded to knock out two snakes that were approaching him from behind.

"Ha, consider this a warning ninja! Mwahahahahaha!" Lloyd exclaimed as he ran off with the candy wagon. Zane came up behind him with his shurikens and threw them in front of him, stopping the wagon from going forward.

"Ninja-GO!" Zane called as he spinjitzued over to Lloyd.

"My candy!"

"Sensei was right. Never put off until tomorrow what can be done today," Zane said, finally making sense of their Sensei's cryptic words. "We should have dealt with you the first time around."

"Retreat!" Lloyd cried out.

"Retreat!" The Serpentine leader repeated. This sent the snakes into a frenzy as the tried to get away. Cole jumped up and kicked the leader in the face, causing him to drop the staff.

"Go ahead, give me a reason," he dared the snake. He marched up to it and it took one look at him and slithered away in fear. He picked it up to examen it, but when he looked up he found himself looking into the eyes of a snake.

"Look into my eyesssss," it hissed, rattling its tail. Its eyes seemed to swirl as he looked closer. "I will control you."

"You... control..." he muttered, becoming hypnotized by the reptile.

"Look out!" a voice cried, breaking the trance he was in. The snake reached for him, seeing that he was distracted, but out of nowhere Mica jumped up and kicked him in the face. "You have the anti-venom!" she called to him when he turned away.

"Uh," he shook himself, as if just realizing what happened. "By golly you're right!"

"Quick, the fountain!"

"Good idea!" He ran up to the top of the fountain and stuck the staff in the top. Instantly a grey-blue mist flowed through the water, freeing the villagers from their trance.

The ninja walked up to their Sensei, who must have followed them there. "We're sorry, Sensei," Kai said, apologizing for all of them. "If we had dealt with Lloyd before he became a problem, none of this would've been necessary."

"Even lessons learned the hard way are lessons learned," Wu replied. "Hm, a great evil has been released. I fear troubling times will come. This is only the beginning."

"Then we will train, and be ready for the Serpentine," Zane said, his voice full of confidence.

"It may not be Lord Garmadon," Cole added. "But that doesn't mean we won't bring our a-game."

"Help us train," Kai said. "Help us realize our potential."

"Yeah," Jay continued. "Teach us the secrets behind the Weapons of Spinjitzu."

"Hm," Sensei mused. "There is much to teach. We must return to the monastery."

"Oh, Sensei, there is someone we want you to meet," Nya said. She turned to where Mica had been, but he was gone. "Where did he go?"

"Ah, not again," Kai huffed.

"Don't worry, Kai," Wu said. "I don't think this is the last you've seen of our 'mysterious ninja'."

The snakes had regrouped to there ice-tomb. Lloyd was on a sugar crash and was moaning in the corner. "C-candy... I need... candy."

"The boy ssset usss free," Skalidor hissed to his second in command.

"He isss a child, he isss not one of usssss!" he protested, trying to reason with his general.

"I may not have the ssstaff, but I am ssstill your General. Ssstand down!" Skales turned and walked away, dejected.

"You coward," another snake said to Skales. "We all know he isss under Lloyd'sss ssspell. You are sssecond in command, and ssstill you do nothing!"

"Now wasss not the time," Skales replied, oddly calm. "I ssstill hold the key to dessstroy the ninja, and when I do that, everyone will sssee it isss I who ssshould be in control." His vision changed, and soon Skales could see everything that the ninja were doing, through the eyes of Cole.

There you go! Sorry that my oc wasn't in here much, she will be more involved in chapters to come. Updates will be really, really slow, I'm already super busy at home. I hope you liked it. Enjoy!