The Angel Ninja of Light
Chapter 1: Harmony
Inside the village of Jamonakai, citizens scurried into their homes, shutting and locking the doors behind them as fear crawled its way into the citizens' hearts. A large, looming shadow appeared on the mountain's wall that was behind the village, and the ninja entered the village, brandishing their weapons. Malevolent laughter bounced off the mountain's wall, and echoed around the now vacant village. The shadow got smaller and closer until a small boy, wearing a black hoddie walked out from behind the fountain saying, "It is I Lloyd Garmadon! I demand all the candy in town! Or else!"
"Lloyd Garmadon? I thought we were going to face Lord Garmadon!" the blue ninja complained.
"It's his son. Ugh. Looks like he escaped the Boarding School For Bad Boys again." The black ninja explained. "And to think we could have been doing Spinjitzu all ready."
"Uh… Uh… give me your candy! Or else I'll release the Serpentine on you!" Lloyd announced as he threw his arms in the air.
The citizens now realized that Lloyd was not a threat and decided to come out of their homes. A young teen in orange roamed the village, following the crowd towards the fountain. She looked at the young boy who was being booed by the villagers. Lloyd Garmadon took out a can and opened the lid, releasing fake rubber snakes upon the audience. One of the fake snakes landed near the girl's feet and she looked down at it. Then the villagers began throwing vegetables at Lloyd.
"Uh no, wait! I asked for candy, not vegetables! I hate vegetables!" Lloyd complained as he threw the lid at the crowd.
Lloyd was then thrown back into the fountain.
The four ninja gathered in the center of the village as the red one picked up a fake rubber snake. "He's going to have to do a lot better than that to use old bedtime stories to scare people," He then threw the snake.
The girl blinked upon hearing the ninja. She looked up and saw them conversing amongst themselves. She sighed in admiration as she watched them.
"Serpentine are real, Kai. They are not something to joke about." stated the white ninja.
"Serpentine, real…? We're talking about the ancient race of snake people who once ruled Ninjago and are supposedly locked underground?" Kai recalled.
"Uh…, sealed in five different tombs to separate the tribes, so they don't unify to sack their revenge on those who put them there!" the blue ninja said fearfully.
"It was an old wives tale! …To teach kids not to poke their noses where they don't belong." Kai argued back. "Don't you think it's a little suspicious that no one has ever found one of their tombs?"
"That's because you'd be a fool to look for one." the black ninja claimed.
The ninja began walking up to Lloyd as the black one continued talking, "If there was anything I hated more than dragons, it's snakes. Rubber or not."
The girl then picked up the rubber snake that was near her feet and asked curiously while looking at the rubber snake, "Serpentine…?"
"There's nothing to see here folks, we'll take care of this!" the black ninja announced to the crowd.
The ninja took Lloyd and carried him away from the audience.
"Bow down to me or… suffer my wrath!" Lloyd declared.
"Uh… I'll give you the count of three! One, two-!"
"What are we supposed do? Spank him?" Kai asked curiously.
"Two in a half!" Lloyd warned.
The girl followed the ninja, curious to know what they plan on doing to the boy.
"Waah! You just made me your nemesis!" Lloyd struggled from a flagpole on a roof of one of the villagers' home. "Mark my words! You'll pay for this!"
The ninja along with the villagers laughed at Lloyd's condition. Zane removed his mask and paid for the candy that was upon a table a lady was sitting at. He took the rest of the candy and shared it with his fellow ninja.
"Next time, try paying for the candy." The black ninja stated.
"Crime doesn't pay muchacho," Kai said. "You can take that to the bank."
"Mmm." The blue ninja teased Lloyd by eating some of the candy in front of him. "Cotton candy."
While the white ninja licked some of his green lollypop, Lloyd growled in frustration at the ninja. The teen girl in orange's mouth had watered at the sight of the candy, and her stomach rumbled from the lack of food. She frowned upon hearing her stomach and sighed. She sat down on her butt and rested her head against the wall of one of the villager's house. She wanted some of that candy, but with the ninja here, she couldn't steal it.
The black ninja took notice of the girl in the corner of his eye and turned to look at her. "Huh?" He asked curiously.
He walked up to the girl and saw discontentment illuminating off her eyes. "You okay?" He addressed the girl.
The girl blinked and quickly stood on her feet. She was quite astonished to have one of the ninja approach her.
"Whoa, take it easy. I'm not going to hurt you," he said reassuringly.
The girl blinked in confusion and asked sheepishly, "Y-You're not?"
Then her stomach rumbled again. She flushed a deep red in embarrassment.
The black ninja then smiled upon hearing her stomach grumble. He reached his hand out towards her holding two chocolate bars. "Here, you can have them." He offered kindly.
The girl in orange hesitantly reached her hand out and asked, "Are you sure?"
"Of course,"
"Thank you…" she thanked sincerely as she took the chocolate bars from him.
The black ninja smiled at her.
"Cole! You coming or what?" asked Kai.
"Oops, gotta jet. See ya!" With a wave of his hand, he went running up to his ninja friends.
"I'm Harmony!" the girl in orange, Harmony said. Then she walked toward Lloyd.
"Weren't you talking to one of the ninja earlier?" Lloyd said getting mad. Harmony climbed up and got him down.
"I was, but I felt bad leaving you hanging up there." Harmony said.
"I don't need your pity!" He says in disgust.
"And I wasn't asking for your approval." Harmony said. She then broke off a piece of the chocolate bar and gave it to Lloyd. He looked at it curiously before eating it. The smile on his face made her feel better.
"I'm Harmony. Harmony Redfield." Harmony said giving introductions to Lloyd.
"Lloyd Garmadon." Lloyd said doing the same.
Kai hopped onto his dragon, knocking a scroll out of his bag. The scroll fell to the ground and the white ninja, who was nearby, picked it up. Kai jumped back down and took it from him.
"I don't remember putting this here," Kai said.
"That's Sensei's bag," the white ninja remarked. "You must've accidentally took it in the rush."
The blue ninja went over to Kai and the white ninja, fascination illuminating off his eyes. "What is it?" He asked curiously.
Kai opened up the scroll and began to read it. Without taking his eyes off of the scroll, Kai replied sarcastically, "It's a scroll windbag."
"I know it's a scroll," the blue ninja replied somewhat harshly. "But what does it say? It's written in chicken-scratch."
"Not chicken-scratch." Zane pointed to the symbols on the paper. "The ancient language of our ancestors."
"Uh, can you read it?" Kai asked.
"Well I can try," Zane replied. He pointed to a specific symbol. "This symbol means 'prophecy'."
"Prophecy?" Jay echoed.
"It means it tells the future," Kai explained.
"'Course. Ha-ha! I knew that."
"One ninja," Zane translated, "will rise above the others, and become the Green Ninja. The ninja destined to defeat the Dark Lord."
"Ooh, look, a picture!" Jay said excitedly.
"Dark Lord? Hold on, you think they mean Lord Garmadon?" Kai asked. Then, he looked more closely at the picture. "Wait a minute... is that us?"
On the scroll was a picture of six ninja. One was dressed in red, another in black, a third in blue, the fourth in white, the largest in green, and the last in orange.
"Who's the orange ninja?" the blue ninja asked as he pointed to the picture of the ninja.
"I do not know. I have never heard of a orange ninja before," the white ninja replied as he seemed puzzled.
"Is anyone else thinking what I'm thinking?" Kai asked excitedly.
"…Like how good I'm gonna look in green?" the blue ninja stated proudly.
"Huh!" Kai frowned, the silver ninja in the picture forgotten. "Isn't it obvious I'm gonna be the Green Ninja?"
"The color obviously suits me!"
"Technically, I am the best," the white ninja broke in.
"Hey, everyone stop it!" Cole called out firmly. He walked to the bickering ninjas. "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 reason." He took the scroll from Kai. "Come on. Let's head back home. We have training to do."
"It's about time," the blue ninja said, walking to Wisp, his dragon, "I added some finesse to my routine."
"Well, I could use some exercise," the white ninja admitted as he climbed onto Shard, his dragon.
"Yeah," Cole said. "I've gotta work on some new moves."
Shard, Wisp, and Rocky flapped their wings and flew off. Flame and Kai stayed behind for a moment.
"Could I be the Green Ninja?" Kai wondered aloud.
Far off in a snowstorm, walking in the few inches of snow was Lloyd Garmadon as he grumbles in frustration at the ninja. "Stupid ninja," Lloyd then made a fist. "I'll show them who they're dealing with." He vowed.
Lloyd left footprints in the snow as he walked and he came across a snow covered stone. He kicked it, hoping to get his frustration out. The stone then made impact onto something metallic. Engraved into the ground was a metallic stone with a snake's head. Lloyd then found a little golden lever by his elbow. He pushed it forward and the flat stone began to split down the middle. Green mist seeped from the inside the crack of the mountain. Lloyd stood up and immediately lost his balance. He slipped over the edge and fell.
"AHHHHHH!" he screeched.
He banged his head against the stairs and slid onto the ice floor. He groaned and sat up. A look of fear was reflected upon his face as he saw that he was now in an ice cavern; complete with frozen stalactites and stalagmites. The sound of dripping water echoed throughout the cavern.
"You are out of your mind to venture ssssso far away from home little one," a low voice that of a snake slithered into view as he held a golden staff in his hands.
Lloyd frowned and backed up a few paces.
"Look into my eyesssss," the snake cooed. "Give up your mind." His crimson irises began to vibrate with white rings. "I will control you,"
Lloyd was about to look when he bumped into the ice cycle behind him, and he ducked just in time. The snake's plan backfired and his hypnotism spell bounced off of the ice cycle and re-bounced right back towards him. Lloyd smirked as he saw the snake being hypnotized by himself. "No, I will control you from now on!" Lloyd declared.
"What shall you have usssss do master?" asked the hypnotized snake.
Lloyd was baffled when the snake emphasized on the word us. "Us…?" Lloyd repeated.
Just then a group of snakes emerged from the shadows and approached their leader. Lloyd grinned as he was satisfied. "My own army of snakes! MUHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
At the entrance of the monastery the four ninja were discussing a way on how they will become the Green Ninja.
"So then we all agree," stated the blue ninja. "The prophecy states that one of us will become the Green Ninja and the issue will not rest until it is decided."
"May I suggest a tournament? Last one standing will be victorious." the white ninja offered.
"And will be declared the Green Ninja!" Kai exclaimed. "I love it!"
The boys pushed open the doors to the monastery and walked inside. The teen girl in red was Kai's sister, Nya. She was busy running through the training court, hoping to beat her brother's speed record. She was doing great until she smacked into the flat side of an axe.
"Hey, Nya," The blue ninja greeted shyly as he leaned over her "Closer to beating your brother's speed record?"
He helped her up while she replied, "I'm getting there. Heard what happened in town. Just a false alarm…?"
Kai walked to them and said, "Yeah. Uh, but we're gonna need the space. Sorry, sis."
Cole went to a closet on the side of the court and pulled out their kendo gear. He tossed each of the helmets to the others. Jay's helmet hit him on the side of his head.
"Two matches," Cole declared. "Then, the winners of each face off for the title. Armor's for our own protection." He raised his golden scythe. "It's time to see what these babies can do!"
"Hey, Nya," Kai said to his sister when the ninjas were ready. "Wanna see me mop the floor with them?"
"No thanks," Nya politely declined the offer. "I think I'll go visit Jomonikai village. Knock yourselves out,"
Nya left the monastery and went on her way to Jomonikai village.
"Alright," Cole said. "First up, Kai versus Jay! Ninjaaaaa-Go!"
The two bowed to each other, then began the fight. Jay, the blue ninja, whipped his nun chucks around in the air, but accidentally shocked himself. Kai charged at Jay and flipped over him. Just then metal against metal was heard and Kai decided to climb up on the wall of the monetary, and continued to block Jay's attempts at hitting him. Kai then used his sword and released a fire ball at Jay, the fire ball hitting him in the abdomen. Jay clenched his arm on his abdomen and Kai was most amazed that his sword was able to make fire balls. He then smirked.
"Next up, Cole versus Zane," Kai announced.
The two ninja bowed toward one another while Jay sat on the sidelines, pouting that he didn't beat Kai.
"Ninja-Go!"
Grunts were heard and both ninja brandished their weapons, their expressions serious. Cole charged at Zane, the white ninja, but Zane jumped and evaded the attack. Cole's scythe cut the pole from the training course. Zane came back down and Cole charged at him. Metal against metal was heard as Cole blocked Zane's attack. Zane threw his Golden Shuriken at Cole and Cole placed a foot on top of it. But the Shuriken was activated and ice began to spread. The ice began to freeze Cole's legs and Cole couldn't move. Zane threw his other Shuriken at Cole, but Cole blocked it with his scythe. Zane went around the frozen Cole and continued to throw his Shuriken at him, but each time Cole was able to block it. Cole used this opportunity and took his scythe to knock Zane to the floor. Cole had won the fight.
"For the prize and the title of best ninja," Jay said, bored. "Blah, blah, Ninja-Go."
Zane was sitting next to Jay, feeling disappointed that he couldn't beat Cole.
Kai and Cole began, their golden weapons clashing and clanging. Cole swiped at Kai's head, then back-flipped a few feet. He slammed his scythe into the ground, creating a crack that knocked Kai into a wooden training post. Kai became angry and swiftly got up. He began crazily spinning around.
"It's too hot!" he cried, struggling with his sword.
"It's burning," Zane said astounded.
"Fire!" Jay exclaimed.
The sword caught on fire and Kai used his Spinjitzu. After using his Spinjitzu, Kai managed to release the blazing sword, but the fire on the sword spread, and circled around Kai. Kai was trapped. Jay and Zane flipped over the fire that came their way and Cole tried to take out the fire by hitting it with his scythe. Kai tried to find an exit, but he couldn't.
Sensei Wu came out and saw the training course up in flames. His expression became serious as he came out. He took the Shuriken and tossed them in the air. Concentrating on the powers of the Shuriken, the Shuriken activated and made a misty trail of rain to put out the fire. Kai was now free, but Jay was jumping up and down as his butt caught on fire. The mist drenched Jay and the fire diminished.
"What were you thinking!" Sensei Wu criticized.
"Uh… we were trying to figure out who was the Green Ninja," Jay told his Sensei honestly.
Zane, who was next to Jay, wacked Jay on the back of his head.
"Oww! Hahaha, did I say Green Ninja? No sorry," Jay coughed dramatically. "what I meant to say was lean…"
"You were not supposed to see this," Sensei said turning his back on his pupils.
"But Sensei, we wanna know which one of us is the chosen one?" Kai asked, intrigued in knowing.
"None of you! If you don't unlock your full potential."
"But my sword, it was so bright! Is this what you meant by unlocking our Golden Weapons?" Kai asked.
"You are only at the beginning," Sensei explained. "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."
In JamonaKai Village, Nya walked to a fruit stand. She was about to pick up a pear, but screams and yells reached her ears.
"What now?" she asked, looking around.
"Take the candy!" a boy yelled as he pushed a wheelbarrow full of candy out of a house. "Take it all! Muwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!"
Nya was a bit astonished to see the Serpentine with Lloyd.
Harmony blinked upon hearing Lloyd and went up to see what the commotion was about. The villagers were confused as they saw what was occurring, but the general of the snakes hypnotized the villagers, including Harmony. The villagers groaned and went about zombie- like. Nya hid behind a house and overheard what the snakes were talking about.
"This makes no senssssse general! Raiding an entire town for ssssweetssss?"
"You will do as I command! Because I hold the staff!" the general spat out harshly.
The ninja were training with their Golden Weapons as grunts could be heard. Inside a room, Sensei Wu sat in front of a pot with smoke seeping out. Sensei had his eyes closed as he concentrated. An image was shown once Sensei opened his eyes and the image displayed Lloyd carrying the wheelbarrow full of candy and the Serpentine following him. The image faded and Sensei came to the training course.
"The Serpentine are back! Everyone in Jomonikai village is in danger!" Sensei said in panic.
"Calm down Sensei. We were just there. It was some kid who says he's…" Cole began but was interrupted by Sensei.
"The Spirit Smoke does not lie. An ancient evil has been released!"
"Nya's there right now!" Kai observed with worry.
"Nya…?" Jay repeated.
The four ninja rushed to their dragons, this time they were able to get on them without messing up.
"Stay close, stay together," Cole instructed.
"Would we do it any other way?" Kai asked.
The dragons were off.
Some of the villagers that weren't hypnotized were running away, screaming.
"I'm never coming down from this sugar high." Lloyd insisted.
The ninja approached Lloyd.
"Sorry to bust your buzz little Garmadon," Cole began seriously.
"But it's all ready past your bedtime." Jay stated firmly.
"Get them!" Lloyd ordered the snakes.
The general saw this and rattled his tail. He pointed at the ninja and said, "Seize them!"
The two snakes that were near their general obeyed and went after the ninja.
"The Serpentine…? They're real?" Kai asked, astonished.
The ninja prepared themselves for battle as a few of the snakes plus the hypnotized villagers surrounded them.
"It's not just them we have to worry about," Cole said as he looked at the villagers.
The villagers groaned as they approached the ninja, the teen girl in silver included.
"The whole village has been hypnotized!"
Jay took out his weapon and spun it around, preparing to use it, but Zane stopped him and said, "No! Our weapons are too unstable! We could do more harm than good!"
"I guess that just leaves us with run…!"
They flipped and spun until they came behind a building. They slid along the wall and ducked behind a wheelbarrow.
"Nya?" Kai said as his sister suddenly jumped in front of the wheelbarrow.
"You're okay!" Jay said in relief.
"Barely," she said. "They've hypnotized everyone in town!"
"Mind control," Jay said. "How is this possible?"
"When you hear them rattle their tails," Nya warned, "don't look them in the eyes! That's how they get you."
"Well what are we supposed to do?" Jay demanded, raising his arms in emphasis. "We can't use our weapons and now we gotta fight with our eyes closed? Perfect."
"The snake with the staff is the general," Nya stated. "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!"
"Look guys," Kai sighed. "Forget about the whole Green Ninja thing. Let's make Sensei proud. The four of us. We're a team."
"Now you're talkin'!" Cole grinned.
"And Nya," Jay began, "you can be our honorary member."
"Gee," Nya said sarcastically, "Thanks."
They jumped onto the roofs and picked their ways back to Lloyd. Kai was being targeted by a few of the snakes. Kai turned around and asked, "You wanna play? How about a little Spinjitzu? Ninja-Go!"
Kai used his Spinjitzu but was a bit unstable and the snakes only backed up a little bit. Kai soon smacked himself hard onto the wall of the house. He fell down and began seeing stars.
Jay was watching from the rooftop of the house and shook his head. "Okay we're really out of shape," He commented.
Kai managed to get up and smack two of the snakes in the face that advanced towards him.
"Consider this a warning ninja! Muwaha-ha-ha-ha-ha!" Lloyd announced as he ran away with the barrel full of candy.
Zane saw this and used his Shuriken to stop Lloyd. The candy fell out of the barrel when Lloyd tripped over the ice cycles. "My candy!" Lloyd whined.
"Sensei was right. Never put off tomorrow what can be done today. We should have dealt with you the first time around." Zane concluded as he walked up to Lloyd.
"Retreat!" Lloyd announced.
The general heard Lloyd and said, "Retreat!"
The snakes were retreating but Cole ran up to the general and kicked him hard in the abdomen. The general lost his grip on the staff and Cole said seriously, "Go ahead, give me a reason."
The general fled and Cole went to pick up the staff. The one snake approached Cole and began rattling his tail. "Look into my eyesssss, I control you."
Cole was lured into the hypnotism. "You… control…" He mumbled.
"Cole!" Nya announced worriedly.
Hearing Nya, Cole shook his head and he appeared to be normal. The snake was about to grab the staff when Nya came running up and kicked the snake in the face. Cole began to walk away when Nya shouted out, "You have the anti-venom!"
Cole blinked and looked at his hand. "By golly you're right!" He said, surprised.
"Quick! The fountain!"
"Good idea!"
Cole ran up to the fountain and stuck the staff in the center of it. The anti-venom leaked out and the whole village returned back to normal. Even Harmony was freed from her hypnotism.
"Urgh… what…? What happened…?" she asked, dazed.
She then took notice of the ninja and smiled upon seeing the black ninja. She went running up to him. "Hey…!" She called out.
Cole blinked upon hearing a familiar voice and turned to see it was the same girl he met before. He smiled. "Oh it's you." He greeted.
Harmony nodded. "Can you tell me what happened…? I don't remember much at all."
"You were hypnotized by the snakes, but don't worry we took care of them." Cole answered her.
"Thank you… this is the second time you've helped me and this village out." She thanked sincerely.
"It's what we do." Cole told her.
"I don't think you heard me earlier. I'm Harmony. Harmony Redfield." Harmony said.
"Cole." He said.
"We're sorry Sensei. If we dealt with Lloyd before he became a problem, none of this would have been necessary." Kai apologized.
"Even lessons learned the hard way are lessons learned. A great evil has been released. I fear troubling times will come. This is only the beginning," Sensei explained.
"And we will train and be ready for the Serpentine." Zane told Sensei determinedly.
Cole then went up to the group as he overhears of the conversation. "It may not be Lord Garmadon, but that doesn't mean we won't bring our A game!"
"Help us train," Kai insisted as he placed a hand on Sensei's shoulder. "Help us realize our potential."
"Yeah! Teach us the secrets behind the weapons of Spinjitzu," Jay urged.
"There is much to teach," Wu said as they walked back to the dragons. "We must go back to the monastery."
Nya sighed. "When am I gonna get my own dragon?"
"Patience, Nya. Your time will come."
The girl stayed where she was, but she listened carefully to the ninja's conversation. "Oh ninja are so cool! Is it possible that I couldbecome a ninja?"
"Candy," Lloyd wailed. "I need candy!"
"The boy set ussss free," Slithraa said.
"He is a child!" Skales insisted. "He is not one of us!"
Slithraa pushed Skales away in anger. "I may not have the sssstaff, but I am sssstill your general! Sssstand down!"
Skales walked away and was met by Mezmo.
"You coward," Mezmo hissed. "We all know he issss under Lloyd'ssss sssspell. You are second-in-command and still you do nothing?"
"Now was not the time," Skales murmured. "I still hold the key to destroy the ninja. And when I do that, everyone will ssssee it is I who will be in control!"
In the dining room, Cole's eyes are but a window for Skales so he can spy on the ninja. The three other ninja were conversing with Wu as Nya was sitting at the table by herself. For a split second, Cole's eyes turned red, but just as quickly turned back to normal. Cole was the key.