Jay was awoken to the smell of pancakes.

His mouth watered as the sweet aroma reached his nostrils, a smile curving at the edges of his lips as the smell grew stronger in the air. It was only a matter of time before he awoke to the sound of a horn being blasted through his eardrums, startling him enough to make him fall out of the bed. After his ears stopped ringing, he heard someone mocking him, Coles laughter came to meet his ears and he looked up to see the teasing face of the earth ninja, the prank horn in his hands which had so rudely awakened him. "Have a nice sleep, huh Jay?" Cole asked, trying to keep himself from laughing.

Jay grumbled and pushed his face away, making him fall onto the floor, Cole gave a low moan making the blue ninja smile with confidence. "You know that was pretty good, but know that I'll always get back at you with pranks," Jay teased, sniffing the air again for his beloved aroma.

Cole noticed that he was smelling around, and after he pulled himself up from the wooden floor he stated, "Oh yeah, you missed breakfast, Zane made pancakes, usually when its Zane turn to cook you wake up early."

Jay yawned, "Guess I lost...track of time, I was gonna sleep in til noon, yet someone decided to wake me up early, I mean what the hell man cant you let a man catch a few winks?" Cole smiled, regaining his happy mood, its one of the first since that incident back at the gorge, ever since then he's been more enjoyable, he almost became like Jay, it began to scare the others a bit and some even began to ask if Cole was replaced overnight. "Anyway, aren't you gonna come eat? I mean, you have to fill yourself up so you don't starve throughout the day. Besides, Zane made your favorite type of pancakes with blueberries inside," Cole stated.

That almost made Jay want to dance, but he controlled himself, Cole awaiting his answer, "Of course, of course...don't freak out, just gotta, remember some...things."

Cole looked after him as he left their bedroom, his smile fading for the first time in weeks, "It isn't about...your dragon status is it?"

Jay paused, not wanting to think about it, hiding his grim expression. Weeks ago, he had just found out he was next in line for reaching his dragon status, it was an interesting topic around dinner, and people kept giving Jay excited looks, especially Cole and Kai who had already reached there's, and as Andrea was explaining to him the basics of reaching it, he couldn't help but notice Nya's sorry eyes. She looked remorseful at him, as if he were going to die, something Jay didn't understand. Did Nya believe the same thing that happened to Cole months ago would occur to him too? Or did she just worry about, other things...

Jay never really got to understand why, he was going to confront her about it but he thought it was best to leave her alone. Since then, Jay has banished the idea from his head, and really never liked the idea of talking about it. Other than hating the idea of reaching his dragon potential, some part of him was excited to reach it, kind of the slight bit of determination Cole had while being stuck inside that pit for a week, it took powerful courage to finally get it out him, so what, did Jay have to be struck by Andrea's staff to turn into some reptilian? The thought made him shake, chills running up his spine, it was too risky, and who knows what might have happened to him if he survived. Still, Cole was here, all flesh and bone, not a single mark on him, well, unless you count the healing cuts and bruises he gained while in the face of survival and battle, he's lucky to be standing here today.

"Helloooo?" Cole called again, Jay almost forgot he was there. He cleared his throat, "Well, I...no, not exactly, a dream didn't come to me at all, why are they supposed to?"

Cole was a bit surprised at his quick words, and his tone of voice, however he shrugged it off and replied, "Andrea said to me that whenever you do have a dream relating to having wings or a tail, or at least anything dragon related, your transformation is bound to happen somewhere at that time." Jay stared at him, nodding slightly, swallowing back his fear, "Ok then, thanks for telling me, I'll keep in check."

Cole nodded in reassurance, understanding from Jays voice that the ninja of lightning felt somewhat afraid of this, Jay was relieved he didn't ask. "Well then," the earth ninja started, changing the subject, "best be off to eat then, I'm going to go meet the others with the dragons, Kai was going to watch a hatching today, you can come if you want."

Jay smiled, his worries fading away, replaced by the thought of little baby dragons, "Sure. I'll be there." Cole grinned and headed off, and with that Destiny's Bounty grew silent once more. Jay made his way over to dining hall, where a platter of delicious pancakes was set along with a sausage, eggs and a bottle of syrup to go with it. Jay helped himself to the meal laid out before him, pouring the syrup onto the pancakes and stuffing them into his mouth to enjoy, the sweet flavor of flour, milk, butter and blueberries melted on his tongue, his face plastered with a crummy smile. He helped himself to some eggs when he spotted a note that was settled beside his platter he hadn't noticed before. He wiped his hands free of any stickiness before taking the note in his hands to read, unfolding it, he stated aloud:

Dear Jay,

You overslept, and I didn't dare think of waking you, so please enjoy these pancakes and eggs I made for you made out of blueberries, just the way you like them

~Nya and Zane

At first, Jay was awestruck at the signatures, not only had Zane prepared the meal but also Nya, maybe she had told him to make it for him, usually Zane would be notified before he left out any extra portions despite his decision to oversleep. Well that's awful nice of her he thought, then being hit again with another Or did she just do that out of fear for me going to die?

Of course, the idea was silly to him, but that day when they were all discussing what was to become of him, Nya seemed to look worried for him, why? Did she know what was to happen? Or was this just just him over-thinking it? "Maybe shes really just keeping things to herself, I better stop thinking about it and finish this delicious breakfast," Jay told himself. Upon eating, he remembered he had to meet the others at the breeding grounds to watch the hatching of dragons. Jay quickly ate and dashed out the door without putting anything away, he was in a rush after all. Lily awoke to find the platter there, not surprised. She cleaned up the area without a word said, going back to bed not wanting to be disturbed. _

Miles away from the ninjas location, the snakes have moved their choice of lair to an abandoned storm farm, which seemed far better than the ruptured terrain. Pythor had become much saner, he had to show the snakes they fared better with him, he couldn't lose himself in the heat of a crisis, otherwise the Serpentine were doomed to fail, like last time. He growled recalling the past, why had he been so foolish, his insanity blinding him from the truth, making him ignorant and feeble. However, Skales made himself take the blame, and in a way, that pleased Pythor, for one thing, the Hypnobrai did trick him with a fake plan, he had the right to be responsible.

But right now, was not the time to think, he had to find a new and improved plan to get back at the ninja, he had already composed a way to subdue them as a way to weaken them which would've brought the snakes more power, but how to do it was out of question, he was stumped and he didn't like that. "No more games," he muttered, eying the wall, which was littered with plans. "There has to be a way to drain their powers, one of which is most powerful is the Universe Ninja, who has control over every element and ever power in the universe as it seems, why not use that against them?" he spoke aloud. A Hypnobrai who had been closely listening to everything made a mistake of answering, "We...already did that ssssir."

Pythor jerked his head towards the snake, his tone loud enough to be a shout, "Did I ask you?!" The Hypnobrai jumped and ran off to carry out his business somewhere else. The Anocandrai shook his head and turned back to the wall, it made him think better, none of the Serpentine knew why, they suspected he got things from the walls, but that would be silly unless there was something on it. "Think, think!" he told himself, pressing his cold fingers at the temples of his head, giving them a good rub. The ninja have to have a weakness of some sort...taking their powers wont be easy to do, lets see there's the fire ninja, now his sister is the true prize, but I wouldn't want to end up like old Garmadon no, we then have, the white ninja, the cold, calm one...hm, no he doesn't have enough potential to be a threat although he is pretty sneaky...nevermind! Ugh, those ninja always come out on top, they must have a weak spot! The black ones been used, sure enough he wont be used again now that that plans failed...so the blue one, hm...again, the red ones sister would be the prize yet still it wouldn't be very...

Pythor stopped, his eyes widening in realization, a smile spreading across his face, "Why...that's it!" He turned away from the wall, slight chuckles entering the halls, making the snakes stop dead. Pythor turned to all of them, his grin wider and more foul, "Get your nets ready boys...we're breaking two love birds apart." _

(Finally I'm able to update! Well it seems Jay has some slight fears of death it may seem...or is this really the case? What was Nya really feeling when she looked at Jay that day? And what is Pythor planning to do? So many questions, but that's where the story begins. So, did you guys like the first chapter? I must admit, I loved how this came out, but if there's anything wrong with it you can just tell me in the comments, I wont be judgmental, after all, I am in a hurry to get to a concert starring moi, that's right, I play an instrument, so uh, I just hope this is enough. Until next time, have a Wonderful Wednesday guys, and thanks so much for reading this first chapter)