Disclaimer: I do not own Ninjago or any of the characters, but I do own my character :D

Prologue

Hi there! My name is Jade and I'm a protector. A protector of what? I'm not sure about that. You see, I was never told who or what to protect, I was kind of left to find that out for myself. As protection, I took the form of a wolf. For a year, I was wandering around the land that was known as Ninjago searching for purpose until I was found by an elderly man with a white beard. We had met in a place where I assumed he lived. He took me in and gave me a home. Apparently his name was Wu, Sensei Wu to be exact. He had figured out that I was not actually a wolf but a human. I thought he would kick me out but he accepted me. From then on, I was able to be in my human form without any worry. Sadly, this didn't last long since Sensei brought 4 guys and a girl to our home. I was pretty much hidden from them until I got used to being in my wolf form again. Though I could make an illusion, it takes up a lot of my energy depending on how long I keep the illusion. I'll be revealed to the boys one day...

Chapter 1: Rise of the Snakes

It was afternoon in the land of Ninjago.

I was taking a nap in Sensei's room while he was meditating. I was peacefully sleeping when I heard the sound of a few people talking. I opened my eyes and looked at Sensei. He must've heard the sounds as well because he stood up and walked out of the room.

I let out a small yawn and stretched before sitting up.

It was a usual day for everyone. Ever since I heard that Garmadon had disappeared through a vortex, there was peace in Ninjago.

Of course, since there was peace and no crimes, the ninja have doing nothing but playing video games.

I shook my head at the thought.

"They should really be training like Sensei said..." I mumbled.

I stood up and quietly walked around the room. Since I have been instructed to stay inside Sensei's room whenever the ninja or the girl were around, which was pretty much everyday, I would get bored pretty easily. It was annoying...

As I continued to walk around quietly, I heard rapid footsteps pass the room.

"Huh? What was that?" I asked quietly.

A few minutes later, I heard more footsteps.

"What's going on?" I asked once again.

Another few minutes later, Sensei came in and I could tell he was distressed.

"Sensei, what's going on? You look distressed.." I said.

"Garmadon has returned." He answered.

"What? But you told me he disappeared through a vortex." I told him.

"He did. I'm not sure how he returned but I'll try to find out how he managed to return." Sensei said.

I nodded. "May I go outside?" I asked.

"Hm.." He said as he thought about it for moment before nodding his head. "You may go outside but when the ninja get back you must come back." He explained.

I smiled and nodded. "Of course Sensei. Thank you." I said before exiting the room, leaving Sensei alone.

As I walked to the place where the training course was, I was thinking about why Sensei wouldn't allow me to be seen by the others. There must be a reason. I don't know why I had to practice being in my wolf form again. Wouldn't it just be easier to meet them instead of hiding? No wait...that doesn't make sense or does it?

I shook myself out of my thoughts and looked up to see that someone was already at the training course.

I went to get a closer look and noticed it was the girl!

I quickly changed into my wolf form and hid, watching the girl with curiosity. I wondered why she was doing the training course while I watched.

I guess I was watching her for awhile because before I knew it, the ninja had come back. Quickly, I got up and ran back to Sensei's room. Before leaving, I heard them mention something about a tournament.

I sat down in the corner and changed back into my human form. I stared at the wall in front of me as I took a deep breath. "That was close.." I whispered.

I heard the sound of fighting coming from outside and just ignored it.

"Probably just the ninja..." I mumbled.

For a few minutes, I listened to the sounds of fighting when suddenly the sounds stopped.

"Huh?" I said and looked back to see that Sensei was gone.

Suddenly, I heard Sensei's voice coming from outside and he didn't sound pretty happy. After a minute or two, Sensei came back sat down in front of the Spirit Smoke. I decided not to say anything in fear of interrupting something and just watched.

All of a sudden, Sensei gasped and looked up before he walked outside the room again.

"This can't be good..." I mumbled and walked over to the door, trying to hear what he was saying. I heard the mention of the Serpentine and gasped.

I heard the ninja leave and cautiously stepped out of the room. I walked outside to where Sensei was and stood next to him.

"Sensei, I heard about the Serpentine, are they really back?" I asked.

Sensei remained quiet for a moment before he replied. "It is true. I saw the Serpentine in the Spirit Smoke and you know that the Spirit Smoke doesn't lie." He said.

I nodded.

Sensei sighed. "I'm going to go after them. You stay here and watch the monastery while I'm gone."

I nodded once again. "Yes Sensei."

Sensei nodded back at me and headed out the door.

I turned into my wolf form and began to pace around.

'This is bad. This is bad! The Serpentine are back! This is not good! If the Serpentine are back, who knows what will happen?! Bad things! Who in their right mind would find the tombs and release them?!' I thought as I paced around.

I continued to think about the bad things that could happen with the Serpentine being back.

I must've been thinking for a long time because suddenly I heard the main door open and a voice.

"Sensei, what is a wolf doing here?" The voice said.

Hi there! Hope you enjoyed this! This story will follow the episodes but I might add a one-shot (I'm not sure what to call it XD) that takes place between the episodes or just a random one-shot I thought of. Sorry if it wasn't good, I kind of wrote this at night :3 Please let me know what you think :D

~AI