That's Not How It Happened

Hey guys! I'm back! It's been a long time since I've written a real story my hiatus was just what I needed to find inspiration again! This was the winner of my poll (that & it's only one that got any votes) so I decided to start by writing this story! Also, as a little treat, I'll also be putting up some plans I have in mind for the movie version of Chosen by Destiny as well as a tiny sneak peek. But for now, read on!


Prologue: This Mess is a Place

It's probably a good thing that the expression 'if looks can kill' is just a figure of speech because if that were true… well… Nya would've obliterated the entire population of Ninjago in an instant.

The ninja, even Jay, kept their distance from the samurai as she shot a pretty nasty death glare at the ragtag group tied up in the middle of her secret Samurai X lair, or what remained of it. The entire lair was in ruins with debris from the busted ceiling and boulders from the natural cave covering most of the floor and what wasn't already covered was littered with countless tiny shards from the destroyed computer screens. Severed wires hung from what was left of the ceiling, disconnected from whatever machinery they were linked to, with sparks occasionally bursting from the ends and any machines left behind were covered in dents and scratch marks.

In the center of the whole mess was the main target of Nya's wrath: the elemental masters, who were tasked to watch her secret lair for the day. Now she knew better than to hire them again because they obviously failed to do their job.

"I gave you one simple task and you couldn't even do it." The samurai glowered at them.

"How were we supposed to know it'll end up like this!?" Ash retorted.

"Lloyd, it's time to open the envelope I gave you." Kai whispered to the green ninja.

Lloyd pulled out and opened the envelope and unfolded the piece of paper inside. It was a picture of the Samurai X lair in shambles with 'This will happen.' written on the bottom. He had to give the fiery ninja points for getting something right for once.

"Give me one good reason not to snap your necks." Nya continued interrogating the side characters.

"This is all your fault!" Griffin hissed at Neuro, "You're the one who should've- "

"My fault!?" The master of mind argued, "It was Karloff's idea in the first place!"

"Chto!?" Said master of metal glared at his fellow elemental masters and would've beaten them up if he wasn't tied up too.

"Don't even get started!" Shade growled, "This is humiliating enough as it is!"

"But the main question is who, or what, was responsible for this." Zane said.

"Good luck getting the truth from them," Jay rolled his sapphire eyes, "After all, even with the crappy writers on the show, there's probably a good reason why these guys don't show up very often."

Gravis gave the lightning ninja a really annoyed look before using his gravity-defying powers to lift one of the larger chunks of debris and let it fall onto Jay's head, earning a mouthed 'good one' from Cole.

"So how did you get into this mess?" Lloyd asked.

The elemental masters all started explaining everything at once, causing an even bigger commotion as well as even more unneeded stress for the already frazzled female samurai.

"Shut up!" Nya raised her voice, terrifying them into complete silence, "One at a time!"

"Karloff know what happened!" The master of metal volunteered to go first.

"Wait!" Cole halted him before grabbing some chairs from out of nowhere for him and the ninja to sit on, "This is gonna be good! Go on!"

The metal wielder cleared his throat before beginning his interpretation on what transpired.

"Karloff remember everything," He started, "Karloff remember it like it happened yesterday- "

"It happened today." The other elemental masters and even the ninja and Nya corrected him.

"Karloff knew that!"

"Come on! Get to the good part!" Kai goaded Karloff to begin his take on the unseen events.

"Da. It began like this..."


And there you have it. If any of you have seen that episode of Ed, Edd n Eddy where the Eds were stuck in a wall & tried explaining how they got in there, then you know how this will go down. Also, kudos to anyone who finds the Simpsons reference. Okay, now on to the movie-verse Chosen by Destiny stuff.

First, here's 2 hints on my plans.

One, self-discovery will be an important theme for the kunoichi & two, which will DEFINITELY be in the story… Lloyd & Iris will get into a huge fight & no, it will NOT be for romantic drama. I'm already gonna downplay the romance in this version of the story.

And now, the moment you've all been waiting for! A very special sneak peek of The Chosen by Destiny Movie: The Fic (title prone to change)! Enjoy!


Iris wouldn't have minded riding the bus to school but Karloff kept insisting he'll drive her. After all, he always passed by Ninjago High on his way to work.

"Uncle, why can't you just let me take the bus?" The young schoolgirl complained while they were on their way to the school.

"The bus is too dangerous," Her uncle replied, "Every time I see it, it's always tilting so far to one side it gets slowed down and sparks literally fly. They really need to get that problem fixed."


That's it. I hope you enjoyed the prologue & the sneak peek. As always, reviews are appreciated!