Alright everyone. I'm sorry this took so long, I've been in a Minecraft rut and have been developing a story about two friends who get stuck in Minecraft. I might post it, but first...I need a favor from everyone. Season 0 hit 398 views. If we can get this fic, Season 1, up to at least 450 views, then I will not only post the Minecraft story, but also One-Shots set in this universe, that aren't tied to the episodes!
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As they were mounting their dragons, and preparing to leave Jamanakai Village, Kai accidentally kicked a pack off of Flame's back, and it landed with a thump, a small scroll rolling out. Kai dropped back down, and picked up the back, scratching at his head through the hood "I don't remember putting this here" he said, his tone quite confused.
Zane walked over, and studied the bag, before saying "That is Sensei's bag. You must have accidentally took it in the rush"
Kai looked down at the scroll that had fallen, and picked it up, looking over it curiously. Jay made his way over, and looked at it "What is it?" the blue wearing ninja asked curiously. Kai shot him a fiery glare "It's a scroll windbag" he said Jay rolled his eyes "I know it's a scroll, but what does it say?" Kai opened it up, and tilted his head at the odd symbols "It's written in...chicken scratch?" Jay asked in confusion.
Zane shook his head "Not chicken scratch" he corrected "The ancient language of our ancestors" Cole walked over "Can you read it?" the Earth Master asked curiously. Zane tilted his head, studying the symbols "I can try" he looked over the scroll, before pointing to one of the symbols "This one means prophecy"
Jay blinked "Prophecy?" Kai smirked slightly "It means it tells the future" Jay sputtered "I know that!"
The other three turned to look at Zane, who had cleared his throat "One ninja will rise above the others, and become the Green Ninja" Zane said, ice blue eyes scanning the ancient scroll "The Ninja destined to defeat the Dark Lord" the white garbed ninja finished.
Jay let out a gasp as Zane finished unrolling the scroll "Look a picture!" the image depicted five gi wearing beings. Red, White, Black, and Blue, but the final was garbed in Green, and that was the only one they had eyes for.
"Dark Lord?" Kai questioned "Hold on...you think they mean Lord Garmadon?" he studied the image more closely "Wait a minute...Is that us?" his voice rose a few octaves in excitement "Is anyone else thinking what I'm thinking?"
Jay let out a laugh "like how good I'm gonna look in green?" Kai scoffed "Isn't it obvious I'm gonna be the Green Ninja?" "The color obviously suits me" Jay spat back. Zane spoke up "Technically, I am the best" Cole thrust his way in-between the arguing three "Everyone STOP IT!" he shouted. That got their attention, as they turned to stare at him "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" the others looked down, clearly ashamed of their behavior. Cole shook his head slightly, and walked towards Rocky "Come on, let's head back home. We have some training to do"
Jay climbed up onto Whisp "It's about time I added some finesse to my routine" he said, and Zane nodded "I could use some exercise" Cole smiled "yeah,and I need to work on some new moves" the three of them took off, but Kai paused, sitting on Flame's back and staring off into the distance.
"Could I be the Green Ninja" he wondered aloud.
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Up in the Glacier Barrens, one of the northen most points of Ninjago, where ice and snow howled in the piercing wind nonstop, a small form, clothed in black was wandering, and shuddering. Kicking at a rock, Lloyd let out a grumble "Stupid Ninja" he said "I'll show them who they're dealing with" kicking at another stone, the kid frowned when, as the stone landed, a clanging noise ringing through the air. Lloyd's head snapped up, and he ran towards the noise's origin. "What is this?" he wondered aloud as he saw a strange rock-like formation, covered slightly by snow.
The black-garbed youth crouched down, and began rubbing at the odd stone, until he stood up with a gasp. He knew that symbol. EVERY kid who was at Darkley's School for Bad Boys for even a day knew it. That was the symbol of the Serpentine...which meant that this, was one of the fabled Serpentine Tombs! Lloyd ran to the center, and began looking for a way to open it. As he searched, he tripped over a small stone, and a grinding like nose could be heard. Lloyd barely had time to think Oh Crud before letting out a high-pitched shriek as he fell into the frozen tomb.
Landing with a grunt, he lay there a moment, trying to regain his breath. The fall wasn't really that bad, but the cold was now ten times as strong, and it made him wrap his arms around himself with a shudder, though he completely froze when a hissing voice spoke up behind him "You're out of your mind to venture...so far away from home little one" Lloyd turned to see a red-eyed, blue scaled snake-person, and he let out a high-pitched yelp as the Serpentine continued "Look into my eyesssss" the Serpentine hissed, a rattling noise sounding as his eyes began to spiral "Give up your mind, I will control you from now on"
Lloyd let out a nervous sound, and tried to step backwards, but he ended up slipping, and knocking himself to the ground, as the Serpentine finished his spell, staring at his own reflection, and swaying suddenly. Lloyd arched an eyebrow at the reaction, then turned to the ice, letting out a chuckle as he realized what had happened. Getting to his feet he said with a smirk "No. I will control you from now on" the Serpentine nodded agreeably, and asked "What ssshall you have usss do Masster?"
Lloyd blinked "Us?" he asked in confusion, before looking around, and seeing the rest of the Serpentine Tribe emerging from their hiding spots in the ice. Lloyd jumped excitedly "My own army of Snakes!" he cried out, before letting out what he hoped was an evil sounding laugh.
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Back at the Monastery, the Ninja were walking up from the Dragon Stalls, and Jay was hopping around like a crazed rabbit "So then we all agree" he said cheerfully "The prophecy states that one of us will become the Green Ninja, and the issue won't rest until it's decided"
The others nodded, and Zane lifted a hand to his chin in thought "May I suggest a tournament?" he asked after a moment, lowering his hand "Last ninja standing is the best"
"And is declared the Green Ninja!" Kai crowed "I love it!"
They made it to the main gates and entered to see Nya smacking at one of the training dummies with a broom. Immediately a blush made it's way onto Jay's face and he let out a shy laugh "Hey Nya" he said "Any closer to beating your brother's speed record?" Nya sighed, and shook her head "I'm getting there...but...no. I heard what happened it town" her voice took on an embaressed tone "Just a false alarm?"
Kai nodded, brushing past Jay, blocking the thirteen-year-old from his sister "Yeah, uh...yeah" he stammered "Look, we're gonna need the space for a while, Sorry sis" Nya smiled, and waved it off "That's fine" she said "I've got to get going anyways" she turned and walked away, headed for the inner portion of the Monastery, though she paused to watch what they were doing
Once the raven haired female was off the training grounds, Cole walked over to the armor stands "Two matches" he said "Then, the winners of each face off for the title." He picked up a kendo helmet, and tossed one to Zane "Armor's for our own protection." he held up his scythe, and twirled it in his hand "It's time to see what these babies can do"
Kai took his armor, and began slipping it on. He turned to his sister and let his usual cocky smirk slide easily onto his features "Hey Nya, wanna stay and watch me mop the floor with them?" Nya giggled, causing a sigh to fall from Jay's lips, but the ravenette shook her head "No, thanks but I'm headed to Jamanakai Village" she hopped down from the steps, and quickly crossed the training grounds. She paused at the gates and waved goodbye, before slipping out.
Cole stepped to the middle of the grounds, nodding to Kai and Jay, who followed after him "Alright, First up: Kai versus Jay!" the two named ninja glared at each other, and slid into battle-ready positions. "Ninja...GO!" Cole shouted, before he ended up trying to jump clear when the red and blue ninja lunged for each other.
Jay tried to use his nunchucks, but ended up shocking himself. As they continued to battle, they appeared to be evenly matched, but as the fight drew on, Kai thrust his sword in the direction of Jay, and to his amazement, a fireball shot out, blasting Jay, causing the blue garbed ninja to squeal, and jump around, trying to put out the fire, giving Kai victory.
Once Jay put himself out, and stalked to the same steps Sensei had watched Kai's training on, Kai stood between Cole and Zane. "Next up" Kai said "Cole versus Zane!" Jay let out a little sigh at his loss, but glanced up to watch the fight, curiosity sparking in his electric blue gaze. "Ninja..." Kai began, crouching in preparation "GO!" he shouted, rolling into a backwards somersault to avoid the black and white ninja's lunging for each other.
Kai leaned against one of the railings, watching the fight. It seemed rather balanced at first, but then Zane used one of the shurikens to freeze Cole's legs in place, forcing him to stay rooted to a single place. Zane took advantage of this, and lunged with the other shuriken, staying just out of hitting range, and throwing the shurikens, though Cole managed to deflect each shot with his scythe. As Zane tried to close in for a better shot, Cole used the Scythe of Quakes to trip up the white ninja, crashing him to the ground, giving him victory.
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Zane now sat next to Jay, slumped on the steps and thinking about all the things he could have done differently to gain a more desirable outcome from his battle with Cole. "For the prize and title of best ninja, blah blah, Ninja Go" Jay called out from beside the white garbed ninja.
The two remaining Ninja battle evenly with their respective weapons, but finally Cole used the power of the Scythe to knock Kai to the ground, giving him victory. Jay and Zane hopped up, and ran over to Cole, celebrating, and Cole let out an energized whoop.
On the ground, Kai let out a savage growl, and lunged for Cole, ready with his sword, until he felt something...odd, like a transfer of his anger, flowing out of his body, and into...his weapon? Kai glanced sideways at the Sword of Fire, and all his anger rushed away from him as he let out a yelp. His sword was literally on fire! "It's too hot!" he stammered, dropping the golden weapon to the floor. "FIRE!" Jay shrieked, as if that wasn't obvious enough by the smoke rising from the now scorched earth
The fire continued to spread, and it began to burn the Monastery. Wu, likely having have heard Jay's shrieks of terror, rushed out of the inner walls of the building. Spotting the fire, he ran over to Zane, and took the Shurikens of Ice from him, throwing them in perfect sync, so that they shot a trail of ice as they spun around the Training Grounds, which, when it hit the fire, melted into water and put out the fire.
Once he once again had hold of the shurikens, Sensei spun around and glared at the four ninja "What were you thinking?" he shouted, his voice shrill with anger. Jay, always unable to keep secrets from Sensei, yelped and began to speak as fast as his mouth would allow "Weweretryingtofigureoutwho'stheGreenNinja!" Cole slapped him, and Jay let out a nervous cough "Uh...did I say Green Ninja? No, no, sorry" he cleared his throat "What I...what I said was LEAN...we were trying to figure out who's the Lean Ninja"
"You were not supposed to see that" Sensei snapped, knowing full well that Jay had indeed said, and meant Green ninja.
Kai stepped forwards. Sensei already knew they knew, so they may as well see what he knew "But Sensei" he said stubbornly "We wanna know, which one of us is the chosen one?"
Sensei whirled around to face the red ninja, who took a step backwards. The fury in Sensei's golden glare was a thousand times worse than the fury he had caught a glimpse of when Lord Garmadon had stepped into that portal a few months ago "None of you" the elderly man spat "if you don't unlock your full potential!"
Kai took a deep breath, before going on "But my sword" he insisted "It was so bright...is this what you meant by unlocking our Golden Weapons?"
Wu took a breath as well, calming himself "You are only at the beginning" the elderly man said "And the road is long and winding...but...yes. This is what I meant." The other three ninja drew nearer to Sensei and watched curiously as he finished"If this is what it must take for you to train, then so be it. But non of you are near the level of what it takes to be the Green Ninja"
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Nya was wandering through Jamanakai. Now that Garmadon's son wasn't being a nuisance, it was actually quite peaceful! That is until several villagers began screaming, and fleeing for their homes "What now?" Nya muttered, turning to fave the direction they were fleeing from. A large cart came into view, being pushed along by a very annoying, very familiar face. Lloyd was shouting orders...but to who?
Nya quickly got her answer as a large blue humanoid snake slithered into view, staying just a few steps behind Lloyd, it had a slight dazed look in its eyes, but it was still able to force any villager that looked at it into submission.
As she watched, another snake-being, though this one with human legs instead of a tail, walked up to the one with a tail, who seemed to be in charge, and appeared to complain to it, but the first snapped at it, and held up it's golden staff, before glaring at the newcomer until it bowed it's head, and walked away to continue grabbing candy.
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As they trained, Kai couldn't keep the thoughts about the prophecy out of his head. He had to be the Green Ninja, he was totally the best there was, and none of the others hated Lord Garmadon like he did. The Dark Lord had kidnapped his sister for Spinjitsu's sake! Speaking of Nya...why hadn't she returned. He opened his mouth to voice his concerns, but before he could, Sensei burst through the doors, a look of panic on his face "The Serpentine are back!" the elderly man cried with alarm "Everyone in Jamanakai Village is in danger!"
Cole stepped forwards, and spoke in a soothing voice "Calm down Sensei, we were just there. It was just some kid who says he-" before he could finish his sentence, Wu cut him off "The Spirit smoke does not lie" he snapped. "An ancient evil has been released"
Kai frowned, and bit his lip "Nya's there right now" he said, slightly worried. "Nya?" Jay asked, with just a little too much concern for Kai's liking "Let's go then" Cole said, though the look on his face as he turned, said quite clearly 'if only to get sensei to calm down'
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As they arrived at Jamanakai, and entered the village, leaving their dragons outside like before, they found several villagers, who had managed to escape, still screaming, and actually running out of the village. As they entered to see what was causing such a fuss, they saw Lloyd, but somehow missed the army of snakes "I'm never coming down from this sugar high!" the black wearing kid cheered "WOO!" but he came to an abrupt halt when the ninja stood before him. "Sorry to bust your buzz little Garmadon" Cole began "But it's already past your bedtime" Jay completed. Instead of looking afraid, Lloyd actually smirked, and shouted "GET THEM!" The ninja finally noticed the Serpentine who had somehow surrounded them, and the tailed one shouted "SSSseizze them!" while rattling his tail tip to produce a sound much like a rattlesnake's rattle.
Kai stared at the snake-people around them in shock "The Serpentine? They're real?" he gasped out as the snake people and villagers surrounded them.
"It's not just them we have to worry about" Cole said "The whole village has been hypnotized!"
Jay pulled out his nunchuck, and began twirling it, preparing for a lightning blast Zane lunged forwards and pushed his arm up so that the lightning shot at the sky "NO!" Zane shouted "Our weapons are too unstable. We would do more harm than good" the white wearing ninja said. Jay furrowed his eyebrows, before saying in a voice a tad higher pitched than normal "I guess that leaves us with RUN!"
The blue wearing ninja turned, and bolted, pushing his way past the red eyed villagers. The others exchanged glances, and took off after Jay. As they made their way through the town, until, while skidding behind a building, they ran, quite literally in Jay's case, into Nya.
"Nya!" Jay said ecstatically "You're alright!" Nya smiled sweetly at him and then turned to the rest of the team "Barely" she said "They've hypnotized everyone in town"
"Mind control?" Jay asked skeptically "How is that even possible?" Nya turned her attention to him "When you hear them rattle their tails, don't look them in the eyes. That's how they get you"
Jay crossed his arms "Well, what are we supposed to do? We can't use our weapons, and now we gotta fight with our eyes closed? Perfect" Nya shook her head "The snake with the staff is the General" she explained "He's the one in charge, if we can get the staff from him, it hold the anti-venom. If we can get that, we can save everyone"
Kai took a step forwards "Look guys" he said with a deep breath "Forget about the whole Green Ninja thing. Let's make Sensei proud, the four of us" Cole punched his fist into his palm "Now you're talking" he cheered.
Jay smiled and turned to Nya "And Nya! You can be our honorary member" Nya arched an eyebrow "Gee, thanks" she said sarcastically
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The ninja returned to the center of town, to once again face the Serpentine. "You wanna play?" Kai called out "How about a little Spinjitsu? Ninja GO!" he shouted, lunging into Spinjitsu, but he ended up losing control, and falling to the ground. Jay noticed, and shook his head "Okay, we are really out of shape"
Lloyd, finally realizing he was losing, began to run towards the exit of the town "Consider this a warning ninja!" he called back, before letting out a laugh, that under any other circumstance would have labeled him completely insane. However, before he could escape, Zane used his Shurikens to block the kid's path, and ran over to him "Sensei was right, Never put off until tomorrow, what can be done today" as the kid began to take nervous steps backwards towards the snake General, Zane added "We should've dealt with you the first time around" the kid let out a high pitched shriek "RETREAT!" The General turned towards him, and then shouted as well "Retreat!"
As the snake slithered away, Cole jumped at him, and kicked the staff away. Picking it up, he glared at the rather nervous looking Serpentine "Go ahead" Cole growled "Give me a reason"
The snake hissed, and then turned away. As he tried to leave, one of the Serpentine hissed, and began to try and hypnotize Cole "Look into my eyesss" the snake hissed "I control you" Cole began to sway, his eyes turning red "You control..." "COLE!" Nya shouted. Cole shook his head, his eyes returning to their normal earthen brown color "You have the anti-venom" Nya finished. Cole stared at the staff "By golly you're right" Cole said, blinking at the golden staff.
Nya looked around, before pointing to the fountain "Quick, the fountain!"
Cole nodded "Good idea" he said, running to the fountain, and then twisting the blue gem to cause a clear liquid to fall from the fangs of the staff-head, which fell into the water, and then, with the help of the ninja, began to spray over the villagers who had frozen in place.
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Back at home, Kai walked up to sensei "We're sorry Sensei" he said weakly "If we'd dealt with Lloyd before he became a problem...then none of this would've been necessary"
Sensei's golden gaze washed over Kai warmly "Even lessons learned the hard way are lessons learned" he turned away, and sighed "A great evil has been released. I fear troubling times will come...this is only the beginning"
Zane stepped forwards "Then we will train, and be ready for the Serpentine. It may not be Lord Garmadon, but that does not mean we will not bring our A-game"
Cole nodded "Help us train, help us realize our potential" Jay grinned "Yeah, teach us the secrets behind the weapons of Spinjitzu"
Sensei nodded "There is much to teach. but I am sure you are all ready for the challenges ahead"
Nya sighed as she watched the others run off to finish caring for their dragons "When am I gonna get my own dragon?" she asked. Sensei chuckled "Patience Nya, your time will come"
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Back at the Hypnobrai tomb, Lloyd was pacing, and Slithraa was watching him with concern. "Candy" the child whimpered "I need candy"
Slithraa glanced at his second in command, who had approached "The boy set ussss free" he said Skales narrowed his eyes. "He isss a child. He isss not one of uss"
Slithraa glared at the other "I may not have the sssstaff, but I am sstill your General! Ssstand down!" he commanded, waiting until Skales nodded, and walked away, before turning to watch his Master once more.
As Skales walked away, a Serpentine known as Mezmo approached "You coward!" he snapped "We all know he isss under Lloyd'sss ssspell. You're sssecond in command, and ssstill you do nothing?" Skales glared at him "Now was not the time. I sstill hold the key to dessstroy the Ninja. And when I do that, everyone will sssee it isss I who sshould be in control"
Okay everyone! There's episode one, Episode 2 Part 1 should be out sometime in the near future, but...no promises. I'd like to thank Benel for offering to draw some art for the series, but if anyone else wants to draw, I'm not going to stop you. Just please review or PM me before you do so, and I'll hook you up with some descriptions of whomever you're planning on drawing.
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