Chapter 1: Near the Caverns of Despair
Cole woke up with a stinging pain in his head and bright sunlight blasting his face. Cole sat up and looked around. He easily recognized the terrain as around the Caverns of Despair, where the team had found the Scythe of Quakes. Speaking of which, Cole thought, where are the others? They were nowhere to be seen. "Maybe they're somewhere else," he muttered quietly to himself.
Then Cole spotted something he hadn't seen in a long time. "Skeletons! I thought the Skeleton Army was defeated a long time ago," Cole exclaimed, "It couldn't be possible that I was sent into the past. Could it?"
He looked at outfit after that. It didn't have any armor; it was just his normal one. "So it's true. I'm in the past. But that doesn't mean I can't stop those boneheads over there!"
Just as he was about to dash off to face the group of skeletons that were nearby, Cole felt for his scythe, but it was gone. Guess I'm going to fight without a weapon, he thought to himself. When Cole was about to go after the skeletons, he noticed the sunlight glinting off a strange object that had landed near him. He went to see what it was. Cole's shadow covered the object when he bent to pick it up. "This looks like a piece of that Shard Crystal from earlier," he said.
When he did pick it up, Cole heard a mysterious voice that told him this: "If you do not find your friends and restore the Shard Crystal by nightfall, all of you will lose all memories of each other."
Cole was shocked. If he didn't find the others in time, the team would be no more! The mysterious voice continued. "You may not have memory of what they look like, but they will be looking for people who possess the shards. Search for them, they are the ones with a Red, Blue, or White Shard."
"Meaning I have the Black Shard," Cole breathed. The voice replied, "That is correct. Now hurry, every second counts! I cannot use any more energy. I must save it for me to communicate with your teammates."
With that, the shard's light faded, leaving Cole in his thoughts. If I can't find them, there won't be a team of ninjas protecting Ninjago, and we'll still be stuck in the past, he pondered worriedly. Then a thought snapped him back to his senses. And every second counts! The voice is right! Cole started off for the Fire Temple. "Don't worry, guys, I'm not gonna let this team disappear so soon!"
So, how did you like Chapter 1: Near the Caverns of Despair? Sorry if these stories are so short. Anyways, Chapter 2 does have Kai in it. It's called Return to the Fire Temple. Originally, I thought Kai would meet up with Jay, but I changed it to Cole. Meaning, Cole finds Kai first, and Jay and Zane find each other. I added the time limit for suspense. Will they make it in time? Keep reading to find out!