Hey all, so this chapter marks the start of a new style I'm doing. From here on out, unless has the transcript for the episode, I will only be using the extremely detailed plots that they give to write out the chapters. The time in between me writing Snakebit Part 2 and this chapter [Never Trust a Snake Part 1] was spent completely trying to find a transcript for the episode. Finally, i gave up and used the plot to write this. So if from here on out things are majorly different from in the show, well...now you know why.

Enjoy!

Zane was fairly sure he was dreaming. He was standing in Ninjago City, and the falcon who had shown him the way was sitting on a power-line above him. The bird's strange glowing blue eyes were staring into him, as though it were peering into his soul. And then the bird began to speak, in the voice of Sensei Wu, confirming Zane's theory that this was a dream "Zane" the bird cawed "Zane wake up"

Zane jolted awake, smacking his head into the bunk above him. Why he had agreed to take the bunk below Kai, he wasn't quite sure, but hopefully they would switch around soon. He had awoken the same way for nearly three nights now. "Zane" Wu's voice again, rubbing his head, Zane turned to see Wu and Nya looking down at him. Wu continued to speak as Zane slid out of bed "With Lloyd and the Serpentine, we are not safe. We must find them, before my nephew gets into even more trouble" Zane nodded, before looking around, and noticing the lack of Kai, Jay, and Cole "Where are the others?" he asked, tilting his head slightly. "They're on the upper deck" Nya replied "they have been training for some time, and are waiting for you to join them" Wu added. As the two left, Zane nodded, and walked out of the room. Wu and Nya headed for the control room, so Zane continued on for the upper deck.

Opening the door, and frowning at the lack of his friends, Zane looked around, before spotting the falcon "Hello my mysterious friend" he said, smiling. Though his smile dropped off his fave as the Falcon flew off, and a shadow appeared, covering him in darkness. The shadow, of none other than Lord Garmadon.

Whirling around, Zane clenched his fists and slid into a basic defensive pose "Lord Garmadon" he half growled half said "What are you doing here?"

The red eyed man smirked, revealing sharp fangs in place of most of his teeth and replied "I have come to retrieve my birthright" he growled, pulling out two silver katanas "The Golden Weapons will be mine!" he snarled that last part, before lunging towards Zane.

As the blonde ducked away, Garmadon let out a savage growl "You bear the Shurikens of Ice, give them to me" Zane shook his head defiantly, and Garmadon snarled in rage, shoving Zane with his shoulder, so that the white ninja was knocked into a crate with a yelp of pain. Rising back to his feet, Zane had enough time to see Garmadon swing his arm, before the sword he was carrying cut neatly into the rope, letting the crate it held up come flying down...directly towards Zane.

As the shadow dropped closer and closer, Zane threw his hands over his head and crouched, and waited for the crate to smash him into the deck.

Only...it never did. Looking up, Zane's mouth fell open as he saw a pale-skinned man, wearing the Gi of the Green Ninja, holding the crate up. They met eyes, icy blue and glowing green, before the man dressed in green threw the crate overboard, and lunged for Garmadon, pulling the Nunchucks of Lightning out of nowhere and using them to defeat the dark lord, who vanished into the shadows with a promise of return.

The Falcon flew down, and landed on the stranger's shoulder as he turned, lifting the other hand, it burst into flames, matching the fire now in his eyes as Zane watched "Who are you?" Zane asked, before a flicker of movement caught his eye, and he turned his head, seeing the entire deck was covered in falcons.

Zane woke up with a jerk, smacking his head against the bed above him. Rubbing his head as he swung his feet around, he looked around the room. The others were there, all dressed in their ninja gi, and Cole was brushing his hair. "Finally" Kai said with a smirk "Morning sleeping beauty" Zane tilted his head with a frown "Why did none of you wake me?" Kai shrugged "You looked like you were having a good dream" he said. Zane remembered that the last two times had turned out to be dreams, and his frown grew "How do I know that this is not a dream?" Cole rolled his eyes, and picked up his own pillow, before walking over to Zane and smacking him upside the head with it "Does that feel like a dream?" he asked, as Jay and Kai laughed. Zane sighed and answered "No"

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Now on the upper deck, all four ninja were now dressed. Sensei was leading them in some warm-up poses and stretches, while the four watched and copied. "So Zane, that amazing dream you looked like you were having" Jay whispered "What was it about" Zane answered simply "I saw the Green Ninja" "WHAT?" Jay Cole and Kai all practically shrieked, dropping out of their poses. When Wu turned around, only Zane was in the correct pose, and he called out "That looks more like the Shocked Monkey...What is so important that you are not preforming the exercise?" Kai, Cole, and Jay all glanced at Zane, before turning their gaze straight ahead "Nothing Sensei" they said in unison. Wu's eyes narrowed "I see, well then. You will train all day, and all of tomorrow, all of the week if needed" "WHAT?" They all, even Zane, yelped "Sensei, don't you think that's a little harsh?" Cole asked. Wu smirked "When you can answer this riddle, you may be done. What is the best way to defeat an enemy?" with that, he walked away

Once he was gone, the others immediately turned their attention back to Zane "Come on, you gotta tell us more!" Jay whispered, a huge grin on his face as he moved over to one of the training dummies "Leave out nothing" Cole added, walking towards the middle of the deck, the usually stoic male looking rather excited about this.

{Go-ninja-ninja-Go}

As Lloyd traveled through the snow, the Fangpyre general at his side, he smirked at the thought of watching the two tribes fight, and hopefully, end in all the Hypnobrai dead. He didn't like the feeling of being betrayed, since it was his uncle told him that his father wouldn't be coming back, and especially since his own mother had left him at a boarding school when he was six, four years ago.

A new set of hissing broke out from up ahead, and Lloyd smirked. Through the snow, he could see the blue forms of the Hypnobrai approaching, Skales in the lead. He didn't see Slithraa, but that was alright. Slithraa was his friend, just like Fangtom. Both had given him the bite mark, and now a Blue and Red snake were intertwined on his arm, coiled together in harmony.

But the smirk flew off of his face when Fangtom stared at Skales for about two minutes, before letting out a cheer "SKALES!" and Skales let out an equally happy hiss, as the two slithered towards each other, before embracing each other in a hug. As they began talking and catching up,Lloyd just stared in pure horror, and shock. "Why aren't you fighting?" he asked, eyes wide. Fangtom smiled, and his two heads began to explain "We were at war with the Hypnobrai yes" "But if Skales is the general now, well..." "There is no need to fight" Skales smirked at Lloyd and said "If you had freed the Constrictai, the Venomari, or vipers forbid the Anacondrai!" he chuckled "THEN we would have had a tussle"

Lloyd's left eye twitched "A tussle?" he repeated. "What should we do with him" Fangtom's right head asked. "We could turn him into one of us" the left suggested. Skales flicked his tongue in and out thoughtfully "Nah, he's rather worthless"

But Lloyd didn't hear that far along, he was already running as fast as he could. There was no way they were gonna bite him and tun him like those stupid junkyard people. Pulling out the map once he was far enough away, Lloyd remembered what Skales had said, and his eyes narrowed, before focusing in on the location of the Anacondrai tomb.

{Go-ninja-ninja-Go}

"With his fist on fire" Zane concluded. The other three let out oohs. "I knew it!" Kai said "I'm the Green Ninja" Jay stared at him "Uh, are you missing the fact that he used nunchucks" he pulled out his own to emphasize his point of "I use nunchucks!" Cole rolled his eyes "Big deal, anyone can hold nunchucks, Zane said he had super-strength, it's obviously me!" Zane shook his head "You're missing the point that the falcon landed on his shoulder, besides, it was my-" "ENOUGH!" Sensei's shrill voice cut through their argument.

The ninja all winced in unison, as Wu walked over to them, stroking his beard thoughtfully. "If you are not training, then you must have solved my riddle. So! What is the best way to defeat your enemy?" The ninja all shared a rather ashamed look, before Kai said rather weakly "Training, Sensei?" Wu barked out a laugh "You are wrong. In order to answer the riddle, you must focus, and keep your mind sharp." he tapped his staff against Kai's head lightly, before turning around and heading back below deck.

"Alright guys" Jay said, pounding one fist into the palm of his opposite hand "Let's work together, and get this solved!"

Yeah, I know it's rather short, but I wanted to get this out for y'all. Read and Review, and I'll do my best to update soon!
- Minor side note, I've started Drivers Ed, so Mondays, Fridays, and any days I have drives [typically Tuesdays and Saturdays] I wont be able to work on this, so until it ends I won't be writing as much. Just a heads up

~Savannah