First of all- he lied but it wasn't until months later that I had realised it.

As I predicted the ninja spent more of their time training Lloyd while I was left to my own devices but there were no more comics to read and I couldn't use the training grounds. I was practicing my bending more but I still had that irrational fear of getting caught.

On one the ninja's training sessions with Lloyd- we got an alarm telling us of Garmadon's location and actions in Orabourus. We flew to the location as fact as we could. Sensei then pulled me aside and gave me a box. "Put this on."

I took it from the old man and opened it. "What is it?"

"Your gi. You are a part of the team, are you not? I feel that you are capable enough to join. Wear it proudly young one."

I took it out of the box and grinned. "Thank you Sensei Wu!"

I still remember it- it was pink with silver highlights and a dragon embroidered on its side. It was beautiful.

With my new gi on- I jumped down from the Bounty with everyone else and ran with them until we reached Garmadon. Sensei stepped up first- followed by the four ninja and me and Nya in the back. Lloyd then jumped in between his father and uncle- freezing Garmadon's mega weapon. Garmadon gasped and took a step back. "Lloyd? Is that you?"

"Yeah-" Lloyd stood tall. "-I've grown a little since the last time you saw me dad."

I rolled my eyes. 'More than a little…'

"Gah! Stop him!" Garmadon ordered the snakes to attack us as he ran away.

I took out my iron sword and fought against the snakes- trying to break through their lines and follow Garmadon. It didn't take long for us to get through and follow the evil man. When we caught up to him- he jumped through a portal- leaving the ground beneath us to slowly be covered by sand. Jay groaned. "Um- is the city sinking?"

"Worse." Zane gulped. "It is reverting back to the desert as if it had never been found!"

"What does that mean?"

"Garmadon's gone back in time to make sure Lloyd doesn't become the green ninja!"

Lloyd spoke up, "I can't...I can't feel my hands."

"If he changes anything- he changes everything!" Sensei yelled. "He must be stopped-"

I didn't even finish listening to Sensei before running to the best of my abilities (as the sand was already up to my waist) and spinjitzu-ed through the portal. I landed in a watery "grass" field- the ninja then fell behind me, splashing me even more. Kai stood up first and growled. "Brittany- are you insane?!"
"Not as insane as Garmadon!" I snapped and walked out of the farm. "I'm not going to let him hurt you guys- I'm helping whether you like it or not."

"Brittany- that was dangerous-"

"Doesn't being a ninja mean it comes with occupational hazards?" I crossed my arms.

"We'll discuss this later." Cole stepped in. "Where are we?"

"You mean when are we?" Zane gestured in front of us.

"Four Weapons….my parents shop!" Kai grinned and started walking around. "Hehe...Nya and I use to work there! Hay, wait a minute- this is the day Garmadon ordered the skeletons to take my sister!"

I gasped. "This is the day when I first met you."

"We have to warn them."

"Whoa, Kai...calm down." Cole stopped Kai from running ahead. "You heard Sensei, you change one thing, you change everything."

I nodded and started walking toward the shop as the guys talked. I figured Garmadon would change something here so why not check the area? From a distance, I could see myself asking the farmers about my tag and getting more and more discouraged. I sighed to myself and took my tag from under my gi.

I stared at it for a while before catching up to the guys as they snuck up behind past Sensei. We caught up to him and hid by the side of the shop until Sensei walked past.

When he did, Kai grabbed a hold of him and brought him to us. "Sensei we need your help!"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait a minute!" Jay paused. "If we're trying to stop Garmadon from changing everything then wouldn't talking to Sensei be altering the past thus changing our future?"

We all took off our hoods as Zane answered Jay's question. "That would be correct."

"But what's done is done." I said. "Can't change it now."

Kai sighed. "Brittany's right- Sensei we could really use your help."

"All four of you...you..you…" Sensei couldn't grasp the situation, the poor man.

"-traveled back in time to warn you of impending doom. "Cole cut in.

"I don't understand...but I will try." Sensei sighed. "But who is this young one?" Que the gesture in my direction.

"I'm Brittany! I walked with you on the road earlier!" I smiled.

"So you did-" Sensei nodded. "If you are with them then I must keep you close the, yes?"

"Yes." Zane said. "She is one of your students and a part of our family."

"I see."

"Ok, any moment now the skeletons are going to attack and we think Garmadon might try to hurt me." Kai took over- explaining the "plan" as fast as he could. "I mean past me."

"Garmadon?"

"We have to do everything in our power to protect my past self." Kai said.

The clouds came over the land just as I remembered it. The skeletons then drove over and started attacking the place. Out group watched by the wall to stay hidden. Kai sighed. "Do we help or not?"

"Don't look at me." Sensei sighed. "I'm wise but not that wise."

I jumped up and down and pointed out. "Look! Look! There I am!"

My past self came running in with my diamond in hand and started fighting off the skeleton. Cole gasped. "I knew you were good but you started your training like that?!"

"NO- I was trained in Minecraftia, I told you this." I pouted- but past me looked awesome! As I expected, my past self started to get overpowered by numbers and strength. I saw Jay tense up. "You might be in a pickle soon Brittany- how did you get out of this?"

"Sensei saved me with spinjitzu." I looked to him.

"So he saved us both today?" Kai sighed. " The good ol' days."

"Well- I think that if the past has already been altered-" Zane started. "-I don't see why we can't help. As long as your past selves don't see you."

Cole laughed. "You just made my day Zane!"

Jay turned around and took out his nunchucks. "I miss beating these guys up." He then proceeded to attack the three skeletons behind us, Sensei ran out to what I assumed was to spare my past self and eventually Kai. I didn't get involved with the fighting but watched for any suspicious activity from the skeleton side.

"Lord Garmadon says TAKE THE GIRL!" Samukai yelled. I ran out and watched as the claw thing missed Nya. I gasped and ran to the others. "Garmadon is disguised as a skeleton! They didn't take Nya! Where's Kai?"

"Over here!" Cole grabbed my hand and pulled me to where Sensei and Kai were hiding.

Kai groaned. "This isn't good."

"Why? We saved you, the young one and your sister." Sensei tilted his head.

"No! They were supposed to take Nya- the only reason you convinced me to be a ninja was to get her back." Kai sighed.

"Oh." as those three started to

I started losing feeling in my hands and feet. "Guys…" I gulped. "I can't feel my hands...or my feet."

"Where is your past self?" Zane asked. I looked up at him. "I don't know- I stayed to listen to Sensei tell his story about the four weapons."

"We need to get Brittany to go with you Sensei and you need to convince Kai to become a ninja." Jay said.

"Guys I'm scared." I felt tears well up in my eyes. "What if I disappear?"

"We won't let that happen." Cole put a hand on my shoulder. "Kai's coming! Hide!"

I was then picked up and carried to the other side of the water...thing and watched as Sensei tried to get Kai to go with him. It was Nya though who wanted to go and and convinced Kai to go as well. 'Nya has Kai wrapped around her finger- doesn't she?...and Jay too I guess.'

As soon as those three started to leave, I saw my past self run up to Sensei. "Hey! I think you were the one who saved me earlier! I wanted to thank you!"

Jay snickered. "You're always so nice."

"It wasn't any problem young one." Sensei nodded.

"Oh! Before I forget, does this tag look familiar to you? Or do you think you can translate it?" Past me took out the tag from a pocket and held it in their view.

Kai sighed. "Sorry kid- I don't know what it's written in...and it doesn't ring any bells either."

"Why is it special to you?" Nya spoke up.

My past self pocketed the tag and stared at the ground. "I'm looking for my parents...this is my only clue as to where they are."

"But I thought you said your parent were close." Sensei stepped forward.

"I-I know." Past me stuttered. "I thought they would have been...I've been looking for them for a while now. I'm not from here either..so I don't know where to start looking really."

Their gazes softened and Sensei took me in as I remember it. The ninja looked at me with saddened eyes and lowered hoods. Jay ruffled my hair and one by one they left the hiding spot. The feeling returned to my hands and feet, allowing my to move on my own again. Zane looked to me and gave me a hug. "You'll learn your past just as I have- I know it."

I smiled. "Thanks Zane."

"Come on- we have to follow them and make sure I become a ninja." Kai led the way away from the shop and the monastery. The trip was quiet because I'm sure that we just didn't want to give our cover away.

When we reached the monastery- we stayed low and watched Kai, Nya and myself train. Past Kai wasn't doing so hot and Present Kai was taking the hits...emotionally. "Gah! I'm worthless!"

"It's like you don't want to become a ninja." Jay commented.

Kai sighed. "I told you- the only reason I became a ninja was to rescue my sister."

"Then let's have you rescue her." I said. The ninja all looked at me in shock and silently motioned me for me to continue. "We kidnap Nya, give her to the skeletons and Kai has a reason to fight. Simple."

"I thought that was what we weren't supposed to do. Change anything, change everything." Jay bit his lip.

"That was before Garmadon altered the past- we have to clean up the mess now and I think Brittany's idea is the only one we got, so let's use it." Cole sighed.

Kai nodded. "Whatever it takes. But if it's alright with you guys...I have an idea how to talk some sense into myself."

"Alright." Zane agreed. "Apologies Brittany but you might want to stay out of the next part."

"What? Why?" I pouted. "You saw me fight, I can do it!"

"Because as much as we like having you here and helping us- we can't take any chances. Besides your future is saved ...right?" Kai gently punched my shoulder. "I just don't want little sister number two getting into any more problems than necessary."

"Just leave it to us for tonight ok Brittany?" Jay tilted his head.

I sighed and crossed my arms to show my displeasure. "Fine."

They struck at night and kidnapped Nya from her bed. I had to stay hidden as the past Cole, Zane and Jay started attacking. Present Kai came in and yook Nya and ran with her. I hated being quiet but I could only watch as my past self came out and investigated Nya's cries from our kidnapping and came face to face with the other three. Sensei ran out not long after but I ran away with my group. The last thing I heard were Kai's broken screams.

The rest of the night was spent tracking down the skeletons to return Nya and me- not being used to such late nights- fell asleep on Cole's back. When I woke up the next morning, Nya was gone and we were on our way to follow the past ninja to collect the golden weapons. The rest happened as I remember it and we were soon back at the fire temple- watching over our sleeping forms. Sensei was awake this time though and watched with us in the trees. Jay groaned. "Why are we still here? Didn't we restore everything?"

"But we have to make sure it all goes to plan!" Cole whispered yelled back.

Sensei then looked up at Kai and said. "So- what exactly happens next?"

"Our former selves now have most of the golden weapons so Garmadon should have my sister. In about one minute I get woken up and tricked into taking the sword of fire that would eventually release the greatest nemesis to Ninjago." Kai nodded in self confirmation as we watched Past Kai be led away from the group.

I blinked. "Oh...so that's what happened to you."

Once Past Kai was far enough, we all climbed down the tree and followed them inside. Past Kai was then being taunted by Garmadon as Nya hung by a chain above the lava. In one swoop Kai took the sword and saved his sister from being burned alive. They walked around the area- keeping their eyes peeled when suddenly Past Garmadon came out in front of them and laughed. Past Kai when to defend the two of them but Present Garmadon stepped out of the shadows and went to attack Kai. Present Kai gasped and nearly ran forward. "We have to do something! I don't stand a chance against Garmadon's four arms! Wait! That's it!"

Kai ran out of our spot and went to defend his past self. "I guess I have four arms too."

Both Kais worked together to fight Garmadon when Zane jumped into the fight and caused Present Garmadon to back up even more. Cole stood right behind him though and waited for the enemy to crash into him.

Right as it looked like they were going to have the upper hand, Past Garmadon stepped in and knocked the ninja over. I gasped "Oh no! Guys!"

Cole growled. "I think it's safe to say the past has been drastically changed."

Zane then went on to say that if they could destroy the mega weapon...it would erase all changes in the past...theoretically though. Cole disagreed saying that the mega weapon was too powerful to be destroyed. That's when Jay stepped in with the other golden weapons. "Like the weapons use to create it in the first place?"

"NO!"

"I thought these might come in handy." Jay tossed Cole his scythe and Zane, his shurikens. Jay grinned and watched as the ninja launched their elements one by one to Garmadon's weapon. Soon all of the golden weapons fused and were launched into space where it exploded. Everything faded and crumpled after that and when I opened my eyes again- we were in the Bounty's training room. Jay was the first to speak. "Did we just...travel back to the future?"

"This feels familiar- but weren't we training Lloyd?" Cole asked. I bit my lip and focus on not shaking. "Did we mess up?"

"Sorry I'm late guys." Lloyd stepped through the door, closing it behind him. "Are we ready to start training?"

Everyone grinned as wide as their mouths would allow and ran towards the green ninja- giving the biggest hug that we could.

Everything was going to be ok.

And then we found Lloyd's mom.

It started out as a normal day- the guys were doing their training while Nya and I focused on our own strengths. As usual we heard the alarms go off and Nya went to fill the Ninja in on what was needed. I stayed behind while Sensei and the guys went to check on what was happening to the museum.

Nya went to finish up the dragon's mess that the ninja left behind while I took the opportunity to work on my earthbending. I had gotten basic movements down- moving the rocks, crushing them, using them as amo to launch. After an hour of two Nya got a call that the coast was clear at the museum.

I then thought that I could go there to see what the fuss was about. When I arrived, I saw the ninja and Sensei talking amongst themselves...but there was no green ninja. I walked up to them and said. "Hi guys- so what happened?"

"Brittany! What are you doing here?"

"We got the all clear and I wanted to see. That and I've never been to the Ninjago National Museum before." I shrugged. "So what was going on?"

"Little living statues!" Jay crossed his arms. "Little pests they were."

I nodded. "Where's Lloyd?"

"He's...out on a walk around the area." Kai scratched the back of his head.

I tilted my head in confusion but shrugged it off. "All right- well I'm going to go look around the place."

"Let us know if you bump into him, ok Brittany?" Cole called out. "He's not in the best of moods."

'Probably got hurt during the fight.' I thought and was promptly proved wrong. My walk around the museum was quiet and the place looked nice. There was a lot of artifacts that were hundreds of years old but at my age I didn't really pay attention to the information and just looked at the old things and the pictures.

When I found Lloyd, he was looking over a railing to a hole. I walked up next to him and smiled warily. "Hi Lloyd...are you ok?"

He relaxed a bit and looked at me. "I'm fine Brittany." He said, ruffling my hair. "I'm just thinking about some stuff right now."

"Like what?"

"I'll be careful if I were you- that sink hole doesn't have a bottom." A new voice spoke out. I turned around and saw a woman with dark grey hair and an architectural outfit on. I had just missed the darkening of Lloyd's face. "It's where I found the ancient stone warrior."

"You've been gone my whole life!" Lloyd cried out, glaring at her. "There's nothing you can say mom."

I gasped and looked between the two of them. This was Lloyd's mom?

"Well I'm going to talk any way." She sighed and walked around the sinkhole. "Do you want to know what I've been doing all this time Lloyd? Long before Sensei Wu ever knew who would be the green ninja I knew it would be you and I knew that you would eventually have to fight your father. I dropped you off at the boarding school so I could learn everything I could about the prophecy. With the hope that I could one day prevent the battle between good and evil. All this time son, I've been trying to save you and your father."

"You could have said something though!" I yelled. Tears pooled in my eyes against my wishes as both of them turned to look at me. "You're his mom! You could have wrote letters or something instead of disappearing and leaving Lloyd to wonder if you ever loved him or not!"

"Brittany-"

"It's not fair!" I cut Lloyd off. "It doesn't matter whether or not you were trying to help him in the end! If U ever found out my parents did the same- I would be mad at them too! I don't even know if they're still alive!"

Lloyd put a hand on my shoulder and brought me in for a hug. "Shhh… don't cry Brittany. We'll find them ok? We all made that promise to you."

"I'm sorry." Lloyd's mom said. "It wasn't the easiest decision to make and it's one of the biggest regrets I have...to miss out on your childhood Lloyd. But I thought that if I could help save you and your father then in then end it would be alright."

I sniffed. "That still doesn't make it ok."

The others walked into the room as Lloyd's mom about light and darkness- the balance and the fight between both sides. She talked about the first spinjitzu master and his fight against the indestructible stone army. Sensei then stepped in to talk about how Lloyd's power was directly tied not only into the golden weapons but the first spinjitzu master himself. "Leaving you behind was the hardest thing I had to do." Lloyd's mom said. "But faced with saving you and the world, I had no choice."

"I see." Lloyd sighed.

I pouted but stayed quiet. I understood her reasoning but my selfish thoughts led me to dislike her a little longer than I probably would have if it happened to me present time. Sensei walked up next to me and said. "Misako- I would like you to meet Brittany. The youngest member of our team."

"Hello there." She smiled at me. "I'm Misako...I get that you might not want to talk to me at the moment but let me just say- you have very pretty hair."

Heat creeped up my face and caused me to look down at the ground. 'I still have to polite, don't I?' "Thank you."

"How old are you?"

"I'm nine years old." I uncrossed my arms. "I'm turning ten soon."

"You are?" Zane asked- I nodded in response. "That's what my calendar says anyway."

"What day?"

"The ninetieth!" I smiled. "In January!"

"January?" Cole tilted his head. "What calendar are you using?"

"The same one we use in Minecraftia. When I was found- they had to do some math to find out my birthday."

"Found?" Misako asked me. "Minecraftia."

"I ran away from to find my real parents." I looked away from her. "This is the only thing that I have from them and I don't know what it is other than some tag."

I took out my tag and showed her. Despite her many years in her field of discovery, Misako had no idea what to make of my tag. I shrugged and put it away- it was a long shot anyway. Lloyd shook his head and asked. "Have you found any way to prevent me from facing my father?"

"I'm sorry...not yet." She sighed. "But I have reason to believe there's still hope."

There was a sudden crash behind us of the door being completely destroyed. A giant figure with red armor stood there with giant sword. I nearly screamed. "What is it?"

"The stone warrior." Misako pointed out.

Zane gulped. "The Devourer's venom must have awakened him."

"Great!" Cole groaned. "Kai- take care of him!"

"Me?"

Feeling without any other option- Kai ran to the warrior and went to hit him with his sword. The sword was completely shattered upon impact and Kai was grabbed by his foot and thrown behind the warrior and into some cases.

"Lloyd!" Sensei turned to his nephew. "Use your powers!"

When the warrior was hit with Lloyd's power, there was a slight explosion but it wasn't destroyed. Jay groaned. "How are we supposed to destroy this thing?"

"You can't." Misako stayed back, holding Lloyd's shoulders.

The warrior then broke through the door and the barricade that was set up and fought the ninja- knocking everyone of them back. Soon we were all thrown out of the room and we all crashed into the wall. When we all got up- seemingly unharmed. Jay laughed. "Well it's a good thing we're in a museum!"

"Why?"

Que the warrior crashing through the doorway.

"Because we're about to be history! Run!"

So we ran- the warrior quickly picking up speed. We were soon cornered in a room as the warrior slowly broke down. Kai gulped. "It's not going to hold him for long- let's settle this like men."

"Rock, paper, clam?"

"The loser has to stay behind and stall him while the rest escape!" They all put their hands in the circle- I already knew I couldn't join but Lloyd didn't get the memo. Jay had to stop him. "Nu-uh! Not you chosen one!"

Right as they were about to start the match- Lloyd stopped them. "I have an idea! I think I know who to stop him but you guys need to stall him!"

"I say we give the kid a shot." Cole jumped in.

Jay shook his head. "You're just saying that because you don't want you face him!"

"Do you want to face him?"

We all looked to the warrior as Jay said. "I say we give the kid a shot."

Honestly- I would have laughed if I wasn't scared at the time.

Lloyd then ran to the other end of the room and escaped through the vent. Misako called out to him- telling him good luck and to be safe. It was then that I saw the forgiveness in Lloyd's eyes as he left us. I sighed. "Lloyd found his parents after all but at what cost?"

Misako sighed as well- not hearing me. "I can't believe that's Lord Garmadon's son."

"Don't forget." Sensei smiled. "He's your son too."

"He's had a good teacher."

"You mean- teachers." The ninja walked forward.

From there we thought of the way we would hide and leave him immobile. Cole was the one to strike him when he broke through the door. Cole cut the ropes that were holding a whale's skeleton in the air- we then all slid down the back of the stegosaurus and waited on baited breath to see what would happen. The warrior's fist broke out of the bone pile scaring us all and causing us to run out of the room. Misako the used one of the promotional banner to slide to the bottom floor and ushered us to do the same. That's when Cole tossed me on his back and followed the others downwards. I got off of him when we touched the ground. "Thanks Cole."

"Don't worry about it Pinkie."

The warrior then landed behind us sending us in all directions. Misako and I landed next to next other and in front of the warrior. We got up as quickly as we could and ran out of the room with the warrior right on our tail. As we were running, I saw Lloyd flag us down. "This way!"

I grabbed Misako's hand and borderline dragged her to where Lloyd was. We stood behind him and watched as the warrior stepped closer to us. "Hey loser!" Lloyd called out. "Paper beats rock!"

When he got close enough we all jumped out of the way of his blade and watched as the warrior stepped back and fell through a covering and down the sinkhole from earlier, Misako gasped. "Of course! The bottomless pit!"

I laughed as the adrenaline started to wear off. "We're alive!"

"I'm so proud of you!" Misako hugged Lloyd. "I feel like the balance has brought us together."

The others then walked in led by Sensei Wu who said. "Stay with us. Help us fight the good fight."

"If that's ok with my son." She smiled.

Lloyd smiled back. "Hey- the more the merrier!"

I blinked and looked between the older ones. "So Nya and I won't be the only girls anymore?"

Sensei chuckled. "No Brittany, you won't be the only girls anymore."

I nodded and walked with the others out of the museum. Misako then joined us for dinner on the Bounty- she got along with Nya just fine.

I sighed and thought to myself- 'what if my parents are like Misako?'

The thought brought a smile to my face.