The sun had risen, and it was the time to continue the search for the other half of the prophecy. Cole and Jay had awoken early to search, today, they had made it their goal to find it by the end of the day, so they mustn't procrastinate.

Jay hadn't got much sleep last night, so Cole had to keep him awake for a few minutes, and sometimes he had to carry him until they reached the next town. Cole dropped Jay for what seemed like the millionth time, knocking him awake, "W-Wha."

"Dude," Cole uttered, "How much sleep did you get last night?" Jay looked at his friend with tired eyes, he brought himself up from the dirt road before he could protest, "N-Not much." The earth ninja raised an eyebrow, staring at Jay with some concern, "Jeez you look like a total mess, it looks like an animal made a nest in your hair, had babies, and died." Jay ruffled his hair until it could stay flat on his head, despite still being messy it looked better than what it had looked like before. "I-I'll be ok, really, lets just find the stupid parchment already," he yawned. Cole shook his head, and grabbed Jay by the arm, leading him towards the town's lake, "Come on, lets get you cleaned up."

Once there, Jay was able to wash himself, along with Cole, there was hopefully no one around to see them, even though they only removed their shirts. Once the two had been cleaned they got out of the water and dried their selves off. "Ah, now that was refreshing," Cole hummed, putting his shirt back on. Jay even felt a little more energized, "Yeah, I guess so. Now come on, lets go find that prophecy!"

"Just a moment ago you were grumbling and yawning," Cole chuckled, following Jay into the town. They searched all over the place, the stores, the inn's, and even the libraries, but no, there was no information the townsfolk knew of the prophecy. They were soon getting ready to give up when an old man came to them, Jay recognized him immediately, "Lu!" The old man smiled, "Ah, Jay, good to see you again, I haven't seen you since the Skeleton army was still around."

Cole was confused that Jay knew this man, "Wait you know him?" The lightning ninja smiled and nodded, "Of course, he was one of the people who helped me and Kai figure out who tried to hurt Mr. Lee, the man who owns a little shop not far from where we're standing."

"I never forget my friends, I see your one of them," Lu stated, motioning to Cole, "Care to introduce me Jay?"

"Lu, this is Cole, one of my friends, and the famous ninja of earth. Cole, this is Lu," Jay stated, motioning to the man. Cole nodded, "Nice to meet you." They shook on it, Lu returned the greeting, "Nice to meet you as well." Lu invited them both to his home, they sat and shared some tea on his front porch, "So what brings you here to the town?"

"Well, we're in a bit of a predicament, you see, we're trying to find an ancient part of a prophecy, but you see, it was stolen from our Sensei, long ago, now we're all in search to find it," Jay explained.

"Depending on how important it is, we think its in the hands of some bad people, yet we also think its somewhere in a town or village, yet we've looked all over yesterday but no luck," Cole sighed. Lu pondered, trying to piece together what they were saying, "I'm pretty sure that I've heard of something like that before."

"You have?" Jay questioned.

"Perhaps, I don't know, but I believe I read it somewhere in the northern part of town, I spotted a couple skeleton warriors close enough to the town, I was about to run to Soon to warn him, but I couldn't help but hear something about you guys," Lu stated.

"About us? What did they say?" Cole asked, curious.

"Well, they said Lord Garmadon was going to lose it when he found out they had failed their job at trying to keep you guys from finding some prophecy, they also stated that if they were to do the job right, they couldn't stall, so they had to strike whenever one of you came near. I believe this means you and your friends are in grave danger, but is what they said about a prophecy the thing your looking for?" Lu asked.

"Yes, thank you very much, Lu, we appreciate this information," Jay thanked. So the two got to stay in the inn for a while, as the sun went down, thanks to Lu and Mrs. Park, who gladly let them stay as long as they wished. Though Cole planned only to stay for one night, just so he and Jay could figure out how to surprise the skeletons. Cole glanced outside the window, his eyes scanning the area for anything suspicious, Jay spoke with a question, "Do you think that it will work?"

"Trust me, it will," Cole answered.

"How?" Jay asked.

The team leader turned to Jay, "If we're going to find that prophecy, we need to start gathering more information about it, the more we learn, the closer it is."

"Ok, got it."

Cole glanced out at his window, he looked back at Jay, who had quickly fallen asleep to nap, he shook his head, he then turned back to the window, all he had to do was wait.

A loud crash was heard.

Cole was snapped awake, and down below he could see two figures covered in blankets, they looked bulky and bony. You've got to be kidding me he thought. Cole shook Jay awake, and the two dashed downstairs to capture the two skeletons. The two boneheads were so clumsy it was easy enough to tie them. Jay removed the blanket, revealing the faces of two dazed skeleton warriors. "Aha!" Lu came out, awoken by the noise.

Kruncha and Nuckal glanced at the two ninja and old man that stood before them, they gulped.

"Thought you could sneak around and not be noticed huh? Wheres the prophecy?" Jay demanded.

"W-What prophecy?" Nuckal stuttered, trying not to sound so nervous.

"You know what it is, its importance is large, and it could possibly cause lethal destruction if it were to fall into the wrong hands," Cole snapped.

"We told you, we don't know what it is!" Kruncha shouted, struggling a bit.

Jay rubbed his chin, "Hmm, I wonder what Garmadon would think if he found out you failed." Nuckal and Kruncha began to panic. "P-Please don't tell Garmadon! He'll kill us!" Nuckal whined.

"That's what I thought," Jay smirked, "Now tell us, where is the rest of the prophecy?"

Nuckal and Kruncha glanced at each other, thinking for a way to respond. "We, we don't exactly know, but I think its hidden nearby," Kruncha said with a gulp.

"Yes yes! Now please let us go!" Nuckal pleaded. Cole and Jay looked at each other, then back at the two knuckleheads. Cole drew his scythe from his back, "Alright, but no more funny business, if we see you threatening Ninjago again, you both get it." The two nodded, a little afraid of what Cole meant. The earth ninja freed them from the ropes and the two ran out of the village as fast as they could.

"Well that wasn't very pleasant," Lu admitted.

"It was the only way we could get answers out of them. Sorry Lu, but looks like our stay is going to be cut short, we have to find it," Jay stated. Lu nodded in understanding, "Fine by me, I'll tell Mrs. Park you two left, have a safe journey ahead of you."

"Thanks, Lu! Tell Mrs. Park I said bye!" Cole commented.

The two left the village, now in search for the other half.

"Where do you think this parchment is?" Jay asks.

"No idea," Cole responded.

"Do you believe the skeletons directions?"

"Nope."

"Do you think they were lying though?"

"I don't think so."

"You know, I believe this is going to be harder than I thought," Jay uttered.


(My goodness! What a long chapter this was! Also if you guys have any questions on who Lu and Mrs. Park are, well, if you've read Jay's Chapter book (you can get it on Amazon or any Barnes&Nobles) you'll understand who they are. It seems the search for the prophecy continues! But when does this pilot end? Probably sooner, because tomorrows chapter is a little packed with suspense, so prepare yourselves X3. Anyway, hope you guys enjoyed today's chapter, as much as I did, also leave an awesome review and favorite if you haven't already, and finally, thanks for reading!)