Villagers ran around, screaming in terror and shutting themselves inside their houses. The four ninjas ran inside the entrance to Jamonacai Village, brandishing their weapons. A large shadow appeared on the mountain behind the village. It got smaller and closer as the figure belonging to the shadow came nearer. It got closer... and closer... until finally, a small boy walked out from behind the fountain saying, "It is I! Lloyd Garmadon!" "I demand all the candy in town or else!" Lloyd yelled as he hopped onto the fountain. "Lloyd Garmadon?" Jay said in disbelief. "I thought we were gonna face Lord Garmadon." "It's his son," Cole explained. "Looks like he escaped his Boarding School for Bad Boys again! Could've been doing Spinjitzu already..." Cole swung his arms around as he walked towards Lloyd. Give me your candy!" Lloyd shouted. "Or I'll release the Serpentine on you!" The villagers started booing as Kai, Cole, Jay, and Zane walked towards Lloyd. Lloyd took a can out of his pocket and unscrewed the lid. Little plastic snakes came popping out of the container, but they only angered the villagers further. They began throwing things at Lloyd. "No way!" Lloyd shouted. "I asked for candy, not vegetables! I hate vegetables!" "He's gonna have to do a lot better than using old bedtime stories," Kai said, picking up one of the toy snakes. "The Serpentine are real, Kai," Zane said. "They are not something to joke about." "Serpentine? Real?" Kai said. "We're talking about the ancient race of snake people who once ruled Ninjago and were supposedly locked underground." "And sealed in five different tombs," Jay said, "to separate the tribes and ensure they don't unify and exact revenge upon those who put them there!" "It was an old wives' tale," Kai argued, "to teach kids not to poke our noses where they don't belong. Don't you think it's a little suspicious no one's ever found one of their tombs?" "That's because you'd be a fool to go looking for one!" Cole said as they got closer to Lloyd. "If there's anything I hate more than dragons, its snakes. "The four picked Lloyd up. "Don't worry folks," Cole said as they carried the boy off. "We'll take care of this. Nothing to see here. " Lloyd struggled in their grips and shouted, "Bow down to me! Or suffer my wrath!" "I'll give you 'til the count of three!" Lloyd yelled. "One... Two..." "What are we supposed to do?" Kai asked. "Spank him?" "Two and a half..." "Waah! You just made me your nemesis!" Lloyd struggled from a flagpole on a roof of one of the villager's homes. "Mark my words!" Zane flipped off his hood and walked to a small candy stand. He bought what was left on the table, then handed some of it to the other three ninjas. "Next time, try paying for your candy," Cole said, grinning. "Crime doesn't pay, muchacho," Kai said. "You can take that to the bank." "Mmm." Jay teased Lloyd by eating some of his candy. "Cotton candy." Let's get back to the others" Cole said. Kai hopped onto his dragon, knocking a scroll out of his bag. The scroll fell to the ground and Zane, who was nearby, picked it up. Kai jumped back down and took it from him. "I don't remember putting this here," Kai said. "That's Sensei's bag," Zane remarked. "You must've accidentally took it in the rush. "Jay walked to them and said, "What is it?" "It's a scroll, windbag." Kai frowned and unrolled it. "I know it's a scroll," Jay said. "but what does it say? It's written in chicken-scratch." "Not chicken-scratch." Zane pointed to the symbols on the paper. "The ancient language of our ancestors." "Uh, can you read it?" Kai asked. "I can try," Zane replied. He pointed to a specific symbol. "This one means 'prophecy'." "Prophecy?" Jay echoed. "It means it tells the future," Kai explained. "'Course. Ha-ha! I knew that." "One ninja," Zane translated, "will rise above the others, and become the Green Ninja. The ninja destined to defeat the Dark Lord." "Ooh, look, a picture!" Jay said excitedly. "Dark Lord? Hold on, you think they mean Lord Garmadon?" Kai asked. Then, he looked more closely at the picture. "Wait a minute... is that us?" On the scroll was a picture of five ninjas. One was dressed in red, another in black, a third in blue, the fourth in white, and the largest in green. "But, who is the green ninja?" Jay asked, pointing to the picture. "I do not know." Even Zane looked confused. "I have never heard of either a green ninja."
"Is anyone else thinking what I'm thinking?" Kai asked.
"Like how good I'm gonna look in green?" Jay grinned under his hood.
"Huh!" Kai frowned, the two extra ninjas in the picture forgotten. "Isn't it obvious I'm gonna be the Green Ninja?"
"The color obviously suits me!"
"Technically, I am the best," Zane broke in.
"Hey, everyone stop it!" Cole cried. He walked to the bickering ninjas. "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." He took the scroll from Kai. "Come on. Let's head back home. We have training to do."
"It's about time," Jay said, walking to Wisp, his dragon, "I added some finesse to my routine."
"Well, I could use some exercise," Zane admitted as he climbed onto Shard, his dragon.
"Yeah," Cole said. "I've gotta work on some new moves."
Shard, Wisp, and Rocky flapped their wings and flew off. Flame and Kai stayed behind for a moment.
"Could I be the Green Ninja?" Kai wondered aloud.