The monastery, it was in flames. Tongues of fire licked at the aged wood of the once-grand building, destroying it to ash. "We're too late!" Kai shouted. "Those snakes!" Below them, the three dragons who had been left behind roared and struggled in their stables. Cole spotted his dragon. "Rocky!" Flame, Kai's dragon touched down and everyone quickly got off. Cole hurried to his dragon. He pushed down on a lever and released them. Kai looked up at the exposed inner wood of the monastery and pulled down his hood. "Our home," he said. "Shard!" Zane called to his dragon. "Put this out!" Shard flew around the blazing structure and breathed ice and snow onto the flames. "The training equipment," Zane murmured when Shard had completed his task. "Gone." "Our video games!" Jay cried hysterically. "Gone!" "They stole back their staff." Sensei Wu looked around, a tinge of anger in his voice. "What do we do now?" Cole narrowed his eyes. Rocky put his head closer to the ground and rubbed his muzzle against Cole's cheek. The black ninja sadly stroked Rocky's nose. Kai picked up a badly burnt chunk of brick and easily crushed it. "If you hadn't followed that silly bird, none of this would've happened!" he accused Zane. "You mean me and Zane followed the bird, I saw how gloomy he was and I decided to follow him." Harmony said. "Kai," Sensei Wu warned. "No!" Jay stomped up to Zane. "Sensei, he's right! Because of you, my high score's been deleted!" "This is a teaching moment." Zane glanced down. "We must learn from this." "A teaching moment?" Cole seemed outraged. He put his face directly in front of Zane's. "What's wrong with you? Don't you get it? Everything is gone!" "Enough!" Sensei Wu ordered. Everyone, including Dawn, turned to him. "We are all at fault. Zane is your brother. Apologize at once." Kai, Cole, and Jay lowered their heads in shame. They turned around. "I'm sorry, Zane," Kai mumbled. "I-" He broke off. Zane wasn't there. Everyone turned to the sky. Instead, he was flying away on Shard.
The Hypnobrai led Lloyd, who was now in chains, down an icy corridor. "Do something, General," Lloyd whispered to Slithraa. "You-You're still under my command, right?" Slithraa looked at the boy for a moment, then cried, "Enough! I am the general! You will return my staff at once!" Skales looked at the staff and hissed, "No." Muttering and mumbling broke out among the Hypnobrai. "You dare challenge my command?" Slithraa demanded. "Slitherpit... Slitherpit..." The Hypnobrai began chanting. "Slitherpit! Slitherpit!" Skales smiled and nodded. "I guess we'll have to fight for it. In... The Slitherpit!" Almost everyone began cheering. Lloyd just frowned.
One of the Hypnobrai took the staff from Skales and carried it to a ledge above the others. Lloyd, who was now tied to a stalagmite, sighed and sat down. Lloyd then looked to his side and noticed a scroll of paper sticking out. He stood and reached out for it, only coming a few inches short. He glanced at the fight, in which Skales seemed to be winning, and tried again, still coming up short. I wonder what it is? He reached and stretched his arm. Just when he thought he'd never be able to get it, his fingers brushed up against the paper, and he grabbed it, tucking it into his back pocket. "Go, General, go!" He cupped his untied hand around his mouth and shouted encouragement. Slithraa's tail began rattling and red waves pulsed from his eyes. Skales looked taken aback. He spun around and kicked Slithraa in the face. He then threw a series of blows at the general, only to have them blocked. Suddenly, his entire body began to sway. He wriggled and moved. And he lunged, sharply kicked Slithraa in the chest, and bounced back. The general collapsed onto the ice floor. "He used fang-kwon-do!" One of the crowd said in awe. "Get up!" Lloyd yelled. "Get up!" The general raised his head, then lowered it again. "We have a winner!" The judge handed Skales back the staff, and the snake's body began to change. Slithraa's did the same. Skales' legs disappeared and were replaced with a tail, while Slithraa did the complete opposite. Cheers of "Skales!" rang around the room. "You will be loyal to me, now!" Skales said to Slithraa. "I... will do as you command, Slithraa said reluctantly. "You!" Skales turned to Lloyd. "Leave and never return!"
The remaining ninja, Aie Asiko, Melody, Anna, Harmony, Freya, Zora, Kate, Nate, Nya, Jayleen, Mallory, and Sensei Wu were now on a nearby mountain. Wisp, Rocky, and Flame wear huddled together only feet away. The group of six were all holding sticks with burning food on them over a fire. "Wh-what are we eating again?" Kai asked. "Mudnewt," Aie Asiko said thickly. "Not bad for something that lives underground," Cole muttered. "Wha...!" Jay threw his stick down and spat a mouthful of mudnewt bone into his hand. He tossed the bone into a can. "Yeah! New high sc-score!" Freya looked at them and said, "How can you eat that stuff, that stuff is disgusting!" "it's not disgusting it's… your right it is disgusting it tastes like Coles chili." Harmony said. "That's okay I can make my own food." Freya said and a plant came out of the ground and produced fruit, then she made some more plants come out of the ground and make a shelter over her head. "How'd you do that Freya?" Misty asked. "It's just one of my tricks I have up my sleeve." Freya said.
"Remember," Wu said. "We must be thankful for what we have." "What do we have?" Cole asked. "Our home is gone." "Y'know," Kai spoke up, "I don't miss our home. What I really miss is Zane." "Yeah," Jay sighed. "I miss Zane!" "Zane?" Nya was the one to speak this time. "Yeah!" Jay looked astonished. "Zane! Y'know, white ninja? The smart, strange one?" "No!" Nya pointed to behind Sensei Wu. "Zane!" Everyone turned and saw that Zane was indeed there, walking towards the group. "Zane!" The boys and Misty cried in unison. The group gathered in a semicircle around him. "We're so sorry for everything we said" Jay said. "We're a team, and that means we're all responsible!" "You don't need to apologize to me." Zane smiled. "But, what about all those awful things we said?" Kai asked. "Isn't that why you left?" "Of course not. I saw the falcon again, and I followed him." "That's our Zane," Cole said. Jayleen came towards them and punched Jay in the shoulder. "What did you do that for?" Jay growled at Jayleen. "Oh just a little present for doing something you shouldn't be doing right now." Jayleen said. "And what's that?" Jay asked. "You're stepping on dragon poop." Jayleen stated. "Ugh… gross!" Jay said. Everyone laughed. Nya said, "We're happy to have you back." "Why? Is it my turn to make dinner?" They laughed. "Yes, Zane." Sensei Wu smiled gratefully. "We would love for you to make dinner." "But I already made it." Zane turned around. "Come, I want to show you what I have found. I think you will all be pleased." "I can't explain it," Zane said, stopping and turning to face the team. "But, I feel a strange connection with the falcon. I think he's trying to help show us the path we need to take." Then, he led them around a corner. Sitting on the sand just a hundred or two yards away was a large ship, with a wooden dragon head on the front. "Our new home." His friends gasped at the magnificent sight. "Do I smell pie?" Jay asked eagerly. "Cobblerberry," Zane informed him. "Oh, and I made myrtleberry. And apple!" Jay sniffed deeply and sighed. Then, he, Kai, Cole, Misty, Aie Asiko, Zora, Jayleen, Harmony, Anna, Melody, Freya, Mallory, Kate, Nate, and Nya ran to the ship, yelling and shouting happily. Zane and Sensei Wu stayed behind. "I am proud of you, Zane," Sensei Wu said. "One day, I promise. We will find your family." "But... I've already found them." "I feel there's more to you than meets the eye. There's something special about you, Zane." "Sensei, will I become the Green Ninja?" "It's too early to tell. And you may have more competition, soon. But, if it's in your path, you'll know. Come, now. It would be a shame to let them eat all that pie." And Sensei Wu and Zane began walking to the ship.
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