A/N: Ella here! I will only do A/Ns at the start of a new story, or when there's been an Hiatus that I can actually explain without giving away too much info. I've talked with Skyla Talon and have permission to use some of her OCs so if you recognize any of hers, I do have permission. I also have my own OCs...and will be using them as well. If any of you try looking for me and discover that I am new so to speak to the website...not true! I've been hanging around for a few years and finally just made this account. Now on to my story! Cause let's be truthful here...that is why we are here! Also... I won't be doing disclaimers cause I think it is obvious that I don't own anything.

Ella

Prologue: The Force Has a Plan...

~In Ninjago~

It was a peaceful morning for once. A medium sized teen with spiky auburn hair and for once bright hazel eyes was humming to himself as he pulled on a pair of worn out red sneakers. He was wearing a fiery red sweater and jeans with holes in the knees, what appeared to be a silvery-gold sword hilt clipped to his side. There were other weapons in the room with him, though the ones surrounding the wall behind him were all swords...with a few knives and daggers. Satisfied with the fact his shoes were on good and tight, he jumped down from the top bunk that he was sitting on. The wide open door that lead out into the hallway allowed him to see a worried looking fellow teen with stiff looking blonde hair and icy blue eyes walking to the room briskly. A good sized dark brown bird was resting on his white clad shoulder as he hurried into the room.

The newcomer was wearing a white sweater identical to the first teen's, as well as a pair of slightly worn jeans, though his didn't have any holes in them. His brow was furrowed with worry as he walked over to the bunk that was underneath the other teen and grabbed a similar sword hilt thing off of the wall behind that bed. "I have a bad feeling about you going anywhere by yourself today." He murmured quietly to his brother, nervously glancing around the room.

The first teen rolled his eyes, a smirk crossing his features. "Come on Zane. We're ninja. It's never safe for us to go anywhere by ourselves." Dropping the indifferent act suddenly, he placed a warm hand on his companion's bird free shoulder. "Look. I'm just going for a quick run along the old path to the old monastery. If you want, you can join me. I'm bringing my elemental blade with me just in case but I doubt I'll need to use it. I mean...we're friends with the skullkins and serpentine...and Dareth has control of the Stone Warriors. Mr. Borg and Pixal have the nindroid army. Do I need to continue?"

A burst of laughter escaped the tall teen as he took a step back. "I get it Kai. Man...now that the Oni have been defeated we might not be needed anymore for our...special training."

Kai snorted as he walked out the door. "Is that your way of saying Ninja training? Come on Z! Get more original than that."

Zane rolled his eyes, before strolling out the door, following him. "I think I will join you today on your run. I really do I have a bad feeling about today..." Zane nervously flexed his fingers as he gently stroke his pet bird.

Kai muttered under his breath, rolling his eyes skyward. "Sure...what ever makes you happy."

~In...Let's Just Say Outer-space~

An elderly man wearing an elaborate robe was standing stock still as he stared out of the spaceship's large frontal window. His hands were calmly clasped behind his back as he waited for any word about his enemies. A silver sword hilt hung on his hip, ready for his use at any time. A robot carrying a single gun walked up to him. "Roger, roger, we need the coordinates, Roger, roger, before we leave for hyperspace. Roger, roger."

The man rolled his eyes, before turning briskly away from the window. "Head for uncharted space."

"But that is dangerous!" Apparently the robot actually had the audacity to question his orders.

The man scowled as he glared at the robot. "You're job is to obey me. The Force is telling me that there is a great weapon there that I can use in the war against the Jedi. And they won't even be expecting it." He turned to look out the window again.

The robot nodded hurriedly in agreement, uttering a few roger rogers to help him know that it heard his order and will follow through. The man watched as the robot left, before lifting his eyes to the ceiling. The stars that were outside turned into colorful streaks as they leapt into hyperspace, zooming across the known galaxy at the fastest speed of travel. And soon he would be entering uncharted space looking for an elusive prize that the Force whispered quietly to him. He was going to ignore how the Force almost felt smug about his decision to go after this prized weapon. After all, he was Count Dooku of the Separatists. He was determined to win the war...

~A Few Hours Later, still in Space~

Count Dooku frowned as he listened to the report that one of his many battle droids were giving him. The Jedi had turned around once they had realized that he was heading into uncharted space, most likely to get permission from the council to follow him there. Another droid, the same one from earlier, approached him, almost nervously. "Uh? Sir? We have arrived at an uncharted planet. According to the scanners there is life there. What is your plan?"

Count Dooku closed his eyes, prodding the Force for more information about this strange weapon that it was teasing him with. "Go enter the atmosphere. Once there await for further directions. Understood?"

"Roger, roger!" The droid walked off. Count Dooku made a note to have that particular droid checked out. Something had to be wrong with its programming.

~Back in Ninjago, On top of the Mountain of a Thousand Steps~

Zane stretched as he stopped at the top of the large mountain, trying his hardest not to stare at the burned wreckage surrounding him. Kai jogged a little further into the wreckage, his gaze roaming over it all. Zane suspected that Kai was mentally mapping the area, drawing up old memories from before the fire and second serpentine war to figure out what the different scorched rooms had been for and what the different rubble was before that. Zane felt his heart sink when Kai suddenly stopped by the one room that was the most intact from the fire. Neither boy said anything, just stood there silently, one lost in memories while the other silently stood guard. Zane's pet suddenly took flight, circling through the air lazily, a screech escaping him as he glared at some bird that was flying over towards them.

Zane lifted his arm up, his voice calm. "Falcon, please return to my arm. It is just a bird... Kai!" Zane dropped his arm as he looked over at the strange new bird, only to realize it wasn't a bird. It was a flying ship, and last he checked the only flying ship that was registered were the R.E.X. and Destiny's Bounty, which this was neither.

Kai noticed what it was that Zane was pointing out and quickly pulled out his elemental blade, igniting it. The fiery red blade glowing brightly as they waited for the ship to arrive. Zane pulled out his elemental blade, igniting it as well, the blinding white blade humming with energy in his cool hand. Kai glanced at him, a frown on his face. "You sure you want to fight using that? You don't specialize in swords."

"I know..." Zane took a defensive position, eyeing the quickly approaching ship. "But I really hate to know who would break the law and still come out here...to a favorite Ninja tourist spot."

Just then, lasers fired out of the ship, slamming into the ground surrounding them. Kai yelped as he stumbled backwards. "They're shooting at us?! Who in their right mind shoots at ninjas?! Do they have a death wish or is this their way of saying we want to go to war!?"

Zane shook his head, even as one of the blasts slammed into him. He winced due to the fact it stung, but moved his elemental blade to parry the firing shots. "Use your elemental blade to block the shots! They sting when they make their marks."

Kai grunted to show that he heard as he did a fancy flip to avoid three more shots, swinging his elemental blade with practice ease to deflect them. Suddenly there was a large barrage of the strange lasers than their was before, forcing the two to move back to back. A cry of surprise and pain tore from Kai as he fell to the ground, dropping his elemental blade, the blade itself retracting into the hilt. Zane put his blade away, dropping down to check on his brother. He didn't notice the smaller ships being deployed from the larger one until one of them knocked him out cold...