The ferry reaches Chen's Island, where the contestants of the Tournament of Elements rush out of the vehicle.
They follow the directions of Clouse and his master's henchman, to the main fortress of the island where Chen explains the rules of the contest.
Clouse later proclaims that Garmadon is excluded from the fortress due to him not being a contestant; Garmadon simply agrees, though states he would be keeping a sharp eye around.
The Ninja soon enter their rooms finding an interest that catches their eye; Kai has a balcony next to Skylor's, and tries to impress her, though fails at his attempt to win her over.
Jay has highly advanced technology, Cole has delicious treats from Chen's Noodle House.
And Lloyd has a new gi, their was a knock on his door and he went over. He opened to door to see Clouse.
"The other master of light and darkness will be sharing the room with you" he said and walked away
"Wait I gotta share a room with Aria?" Lloyd mummbled to himself
"No way" a voice said next to him making him jump
He looked over to see Aria "you scared me, don't just start talking out of nowhere"
"You should've noticed me" Aria said walking into the room, her bird flying inside and sitting at the window
She petted her bird's head and sat on the bed. Lloyd was kinda blushing thinking about it. Him and her having to sleep in the same room.
"Sweety stop blushing" Aria said tapping her phone
"I-I'm not" Lloyd said looking away
"Yes you are" she said crossing her legs
"Just go get changed Aria" Lloyd said handing her a box
"They finished it" she said looking at it
"Yeah Sensei gave it to me and said it was done" Lloyd said
Her bird squaked in disapproval. "Oh be quiet" Aria said tapping it's nose and going into the bathroom to change.
"It doesn't really look like a uniform" she said coming out
"It's custom made for you" Lloyd said turning to look at her, him obviously blushing, she's wearing a green and purple dress that goes to her thighs with black sleeves and black leggings, with long black small healed boots.
"Purple and green?" Lloyd questioned
"Purple is the color of darkness and then I'm also part green ninja so sensei made my uniform both colors" Aria explained spinning infront of her bird getting it's approval.
A few moments later, Chen declares the first round begins, making the eager contestants run off to find a Jadeblade while Aria stays in the room.
Lloyd runs to a Jadeblade close to his room, but other attendants of the tournament also compete for it. While getting close, Lloyd is rushed by Ash, narrowly outsmarting and defeating him.
Clouse sees Lloyd, and then uses Dark Magic to prevent Lloyd from winning. However, Garmadon sees this and attacks him, therefore interrupting his spell.
Jay, on the other hand, is taking a bath, when Bolobo enters his room, trying to find a Jadeblade. The Blue Ninja puts on a towel and knocks him to the floor, only to find a Jadeblade in a light.
Bolobo takes it, Jay turned on Starfarer which amuses the Master of Nature, allowing Jay to whack him with his towel, while commenting on his room.
Cole, on a full stomach, is searching for a Jadeblade and comes close to obtaining one, only to lose it to Griffin Turner, who grabs it from him. Later, while more contestants goes after the same Jadeblade as the Earth Ninja, they eventually bury him, but he soon overthrows them.
Invizable quickly get on his feet (as one of the people who tackled Cole for the same Jadeblade) and snatches the object.
Cole makes a mini earthquake which covers Invizable in dust, giving Cole the chance to knock him out. He grabs the blade and raises it in triumph, but Gravis takes it.
Ironically, another blade was on the floor hidden in the shadows, allowing Cole to take it unaware.
Kai and Skylor spot a blade on their rooftop, only for Skylor to manipulate the Master of Fire into receiving the Jadeblade for her.
Frustrated at his efforts, Kai soon sees Karlof jogging over the last blade; the Fire master takes this as an opportunity to still remain in the tournament.
The results are revealed as Karlof walks over to Chen waving the Jadeblade in triumph. Unbeknownst to him, Kai sneaks up to snatch the object and flies parallel to Karlof, where he turns in his stolen blade.
Master Chen declares Karlof as the loser of the round, before triggering a trap door on Karlof, where he falls to the unknown.
"Where's Aria?" Cole asked
"I don't know" Lloyd said
"What if she didn't make it" Jay asked worried
"Princess Aria get down here" Chen said and Aria jumped down from somewhere with her bird flying down next to her
"Here" Aria said handing a Jadeblade to Chen
"Ah thank you" Chen said smiling
"Of course" she said allowing her bird to land on her arm
She went and stood next to the ninjas, and kissed Lloyd on the cheek.
"You all doubted me didn't you" she said
"No"
"Of course not"
"Never"
"Not for a seconde babe" The guys looked at Lloyd.
"What?" He questioned
"Did you just call her babe?" Cole asked
"...Yeah" Lloyd answered hesitantly
The ninjas shook their heads and started arguing with him as Aria looked at her bird. Her bird was enjoying this, the bird's eyes were glowing slightly.
"Papa stop" Aria whispered and the bird's eyes stopped glowing
"Aria is my girlfriend so it shouldn't matter!" Lloyd shouted and grabbed Aria's hand "let's go"
Aria nodded and let Lloyd pull her out and back to their room. Her bird flying behind them.
The Ninja soon question how they should find Zane at dinner, and Kai arranges a meeting in his room. Invizable soon approaches them, asking to sit with them, but is rudely blown off by Jay.
Cole is surprised by this and points this out, as Jay says the pressure from what happens to the losers is messing with him, and agrees to the meeting.
Later that night, everyone arrives, but as Jay comes by, Skylor comes out of her room, forcing Kai to push the Master of Lightning off his balcony.
After she returns into her quarters, Kai helps Jay up and into the Master of Fire's room, describing the difficulty of sneaking out, when Aria points out a hidden room under the Master of Fire's bed.
"How'd you know that was there?" Kai asked
"Don't question me" She said
The Ninja enter the tunnels where they find two holes peeping into Skylor's room, which Jay looks at first.
Seeing and telling that it was for Skylor's room, Kai quickly went up and fought Jay for the holes, which Cole points out as his crush for Skylor, which Kai excused as him just wanting to know what element she possessed.
While watching Skylor train for a few moments, Jay and Kai see Skylor pull out a flame on her hand, which would mean that she is also a holder of fire, like Kai.
After telling the others, Lloyd points out that, if the current elemental holders are related to the original ancestors, it would've also meant that Skylor and Kai was related.
However, he was cut halfway off, realizing that it was possible incest between the two fire masters. Cole, realizing this, immaturely made fun of him, until Kai ordered for them to get a move on.
The Ninja travel the tunnel with Cole unknowingly leaving a trail for them to return after dropping his food.
After travelling further into the tunnel and disguising themselves as Cultists, well except for Aria, they see the whereabouts of the Anacondrai Cultists.
Subduing a squad of guards, the Ninja disguise themselves and infiltrate Chen's ceremony unfold as they bring in a captive Karlof. Except for Aria who just went in how she was.
Aria stood next to Chen "hello my dear"
"Hi grandpa" she said softly
Chen grabbed his staff and said "Only one can remain" before he steals Karlof's element with the Staff of Elements.
Startled by this display, the Ninja realize that Chen's plan is to steal the contestant's power, as Cole noted that Chen used Ice, which meant he already stole Zane's power.
Chen then has the powerless Karlof imprisoned in a factory as Karlof screams before being taken into the darkness.
As the Ninja talk amongst themselves about what they've witnessed, their chocolate tattoo melts and the cultists realize that they are "impostors," Chen signals his warriors to kidnap the intruders forcing them to flee.
The Ninja lose the cultists, but are trailed by a large Anacondrai Serpent. They barely make it out, and promise to stay within the rules until Zane is found.
"What's with Aria why can't she just choose a side!" Cole shouted
"Because Aria has evil running through her and even if she wanted to be good, she has ties with so many evil vilians she can't escape" Jay said
"Jay did you hit your head?" Kai asked
"No, I've known Aria for a long time, i don't know if she remembers, but I've known her since she was 6" Jay said
"How?" Lloyd asked
"Sit down, I'll tell you" he said and everyone sat down
~flashback/story~
"Hurry up Aladin your so slow!" A 6 year old girl called from on top of a hill with an alive 16 year old Morrow (the ninja's obviously doesn't know who that is yet but they will, soon)
"I'm here I'm here" said a 13 year old Jay who ran up to meet them
"Won't sensei Wu get mad?" Morrow asked
"Not if he doesn't catch up, besides it's good for a kid to get out once in awhile, especially a 6 year old" Jay said taking the little girl's hand.
"It's fine Morrow nothing's going to happen" she said happily
Morrow smiled and ruffled her hair
The little girl has shoulder length blonde hair and green eyes, and she's wearing a knee length black and green galaxy dress with black boots
"Let's go" Jay said and they started on a walk and ended up in a forest near the monestary
The little girl kept jumping at anything.
Morrow took one of her hands and Jay took the other
"Alright i think it's time we go back" Morrow said and Jay nodded
"Y-yeah" she said
They heard some growling and Jay picked up the girl while Morrow looked where it came from
A group of werewolves came out
"Well lookie here, its the princess" one said
Morrow looked at Jay "I'll hold them off get her out of here"
"We can't leave you" Jay said
"She's the princess of the underworld if these guys are looking for her that means they're part of the resistance that are trying to kill her, we need to get her away" Morrow said urgently
"Got it" Jay said
"Morrow" the girl said sadly
He smiled and patted her head "I'll be fine"
She nodded and Jay ran off carrying her
After awhile Morrow caught up with them "I think i lost them"
Their was a crash and they were knocked to their feet. Jay looked around for Aria and when he heard crying he knew exactly where she was.
"Let me go" she cryed trying to get the werewolf to let her go
"You messed with the wrong people" Morrow said standing up Jay getting up as well
A bunch of werewolfs attacked them at once, Jay and Morrow fought off as many as they could, but they were failing fast.
Jay had a giant gash on his arm and Morrow had a deep cut on his stomach. Morrow fell unable to stand anymore, Jay going down right after.
"Jay Morrow!" The girl shouted
"Have your dinner guys, you deserved it" somebody said coming up, he took the girl from the werewolf
"No give her back Kaname!" Morrow shouted
"Thanks for taking care of the princess but I'll be taking her now" Kaname the vampire said
"Jay, Morrow" she said crying
"Go ahead boys, have some dinner" Kaname said to the werewolfs and they started advancing towards Jay and Morrow
The girl's eyes starting flashing red "no... no ...no ...NO!"
Her eyes stayed deep red and the entire place was cast in a red shadow
"Shit" Kaname said as the girl summoned a sword and he let her go to run away, but he was too late.
She stabbed the sword right through his chest and and took it out as quickly and painfully as possible
Jay and Morrow watched as she slaughtered each and every single werewolf near them. As soon as it was over her sword disappeared and her eyes went back to normal.
She fell to her knees and looked around
"D-Did i do this?" She asked
"It's ok" Jay said getting up and going over to her
"Stop!" She shouted, Morrow got up and he and Jay looked at the shaking girl
"Don't come near me, I'm a monster, i dont want to hurt you two. You guys are like my brothers, if i hurt you then... then i wouldn't be able to live anymore!" She cried
"So what" Morrow said, she looked at him
Jay and Morrow kneeled down in front of her, Jay held her hand "Your like our little sister, no matter what we'll always be there for you"
"That's right" Morrow agreed
"I love you guys, I always will" the girl said crying
"We love you too little sister" Morrow said wipeing her tears
Jay smiled and said "So please, stop crying Aria"
~end~
"Wow Jay, we never knew that" Cole said
"Aria was very special to me, but i don't think she remembers" Jay said sadly
Back in the hidden room, Clouse holds up a piece of cloth from Jay's gi caught in the mouth of his serpent, revealing the fact he knows the Ninja spied in the plans of Chen.