Jay woke up early the next morning and gazed at the alarm clock. It read 3:35 am. Jay groaned as he remembered the nightmare he just had.

…

Flames licked the sides of the Monastery and Jay struggled to escape. Smoke filled his lungs and he barely missed his opponents scaly tail. He threw an unburned lamp at it and his attacker staggered backwards.

Jay quickly glanced for a way out. Spying an unharmed window, Jay charged into it, landing in the training area. He heard a hiss of annoyance and Jay quickly ran for the exit, pushing himself out the large door before the flames reached. Standing outside was a lost boy in a green gi.

Gazing down the steps, Jay saw snake people fleeing down the steps and he saw the lonely look on the green bean's face. Suddenly, a light flashed in front of Jay and the boy's gi was replaced by a spray-painted hoodie.

…

Jay shook himself as he put on some clothes and exited his room. He was still curious about Wu's revelation yesterday and thought it was better to keep that a secret for Wu's sake.

Jay glanced up at the night sky. Everything was dark and silent and a breeze swept through his hair. Jay eventually decided that it was too silent and he approached the ninja's room to see if Kai was available. When he looked in, none of the ninja were there. He picked up a note on Cole's nightstand.

Dear Sensei,

Please excuse our absence this morning. Zane found a bird that actually led us to a serpentine tree base in the Forest of Tranquility. Dozens of Hypnobrai were building it and we thought that it could use a raid.

Your Students, the Ninja

Jay sighed. Once again, Kai's on a mission! Jay shrugged to himself. Might as well tell Wu. Jay grabbed the note and once again traveled through the halls. As Jay passed a clock, it read 4:25. It had been about an hour since he woke up from that freak-show nightmare. He knocked on the door to Wu's room.

He heard movement in the room Jay tapped his foot on the ground as he waited. Wu opened up the door, tired surprise evident on his face. "The Ninja left this note when I came in a about 4:00 in the morning," Jay told Wu. Jay handed Wu the note and he sighed in return. "I have a bad feeling about this."

Jay raised a brow. "They're just fighting snake people, right?" They are aware that they can hypnotize… How did I know that!?

Wu halfheartedly nodded. "True," he proposed. "But if the snakes hypnotize one of the ninja, we could be in trouble." He walked back into his room and grabbed a flute. "That is why I kept this handy form the Serpentine Wars. I knew that they would escape sometime."

Jay nodded silently, still trying to figure out what his thrashing memories were trying to tell him from behind his amnesic foggy prison. "I suppose it's a rare treasure." And probably the last of its kind…

Wu nodded. "This is the last intact flute of its kind." Wu stroked the flute gently. "The others were destroyed."

Jay's eyes widened. How did I know!? I really must have time-traveled! Jay quickly regained his composure and nodded. "I suppose I'll just head back to sleep now," he replied. "I don't want to get in your way."

Wu shook his head. "N-no," he explained with a chuckle. "It's fine. I should be getting back to those repairs on your gi. We really need to get things under control, you know. I don't want them to end their hauntings early."

Jay shrugged. "The Twins sound dangerous and I wish I could remember what happened." Garmadon was probably suspicious because I used the powers I can't remember…

Wu nodded. "You can go back to sleep if you want," he told Jay. "I work on your gi for a bit, then I will look into the spirit smoke to see if I can find any answers."

Jay nodded and walked back up the hall. He pulled the blankets over his head and hoped to get a bit more sleep.

…

Jay woke up gasping. He realized with a jolt of fear that everything was so smoky! A quick glance at the clock told him that it was 10:00 am. Another glance at the nightstand showed him a note.

Dear Blue,

Sensei and I had to save the boys when the spirit smoke showed Cole fighting the ninja. We took Flame and went out right away. You're on guard at the Monastery, but we're hoping for a quick return.

Nya

Jay left the note and fearfully gazed around when he heard a rattle. It's just like my dream, Jay realized with fear. He grabbed the lamp and held it close.

Sure enough, he was barely able to avoid a scaly tail. "Take this, Skales!" Jay threw the lamp as the snake gasped. "How do you know my- gah!" The serpentine staggered back and Jay crashed out of an unburned window.

He quickly ran to the door and used his draining strength to push it open. He near tumbled onto his chest and breathing heavily, gazed down at the fleeing snakes. With their staff, Jay thought grimly.

The snake that Jay called Skales for no apparent reason lagged slightly behind and one of his eyes were closed with cuts. Some of the snakes were trying to drag a boy away, but Skales called out, "Ditch the Boy!"

A young boy in a spray painted hoodie sighed in relief for a moment before gazing up at the sky, fearfully. The ninja had returned with Flame and landed. The boy was ignored as the ninja, in a panicked state ran over to the stalls housing the other dragons. Opening a latch, the dragons were free and Zane's ice dragon, Shard, put out the fire.

Then, the young boy was noticed. "Lloyd," Kai growled. "Why? Why did you have to destroy our home!?" The boy, now known as Lloyd, flinched. Zane watched from the edge of the group, his eyes full of guilt. Kai and Cole then turned on Zane. "If you didn't send us over to fight those snakes," Kai snarled. "Then we wouldn't have to watch our home being burned down!" Cole nodded, his arms crossed. "Where are we supposed to stay!?"

Past Jay nodded. "If you haven't noticed," Past Jay yelped. "We are in the middle of nowhere with a desert nearby!" Past Jay sadly glanced at the burned down gaming room. "And we lost our games! All our high scores are gone!"

Kai and Cole scowled at Zane and Lloyd in agreement. "We've basically lost everything!"

Jay coughed, gaining the ninja's attention. "We haven't lost everything," Jay claimed. "Greenie's still here!" That's why I called him Green-Bean, Jay realized. This kid must be the Green Ninja! Before he was able to tell anyone, everything went black.

…

Jay opened his eyes to find himself in an uncomfortable bed. "W-What happened?" Jay rasped, his throat dry.

Lloyd was right next to him. "Apparently," he replied with an honest tone. "You found out that I was the Green Ninja and now I have an actual place to stay!" Lloyd's green eyes glittered happily.

Jay smiled softly. "How l-long was I-I out?"

Lloyd shrugged. "You were gone all night and the ninja are out visiting Jay's parents." He suddenly giggled. "You should have seen his face when the dragons decided to leave us!"

Jay chuckled softly. "Let's just hope I don't have to see anymore housefires anytime soon." I mean seriously; I almost died!

Lloyd smiled excitedly. "Not in this place," Lloyd explained. "It would be a shipfire in here! The Bounty is amazing!"

Jay pushed his hair back. "What did I miss?" A lot must have happened while I was out!

Lloyd shrugged. "After you called me 'Greenie', Wu told the ninja to put the Golden Weapons in front of me. Sure enough, they glowed green!" Lloyd smiled with glee. "Then, Zane came back to show us this ship! The ninja have already cleaned it up and Jay's even working on a defense mechanism! I wonder what it is!"

Jay raised a brow. "Yeah," he agreed. "What could it be?" A flying ship? Yeah, Jay thought. That's going to be my guess.