Lloyd could barely hold back his tears as he stuffed his meager belongings into the small duffel bag. The only good thing he had was this map of 'Serpentine Toumbs', which he had stolen from one of his teachers a few days back. He vaguely recalled his father telling him about the serpentine - a whole bunch of evil snake-people who were divided into five different factions. If nothing else he would at least be able to gather himself a modest army until the time came to rule Ninjago by his father's side.

"What 'cha doin', Lloyd?" Brad wandered over, gently punching the younger boy in the shoulder. "You're not going on an epic journey of evil self-discovery without me, are you?"

"NO! I… I just… " The words died as they left his lips, and his eyes began watering again.

"... Oh." Brad's spirits plummeted as he recalled their headmaster's old threat if Lloyd failed to improve in his pursuits of evil. "You… got kicked out?"

"Yeah…."

"Well, sweet! That's awesome!"

"What? How is that awesome?!"

"Two things: first it means you were too difficult for them to handle, which means you got evil in the bag. And second, we can finally go on that evil journey together that we've been planning basically since you got here!" His light black hair waved wildly as the boy leapt to his own bunk to begin packing.

"So… you're just gonna… run away? Just like that?"

"Yup, been looking for an excuse to try my talents in the real world. I think, once I become a big enough villain, I'll have people call me 'Lord Bad Tothebone'."

"Bad Tudabone? Really?"

"Of course! And it will be Tothebone!"

That got the two of them laughing and chatting as they finished packing their belongings. Lloyd still felt disappointed about getting kicked out for not being bad enough, but at least he was going to have a friend.

*Evil Journeying*

"It is I, Lloyd Garmadon!"

"And his partner, Brad Tudabone!"

"We demand all the candy in town,"

"Or else!"