The group of four shivered as they continued to trek in the forest. Sleet and hail had become a downpour, and it drenched them all, making them wish they were safe and dry in their cave by the beach.

Jay wrapped his uninjured arm around his brother, careful not to brush Cole's scraped cheek, and not to reveal his infection to him. Cole rolled his eyes; his brother didn't even think that he could handle rain. Seriously?

Nya wrapped Jay's jacket around her tighter, feeling it's fabric in her hands, and she smiled. She didn't even know why.

"What are you thinking about?" asked Zane, who was next to her. Nya shrugged.

"I don't know." she replied, her smile slowly dissolving. "I guess I'm just...thinking about seeing my parents again, I guess."

Zane kissed her on the cheek, and she looked up at him, seeing his eyes twinkle. "Well, don't stop. I like it when you smile. You look beautiful when you do."

Nya immediately obliges and smiles again. "Thanks." she replies, and returns Zane's kiss on his cheek. And for the moment, Zane smirks at Jay, who had turned and looked behind at her. Jay narrows his eyes and turns back around.

Suddenly something in Zane halts him, and Nya stops with him. His blue eyes were wide, as if he was looking at something incredible, and Nya looked up at him.

"Zane? What's wrong?" she asked.
"I'm sensing something," Zane replied in a monotonous voice. "Something is following us."

"You're the Overlord's daughter?" asked Kai, his mouth agape and his mouth hanging open. Misako almost smiled, amused at Kai's reaction. "Overlord. The one who killed Wu? Tore down his hut? Stole Garmadon from him? Leader of the ruthless Turans? Your father?"

"Yes." Misako answered. "Now would you quiet down? The others will come for us. In case you haven't realized, Turans have naturally tuned hearing."

"I know," said Kai, though he was surprised he wasn't the only one.

Silence was suddenly loud, but to neither of them was it really awkward. But Misako spoke again, anyway."I know that you are curious about where you come from." she said. "Let me show you something."

She stood up, and curiously Kai followed her. Misako led him to the back of the cave, where the light from the fire didn't even reach, and the opening to the cave was no longer visible.

"Look," she said, pointing to the roof of the caves. Kai looked up, and his night vision served him well that he didn't need any light to see it.

They were pictures, obviously drawn with dirt, smeared everywhere but still understandable. It showed a man and a woman standing side by side, the male figure holding a spear. And then Kai was taken aback that the woman figure had small dots of black on the shape representing her face.

Kai looked at Misako next to him, seeing her give him and unreadable look. "Yes, that is me." she said. "I drew this."

"What was he like?" Kai asked, gesturing to the man with the spear."He was very handsome." she replied. "And...he was a human."
Kai looked up at her in shock. "How long ago was this?" he asked.

"One Night ago." Misako said. "I was very young. He was a Day-dweller. Our marriage was forbidden, and my father the Overlord couldn't find out, or else he would kill my husband. So...I helped him escape. He arrived at the Dark Island safely, and my father didn't even know he existed."

Kai was silent for a while before he spoke. "I'm sorry." he said. Then, "What does it have to do with me?"

When she didn't answer, Kai looked up, and saw Misako looking at him with an illegible look. "What?" Kai asked.

"Nothing." replied Misako, sighing. Kai looked at her quizzically. He knew that the story meant more than she was letting on. But he dropped it. Perhaps she was going to tell him more soon.

"Why did you not leave with the other people of Day?" she asked. Her voice wasn't harsh nor demanding, just curious and a little flat. Kai sighed, hesitating to tell the story.

"My best friend Jay went missing right before the boats arrived, so my sis-" Kai caught himself. "Nya and I went looking for him in the woods. When we came back, the boats were gone, and the entire town went with them. And then my other friends Zane and Cole arrived later."

Kai looked up at Misako. "But I guess you already knew that, didn't you?"

Misako had been responsible for the Rushes in his head that told him everything, he realized. And the woman that appeared in his nightmares, with the flowing gray dress. It was always her, watching him in the shadows, even when he was awake.

"Yes." she replied. Kai looked expectantly at her, and so she spoke again.
"Kai," Misako said. "How was your town founded?"
"Mayor Dareth's ancestors first bought this land a couple hundred years ago, and Ninjago was created from

scratch." Kai answered simply. "Why?"

"I wanted to see what lies your teacher and your so-called Mayor told you. That's not what happened."

"Then what did?" demanded Kai, curious to find out exactly what lies have been told to him.

"I ask because it's always been the agreement to leave during Night for us Turans and we go into hiding during Day. It's always been that way." Misako got up and stalked up to Kai.

Suddenly she looked angry.

"You broke the agreement. You and your friends, the moment you decided you wanted to stay. Isn't that right?"

"We didn't know about the agreement, okay? We got left behind by accident. We're trying to leave now." Kai told her tightly. "We meant to leave you know."

"But. You. Didn't." Misako seethed. Kai became silent. "You know what happens to people who don't leave? We kill them. We kill them because that was the deal."

"Your mayor's 'ancestor' was the person who made the deal with Garmadon. That was how the arrangement came." Misako turned to Kai. "I bet they didn't tell you that, did they?"

Kai didn't speak. He only looked at the female Turan with a stoic face.

"The Dark Island used to be our nest. Did you know that?" asked Misako, and although Kai knew that she was serious, she sounded like she was mocking him. "I'll bet you didn't. Because everyone lies to you. Everyone. Even that girl you call your sister, Nya, is probably lying to you. Your parents lied to you. Your mayor lied to you. All of your friends are lying to you. But you don't see it, do you? You only see with vision. But because you are so dumb and unobservant, you don't see things right in front of your faces."

"That's not true." defended Kai.

"Of course it is." Misako answered. "You didn't know a lot, you know. And another thing-"

Misako, Kai knew, was about to say something else when a high-pitched scream filled their ears. It was loud, but it sounded far away. Misako and Kai faced each other, then broke out into a run, sprinting into the woods.

There was only one group in the woods that could be in trouble.