Well, I guess I'm back again. I have tests coming up soon, but this is all pre-written (However, not complete). I'm hoping that people actually enjoy this story, compared to my old ones. Which absolutely sucked, since Demetra was an obvious Mary Sue from the beginning of middle school (For those not in America, I was younger than a teenager). Along with that, the grammar and punctuation with paragraph spacing was horrible. Also, thank you Seeker3, your review helped me think that this story was worth continuing to post.

Enjoy, I suppose. Time doesn't really start to distort too much until season 2, but Starlord certainly causes mayhem between the Ninja beforehand.


Hitchhiking is kind of my thing now, but it's the only way to get around Ninjago for me. It is actually much easier here in Ninjago than home for sure. This time I had caught a ride with a very hippie-like man. However, contrary to my home culture's view on hippies, this man was actually quite kind and rather did not believe or even understand drugs or other things they were associated with. He just wanted some people to get along and come together as one. Like popular kids and the nerds, they usually don't mix very well in Ninjago. Though this man wished to do just that. He honestly did creep me out sometimes, but I could not judge very much because I had done much worse.

"You seem like you would enjoy a happy-ending story. At least one that ended in peace." I guessed about the man while he nodded.

"Yeah man, I always enjoy peace. Oh hey, we're almost there! Can't wait to meet with some new friends man!" The man replied happily.

"Well, may I tell a story to you and your friends? It is the best I can do since you helped drive me here." I asked, using my story as payment. It's become a new trend for me. I think the stories would probably work as currency for everyone I meet. After all, being so young and cute made me the subject of free rides.

"Sure man!" He answered with enthusiasm. We reached Ninjago City, and found his friends. Two girls and another man. I met them, forgetting their names quickly. I was never good with names.

"Sadly, I can't stay too long. I am looking for where Lou from the Royal Blacksmiths lives so I will tell my story then leave. Sorry if I seem to leave the party early because of this. Perhaps we may meet again." I lied at the end, I had no plans on seeing them again.

"Well we can help with that, I'll tell you where to find Lou after your story." A woman offered. I smiled under my hood, nodding.

"Then let me begin my tale. It is the tale of Beauty and The Beast… A classic from my home." As I told the story of the Disney movie, I watched each one look sad when people had prejudice against the beast. Then throughout the story they gasped and put in their opinions of peace and kindness, and I always listened. As I reached the end of the tale, they were happy with the ending.

"A tale like that really does deserve to get something in return!" The man who had not driven me exclaimed.

"Here's where he lives, I think you can find it. After all, most people know where he lives, but don't bother him." A woman said as she winked, giving me the idea that people didn't know where he lived and I was lucky or something. According to the address, it would be downtown and somewhat close to the suburbs.

"Thank you ma'am. I needed this!" I replied happily, keeping up an act of a happy child. She needn't know of my true plan. The lady was happy to send me off and gave me some food for my travels. Free food, today was a good day.

Beginning my walking again, I found that it was getting easier to walk long distances. This was good, and would probably help me in the future. My shoes were doing alright, and they were not falling apart. I watched as people walked beside and against me as I stepped on the square pieces of grey concrete below me.

"There's mail for you!" A mailman on a bike called for me, in which he was old and had a straw hat like Sensei Wu. Taking the letter he worked hard to get to me, I gave him a nice ten dollars.

"Wow, er, thank you! You're really nice!" He said happily.

"Your job is hard and I know you go to great lengths to get your job done. Finding me was one of them. I'm sure you won't reveal your secrets anytime soon, will you?" I replied, smiling underneath my hood while bowing slightly to the old worker. He merely winked, and left off on his simple bike. Finding an alley, I looked at the letter's address. It said my appearance, and nothing more. Not even 'Starlord.' That was probably for the better. Opening the envelope, I read what was written.

Dear 'Starlord,'

I am glad you are doing well! I was worried after a while, and you know 'snail mail' got it's name for a reason. Nonetheless, I am ecstatic you are alright. I saw you were at Mega Monster Amusement Park where the Samurai and Ninja were. Is that the group you were observing? If they are, then at least I know you are in good hands should you get found.

Jamanakai is recovering well, though we all miss you. Even if you acted much older than you were. I have gotten a new worker, his name is Rahu. He is doing well, and I have told him a little about you, but not your appearance from what you have told me. Rahu is very different from you. He is open and doesn't take criticism well. Yet he has a kind heart like you. Perhaps you had to leave, but you did spend every moment trying to make everyone happy in their own way. Even Lloyd Garmadon, as I saw you gave him a piece of candy and took him down from the sign.

Yet after all this time, I still worry for you. Do let me know if there is anything I can do to help. I am more than happy to supply something! Also, I have seen you becoming a growing item in the news. People are wondering how you show up at a scene before the Ninja do. In fact, people are looking to find and show your identity. There is no bounty on you or anything of the like, just growing popularity. Keep low 'Starlord,' and know that I eagerly await your reply.

-Vastu

I looked up from my letter. I was becoming more popular? Interesting, then I really would have to keep low. The Ninja don't exactly deal with the press, but who's to say they won't chase after me too? This was another factor I had not accounted for. A cloak would just look more suspicious, and would only work once. Besides, I had to ration myself. I was already losing money. I had only about two thousand and three hundred dollars left. Putting the note in my pack, I headed out for the address once more, taking note on how people reacted around me. I surely didn't need the defense pen if someone came up to me. One kid without a parent approached me.

"Are you the mystery kid from Mega Monster?" He asked me at eye level.

"Yeah. What do you need?" I asked carefully.

"Can I have your auto-" The kid was cut off by his mother dragging him away, and explained 'stranger-danger.' Popularity was not something I wanted, so I rushed to get to Lou's house. Finding it in a small clearing, which I don't know why existed, I walked beside his house. I set up a small tent in the shadows, and put everything into place. Sleeping bag unrolled and one or two food rations set out. I chose to wait once more, and saw the blade cup was a week from now. So Cole would arrive in five to six days. That was just enough since I had food rations for eight days. Back to waiting, the one thing I have found myself to be good at.


Finally those four were here after a week! Patiently waiting was good, but I got annoyed after day three. I had planned out my next few days in their absence. I was to find a public pool to at least clean myself. It's been far too long, and I don't know why I have disregarded hygiene like this. Yes, I brushed my teeth etcetera, but a shower was practically impossible. From experience however, public pools had showers and hair products, so I could take advantage of that. However, as the Ninja started to talk, I packed up all of my items.

"Alright, hand 'em over." Cole lightly asked his team to put their weapons in a case.

"Ah ah, but no mortal shall possess all four!" Jay joked in a sing song voice.

"Very funny." Cole deadpanned.

"You want to remind me again why we can't keep our weapons?" Kai asked with annoyance.

"I told you, my dad can't find out I'm a ninja, and I don't feel like making up excuses why I'm carrying a giant scythe around with me. Just remember the plan. We find out who has the fang blade trophy, we snatch it, and then we get the heck out of town." Cole re-explained. As he reached Lou's door, he knocked.

"Just a moment!" Lou yelled through his house. When he opened the door, Cole greeted him.

"Hey, dad! How long has it been?" Cole put on a cheerful facade.

"What, you too good for the doorbell?" Lou snapped, and slammed the door shut in his son's face. Cole stood shocked at his father's door. Only making a squeak of confusion.

"Use the bell son." Lou spoke from inside his house once more. Cole moved his hand to press the doorbell, and then pressed it.

"Welcome." Lou's doorbell sang.

"Hehe, come on in son, it's been forever! What did you bring, a quartet? Come in, come in! I've got a kettle of lemon honey tea on the stove right now!" Cole's father exclaimed as he let the ninja inside. Walking to their small window, I sat underneath and listened to their conversation. It was hard to hear them at first, as Lou had his music on. Then I heard the music suddenly stop, and Lou was the first to speak.

"Martha Oppenheimer?" He questioned. Zane saved Jay's slip up, and Cole asked his father about how to get the blade cup. Lou started to monologue about the cup and I drained out his explanation. I've heard it before.

"Harmony." The ninja did their best to sing. Even I did better with my old friends, and I was never in choir! Sighing at the horrible sound, I waited another second before it ended. Then Cole was about to argue with his father as Kai came in and convinced Lou to train them. All was going to plan then.

After a while, Lou began to train the ninja in the art of dance. I listened as they worked to get their small dance routine right. Lou started to criticize the Ninja's work, then called for a break. While the Ninja were starting to chat among themselves, I moved to another side of the building. The Ninja would leave and practice at any moment. They walked out Lou's door, and I watched the four do their best to get all the moves right. Then I saw Skales and Pythor appear from a nearby sewer drain to my left. I merely looked at them for a moment, then went back to listening. Though my attention was now drawn towards the two snake generals.

"It appears we are not the only ones interested in this competition." Pythor noted before he went into his little dialogue to explain to the audience what he was going to do, subtly of course.

"I sense another presence here." Zane noted after the snake's disappearance. I suspected that Zane meant me. In hopes to get away without being too suspicious, I walked behind Lou's house, and out of the clearing as best I could without being seen. It was a close call, as I turned a corner, I heard Kai exclaim there was nothing there. I was very lucky there was grass, not just concrete, otherwise the four would have heard me on my way down.

Moving my way throughout the city, I found a public pool. Finally I would be able to take care of some of my own personal hygiene. Doing what needed to be done, I finished my shower in the enclosed area for girls. My hair had dried thanks to the hair dryers, and I left looking much cleaner. In which all this cleaning gave me an even better idea, to go to a laundromat and clean my clothes. A laundromat was not too far away, only about three blocks. Getting enough change for what little clothes I needed to clean, I started the process.

The washer filled with water and soap, and soon started to tumble. It would take about fifteen minutes to finish it. Sitting down in a nearby chair, I napped until I heard the machine ding.

Moving my clothes to the dryers, I put in more money and watched the dryers completely dry my clothes in ten minutes. This place would certainly stick around on my mental map of Ninjago City. Packing up my clothes, I walked back outside and found that my face was put up on a poster, looking to find my identity. It was a classic tear-the-numbers. Growling, I took the whole poster down, ripped it all up and put it in a trash bin. I did not need posters of myself anywhere.

There was one place I needed to get to tonight, and it was the talent show. Stepping swiftly once more, I headed out for the y-shaped building that housed the talent show. As I walked past many people, they gave me curious looks, even some following me for a while then leaving. This was not good, and laying low was practically impossible in a city unless I did a whole makeover with my outfit.

Finally finding the building, I went inside to buy tickets. Once I paid a small price for the ticket, which I was surprised by, I walked into the auditorium. They didn't say much about the seating, so I went up front, and sat next to a serpentine, as no one decided to sit with them.

"Aren't you the Starlord?" The hypnobrai wearing a fake beard next to me asked.

"Yes, I have returned to observe once more." I answered his question. The snake inched away from me in fear.

"Please don't hurt me…" He pleaded quietly.

"I have no reason to do so. I warn before I defend myself. You merely exist, so I have nothing against you." I replied, watching the show begin to start. Though as the acts went by, I found myself focusing on the other snakes next to the one closest to me. They all looked scared to see me, even Skales kept his small distance. Then my ears figuratively began to bleed.

"My poison lies over the ocean, my poison lies over the sea, my poison lies over the ocean, please bring back my poison to me!" The four snakes sang on stage horribly. Everything was off tune, and even cringey people cringed. The serpents next to me cheered, and I heard Nuckal and Kruncha cheer from the distance. I sighed, and waited for 'Spin Harmony' to show up.

Then the Ninja made their entrance, dancing to the beat of 'The Weekend Whip' by The Fold. I took this as my cue to sneak backstage while everyone else was cheering and distracted. Weaving throughout sandbag ropes and set items, I made it to where Cole would get his true potential. I stood in the corner, leaning against it. I listened and heard the Ninja finish off their act with a triple-tiger-sashay. I smiled underneath my hood. Everything was going well, but when would that end? I knew very well that my mere existence and appearances was causing a shift. It wasn't a matter of if, it was a matter of when something would change.

That's when the Ninja came in, laughing about their dance skills. Cole stepped in sadly, holding the blade cup.

"We did it!" Jay cheered.

"No, Cole did it. Because of you Ninjago will sleep safely tonight." Kai corrected Jay.

"Thanks, but go on and celebrate without me. Winning this, just doesn't feel the same without my dad being able to-" Cole was cut off.

"Cole!" Lou called out to his son.

"Dad?" Cole's attitude brightened as he turned to see his dad not too far away.

"I saw it all son, I saw it all." Lou smiled as Cole ran to hug his father, and Lou did his best with his cane.

"You, saw me dance?" Cole asked with a much happier tone.

"More importantly, I saw you fight. Those serpentine were up to no good, trying to steal the show and I saw you stand up for what is right! I was wrong, I shouldn't have pushed you so hard to follow in my footsteps. Everyone is born with a special talent inside that's just waiting to get out. And you were born to be a ninja." Lou finished proudly, smiling towards his son.

"You're not mad?" Cole asked, now happy with his father.

"How can I be? My son is a hero!" Lou shouted.

"Oh, sorry to interrupt your little family reunion, but did you know," Pythor started, now tearing off his fake beard, "It's me, Pythor!"

"How exactly did you think you could fool anyone with only one piece to disguise yourself. You don't even remotely look humanoid when you are purple, have a long neck and red eyes! If anything, I'd say you were lazy in your attempts to disguise yourselves! You too Ninja, try wearing a different color scheme next time you hide, along with a new removable hair-do." I called out, startling the Ninja and Pythor alike.

"Starlord. Three times I've seen you lately. I'd say this is a new change." Pythor commented, while ignoring my comment. The Ninja gawked at me for a moment, while Jay hid behind Zane.

"The fang blades were just closer this time, along with these guys. I do have to take time to travel and adjust to new areas." I replied, watching as Jay started to tremble again. However, they refocused their attention to Pythor.

"Well, I didn't want you to miss out on our big show-stopper!" Pythor called out, as some snakes began to topple over items above. All according to script, although probably not good to be seen in this situation. Cole threw away the fang blade, as he knew exactly where the objects were going to fall.

"Dad!" Cole called out as he ran to save his father. I merely watched, knowing Cole would unlock his true potential. I heard Pythor chuckle, and slither away. The lights crashed, unleashing a cloud of dust, which even I was affected by.

"He took the fang blade!" Jay managed to cough out.

"Cole!" Kai cried out, now running towards the debris. I continued to watch and wait, I was not to interfere. The Ninja now looked towards the open case full of their elemental weapons, with Cole's scythe glowing brightly in a golden tint.

"He found his true potential!" Zane exclaimed, as the debris started to have strands of light brown fly around the inside. The strands grew thicker and brighter, swirling around the debris like electrons. Cole started to yell a war cry of sorts, while pushing up a light. Then the source of light was revealed to be Cole, semi-transparent with brown light pulsing around him. The strands surrounded him, going faster and faster as he threw the set light away from himself and pulled up his father gently.

"Wh-what? How did we survive that? Son?" Lou gawked at his pulsing son, while Cole just closed his eyes and flew upwards slowly. His arms in a position, as if he were embracing something.

"Cole's found his true potential! His relationship with his father must have been holding him back!" Zane exclaimed.

"He's indestructible!" Jay yelled out in astonishment. However, I knew nothing was indestructible.

"Great, now I really am the one who hasn't figured out my special power!" Kai complained to himself. Cole's energy diminished quickly after his statement. Dropping down, Cole's eyes returned to their Lego black, and the light vanished.

Shaking his head he asked, "Is everyone alright? What just happened?"

"We're all okay son!" Lou proclaimed happily to Cole.

"Then I no longer have purpose of being here, goodbye Ninja, I will see you once again soon." I spoke out my goodbye to the Ninja. Though talking was a mistake I noticed too late.

"Why exactly do you keep following us? I've seen you multiple times throughout or our fights, yet you never get touched!" Cole called out, and I froze. I had to answer somehow, I could not just leave an open-ended conversation. I hated it and made it a part of my life to keep the conversation going until it could properly close.

"I will keep that information to myself, Cole. Jay will probably tell you the reason why I don't get touched however." I spoke back, hearing Jay's muffled cries of Cole to stop talking.

"What have you done, because I am not okay with it! Jay is scared senseless right now because of you, a kid!" Kai called out to me. I finally turned around, realizing that I would have to converse with them anyways, so why not sooner rather than later?

"Violence is something unknown to Ninjago. Stabbing is a horrendous crime in your eyes, yet in mine it is something I know very well. Jay had seen me warn some Constrictai in the subway. They did not listen, so I stabbed one in the arm. I did give them bandages afterwards, but I did the stabbing anyway. So, the serpentine know better than to hurt me. After all, I am merely here to observe unless I am truly needed. That applies to you too Ninja, I am peaceful unless you attack me. I will observe you, and that is all I intend." I finished, warning the Ninja not to attack. I looked at the four, and found Jay hiding behind Zane once more, desperately pulling at his shoulders to get him to move.

"Funny joke kid. Now tell us the truth." Cole demanded as he jumped down from the pile, now walking towards me and away from his father. I took this as a warning sign and pulled out my pen. Jay stopped pulling Zane and now tackled Cole.

"No! Don't get too close!" Jay yelled out. I relaxed my hand around the pen, and watched Jay carefully.

"Jay, get off of me, what's wrong with you?" Cole grumbled as he tried to stand back up.

"They aren't lying Cole." Was all the blue ninja said.

"Who are you then? I have heard your name of Starlord, but I have no other information about you in my databases other than speculation." Zane attempted to question me as he took a brave step towards me.

"You shouldn't have anything more than speculation about me Zane. I am not meant to be found. Though do not suspect me for a villain or criminal for I am neither. I just watch to see if everything goes as it should." I avoided Zane's question.

"If you made Jay this scared and if what you said is true, then you're a baddie in my book either way." Kai glared at me.

"Then you are a fool. However, I don't expect you to truly know violence. Let it be known that no one has a perfect record. I have spoken enough with you, I believe it is time to leave." I finished, turning away from the elementals. Though I kept my ears on alert, waiting to hear if a ninja came within close contact. As I started stepping away, I heard a swoosh coming towards me and I instantly turned around to find Kai about to grab my left arm with his right hand. I held my pen high, and was about to stab him in the arm in a panic when Jay knocked me down.

"You will not hurt my friends!" He yelled at me, but still had trembling claw hands. I growled and instead used my pen in my right hand to punch Jay on the left side of his head, effectively making him dizzy, confused and panicked. I then turned my focus to Kai as he was about to grab my right arm, but he had let go of my other arm in order to stop me. I tossed my defense pen to my left hand, and now hit him on the right side of his head, watching as he yelped in pain with metal hitting flesh. Using this brief moment of confusion to get away, I pushed him off and started to sprint away.

I could use the elevator, or the stairs, and the stairs won due to the amount of people there was. I ran down the steps, doing my best to get away. Then a golden shuriken flew in front of my face, and it was if time had stopped. I saw my face distorted by the intricate patterns upon the weapon, and I stopped to see it stick to the wall. I looked to see where it came from, and saw Cole and Zane were nearby. They were gaining, and I was losing speed. So I did the only sensible choice, and started being amazing by jumping down the sides of the stairs, going down a floor at a time. This turned out to be a dumb idea as Cole and Zane were ninja and mastered this skill long before I had. I stopped when I felt Zane's hand grab onto my left shoulder, and I took my pen that had been relocated back to my right hand and promptly stabbed his hand. Zane yelled out in pain, with a wobble to his voice. I pulled the item out quickly, and saw Cole look dumbfounded at my act towards Zane.

I started running again, while Cole helped his brother. Doing my best to lose them, I ran onto whatever floor I was on and looked for another staircase. It took me about five minutes before I found it, and I began to speed-walk down them. I was too tired to keep running at this point. Eventually stopping for a moment as I reached the fifth floor, I panted heavily for a minute.

Then I heard a door open, and I panicked. Rushing down the stairs once more, I ran out of the building to get as far as possible. I made it about another block before I stopped entirely, panting and gasping for breath. People easily noticed me and started to crowd around me. Growling once more, I pushed through the crowd roughly and headed off to find an alley. It didn't take long before I did and I did the usual of setting up the tent and sleeping bag, noticing I had a only a day left in rations. I needed to buy more, which would cost about fifty dollars. Yet, that could be dealt with in the morning. Right now I wanted to sleep after my long day, and nothing more.


I had slept well, and I knew that today would be a work day. I needed rations and somehow get to The Fire Temple. Kai was to earn his true potential there, and Garmadon would make his appearance. Though should the Ninja see me once again, it certainly would be an... Interesting confrontation. Packing up all of my items, I set off to find a grocery shop. However, before long there was one store that I passed that had a ninja-like hood that could change colors to whatever the owner needed. It was surprisingly cheap, only five dollars, and so I took it immediately, changing the color to a shade of white to hopefully seem like I used the hood for medical issues. After that, no one recognized me, which honestly made the people of Ninjago seem like oblivious people.

Finding the store I was looking for, I walked in and started to step down the aisles to find food that I would be able to ration. Seeing what I needed, I grabbed them quickly and went up to the cashier to pay the amount needed for another three weeks worth of food. It was sixty dollars, and I bought the food with no remorse for paying extra. Moving on, I walked back out of the store and put everything into my pack. I still kept the pen in my pocket, just in case something happened. Thanks to the fact I only stabbed Zane, I did not have blood on my clothes or apron so I was at least thankful for that.

Stepping carefully and sadly out of town, I once again stood at the edge of the road, putting up my claw to get someone to pull over. I was saddened by my deed. I didn't want to hurt anyone, especially Zane since one blow with anything metal could be practically fatal should something short-circuit. I started to think, and barely noticed that a car pulled over to pick me up. Inside was a woman, looking very plain and uniform, but when she spoke, it was like having a hurricane of cheer hit your face.

"Hey! Where are you going?" The woman asked curiously, almost acting like a child.

"The Fire Temple please! I'm a bit tired, so forgive me if I stare outside. How much will it cost?" I asked the lady, putting on a cheerful facade.

"Not a single Jyn! You're way to cute to pay anyone anything!" The lady cooed. I nodded and followed her into the car. Then we set off to where Kai would unlock his true potential, The Fire Temple.

I had once again been caught up in my tornado of thoughts, and almost missed the fact I had finally gotten to the temple, despite it actually being a volcano. I walked out of the car with the lady, and insisted to tell another tale. Which lucky for me, she wanted a tragedy. Now was the perfect time to let out my own troubles in the form of a tale. "The Odd Life of Timothy Green," a wonderful sad story I was ready to share. The lady didn't understand at first, but started to get why it was a tragedy when I started to point out he leaves dying on his body. At the end she was near tears, and managed to actually give me money. An odd surprise, but I took it nonetheless. A good solid twenty dollars, which I took happily. Maybe once everything was said and done for the second season, I could get a storytelling job.

Once again I knew I had to set up camp. So, I put my little tent behind a large rock to hide from most people. As I did the usual, I started to think about my act. Zane would be repaired easily, so the Ninja would not be deterred in their missions. Though what if I had stabbed another ninja, like Cole? It would take a long time for the wound to heal, and could cause a major time setback. How could this setback effect the world of Ninjago? How was I going to be treated later on? A criminal or a horrible person in the Ninja's eyes, that's for sure at least.

I continued thinking along those lines for the next week, and I ate less of my rations. When I heard the Bounty come flying around, I sighed and packed up my tent. I learned this was a physical and emotionally dangerous job, and I needed to stay strong throughout it. It would all be happy in the end anyways, so every bit had to be perfect. Making my slow walk to the volcano, I heard Nya say they had company. I changed my hood back to black, and watched as the Ninja look down on me from their ship. I did nothing to them, and just waited for them to climb down and help save Lloyd. Then I thought about grabbing the anchor before they left, so that I could travel upon the Bounty to their next mission. I could also meet Garmadon and ask how his teeth still manage to exist if he brushes it with a file. That or they could put me in a cell and start protecting everyone they could, including the 'Dark Lord.' Whatever happens, I'm sure it will be better than having to hitchhike everywhere.

So, as I walked to the entrance of the temple, I heard the Ninja catch up. Though it sounded as if Sensei Wu was trying to calm his students, and Garmadon walked quietly.

"Peculiar, you've managed to plant fear into the hearts of the Ninja, and yet you are small. Do tell what you have done, so that I may use it in the future." Garmadon requested. I looked directly at him, and he was taller than normal thanks to his four arms, so it was like trying to face someone six foot tall when you were only three feet tall.

"Ask them Garmadon. I will not speak to you of it. Besides, I do wish to ask, do you truly believe you are evil? Because you are merely a man who wishes to conquer. I knew of the people who wanted nothing but to destroy. If the Ninja thought about what I did was bad, then the acts of crime I have seen would make them terrified to exist. Anyhow, how do your teeth still exist? I have heard rumors that you brush your teeth with a file, so wouldn't your teeth become smaller and smaller until they were no more?" I finally finished, avoiding his question and asked one of my own. He also looked doubtful of my tales of seeing worse crime.

"You dare question whether I am evil? Have you see-" He started to reply to me but I cut him off.

"True evil hides within the light, and manipulates everything around them! True evil does nothing more than destroy! True evil does not care about who or what they strike down! True evil is not you. True evil does not exist here. You are merely a man who chose to conquer for his own sake." I finished, watching as Garmadon looked at me in surprise. I had slipped up again, showing my knowledge of evil. Sighing, I ran into the temple, waiting to find Pythor unearth the next fangblade.

"It's the Starlord!" One snake instantly called out as I walked in.

"Yes, I have returned once more." I responded, seeing the snakes start getting nervous, yet the snakes digging still did their job. Hearing a clank, Pythor pushed away the snake digging, and pulled out the red fang blade.

"The third fang blade is ours!" He called out, now looking at his new shiny blade. He started to chuckle, until he noticed the Ninja in the reflection.

"Ninja! Attack!" Pythor ordered, and the snakes around me began to let out battle cries.

"Light as a leaf, attack like there is no tomorrow!" Sensei Wu yelled while getting in a defensive position. The Ninja started to fight, and I watched Kai closely. He then was put under pressure and pulled out his sword. It began to catch fire, and he knocked down the snakes around him with the same blade.

"Kai, the weapon is compromising our safety!" Nya warned him frantically. I took this as my cue to get close to the temple's exit.

"Let's get out of here! But not before we leave them with a party gift! Boys!" Pythor ordered as he headed towards his Constrictai-made exit. Those Constrictai really are hard workers. I saw three other Constrictai dig holes throughout the temple, making everything unsafe.

"They're making the volcano unstable!" Zane pointed out the obvious. I mean come on, the rumbling and falling rocks weren't enough to give it away?

"Any minute, this place is going to blow! We've got to get out of here!" Jay realized.

"Not without my son!" Garmadon barged in angrily.

"Dad!" Lloyd called out in fear to his father. Garmadon, now thoroughly motivated, jumped forward from rock to rock, until he reached the end if the serpentine's escape line, taking down each one with their own sword. He first slashed at a Fangpyre, then two Constrictai, then hitting every snake that came down at him to stop him.

"Huh? Lose the boy!" Pythor ordered as he noticed Garmadon starting to advance. The fangpyre holding him dropped the boy in the cage down to where two rocks were now splitting. Garmadon looked to his son, and then fought the current snake he was up against, tossing him to the side. Then, in front of Garmadon was one final snake, a Venomari, with one large spear. The Venomari put his spear down on the ground menacingly, then the two ran towards each other, ready to strike. Garmadon swiftly grabbed the spear meant for his chest and flipped the snake over himself. More snakes raced down to stop the four-armed man, in which Garmadon merely jumped over. He swiftly grabbed his son from the lava, in which almost a third of the cage had melted. Lloyd was barely holding onto the side of the partially missing metal cage.

"Dad!" Lloyd called out in relief and care.

"Son." Garmadon said softly as he hugged his son tightly. It was actually kind of a cute father-son moment. That was until Kai rushed past the two, running to get Pythor and the fang blade.

"The fang blade's mine!" Kai called out, while the other Ninja warned Kai to stop. Kai was undeterred as he pulled out his sword to throw it at Pythor's hand what held the fang blade. True to his aim, the sword and the fang blade collided, and then were forced into the rock wall behind them. Pythor hissed loudly with anger. His hiss was almost a roar, while glaring down at Kai.

"Hurry! We must leave here at once!" Skales warned Pythor, and Pythor followed after being frightened by a burst of lava.

"Leave it Kai! It's not worth your life!" Jay called out desperately to Kai, while I stood behind Jay.

Kai just kept running to where the blades met, while the lava beneath rose.

"But what about Kai? Kai!" Lloyd yelled to the fire ninja. Then the land beneath little Lloyd broke, and Garmadon didn't grab his son in time. Time was going accordingly, and I felt now would be the time to stowaway on the Bounty.

"Lloyd!" Garmadon called down to his son.

"Dad!" Lloyd called back, scared and helpless. I heard them both as I left the volcano quickly. I was not invincible, even if I just managed to live without getting heat stroke in that volcano. Obviously cartoon magic was at work in that place. Managing to get to the Bounty's anchor, I climbed up, thanking my days of carrying heavy boxes so that this was easy. Once I reached the deck, I waited for three of the Ninja to climb back out. They hurried out within a matter of seconds, while I was hoping all went to time's plan. If not, Ninjago was certainly going to die.

Nya and Garmadon called out for their loved ones as the volcano finally erupted. Then Kai's fireball became recognizable to me, and I smiled happily, cheering on the fire ninja.

"Thank goodness they're alive!" I yelled out, letting my success flow throughout me. Time points that depended on things like Kai's sacrifice were worrying when I put myself into the equation. I could change everything, and that's why I kept myself out and about, watching these Ninja.

"It's Kai! He found his true potential!" Jay called out, finally realizing it was Kai. As the two flew down to the boat, Kai stood and took off his hood, revealing his glowing skin and outfit. He smiled, and then after a second promptly passed out thanks to exhaustion. I walked to the bridge, with the tired Ninja following along with little Lloyd. Once we walked inside, he stayed close to his father, and started to ask questions tiredly.

"Dad is it really you?" He asked.

"It is son." Garmadon replied.

"Dad, why do you have four arms?" Lloyd asked again.

"He's going to be okay!" Cole proclaimed, and everyone cheered but me, I just bowed slightly.

"Dad, why is the person from Jamanakai here?" Lloyd questioned. I froze in my bowed position.

"I've been moving around Lloyd, that's all." I quickly answered him. I didn't want the Ninja to start asking more questions. Then the script came back into play.

"Thank you Kai." Garmadon said happily as he stood with his son.

"How did you survive? How did you find the secret to unlocking your true potential?" Zane asked Kai curiously.

"I knew when I had to make a choice. I wanted the fang blade so badly, to prove I was great enough to become the green ninja, but then I figured it out. All this time, all of my training to become the best ninja wasn't in preparation to become the green ninja, but to protect him." Kai finished while looking at Lloyd. Everyone started to gawk at Lloyd.

"What is everyone looking at me for?" Lloyd asked confused. Kai, Cole and Nya started to place the golden weapons around Lloyd. The weapons glowed with a green light around Lloyd, floating peacefully.

"Lloyd is the green ninja! I had thought it would be one of you, but it was him the whole time!" Sensei Wu proclaimed. Even though it was a minor plot hole, wasn't it Morro Wu thought would be the green ninja first? I couldn't help it as Morro became my favorite character in Ninjago, with Zane being number two. Wu went into how the Ninja were supposed to protect Lloyd, and said the battle lines had been drawn. I'd say the line was just the beginning of Garmadon's end in season five, and sadly he would never come back. Garmadon would turn out to be the first main character death in the series, and so the future would certainly follow the darker path.

"Yeah, this is heavy and all, but whatever happened to the fang blade!" Jay yelled out, knowing the fang blade had a high priority too.

"That blade is strong, and I am certain it survived the explosion. Pythor most likely has it in his possession." I told Jay, at least informing the Ninja that Pythor had the blade.

"How would you know?" Cole asked suspiciously.

"Classified Cole, you should know I keep most of my information under a mental lock and key." I replied monotonously.

"Okay then, well, why exactly did you stab Zane?" Cole asked angrily, stepping shakily towards me.

"I was rushing, and if the shuriken nearly hitting my face didn't give me an adrenaline rush, then him grabbing me sure did. Same reason I nearly stabbed Kai, he ran towards me and was about to stop me from leaving with force. So I had used my only instinct, fight. Though I do choose to run if the situation is bad enough." I responded truthfully.

"What kind of place did you live in to give you such an instinct? Ninjago has been peaceful for many years, and would not provide situations in which that instinct is necessary." Zane asked, starting to catch on to something. Surprisingly, he was not afraid, which interested me.

"Classified Zane, that's something I will not answer, and I have no intentions to do so in the future. However, I find it interesting that you are not fearful of me, unlike the rest of your team. Care to share?" I asked right back.

"No, I will rather play your game. I will only answer you if you answer something from me." Zane proposed, and I smiled underneath my hood. He wanted to try and do what I did, even though I knew practically everything about them? As if it would work on me.

"Not bad, trying to use someone's rules against them. Though do not ever rule out motivation Zane. It can push someone further than you think." I spoke, seeing Zane become interested.

"Motivation? Interesting word, what made you think of motivation?" Zane asked.

"Something you'd never understand." I cryptically answered Zane. Something told me he knew what he was doing and so I needed to keep up my guard. Honestly the word motivation came from me thinking about how America formed. The British were skilled, but America's motivation made up for a lot of it, and how they changed the game of war.

"Never understand? I highly doubt that. I am a nindroid, capable of calculating many things faster than a human ever could. Do tell me what you believe I will never be able to understand." Zane said, subtly trying to get me to slip up.

"Do you truly understand the human brain? Can you truly look at what it can create and destroy? Do you see it not for mere electrical inputs and outputs, but what it could do in it's small span in the universe? Tell me, has anyone, human or not been able to understand? No, and so I take a look at what can happen, and why. While you may just see facts, little tidbits in the cosmos, I see what this world can bring. Do you see what I mean? No, you can't, and neither will the rest of Ninjago." I angrily finished, getting angry by thinking about what Earth could do. Destroy or create, genocide or growth. It was all the same. Zane now looked interested, most likely trying to analyze what I have said.

"You have become angry, over what humanity is. Tell me, why would this be? I have looked at humanity and seen kindness all around. Why are you so upset at the very fact of being human?" Zane asked, and I knew he was inching closer to a mental weak point. Not good, and I needed to lead him away.

"Look at me, and you'll see the answer." I replied once more, while the rest of the Ninja understood, Zane didn't.

"What do you mean?" Zane questioned uncertainly.

"I think they mean what they've done. You know, the snakes and you?" Jay told Zane, giving him the answer for me. Good, hopefully this thing was over.

"Ah, yes. Then answer me this Starlord. Why are you observing us in the first place if you obviously hate doing it? There is a motive to you and, I wish to know." Zane nearly demanded. This was just something I could not answer, so I knew I would have to take a new route.

"Classified once more. I have given you enough information to analyze. Now, I suspect we should all rest. It has been a busy day for all of us, and do not worry, I have my own sleeping bag to sleep with." I finished, ending our little session. Zane seemed to almost smile, yet he still kept a good poker face.

"They're right, we really should get some rest. We'll have a short break, then Zane can cook." Kai agreed, yawning in the process. Everyone left but me and Wu, even Garmadon seemed to know to leave.

"You would be considered a stowaway onboard wouldn't you now?" Wu half asked half stated.

"I have intentions of staying for a while. Do not worry, if you cannot afford to feed me, I still have two and a half weeks of rations for myself." I stated, knowing there were risks with having Zane and Kai near me all the time. Questions or accusations could lead to a slip up, and I did not want that.

"Then to stay you must answer this truthfully, and no avoiding the question. Why have you harmed my pupils?" Sensei asked sternly, and an old fire ignited inside his eyes.

"I had been afraid while running down those stairs. Zane had grabbed me, and I was doing my best to escape the threats. My fear overwhelmed me, and so I hurt him in my rush. I am not proud, I am not happy. Yet I must live with this decision, much like you have had to live with yours. I was only there to observe, and they acted as rashly as I did. I will see you after the break." I answered, and found a storage room to sleep in. It was dark and cozy, which I enjoyed, and I so I slept in the dark room with my sleeping bag around me.


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