Hey everyone. You miss me? I'm sure you're all very eager to see how the heroes are going to handle this situation with the Overlord now at full power again; hopefully this will answer your question.

Thank you all for your patience. I do not own Tangled, nor Ninjago. If I did, this would totally be another season of that awesome show!

Ch. 17 The Elemental Masters

Corona

Within the castle of the kingdom; the King found himself pacing throughout his throne room; something that the Queen has noticed.

"What troubles you?" She asked as she walked in.

"I'm just… I'm rather nervous. Nervous for our daughter." The King responded. The Queen sighed, as she too was scared for Rapunzel.

"I'm sure she is fine; she is with Eugene, as well as the Ninja; we know they'll take good care of her. And she herself has proven to be quite resourceful." The Queen consoled.

The King smiled towards his wife. "I am aware." His smile soon faded. "However, this new being, this Overlord character; the Ninjas claimed he is nothing short of pure evil; and as well, he has resurrected the very same witch who took our daughter away from us all those years ago."

"Yes, but they have dealt with him before, and all we can do is have faith that they will succeed." The Queen insisted.

"You're right." The King replied. "I'm just getting a little paranoid."

"YOU'RE MAJESTIES! YOU'RE MAJESTIES!"

A guard burst through the doors leading into the throne room and quickly approached the King and Queen. "You must come outside."

"What? What is it?" The King questioned.

"Is it our daughter?" The Queen asked as well.

"I do not know but… you must come outside and see it." The guard answered.

The Queen and King looked at each other with concern before following the guard.

Once they got onto the balcony; they looked up to the sky to see many dark clouds block out the sun and completely cover the entire horizon; there we're some roars of thunder as well. Every citizen and guard in the kingdom stopped what they we're doing and all came outside to see the clouds forming.

"What is going on?" The Queen asked.

"I'm not sure." The guard responded. "But the dragon does not like it."

The Queen and her husband looked in the gardens below to see the Ultra-Dragon, the ninjas had left to them for protection, growing restless. It tensed up as it looked to the sky and growled.

As the sky continued to darken and more thunder continued to boom, there was a small hole in the sky, a white hole that shined a bit through the clouds. This light did not make anyone feel at ease, to the contrary, it made them feel more restless.

"I don't like this." The Queen observed as she began to shiver a bit.

"Where are the Ninjas' Golden Weapons?" The King asked the guard. "Are they secure?"

"Yes, deep in the dungeon, in our most secure vault." The guard assured.

"Good, it's best they stay there, just in case."

The white light continued to shine brighter until a beam of light shined in the middle of the town square; and multiple civilians began to move away from center and guards began to form a ring around where the light was shining. Then, there was a loud roar of thunder, before a large, purple lightning bolt surged through the light and impacted the ground at the center of the town square.

The civilians and guards covered their eyes. They look to the center where dust clouded the area. The dust began to settle to reveal five figures. At the back we're the infamous Stabbington Brothers; in front of them, on the right, was the white serpentine, Pythor. On his left was a black haired woman with a red dress and dark cape, Gothel.

The being that stood in front of all of them really caught everyone's attention. He was seven feet tall, he appeared to be made up of dark purple energy, his chest was surrounded by a golden rib-cage; his arms we're that of a golden skeleton with dark energy surrounding them. He bore a golden bone-like belt at his waist area, with dark energy flowing to the ground almost like a robe. He carried a dark golden cape that reached the ground. He also bore a black helmet with a black featureless face with soul-piercing, blood red eyes. This was the Overlord.

The guards all stood in front of the nervous citizens, arms at the ready. One guard had a spear and he nervously approached the five; more specifically, the Overlord. He pointed his spear at him.

"Who are you? State you're business." He commanded, even though he was shaking like a kitten.

The Overlord merely glared at him, which caused him to shiver even more with fear.

"Now, now." Gothel began, getting the guard's attention. "Is that any way to treat you're new lord and master?"

As soon as she said that, the Overlord grabbed the guard by the throat with one of his skeletal hands. The guards and citizens we're all stunned by this as the Overlord lifted him off his feet. The guard struggled, but something was happening. Dark purple fog came from his hand and began to spread all over the guard who could only scream as the fog completely covered him.

The Overlord dropped him. When the fog cleared; the guard was changed. His clothes had now become dark grey, almost black. His skin had become grey as well and his eyes we're now dark purple, and his face bore no emotion whatsoever. He then kneeled before the Overlord.

The Overlord smiled as he shifted his gaze to all the remaining guards and citizens, who we're even more frightened then before. The Overlord stretched his arms and opened his palms as dark energy began to glow in them.

"Scream!"

Dozens of streams of dark energy shot and blasted from his hands and we're heading in all directions. Each beam began to hit a citizen, or guard, and each one ended up corrupted just as the first guard. All citizens began to run away in a panic as more and more became corrupted.

All the corrupted guards and citizens began to break into buildings and pull people out, allowing them to be hit by the corrupting beams that endlessly shot from the Overlord, soon a dark shadow covered the town square, which began to slowly expand over the rest of Corona.

The Overlord laughed as the chaos continued to ensue within the kingdom.

Dark Island

The seven Ninjas helped Rapunzel, who still felt weak, to the beach; with Eugene and Maximus trailing behind them. Though at this point Rapunzel wasn't just feeling weak. She hung her head in guilt and Pascal did what he did to try and comfort her.

After some awkward silence, Eugene was the first one to speak.

"So, how bad is our current situation?"

"On a scale of one to ten, a hundred thousand." Zane answered.

"More like infinity!" Jay exclaimed, "The Overlord has the Realm Crystal, and we don't stand a freaking chance against him! He blew us away like we we're nothing!"

"Jay, we get it! Our situation is bad." Nya stated.

"Well, I don't hear anyone coming up with any plans." Jay protested.

"Complaining about it isn't going to help either." Skylar said.

"He's right though." Rapunzel began as all eyes we're set on her. "It's hopeless. He's going to conquer my home, he's going to hurt my friends, my parents… and it's all my fault."

"Rapunzel… don't say that, it's not your fault." Eugene told her.

"Yes it is, and you know it!" She stated. "He was after me. The Overlord was after me. It was my power that he wanted, and he got it. If I didn't have it…. I'd… first Gothel stole me from my home because of my magic and now this?! I wish I never had this power!" She fell to her knees and began to cry.

Everyone looked at the sobbing princess with sympathy on their faces. Rapunzel soon felt a hand on her shoulder and looked up to Lloyd.

"I know how you feel, believe me I do." Lloyd began. "I never really wanted to be the Green Ninja, I never wanted all this power. The only thing I really wanted was a family, and friends. So believe me, I get it. But we can't change what's been done, what we can do is pick ourselves up and fight. Because Ninja never quit."

"But I'm not a ninja." The teary-eyed Rapunzel stated. "I'm not an elemental master like you guys, I can't do anything."

"That's not true." Eugene told her. "You're one of the strongest people I know. You never give up, ninja or not."

"He's right." Kai added. "You do have a power, we all do. It's our will to never yield, to never give up. A ninja never admits defeat, a ninja always picks himself or herself up when he or she is down, which is what we need to do right now."

Rapunzel smiled at her friends' encouragement. She then got back up on her feet. "You're right."

"Just one question." Cole began "How do we get back to Corona? We're out of Traveler's Tea and we don't have the Realm Crystal."

Before anyone could answer, they all heard a falcon call. They looked up to the sky at the shore as Zane's falcon came into view and flew towards them before landing on Zane's shoulder.

"I believe our answer has just arrived." The White Ninja stated.

All the heroes looked up to see something in the air coming into view; it was something that made all the ninja smile in relief; and made Rapunzel, Eugene, Max, and Pascal look in amazement.

"Is that… a flying ship?" Eugene questioned.

"It's the Bounty! Destiny's Bounty!" Nya cheered.

The Ninjas' flying ship, Destiny's Bounty flew through the air and hovered just above the beach before setting down a hundred meters from our heroes, who wasted no time in running towards it. When they got to the ship, a ramp was thrown down.

"Need a lift?" Sensei Wu offered as he revealed himself.

"Sensei!" Kai, Nya, Zane, Jay, and Cole cheered as they all ran onto of the ship.

"How'd you find us?" Jay happily asked.

"Zane sent us a message." Sensei Garmadon answered as he and Misako walked onto the deck.

"We came as soon as we could." Misako answered.

"Mom. Dad!" Lloyd stated as he ran up to their parents, who happily embraced their son.

"And I see you have brought guests." Wu observed as he took note of the princess, and her company with her.

"Ah yes, introductions." Kai began. "Everyone, this is Rapunzel. She's the princess of Corona; along with Eugene and their horse Max."

"Don't forget Pascal." Rapunzel said as she gestured to the chameleon on her shoulder.

"You are amongst friends Rapunzel." Misako greeted with a warm smile, making Rapunzel smile as well.

"Sensei Wu right?" Eugene asked the bearded sensei. "It's honor to meet you, and you to Mister Garmadon."

"Thank you young man." Wu replied to Eugene.

"No need for pleasantries though, just 'Garmadon' will do." Garmadon added as well.

"Welcome aboard." Pixal announced to the guests as she walked onto the deck. "May I offer you a drink?"

Rapunzel, Eugene, even Max we're slightly startled at Pixal's appearance, but the princess quickly regained her composer so not to seem rude.

"Uh, no thank you we're fine."

"I imagine my appearance must have startled you. Allow me to introduce myself, I am Pixal, assistant to the Ninja."

"A pleasure to meet you Pixal. I'm Rapunzel." She greeted as she shook the female android's hand.

"That's the same Pixal from your stories?" Eugene asked Cole.

"Yep." The Black Ninja confirmed.

"Zane's girlfriend?" Eugene asked Cole once more, this time with a sly tone.

"Oh yeah." Cole replied in an equally sly tone as well.

"Listen, I know we all just got back, but we don't have time for pleasantries." Skylar spoke up, getting everyone's attention.

"Skylar's right." Kai agreed. "The Overlord's back, and he has the Realm Crystal."

"We are aware, Zane's falcon gave us the message." Wu replied.

"Where is the Overlord now?" Garmadon asked.

"He went to Corona, my home." Rapunzel replied, with some fear in her voice, fearing for her kingdom's safety.

"Then this indeed a grave situation." Garmadon began. "With the Realm Crystal in his possession, the Overlord not only threatens Corona and Ninjago, but all the realms as well."

"Then we must work together to make sure that he doesn't get that far." Wu firmly declared.

"I hate to seem like a killjoy here Sensei, but we tried to stop him; we didn't stand even a single chance!" Jay exclaimed.

"The Overlord's power has reached his peak, if we're going to stop him, we need some serious back up." Lloyd said

"We assumed as much." Misako replied. "Which is why we've sent messages of our own for added assistance."

The entire ship began to shake a bit, Rapunzel and Eugene gripped the sides to maintain their balance and looked in amazement as the ship began to ascend into the air.

"Where are we going?" Eugene asked.

"We are heading toward our old monastery." Wu answered. "The others are meeting us there."

"Others?" Rapunzel questioned.

"Sensei, is it who I think it is?" Cole asked with a bit of a smile.

"Indeed it is." Wu confirmed with his own smile.

"Who are you guys talking about?" Rapunzel asked.

"Get ready princess." Kai began. "It's time to meet the other Elemental Masters."

With that, Destiny's Bounty took flight and flew away from the Dark Island, and back towards the mainland of Ninjago.

Corona

Most of Corona was now under the thrall of the Overlord as most of the guards and citizens had been corrupted by his darkness. The clouds continued to blot out the sun, making it seem like the kingdom was trapped in a moonless night. Observing this chaos we're none other than Pythor and Gothel.

Pythor laughed as the kingdom descended into turmoil. "Ah, anarchy and despair. Such soothing sounds."

One who was not sharing a very good mode was Gothel, next to Pythor, who actually looked more impatient than happy.

"How long does he plan to keep this up?"

"I beg you're pardon." Pythor questioned.

"He has his powers back, I gave him Rapunzel as promised." Gothel began. "He promised me eternal youth for when I completed that task. Now that I have, I am expecting it."

"In good time Gothel." Pythor assured. "He is presently plunging this kingdom into his eternal darkness."

"I held up my end." Gothel persisted. "If this all turns out to be some kind of trick and he tries to cheat me out of it; you will pay for it."

Pythor was not amused. "The Overlord will give what he promised, when he chooses to!" Pythor then held his face close to Gothel's, making her back up a bit. "May I remind you? We can always return you to the sack of dust that you found you as!"

Before Gothel could reply they both heard a rather loud roar from the sky. Gothel and Pythor looked to the air in fear as the Ultra-Dragon came soaring down. He landed hard in front of them, causing both the villains to stumble back; all four heads growled at both of them.

"Uh… what is that?" Gothel hesitantly asked.

"The Ninjas' pet dragon." Pythor answered, neither of them taking their eyes off the creature that loomed over them.

"We're in trouble, aren't we?" Gothel asked.

"Yes." Pythor responded simply.

The Ultra-Dragon roared, but before it could strike, a large, dark purple beam from above, struck it in the back. It roared in pain as dark fog began to cover it's whole body. Gothel and Pythor looked up to see where the beam was coming from; it was from the Overlord, who was hovering just above the Ultra-Dragon.

"The Ninjas' pet, hmm?" He questioned. "This is proving to be more delightful than I thought."

When the beam stopped, the dark fog began to clear around the Ultra-Dragon. Now instead of white with green, it was completely covered in black scales with red eyes on all four heads. The corrupted Ultra-Dragon turned around to the Overlord as he descended to the ground in front of it; the corrupted dragon then took a bowing position.

"Now, you are mine." The Overlord said with evil joy evident in his voice.

"He's quite good." Gothel observed as she got up and smiled evilly as well.

"As I told you." Pythor told her.

The Overlord then looked to the large castle at the top and center of the very kingdom of Corona. His smile grew even more wide as he gazed at his next destination.

Back in Ninjago.

Destiny's Bounty soared above the clouds as the heroes all made their way to their destination. On a side railing was Garmadon observing the clouds pass by them, it wasn't long before Eugene soon approached him.

"Uh hey, Garmadon, nice view huh?" Eugene began.

"Yes, one of the benefits of owning a flying ship." Garmadon replied. Both shared a laugh.

Eugene had something that he wanted to ask, but he felt a tad guilty but he really needed to ask.

"Hey, uh I gotta ask you something. I don't mean to sound rude or anything but, I gotta know. What's it like having four arms?"

Garmadon looked to Eugene, and he was surprisingly, still smiling. "My son has told you about that has he?"

"Lloyd and everyone pretty much told us the whole story; The First Spinjitsu master, Samukai, The Serpentine, Chen, Morro, all of it. And I know you're on the side of good now, and those extra arms was during a time you weren't exactly proud of but I…"

Garmadon laughed a bit. "It's quite alright. I get asked that question quite often. And I'd be lying if I said having four arms didn't come in handy, as well as a few other traits I had at that time; but I much rather be a two-armed sensei, then a four-armed dark lord."

"I can relate." Eugene responded. "I used to call myself Flynn Rider. I was a master thief, and I got on Corona's radar in a really bad way. Then I met Rapunzel, after that, everything changed."

"You love her don't you?" Garmadon asked.

"Yes."

Garmadon placed a hand on Eugene's shoulder. "As thief or dark lord, you may take whatever it is that you may claim to be valuable. But what holds more value than gold or a throne, are the people that you keep close to your heart." Eugene smiled at Garmadon. "And it also shows you, that it's never to late to redeem yourself."

"I so envy Lloyd right now. I wish I had a dad like you." Eugene joked.

They both laughed again.

"We are approaching our destination."

Eugene recognized the voice as it belonged to Zane's, yet it seemed somewhat unfamiliar. He turned around and was quite surprised at Zane's new appearance; his whole body, skin and hair included, was now metal; and his eyes we're glowing bright blue.

"Zane! I… wow! You're… silver?" Eugene stuttered.

"Titanium." Zane corrected. "I transferred my mind into this newer body as it is better suited for extreme combat. You need not worry though, my appearance may have changed, but I am still the same Zane." His falcon flew on his shoulder and playfully pecked Zane's metal face.

"Glad to hear it." Eugene said with a smile.

"So we are here?" Garmadon asked, getting back to the point.

"Yes, he have arrived at the ruins of Sensei Wu's monastery." Zane answered.

"Didn't the Serpentine burn that to the ground?" Eugene recalled.

"Yes, but it's still a nice place to visit if we want to remember old times." Zane answered.

Destiny's Bounty then began to descend near a mountain; where the ruins of the old Monastery, where the four ninja first trained, was located; amongst it's burnt remains was a massive tree growing, showing that life was returning to this mountain top.

Corona Castle.

The King and Queen we're both forced to their knees as two corrupted guards forced them down. Their throne room was now occupied by at least twelve corrupted guards.

"What is this? What is the meaning of this?!" The King demanded.

"You must forgive them, they are not in their own minds."

The King and Queen turned to that voice as Pythor slithered into the room, with Gothel by his side.

"You're kingdom is now under new management." Pythor added to his previous statement.

Despite the evil humanoid snake, the Queen and King both glared at Gothel who merely gave a sly smile at them.

"You." The Queen growled at her.

"Me?" Gothel tried to act innocently.

"You stole our daughter!" The Queen yelled at Gothel.

"Oh that, well, you'd be pleased to know that I will no longer be after Rapunzel." Gothel told her.

Before either of them could reply; they looked to see most of the corrupted guards form two lines by the main door and line up like a military salute. They all kneeled as the door slowly opened, revealing the Overlord as he slowly walked in.

Pythor was the first to approach the Overlord. "My Dark Lord. All of Corona is now under your thrall; these two are all that remains." Pythor reported as he gestured to the royals behind him.

"Excellent." The Overlord soon approached them. The King glared at the evil being, while the Queen looked somewhat frightened. "The King and Queen of Corona. How the mighty have fallen. In just mere moments, every soul in this kingdom has become a part of my indomitable will."

"The Overlord, I presume?" The King guessed.

"You presume correctly." The Overlord replied before setting his eyes on the Queen. He lightly cupped her chin with his golden skeletal hand, causing her to shiver. "Your daughter has your eyes."

"My daughter?" The Queen repeated before dread filled her face. "Where is she?! What have you done with her?!"

"If you have harmed her, I swear I'll…. !" The King began.

"I assure you, she still lives." The Overlord interrupted. "As does that interfering thief and those infernal Ninja. However, once I am finished, they'll wish I had killed them. For once I am done conquering all the lands outside this kingdom, I will conquer all the realms of existence. Once they see what I have done; they will beg me death, and I will deliver."

"You… you…" The King growled.

"And I shall make dear Rapunzel's death swift, as repayment for her 'assistance'. I must admire your daughter for her power, without it, I doubt I would be here today." The Overlord said.

"YOU MONSTER!" The Queen shrieked at him.

"Flattery won't save you." The dark being replied. "Now, bow down to me."

"We will never bow to you!" The King defiantly stated.

"You misunderstand. I am not asking." The Overlord opened his left palm and blasted two corrupting beams at the King and Queen. They both yelled as they felt their souls being corrupted. The beams stopped and they we're now both under his thrall.

"Now bow to me"

They both then kneeled before the Overlord. He then laughed, a laugh that echoed throughout the entire corrupted kingdom.

"The Kingdom of the Sun, has fallen into my darkness! Ha ha ha ha ha! HA HA HA HA HA HA!"

Ninjago Monastery.

Wu, Kai, and Lloyd led the walk up towards the monastery's main gates. Rapunzel, Garmadon, Nya, and Eugene we're behind them; with Jay, Misako, Skylar, Maximus (and Pascal), Cole, Zane (in Titanium), Pixal, and Misako in the back.

"Just a fair warning." Kai began, turning around to Rapunzel and Eugene. "A few of the Elemental Masters may be somewhat, intimidating… but don't worry their all friends."

"I'm sure it'll be fine." Rapunzel assured. "If you guys trust them, that's enough for me."

They soon made it to the top, and standing outside the gate was a large man with a scruffy black beard. He wore a black helmet with black-sleeveless armor; and dark grey shoulder pads, chest pad, and boots. He saw the others come up and a smile formed on his face.

"Ninjas! Karlof happy to see Ninjas!" He quickly ran up and gave both Kai and Lloyd a manly hug.

"Good to see you too Karlof." Kai grimaced as he was being squeezed.

"May we have our… lungs back… please?" Lloyd grimaced as well before letting them go, but they laughed soon after.

"Who's that?" Eugene asked.

"That is Karlof, the Master of Metal." Garmadon introduced.

Rapunzel soon approached the large man with Eugene. "Uh, Hi. I'm Rapunzel…" Before she could finish, Karlof pulled them both into another manly hug.

"Yes, he is also quite the hugger." Garmadon introduced.

"Karlof happy to make new friends."

"Yeah me to… can't breath!" Rapunzel grimaced before letting her and Eugene go, letting them catch their breaths.

"Come inside; other Elemental Masters waiting." Karloff said to the heroes before they all walked into the gate.

When they all went inside; Rapunzel, Eugene, Max, and Pascal looked in surprise at all the different men and women practicing their own unique powers.

"I didn't know there we're so many." Rapunzel said with amazement.

"Neither did we." Lloyd stated.

"Yes I sense you are surprised." Rapunzel and Eugene we're quite surprised when a man wearing grey robes, with a beige undershirt, with grey and white hair, sitting with eyes closed in a meditative stance.

"Uh, Hi, I'm…"

"Rapunzel, yes I know." He briefly interrupted before standing up. "I am Neuro, Master of the Mind." He said with a bow. "And yes, you are amongst friends." Eugene was about to say something. "Yes I can read your mind, and no, I will not use it for magic tricks, it's not very effective, nor is it profitable."

Both looked at each other in surprise.

"He's good." Eugene said.

"Master of the Mind, remember." Rapunzel replied.

Soon a white blur went past them and ran zoomed towards Jay. This was a young man in white robes with red stripes; he had red hair with red goggles.

"Jay my man! How ya been?"

"Awesome as ever Griffin! How are you?" Jay replied before high-fiving Griffon.

"Ah you now me, never a dull moment." Griffon replied before zooming in front of Rapunzel and taking her hand. "Hello, Griffon Turner, Master of Speed, at your service." He kissed her hand before zooming in front of Eugene and shaking his hand. "Any friend of the ninjas is a friend of mine; now if you'll excuse me, I'm going out on a run, be back in a flash!"

He ran out the gates in a white blur, leaving both with wide eyes.

"Griffin, Master of Speed." Jay introduced to them. "Don't worry he'll be back."

"Man, these guys are pretty strange." Eugene said.

"You think that's strange…" Cole began. He, along with Rapunzel and Eugene turned to see a man wearing torn brown pants, a blue and light brown shirt, a long big brown beard, with a staff and a curved end to it, actually talking to Maximus and Pascal.

"And you know what the bear said? He said, 'I'm good. You?'"

Pascal and Maximus both laughed with the man.

"And who is that?" Rapunzel asked.

"That is Bolobo, the Master of Nature." Wu began. "He has the ability to control plant life and to communicate with animals."

"Man, I wish I had that kind of power." Rapunzel marveled with a smile, wanting to talk to some of the animals in her kingdom.

Eugene's eyes soon caught a short man with a black afro and sun glasses. He wore a blue suit with an orange shirt and was currently playing his guitar. "What's his story?"

"That is Jacob, the Master of Sound." Zane answered. "He uses sonic vibrations to detect movement and can generate sonic blasts."

Rapunzel then looked to see a man in a meditative stance hovering off the ground. He had tan skin with a black beard and mustache. He wore a red turban with red and brown robes, golden armor shoulder pads and arm bands. As he hovered and meditated in the air, several rocks hovered around him as well.

"Who's that guy?" Rapunzel asked, marveling at this man's powers.

"Gravis, Master of Gravity." Skylar answered. "He can fly and make other objects fly around him as well; it can be very useful."

Eugene saw a cloud of smoke come flying in and touch the ground, which to his surprise, took the form of a man wearing grey robes and light grey armor. He had grey hair and a somewhat crazy grin on his face.

"And him…?"

"Ash, the Master of Smoke." Misako answered. "He does what his name suggests, controls smoke and can transform his entire body into smoke."

Rapunzel then looked to a near broken rooftop to see a large hawk come flying in. When it landed, it changed its appearance with a purple glow. It took the form of a woman with purple hair, much to Rapunzel's surprise. She wore a light purple outfit that stopped just above her breasts. She also wore a red belt.

"Who is she?" Rapunzel questioned.

"Camille, Master of Form." Nya replied. "She can take the appearance of anyone or anything that she chooses to, she can be very mischievous when she wants to be."

"So can I!"

A man wearing a red suit and a green shirt with black shoes suddenly appeared between Eugene and Rapunzel, giving them quite a fright. But what startled them was he had no face, or a head; just gold sunglasses and a hat. It looked like a ghost was wearing these clothes.

The invisible man laughed before Lloyd came up to him.

"Very funny." The Green Ninja said sarcastically.

"Aw come on Lloyd, just having some fun." The invisible man lightly elbowed Lloyd before vanishing again.

"And who…" Eugene began.

"Paleman, the Master of Light." Lloyd replied.

"I thought you we're the Master of Light?" Rapunzel questioned.

"Technically, I'm the Master of Power; he just bends light around him and can turn indivisible." Lloyd explained.

Eugene gave a slight smile. "Invisible huh? If I we're still a thief, that could be very useful."

"Ahem."

Eugene turned to Rapunzel, Maximus, and Pascal; each of them giving questionable looks.

"Kidding!" He told them, with a large grin, implying that he was joking; while the three gave questionable smiles.

Rapunzel playfully shook her head before looking by the tree and seeing a woman with green hair and lipstick. She had a light green, sleeveless shirt, with a poison symbol on it; she had black pants and black boots. This woman held a glowing, sickly green ball in her hands before it vanished when she closed her hand.

"Who is she?" Rapunzel asked.

"Tox, the Master of Poison." Cole introduced.

"Poison?" Rapunzel worriedly asked. "Is she dangerous."

"Oh yeah, she can be very dangerous." Cole stated, causing Rapunzel to gulp. "But don't worry, just stay on her good side and you'll be alright."

"She's not the only one who can be dangerous."

They looked in front of them to see a shadow travel along the ground; Rapunzel, Eugene, and Maximus backed up slightly as the shadow rose off the ground and took the form of a man. He had dark grey skin, black hair, and black sleeveless armor.

Rapunzel took out a frying pan protectively; while Eugene and Maximus stood in front of her ready to defend her. The dark man glared at them before smiling and laughing a bit, much to their confusion.

"That never gets old." He said.

Kai soon came in front, he shook the man's hand.

"Guy's this is Shade, the Master of Shadow. And yes, he's one of the good guys." Kai introduced.

"For now." Shade replied before he and Kai laughed.

Rapunzel and Eugene looked at each other, as did Max and Pascal. Zane came up to them.

"Shade is on our side; do not worry, he is a friend." Zane assured.

They all gave some sighs in relief before the main gates behind them opened up again.

"Fear not everyone! The Brown Ninja has arrived!" Dareth announced as he walked in, however, all the ninja, and both their sensei's, even Misako, all face palmed at his arrival.

"Dareth, how'd you even find out about this?" Cole questioned.

"My instincts are second-to-none." He proudly said.

"And by that, you mean you followed the bounty here, didn't you?" Jay corrected.

"Yes." Dareth quickly replied. "Come on guys, I can be a HUGE help to all of you; I helped take down Chen didn't I?"

"Fine, just try not to die." Kai accepted.

Dareth then cheered a "wahoo!" before running in to join the Elemental Masters.

"Brown Ninja?" Rapunzel questioned.

"Don't ask." Kai, Lloyd, Cole, Zane, and Jay all replied at the same time.

"Quite a gathering you guys got, huh?"

All eyes turned towards the gate, again. A man with brown hair wearing a red straw hat, with a brown eye-patch like device, with green armor and a brown armored arm on his left arm came walking in. He was also packing some swords and shurikens with him.

"Hey guys!"

"Ronin?!" Kai and Lloyd questioned.

"Ronin!?" Eugene and Rapunzel questioned as well.

"The same Ronin who stole your memories and left you in the mouth of a volcano?! That Ronin?!" Rapunzel recalled.

"Yes, the same Ronin." Jay confirmed.

"How'd you even get here?" Cole questioned Ronin.

"I asked for him." Wu answered, earning looks among some of the heroes. "He has proven himself a valuable ally, and we will need all the support we can get."

"You sure you can trust him?" Eugene asked.

"Hey, I'm standing right here you know." Ronin reminded. "And I did help you guys take down Morro and the Preeminent, remember?"

"Alright, fine. You're in too." Kai told him.

Ronin and smiled as he was about to walk in, but Rapunzel stood in front of him.

"I know who you are and what you tried to do, good and bad. If you're to help, that's great. But, if you try anything to hurt my friends…" She took out her frying pan and put it right below Ronin's face. "I swear I'll use this." She warned.

Ronin looked surprised before Eugene came close to his side.

"Hey, from one thief to another; you better listen to her. Frying pans can actually be very painful, trust me." Eugene told him.

"Noted." Ronin replied. He slowly moved away from Rapunzel and was getting glares from Maximus and even Pascal, he saw their glares and moved away from them as well.

"Okay, is that everyone?" Kai asked Sensei Wu.

"Yes, that is everyone." Wu confirmed. "Perhaps now it's time to fill in the troops."

Within minutes Kai stood on the broken down roof of the Monastery and looked below to all the elemental masters, even Ronin and Dareth, talking amongst themselves. Rapunzel was next to Kai, but was also slightly behind him as well.

"Alright! Can I have everyone's attention please?!" Kai called out to everyone who soon started to shush each other, and within a minute, all eyes we're now centered on Kai.

"I'm sure you're all wondering why I've called you all here, so I'm gonna get straight to the point." Kai began. "The Overlord has returned." As soon as he said that, everyone looked shocked and began to murmur their worries amongst each other. "And to make things worse, he also has the Realm Crystal, a powerful artifact that can open portals and let the user travel to different realms."

All the worries increased in this. Kai then motioned for Rapunzel to step forward, which she nervously did.

"This is Rapunzel, the Princess of Corona, a kingdom from another realm." Kai continued. "At this moment, the Overlord is now in that realm and has no doubt conquered the kingdom by now. My friends and I tried to stop him, but he was too powerful for us. That's why we called all of you; we believe that if we all come together again, we can destroy the Overlord once and for all."

Despite Kai's confidence, there was still some worry and doubt amongst his allies.

"Look, I know you must all be nervous about this; but we worked together before, remember? Chen tricked us and used us, he tried to take our home away from us. But we banded together and we stopped him." As he continued, a few of the allies started to look with confidence. "The Overlord is the same, he thinks he can take whatever he wants, and that we are powerless against him. Well I think it's time we send him a little message of our own; that he can't take whatever he wants. He can't ruin other peoples lives; and he most certainly CANNOT TAKE OUR HOMES AWAY FROM US!" They started to cheer more with Kai. "He expects us to give up and give everything to him; well I say that WE GIVE HIM HELL BEFORE WE DO!"

With that, everyone began to cheer and root for Kai; even Rapunzel felt herself inspired by these words. "We may be afraid; but it's not the Overlord we're afraid of; it's our doubt. We are The Elemental Masters! We are the Defenders of Ninjago! Together WE WILL SUCCEED!"

Everyone cheered and roared together as Kai finished. Rapunzel herself was deeply moved by Kai's speech, and she too felt a strong surge of confidence soar through her.

Within minutes; everyone was on Destiny's Bounty; which had now begun to take off and fly above the clouds once more. Everyone was on the deck of the flying ship.

"You really think we can do it?" Rapunzel asked Kai and Lloyd. "You think we can stop him?"

"Absolutely!" Lloyd assured. "When we work together, there's nothing we can't do!"

Kai then stood on the railing. He then called to get the attention of all the Elemental Masters. "Okay everyone! Let's Dragon up!" Kai then jumped off the ship, much to Rapunzel's shock

"Fire!" Kai had formed his Elemental Fire Dragon once more, which then took flight parallel to the Bounty.

Lloyd then followed suit. "Energy!" Lloyd formed his green Elemental Energy Dragon and flew next to Kai.

"Lightning!" Jay was now on his Elemental Lightning Dragon and flew on the other side of the Bounty.

"Ice!" Zane now rode atop his Elemental Ice Dragon as it flew next to Jay's.

"Earth!" Cole then rode his Elemental Earth Dragon as it flew behind Jay's and Zane's.

"Metal!"

"Speed!"

"Mind!"

"Shadow!"

"Light!"

"Poison!"

"Nature!"

"Sound!"

"Gravity!"

"Form!"

"Smoke!"

Almost everyone was on his or her own Elemental Dragon that flew all around the Bounty. Karlof's Metal Dragon was silver and completely covered in metal with shiny blue eyes. Griffin's Speed Dragon was a magenta red color with a light blue aura surrounding it. Neuro's Mind Dragon was a beige brown color with an aura of the same color surrounding it. Shade's Shadow Dragon was black with a white aura surrounding it. Paleman's Light Dragon was a brown color with an invisible aura surrounding it. Tox's Poison Dragon was a turquoise color with a poisonous aura around it as well. Bolobo's Nature Dragon was a bright green color with an aura of glowing leaves surrounding it. Jacob's Sound Dragon was a dark blue color with an aura that looked like sound waves surrounding it. Gravis' Gravity Dragon was a dark gold color with a red aura surrounding it. Camille's Form Dragon was bright purple with an even brighter purple aura around it. Ash's Smoke Dragon was a bright grey with a smoky aura around it as well.

All sixteen Elemental Dragons flew either next to, above, or below Destiny's Bounty; almost like a flying armada.

The only ones on the Bounty we're Rapunzel, Wu, Garmadon, Eugene, Nya, Skylar, Misako, Ronin, Dareth, Maximus, Pascal, and Pixal at the stearing wheel.

Rapunzel looked all the elemental dragons that flew around the ship in amazement with a wide smile across her face.

"Wow." That was all she could say.

"I know." Eugene agreed. "So what do you think of our chances now?"

"I like them a whole lot better now." Rapunzel eagerly replied.

Sensei Wu then stood before the two. "An great and powerful evil has returned; but we will rise to meet that challenge!"

Pixal then worked on a projector-like device, Misako came in with a tea-pot filled with Traveler's Tea. She pored the tea into the device, and Pixal pressed a button. A beam shot out of the device and shot out in front of the ship several hundred feet away before the beam stopped and a massive bright, blue swirling portal opened up.

The Armada of Heroes then flew into the portal before it closed behind.

Done. Oh My GOD! That was LONG! Perhaps the longest chapter I've ever written in my fanfiction career. Again I'd like to thank everyone for their support.

Just in case, if you guys need a reminder on the Elemental Masters, take a look back at the Tournament Arc (season 4) of Ninjago.

The Overlord may control Corona now, but there is an army heading his way! A BIG battle is coming! What's gonna happen next?

See you next time.