Chapter One: ?

I frowned as I neared the noodle house that Lloyd had picked out for our weekly outing. I still have no idea who started the tradition that we abandon, I mean leave in the capable hands of our co-workers, our students, every Saturday for a night of fun...well to us ninjas it was fun. The mayor has already told us that we couldn't bungee jump off of the skyscrapers anymore. Especially after we forgot the bungee ropes the last ten times that we've done it.

"You ok there Drake?" Cole clapped a hand on my shoulder, interrupting my thoughts.

'I've got a bad feeling about this.' I signed back, unease churning in my stomach.

Jay groaned as he slid into the booth that Lloyd had claimed for us. "No...absolutely not! Anytime you say that you have a bad feeling about something... all of Ninjago ends up in danger and we have to fight evil and not be the average next door type of guys."

Zane shot Jay an amused look as he looked up from the menu. "Technically rather or not we are active or not does not change the fact that we are still pretty average compared to everyone else."

Lloyd shot an eyebrow upwards, even as Cole plopped down next to Zane. "How many people do you know that have powers?" Cole drily asked him, since the others had randomly started to show signs of having powers a few months back.

I flexed my fingers, somehow feeling as if I knew a list of people, other than ourselves, that had powers. I hurriedly clasped my hands together tightly, my version of biting my tongue. Unfortunately, someone noticed.

"You have got to be kidding me...do you even know when and where this information is coming from...or do you just know it?" Lloyd gave me a dumbfounded look, surprise flickering across his features.

I shrugged, uncertain about where I was getting these random facts from. 'I really hate having amnesia.'

"We can't..." A group of thugs tore into the room, robbing the cashier. Zane sighed, before quickly wrapping up his sentence. "help you with that."

"Seriously!? That was what your bad feeling was?" 'I still have my bad feeling...so not this!'

Jay shook his head as he pulled out his nunchucks, already leaping into the fray. "Not what we wanted to hear Drake!"

We gave chase through the restaurant and out to the dark alleyway that was behind the business. Only for them to disappear into thin air. "Where'd they go?" Cole spun in a circle, concern dancing in his eyes.

I walked over to what looked like a lit shrine, fortune cookies and a scroll resting between the candles. I frowned upon noticing that there was a pretty good drawing of me hanging on the wall. 'I think this is what I had a bad feeling about.' I gestured to the shrine, feeling uneasy.

Lloyd snagged the scroll, unrolling it so as to read the message. "Zane, Cole, Lloyd, Jay, and Drake. You are all invited to the Tournament of Elements that will be taking place on Chen's Island. The Ferry that will take you to the tournament will pick you up tonight at midnight at the old dock near Ninjago City. A few simple rules for you to follow: You must not bring any weapons. You must not tell anyone where you are going..." Lloyd rolled his eyes as he looked, disbelief flashing across his features. "Does he really expect us to go? Or follow any of these rules? People will notice it if we disappear for a period of time."

Jay yanked the scroll out of his hands, scanning it. "Wait. There's more. If you do not want to come, I understand. Though if you had won my contest, I was going to tell you something important about Drake's past... He knows something about Drake!"

'So does Samurai X. I much rather avoid Chen. I get the feeling we can't trust him...as in we can trust Garmadon before he was cured better than we can trust him.' I signed in response to Jay's announcement.

Zane shifted uneasily as he looked over at me. "Actually... Samurai X isn't very forthcoming with information. Chen is offering as the information that we need without making it difficult..."

'Chances are that the whole thing is rig so that we lose. Besides that...we'll be competing against each other! We're not going.' I was now vibrating with fury as I signed angrily at my family, desperate to stop them from actually going.

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I ignored the others as I scanned the dock. Somehow I instinctively knew the names of all of our competition. I was also not surprised to see that Skylor wasn't there. Then again, she below deck on the Ferry, ready to make it look like she had been at the docks and not working for Chen on his plan to conquer Ninjago. Wait...what?! I shook my head fiercely, rubbing my forehead with annoyance.

"I still can't believe that Sensei bought the whole we all have family emergencies to deal with... I mean we don't even know Drake's family! And he totally bought it!" Jay was yapping Cole's ear off right behind me.

I rolled my eyes skyward, even as my fingers flew. 'I already figured out Samurai X's identity. I told Sensei this, but haven't told him who she is just yet. Since he knows I have a way to contact her, he probably presumes that she contacted me and told me about this family emergency.'

"Seriously?!" "Hold on...we've been jealous about a girl doing our jobs for us!?" I blinked, surprised that it was Zane who caught on, and made a big deal about, the whole I have a sister, not a brother, detail.

I jerked my head in response, even as the Ferry pulled up to the dock. I watched the man that moved to welcome everyone on-board. 'Clouse. Second in command to Chen. Be careful, he uses spells to get his way.' They all gave me a weird look, but nodded to show that they got the message. Finally it was our turn to board. I stared hard at Clouse, wondering why he looked so familiar.

"I wonder how it is that there so many here that are like us." Lloyd murmured to the others, scanning the crowded Ferry.

I spotted Skylor's old hooded cloak and knew immediately that she had came up from above, and was mingling with the other contestants, pretending to have been on the dock with the rest of us. I shook my head as my fingers twitched involuntarily. 'Everyone here is a descendant of one of the Original Elemental Masters. Our powers are all genetic. In all there is, Fire, Lightning, Earth, Ice, Energy, Water, Creation, Destruction, Sound, Speed, Gravity, Poison, Metal, Amber, Smoke, Light, Mind, Nature, Wind, and Time. The masters of Time are lost in the time stream so we won't be competing against them, and the last master of wind died before he could pass his powers on to the next generation...and I have no idea how I know all of this.'

"Drake!" At least I know that they haven't forgotten how to yell my name.

A/N: Done! Yeah...just presume that something happened and the others unlocked their powers without the trip to the Temple of Light. Since Zane is going to be a contestant, I am having it so that Garmadon isn't going to be with them. The knowledge that he gave them in the show is now being given to them by a confused Drake/Kai. He's gonna be a whole lot more milder about his feelings towards Skylor, mainly cause his subconscious remembers that they are married and have no need for all this flashy show or needs to be worried. So yeah. Oh! I have figured out who the OC future wives of Cole and Lloyd are! And the kids for the other elemental masters. If you want that list, tell me and I'll pull it up will quick... and add it to the next chapter's A/N.

Amelia is a lumberjack and she marries Cole. Anna is Jay's long lost twin sister and she marries Lloyd. Also: Who all loves the reason on why the mayor banned them from bungee jumping off of the skyscrapers?

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