Chapter 8: Wromg Place, Wrong Time and the Stone Army

"Your new body is a fighting instrument. Listen to it." Wu said

Cinder sat next to Sensei to watch as everyone starts attacking Lloyd and him dodging each one, all while his eyes are closed. But when Lloyd dodges Zane's shurikens, they end up hitting the watermelon Nya is carrying in. She shoots a glare at Zane, who gasps. Cinder cringes at seeing that "Oh, she's so not happy with him." Cinder thought as she came over to Sensei and him.

"Since he's grown, he's learning faster, Sensei." Nya said

"But will it be enough to challenge Lord Garmadon? Only time will tell." Wu said worriedly while Cinder watches as Kai draws his sword and although Lloyd blocks it, he doesn't stop the attack and falls.

"Hahaha, you're getting pretty good, but that move you fell for was basic 101." Kai grinned at the green ninja as he got up

"Yeah, if I had focused more when I was little, I would've seen that coming." Lloyd said

"We cannot change the past, but we can improve for the future. Again, and this time, do not hold back." Wu said as just then the Falcon squawks as it returns to the Bounty. It landed on the white ninja's shoulder.

"The Falcon has returned with troubling news. What did you see, my mechanical-feathered friend?" Zane said and everyone watched the footage that the Falcon caught, showing them a familiar city.

"The Lost City of Ouroboros!" Nya said while her brother look at the footage carefully

"Garmadon has returned to the Serpentine home base, but why?" Kai questioned

"Looks like they're preparing for a final battle." Cole said

"Indeed they are bro." Cinder said

"Nya, change course. We'll head straight for them." Wu ordered and the ship headed towards the snake city. Cinder went into his room, got his suit on and shift into dragon form, and then headed back up to the bridge. Wondering how this final battle will end he shook his head and focused on getting prepared for the fight, even though he hasn't have enough experience on fighting, the ninja will need all the help they can get. So he decided to do some extra training to get his blood pumping and muscles moving to be flexible for the battle,

Cinder looked around as they landed in the serpent's home base and marveled at all the architecture he saw. He has been here before but was focused on stopping Pythor from releasing the Great Devourer. But now seeing it all at a slower pace he smiles in amazement at the stonework and buildings that the Serpentine used to live. Cinder shook his head and kept on moving towards the center of the city. He flew above the others as they jumped over the roofs of the city. Cinder can see the center coming up and glides down to land without being noticed by the serpentine and Garmadon. He stretches quietly and walks over to the ledge of the building and peaks over to see what's happening. What he saw was serpentine working on vehicles and weapons, getting them ready for the battle. Cinder watched as Sensei Wu did Spinjitzu.

"Ninja, go!"

"Oh, brother!" Garmadon said menacingly

"It's time we finished this." Wu said sternly

"Ugh!" Kai, Cole, Jay, and Zane shouted as they landed behind Sensei. Cinder jumped off and glided down to them and glared at the dark lord.

"Bring it on, fools!" Garmadon yells but then the Mega Weapon is frozen up by ice from Lloyd. Cinder smirks at Garmadon's reaction to his son.

"Aargh! Lloyd? Is that you?" He said in shock

"Yeah. I've grown a little since the last time you saw me, Dad." Lloyd said confidently and the dark lord growls

"Stop him!" Garmadon yells and runs away.

"Follow him!" Kai shouted but had to dodge a Venomari soldier and hits it with his sword.

"We need to take these serpentines down first!" Zane shouted

"Alright then. Ninja-GO!" Cinder said as he jump up and spins really fast in the air from his wings which enable him to do Spinjitzu. Once he noticed the bright colors around him he moved forward and start to attack the soldiers. He punched, kicked, head butt, and tail swipe as he spun. Once he saw that the soldiers were defeated he stopped the tornado and landed on the ground. He turns to see the others in surprise at his sudden success of doing Spinjitzu for the first time.

"Bro, you just did Spinjitzu! Nice job!" Col said and Cinder smile

"Thanks, but we shouldn't get distracted. We still need to stop Garmadon before he uses the Mega Weapon for another scheme." He said

"Agreed. Now let's go." Sensei said and everyone followed behind Sensei to see something glowing in a chamber nearby. Cinder could feel the power emitting from it and points it out to the others. Everyone went to the chamber and went in. What they saw was a purple-bluish portal swirling and emitting a huge amount of power. Cinder looked around and saw that Garmadon wasn't here anymore. He can guess that the dark lord have gone through the portal, but for what? The power from it feels somehow familiar to him but he couldn't put a talon on where he felt this before.

"He used the Mega Weapon again!" Cole said angrily

"Oh, swell. Every time he uses that thing, something really bad happens. Now what?" Jay said irritated but then the ground started to rumble and turn into sand. Cinder squeaks worriedly of the rumbling.

"What's going on?" Kai exclaimed

"Is the city sinking?" Jay said worriedly

"Worse. The city's returning back into the desert, as if it had never been found in the first place." Zane said concerned and worried

"Uh, what? What does that mean?" Kai ask

"What's happening?" Nya exclaims

"Garmadon's gone back in time to make it so Lloyd never turns into the Green Ninja." Zane explains

"I can't...I can't feel my hands." Lloyd said and the green ninja wasn't the only one who's feeling strange.

"Uh... I can't feel my body either. What's going on?" Cinder ask worryingly

"Uh. Ugh. We have to go in!" Kai exclaims urgently

"If he changes anything, he changes everything! Protect the future, ninja!" Wu said as Cinder watched the four ninja jump into the portal. After they left the portal vanished and Cinder, Nya, Lloyd, and Sensei Wu were left in the chamber. More sand was rising up as the building rumbled. Cinder looked at them.

"Grab my tail!" He shouts and Lloyd, Wu, and Nya grab his tail and he flap his wings and got into the air. He flew as fast as he could and once he saw the center of the city he flew up into the sky. Cinder looks down to see the serpent city disappearing into the sand and then heads towards the Bounty. He could feel his wings aching from the weight he's carrying and kept on flying. Soon he reaches the Bounty and lands onto the deck. Lloyd, Nya, and Wu let go of Cinder's tail as he lays down panting and sighs in content of the strain off his wings.

"You ok Cin?" Nya ask and Cinder shook his head

"No, I have never carried that much weight before. But right there was an emergency and I needed to get you guys out quickly." He said then purrs as he felt Nya rubbing his neck spines and almost fell asleep from it. He hears Nya chuckling and continues to rub him.

"Sensei? What are we going to do now?" Lloyd ask and the old man shook his head.

"Nothing. It's up to the other ninja to save the timeline from being tampered with by my brother." Wu said grimly and Lloyd nodded and headed downstairs. Wu headed down as well to meditate.

"Sensei, I have the Bounty set course back to Ninjago City." Nya said which the bearded man nodded and headed below deck. Cinder was confused by this.

"Why're we heading back to Ninjago City? We were there yesterday to see Dareth. Why are we heading back there." He ask

"Well, just so if the guys pop up in the city. That way we can be where they're at." Nya said and Cinder sighed

"Ok then, that makes sense."

"Also... you have been training really hard for the past few weeks and also that you finally did Spinjitzu. I think you should get a break. I'll ask Sensei for you to have a few days off for you to relax and have fun." Nya said to the purple dragon who was surprised by that reward.

"You really mean it?" He said

"Of course! You 100% earn it. Now let me go ask him about it. While I do that, will you set the ship's course to the city?" Nya ask

"Oh course!" Cinder said, smiling happily.

"Ok then. Thanks! I'll be back in a few minutes." Nya said and went downstairs. Cinder headed upstairs to the bridge, humming happily with today's events, forgetting the dire situation that's happening. But right now he's thinking.

"What to do with my few days of break?" Cinder thought as he went into the bridge,

"Ahhhhhhh! This is the best day ever." Cinder said as he flew through Ninjago City. Nya had ask Sensei for him to have a few days off of training. The old man agreed to it and Cinder went to his room. Grabbing some stuff from his room, he took off from the Bounty to the skies and went searching for someplace to relax.

He did find something: a water park! Cinder was excited and flew towards it smiling and landed on the sidewalk and walked to the entrance. He then walked over to it and waited in line until he was allow entry. Seeing all sorts of rides and attractions to do he puts his stuff in the locker and went off to have some fun.

Cinder was at a food booth after a few hours of riding and playing in the water. He was starving from the splashing and swimming. People were looking at him as he sat. He didn't care really about how people reacted to how he looked and just hummed contentedly as he ate his food.

Feeling that he had enough for today, Cinder headed to the exit. Once he exited the water park he decided to go to a restaurant for dinner and went looking. Unfortunately he went to 5 different restaurants who didn't allow him to eat because of his draconian self. Fortunately a family friendly restaurant allowed him to dine. Which was interesting for him as he was being watched by little kids who were amazed to see a dragon in the restaurant. The parents were surprised but were smiling at their kid's reactions. Once he paid his meal and left a tip Cinder headed off towards Dareth's dojo and landed on the roof and lay down curling into a ball and fell asleep.

The next day Cinder was heading off to the park to relax in the shade and cool breeze of the wind. While heading there he felt his body going weird again for a few seconds and then fades away. "Ok? That just happened. What's going on right now?" Cinder thought and continued onto the park and landed in the park; walking around enjoying the breeze and sun. He soon finds a tree to be under to relax under, thinking of the situation that was going on. Wondering if his brother and the others can save the timeline. Then suddenly he felt drowsy and tried to stay awake but lost the battle of the drowsiness and passed out.

"Ugh... Where am I?" Cinder said as he woke up. Looking around him he saw that he wasn't in the park anymore. Instead, he was in a strange place with floating rocks and stars around his field of view. Cinder went to the end of the platform he stood on and looked down at the abyss below.

"Ok... what just happened? I was having a nice day in the park and then suddenly fell asleep for no reason and then waking up here?" Cinder said and then he heard whispers. He moved back to the center of the platform, the voices were getting louder and louder. Cinder was getting scared by the mysterious voices.

"Ugh? Uh... oh... make it STOP!" He yelled and everything froze in front of him, causing the rocks nearby to freeze in mid-air. Not knowing what else to do, Cinder used some of the rocks to cross over to another platform, and as he did, everything unfroze.

"Uhhh...? What just happened?" Cinder said

"That, young dragon, is one of the abilities of the purple dragon. The purple dragon can wield many abilities that others cannot, including time itself. Learn to master this ability, and you would be able to see what happens next. But... use this gift sparingly, only when circumstances demand. Manipulation of time is not to be done without the utmost care." A voice said out-loud. Cinder knew who the voice was.

"Ignitus, is that you? What's going on? Where in Ninjago am I now?" Cinder said worrying what this place is.

"The place you are in is called the Celestial Caves. A series of chambers with elemental trials. I brought you here spiritually, you are still where you have sat. So do not worry too much about it, I will sent you back after our discussion." Ignitus said

"Uh? What do you want to talk about?" Cinder said curious.

"Well, since you have unlocked and trained your elemental breaths. The next lesson for you is control over time. Your brother and the three ninja went back into time to stop Garmadon from changing the timeline. I want to teach you this so that you can wield it and be responsible for its usage." Ignitus said

"Oh... Ok Ignitus, can we start the lesson? I don't want to be here for too long, especially that my body is in a vulnerable spot right now." Cinder said eager to start training.

"Ha ha ha ha... Of course, let's get started." Ignitus chuckles at the purple dragon's eagerness to learn.

"He's just like his father." Ignitus thought as he started the lesson.

"Ugh... my head. Feels so heavy like lead was fill in it. Also what happened?" Cinder said as he woke up from his "nap" under the tree. Suddenly he remembered what happened: his meeting with Ignitus and learning how to control time. Cinder wanted to see if what he could do was real. He felt something different within him and found out where it was.

"Ok, let's try this. See if what I did spiritually can worked physically." He thought and focused on it and watched in amazement as everything slow down and felt his body sluggishly moved. He stopped it and everything resumed back to normal. Cinder stares, utter silence at this, and thinks that he should head back to the Bounty to meet back up with Nya, Lloyd, and Sensei Wu. He got up, stretched, and took off into the air flapping his wings hard to gain attitude quickly.

Cinder thought of this new ability and knew that you shouldn't mess around with time. Especially if you go back into time to change the past. He hummed in thought as he headed towards the direction the Bounty was at. Wondering what else a purple dragon can do.

RIIIIIIIIIIIIING!

"Ugh." Cole groans and hits his head on the top bunk.

"Uh, Aah!" Jay yelped and fell off his bed.

Cinder covers his ears to block the noise. But Kai throws something at the clock, making it hit a gramophone and making it louder. The ninja groans with Cinder whining, but Zane, being a Nindroid, is unaffected by the noise. Lloyd uses his Energy to shut it off.

"Ugh.. I hate that thing." Cinder said irritated

"Is it Wednesday already?" Lloyd said tirelessly

"Sunrise exercise. I hate sunrise exercises." Jay said and then Sensei Wu entered, ringing a mini gong.

"Ah. Good morning, morning, morning! Up, up. It's a new day, students. Before we began sunrise exercise, I noticed the dragon made another mess outside. It looks like a two-person job, hehe." He said

Cinder sniggers at them, fortunately for him, he doesn't have to do that chore. Especially an awkward situation with Ultra. He watches the others make excuses to not do it. But he could tell Lloyd was annoyed by this.

"Aww, you might've been able to dump chores on me when I was smaller, but I'm grown up now. That's not fair!" Lloyd said and Kai sighs

"You're right, Lloyd. We need to settle this like men. With a round of Rock, Paper, Clamp! Okay, on three! One, two, three!" Kai said as he and the others brought their hands up. Lloyd chooses rock but everyone else chooses paper.

"Haha, paper beats rock!" Jay said smug

"How does paper beat rock?" Lloyd groaned. A few mins later Lloyd was outside and prepared to clean up the dragon. "I always have to do the dirty work." He said

"Hey, having a pet dragon requires a lot of responsibility." Cole said and Cinder nods at his brother's wisdom

"Didn't your mom ever let you have a pet?" Jay said

"I don't remember my mother. She abandoned me when I was really young." Lloyd said sadly and a little bitter. Cinder was surprised by this. He never saw Lloyd like this before, he always saw Lloyd be chitter and determined to get things done.

"She just left? Who took care of you?" Kai asked surprised

"I spent my whole life at Darkley's Boarding School." Lloyd explains but was interrupted as Nya shouted from the Bounty.

"Hey, I have a mission for you guys." She said and slid down the Bounty's anchor. "It's the Museum of Ninjago! They've asked for you guys! Something really strange has happened."

"What?" Kai asked before heading off

"You're gonna have to see it to believe it." Nya explained

"Here, Nya. Hold this." Lloyd said and gave her the bag and ran after the others. Cinder looks at her, then to the others, then back to her.

"Go. They'll probably need the help of a dragon for this." Nya said and Cinder nodded and flew off after them.

Cinder caught up to the others and walked up next to Cole as they entered the museum. Once they were inside they met the curator who was a little worried.

"Oh, thank heavens you're here!" He said

"We heard there was an emergency?" Wu asked

"Yes, come, come. Quickly, this way. The Stone Warrior exhibit opens to the public tonight, and this couldn't have come at a worse time." The curator said concerned

"Uh, what couldn't have come at a worse time?" Kai said nonchalantly

"Ninjago City appreciates your help in destroying the Great Devourer some time back, but it appears its toxic venom has seeped into the city sewer system and has had the most unusual after-effect." The curator explains as they enter a corridor and everyone reacts to the horrid smell. But for Cinder, his reaction was so much worse.

"Aargh!"

"Ugh. It stinks!" Kai exclaimed but then everyone heard a heaving noise to see Cinder throwing out his morning breakfast. His cheeks were a green tinge and was breathing heavily. Cole looked worried as he saw his brother's reaction. The black ninja grab Cinder and carry him out of the corridor. Once they got out of the corridor and towards doors leading to the gift shop. The Curator opens them revealing transformed merchandise

"The toxicity in the venom somehow brought our merchandise to life! They're so unruly. I just don't know who else to call!" The curator said

"Ah!" Zane exclaims as he gets hit by one of the figurines.

"We've got this covered. I think we can handle a few toys." Jay said confidently

"And please, could you contain the fighting to the gift shop? The doors to the new exhibit will be opening soon. Thank you." The curator said and closed the doors to let the ninja do their job. Wu looked at Cinder sternly, knowing what the wise teacher is hinting at, he sighs.

"I know, that corridor earlier made me sick. So no fighting for now, got it. But I'll just go explore the museum." Cinder said and he exited the gift shop. Once he left he heard the familiar sound of Spinjitzu. He wondered what historical objects he would see and headed down the corridor to see what was in the rooms.

"Hmmm... where to go first?"

Looking around, Cinder made his mind up and headed to the room at the very end and entered. The room he entered was filled with artifacts, each describing their stories, and marveling at each of the pieces of artifact and artwork. He was looking at a piece of artwork telling the great battle with the serpentine when he heard someone coming in.

"Hello, curious to see a dragon here looking at artwork." The voice said and Cinder turned around to the voice. The voice belonged to a lady who look like she was in her late 30's/late 40's, was wearing glasses and her hair in a braid. Her outfit was like an explorer would wear while out in the wilderness. She had a warm smile on her face and Cinder couldn't help but smile.

"He he.. well, I was here with my teacher, my brother, and some of his friends to do a "clean up" in the gift shop. But the corridor we went down had venom from the Devourer and it caused me to be sick. Vomiting up my breakfast was not great. So I decided to look around to see the artifacts and artwork." He said and the lady gave a sympathetic look towards the purple dragon.

"Oh, very unfortunate for you my dear. I believe your senses are advanced so that your smell is more sensitive?" She asked and Cinder nods

"I see. What's your name?" She asked and Cinder chuckled

"I was going to ask you the same thing." He said and the lady chuckled

"Too true. My name's Misako." She said

"My name's Cinder." He said and heard Wu running down the corridor..

"Sounds like my teacher is chasing one of "toys" down the corridor." Cinder

"Well then, let's see your teacher then shall we." Misako said and both human and dragon left the room. Once they left the room Cinder sees Sensei Wu stomping on something, probably the "toy", and stops when he sees the lady next to him.

"Misako?"

"Wu."

"I, uh..."

"It's been a long time." Misako said warmly then looked at Cinder. "Is he your teacher Cinder?"

"Yes, and he's been amazing at teaching me." Cinder said but hears someone clearing their throat. Turning around he sees the ninja approaching up to them.

"So, uh, you're gonna introduce us?" Jay said and the wise man clears his throat.

"Uh, yes. This is Misako, Lloyd's mother." Wu said

Everyone gasps at the reveal. Cinder's eyes widened in surprise at the revelation that this lady was the mother of the green ninja. Looking over to Lloyd he saw his reaction.

"My...my mother?" Lloyd said

"Ah. Lloyd? My little boy. You're so much bigger than I remember." Misako said

"Yeah, well, it's been a long time." Lloyd said bitterly

"I didn't want us to meet like this. I have a reason why I've been away." Misako said but Cinder could tell Lloyd wasn't listening

"Well, I don't wanna hear it." Lloyd said angeringly and walked away.

"Lloyd, wait. Please!" Misako said worriedly but Lloyd closed the door behind him. Cinder looked at the mother and decided to follow after Lloyd.

"Lloyd? You in here?" Cinder said as he entered a room. He sees the blond-haired man sitting in front of a hole in the floor. Wondering why there's a hole in here he shook his head and walked over to him. Sitting down next to him Cinder sat quietly and waited for Lloyd to say anything. Hearing nothing from him Cinder spoke up.

"You ok Lloyd?"

No answer

"Hmm... you know that she didn't abandon you on purpose?" Cinder said

"How will you know?" Lloyd snapped and Cinder flinched back in astonishment and looked down at his claws.

"Because my mom sent my egg from her and dad to save me from a war in a different world. She loves me so much even though I wasn't born. She didn't want me to get killed or used as someone's weapon. I'm grateful and loved that she did this for my safety." Cinder said softly tears sliding down his face.

Lloyd was surprised by this, hearing Cinder's story of his parents made the green ninja realize that the purple dragon hasn't been with his parents since his birth.

"I'm sorry for that outburst. I didn't know that you haven't met them. I wish for you that you can see them, but that's hardly impossible where they're at." Lloyd said

"Th.. thanks Lloyd." Cinder said sniffing.

"Lloyd? Cinder?"

Cinder and Lloyd turned to see Misako at the doorway. Behind her were Sensei Wu and the other ninja.

"I'd watch your step. That sinkhole doesn't have a bottom, son. It's where I found the ancient Stone Warrior." She said walking up to them

"Well, if I'm your "son", then why did you leave me?" Lloyd asked

"You wanna know why I did that? Long before Sensei Wu ever knew who would be the Green Ninja, I knew it would be you. And I knew you would eventually have to fight your father. I dropped you off at the Boarding School so I could go learn everything I could about the prophecy, in hope of one day preventing the final battle. Of good and evil. All this time, son, I've been trying to save you and your father. Long before time had a name, Ninjago was created by the First Spinjitzu Master—" Misako said

"Yeah, yeah. We've heard this story a hundred times." Lloyd interrupts her

"But you've only heard half of it. In Ninjago, there has always been balance between good and evil. So you know about how the First Spinjitzu Master created Ninjago, but what if I were to tell you in order for there to be light, there must be shadow, and within shadow, there is darkness. The blackest of darkness that existed from the very beginning. An evil spirit called "The Overlord."" Misako said

"Did you know about this, Sensei?" Zane said looking over to the elderly teacher

"I had hoped if I'd kept the secret, that name would never be spoken again." Wu said grimly

"The balance was at stake, and their battle could have gone on for eternity. Each side powerful, neither could conquer the other until the Overlord created his indestructible warriors: the Stone Army. The Spinjitzu Master did what he could, but he knew he would soon be defeated. So instead of losing the war, he divided Ninjago in two. And lucky for us, since then there has been no trace of the Overlord or his Stone Army, until my recent discovery." Misako explains

"So that's why the battle has yet to be decided. It was never finished." Kai said realization in his eyes

"But where is this Dark Island? I've never heard of it." Cole asked

"Disappeared, I presume. But the legend states that so long as the balance between good and evil remains even, the Overlord shall remain trapped from this world. I have always feared your father's ambition will ultimately lead to a shift in the balance. That is why he must be stopped." Misako said serious

"We have each felt the power of the First Spinjitzu Master, passed onto us in the form of the elemental weapons. But now that power has been inherited by the Green Ninja, which is why only Lloyd can defeat the ultimate evil, or else all of Ninjago will fall prey to its darkness." Wu said serious

"Leaving you was the hardest thing I've ever had to do. But faced with saving you and the world, I had no other choice." Misako said regret in her voice

Cinder looked at the woman and thought about what she said about this prophecy.

"This sounds similar to what dad has to do against the Dark Master."

Realizing that Misako just said, he spoke up

"I think this feels similar to my dad." He said

"Really? I don't recall anything in Ninjago's history about your father?" Misako said surprised

"Well... it's because my dads from another world." Cinder said nervously

"Oh! That makes sense, but why aren't you with him?" Misako asked

"He and my mom sent me away because of a war going on and they didn't want to lose me because I didn't hatched yet." Cinder explained

"Egg? You mean that you are an actual dragon?" Misako asked and Cinder nods and Cole chuckles

"Yep, Cinder is a natural born dragon. I remember the day he hatched, he was so cute as a baby dragon." He said and everyone laughed at that. Cinder blushed in embarrassment. Lloyd then asked his mom.

"Have you discovered a way to prevent me from facing my father?" He asked

"I'm sorry, not yet. But I have reason to believe there's still hope." Misako said but there was a big BANG and everyone turned to the door, Cinder looked up and eyes widened in surprise and shock of seeing what was standing there. Standing was a samurai warrior that was 14 feet tall and made out of some sort of stone.

"WHOA! EXCUSE ME?! Will somebody please tell me: WHAT THE HECK IS THAT?!" Jay yell in fear

"The Stone Warrior." Misako said

"The Devourer's venom has awakened him!" Zane said

"Oh, great! Kai, take care of him." Cole said

"Um, me? Okay, blockhead. Take this!" Kai said and charged it and brought his sword down. But his sword breaks from the impact. "Well, in my mind's eye, I saw that playing out entirely differently. Whoa!"

"The Overlord created his Stone Army from an indestructible material only found on the Dark Island." Misako explains

"Ah, great. You could've mentioned that earlier." Kai said annoyed

"Lloyd, use your powers. If that doesn't work Cinder you'll use yours to attack." Wu said

"Ok." Cinder said and watched as Lloyd uses his powers, and the Warrior is knocked back. The ninja cheered, but it wasn't damaged.

"Wait a minute. How are we supposed to destroy this thing?" Cole said worriedly

"You can't." Misako said

"Aaahh! Hehe, easy big guy, maybe this is a sign you need to lose a few pounds, hehehe." Jay said but the Warrior pushes him back and he almost falls into the Hole. Wu extended his Nin-Jô for him to grab. "Close call!"

Then everyone was thrown out of the room by the stone warrior. For Cinder he glided after he was thrown from the warrior. He looked at Sensei who nodded. Knowing what to do, Cinder turns towards the Stone Warrior and stares at it.

"Ok, this guy is made of stone. So Earth would be the choice to use." Cinder thought and waited for the attack. The Stone Warrior charged at him and before it attacked the purple dragon Cinder jumped up and shot out a ball of hard rock. Instead of destroying it, it got pushed back and was even angrier now by that. Before Cinder could even move he was grabbed by the warrior and was getting smashed into pillars and than towards the others and hit the wall hard. Cinder crumbled to the floor, barely breathing from his injuries, and felt Cole checking him over. Cinder looked up at him but black spots were popping up in his vision and soon after he succumbed to the darkness.

"Ughhh..."

"Guys! He's awake."

"Ow" Cinder said as he opened his eyes but hissed at the brightness. Someone saw his reaction and lowered the brightness for him to see better. Cinder looked around to see that he was back on the Bounty. He then sees Cole come in, relief on his face, seeing that he was ok.

"Bro! You are awake! How are you feeling?" Cole asked

"Very sore and aching. I remember trying to destroy the Stone Warrior but then was grabbed and thrown into many objects, then nothing." Cinder said looking at his bandaged body." What happened after I passed out?"

"Lloyd got that stone head in the bottomless pit after we ran around in the museum. We have Nya bring you back to the Bounty so you could heal." Cole explained and Cinder looked down and growled angrily.

"Ugh! I hate having these injuries. I feel so useless not helping out with the team."

"Hey, you're not useless. You're a great teammate to the team. Yes you are young, but you fight with using your draconian heritage to your advantage. These injuries are just for you to learn that you can't fight it on your own or your elemental breaths. So you need to train more or team up to defeat bigger enemies." Cole said

"Ok, but what should I do while healing?" Cinder asked, noting that he can't even move with his legs bandaged. "Because how am I going to move around?"

"Well, here." Cole said and lifted Cinder up and carry him up to the Bridge. Everyone saw Cinder awake from unconsciousness. Once everyone was done looking over him and asking if he was in pain, Cole put Cunder down on a chair with a cushion. Cinder sees Misako over by Lloyd and asks if she's helping them in the battle, which she agreed to help. He then turns to Sensei.

"So... what now?"

"Well, we will be training Lloyd for the battle. As for you, you'll be on rest till you fully heal from your injuries." Wu said

Cinder's head droops in sadness as that means he can't do anything and just sits around and sleep. Wu saw this.

"You don't have to be in your room all day. Cole or the others can move you around for you to socialize or be with Ultra." Wu said

Cinder smiles at that.

"Cinder, if I may, can I do some tests on you for info of your races' dragons. They have to be different from the dragons here in Ninjago." Misako asked

"Uh... sure, that's fine by me." Cinder said surprise by her question

"Alright then. Ninja, go and train Lloyd. Misako, if you want to do tests with Cinder now, go ahead." Wu said as he headed out of the Bridge, the ninja followed him with Lloyd to train, leaving Cinder, Misako, and Nya in the Bridge.

"Alright then, Cinder, ready for some questions?" Misako asked

"Yes, Fire away." Cinder said as Misako started asking him questions.

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Chapter 8 Edited and Spell checked