Within Ninjago city, unintentional trouble was brewing. Below the city, in the underground tunnels that Skales was once digging through, a lone Viporeon Constrictai was wandering around within it's depths. She had taken a nap, when the Viporeons were listening to Anaca's speech about leaving Raven with the ninja. Then the Viporeons had fled the city in haste, as to not cause trouble anymore trouble, which left the poor little Constrictai all alone. She traveled through the caverns, when she came across a large rock formation that was similar to a door. She touched this door, while looking up in amazement at the inscription, and clicked a switch, which made the rock wall rise up.

Upon seeing this, the Viporeon Constrictai ran to a nearby wall and dug herself inside. However, she was able to block herself with dirt, as a way of concealing herself while she watched as familiar figures were emerging from behind the open door. One of them wore a crown on his head, as he looked around the area beyond to see who freed them. Then, he chuckled to himself as he told the others to make a path towards the surface. The Viporeon realized her mistake of opening the door, but then she thought of something that made her grin, as she made her way towards the surface.

Above the area where the Serpentine were freed, a certain brown ninja was walking along the road.

'I can't believe it...' He thought.

Then he said, "They went on a journey without me? The Brown Ninja Dareth! Oh the shame of it all! How my fellow ninja just took off without taking me along with them..."

Dareth stopped walking when he saw the man-hole cover slide up and off the man-hole about two feet from him. His eyes widened, as he saw what looked to be a Constrictai rise up from below the man-hole.

'Wait a minute, is that a snake? But it looks... not like how the ninja described them, that much,' Dareth thought.

Then Dareth approached the Constrictai slowly, and jumped back when she turned to look at him. The Viporeon Constrictai yelped, which made Dareth yelp, as she ran to an alley and hid behind the wall. Dareth was confused by this, and he cautiously walked over to where the Constrictai was hiding.

"Hey, are you... okay?" Dareth said, as the Constrictai backed away from him. "It's ok, I won't hurt you," Dareth said, as he extended an arm to the Constrictai who was still afraid. Then Dareth said, "Hey, don't worry, I'm a good guy." He put on his ninja hood and said, "I'm the Brown Ninja!"

Dareth posed, as he said this with his head tilted up and to the side and his hands super hero style. The Constrictai looked at Dareth, and she started to giggle pretty loudly.

Dareth looked at the Constrictai and said, "Hey, what's so funny?"

"The Brown ninja?" The Constrictai said, as she continued to laugh.

Dareth took off his ninja hood and rubbed his head like 'Oh come on' until he heard people crying out for help. Dareth turned to go, but then he turned to the Constrictai who was once again scared, but from the people's cries.

He asked, "Hey, your coming or what?"

The Constrictai tilted her head in confusion, but then she straightened herself, and followed the Brown Ninja to the source of the screams.

Apparently, Skales and his army of snakes rose above the surface and were walking the streets of Ninjago city, scaring people away as they traveled.

"We mussst hurry back to Ouroborusss, before thossse petty ninja appear," Skales said, as the other Serpentine followed behind him.

Then one of the pedestrians who was running yelled out, "Snakes! Why did the ninja leave us at this time!"

As the man ran off, Skalidor heard what he said, and he turned to Skales and said, "Um, Skaless, I don't think the ninja are here."

Skales turned to Skalidor and said, "I am the Sssnake Ki- Wait, the ninja are gone, are you cccertain?"

Skalidor replied, "Well, that man who ran off ssaid the ninja had left."

Skales thought about this, and said, "Well we shouldn't take any chancccesss now. We'll take the opportunity for vengeanccce upon Ninjago another time."

"Are you sure Skalessss? They're vulnerable now," Acidicus said.

"Yesss I'm sure, now let's go," Skales said, impatient.

"There'sss the bussss," Fangpyre said, pointing to a bus that stopped at the bus stop, unaware of the army of Serpentine not too far away.

Skales led the Serpentine to the bus and was able to hitch a ride, which they stole once the bus driver opened the door and they kicked him out. Dareth and the Viporeon Constrictai watched, as the Serpentine drove the bus out to the desert.

Dareth looked on and said, "Oh great! They're going to come back, where's the ninja when you need them..."

Then the Viporeon said, "But aren't you a ninja?"

Dareth turned around hastily and said, "Well, um, of course I'm a ninja, but I, uh, eh hem, a ninja shouldn't have to fight alone without his friends by his side. That's the way of the ninja you know."

The Viporeon was impressed by the Brown ninja's statement and said, "Oh, you truly are of noble character, Brown ninja."

Then Dareth said, "I know right? Um, you can call me Dareth."

"My name isss Tempara. It'sss a pleasssure to meet a fine ninja like yourssself."

Then Dareth said, "Oh well I wouldn't say 'a fine ninja'. Well actually I would, probably."

Then Tempara turned to the side with a sad expression.

Dareth noticed this and asked, "Hey, what's the matter?"

Then Tempara said, "Well, I'm a long journey away from home, and sssince I wassss ssseparated from the other Viporeonssss, I have no idea where they might be. They probably went home, but I don't know if I could make it home alone..."

Dareth thought, 'Viporeons? Hm... should I help her, or should I just walk away? But she knows I'm the Brown ninja and that wouldn't be right to leave her alone...'

Dareth lifted his head up high and said, "Well Tempara you came to the right ninja. I will help you venture back to where ever it is that you live, and then I can go back to protecting Ninjago- Aaahh!"

Tempara hugged Dareth and said, "Oh thank you ssssoo much Dareth!"

Then the Viporeon grabbed the Brown ninja by the arm and said, "Let'sss go quickly then!"

Then Dareth said, while being dragged, "Okay okay, but I need to get a few things before we go for the journey-" "Okay then!" Tempara said, as she went behind Dareth and pushed him forward. "Where do you live?" She asked.

Dareth replied, "At the dojo, turn left. No, your other left, and turn right- watch out for that crack! Ok go right..."

So Dareth and Tempara went to Dareth's dojo, and afterward they began their journey to Tempara's home land.

-Back to the Bounty-

As day turned to night, Nya, Raven, and Flare were pretty exhausted from training, so they decided to retire for the day. They stood on deck for a while and just talked while they looked up at the night sky. The other ninja were just hanging out in the Bounty, while Misako, Wu, Garmadon, and Dr. Julien were in the main control room just discussing the events that already occured lately.

As they watched the stars appear in the dark blue-black night sky, Raven, Flare, and Nya were enjoying their girls-only time together.

"Your weapons are pretty extravagant Flare. The craftsmenship, the sharpness of the blades... their very beautiful too," Nya said, as she carefully passed her hand over the white blade so as not to cut herself.

"Yeah, they're pretty awesome," Flare said.

She passed Nya the black blade and took the white one back.

"So you can summon forth the blade from within the handles of each scimitar?" Nya asked, and Flare nodded.

The girls were sitting on the floor near the center right of Destiny's Bounty: Flare with her back against the railing, Nya sitting on Flare's left, and Raven on Flare's right. All three girls were gathered in a circle.

Flare replied, "Yes, I can summon the blades from within the handles. You can see which blade is which by the color of the small circle under the handles, black for black, and white for white."

Nya examined Flare's black sword and said, "That's pretty cool. You can actually feel the energy in the blade by just touching it."

After Nya's examination, she passed the black blade back to Flare who dismissed the blades back into the handles and hooked them on her belt. Then Raven passed Nya her water staff to look at it as well.

"Even on this staff, the craftsmenship is very unique and well done," Nya said.

Then Raven said, "Yeah, these weapons were made by the Masters of Aeroplane."

Nya looked up and asked, "The Masters of Aeroplane?"

Then Flare elaborated, "The Four Masters of Aeroplane were the protectors of Aeroplane and the people who lived there up until a certain time. Aeroplane has been around longer than any other place in all of Ninjago. However, no one ever really knows about it because the city is hidden in the skies. Even getting there is difficult unless you have a flying vehicle, and even so it's still difficult. You have to go to the Mountain of Soaria, then you have to pass the cloud-fog maze, and then you have to travel a little further along to the city. It's a whole thing to get there unless your from there or have a flying vehicle like this ship."

Flare rubbed the floor of the deck.

Raven said, "You mean the Bounty."

Then Flare said, "Yeah, right the Bounty. That's what it's called?"

Raven and Nya nodded, and Flare just shrugged her shoulders and laid back.

Nya looked at the blue orb on top of the water staff and asked, "So the water you used came from this orb right?"

Raven nodded and said, "Yes, I can store water within the orb and use it when I need it. It can store a lot of water, even more than a lake."

Nya was amazed at the water staff's properties, and then she handed it back to Raven who set it beside herself.

"Sooo..." Flare said to Raven.

"Sooo?" Raven answered back.

Then Flare signed and said, "Are you going to tell Nya and the others why you were out the whole time alone? Before you bumped into them."

Raven looked down sad, and Nya tilted her head to side, wondering what Flare was talking about, and was looking at Raven for an answer.

Raven signed and said, "Well, you see, as I was going to tell you earlier... I ran away from home."

Nya was surprised and Flare just stood listening as Raven continued,

"I had a... disagreement with my dad, and I packed up some of my stuff and snuck out when I found the opportunity."

Then Nya asked, "Well, why? What was the disagreement about?"

Raven put her head down as she remembered a crystal prison.

"Well, he didn't want me to get hurt. He was worried about my welfare, but he worried so much that I didn't have any freedom to just go outside anymore and see my friends. I mean I understand why he didn't want me to go outside, and why he was so overprotective over me, ever since what happened about a year ago... it's just, I... I..."

Raven started tearing up and she tried to rub the tears out of her eyes.

"Raven..." Nya said, but then she said no more because she didn't want Raven to suffer more from what was bothering her.

However, Flare said, "Don't try to hold your tears back girl! Let it out, let it flow! Speak for once!"

Nya looked at Flare like 'What are you doing?' Then Raven started to silently cry because she doesn't cry loud actually. The sound of her cries is like how a chao cries in Sonic Adventure two battle.

As Raven cried she was able to clearly say, "My mother. I wish she wasn't sealed in the crystal prison! Dad has been trying to break her out for so long. He's so sad and angry about what happened, and he didn't want something like that to happen to me. I was selfish, I should've understood what my dad was feeling because I felt the same way in a way. -Sniffle- but I felt like he didn't think I could take care of myself...-Sniffle-"

Then Flare said, "And getting your leg banged up before didn't help much."

"Flare!" Nya said and Flare turned her head and kept silent.

Then Raven continued, "Being here on the Bounty, and with all you guys has made me realize that... I have to talk to my dad. After we go to Aeroplane, I want to see my father and settle this with him. I want to make things right..."

Nya nodded and said, "It's better to settle things now then to wait later, because, who knows if there will be a later."

Raven attempted to wipe away her tears when she saw a handkerchef near her face. When she looked up, she saw Flare was the one offering the handkerchef while looking away with a slight sympathetic empathy in her eyes. Raven smiled and took the handkerchief gratefully.

After about half an hour, the girls decided to go to bed, as well as everyone else on board the Bounty. The Bounty was 'parked' inside a cave that was large enough to hold it, and not so visible outside. Everyone slept pretty well that night, especially Raven.

Outside, about a few miles away upon a beach was a group of people, and two of them wore black hoods...