50 chapters! I didn't think I would have this many. But the story's not over yet...
Within Ouroborus, Marcell stood sitting on a throne that was made were the old statue of the Great Devourer used to be. She had a lot on her mind, and so she stood there with her left arm on the arm rest and her head leaning on her hand, with her left leg crossed over her right, and her eyes were closed with a calm yet stern expression. Stephen and Luna stood at each side of the throne about two feet away sitting on pillows with their legs crossed and eyes closed as well. It was near dawn, but the sky was still pretty lit up. The other Vampires and Serpentine were roaming the city and just hanging out since they had a free day. Marcell took the time to reflect on the events that had transpired so far.
She thought, 'All of this, for what? What is Darkness trying to do? We built those machines for him... what are they for? They don't even have a power source to them, and the other parts we're making aren't even for those machines. He's leaving us in the dark... fitting, but annoying. Pythor couldn't even track them for long, only to Ninjago city, butthen poof... they weregone... Blast it!'
Marcell gripped the arm rest tighter with her right hand, and then she relaxed and thought, 'Getting angry is not helping me right now. As annoying as this is, I need to stay calm and vigilant... I wonder where those ninja and kunoichi are? Violet hasn't reported back for a while... Iee, I hope they're alright.'
Then Marcell lifted her face up to the sky and opened her eyes. She saw one little cloud in the sky and thought, 'Lucy... please be strong littlesister.'
As the sun was about to set and the sky colors turned purple and orange, Marcell lowered her gaze downward and laid her left hand down, as she contemplated about her sister's well being.
During the travels of the Ninja crew, Raven would train to harness the wind, and Lucy would train to control water. Auria stood with Raven near the bow of the flying ship, while Reine stood with Lucy near the center.
"Feel the wind Raven," Auria said, as Raven stood on the tip of the bow with her arms spread outward and her eyes closed.
The wind blew through Raven's hair and around her clothes as she tried to pin point where the wind was moving. Auria was leaning on the railing at the side of the Bounty watching Raven, as her hair moved along with the wind. Lloyd stood not too far off, watching over Raven as well while sitting on a barrel. He was watching out just in case Darkness or someone tried to take Raven again. He was also there to support Raven in her attempts of mastering the wind.
"Do you feel the sense of freedom and trainquility in the wind? That is what you must hold inside of you. That freedom and peace isn't always on the outside, but no matter what storm comes your way, you must hold onto it on the inside... like the eye of the storm, when everything around you is spiraling out of control, you can still retain peace," Auria said softly, as Raven was able to breathe in and out calmly.
'I need to be at peace on the inside,' Raven thought.
Lloyd was shifting in his seat, and looking around occasionally. Auria noticed Lloyd's tension and walked over to him.
"Lloyd," Auria said, and Lloyd looked towards her and replied,
"Yeah?"
Auria grabbed Lloyd's arm gently and lead him towards where Raven was.
"What's going on Auria?" Lloyd asked, and Auria looked towards him and replied,
"Although I am teaching Raven to have peace within to harness the wind, I think you can benefit from this too."
Auria then pushed Lloyd up on the point of the bow, although Raven was more ahead on the tip.
"Spread out your arms," Auria instructed soothingly, as Lloyd followed, although he was a little reluctant.
"Close your eyes," Auria said softly, as Lloyd was about to question, but then he saw how calm and tranquil Auria's expression was and he decided to follow her instructions.
He stood with his arms outward and his eyes closed, with his head slightly upward.
"Good. Now try to feel the wind. I know it's not your main element, but I'm sure you can feel it," Auria said, as Lloyd nodded.
He felt the breeze caress his face and the wind manuveur through his hair.
"Okay, now, let the wind carry away all your worries, concerns, and stress. Try to imagine whatever's on your mind become like the wind and brush passed you. That all of your stress will be gone, and you will be in peace," Auria said.
Lloyd stood there for awhile, letting his worries and tension slowly blow away with the wind. He felt something calm and soothing roaming freely in his heart, as the tension on his body eased up and he was able to breathe calmly and fully. Auria smiled to see that Lloyd had loosened up, and also that Raven was doing the same.
'I didn't think it would work, but I really feel... free,' Lloyd thought.
Then Lloyd felt something softly wrap around his torso. He opened his eyes and saw that Raven had wrapped her arms around him. She backed away a little to look up at him with a soft smile, as Lloyd smiled back and hugged her. During this embrace, the wind began to spiral around them calmly, as Auria nodded.
On the upper deck, Terrin stood watching Lloyd and Raven as they parted from their hug. He looked on with a solemn appearance on his face, but his eyes showed much more hostility.
"Hello your Highness."
Terrin turned around to see that Garmadon was walking towards him and was the one who spoke.
"Hello Lord Garmadon, and you can call me Terrin, I prefer it," Terrin said, as he turned back looking ahead.
"Alright, Terrin, and I prefered to be called Garmadon. That other title does not suit me anymore," Garmadon said, as he followed Terrin's gaze to see that he was watching Raven and Lloyd, who were both talking with Auria.
When Garmadon looked back at Terrin, he saw the frustration in his eyes.
"Terrin, you seem troubled. What's on your mind?" Garmadon asked, although he had an idea of what was bothering the king.
Terrin signed and said, "My little girl is grown up now, and I see that she favors your son, as he favors her."
Garmadon responded, "Yes, I've noticed their relationship has grown stronger since they were reunited. They're really fond of one another."
Terrin grit his teeth with his mouth closed. Garmadon noticed this and he said,
"I can see your not very favorable to this."
"It's not that," Terrin said and continued, "I'm sure your son is noble and worthy enough to be with my daughter, but I'm very protective over my family. I want what's best for my wife and my child."
"I understand that," Garmadon said.
Terrin nodded and then a thought came to his mind as he continued, "I just want to be sure that my daughter is taken care of by a man who is willing to give their life for her... to protect her, to understand her, and to love her only, as she would him. I'm willing to do all this and more for my wife and I expect the same and more for my daughter."
"Yes, I understand what you mean Terrin. I feel the same for my family as well." Garmadon said, as he looked out towards the distance and added,
"But as much time as I've spent getting to know your daughter, I see how much of a remarkable young lady she is, and I'm glad that my son loves someone like her so... much."
When Garmadon mentioned that Lloyd loved Raven, Terrin slowly turned towards him, wide-eyed. Garmadon slowly backed away a little, as Terrin turned towards him fully and said, with an almost dark expression and smile,
"So he does love her... tell me Garmadon, a little more about your son."
Garmadon could only gulp as he tried to talk to the King of the Viporeons.
"Think about the properties of water Lucy: it nourishes, it leads, and it can be very gentle or very powerful," Sensei Reine explained, as Lucy sat in front of her with her legs crossed, intrigued.
"You hold a very interesting element in your hands Lucy. It can heal, but it can hurt too. You must find your balance, especially with this element. Your emotions are closely linked to it, and probably more then any other element to their user besides fire, understand?" Reine said, as Lucy nodded with a smile.
"Okay then. Stand up and let's see watcha got," Sensei Reine said, as she clapped her hands together and stepped back.
Lucy grabbed her platinum water staff and jumped up on her two feet.
"Okay Sensei, I'm ready!" Lucy exclaimed happily, as Sensei Reine nodded and said,
"Very good, now show me what you can do."
Lucy nodded, and jumped up as she spun around and summoned water in a stream from her water staff around her, and then she moved up and put her feet on the staff as she surfed around the water spiral. As she surfed, the water stream grew larger and stood in place as she reached the floor. Then Lucy jumped and landed on her feet as she held her staff up and started to twirl the staff above her, as the water followed her movement. Then she twirled the staff wider, and then she started to spin in place, as the water surrounded her and moved along with the staff. She started to spin faster and faster, and Reine looked on, curiously. Then for a short moment, Lucy became a small tornado of water, and then she started to slow down and stopped spinning, as the water retreated back into the orb of the water staff. Lucy was breathing a little hard, as she stood straight up and brushed her hair back.
"Was that okay Sensei? I really had no idea what I was doing. I was just going along with it," Lucy said, and Sensei Reine nodded and walked towards her.
"Well Lucy, I have to say you've done very well, even though you just received the water staff yesterday, and it's probably because you just went along with it. You seem to be pretty intune with your element and weapon, and I think I saw a little spinjitzu," Sensei Reine said, as Lucy's eyes widened.
"I may have to call upon the assistance of Sensei Wu in your training. I hope he won't mind," Sensei Reine said.
"I don't mind at all."
Lucy and Reine turned to see Sensei Wu walking towards them from within the Bounty.
"I shall assist in training Lucy in the ways of spinjitzu," Sensei Wu said.
"And I shall train Lucy in the ways of the Platinum Water staff," Sensei Reine said, and then both sensei shook hands.
They both looked towards Lucy, as she had her mouth open in shock and her hands at the sides of her face.
"Oh. My. Gosh... I'm being trained by TWO masters. THIS IS AMAZING!" Lucy yelled out in delight, as she ran over to her two sensei and hugged them.
Sensei Wu and Sensei Reine looked over towards one another and just shrugged. Then Lucy released them and did a backflip, as she held her staff horizontally in front of her and said,
"I'm ready to be trained Masters."
Sensei Reine and Sensei Wu nodded.
"Let's begin," Sensei Wu said.
During the voyage to Ouroborus, the Ninja Crew trained and prepared themselves in case Darkness, Silva, or Kerri decided to show their faces. The ninja learned how to adjust to their new weapons, and the kunoichi learned how to be in sync with their elements. Everyone else prepared themselves with knowledge and weapons, like Nya with her Ultra Samurai suit.
After training, the ninja and kunoichi were able to take a break by playing videos games, talking, or just hanging out.
On one particular day which was a whole day off, the ninja were able to tell about their adventures to Lucy, Reine, and Terrin. They told about how they first met, about the Serpentine being freed from their tombs, the Great Devourer attacking, and the Overlord trying to corrupt the world. ( Remember: This story takes place right after the Overlord was defeated in season two.) The kunoichi and Violet were also listening in on the heroic adventures of the original Ninja Crew.
After their tale of Awesomeness was done, the kunoichi, Terrin, Reine, Lucy, and Violet started to clap.
"That was AMAZING! You guys really survived all of that?! Awesome," Lucy said happily.
"Yeah, it was awesome," Cole said.
"If I could do it again, I would," Kai said as he nodded.
"If only you guys could have been there with us," Jay said.
"Well I'm sure it would of been exciting, besides the part where you turned all evil from the Overlord," Flare said casually, as Jay's eyes widened and he rubbed the back of his head.
"Oh yeah, heh heh," Jay said sheepishly.
"So girls," Cole said and continued, "Do you have any stories to bring to the table?"
Auria, Christa, Raven, and Flare looked towards one another, then they looked towards Sensei Reine, who smiled and nodded, and then the girls turned back to the guys.
Then Christa said, "Well it all started with Sensei Reine and Auria..."
The next chapter has a little backstory of the kunoichi. A backstory of greatness...