After awhile of traveling through the desert, everyone decided to make camp for the night. The Vampires, Serpentine, and Viporeons stood together around the fire, and the Ninja stood on a higher sand dune next to them, but they were close enough to talk to one another.

"Are we any clossser to the foressst?" Serpana asked around the camp fire.

"We should be almost there. We might make it there sometime tomorrow," Christa replied.

"I can't wait to get out of this desert. Some solid ground would be nice to walk on," Luna said.

"I didn't think I would miss the cold," Andrex said, staying further from the camp fire.

"Well, we'll be out of here soon, so that's something to look forward to," Luna said.

"I have to admit, I did enjoy a more cooler climate in that cave than in Ouroborusss," Acidus said, referring to the cave where the Serpentine almost got trapped in.

The other Serpentine and Vampires agreed. Then Vena turned to Acidicus and said,

"You know. The Kingdom of Fountain Fallsss hasss very nice and cool weather occasionally. Maybe after all thissss, we can show you."

The Serpentine were surprised.

"You mean, you wouldn't mind showing ussss your kingdom?" Skales asked.

The Viporeon generals looked towards one another and nodded. Then Serpana turned towards the Serpentine generals and replied,

"You guyssss are much different than when we lassst saw each other, and we've decided to give you guysss a chance."

The Serpentine were delighted to know that the Viporeons accepted them, and the Viporeons were happy to be at peace with the Serpentine. They all started to clap and cheer, and even the Vampires did as well.

"HEY! QUIET! Do you want someone to find us? Especially DARKNESS?!" Marcell shouted, and the cheering lowered to a whisper.

"I don't know Marcell, if we were found I don't think their voices would have been the cause," Sensei Reine said with a smirk, and Marcell turned towards her with an annoyed expression.

"Well, we're okay though, and now the Serpentine and Viporeons are back together, so everything turned out great," Lucy said with a smile, and Sensei Reine and Marcell looked towards her and nodded.

"The fire's going out," Stephen said, gesturing towards the small flame.

"Kai!" Flare called the Fire ninja.

"I got it," Kai replied, as he shot a fire ball towards the center flame and it grew larger.

"Ooooh," the Vampires and Serpentine said, and some of them held sticks with marshmallows on them just above the flames.

"Ah, this is great," Jay said, as he laid back on his sleeping bag.

"Yeah, it's nicer out here at night," Chirsta said, as she too laid back.

"It's nice to take a break from training and stuff," Cole said after returning from roasting a few marshmallows.

"I hear that," Flare said, as Cole was passing everyone some of the roasted marshmallows.

"After this morning I think you would Flare," Kai said with a smirk, as Flare looked at him in annoyance.

"Oh! What happened? I wasn't listening at that time," Raven asked, sitting up.

"It was awesome. They were fighting with shadows and fire all around, and then they did an almost final attack, but then Kai did something and he ended up behind Flare, and it was so cool," Jay said, excitedly.

"Yeah, wait a minute, how did you do that Kai? You turned into a mist of fire or something," Cole asked.

"I don't know really. I just wanted to get behind her, and I did it," Kai said.

"Your actions reflected what you wanted to do in that moment. You acted on your element by trusting it and yourself. Very good Kai," Sensei Reine said.

"Ooohh," the ninja and kunoichi said as they looked towards Kai, besides Flare, who was annoyed.

"What's the matter Flare? A bit jealous?" Kai asked sort of smugly, and Flare shook her head with a smirk and said,

"No, not really. I'm only annoyed at being beaten, but trusting in my shadows and myself is something I can already do. How do you think I dodged your fire wave?"

Kai looked at Flare with a raised eyebrow, and Flare just chuckled and laid back.

"Cool. What happened in the second fight?" Raven asked.

"Don't say it!" Jay yelled out at the others.

"Huh?" Raven questioned.

"Let's just say he fought against Auria, and he got himself tangled up," Lloyd whispered to Raven, and she replied with "Oooh."

"Then what happened after that?" Raven asked.

"Zane and Lloyd fought, but then Zane's five minutes we're up so they couldn't continue," Violet replied.

"It was pretty extraordinary. You should have been there Raven," Dareth said.

"Maybe it's better she wasn't, especially since you were almost frozen solid Dareth," Nya said, and Dareth shook his head.

"Yah! Why did you remind me?" Dareth said, as he hugged himself and shivered.

The other Ninja started to laugh.

"What about your fight?" Raven asked Christa.

"No winner, it was a draw," Christa replied.

"Yeah. We both knocked each other out of our Full Potentials," Cole added, as he gave Christa and Raven each a marshmallow.

"Well, today's training was a success, and tomorrow you all will learn how to maintain your Full Potentials longer," Sensei Wu said, as he sipped some of his tea.

The Ninja nodded towards Sensei Wu, and then they looked towards one another and smiled.

"Yes. Now let's get some sleep. We still have more ground to cover tomorrow, and then we'll continue training," Sensei Garmadon said, and the Ninja agreed.

In the middle of the night, when everyone was asleep, one lone serpentine decided to wander around. He decided to turn invisible, as he slithered closer towards where the Ninja were camping. He saw that they were all asleep in their sleeping bags. Then he silently approached the Purple Kunoichi. He saw that she was sleeping soundly, as he turned back visible. A low mumble was heard, as Pythor quickly turned his head to see that Lloyd was still sleeping, although he seemed uncomfortable. Then Pythor turned his attention to Raven and thought,

'To think that all of this happened because of this one girl's presence. I wonder if I could get out of this if I gave her over to Darkness… No! That would put me on the Ninja's most wanted list, and Lloyd would surely destroy me… but why is she so important? What does Darkness want to do with her? Does he want to steal her powers? Get rid of her? Make her join his side? Why her?'

Pythor gently pulled the blanket that covered Raven's mouth just below her chin to get a better look at her face. Raven stirred a bit, but then she yawned and stood asleep. Pythor saw her fangs and her serpent tongue, which surprised him as he backed up a bit.

'Fascinating. The child of a Black Mambian inherits the fangs and tongue. What else have you inherited dear child? Is it possible for you to turn into a full-form like your father?' Pythor thought.

However, a hiss was heard, and Pythor quickly turned around to see Anaca standing not too far from him. He froze in place from Anaca's cold glare, and then she gestured for him to follow her. Pythor reluctantly agreed, as he followed Anaca outside of the camp site, behind the Bounty.

When they were far enough, Anaca turned towards Pythor and slapped him with her tail.

"How DARE you go near the princess like that! You don't EVER approach her or the king and queen unless you have permission from them! What were you trying to do?!" Anaca hissed in fury.

"I wasn't trying to harm the princess in any way. I was only curious as to why she iss a necessity to that blasted Darkness! Why would he want to capture her? What does she have that he wants? He was already looking for her before she became the Purple ninja, so there has to be something more that he's after," Pythor replied.

Anaca glared at Pythor, as he retracted his head back. Then she signed and said,

"Next time your curious, you better ask for permission, or you won't have a head next time."

"I understand," Pythor replied, rubbing the side of his face where Anaca had slapped him.

Anaca started slithering off, and then she turned to Pythor and said,

"Just know, Auria, Flare, and Christa were watching you the whole time. I took you out of there sso that they wouldn't have attacked you. That would have been a messy misunderstanding, especially if King Terrin would have gotten involved."

Pythor looked questionably at Anaca and asked, "What do you mean if 'King Terrin would have gotten involved'? I understand that he is her father."

Anaca replied, "Terrin is a great king and leader. He is also a loving husband and father. But Terrin has another side of him that… you wouldn't want to see."

On that note, Anaca slithered off, which left Pythor in a state of fear, question, and more curiosity, but he knew better this time.

'I'll leave her be. For now…' Pythor thought.

I decided to post two chapter today, so the next one is up. Yay.