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This book is just for fun, as I got in the mood to give this a try. So this will actually be my very first fanfic I've ever made, though I've made my own stories before. So I hopefully shouldn't have too much trouble.

The characters might be out of character, so if they say or do something they wouldn't normally do, that's the reason. But I will try my best to keep them somewhat in character. (unless for very good reasons.)

English isn't my first language, so there might be some spelling mistakes.

This book will contain swearing, violence, gore(rare), and mature/romance 18+ stuff(after season 11). (there will be a warning at the start of the chapter, if it contains any of this.)

Kitchen Bans(I'll edit this each time she gets a ban or something explodes in the story.): [36] 

Name:

Nova Ocean (cover name: Delta)

Nicknames:

Shrimp

Princess (hates)

Butterfly

Ocea

Little shadow/Shadow

Del

Moonie

Little mouse

Gender:

Female

Age:

10 (real age 15)

Looks:

She also has a tech-like mask that covers only the lower parts of her face. (it also changes her voice to sound a little more like a robot) But can easily switch on and off by a button in her small earrings that's hard to notice, she also has small fangs, though it's not easy to see.

Likes:

The ninja, working on tech stuff for herself, video games, sleeping, tea, Ronin(it changes all the time), Morro(mixed), stealing(it's hard to resist), listening to music, being able to help, messing with people, animals.

Dislikes:

Pythor, losing those she cares about, big crowds, dark places, Ronin(it changes all the time), Morro(mixed), waking up early in the morning, coffee, smoking, alcohol, her elemental powers, the Overlord, being ignored, being teased about her height, being considered useless or weak, keeping important secrets/info, getting blamed for no reason.

Abilities:

Double Jump [from game], Float (floating in the air, so can't take fall damage) [from game], Speed Boost (is almost as fast as a race car) [from game], Weapon Summoning "Max 3" (think like you are carrying a lot of weapons, but can switching from different weapons of different class sword, mace or bow) [from game], Decay (turning things into dust or wither out)-(from element) [locked], Shadow Teleportation (taken inspiration from Macaque from lmk)-(from element) [locked], Shadow Control (from element) [locked], Shadow Clones (taken inspiration from Macaque from lmk)-(from element) [locked], Darkness [locked], Spinjitzu [locked], __a__na____ (???) [unknown/locked]. (she unlocks them as the story goes.)

Elemental:

Darkness [__a__na____] (???)

The Mask (it changes throughout the story.) :

Everyone's ages for season 1:

(skipping some seasons or episodes, as my character wouldn't be around for some of them)

Season 1:

Nova - 10

Lloyd - 9

Jay - 17

Nya - 17

Kai - 18

Zane - 18 (+40)

Cole - 19

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There was a small movement in an alleyway as a little kid started to wake up.

Nova yawned as she slowly sat up before looking around. "Wait, this isn't my room." She said slowly getting up and noticed that she was in some kind of alleyway. "And why does everything look so big." She questioned, leaving the alleyway trying to see where she was.

She looked around and didn't register anything causing her to get a little worried so she pulled her hoodie over her head, and started walking down the street trying to find any signs of where she was and what was going on. But after walking for a while she couldn't take it anymore. "Okay where the fuck am I!?" She shouted out loud causing some of the people walking by to turn and look over at her weirdly.

"Shit." Nova cursed as she hadn't paid attention to her surroundings and only now noticed the crowd around her, causing her to grow nervous. "Hey, kid, where are your parents!" shouted a person causing her to turn around and saw that it was a cop.

"Oh hell no, I am not dealing with cops." Nova said and started running trying to get away from the cops that were now chasing her down the streets further down the city, until she noticed the alleyway she woke up in earlier.

She quickly made her way through the alleyway trying to lose the cops that were quickly catching up to her. "Kid! Stop running, this isn't a safe place!" The cops were shouting but Nova just ignored them.

"Come on I need to lose these guys, if only I were a little faster I could-" She thought but quickly lost her train of thoughts as she got some kind of speed boost, and was now running a lot faster through each alley and passing a few buildings until she was far enough away.

But now there was a new problem. "How the fuck do I stop this!" Nova shouted out in a panic until she ran into someone, causing her and the person to fall over. "Well....that worked." She thought to herself, feeling a little lightheaded from that. "Hey, what the hell kid, don't you know to watch where you are going." said a man with a grumpy voice, getting back up and was now glaring at her.

Nova looked up at the man nervously but for some reason he looked somewhat familiar though it was a little hard to remember from the hat, to the mask and that weird thing that was covering one of his eyes.

She was snapped out of her confusion when she heard what he called her. "Hey, I'm not a kid!" She told him, narrowing her eyes at him. "I might be small, but I'm not kid small." She thought to herself.

The man looked annoyed as he placed his hands on his hips. "I don't have time for playing around with you kid, I'm busy here." He told her grumpily, clearly not wanting to waste his time with a kid.

Nova was really starting to lose it with being called a kid when she wasn't even one, until she noticed her reflection in a window and was shocked to see that she actually was a kid.

"....Fuck." she mumbled, not able to believe it. "Where did you learn that language from kid?" The man asked with a raised eyebrow as it wasn't normal for kids to curse, not that he really cared but just found it weird.

Nova looked back at the man and only now remembered who this was. "No way that is Ronin from ninjago, I mean I've already watched all of the seasons but seeing him of all people in front of me is like-Wait did I die to fucking truck-kun and ended up in fucking ninjago!?" She shouted in her head starting to panic, looking around and back up at Ronin a few times until she began hearing the voices of those cops from earlier.

"Shit I thought I lost them." Nova thought to herself until she noticed Ronin was leaving, clearly from the cops. "H-hey wait up!" She shouted, running after him trying to catch up.

"Hey, stop bothering me kid, I'm not your babysitter and I'm not gonna have you being the reason the cops catch me." said Ronin, running down an alleyway to a ladder. "No! R-mister please, those cops are after me too!" She shouted while following up the ladder as they were soon up on a roof of the building.

"Oh boo-hoo like I care kid, now beat it and stop following me!" He said running and jumping from the roof of each building, trying to lose the cop and Nova, who was still trying to keep up with him. But was falling behind as she was trying to catch up to him.

"Mister, please just wait a minute would you, I can't keep up!" Nova shouted back at him. "That's the point kid now, leave me alone and go back to your parents!" He shouted while getting further away from her.

"No I can't lose him, while he isn't the best person to ask help from, I don't know my way around ninjago and I'm not even sure what season I'm in or if this is the pilot or even before all of that. Hell, even as a kid I'm not gonna survive a day out on my own." Nova thought to herself worried.

"I haven't even figured out a backstory for myself, I know I can't just say I woke up in an alleyway and that I'm not even from this world. For fuck sake not even telling anyone that this is just a kid show." getting lost in her thought she missed a jump, screaming as she fell but kept kicking with her legs and to her surprise, she just jumped in the mid air and was now going much further and closer to Ronin.

"Mister, wait up!" she shouted, clearly getting closer as he turned around and was surprised to see her catching up to him. Let alone jumping from the air causing her to get closer. "What the fuck kid! Are you a rabbit or something?!" Ronin shouted before seeing that he was getting closer to where he was going.

Nova kept doing what she would call double jump, it felt like her favorite game she played last night. Just more real and it was so much fun that she started laughing, while catching up to Ronin. "Mister please, at least hear me out." She begged since she clearly wasn't gonna stop following him, until he had at least heard her out.

Ronin let out an annoyed sigh knowing that he wasn't gonna get rid of her now. "Fine!" He said annoyed, getting on the last roof and stopped before turning around, crossing his arms as he looked at Nova with a raised eyebrow.

Nova landed soon on the same building and had to take a moment to catch her breath, exhausted from running and jumping so much, along with this small body of hers. After catching her breath she looked up at him.

"Mister please, I don't have anywhere to go. I've.....been alone most of my life and I can't live with the cops after me." She tried explaining while just thinking on the spot on some kind of backstory.

"Listen, as sad as that may be, I'm not a babysitter nor do I care about some little kid clinging to me, I'm a busy person and I don't have time for this." Ronin told her sternly.

"Maybe I can help you with your work, or even just clean your home." Nova suggested, knowing he was a hard person to work with.

Ronin let out a hard laugh. "You help me? I don't think so kid, I'm not running a charity here and I best work alone." He said placing his hands on his hips, looking at her not interested.

"Then how about we make a deal, mister?" Nova asked with a smirk growing on her face, hiding her hands behind her back. "Give me a month to prove myself that I can be of help, and if it doesn't work out I'll leave you alone."

Knowing she had used the right word, Ronin now also had a smirk on his face. "Oh really now, a little kid wanting to make a deal with me. Well now I think I've seen everything, but what makes you think I wanna take that deal?" He questioned, raising a brow at her.

"Well, if you don't take the deal I'm just gonna annoy you until you take it, and because I'm sure you want these keys back." Nova was holding up the keys to his airship or whatever it was called, now this actually caught his attention.

"Wait! What?! When did you take my keys I didn't even-oh I see now, okay looks like you might not be completely useless." Ronin said a little impressed which was very rare for him to be. "Okay fine, but we are cutting it down to two weeks, I don't have time to waste a month, I'm a busy guy here." He said, taking the keys back from her.

"Okay I can go with two weeks....so, I'm Nova Ocean, nice to work with you mister, oh and sorry for running into you." She said with a big smile, hold out her hand.

Ronin rolled his eyes at her. "Well, I'm Ronin and I hope this isn't gonna be a waste of my time." He said, shaking her hand.

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*Three days later*

Nova was sleeping somewhat comfortably on the couch. Since Ronin only had one bedroom which he had already claimed as his, so Nova had to sleep in the living room on an old beaten up couch.

Though soon enough she was woken up by a loud noise, causing her to wake up with a scream and fall down on the floor. "Get up kid, if you wanna help you need to be ready and trained." Ronin was standing over her with an alarm clock that made the most horrifying sound that could give even a grown adult nightmares.

"Ronin I swear if you don't throw that motherfucking alarm clock away I'm gonna kill you." Nova told him in a grumpy tone, narrowing her eyes at him while slowly getting up with a yawn.

She looked at the time on the stupid clock where it said 5 am. "Why does it have to be so early in the morning?" She complained as she very much wasn't a morning person.

"Oh, stop complaining kid, now go and eat your breakfast before we head out." Ronin said, rolling his eyes at her before walking over to check his stole-founded items, making sure the kid hadn't tried to steal anything from him again. Since she did yesterday when he was out doing a job.

"Yeah, yeah whatever you say old man." Nova mumbled while walking into the kitchen and over to the table with her food, she looked over at the chair with a glare.

"Why did I have to end up as a kid?" Walking over to the chair she worked her way with getting on which took her a good minute, until she could finally sit down and eat her breakfast which today was egg and bacon.

Now it's already been three days since Nova ended up in ninjago and so far she had learned a little bit in her two weeks trial with Ronin, one of the things she had found out was that she had somehow all the abilities from one of her favorite games.

Second thing she had learned was that she had some kind of earrings that by touching the right spot, they would turn into a tech mask covering the lower half of her face and it made her voice sound robotic so no one could detect her real voice. Which was also somehow from her game.

Another thing was that she now had short hair which she very much didn't like as she missed her long hair, she also noticed that she had fangs that looked oni like, but it was very hard to see.

"Okay so let's see, so far it seems like the plot hasn't started yet. So I at least have some time to figure out how to survive here. I'm not sure if I have an elemental power, so that is something I need to learn too, and depending on that I might try and join the ninja. Of course without ruining the plot too much....I also need to find out how I actually ended up here. So far I'm sticking to it being truck-kun's fault until I have an answer." Nova thought to herself deeply as she finished her breakfast.

She got out of the chair and took her dishes over to the sink, having to jump a little to put it in before then walking out over to the bathroom so she could brush her hair and her teeth, even though she wasn't tall enough to see the mirror.

When she was done she walked out and over to Ronin who was working on something though not sure what. "Okay I'm ready to work now Ronin." Nova said, looking at him.

Ronin turned to look over at Nova and gave a slight nod. "Alright, shrimp, let's see you try your first mission in stealing something that isn't already my stuff." He told her as they walked out to the balcony.

"I'm not a shrimp, you old fossil!" Nova snapped back while following him. "Hey, I don't like that attitude of you little lady, now shut it and get going already before I actually throw you out like a sack of potatoes." he told her in a stern tone.

Nova rolled her eyes though it was getting on her nerve whenever being called short in any way. "Yeah, yeah with what you've taught these past few days, I'm sure I'm gonna be able to steal something." She said taking a few steps back before jumping off the balcony and started falling, before she went on to use her double jump, and jumped through the air towards the other buildings.

"Remember! You're making dinner tonight kid from now on!" Ronin shouted to her since he had been doing both breakfast and dinner these three days, but Ronin had made the decision that she needed to do her part if she were to live with him.

Nova rolled her eyes as she kept jumping for a bit until she found a little alley and slowly started using her floating ability, slowly going down. Though the wind was kind of strong today so she was starting to lose control.

"Shit, shit, shit!" She started panicking until she finally lost control and fell straight into some trash cans. "Ow! Shit that was a bad landing." She grumbled, slowly getting up and away from the trash cans.

Nova quickly removed some of the trash that she had got on herself, before she went on to put on her hoodie and started slowly walking through the streets looking around for anything she could steal, along with any cops.

"Okay let's just relax and act casual." She thought, trying to calm herself down so she wouldn't panic as much from being around so many people.

Nova kept walking until she was in a good enough place as she looked around, she took a deep breath before she let out a blood curdling cry and let the tears start coming up.

"MOMMY!! DADDY!! HAS ANYONE SEE MY MOMMY!! AND DADDY!!" Now this really got the attention of the people around Nova, some of them started walking over to try and comfort her as she kept on crying. "I WANT MY MOMMY!! AND DADDY!!" She kept crying out loud while carefully stealing a few wallets, and other items from those that were trying to comfort her.

It didn't take long until Nova noticed some cops which meant the show was over. "Wait, I see them mommy! daddy! Wait, I'm over here!" She shouted, quickly running away from the crowd and cops down the streets, as they believed that she had found them, and without them knowing they had been robbed at least until later.

At full sprint Nova ran until she was in an alleyway, looking over her shoulder making sure it was safe. Before stopping and leaning against a wall to catch her breath along with having a bit of a hoarse throat from screaming so loud.

"Well, that mission went a lot better than I thought it would." She mumbled taking a little break at least until she heard something, and already put up her guard looking around.

It was way too quiet for Nova's liking as she kept looking while slowly walking through the alley, for a moment she thought she saw the shadows moving, but when she looked there wasn't movement.

"Okay, this is already getting way too creepy to me." She mumbled as she kept walking until someone grabbed her around the corner, and threw her against a wall which actually hurt as fuck.

"Looks like we caught us a little kid here, and with some loot here." said a guy with a heavy voice as she looked up, and saw three men in front of her. "Shit this isn't good." She tried looking for a way out.

"Don't try any funny business kid, give us the loot and we'll let you go." said one of the other guys with a high pitched voice. "What the fuck, make that voice anymore high and I might think he was a girl." She thought to herself.

Nova looked around until she let out a gasp and pointed right behind the men. "By the First Spinjitzu Master the cops!" She shouted, causing them to turn around and look, giving her the best chance to get away.

Though Nova didn't get very far as the guy from before grabbed her by the hood, and started holding her up in the air. "Nice try kid, but playtime is over now, so time to hand over your stuff." He said in an angry tone.

"No, this is mine!" Nova shouted trying to hold on to the stuff that she had stolen, which didn't go very well as the men started beating her up, until she would give up the loot.

She dropped a few items but didn't want to give up. "I might not be a ninja, but I'm not gonna quiet not now nor ever." Nova thought, as she got thrown into some trash cans.

Slowly opening her eyes as she glared over at the men that were carrying some knives clearly getting tired of this.

"You're never getting my loot you assholes!" Nova growled at them as her blue eyes changed to purple, and before anyone knew what happened everything went black.

*5 hours later.*

"Hey! Hey! Kid wake up!" Nova slowly opened her eyes or well one of her eyes that still worked, she looked up and saw that it was Ronin, she tried to speak but only let out a painful whimper.

"Here this should help." Ronin said, giving her some painkillers and water to drink which helped lessen the pain.

"W-what happened?" Nova questioned, since she couldn't remember what happened.

"That's what I would like to know as well. When you didn't return after five hours I went out looking, and I saw you lying in a back alleyway with three decayed skeletons on the ground." Ronin explained, crossing his arms looking at her.

"I-I don't really remember, I know I was able to steal some stuff, but after that. Everything is just blank for me." Nova told him, trying to remember but was only getting a headache from it.

Ronin let out a heavy. "Okay fine, let's just drop this for another time." He turned to look over at the sun that was slowly going down.

Nova slowly started getting up from the couch that she had been put in. "What are you doing?" He asked, looking at her. "It's my turn to make dinner." She said, letting out a bit of a wince as she began walking.

"You aren't in the best condition to be walking around right now, let alone make dinner." Ronin told her, putting a hand on her shoulder.

Nova looked over at him with a glare. "I'm making dinner." She told him, being stubborn about it.

Ronin let out a heavy sigh. "Fine, but I'm gonna help you only this one time." He said, helping her into the kitchen.

"Well aren't you nice, and here I thought you didn't care about me." Nova said with a smirk on her face. "Don't push it shrimp." He said, going over to the fridge. "Let's just make something simple, shrimp you turn on the toaster."

"Okay." Nova went over to the toaster and there didn't even go a second, until there was a sound of an explosion in the kitchen. "How the fuck did you break the toaster! Something so simple shouldn't be possible?!" Ronin shouted, surprised with a hint of anger. "Do you know how much it costs to get a good toaster around here!".

"Uhhhh a lot?" Nova gave a small shrug, not really knowing how much things cost in this show.

Ronin let out a small sigh. "Okay change of plans, you cut the vegetables and put them on a frying pan, pretty simple." He went to get something else from the fridge.

"...Okay." Nova went on to do that which of course ended up in another explosion, and a frying pan with a big hole in it while the vegetable had turned into coal. "What the!-how the fuck!-it shouldn't be possible to cause another explosion, and leaving a big hole in a fucking frying pan!?" Ronin shouted now in full rage.

"That's it you're banned from the kitchen permanently, and you now owe me both a toaster, and a new frying pan you little shrimp!" He declared with no way of changing his mind.

"What the fuck do you mean I'm banned from the kitchen?! Asshole, and how am I meant to get you a new toaster and frying pan, when you are taking everything I steal! You already have money so you pay for it!" Nova shouted back at him, with her eyes ever so slightly turning purple before going back to being blue.

"Don't give me that attitude little lady, go back to your couch you're grounded!" Ronin shouted in a very dad-like tone.

"You aren't my dad, you can't ground me!" Nova snapped back.

"I'm still your boss! Now move it shrimp!" Ronin told her, pointing a finger towards the couch.

Nova growled, turning around crossing her arms, and walked back to the couch in the living room.

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It was the middle of the night as the only sound coming from the apartment was Ronin snoring as he was clearly sleeping in his room. Nova on the other hand couldn't fall asleep that night as she kept wondering about what happened in that back alley.
She let out a sigh before slowly getting up from the couch, and walked out of the living room with her blanket and outside on the balcony looking over ninjago city.

“Why am I here, why me of any one else, why was I brought here.....and why were I thrown into a kid show that I so happen to know.....Most of all, why do I have these abilities from a game that doesn't make sense, and why can't I remember what happened in that alley?” Nova kept asking herself, hoping for some kind of sign that could answer all of her questions as she pulled her blanket closer to herself to protect from the cold night.

She slowly felt tears running down her face, as everything that has happened in these few days, and mostly from today finally catching up to her.

“I just wanna go back home, to my mom, my brother, my sister and fuck even.....my asshole of a stepdad....being stuck here as a stupid 10 year old isn't easy at all.” Nova talked to herself as she hit one of the bars on the balcony, winching a little from the pain since she had used her bruised hand, and had to bite down a cry as she didn't want to wake up Ronin at this hour.

“Fuck....if I don't prove to him that I can be useful he will throw me out in the streets and.....I'm not gonna be able to survive on my own while as a kid for long....damn it, I don't even know if I did find the ninja that I would be able to join them, when I don't even have an elemental power. From what I know so far, and who the fuck would just take in a stray kid from the streets.” Nova mumbled, sitting down pulling her legs into herself, hiding her face into them as she was sobbing from being all confused and worried of what to do.

“I just want somewhere I can belong and be accepted!” Nova cried to herself not caring anymore if she was being loud, she just wanted to let out her frustration and before she knew it she had started hyperventilating, scared she would be forgotten or be alone without anyone she could go to.

She already had trouble with her family back at home mostly with her abusive stepdad, and always being forgotten by her family. Which was one of the reasons she always stayed most in her bedroom playing video games or other things.
Nova sometimes had to sneak around in the house to “steal” herself some food, or other things that she needed when her family wasn't around or when asleep.

She lost track of time until she felt a hand on her shoulder, causing her to jump before turning her head to see that it was Ronin. "Oh.....I-I'm sorry if I woke you up...I didn't mean to” She said, wiping her tears away but they just wouldn’t stop coming.

“.....It's alright kid, I'm guessing that attack might have affected you more than I thought it did, you seemed pretty unaffected by it earlier.” Ronin said gently which was a bit of a surprise because so far as she has known him. Both from watching the show and being with him these days, he has never shown this side of him.

Nova nodded slightly before wrapping her arms around him, pulling into a hug as she just needed someone to connect with, or at least talk with. But she didn't have the strength to find another way so they just stayed there for a while.

Ronin wasn't used to this let alone kids so he was a little unsure on what to do, so he slowly started petting her head. “Hey it's gonna be alright....Nova” He said, trying to think of some way to comfort her in some way.

He then got an idea and pulled out his phone and put on a simple headset while hitting play on a random song which seemed to work, as she quickly started to calm down and closed her eyes, she listened to the song and soon enough she had fallen asleep in his arms.

“Well, that worked better than I thought.” Ronin mumbled surprised, slowly picking up the kid. “Sounds like she really is a troublesome kid who has nowhere to go, with what she was mumbling about out here along with that attack.” He thought carrying her back inside the apartment and into his bedroom laying her in his bed for the night, as he didn't want to wake up to a crying kid in the morning and sleeping here with him for the night might help her feel safe in some way.

“I can't believe I'm getting soft with some stupid brat.” He shook his head before laying on the other side of the bed, closing his eyes and falling back asleep.

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*A week later.*

“Okay, sorry can you repeat that?” Nova raised an eyebrow, looking up at Ronin while sitting on the couch watching some cartoons on the T.V.

For the last few days since the attack Ronin had been giving her a few training tips on how to avoid getting caught stealing, and a few ways to defend herself in battle so nothing like last time happens again, which of course took Nova a good while to fully recover from.

“You heard me shrimp, so far you haven't proven anything of being any help to me, and you only have four days left. So if you wanna prove it, you're gonna have to do it soon.” Ronin told her as he crossed his arms while leaning against a doorframe.

Nova started pouting a bit, she didn't want to be reminded of that since she already knew it. But again he was right that she had to do something for these last few days she had left. “Fine, I'll show you that I can be useful.” She said, turning off the T.V and got off the couch.

Heading towards the balcony Nova activated her mask and pulled up her hood. “I'll be back around dinner, old man.” [robotic] She said in a robotic voice, since her tech mask changed her voice so it sounded more robotic. Making it harder to know what she actually sounded like, and no one would know what gender she was.

Nova jumped off the balcony and landed on a rooftop further away. “Okay, now what should I actually do to prove myself?” She thought to herself since she didn't have a plan in mind, she just straight up left the apartment without any idea on what she should do.

So after trying to come up with something, she just started jumping from rooftop to rooftop trying to look around for anything of interest. Which ended up taking her most of the day since the sun was already slowly going down, as she was beginning to lose hope.

“I should probably head back, it should be dinner time soon and I'm not up for being outside here at night.” Nova turned around and began running back, until something caught her eye. “Wait a minute is that?” She decided to change paths until she saw the building.

“A bank, of course, why didn't I think about that before. If I'm able to sneak in and steal some money, that should be enough of a proof to Ronin.” Nova smiled until another thought came to her mind.

“But how do a kid actually rob a bank.....I mean I've watched a few movies, but there is no way that it is that easy to just do. Hell, I don't even know anything about hacking and I'm not the best at sneaking, even though I have some of the basics of it.” She thought, getting a little unsure and anxious about this plan.

"But if I don't try, Ronin is gonna throw me out back on the street.” Nova mumbled trying to work up some kind of plan.

After a bit of thinking Nova headed back to the apartment where Ronin had already made them dinner for them to eat, she walked over and sat down on the table still planning around in her head, that she hadn't heard Ronin talking to her. Until he was snapping his fingers in front of her.

“Huh, what?” Nova looked up at him confused as she hadn't heard what he said.

“I said, no luck or are you just wasting my time by coming back empty handed, don't forget you still owe me a new toaster and frying pan.” Ronin said, leaning back in his chair with a raised eyebrow and arms crossed.

“Oh my god! will you just drop it already, it was one time!” Nova complained with an annoyed sigh. “You broke both of them on the same night, so no I will not drop it missy.” He glared at her.

Nova pouted a bit as she finished eating her dinner before getting up and took her dishes over to the sink, about to try and turn it on. “Don't you dare try and touch that, I'm not gonna have a broken sink next, and I'm not up for wasting more money on that.” Ronin warned her in a harsh tone to which she just rolled her eyes.

“Geez fine, though it's already close to breaking down from the looks of it.” Nova mumbled, leaving the kitchen and going over to the couch laying down. “I'm going to sleep.” she closed her eyes, wanting some rest before heading out.

*Later in the night.*

Nova slowly opened her eyes as she looked around in the darkness of the room,listening closely to Ronin snoring in his room. “Okay, now while he is asleep I can try and use his laptop to hopefully find a blueprint for the bank. I mean this is a kid show, so it should be pretty easy to find.” She thought, finding the laptop, and tapped in the password she had seen him typing in each time.

She was so wrong, it was not easy to find a blueprint of the bank.

“Oh, come on for fuck sake this is a kid show, it shouldn't have taken me this long to find one stupid blueprint.” Nova complained in her head, but was at least glad she finally found what she was looking for and began working up a plan on how to sneak in, and out without being caught.

After a good five minutes or so, Nova removed her search history and anything else she had been looking at before closing the laptop and looking towards the room Ronin was sleeping in. Though she couldn't hear him snoring anymore which made her a little nervous since she had been too focused, she hadn't noticed when he had stopped.

“I pray to the First Spinjitzu Master that he is still asleep.” Nova prayed as she slowly walked over to the door and carefully opened it, checking and saw that he was still asleep which was a relief. She closed the door before then walking out to the balcony, she was still a little surprised the day she woke up in his bed after having that one breakdown out there, and he seemed somewhat more nice, though mostly in his own stupid Ronin way.

She shook her head snapping out of those thoughts before activating her mask, and pulling up her hood before jumping off and over buildings again.

*20 minutes later.*

She finally arrived at the bank and started looking around while remembering the blueprint until she found the vent she was looking for.

Nova made sure it was clear and safe before heading over to the vent and pulled out two needles and began removing the screws, being careful to not make a sound when she finally could get into the vent and began crawling inside. “Okay, by the blueprint it should be the second to the left and then down.” She mumbled as she kept moving around in the vent until she got to her destination.

Nova slowly removed a vent opening, before she stuck her head down and looked around as she saw the screens that show from what the cameras could see. “Okay, now to turn those off, but how?” She wondered as she noticed a security guard. “Fuck I forgot about that.”

She looked around trying to come up with a plan along with seeing what she had on her that she might be able to use.

A coin that she was able to steal from Ronin without being noticed, the needles she used earlier, a lockpick and some powder.

“Hmm, well looks like I need to use this guy.” Nova moved to the other side of the vent and got ready to aim her coin towards the opened door.

“Why the fuck is it even open, normally they would be closed for security reasons.” She thought, throwing the coin down the hall. Making a sound that alerted the guard as he got up with a flashlight, and walked out of the room looking around.

Nova took that chance and quickly jumped down knowing she only had a good few seconds to pull this off, and then having to head to the heart of the bank before the alarms went off.

“I understand now, why robbing a bank is not a one person job now.....unless you’re Ronin, I suppose.” She mumbled turning off the camera before looking down the hall, not seeing the guard.

“Okay, I'm gonna have to rush this, I only get one chance even if the alarm does go off. If I can just get out without being caught by the guard, I might have a chance.” Nova thought, trying to cheer herself up. She took a deep breath before sneaking through the halls keeping an eye out of the guard, as she got closer to the big vault.

“I hate being this little.” She complained when she saw that she wasn't tall enough to reach and open it.

Nova looked around before using her jumping ability which ended up not being the best idea, as she ended up hitting her head on the ceiling. “Ow, okay note to self, don't use jumping ability inside a building unless there is enough space.” She mumbled rubbing her head.

“There's gonna have to be a way for me to get through this stupid thing, without turning on the alarms.” Nova mumbled looking around, keeping an eye out for the security guard.

“I really wish I had some kind of power that could help me right now.” Sighing she placed a hand on the big vault closing her eyes, trying to think since she could feel the stress slowly building up for each passing second.

“I'm so fucking close, and the only thing in the way is my stupid size!” Nova growled, punching the vault without thinking but to her surprise when she hit it, the vault started turning to dust. “What....the...fuck” She mumbled before looking at her hands seeing an ever so faint purple glow.

“....Wait I have elemental powers, fuck yeah!” Nova shouted excited, punching a fist into the air before quickly covering her mouth. “Fuck worst time to be cheering.” She scolded herself as she started hearing footsteps heading her way.

“Yeah, okay fuck this, I'm busted but I'm not going empty handed.” Nova growled, running into the vault not caring about the alarms going off.

She put down her small bag and began grabbing what money she could, while hearing the footsteps now being very close until. “Freeze!” The guard sh outed holding up a gun, though was taken by surprise to see that it was a kid by the size of her.

“Shit, shit, shit.” Nova thought, looking around while putting the bag over her shoulders again.

“Don't move, take that bag off and raise your hands kid, I mean it. Though I don't get why a little kid would try and steal from a bank alone.” The guard said being very confused about this situation.

Nova slowly backs away towards the darker parts of the inside of the vault. “Kid put down the bag.” said the guard once again, as he started walking closer towards her.

“No, no, no, no, no I'm so fucking close! If I get caught now I'll have failed my part of the deal, and who knows where I'm gonna be set off to.” Nova started to panic looking around, while the guard just kept getting closer until he was finally close enough, and quickly went to grab her arm.

“NO!” [robotic] Nova screamed in a robotic voice because of her mask, in fear of getting grabbed until in the blink of a second she went backwards, and was now outside in the alleyway and she was looking up at the night sky.

“What the fuck just happened?!” Nova questioned, confused, until she heard sirens coming. “Holly shit the police, nope, nope I can ask questions later about this. Right now I just need to get the fuck out of here.” She mumbled getting back up and quickly jumped up on a building, before then jumping as far away from the bank and back to the apartment.

*The security guy tried explaining what happened to the police.*

“What the fuck do you mean the thief just poofed! You had them right in front of you!” The police officer shouted at the security guard. “Officer I did what I could, but I didn't inspect it to be a little kid of all things!” The guard explained.

"You’re telling me a kid robbed a bank alone, HOW!?” The officer shouted.

*Back with Nova.*

Nova finally landed on the balcony while letting out a heavy sigh, having to sit down to catch her breath as she was so exhausted from all of that.

“Well look at that, the shrimp actually caught something without being eaten.” said a voice, taking Nova by surprise as she saw Ronin leaning against the doorframe with a smirk on his face.

“Y-you’re awake...I thought you were asleep.” She said surprised.

“Oh that, I was just pretending after I heard some movement, and the alarm I got of someone using my laptop.” Ronin said, walking over and picking up the bag. “Well, that's a start.” He said heading inside.

“Hey, that's my money old man.” Nova got up and started following him, though was still pretty exhausted from everything that happened.

“Sorry kid, but this is now my money, so it looks like you’re gonna have to steal more again, some other time.” Ronin chuckles as he takes the money bag into his room.

“Stupid motherfucking old man, and just after everything I went through and he just takes it.” Nova growled, but went to the couch laying down too tired to have a fight with him for the night, so she closed her eyes and soon fell into a deep sleep.

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*The next day.*

After what happened last night, Nova was pretty much very exhausted, so she slept through most of the day, until the cursed alarm clock went off. Causing her to fall out of the couch with a scream. “Rise and shine runt.” Ronin looked over at her with a smirk.

Nova narrowed her eyes at him. “I'm gonna kill you one of these days, and that alarm clock along with you.” She threatened, slowly getting up and throwing her blanket back on the couch.

“Yeah, yeah keep telling yourself that kid, now move it I'm gonna watch some T.V.” Ronin said, grabbing the remote and turning on the T.V, sitting down on the couch so he could watch the news.

Rolling her eyes Nova repeated his words in a baby voice as she went and grabbed her already made breakfast or lunch. She wasn't sure since she saw that it was 1 pm in the morning.

“ We are now here at ninjago bank where there was a robbery last night, and according to the security guard it was robbed by a kid. No I am not kidding because my dear viewers we actually were able to get a clip of our little robber , Vinny show them! ” News reporter Gayle Gossip was talking in the news, and soon a small clip on the screen showed Nova sneak into the security room from the vent, before then switching to her sneaking through the hall towards the vault.

Nova was drinking a glass of water until she heard the news and quickly spit the water out. “How the fuck did they get that clip! I didn't see any cameras there, and I even made sure to turn them all off before I left that room!” She shouted as she couldn't believe what she was seeing.

Ronin just gave a shrug. “Well, I'm not surprised, you’re just an amateur, runt and that right there. Robbing a bank is only us pros capable of robbing, without much trouble.” He said, drinking his coffee while watching the news.

“ We don't know where the little thief disappeared to, but don't worry my dear viewers. Because the police are on high alert and will be keeping an eye out for them and for any kids, since the only clue so far that we have after watching that clip, is their mask and hoodie. Which the police means are key points to finding them soon, I'm Gayle Gossip here and that is all for now! " After that the news ended as Ronin turned off the T.V, finished his coffee.

“Well kid, looks like you’re staying inside today since the police are out looking, and I'm not up for you ending up leading them over here to my place, otherwise I will throw you out.” Ronin said, getting up from the couch and putting his cup in the sink.

Then walked over to one of the windows and opened it to a rope along with some broken parts from the lower abandoned buildings, since this was an old broken down apartment building that no one besides them lived in, and maybe other thieves in the lower areas hard to say.

Nova was sometimes still surprised how Ronin's apartment wasn't all dirty and broken down, well mostly since there were a few things like the floor, ceiling, and furnitures. But if you ignored all that, it was an okay apartment.

“Wait, where are you going?” She asked, watching him grabbing some stuff before heading out of the window.

“To do a job kid, I don't wanna waste time watching over your sorry ass all the time.” Ronin started going down the rope. “And don't try and steal any of my stuff while I'm out like last time, or I’ll make sure you don't get any T.V time nor sleep.” He warned her sternly before leaving.

Nova let out a heavy sigh as she went back to the couch, laying down trying to come up with something she could do, while Ronin was out and since she couldn't leave.

“Oh I know, I could try and work on my elemental powers.” Nova quickly sat up, and went to grab some empty bottles and place them on the balcony, perfect for target practice.

She held out her hands and tried to focus on the bottles in front of her.

*15 minutes later.*

So far nothing had happened to those bottles, as they were all still standing where Nova had placed them. “Aaarh! Come on, I did it last night at the bank. Why can't I do it now!” She complained, grabbing whatever she could find on the floor which was at the moment, a rock and just threw it which ended up breaking one of the bottles.

“......Maybe I should ask Ronin for some target practice.” Nova thought after breaking that bottle, but she wasn't gonna risk doing it up here should she actually break something like a window. She shook her head trying to calm down and focus once again on those bottles with her hands up, this time trying to remember the feeling she got when she did it at the bank.

It took Nova a good minute or so, until she finally got the feeling and looked at her hands as she saw the purple glow again smiling. She aimed at the bottles and slowly the top part of them began to decay, but only the top since she was getting exhausted very quickly.

*Three days later.*

It had been three days since Nova started practicing her elemental powers, and she was finally getting somewhere since she could now decay the half of a bottle. But she still had a long way to go since she still was getting very exhausted from it.

Nova had asked Ronin if he could teach her how to throw knives, which of course he wasn't much up for since he didn't want her breaking anymore of his stuff. Otherwise she would have to repay back, which of course she couldn't because he kept all the money to himself.

“Come on old man, just teach me. I promise I'm not gonna break any of your stuff, beside I do need something to do while you’re out, and since I'm not allowed to leave because of the stupid police still searching.” She told him, trying once again to convince him which was getting pretty old very quickly to Ronin's liking.

“Fine! But if you break anything, you’re gonna have to repay it!” Ronin became annoyed to this point as he grabbed some throwing knives he had, and walked out on the balcony with Nova quickly following him happily smiling.

“Okay shrimp, I'm only gonna do this once so you better watch. After that you’re on your own.” He said holding up a knife, throwing it straight into a bottle, breaking it. “There I'm done, now good luck or whatever.” He gave her the rest of the knives as he left.

“Wow so much encouragement, I feel so loved here.” Nova sarcastically said, before giving it a try with the knives which of course didn't go well, since she just couldn't hit any of the bottles.

*One week later.*

“Fuck yes!!” Nova cheered happily as she finally hit a bottle with a knife, after so long she was finally getting somewhere. She went on to making a small jump in happiness like a little kid, which she was though she still found that weird at times.

“Just wait until Ronin hears about this, he’s gonna be so surprised.” She happily smiled as she went and picked up the knives before going back to throwing them, she still missed most of them. But she was at least getting a few this time which she was happy with, so she kept going for the rest of the day.

*Late night, 2 am.*

By the time Ronin came back it was already very late in the night around 2 am, he was carrying a large bag that he dropped on the floor before noticing Nova wasn't on the couch.

He went on to check the balcony and found her sleeping on the floor, exhausted from throwing knives as he noticed a few broken bottles along with knives laying on the floor. “Looks like that shrimp is actually getting somewhere, and here I thought she would have quiet at least two days after this.”

Ronin shook his head picking her up and took her over to the couch placing her in it with the blanket, before he then went on looking through his back of stolen stuff and pulled out a few things, some of it being items he could use for his inventions.

After a few minutes he pulled out some clothes he had gotten for Nova, since she didn't have any extra and since the police were looking for her. She would need something new to change into when she was out stealing stuff, along with some casual clothes.

“Maybe I should teach her a few things in how to make her own gadgets or something, with that mask of hers. I'm sure it's gonna need some fixes at some point, and since she wouldn't let me look at it.” Ronin mumbled before he heard movement.

He looked over his shoulder and saw that she was still sleeping, but looked like she was having some kind of nightmare which she had been having these past few days he had noticed, though not sure what they were about since she wouldn't tell him.

Ronin looked into his bag, pulling something out which was a small dragon plushie and walked over placing it in her arms, which seemed to help her nightmare as she fell back into a peaceful sleep.

If anyone else had seen this, it would ruin Ronin's reputation so it was a good thing he didn't trust anyone, and always made sure to get away from any trouble coming his way. While he might “tolerate” the kid. If it came down to it being between Nova or his money, he would of course go for the money.

Shaking his head Ronin started walking away, but was stopped when he felt something grabbing his hand. Turning his head he saw Nova had grabbed his hand in her sleep.

“No…..please don’t leave me…..dad.” Nova mumbled in her sleep, with a tear running down her face.

Ronin raised an eyebrow from hearing this. “Did her dad leave her or something?” He sat down on the couch and gently patted her head, to which a small smile grew on her face.

“Everything is gonna be alright, Nova.” Ronin was shaking his head, letting out a sigh. “What did I get myself into here?”

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Here is some info of what Nova will be wearing and using for the whole season.

The Mask:

Ninja / Thief outfit:

Weapons:

Sword whip (a sword that can change into a whip):

Duel blades:

Bow:

*Two and a half months later, Jamanakai Village.*

“Wow this place looks so much better in real life than on a screen.” Nova said, amazed sitting on top of a roof.

It wasn’t long until she started hearing someone laughing in the village.

“Huh?” Nova turns her head towards the sound and sees a little boy walking around while doing the worst evil laugh she has ever heard.

“Damn Lloyd sounds so bad with that laugh, I'm pretty sure my cursed alarm clock could do better than that.” Shaking her head, she kept watching from where she was sitting and it wasn't long until she saw the ninja.

Nova watched the whole scene going down until people started going back to what they were doing and the ninja had left.

Jumping down she walked over to Lloyd who was still hanging from the sign.

“How's it hanging up there, my guy?” Nova asked with an innocent smile teasing him.

Lloyd turned his head towards Nova and narrowed his eyes at her.

“Really? Of all the things to say, you have to say that. I'm guessing you’re here to make fun of me too” Lloyd said, crossing his arms annoyed.

“Me making fun of you having a hanging time up there, no never. I was just hanging around to see how you were doing.” Nova jokingly said, trying to hold in a giggle.

“Shut up, stupid girl, you’re just as annoying as those ninjas, go away!” Lloyd said angrily.

Nova raised an eyebrow when he called her stupid. “You want me to go away, fine I will, and here I was thinking about helping you get down. But if you don't want it.” She turned around to leave, with her hands resting behind her head.

“No wait!” Lloyd shouted in a panic when he saw her beginning to leave.

Nova turned back around, looking at him with a big smirk on her face. “Yes?” She asked in a long teasing tone.

Lloyd started blushing, clearly embarrassed that he needed help from a girl.

“I...I would like some help getting down from here.” He mumbled in a low voice, but Nova was able to hear it.

“Aww, are you sure you want my help? I mean, according to you, I'm just a stupid girl.” Nova looked at him with a questionable raised eyebrow.

“.....I didn't mean it, so could you please help me down.” Lloyd said, sounding a little sad fumbling with his fingers.

Nova looked at him as she moved her head from side to side thinking of something. “Hmmm okay, but only if you make a deal with me.” She said smirking at him, she might have been around Ronin a little too much.

Lloyd narrowed his eyes at her once again. “What do you mean by a deal, princess? ” He questioned, before letting out a scream when a knife was thrown right past his face, too close for his comfort.

“Oh sorry, my hand must have slipped.” Nova had a forced smile on her face that very much said, 'call me that again and you’re dead'.

“Well, to answer your question, it's simple. You be nice to me, and I'll let you down.” She acted like what just happened never happened.

“She’s scary.” Lloyd thought, letting out a nervous sigh. “Fine, I'll take your stupid deal. If that helps me get down.” He huffed, crossing his arms again.

“Happy to do business with you.” Nova smiled, wall jumping up on the roof and walked over to the sign grabbing her knife that she had thrown earlier, using it to help him get off the sign.

“Thank you....for getting me down.” Lloyd said, giving a small smile.

Nova slightly blushed but tried to play it normal. “It was nothing, just happy to help.” She began leaving, going towards the next roof. She didn't want to change the plot of the story.

“Wait!” shouted Lloyd, noticing she was about to leave.

Nova stopped in her tracks and looked over her shoulder at him, with a raised eyebrow of confusion. “What?”

“C-can I at least know your name?” Lloyd tried acting all cool about it, but was failing hard.

“Hmmm, how about another deal?” Nova gave him a teasing smile.

“Another deal? Seriously?” Lloyd questioned with a raised eyebrow.

“Take it or leave it.” said Nova about ready to just leave.

“Fine! What is that fucking deal you have in mind?” Lloyd was growing irritated by this whole thing.

“I tell you my name, and you tell me what your name is.” Nova gave him a small smile.

“Really? That’s all?” Lloyd questioned.

“You didn’t seem to have a problem with my first deal, so yeah. That’s all.” Nova answered his question.

Lloyd opened his mouth to say something back, but closed it since he couldn’t think of anything clever to say to that. “Aaargh! Fine, I’ll take your stupid deal girly!”

Nova rolled her eyes, letting out a heavy sigh. “The name is Nova Ocean, but you can just call me Nova.”

“Nova Ocean, what kind of stupid name is that?” Lloyd questioned.

“Well, what’s your name?” Nova narrowed her eyes at him.

“Lloyd Garmadon! Son to the most evil person alive, my dad Garmadon!” Lloyd evilly laughed.

“My poor ears, I did not need to hear your stupid laugh.” Nova groans, facepalming herself.

“My laugh isn’t stupid! It’s the most evil laugh to ever have been heard!” Lloyd shouted out loud.

“Whatever you say, see you around, bowl head.” Nova shook her head leaving Lloyd by himself as he shouted out in disbelief. “Bowl head!?”

*Some time later*

Nova was relaxing on a roof eating an apple she might, or might not have stolen when no one was looking.

Nova then goes on to hear someone screaming, not far from where she was.

“What now?” Someone said, looking around from where they were hiding.

Nova looked down from the roof she was on and saw Nya hiding in the alley, with a snake slowly sneaking up behind her.

“Hey! Watch out!” Nova shouted, jumping down from the roof. Onto the snake hitting it right in the head with her foot, knocking him out.

“W-where did you come from kid?” Nya asked, both confused and surprised a kid just knocked out a snake.

“The roof.”

“The roof?”

“Yup.”

“Why?”

“Good view.” Nova shrugs.

“Wha-Okay never mind, we have other things to focus on right now, so you stay behind me.” Nya told her as we both slowly watched the snakes attacking the village.

“But I can help, did you see how I knocked out that snake guy?” Nova told Nya, punching her fists into the air.

“Yeaah-No, I'm not letting a kid out of my sight to fight some snakes, you were lucky with that guy and that's more than enough.” Nya told her.

“Aww man, this is some bullshit.” Nova complained, crossing her arms.

“Language!”

“English!”

It wasn’t long until they heard the sound of people fighting. They looked out from the alley they were in, and saw some fruit colored people run by.

“Huh, Nya you're okay. And who's the kid?” the blue one pointed towards Nova, with a raised eyebrow under his mask.

“Oh that's Jay, he was always one of my favorites because of how funny he was. Despite all the shouting and whining.” Nova started smiling at the blue ninja.

“Barely, thanks to this kid I'm okay. But they've hypnotized everyone in town.” Nya explained.

“Mind control, how is this possible?” Jay asked.

“When you hear them rattle their tails, don't look them in the eyes. That's how they get you.” Nova told him which actually surprised both him and Nya as they turned to look at her.

“What? I'm very observant.” Nova gave a slight shrug to the way they were looking at her.

“Well, what are we supposed to do? We can't use our weapons, and now we gotta fight with our eyes closed? Ha, perfect.” Jay went on to complain sarcastically.

Nova tried to hold in a snicker.

“The snake with the staff is the General. He's the one in charge. If we can get the staff from him, it holds the anti-venom. If we get that, we can save everyone.” Nya went on to explain what she had seen.

“Look, guys. Forget about the whole Green Ninja thing. Let's make Sensei proud. The four of us. We're a team.” The red ninja said, being Kai.

“Now you're talking.” The black ninja said, being Cole.

“Hey, can I join in!” Nova asked with a big smile.

The ninja looked over at her as if she had grown a second head or something. “No kid, this isn't a playing ground.” Kai said.

“Aww come on!” Nova pouted, crossing her arm.

“Don't be upset, you and Nya, can be our honorary members.” Jay said, trying to cheer Nova up.

“Gee, thanks.” Nova and Nya replied in unison, looking back at each other before watching the ninja.

“You wanna play? How about a little Spinjitzu? Ninja, go!” Kai went to use his spinjitzu, but instead ended up falling to the ground.

“Okay, we're really out of shape.” Jay commented.

Nova shook her head before looking towards Lloyd who was trying to escape, so she secretly summoned her bow and got ready to fire it.

“Ha! Consider this a warning, ninja!” Lloyd shouted.

“Ninja, go!” shouted the white ninja known as Zane, when his shurikens and Nova's arrow stopped him.

“My candy!” Lloyd yelled out in despair.

“Where did you get that bow from, kid” Nya asked when she noticed the bow in Nova’s hands.

“I always had the bow on me, you just didn't notice.” said Nova, putting the bow behind her back.

“Sensei was right. Never put off until tomorrow what can be done today. We should've dealt with you the first time around.” said Zane, pointing his shurikens at Lloyd.

“Retreat!” Lloyd shrieked as he and the serpentine escaped.

Though not before seeing Cole being hypnotized by Skales.

Nova quickly acted as she ran over using her bow to slap Skales right in the head. "Dude! The anti-venom!" She shouted at Cole, while giving Skales another whack with her bow.

“Oh fuck, you're right!” Cole snapped out of Skales’s control, looking around.

“The fountain you idiot!” Nova shouted.

“Good idea, and I'm not an idiot.” shouted Cole, running to the fountain which worked, as all the villagers were cleansed from the hypnosis.

Nova smiled as everything looked to be back to normal.

Nova turned to look over at the ninja, and watched them talking to Wu. But she decided to wait a moment before walking over to the group, getting a little nervous now since she had been waiting for this moment.

“Umm excuse me?” Nova spoke up, getting the group's attention.

“Oh yeah, you were the kid who helped us, by hitting that snake guy with your bow.” Jay pointed out.

“Where did you even get that bow from?” Kai crossed his arms, raising a questionable eyebrow.

“Oh shit, I'm on the spot now.” Nova scratched the back of her head. “Are you Master Wu?” She looked over at the elderly man.

Sensei Wu looked at her with a kind smile. “Yes my dear, I'm Master Wu. Now, why would you be asking, little one?” He stroked his beard as he asked.

“Oh sorry, I'm Nova Ocean, and I've actually been hoping to meet you. Since I've been told that you are the best person to teach me how to use my elemental powers.” Nova tried explaining herself.

“Wait, wait, wait, wait you have elemental powers? Little princess are you sure?" questioned Kai before quickly dodging a knife being thrown at him, as Nova was glaring coldly at him. “Hey what gives!”

“Shit, the kid got knives!” Jay exclaimed, before getting hit in the head by Wu's staff. “Language!”

Wu cleared his throat, gaining Nova's attention as she turned to look at him. Though still glared a bit back at Kai.

“Could you show me what your elemental powers are young one?” Wu kindly asked.

“Oh, yeah of course, though just a warning. I might pass out after this.” Nova had an awkward smile on her face.

“Wait what!” shouted the ninja.

Nova looked around until she saw a jar with candy that Lloyd clearly dropped when he ran away.

Nova walked over, holding one of her hands out and slowly the jar along with the candy started to decay, and turned to dust much to the others surprise.

“Oh I see now, your elemental powers must be decay, by the looks of it. Close to my brother's element of destruction, but not completely the same.” Wu stroked his long beard before walking over and placing a hand on Nova's shoulder.

“That's enough for today young one.” Wu told her.

Nova stopped using her powers, giving a small smile. Though were already pretty exhausted by the looks of it.

“There is much to teach. We must return to the Monastery.” Wu told his students.

“Oh wait, just a moment.” said Nova, looking at Wu and the others.

“I left my bag with my stuff in one of the alleyways, let me just go and get it really quickly.” Nova gave a slight smile.

“Okay young one, we will wait for you to return with your stuff.” said Wu.

“Hey, how about I go and help you get your bag. You already look ready to pass out on the spot.” Kai offered, walking over to her.

“Oh, umm, thanks for the offer. But I don't need it.” Nova shyly smiled before wall jumping to the roof, and started jumping from roof to roof. Making sure she didn't use any of her other abilities around the ninja, since it would be very weird if they saw a little kid jumping up high in the air.

Nova soon found where she left her bag and picked it up, but took a quick look. Making sure no one had taken anything from it when she wasn't around, she let out a relieved sigh when she saw that she still had all of her stuff.

“Now the story can finally get started.” Nova thought with a smile before heading back to the ninja, she couldn't wait to get her training started.

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*Sounds of arguing are heard somewhere in the Monastery.*

“My turn! Uh, it's my turn!”

“Oh, you want a little more? Take this!”

“ Yeah? How about a little of this?”

“ Monkey paw to the head!”

“Ninja, roll!”

“Say your last prayer!”

*Wu walked around trying to find the ninja, and Nova.*

“Dragon punch!”

Wu goes to the training compound and is shocked to see that the ninja are actually training. Jay is deflecting arrows with his weapons, Cole is practicing on the dummies. Kai is practicing his spinjitzu, Zane is meditating, and Nova is practicing her elemental powers against a cardboard cut of a serpentine.

“Ninja, go!”

Zane suddenly gets up from his meditation process and disturbs the other ninja. He starts by jumping in front of Jay.

“Hey! Huh?”

He steals Cole's weapons for the dummy test.

“Hey! What?”

“Ninja, go!” Zane goes on to use his spinjitzu on the whole compound, causing Kai to slip.

“Woah, oof.”

Zane then jumps to the side and uses his shurikens on Nova's cardboard serpentine, freezing it.

“What the fuck Zane!” Nova shouted.

“Language!” shouted the ninjas.

All four regroup as they look over at Zane, who just ruined everyone else's training.

“This roof isn't big enough for the four of us.” Kai narrowed his eyes towards Zane.

“Five of us.” Nova added, crossing her arms standing between Cole and Jay.

“Correction: This roof isn't big enough for him .” Cole pointed at Zane.

“It's like he's in his own world. I BET HE CAN'T EVEN HEAR US! ” Jay raised his voice.

Nova let out a heavy sigh. “I really do like Zane, but damn it my guy, couldn't he at least NOT go for my cardboard snake. Now I need a new target to practice on.” thinking to herself, until she noticed sensei Wu coming over to them.

“Sensei, Zane's... weird.” Kai told sensei Wu when he came over.

“What is weird? Someone who is different or someone who is different than you?” Sensei Wu questioned them.

“No, Sensei. He's “weird” weird.” Cole said as he started having a flashback.

*Cole's flashback.*

Zane enters the bathroom despite Cole doing some private business.

Cole, getting embarrassed, shouted. “Do you mind?!”

*Then we changed to Jay's flashback."

Jay's flashback shows him, Nya, and Zane watching a sad romantic movie.

“Goodbye, my darling.” said the man on the TV.

Zane starts laughing. Jay and Nya looks angrily over at him.

*Jumping to Kai's flashback.*

Kai are going to the fridge, but he finds Zane inside.

Taking him very much by surprise as he shouted .”Ahh! What the hell?!”

“I'm sorry. I consumed the last of the deli meat. Cheese?” Zane said, offering Kai some cheese.

*And then we end at Nova's flashback.*

Nova is sneaking into a room where she had seen some of Nya's tools, trying to find the right tool to steal.

“Where is that screwdriver?” Nova mumbled, until someone was holding it in front of her.

“Is this what you are looking for, Nova?” said a voice as the person was holding out the tool she was looking for.

“Yes, thanks.” Nova said, taking it before it took her a good second to register what just happened, as she jumped back with a scream. “What the fuck?!” Looking up to see Zane, just standing in the shadows.

“You're welcome my friend.” Zane smiled leaving the room, but quickly popped his head back in. “Also language, kids your age shouldn't say that stuff.”

*End of all the flashbacks.*

Nova snapped out of her flashback when she heard Kai's voice as he spoke.

“We like the guy. He's really smart. He's just... * sighs * a little off sometimes.”

“Zane is a brother and brothers are often different. I should know.” Wu told them until they saw the postman arriving at the monastery with the ninja's mail.

Nova stayed close to Wu, as she watched the others going over to get their mail. Until she heard her name being called out.

“Oh, I also have a letter for Nova.” The postman said, holding out a letter.

Nova was surprised to hear she had a letter, so she walked over and took it. Thanking the postman before she went to open it up, and began reading it.

“Hey, shrimp.

What happened to that mission I sent you out to do? You still owe me 20 bucks for that alarm clock, do you know how hard it was in getting that thing?

Also don't think I've forgotten about the toaster, frying pan or my FUCKING AIRSHIP!!!

You had better be back with a good reason when I see you again, and you can very much expect you are gonna be grounded little lady.

From

Ronin / Boss.”

Nova had a nervous smile on her face as she quickly ripped it apart, so no one else could read it and so she could forget all about that.

“How should I have known his airship had a kitchen, it never showed it in the show or anything or was mentioned.” Nova thought to herself.

“Who was that letter from Nova?” Kai asked, catching her by surprise as she jumped and quickly turned around. “Ummm, no one.” She said with a shrug.

Kai very much didn't believe it was nothing as he raised an eyebrow, and went to grab one of the ripped pieces. But quickly dropped it when it started turning to dust.

He looked over at Nova, seeing that she had just used her elemental powers on all of the ripped pieces. “Huh, it doesn't seem like it came just from no one, princess .” He said, dodging a knife that cut through some of his hair.

“You want another haircut, flamebrain?” Nova asked with a glare, already holding up another knife.

“Why you little.” Kai started walking closer towards her, but Wu blocked his way with his staff. “Enough you two, Nova, stop throwing knives at people when they call you that, and Kai, she is only a kid so be nice.” He told both of them.

Both of them let out a heavy sigh. “Yes, Sensei.” They said in unison.

“Good, now let's get back to training.” said Wu, turning around.

“Hey Sensei Wu, can I get a break? I've already used my powers most of the day.” Nova quickly followed after him.

Wu looked over at her, stroking his beard thinking for a moment. “Okay Nova, you can have a break.” He said, petting her head.

Nova smiled happily that she was able to get a break. “Thank you Sensei, then I'm gonna grab myself a snack in the kitchen.” She said, heading inside the monastery and towards the kitchen.

It didn't take long until there was an explosion in the kitchen.

“WHAT WAS THAT!!” The ninja ran to the kitchen, only to see a broken sink with water somehow turned to coal, a few glasses on fire, and next to the all, sitting in a chair eating cookies was Nova. Looking all innocent as if she hadn't done anything. “What?” She gave them a confused look.

*Later in the evening, everyone was sitting by the dinner table.*

“Mmm. Oh, I love it when it's Zane's night to cook.” said Jay excitedly.

“Hey. I didn't hear any complaints about my duck chowder last night.” said Cole raising an eyebrow.

“That's because it glued our mouths shut. You really thought Jay was speechless all throughout dinner?” said Kai looking at him.

“Yeah. Please don't make that again.” said Jay, not wanting that again.

Nova gave a slight nod. “Maybe I could try and cook something.” she said smiling.

“NO!”

“NEVER!”

“YOU ARE PERMANENTLY BANNED FROM THE KITCHEN!”

The ninja shouted out loud at the same time.

“Aww man, seriously it was only a small accident.” Nova said, pouting a bit.

“You broke the sink!”

“You turned water into coal, that shouldn't even be possible!”

“Our glasses were on fire!”

They pretty much pointed out everything that happened in the kitchen after that explosion.

Nova pouted, crossing her arms. “This makes now what, two kitchens I'm banned from?” She thought to herself.

Soon Zane enters the dining room wearing a pink apron with flowers, while holding some turkey.

“Dinner is served.” Zane told everyone in the room.

Everyone pretty much started laughing, the guys from what Zane was wearing, and Nova just laughing because it was contagious.

“What's so funny?” Zane asked, very much confused.

“Zane. You're wearing a... Even I wouldn't wear that.” said Nya through her laughter.

“You laugh because I take steps to ensure I'm clean after cooking?” Zane wasn't getting the joke.

“Haha! No! We laugh because you came out wearing that ridiculous outfit!” Kai explained while laughing.

“I guess we don't share the same sense of humor.” said Zane, not seeing the fun in it.

“Well, how about this?” Cole throws a plate full of shrimp on Kai's face.

This just made everyone laugh except Zane.

“How could you not find that funny?” Cole asked until Master Wu poured soup onto Cole's head. “Ah!”

“Now you are brothers.” Wu told Zane and Cole.

Soon enough it became a full on food fight, though Nova did make sure to save some of the food for her to eat and enjoy.

“He looked so cute in it.” said Nya, as Zane was confused with the food fight, and the waste of the food he had made for them all.

*Outside after dinner, Zane is throwing out the trash with some help from Nova.*

As they were taking out the trash, a bird that looked like a falcon showed up.

Nova watched giggling a little as she saw Zane dance to the bird before they both started following it.

“Okay, I already know what is gonna happen next, so this should be interesting when Lloyd actually sees a girl. When he clearly is gonna complain about not wanting to see any girls, in his treehouse.” Nova thought to herself with a smirk.

They soon saw Lloyd's treehouse, quickly going into hiding and watched.

“If I see one girl in here. I'm gonna go ballistic!” said Lloyd, while Nova thought the words in her head.

Zane looked up at the falcon. “Thank you, my mysterious friend.” He said smiling, before looking over at Nova.

“We should go back, and tell our friends.” Zane said.

Nova looked over at him. “You go back and tell them, I'll stay here and keep watch, until you guys arrive.” She told him.

“But you are only a kid Nova, leaving you here would be dangerous, and you are not trained.” Zane told her.

“Oh pleassse Zane, I promise to be very careful and well hidden, that they wouldn't see me.” said Nova, giving him the puppy eyes.

It took him a good minute until he finally replied. “Okay.”

“Yeah!” Nova whisper-yelled happy. “Huh?” She replied when she got picked up by Zane. “Wait, what?” Getting a bit confused and before she knew it, she got carried all the way back to the monastery by Zane.

*Later in the day, the ninja are following Zane while Nova is still being carried like a sack of potatoes.*

“I don't even think Zane knows where he's going.” said Kai before looking over at Zane. “Uh, tell us again how you and the kid stumbled upon Lloyd's secret headquarters?”

“We followed a bird.” Zane told them.

“Why did you follow a bird?” Jay asked.

“Because it danced.” said Zane, finally putting down Nova, who had been pouting the whole way back and forth with her arms crossed.

“Oh...okay. Was it a cuckoo bird?” Jay asked in a joking manner.

The ninja laughed except Zane and Nova.

“The bird.” said Jay after they stopped laughing.

“Of course not. Everyone knows cuckoo birds are not indigenous to these forests” Zane and Nova told them in unison.

This stunned the other ninja and creeped them out at the same time, as they said it in unison along, with a 10 year old kid knowing such stuff.

It wasn't long until the treehouse was in view for Nova and the ninja to see.

“Watch it! No, bigger! Come on, we don't have all day! It's not time for a lunch break.” Lloyd shouted out orders.

“Holy cannoli, Frosty and Shrimp was right!” Cole said in surprise.

“Shrimp? really!?” Nova whisper-yelled.

“Hey, you always eat the shrimps first whenever we are eating, so yeah really.” Cole told her.

“We can't let that brat and those snakes get a foothold of Ninjago. We gotta destroy that thing before it becomes operational.” Kai told the group.

“Whoa! Are you sure? It looks like a pretty cool treehouse. There's a ropes course... Ooh, a tree swing!” said Nova as she really took in the treehouse.

“Hey! Remember who's team you're on. Alright, guys. What do we do?” Cole said, looking at Nova with a raised eyebrow before looking at the others.

“It looks like the entire place is being supported by those three trees. Once those ties are severed, the whole thing is gonna fall like a house of cards.” Kai explained as he pointed out.

“But why would one make a house of cards? Such construction would be careless.” Zane asked, confused.

“Oh, brother.” Kai whispered, not up for explaining it again.

“Travel in shadows, boys and kid.” said Cole.

Soon enough every ninja worked their way up along with cutting the ropes.

Nova activated her mask as she traveled with Kai up the trees towards the top of the treehouse

She could hear Lloyd's voice but rolled her eyes as she kept following Kai.

“I said no ninja! and no girls! Attack!” Lloyd shouted when he saw Kai and Nova on top of the treehouse.

“Wow, and after that deal I made with him, and he is already breaking it now that is just evil.” Nova thought sarcastically.

“Everyone! Retreat!” shouted Skales to everyone.

“Cole! Wait till we're off the treehouse, then cut the line.” Kai told Cole who gave him a short nod in understanding.

“Where's Cole?” Jay asked as they couldn't see him anywhere.

“This whole place is coming down!” Kai shouted.

“We are going down like timber!” Nova shouted, holding on to Zane so she didn't fall.

“No one goes anywhere until you deal with me!” Cole said under hypnosis.

“What's gotten into him?” Kai asked.

“He's under their control.” Nova said, as she had now climbed up on Zane's back.

“Yeah, well he better snap out of it quick because this whole place looks like it's about to go down!” Jay shouted in a panic.

Cole had the ninja and Nova cornered.

“Okay, now come on. Friends don't hit friends.” said Jay until Cole kicks Jay on the jaw. “Ow, okay. I-I-I-I'm gonna ignore that.” he said, rubbing his jaw.

“What're we supposed to do? If I use my sword, this place will turn up into flames faster than a tinder box.” Kai told the rest of them.

“Isn't the anti venom in the staff?” Zane asked.

“Yeah, but the staff is back at the Monastery.” Nova told him from his back.

Cole knocks Kai off the top, but Zane saves him while Nova jumps off and runs over to Jay.

“Jay! Use your lightning! Try to shock him out of his trance!” Zane shouted.

“Oh, sorry, Cole, but this is gonna hurt you a lot more than it's gonna hurt me.” said Jay as he shocks Cole, but only making him angrier. Cole knocks Jay off of the tree house. But Nova acted quickly by grabbing his hand and using what strength she had to hold him up only for the both of them to fall off.

“Jay! Nova!” Kai and Zane shouted.

Lucky Jay manages to catch one of the ropes, while Nova was on his back, but the treehouse continues to collapse.

“That is a serious safety hazard!” Jay shouted.

“I'm too fucking young to die like this!” Nova shouted, slowly choking Jay from having her arms wrapped around his neck.

Cole goes on to try and sever the last rope with his teammates still on the rooftop.

“No, Cole! Don't!” shouted Kai.

“No! No, Cole! No!” shouted Zane.

Cole suddenly snaps out of the trance when the sacred flute is being played by Wu, as he and Nya go collect the ninja using Flame.

“Huh? Where-where am I? What are we doing?” Cole asked, confused.

“We're getting outta here because this whole place is coming down!” Nya told them as they all hopped on the dragon.

“That flute!” questioned Kai.

“It cancels their powers!” said Jay.

“It's as old as the Serpentine themselves. But we must hurry! The Monastery is unguarded! Quickly!” Wu quickly answered them as they headed back to the Monastery.

*By the time the ninja returned to the Monastery, it was burnt down, some of it still covered by the flames.*

“We're too late. Those snakes.” said Kai.

Everyone soon heard the other dragons cry for help.

“Rocky!” Cole shouted as he quickly releases the dragons to gain some fresh air.

“Our home.” said Kai in disbelief.

“Shard! Put this out!” shouted Zane.

Shard freezes the burning flames.

“The training equipment, gone.” said Zane.

“Our video games, gone!” said Jay in despair.

“They stole their staff back.” said Wu.

“What do we do now?” Cole asked.

Kai's sorrow quickly turns to anger as he turns to Zane and Nova.

“If you two hadn't followed that silly bird, none of this would've happened!” Kai shouted out in anger.

“Kai…” Wu warned him but it went ignored.

Nova started to hide behind Zane as tears started forming in her eyes.

“No, Sensei, he's right!” said Jay before turning to Zane and Nova. “Because of you two, my high score has been deleted!”

“This is a teaching moment. We must learn from this.” said Zane, not noticing their anger.

Nova very much did and tears were already running down her face, as she was shaking in fear.

“A “teaching moment” ? What's wrong with you? Don't you get it?! EVERYTHING IS GONE!” Cole very much yelled in pure rage.

“Enough!” WU yelled as the three ninja turned to look at Wu. “We are all at fault. Zane is your brother and Nova is your sister. Apologize at once.” He said sternly.

The three ninja change emotion and turn around to apologize to Zane and Nova.

“I'm sorry, Zane, I…” said Kai, but noticed Zane had disappeared before looking over at Nova, who had already started crying out loud which only made the other ninja feel even more bad.

*Some time later, The ninja and Nova are sitting on the Mountains of Impossible Height, trying to gain their spirits.*

“Wh-what are we eating again?” Kai asked.

“Mud-newt. Not bad for something that lives underground.” said Cole.

“What?” said Jay disgusted as he spits out the piece he was eating, before throwing away his portion. He then throws a rock into a can. “Yeah! A new high s-sc-score!” He cheered.

“Remember, we must be thankful for what we still have.” said Wu.

“What do we have? Our home is gone.” said Cole with a sigh.

“You know, I don't miss our home. What I really miss is Zane.” said Kai.

“Yeah. I miss Zane.” said Jay.

“I miss him too.” said Nova sitting next to Nya while hugging her legs.

“Zane?” Nya said.

“Yeah, Zane. You know. White Ninja. The smart, strange one.” said Jay.

“No.” Nya said and pointed ahead. “Zane!”

“Zane!” Everyone shouted as they ran over to him.

Jay let out a sigh of relief. “Zane. We're so sorry for everything we've said. We're a team and that means we're all responsible.”

“You don't need to apologize to me.” Zane told them.

“But what about all those awful things we said? Isn't that why you left?” Kai questioned.

“Of course not. I saw the Falcon again and I followed him.” Zane told them.

“That's our Zane.” said Cole as they all gave him a hug.

“We're happy to have you back.” said Nya.

“Yeah, never leave us again.” said Nova, still hugging him.

“I've changed my mind. Zane is my number one favorite ninja.” Nova thought to herself, smiling.

“Why? Is it my turn to make dinner?” Zane asked while letting Nova keep hugging him as everyone started laughing.

“Yes, Zane. We would love for you to make dinner.” said Wu, smiling.

“But I already made it. Come. I want to show you what I've found. I think you will all be pleased.” Zane told them.

*They all follow Zane to the Sea of Sand.*

“I can't explain it, but I feel a strange connection with the Falcon. I think he's trying to help show us the path we need to take.” said Zane, showing them the Destiny's Bounty.

“Our new home.” said Zane.

Everyone is surprised by this revelation.

“Do I smell pie?” Jay asked.

Nova was already running to the ship the moment he asked that question, trying to get a head start.

“Cobbler berry. Oh, and I made myrtle berry and apple and—” Zane started explaining but Kai, Jay, Cole and Nya already raced to the Bounty, catching up to Nova quickly.

“I'm proud of you, Zane. One day, I promise. We will find your family.” said Wu.

“But I've already found them.” said Zane, smiling.

“I feel there's more to you than meets the eye. There's something special about you, Zane.” Wu told him.

“Sensei, will I become the Green Ninja?” Zane asked.

“It's too early to tell, but if it's in your path, you'll know. Come now. It would be a shame to let them eat all that pie.” said Wu.

Chapter Text

*Early in the morning on the Destiny's Bounty.*

Nova is sleeping peacefully in her own room that she had been giving so she wouldn't have to share with the guys, but then she heard the sound of someone banging a gong outside her room and towards the ninja's room.

“Evil doesn't sleep, and neither should you!” said Wu to the ninja as h e kept banging a gong.

Nova growled as she stomped over to the door of her room and opened it pissed off. “WHO EVER IS BANGING THAT FUCKING GONG, SHUT THE FUCK UP I'M TRYING TO SLEEP HERE!!! ” She shouted out through the hall, before slamming the door behind her and went back to bed.

The ninja and Wu were looked at each other, a little shocked and nervous after just hearing a very grumpy Nova shouting this early in the morning.

*Later in the day, the ninja had finished their chores.*

Nova yawned as she finally had enough sleep and got out of her bed, changed into her ninja outfit and brushed her hair humming softly to herself. Walking out of her room and headed upstairs on the deck, as she heard people talking.

When Nova arrived she saw everyone was there along with two older people.

“Dad...do we have to talk about the junkyard in front of my friends?” said Jay which meant those two were his parents.

“Hey everyone, what's going on?” Nova asked, surprising everyone as they hadn't heard or seen her coming.

“Oh dear, who is this sweet little princess here?” said Edna as she went to pinch Nova’s cheeks while the ninja started getting nervous that Nova was gonna stab Jay's mom, after what she just called her.

Nova gave a forced smile by what she had just been called, and tried to back away from having her cheeks pinched. “H-hello, nice to meet you, I’m Nova.”

“Aww, she is such a cute little thing.” said Ed smiling at how cute little Nova was, while the ninja thought she was far from cute.

Edna smiled before she saw Nya. “Oh... and who are you?” She asked before letting out a gasp “You are so cute! You are just my son's type.”

“Mom!” Jay exclaimed.

“It's a pleasure meeting you. I'm sure if you want, Jay can give you a tour. He worked very hard on it.” Nya told them with a kind smile.

“We'd love a tour!” said Jay's parents, very excited.

Jay knocks his head and sighs. He then goes to show his parents the Bounty.

“And this is the bridge. This extends into a periscope. This tells what's going on in Ninjago. And this...if a serpentine's not giving us the answer we want, and we're late up at night.” Jay explained while showing his parents around.

“A neuro apparatus to read their minds?” Edna cut in asking.

“An audio appliance to make them talk?” Ed guessed.

“No, a cappuccino machine.” Jay told them.

“Why don't you tell them about the button?” Cole suggested.

“Oh, yeah, you so have to tell them about that button.” Nova added on with a smirk as she fist bumped Cole.

“Heh heh it's not ready yet.” said Jay.

“Oh, what's the button?” Edna asked.

“He's working on a special defense system.” Zane told them.

“Something every ninja headquarters needs.” Kai said.

Nova nodded agreeing with that.

“Oh, really? What does it do? Can I help?” Ed asked, looking at his son.

“No, it's okay. I don't need your help, dad. Let's just leave it alone. Hey, look at the time. Don't you need to get back before it gets dark? I told you, there's dangerous Serpentine out there.” Jay told his parents clearly not wanting them around for much longer.

“Uh, I suppose we could get back.” said Ed.

“Edna, it was a pleasure hearing about Jay's first potty time.” said Cole.

Nova let out a small giggle trying to cover her mouth with her hand.

“Oh, if you thought that was good, wait until you hear the story about the time I caught him kissing his pillow!” said Edna.

“Snakes, Ma. Snakes!” Jay tried to remind his parents

“Okay, we're going. We're going.” said Edna, getting ready to leave with her husband before looking back at her son. “So you promise to come to the junkyard to visit your mother and father?”

“Yes, I promise! But only if you leave. I don't want you to get hurt. It's getting dark. Uh, your headlights are working, right?” Jay told his parents.

Ed turns on the headlights. Everyone grunts as they shield their eyes.

“My eyes, I can't see.” said Nova, shielding her eyes.

“Heh, like 'em? I used a little extra juice.” said Ed before he turned off the headlights. “Yep. Bye, son. I couldn't be more proud.”

“And bring Nya with you, will ya? I can see why you like her. Oh and do bring that sweet princess with you too.” said Edna, smiling.

“Mom...!” Jay exclaimed while Nova had a forced smile on her face.

“Now that they have left, perhaps Jay can teach us The Art of... Kissing Pillows.” said Wu as he snickers.

“Argh!” Jay complained out loud.

Everyone laughs as Jay walks back in the Bounty, embarrassed.

“Damn Jay, doesn't even know how nice it is to have parents loving you.” said Nova with a small smile.

“Don't you have parents, Nova?” Cole asked, looking at her.

"Oh me....well.” Nova rubbed the back of her neck. “.....No not really, they died when I was young, so I don't really remember much of them anymore.” She said with a small smile, though it was a lie.

“Oh, I'm sorry to hear that, but you must have had someone to look after you right?” Cole asked.

“Both no and yes to that question.” said Nova since she had only lived with Ronin for two and a half months, which wasn't that long. But it's not easy to explain how a 10 year old lived for most of her life alone on the street without any help.

“Anyway I'm heading back to my room, as I have something to work on.” She said and began speed walking away, not wanting to talk more about this.

Nova got back to her room, closing the door behind her with a sigh before walking over and pulling out a box from under her bed, where she had all kinds of tools. “Hmm, I might need some more items to make more gadgets.” She mumbled to herself.

“I might have a look around Jay's parents junkyard when we go there, and then I can steal a few things.” Nova smiled a bit until a thought came to her mind.

She let out an annoyed sigh facepalming herself. “Fuck, I just remember Lloyd is gonna be blasting some stupid music so loud, and I don't have anything that can block it out!" She growled.

Looking around at what she had so far and tried to see if she could make something very quick she could use in some way.

*Time skip to the morning, next day. Jay is working on the button. Kai and Zane pass.*

“Sure got a lot of junk piling up. If only there was a place we could get rid of it…” said Kai looking around.

“If you don't mind, I'm trying to focus.” said Jay trying to work on the button.

Cole then passes by, pretending to be on the phone. “Hi, mom and dad. Of course, I'd love to visit. What kind of son would I be if I didn't want to?”

Nova soon was the next to pass by. “Damn I'm running low on tools for my gadgets, if only there was a place where I could get more junk and tools from”

“Heheheheh. I know what you're trying to do! Okay, look, I might have promised to visit my parents, but there's a lot of stuff on my plate.” said Jay looking at the others.

Jay quickly wiped the grease and oil off his face when he saw Nya come in. “Hehe. Hi, Nya.”

“You gonna visit your parents, today?” Nya asked him.

“Uh, sure am. Just about to leave.” Jay told her with a smile.

“Tell them I say hi.” Nya said before leaving.

The other ninja and Nova looked at Jay, with a look that said 'really?'

“What? So my plate's not that full.” Jay said with a shrug.

“Jay you are such a fucking asshole.” said Nova with an annoyed look.

“Language!” The ninja snapped.

“English!” Nova snapped back.

*Later with the dragons.*

Nova stood to the side and tuned out most of what everyone was saying before going over to the dragons, as she wanted to give them a few pets before they left. But when she was getting close they started growling at her for some reason.

Not sure what this was about but slowly raised her hands up, a little scared of what would happen if she got closer so she slowly backed away. “They shouldn't be acting like that, normally they would be as friendly as puppies.” Nova thought a bit confused and worried.

Nova turned to look over at others and saw that they hadn't noticed any of this, as they were more focused on joining Jay and Nya.

“Of course we'll go, buddy.” said Kai clearly not wanting to leave Jay with his sister.

“I could use a break.” said Cole, smiling.

“All you had to do was ask.” said Zane.

“Oh yeah, I would love to come too. I might even find some stuff I can stea-use.” said Nova with a small smile though the others were giving her a skeptical look.

Jay sighs in annoyance.

*Wu also tags along as the dragons fly away. He plays the sacred flute while they walk.*

“Of all the days to lose our ride…” said Jay with a sigh.

“That flute. You've never told us why it's so special.” said Zane, looking at the flute Wu was playing.

“Long ago there were many flutes, created to combat the powers of the Serpentine and drive them underground. But over time, Ninjago's forgotten its ancestors' wisdom, and now this is the only one.” Wu explained as he played the flute again.

“I get the lesson: respect your elders or else suffer the consequences. Boy, you guys are laying it on thick.” Jay complained.

Nova let out a small giggle. “Respect your elders or you get the stick.” She mumbled to herself.

Wu chuckles. “Perhaps you are only hearing what you need to hear.” He said.

Jay stops walking after approaching the Junkyard.

“What is it?” Nya and Nova asked in unison.

“It's quiet. My family's never quiet.” said Jay, getting a bad feeling, he runs and hears Ed and Edna's mumbled grunts in a locked fridge. He kicks it open.

“What happened? Who did this?” Jay questions as he rips the tape off Edna's mouth.

“Sweetheart, you came!” said Edna, very happy to see him.

Jay rips the tape off Ed's mouth.

“Oh, you gotta get out of here. You shouldn't have come, it's the ssssnakes!” Ed told them.

Nova watched the others run after Jay while she looked around before she saw a good junk pile, she looked back at the ninja making sure it was safe before she did her double jump and easily got on the top of the pile. Getting ready for Lloyd and the Fangpyre to show up, along with grabbing a few random junk she might be able to use.

“Uh, is that wrecking ball staring at me?” Cole asked.

“Duck!” shouted Jay as he saves his parents.

Ed let out a groan. “Thankssss, sssson.” he said.

“Lloyd!” shouted Wu.

“Hello, uncle. Looks like we're not the only family reunion. I'm glad you brought the ninja. I could use some help taking out the trash . Muahaha!” said Lloyd as he let out an evil laugh.

“Oh god, not that stupid laugh again, I would much rather listen to my cursed alarm clock, or master Wu's gong than that.” Nova let out a heavy sigh, while making sure no one had noticed her as she summoned her bow.

“If we want to turn your parents back, we need the antivenom in the staff.” said Nya to Jay.

“Second dose, to the dirt.” says Cole, everyone plunges to the ground as the wrecking ball attacks.

*Fangpyres hisses.*

“Easier said than done, sis. We're a bit outnumbered.” said Kai to his sister.

“Nobody messes with my family. Ninja, go!” said Jay, clearly mad.

“Ninja, go!” shouted the ninja going on to use their spinjitzu.

*Fangpyres hisses.*

Wu plays the flute as Nya attacks two soldiers.

Nya grunts in annoyance. “I don't know, Sensei. I think we make a pretty good duet.” She said.

Lloyd plays loud music on a Fangpyre-bitten boombox.

“And there is my target.” Nova thought, getting ready to aim her arrow at it.

“Young nephew, must I teach you whose side you should be on!” shouted Wu.

Lloyd turns the volume up “Sorry, uncle. Can't hear you!” He shouted.

“Well I can fucking here you, and that stupid music!” Nova shouted, catching their attention.

“What the-you are that girl, Nova from before! guys quickly get her!” Lloyd shouted.

“I'm ending this stupid party right now!” Nova shouted, shooting the boombox causing it to explode and finally the music was gone.

“Finally.” Nova said with a relieved sigh before she saw some Fangpyre soldiers coming her way, she quickly dodges them but ends up tripping over some junk and falls down the pile hitting the ground. “Ow...that really hurt.” She groans.

“Retreat!” Lloyd shouted as he and Fangtom escaped on a Rattlecopter.

“He's getting away with the staff!” shouted Nya.

Jay let out a sigh. “Right now would be a good time to have those Dragons.” He said.

“It'ssss okay, sssson.” said Ed.

“There is still a way.” said Wu.

Nova grunts getting up and runs back to the others, but winches a bit in pain when she notices that she might have sprained an ankle. “Fuck, I didn't think that fall was that high.” she thought to herself but didn't want to miss out on the fun so she tried to ignore it for now.

“How?” Jay asked, looking at Wu.

“Part of reaching your own full potential is understanding your weapon's potential. Once it is in tune with a focused heart, its secrets and powers can be unlocked.” Wu explained.

“Oh, this is not the time to be cryptic.” Jay complained.

“He's saying our weapons are vehicles themselves.” said Zane.

“Don't tell me I have to ride this thing like a broomstick.” said Kai.

Nova giggled a little. “I think that would look pretty funny.” She said.

Kai glared over at Nova, going over and giving her a noogie. “Nooo, not the hair Kai!” She complained trying to get away from him, as she ran over to Jay who had already turned his golden weapon into his Storm glider, while trying to ignore the pain from her sprained ankle.

“Hey Jay let me on, I wanna join too.” Nova said smiling, while giving him the puppy eyes.

Jay let out an annoyed sigh. “Fine! but don't try any funny business shrimp.” He said.

“Yay!” Nova cheered as she got in and sat down on his lap, since that was the only place she could sit.

Soon enough everyone chases after Lloyd, with Jay and Nova cheering.

Jay and Nova ended up flying pass Lloyd.

“Whoa, what the hell was that?” said Lloyd, confused.

“Jay, we just missed him!” Nova shouted at him.

“Oops, haha. Overshot that a little.” said Jay as he turned around. “Let's see what this baby can do.” He pushes a button, but the jet malfunctions. “Whoa!” He and Nova screamed.

“Duck!” shouted Fangtom. “The Staff!”

“I got it?” said Nova holding it, Jay gasp in surprise. “You got it!” H e laughs, but the Storm Fighter disappears. “Uh-oh.” They start screaming while Noca is holding on to Jay and the staff for dear life.

“Jay, you have to concentrate!” shouted Kai.

“I CAN'T!!!!” Jay screamed.

“I think we're gonna have to catch them.” said Cole.

“I got them. I got them.” said Kai.

“No, I got them!” shouted Cole.

“Their are mine!" shouted Zane.

“NONE OF YOU IDIOTS GOT US, SO STOP SAYING THAT!!! ” Nova screamed at the top of her lungs.

All their vehicles disappears. Jay and Nova screams some more, but Nya catches them in the Jalopy.

“Heh, nice catch.” said Jay, relieved.

“Oh thank god, I thought for a second I was seeing the light flash before my eyes.” Nova sighed in relief.

“Aw, I knew I liked thissss girl.” said Edna.

“Everyone!” Fangtom shouted. “Attack!”

Kai and the others tries changing their golden weapons back to vehicles, but nothing happens. “Huh? Why isn't this thing working?” He asked, confused.

“Your weapon is merely an extension of your mind. If your mind is immobile, so is your weapon.” Wu explained.

“Oh, boy. Oh, gosh. Oh, golly, oh, duh. Get in, boys!” said Ed.

“We have to get back to headquarters!” shouted Jay.

“Go! They're getting away!” Lloyd ordered.

*The ninja and Nova gets back to the Bounty before the Fangpyre.*

“Come with me. Once we reverse the venom, we can fix you.” said Nya.

“Man the stations, everyone!” Jay shouted.

“Jay, we better hurry.” said Kai.

Nova slowly walked after the others but she could feel the pain in her ankle had gotten worse, so she had to sit down and hoped it would help at least until the danger was gone.

“I've been waiting for this moment.” said Jay, excited as he presses the button, but nothing happens.

“They're gaining on us!” shouted Kai.

“Bottoms, up!” said Ed.

Ed and Edna drinks the antivenom. Laugh and turn back to humans.

“Oh, that's good.” said Ed.

“Ugh, I don't get what's wrong. I spent forever on this. It's supposed to work!” said Jay, confused and frustrated.

“Uh, son? Maybe I can help?” Ed offered, coming over to his son.

Jay gasps seeing his father back to normal “Dad! You're okay!”

“You're darn tooting. Oh, let's have a look.” said Ed as he fixes the wiring. “Oh, yeah. Uh-huh. Oh, that should do it. Now try it.”

*Jay presses the button. The Bounty opens its wings and rocket boosters, allowing it to fly away.*

“No, no, no, no!” yelled Lloyd, as he coughs.

*Nya drops the staff and Fangtom picks it up.*

“These ninja…” said Fangtom. "...they must be stopped."

“Oh, tell me about it.” said Lloyd.

*Back at the Bounty.*

“We'll get you back to the Junkyard just as soon as we see the coast is clear. But stay as long as you'd like. It's nice having you here.” said Jay.

“Oh, take a note, Edna: of all our inventions, this one is our greatest.” said Ed.

“I already know, dear.” said Edna as she tosses the notepad away. The trio embraces each other as Wu watches them. Before looking over at Nova who hadn't said anything since they got back on the ship.

“Nova is everything okay, you haven't said much since we got back.” He said, catching everyone else's attention.

“Oh please don't say she got bitten, when we don't even have the staff anymore.” said Jay before Cole punched his arm. “Not helping dude.” He said.

Nova looked up at the others, and opened her mouth to say something but stopped herself, as she was a little unsure if she should tell them or not. Since back with her old family, they didn't really care and turned a blind eye to it, and her stepdad would only make it worse.

“....I'm fine, just tired is all.” Nova said with a weak innocent smile, which seemed to have worked. Since being a kid and having learned to hide her feelings of pain and sadness was very useful, it didn't mean that it was a healthy mindset, but she didn't want to become a burden to the team.

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*On the deck of the ship.*

Nova was practicing how to do spinjitzu, but it didn't really help with a sprained ankle, and she ended up stumbling a few times. “Stupid sprain, I'm blaming this on Lloyd. If he hadn't set those snake soldiers after me, I wouldn't have fallen off that junk pile.” She complained in her head, getting back up before hearing the ninja's voices.

“Whoa. Zane, every time you see that bird, something big happens. First, it lead you to the secret treehouse.” said Jay.

“Then it lead you to the Bounty .” said Cole.

“All right. Stretches. First, the Swooping Crane.” said Wu as he faces away from the ninja to demonstrate a stretch.

Nova walked over to join them, while trying to ignore the growing pain from her ankle.

“This time, it showed me the Green Ninja and the Purple Ninja.” Zane whispered.

“The Green Ninja?” said the other ninja.

“Wait the Purple Ninja?” Nova asked, confused, now also wanting to hear what about this.

Wu looked back to see the three in different poses. While Nova was somehow still holding on to the right pose, but only barely while biting down a cry of pain. “That looks like the Shocked Monkey. Bad form, more focus.” He again, faces away.

“You can't just drop a bomb like that. Spill the beans.” Jay whispered.

“Yeah, what else did you see?” Kai whispered.

“Is anyone gonna tell me anything about this purple ninja?” Nova whispered but only got ignored.

“He was fighting Lord Garmadon.” Zane whispered.

“That's what the prophecy said. That the Green Ninja wo uld defeat the Dark Lord. But did you have a chance to see which one of us was him?” Kai whispered.

“Yeah.” Jay whispered.

“Hey! Stop ignoring me and tell me about this Purple Ninja stuff!” Nova whisper-yelled in frustration, but it only went on deaf ears.

“Did you see?” Cole whispered simultaneously.

“I could not tell. He shared attributes each of us possess, and the Purple Ninja seemed to possess the power of darkness along with purple glowing eyes.” Zane whispered.

“Wow, that purple ninja sounds creepy.” Nova whispered, getting a nervous feeling in her stomach.

“Now, Pinching Crab.” said Wu, as he along with the others changes pose.

“Well, tell us everything. And don't spare any details. There has to be a clue that tells us which one of us is gonna be the Green Nin-” Kai whispered until Wu pulls on his hair. “Ow, ow, ow! Hey!”

“What was so important to ignore my teachings?” Wu asked.

“Uh, nothing.” Kai answered.

“It was nothing, Sensei.” said Jay.

“Yeah, we don't talk while you teach.” replied Cole.

“Everyone was paying attention.” said Zane.

“Yeah, paying very close attention.” said Nova, leaning more on her good foot.

“Since you all appear to be lacking in focus, then you can all share in the punishment.” said Wu strictly.

“What?”

“Punishment?”

“It was all Zane.”

“I'm just a little kid.”

“I was merely answering their questions.” said Zane.

“No free time and no video games. The rest of the day can be used for training. And tomorrow, for that matter.” Wu told them.

“Training? For how long?” Kai asked.

“Until you can answer this simple riddle: what is the best way to defeat an enemy?” Wu said.

“Easy, with a sword.”

“Your fists.”

"Spinjitzu."

“Tornado of creation?”

Wu let out a sigh. “Pace yourselves. You have a lot of training ahead of you. Make sure you sharpen your mind as well as your Spinjitzu.” He begins walking away.

“Wait, I know the answer, Sensei!” said Nova, quickly running over to him and whispered the answer into his ear.

“Very well, Nova, that is the correct answer.” said Wu smiling, patting her head before leaving.

“Hey Nova, what was the answer?”

“Can you tell us what it was?”

“We'll give you candy if you do”

Nova looked at them and put a hand to her chin as she moved her head from side to side, acting like she was thinking. “While I l ove making deals, I'm gonna have to decline this one guys.” She said with a smirk.

“So good luck.” She said turning around and walking away as her vision was getting blurry.

“Ugh. What's the best way to defeat an enemy? It could be anything, ugh!” said Kai.

“Come on, guys, we're smart. We can figure this out.” said Jay.

Kai punches a punching bag and sees Wu closes the door. “Yeah, but let's hear more about this dream.”

“Let me just say, the Green Ninja and Purple Ninja is awesome.” said Zane as he went on to tell them about his dream.

*Down in Nova's room.*

“There wasn't any purple ninja in the original story, and so far the only thing I know that controls darkness is.....the Overlord.” Nova mumbled, as worry started running down her face by the thought of that.

“B-but so far I know I can only decay stuff with my powers, so that should rule me out.” She said looking at her hands.

“Though there still is that unanswered question from when I robbed that bank....how did I end up in that alleyway, when I'm pretty sure I was completely cornered in that vault by the guard.” Nova looked around before going over to a part of her room that was covered in shadows.

“This is probably just some silly idea, but it can't hurt giving it a try.” She thought, closing her eyes and trying to focus and think about where she wanted to go.

Nova started feeling a small tingle and a coldness, and before she knew it she heard a voice.

“What the fuck kid! where did you come from!?”

Nova opened her eyes to see a very surprised and annoyed Ronin.

“Oh...hello old man.” She said with a nervous smile, before she then passed out.

*15 minutes later.*

Nova slowly woke up, looking around and saw that she was laying on a couch.

“Finally awake I see shrimp.” said Ronin leaning against a wall with his arms crossed.

“Now, mind explaining how you just pop out of nowhere?” He asked.

Nova turned her head and looked up at Ronin.

“Ummm.....I might have...traveled through.... shadows .” She said, giving a shy smile.

Ronin gave her a face that said 'did you hit your head or something'.

“Hey, I didn't know I could do that, after what happened at the bank I ju st thought, why not give it a try for fun and see what happened.” Nova crossed her arms.

Ronin rubbed the bridge of his nose clearly not liking this.

Nova slowly tried to get out of the couch, but pain quickly shot through her as she let out a painful whine.

“What was that?” Ronin asked when he heard her make that sound.

“What was what?” Nova replied with a painful look on her face giving a forced smile.

“Don't try and play stupid with me kid, I've known you long enough to know when you’re in pain.” Ronin walked over to her.

“I wouldn't call two and a half months that long.” Nova mumbled, looking down at the floor acting as if she was being scolded by her parent.

“Still too long for me kid, now tell me where it hurts, or we do the hard way where I have to check for myself.” Ronin said sternly.

Nova slowly looked up at him as she pouted. “You aren't my dad, so stop acting like it, you jackass!” She growled at him.

“Alright the hard way it is shrimp, and stop throwing a tantrum.” Ronin said harshly, picking her up and putting her back on the couch.

Nova didn't want to waste his time treating her injury, so she tried to teleport back to the ship. But she wasn't able to focus since Ronin was checking where the pain came from.

It didn't take long until she let out a painful cry when he touched her left ankle that was very much in pain.

“Seriously, a sprained ankle. You are making a fuss over nothing.” said Ronin, rolling his eyes as he let out an annoyed sigh.

“Fuck off, Ronin, I didn't ask for your opinion!” Nova growled at him.

“And yet you decided to give me a visit, I'm starting to think you came here just so I could fix your little problem.” Ronin went to grab the first aid kit.

Nova pouted as she looked away. “Whatever....I'm leaving after this.” She mumbled.

“As much as I would love you to actually leave, you aren't gonna survive with a sprained ankle. So you’re gonna stay here until you’ve recovered.” Ronin said, coming back with the first aid kit and began treating her ankle.

Nova let out an annoyed sigh but knew she wasn’t gonna get out of this one for now, so she let Ronin treat her sprained ankle.

“So you're gonna tell me where you’ve been these last few days? Let alone how you sprained your ankle?” Ronin took a quick glance at her while treating her ankle.

Nova kept pouting in annoyance, she crossed her arms but knowing the look Ronin was giving her right now, she knew she couldn’t avoid telling him, whatever it be now or later. “I found someone who could teach me how to use my powers, so I joined him and his ninjas.”

“So that’s why you decided to wear that outfit when I sent you out to steal that vase of hundred souls, or whatever it was called?” Ronin questioned, finishing treating her ankle and went to put away the first aid kit.

“I didn’t know I would find someone to train me, while out on the mission.” Nova took a look at her now bandaged up ankle.

“Uh huh, and the sprained ankle?” Ronin returned, giving her a piece of candy.

A small frown started forming on Nova’s face. “A stupid boy caused me to trip and fall, making me sprain my ankle.” She fumbled with the candy she was given before she started eating it. “He even broke our deal that we made.”

Ronin gave her a raised eyebrow when she mentioned a deal. “What’s the boy’s name Nova?”

Now Nova was the one giving him a raised eyebrow when he used her name instead of the nickname he normally called her by. “Why do you wanna know?”

“No reason, just wanna let the kid know what happens when he breaks a deal with my brat.” Ronin went on to light up a cigarette.

“I’m not selling out my clients Ronin, not even for a single penny.” Nova pointed at him, narrowing her eyes.

Ronin let out a laugh. “Looks like I taught you well, even though it hasn’t been that long.”

“So, can I leave and go back to my Sensei?” Nova asked.

“No, don’t forget you’re grounded, which will last until your ankle has fully recovered.” said Ronin.

“This is bullshit! That is gonna take weeks, until I can walk on it!” shouted Nova, annoyed.

“”That’s the way life is, now get some rest, shrimp.” Ronin told her.

*2 hours later.*

Nova had stayed in the apartment for two hours, and finally Ronin had to leave because of a job.

The moment he was gone Nova got up and began using her powers to get back to the ship. “I need to get back before the others notice that I'm gone, I don't even know how much of this episode I've missed, by the First Spinjitzu Master, please let me be back before they worry where I am.” She worriedly thought.

*Back at Destiny's Bounty.*

Nova was able to return back to the ship very exhausted but didn't pass out this time as she heard the alarm go off.

“Looks like they haven't brought Lloyd back just yet…..Thank god.” Nova mumbled, as she carefully got up. At least able to walk a little better now, but still had to be careful so she was limping a bit.

She quickly caught up to where the others were.

“Who cares? It's something else besides training. Break it down for me, sis.” said Kai looking at his sister.

“Lloyd and a Serpentine have overtaken Darkley's Boarding School for Bad Boys.” Nya explained.

“That place is a cesspool for the crooked and the misbehaved.” said Jay.

“Well, doesn't mean they don't need our help. Step on it.” said Cole.

Zane pushes the button to fly.

“Ninja, go!” The ninja and Nova shouted.

*Soon enough they arrived at the school.*

“Looks quiet down there. Should we infiltrate using stealth?” Zane asked.

“Ah, we've done that. What about using our Golden Weapons that turn into our vehicles?” suggested Kai.

“I'm still working out the kinks on that. Anyone have any other good ideas?” replied Cole.

“I have an idea guys! but you are gonna have to trust me on this.” said Nova with a smirk on her face.

“Oh, I don't think I like the sound of this. Most of all from the shrimp.” said Kai looking at the others already getting a bad feeling.

*Skipping to the ninja stand on the anchor.*

“Nova, I don't know about this.” said Kai.

“I knew this was a bad idea.” said Jay.

“I have a bad feeling about this.” said Zane.

“Why did we listen to the kid.” said Cole.

“Just hold on tight!” Nova signals Nya to drop the anchor.

Everyone screams as the anchor falls. Lloyd and Pythor dodge the descending anchor as it crashes through the roof all the way down to the ground floor. The ninja coughed once they reached the ground.

“Okay, let's agree to never do that again.” said Cole as he lifts his scythe up at the students, making them whimper. Fortunately, he only cuts their rope. “Stay out of school, kids. Well, well, well. Kruncha and Nuckal. Substitute teachers, eh? If we cut you down, we better not catch you hanging around Ninjago again. Or else.” He frees them and they run off.

Kai looks up and sees Lloyd. “He's on the top floor. Let's get him.”

“Ninja, go!” said the ninja and Nova.

Zane and Kai Spinjitzu up the stairs, Cole climbs on the anchor chain, and Jay along with Nova takes the elevator. Zane and Kai gets stuck in a slime-like object.

“Ugh!”

“I can't move.”

Pythor and Lloyd laughs. Lloyd sees Cole coming after him, but Jay is trying to keep himself awake in the elevator, with Nova leaning against him yawning but is also trying to stay awake.

“Prepare to eat dust.” said Cole until Pythor pulls on a rope, making dust fly everywhere and Cole coughs. Jay and Nova finds him in his condition. “He's got a Serpentine with him. Watch out for booby traps!”

“Ah, that's one big snake.” said Jay.

“And a perfect target.” said Nova, summoning her sword behind her back.

Lloyd running around in a circle. "They're coming. They're coming. They're coming!” He panicked while Pythor barricades the door but Jay and Nova manages to break it open.

“Shocked to see me?” said Jay.

“Someone just ordered a leather bag.” said Nova, holding up her sword and eyes focused on Pythor since she has always wanted to give him a beating for everything he has done, mostly to Lloyd.

“Do something!” said Lloyd looking over at Pythor who laughs and takes the map. “Wh-what are you doing? I thought you were my friend.”

“All you wanted was to make the Serpentine your slave. Well, sorry, my dear boy, I have other plans.” said Pythor as he disappears.

Lloyd tries to escape but can't. He gulps after seeing how high he is from the ground. Wu and Nya arrive on the Destiny's Bounty.

“Lloyd Montgomery Garmadon, you come here right now!” shouted Wu in a stern tone.

“Scary.” Nova whispered to herself.

“I got him.” said Jay as he throws Lloyd on his shoulder and brings him to Wu.

Nova quickly followed them over to Wu and Nya while she unsummoned her sword.

“Whoa! Hey, let me go!” said Lloyd.

“What should we do with him? Wash his mouth out with soap for a year?” Cole asked.

“Ground him indefinitely?” Kai asked.

“Have him sit in a corner for a century?” Zane asked.

“Lock  him in a dark closet, and don't let him out until he has seen past his bad ways?” Nova suggested.

“I know exactly what we must do.” said Wu.

Lloyd gulps, worried about what Wu had in mind for him.

It is now nighttime. Everyone is back at the Destiny's Bounty. Master Wu is reading a book to Lloyd and Nova, who is lying on Master Wu's bed. The ninja stand on the doorway, watching the scene with angry looks on their faces.

“And that is why Jack the rabbit never trusts a snake. The end.” said Wu.

“Oh, if my dad had read me that book, I would never have made that mistake. I'm sorry, uncle.” Lloyd apologized.

“Oh, you do not need to apologize. I am sure that if your father was still here, it would be the first book he'd read. Good night, nephew, and Nova. Sweet dreams.” said Wu with a soft smile.

“Ah, good night, uncle.” said Lloyd.

“Night, Sensei.” said Nova with a small yawn.

Nova waited until the others were finally gone.

“Lloyd? You awake?” She asked.

“Yeah I'm awake.” Lloyd said, turning around in the bed so they were now facing each other.

“You broke our deal.” Nova said, looking at him.

It took Lloyd a moment until he remembered their deal. “Oh yeah....I'm sorry about that, I was so focused on getting back at the ninja, that I forgot about our deal of me being nice to you” He said.

“It's fine, I forgive you.” said Nova with a small smile.

“I'm also sorry about your ankle.” said Lloyd.

“Wait what?” Nova asked, looking at him a little surprised.

“I noticed you were limping a bit, after I had those Fangpyres go after you on that junk pile.” Lloyd explained.

Nova started blushing a little but was glad that he couldn't see it in the darkness of the room. “Oh, well since you apologized.....I guess I can forgive you on that too.....just don't tell the others okay.” She said, getting a little shy for some reason.

Lloyd chuckled a little “Sure, I'm not gonna tell the others.” He said.

“Thanks greenbean.” said Nova.

“Greenbean? what kind of nickname is that?” Lloyd asked with a confused look on his face, even though she couldn't see it.

Nova giggled a little. “Good night, Lloyd.” She said before turning around, and closed her eyes to fall asleep.

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Nova was in her room working on a change to her mask so she could turn the robotic voice changer on and off when wearing it, since so far she never activated it besides that one time with the treehouse. She wasn't up for people asking questions on how it could change her voice, and she liked to keep some secrets to herself.

Nova was about to test it out when she heard someone walking around whistling, and soon enough the sound of Kai shouting.

“Cole!”

“Huh, sounds like Lloyd is already on the move with his pranks.” Nova shook her head until she heard a knock on her door.

“Yes?” Nova answered confused, until she saw that it was Lloyd “ Shouldn't he be checking up on Cole?” She thought.

“Hey Nova, I just wanted to let you know that I saw the guys cleaning or fixing up some kind of broken dragon plushie, while whispering something about not telling you. Anyway you didn't hear this from me. “Byeee.” Lloyd told her before quickly leaving.

“......I'M GONNA KILL DOES MOTHERFUCKERS!!! ” Nova shouted, not even thinking about it being a lie.

*Some time later. Down below, the ninja and Nova are arguing with their accusers.*

“You couldn't fucking just be happy with the top score. You had to rub it in my face, asshole!” shouted Kai to Cole.

“Do you know how long it took me to make that? fucking Three days. Three days!” shouted Cole to Jay.

“It's an unsaid law, okay? You don't touch a man's robot!” shouted Jay to Zane.

“How the hell am I supposed to strike fear in this?” said Zane, showing Kai his ruined ninja suit. “It's pink!”

“How could you fuckers break my plushie!! That thing was a very important present I was given!!!” Nova yelled at them with pure rage, as her blue eyes were slowly turning purple.

Master Wu enters as they argue with each other before opening the bathroom door, where Lloyd was hiding and he laughs evilly. The ninja and Nova soon find some spices that he used to ruin Cole's soup, some tools he used to damage Jay's robot and the detergent he used to ruin Zane's ninja suits, and some scissors along with matchsticks he used on Nova's plushie.

The ninja let out a gasp. “You did this?”

“Boys, I get first dibs on. . .” said Cole as he goes up to Lloyd to punish him.

Wu quickly stopped Cole. “No dibs. I put him up to this for today's lesson. I wanted to show you the destructive power of rumors and that jumping to conclusions can only lead to trouble. Did you ever think to find out if the accusations were true?”

“Uh, no offense, Sensei, but let me jump to this conclusion: today's lesson is lame.” said Cole.

“Yeah, why can't you just teach us to paralyze your enemy with one finger, or find out if a man is lying by the twitch of his nose?” said Jay.

“Because not all lessons are about fighting. And I misplaced my lesson book.” said Wu.

Nova just saw red and went for the attack, but the ninja quickly grabbed her while also looking a little worried at each other.

Kai finds a lesson book sticking out of Lloyd's back pocket and swipes it. “You mean this lesson book?”

“It was the perfect plan until you have to show up and mess everything up—” said Lloyd before Cole closes the door on him.

“If you're done fooling around, I could use you guys on the bridge. We do still have a snake problem to attend to. Over and out!” said Nya over the speaker.

“It's one thing to let the son of your nemesis along with a scary kid live with you. But having my sister here? I mean, come on! I thought this was a ninja headquarters.” said Kai.

“You do know I can hear you. . . over and out!” said Nya, still over the speaker as Kai slaps his head before the ninja go to the bridge. “Last we heard of Pythor, he stole the map from Lloyd and is now on his way to open the last two Serpentine tombs.” said Nya.

“Ugh, don't remind me.” said Lloyd in a remorseful tone .

Nova glared over at Lloyd. “Don't think I'm gonna forget what you did to my plushie.” She said with her eyes already back to normal.

Lloyd gulped as took a few steps away from her.

“Pythor's our most dangerous threat. If he finds those tombs before we do, with his intellect and all four tribes unleashed, there's no telling what he'll do.” said Wu.

“But those tombs could be anywhere. Without the map, we might as well just throw darts at a map.” said Jay.

“Good idea. Why don't we?” said Nya as she throws two darts at a map. “These are the two locations of the Hypnobrai and Fangpyre tombs.”

“Show off.” said Kai.

“And this is Pythor's tomb.” She places another dart on the map. “After many hours of ruminating on why the tombs were placed in these three precise locations, I discovered a secret pattern. If you notice, all three are in line with the ninjago symbol for serpent.”

“So the last two tombs must be here and here. Ah, you are so smart.” said Jay.

“Ah, was there ever any doubt?”" said Nya.

Nova gave a small smile. “Aww, I love the Jaya ship.” She thought.

“There's little time. Kai and Jay, you head to the Venomari tomb. Cole and Zane, you take the Constrictai tomb. And take this. You might need it if you run into Pythor. Good luck, ninja.” said Wu.

“What am I gonna do?” Nya asked.

“Yeah, what are we gonna do?” Lloyd asked.

“Nya, I need you here to make sure Lloyd doesn't get into any more trouble, and look after Nova too, and make sure she doesn't enter the kitchen.” said Wu.

“Yes, Sensei.” said Nya annoyed.

“Let's go, boys. We got some snakes to club.” said Cole.

Wu sighed. “Where are you, Pythor. What are you up to?”

*Some time later on the deck.*

Nova was on the deck trying to do spinjitzu but just couldn't get it right.

“Come on, it looked so easy when watching the show on a screen.” she mumbled frustrated and tried again.

She ended up falling down on the floor. “Aagrh!! come on!” She shouted in anger.

“What are you doing?” Lloyd asked, walking over.

“I'm trying to do spinjitzu, but I just can't get the hang of it.” said Nova as she sat up crossing her arms. “The ninja makes it look so easy and simple.”

“Oh, I see.” said Lloyd looking at her before holding out a hand for her to take.”"Well I'm not a ninja nor my uncle, but I'm sure you'll get it in no time.” He said with a soft smile.

Nova blushed a little as she took his hand and let him help her up.

“Well thanks.....b-but don't think I'm gonna forgive you for what you did to my plushie.” She said, pouting a bit.

Lloyd rubbed the back of his head. “Oh yeah about that, I lied.” He said before pulling out the plushie, it didn't look at all broken or anything he had mentioned.

“I didn't think you would react that bad to it, but I’m sorry that I lied to you.” said Lloyd.

Nova looked at him before taking back her plushie and holding it close, happy to have it back.

“Okay I forgive you, this time.” She said looking at him.

“So now I have a question.” said Lloyd.

Nova looked at him confused. “What question?”

“Why did uncle Wu tell Nya not to let you enter the kitchen?” Lloyd asked.

Nova looked at him before giving a shrug. “I don't really know, but for some reason I seem to have bad luck when I'm in a kitchen.” She explained.

“How can you have bad luck in a kitchen, unless you are very, very bad at cooking like Cole.” said Lloyd with a small chuckle.

Nova giggled a little. “Well if you’re up for it, you’re welcome to see my bad luck in action now while none of the adults are watching.” She said with a mischievous smirk.

“Ooh, sneaking into the kitchen to see your so-called bad luck, oh I'm in.” said Lloyd, matching her mischievous smirk with his own.

And so both kids carefully snuck down the hallway over to the kitchen.

They looked over their shoulders making sure Wu and Nya weren't showing up before they finally entered the kitchen, closing the door behind them.

“So how do your bad luck work exactly?” Lloyd asked, looking over at her.

Nova gave a shrug. “Hard to say really.” She said before there was a sound of an explosion from the sink.

“Well it's started.” Nova said as if this was a normal tuesday for her.

“What the fuck, damn your luck is bad for a sink to simply explode without any reason.” said Lloyd.

They soon began hearing footsteps.

“NOVA!”

“Shit we better run.” Nova quickly took his hand, not noticing his blush as they ran out of the kitchen and towards their shared room to hide from Wu and Nya.

*Some time later where everyone is gathered around the dinner table.*

“So then, just when we were gonna bite it, this huge mechanical robot—” Jay was explaining.

“Samurai. It was Samurai.” said Zane.

“A Sama-what?” said Lloyd, confused.

“Samurai. Highest level of warrior class. They would protect nobility and serve with honor on the battlefield.” Nova explained to everyone's surprise, most of all Lloyd, as he looked at her as if she had grown a second head.

“What? I was reading a lot before I joined the ninja.” She told him.

“He was a hundred feet high, with weapons coming out of every part of him.” said Cole as Kai whispered to him. “Look at Sensei's beard. It's moving like snakes.”

“When is this Venomari spit supposed to wear off? It's starting to get annoying.” said Nya.

“Okay, don't let this mysterious Samurai cloud what's really important. All the Serpentine are out, and if Pythor can unite them, the legend states some Great Devourer is gonna consume the land and—” said Cole.

“Great Devourer?” said Nya, confused.

“Oh, that motherfucking big snake, fuck you Overlord for screwing with Lloyd's family.” Nova thought with a grumpy look on her face.

“Whatever it is, it's a can of worms I don't wanna see open.” said Cole.

“Unh, it's all my fault. If I hadn't opened the first hatch, none of this would've happened.” said Lloyd.

Nova patted him on the back to comfort him.

“We cannot change the past, but we can affect the future. At least we have the Sacred Flute in our possession, so—” said Wu before being interrupted.

“Yeah, ahem. About that…” said Jay, a little nervous.

“You guys lost it, of fucking course you would.” said Nova.

“Language, Nova.” said Wu.

“Pythor sort of stole it.” said Zane.

“The last Sacred Flute gone?” said Wu as he sighs. “You four are Ninjago's last hope.”

The alarm turns off.

“Cold vision must have caught something. That means the Serpentine are near.” said Nya.

“Oh, no! Ninjago city?” said Cole.

“How many are there?” asked Jay.

“Looks like all of them.” said Kai.

“Pythor must be trying to unite them.” said Zane.

“Go. We mustn't let the five tribes unite.” said Wu.

“Ninja, go!” said the ninja.

“I'm coming too.” said Nova, getting up.

“Nova you’re still a kid, you can't even do spinjitzu yet.” said Cole.

“I don't wanna sit around and just do nothing, Ninjago city is my home and I wanna protect it.” said Nova with a serious look in her eyes.

“No, you are staying here, we can't risk putting a kid in danger on this mission.” said Kai.

Nova let out an inhuman growl before stomping to hers and Lloyd's room, very upset. “Fine then, I'm just gonna do it my own way then.” She thought.

*Later down in the city.*

Nova came out of the shadows and looked around, while leaning against a wall as she saw the ninja standing by a manhole. “Bingo.”

She waited for a bit after they had gone down before she soon followed right behind, while still staying in the shadows until she joined the ninja watching the gathering.

“That's a lot of snakes.” said Cole.

“You don't say.” said Nova, catching the ninja by surprise.

“What the-Nova, what are you doing here? We told you to stay back on the ship.” said Kai.

“You can lecture me later, can we just focus on the snakes?” She said.

“What are we gonna do?” Jay asked.

“ I have an idea. Follow my lead.” said Kai.

“And what is with the constrictai and their vice-like grip? Let it go already.” said Pythor, making the crowd laugh.

“It's funny because it's so true.” said Fang-Suei.

“Heh, but in all seriousness, the reason why I called this gathering is because...the good people of Ninjago imprisoned us in those insidious tombs, and I want to return them the favor.” said Pythor as the crowd cheer, but don't notice Kai sliding down a rope from the ceiling.

“That sounds like a great plan, but you know the Hypnobrai will screw it up.” said Kai in the background.

“Who said that?” asked Mezmo.

“Those buck teeth can bite my rear end.” said Jay also in the background.

“Huh?” Spitta looked around confused.

“I bet they're drinking their own venom.” said Cole in the background.

“All that digging must have given them dirt for brains.” said Zane in the background too.

“How can we trust the Fangpyre wouldn't stab us in the back.” said Nova in the back, while trying not to let out a giggle.

“What's going on? Why am I losing them?” Pythor asked, confused.

Skales looks around and notices Cole. “Ninja! Don't worry, I'll take care of it.” The Constrictai grabs Kai, Cole, Jay, and Nova.

“Run!” shouted Jay.

“Aww, come on! This is just fucking bullshit!” shouted Nova angrily.

Skales gasped. "”Language, child!”

“English motherfucker!” Nova snapped back.

“Where did that child learn such foul language?” Skales asked.

*The Constrictai soon comes back empty handed.*

"Did you take care of them?" Pythor turned, looking at Skales.

"All but one." Skales said.

"Search every nook and cranny. If he's a ninja, you'll never find him in plain sight." Pythor said.

“Well no fucking shit, Sherlock.” Nova rolled her eyes.

“Language, kid!” said Pythor.

“English! You fucking gummy worm!” shouted Nova.

"Look, a Pink Ninja!" said Cokun as Zane swung across them all.

“Go, Pink Ninja, go!” The ninja and Nova cheered.

“Unh. Now let's get out of here. Let us blow this popsicle stand. Ninja, go!” said Zane.

“Popsicle stand. Haha, I like it!” said Jay as they escaped.

“You'll have to do better than that to unite the tribes.” said Skales, touching Pythor's arm.

“GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME!!! ” yelled Pythor.

*Back on the Bounty.*

Nova was sitting at a corner with her plushie after having been scolded, she was a little upset but also tired from using her powers.

“You know, whether it was in a lesson book or not, we used the destructive power of rumors to our advantage.” said Cole.

“And now the Serpentine are further away than ever from getting their act together.” said Kai.

“You know, I don't think we would've gotten out of there if it hadn't been for Zane.” said Jay.

“Don't thank me. Thank Lloyd. If it hadn't been for his “laundry skills,” we all would've been found.” said Zane as everyone laughs and Lloyd comes in with Zane's white gi.

“Well, it took me twenty loads, but your suit's no longer pink. And to show that I'm sorry, Cole, I got you a can of nuts.” said Lloyd.

“Uh, haha, yeah. Don't think I don't see what this is. When I open this, a bunch of snakes are gonna pop out, right? Yeah, no thank you.” said Cole as he opens the fridge, only to have snakes pop out. Everyone laughs.

Nova gave a soft smile at this before slowly getting up and going back to hers and Lloyd's room, laying down in her bed. “Why do I keep getting so exhausted when using my powers, Lloyd and the others never got this tired from what I remember.” She thought, holding her plushing close to her.

She looked at her hands. “And why......do I get that weird feeling that someone is watching me whenever I'm in the shadows, or in the dark.......I don't like it.” She mumbled, before closing her eyes.

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*On Destiny's Bounty.*

“First, I'll stomp on his tail. Then when he turns, a thunder clap to his ears. Then when he's stunned, I'll disarm him.” said Lloyd as he was training with the ninja.

“Too late, he's already hypnotized you and now you're under his control.” said Cole.

“Or he's already put you in a squeeze.” said Zane.

“Or spit on you with hallucinatory venom. Trust me, bad stuff.” said Kai.

Lloyd let out an annoyed groan. “Uncle, what's the best way to stun a Serpentine if you don't know what kind they are?” He asked Wu, who came into the room.

“Sadly, it was the sacred flute you four carelessly lost.” said Wu.

“Hey, no, no, no, we didn't lose it. Pythor stole it.” said Jay.

“These idiots still lost it.” Nova whispered to Lloyd, which got a chuckle out of him.

“Whatever the case, without it I fear we have nothing to combat their powers. We may have prevented them from uniting in the past, but they will try again, and one day they will be stronger.” Wu told them.

“Don't worry. I've almost reached my full potential, and when I become the green ninja or purple ninja, we're not gonna need any magic flute.” said Cole.

“ You're gonna be the green ninja or purple ninja? Hahaha, don't make me laugh.” said Kai looking at Cole.

“I thought it was decided that I was destined to become the green ninja.” said Zane

“Oh! The only thing decided about you, Zane, is that you're weird.” said Jay as the ninja started arguing.

“I still don't know anything about this stupid purple ninja.” Nova mumbled annoyed, crossed her arms.

“Yeah, yeah, yeah. What's in the box?” Lloyd asked.

“Your new uniforms.” said Wu as the ninja gasped in awe.

“Whoa! They've got, like, armor.” said Jay excitedly.

“I love the gold highlights.” said Kai very amazed.

“Battle claws!” said Cole, loving their new uniforms.

“The material is really light and breathable.” said Zane very happy.

“Oh, nothing for me or Nova?” Lloyd asked looking in the box and then up at his uncle.

“Um, you two get, uh, the box.” said Wu before the alarm turns off.

“No surprise there, though I should probably look for a new outfit for season 2, most of all in that episode where Lloyd gets older.” Nova thought to herself.

“Sorry to break up the moment, boys, but a small faction of our slithering friends are stirring up trouble at Mega Monster Amusement park.” said Cole.

“Amusement park? Can we go? Can we go with you, please?” asked Nova with big puppy eyes.

“Amusement park? Can we go? Can we go with you, please? Let me make things up. I can help." Lloyd said, looking at the ninja.

“I'm sorry, nephew and Nova . You two will stay here, where it's safe.” said Wu.

“Oh, ninja get all the fun.” said Lloyd and Nova in unison.

“What do you say, guys? Time to try out the new merchandise?” said Jay.

“All right. This new stuff feels like it'll really protect us.” said Cole.

“That's what she said.” Nova whispered to herself with a snicker.

“Yet, it provides more mobility.” said Zane.

“You wanna strut your stuff on the catwalk, or get down to that amusement park so we can go on some rides?” Jay asked.

“I love a good old fashioned roller coaster, but nothing beats this.” said Kai before they jump off the Bounty and use their vehicles to land, posing to show off their new uniforms.

Nova let out a small sigh shaking her head. “Come on Lloyd, let's go and play some video games” She said.

“I didn't know you played video games.” said Lloyd, following her.

“What? You think just because I'm a girl I don't play video games?” she questioned him with a raised eyebrow.

“Oh no, no, no I didn't mean it like that.” said Lloyd raising his hands up in defence.

Nova giggled a little. “I'm just messing with you silly.” She said, smiling at him.

*Some time later, the alarm in the Bounty blares.*

All the ninja heads out to each their own mission.

Nova looked around before sneaking into Wu's room looking around until she found what she was looking for.

She heard movement so she quickly used her shadow powers to teleport back to hers and Lloyd's room, lucky Lloyd wasn't here at the moment.

After making sure it was safe she pulled out the scroll she had stolen “borrowed” from Wu.

“Okay let's see purple, purple, purple.” Nova mumbled. “Aha, found it.”

“Only when the darkness rises once more, shall be then, the purple ninja are to make a choice. Between darkness or light.”

“For fuck sake, I hate cryptic stuff like this.” Nova complained very annoyed.

She walked over to the door slowly opening it as she looked around, before walking out and towards Wu's room while listening closely for anyone else.

When she got to Wu's room she slowly opened the room, not seeing him so she carefully threw the scroll back into the room.

“What are you doing?”

Nova screamed as she jumped, being taken by surprise, turning around to see that it was Lloyd.

“Don't....ever...do that again.” Nova said with a hand over her chest, as she tried to calm her heart.

“Sorry, didn't mean to scare you. But really, what are you doing looking into uncle Wu's room and being all sneaky?” Lloyd questioned.

Nova let out a heavy sigh. “Oh, I was just checking if he was there since umm....I had a few questions about my powers.” She said.

“Oh, okay, well last I saw him, he was on the deck.” said Lloyd.

“Ah, okay, thanks Lloyd.” said Nova, giving him a sweet smile.

Lloyd blushed a little from her smiling at him.

“Well then, I'll go and see Sensei Wu, you can come if you want.” said Nova before running to see Wu, with Lloyd following right behind her.

*Later Kai drops Lloyd and Nova off at the Kiddie Arcade.*

“Okay, I know it's my turn to look after you two, but just play a few games and stay put while I look around. I have a feeling the Samurai may show up.” said Kai as he gives Lloyd some coins.

“Oh, let us help.” Lloyd and Nova said in unison.

“ No.” Kai simply said.

“Come on. At least drop us off at a decent arcade.” complained Lloyd.

“Yeah, at least a place with more games.” said Nova.

“Sorry, shorty and shrimp.” Kai said before he drives off.

“Kai, wait!” Both of them shouted before they were about to head inside the arcade, but overhears Serpentine.

“I hear he found it. And everyone is gathering again.” said Skales.

“Impossible. The Lost City does not exist.” said Fang-Suei.

“Well, it isn't lost anymore. Haha. And I heard there's gonna be a fight.” said Skales.

“A fight? Count me in.” said Fang-Suei.

“All aboard. Next stop, Ouroboros.” said Skales.

Lloyd buys them some Serpentine disguises for the both of them and gets on the bus.

“Hey, you, hold it there.” said Skales, stopping them.

“Huh?” replied both of them.

“Last one in, closes the door.” Skales said.

“Uh, sure thing.” said Lloyd, closing the door as the bus leaves.

“I hope you know what you are doing.” Nova whispered to him.

“I have it somewhat figured out, but don't worry, with these disguises they wouldn't know it's us.” Lloyd whispered.

“I really don't like this, I know he’s gonna get captured and while I would love to stay at his side and help. I'm not all up for being locked up in a cage and not being able to use my powers....and I do wanna ask Garmadon for some help with my elemental powers, since decay is very close to destruction.” Nova thought to herself.

*They drives through the desert for a day and arrives in the City by night.*

“Hey Lloyd, how about we split up, you take that side and I take the other.” Nova whispered.

“B-but what if something happens and one of us can't reach the other in time, I think we should stick together.” Lloyd whispered.

“Oh for fuck sake.” Nova thought to herself. “True, but if we split up and one of us get caught, the other can get away and help the other without being noticed.”

“....Fine.” Lloyd whispered as they then went to split up.

“I bring you together to the Lost City of Ouroboros, before the statue of our very own Great Devourer, to speak of unity.” Pythor spoke to the crowd.

“Where are the fights?” Bytar asked.

“Where is the big show?” asked Spitta.

“Slither Pit! Slither Pit! Slither Pit! Slither Pit!” the Serp entine repeated.

“Argh! You want a show? You want to see a fight? I ask for your allegiance but you will not give it. So I will take it.” said Pythor.

“What are you saying?” asked Fangtom.

“I challenge the four tribe Generals for their staffs and their allegiance. At once!” shouted Pythor out to the crowd.

“I just want this to be over with, sitting with this many people is starting to become too much for me.” Nova thought as she was getting a little anxious.

“I fought hard for this and will not give it up easily.” said Acidicus.

“There's no way he can defeat the four of us at once.” said Skales as he secretly hands him the Sacred Flute and Pythor immediately starts playing.

“Oh, he's using the Sacred Flute against his own.” said Lloyd from the other side.

“My ears!” said Skales.

“It hurts!” said Acidicus.

Skales throws Pythor his staff, and Pythor defeats the other Generals.

“Bow to your master. Bow to your master, Serpentine!” Pythor shouted to the crowd. Lloyd tries to, but accidentally drops his rattles.

“Oof, sorry Lloyd.” Nova thought as she was being careful not to mess up herself like he did.

“Where do you think you're going?” Mezmo asked when he grabbed the boy.

“Lloyd?” said Pythor, surprised as Lloyd just gulps.

Nova watched carefully when Lloyd got put in the cage. “Well, looks like it's my turn now.” She thought, looking around her before slowly leaning into the more shadow-like part and soon enough she was behind the crowd.

Nova slowly snuck through until she was close to the cage without being seen.

“Okay, since I'm not in the cage, I should be able to break some part of the cage. Even if it is vengestone." Nova thought, holding out her hands using her powers to try and decay the lower part of the cage. But it was going very slow and she was losing a lot of energy.

“Nova!” said Lloyd, relieved to see her.

“Quiet down would you, otherwise you’re gonna catch the others attention. Which I really don’t need right now.” Nova whispered while trying to hold her focus.

“Sorry, but you look a little pale. Are you okay?” Lloyd whispered.

“I’m fine, just breaking this cage takes a lot of energy out of me.” said Nova as a few sweat drops were running down her face.

“Don’t push yourself Nova, I don’t want you to pass out because of me.” said Lloyd worried for her.

“Hah, I’m not leaving you in this cage. Even if it kills me.” said Nova, her eyes slowly glowing a slight purple.

“......Just don’t pass out on me, Nova.” said Lloyd.

*A little later, the ninja arrived.*

“There's Lloyd.” said Kai pointing to Lloyd trapped in a cage.

Nova turned her head when she heard Kai's voice.

“Took.....them....long....enough.” Nova mumbled exhausted as she had already stopped using her powers since she wasn't strong enough, and because of how much energy she was using. Let alone with how worried Lloyd looked at her.

“Whoa. And look at who they worship.” said Jay.

“Let me guess: the Great Devourer.” replied Cole.

“All the more reason to get Lloyd out of here. This comes to an end today.” said Kai until they ran into a trap, dropping their golden weapons.

Lloyd gasped when he saw them. “The ninja.”

“Looks like we've caught the main event.” said Pythor as he laughed. The ninja are brought into the arena.

“Main event? What do you think he meant by “main event?” ” Jay asked.

“I have a feeling we're the main event.” replied Kai.

“Or the main course.” said Cole.

“Kai, you may be right. Things really may come to an end today.” said Zane.

“Uh, don't worry. The Samurai could still come around to save us.” said Jay.

“I don't think so.” said  Nova, appearing right behind Jay giving him a scare.

“Where did you come from Nova, and are you okay? You look very exhausted.” said Jay.

“Used too much of my powers.” Nova simply replied.

“You say you wanted a battle, and I give you one. I give you ninja versus Samurai!” shouted Pythor to the crowd.

*The Samurai are brought out in chains.*

“What? We have to fight the Samurai? But we don't even have our Golden Weapons and he has that hulking thing of armor. It's not fair.” complained Jay.

“I want to see once and for all who is the greatest hero. Is it Samurai, or ninja? Only the victor will be allowed to leave.” said Pythor.

“Stay together.” said Kai.

“Perhaps he can join our team to fight our way out? After all, he hates the Serpentine too.” said Zane until the Samurai attacks them.

“Scratch that. He is not on our team.” said Cole as everyone started running around, trying to avoid the attacks.

“Haha, missed me!” shouted Jay only to shortly there after he gets hit.

“Tornado of creation?” suggested Zane.

“Oh fuck!” Nova exclaimed, running away from the ninja, and tried to find something she could hold on to, until she summoned her bow and added a rope to the arrow she shot into a wall and just held on for dear life.

“Earth!”

“Fire!”

“Ice!”

“Lightning!”

“Ninja, go!” The ninja shouted.

The ninja makes a slingshot and fires only for the Samurai to block it.. Pythor activates spikes.

“For fuck sake!!” Nova shouted as she started running again.

“Argh! Why can't anyone play fair?!” shouted Jay as Pythor tilted the arena.

“Villains never plays fair, Jay!” said Nova.

“Can this get any worse?” asked Cole.

“Don't say that you idiot!” Nova shouted.

“We must continue to make it appear that we are fighting for real.” explained Samurai X.

“Huh, we're not fighting for real?” said Jay, confused.

“Keep up the charade and hold on to my exo-suit.” Samurai X told them as they tried to fly away.

“There's too much weight!” said Kai before Samurai X jumps out and the mech blasts off.

“I can't believe he just saved us.” said Cole.

“He stole our thunder again!” said Kai.

“ARGH!! I HATE THAT SA MURAI!!!! ” yelled Jay.

“I LOVE THAT SA MURAI!!! ” yelled Nova.

“NOVA HOW COULD YOU SAY THAT, TRAITOR!!! ” yelled Jay.

“I REGRET NOTHING!!! ” yelled Nova, smiling.

“Go, ninja, go!” Lloyd cheered.

“Get him!” Pythor ordered.

“Magnetizer activated.” said Samurai X as the Samurai steals the Golden Weapons and leaves.

“How do you turn this thing off?!” asked Kai when the mech swan dives and crashes in the desert.

“Where's Kai?” asked Jay, looking around.

“He might have landed somewhere else.” said Nova.

“Well then, let's go and look for him.” said Cole.

Nova nodded as she was now being carried on Zane's back, and before she knew it she had fallen asleep.

*Back at the Bounty.*

Nova woke up, seeing that she was laying in her bed.

“I must have fallen asleep after we escaped.” She mumbled.

Nova looked down at her hands and noticed some of her fingers on her right hand had turned black with claws. “What the fuck.....I don't like this at all.” She said, getting a little worried about this.

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*The ninja watches as Zane breaks his breath-holding record.*

“Ten minutes! He just broke his own record. The guy's inhuman!” said Kai while Zane is down on the ocean floor. He pets a fish before resurfacing. The ninja cheered for him.

“Amazing!” said Cole.

“We're not worthy.” Jay exclaimed.

“I broke the record?” Zane asked.

“You destroyed it!” said Kai.

“Okay, okay. Is anyone thinking what I'm thinking? We've been training for so long, I don't think we can get any better. Just think about all we've accomplished.” said Jay.

Nova was sitting to the side ignoring the ninja, her mind was more fixed on some of her fingers on her right hand was changing, and she didn't like it.

“What is going on with me? First the whole thing with my gaming abilities, I have small fangs at the corners of my mouth, I can teleport through shadows, I get easily tired from hardly using much of my elemental powers....and now this.....I don't like this one bit.” She thought to herself.

“Why was I sent here? I thought being in my favorite show would be fun...but I just wanna go home.......I even miss that stupid Ronin.” Nova thought hugging her legs as she felt like crying.

Nova was so focused on her own troubling thoughts, that she didn't pay attention when the ninja went on to dropping Wu off at the top of a mountain.

*Later, with the ninja in a random village, Nya hangs up a missing Fangblade poster.*

“Oh, this is silly.” said Zane.

“You have any better ideas?” questioned Cole.

“Hey, maybe Sensei is gonna go get the Samurai for help.” said Jay.

“The Samurai? I'm sure she's-I mean, he's busy looking for the Fangblades as well.” said Kai, a little nervous trying to act normal.

“Uh, is everything all right?” Cole asked, looking at Kai.

“Yeah, yeah. Why wouldn't it be?” said Kai, still nervous.

“One hundred percent. We're not hiding anything.” said Nya also in a nervous tone.

“I think I know now how Lloyd is such a bad actor. These two can't even act normal when sharing a secret.” Nova thought with a small smile while carrying some flyers.

Zane sense the falcon's presence and drops the flyers.

“Hey, weirdo. You're making a mess of my store front. Yoo-hoo! You got a problem?” said a random man annoyed as Zane dropped the rest of the signs and walks away. “Maybe I should teach you a lesson on manners.”

“I'm sorry, sir. Sometimes our friend is in another world.” said Kai.

“He's littering all over the place.” The man said.

“We'll pick it up. So sorry.” said Cole as he and the others began picking up the dropped flyers.

“Zane, what's the deal?” asked Jay until Zane showed them the Falcon. “Ah! It's the Falcon! Oh, my gosh! Every time we follow it, it leads us to good fortune.”

“Head back to the Bounty and wait till you hear from us.” said Kai to his sister and Nova.

“But where are you going?” Nya asked.

“No way, I'm coming with you guys, whatever you like it or not.” said Nova.

“We're gonna follow the bird. Who knows, it could lead us to the first Fangblade.” Kai told his sister before letting out a sigh to what Nova said, and just let her join them in following the bird. Since they all knew she was gonna follow no matter what. “I guess good fortune is really far away.”

*The ninja and Nova are climbing a mountain when Jay stops on a branch.*

“Keep going. I'll...I'll catch up later.” said Jay while panting.

*The others go on though it isn't long before Cole stops.*

“I'm good. Just...just taking a breather. Uh, I'll meet up with you shortly.” said Cole as he was now also panting.

Kai kept following as he was panting “Good thing...we're in...peak...physical...condition. Gosh, that bird just keeps going. * pants * Hey, what do you make of this?”

“Talk....for * pants * yourself.” said Nova panting heavily but still kept going.

Zane sees a sign that reads of a warning to visitors of “I am not familiar with a Treehorn.”

“It's probably just some wild squirrels, heh. Well, don't lose him. I'll wait for the other guys to catch up.” said Kai while Nova and Zane continues on.

“Where are we going, my mysterious friend?” Zane questioned until the falcon falls from the sky and twitches, with sparks coming out of it. “You're a...a robot?” He puts the Falcon next to a tree and sees the Juggernaut.

“Damn that's a big boy!” said Nova, now seeing how big it actually was in real size.

“Intruder! Intrruder! Prepare to be terminated!” said the Juggernaut.

“Fuck.” said Nova.

“Ninja, go!” said Zane before making a ramp out of snow.

“Intruder! Intrruder! Prepare to be terminated!” repeated the Juggernaut.

Nova quickly ran towards it trying to use her decay powers.

Zane disabled the Juggernaut and sees the same symbol on the Falcon. “The same symbol. Where have you brought me, my Falcon friend?”

He spots another symbol on a tree and opens it, revealing the hidden workshop. “So, this is your home, my mysterious friend.” Zane uses a blueprint to fix the bird while Nova takes a look around. “You brought me here, but why?” He pulls out another blueprint from under the Falcon's. “No! It can't be! No! NOOOOOO!!!!!!”

Nova runs over to Zane and sees the blueprint of him. “Wow.” She looked surprised since she already knew, but she had to act like she didn't.

*The ninja finally caught up to Zane and Nova and entered the tree.*

“Zane? Nova?” Kai called.

“Wow, would you look at this place? Zane, Nova, what's wrong?” Jay asked, looking over at the two.

Nova turned her head and looked over at the ninja as she patted Zane's back.

“Are you hurt?” Kai asked worriedly.

“You okay?” Cole asked before Zane let out a sigh, and looks at the blueprint again. “Hey, what…” Then the rest of the ninja screams when he opens his chest to reveal a control panel.

“You're a robot?!” shouted Kai, surprised.

“All this time, and I never knew.” said Zane.

“I did.” Nova thought to herself.

“Uh, guess this explains why you're always acting so weird. Right? Hehe.” said Jay trying to lighten the mood.

“The reason I never had a sense of humor was because my funny switch wasn't on.” Zane turns it on. “ Hello, my baby. Hello, my honey. Hello, my ragtime gal. Send me a kiss by wire. ” Jay and Nova laughs while Zane turns the funny switch off and sighs.

“While it is a sad discovery for Zane, I have to agree with Jay that is funny.” Nova thought, still giggling.

“Uh, it just makes you more special. You're still the same, Zane. Just more, uh, gears.” said Cole trying to cheer him up.

“No matter what you're made of, you're still our brother.” said Kai.

“Really?” said Zane.

“Yes really, you are still our brother no matter what or who you are Zane.” said Nova with a big smile.

“In fact, I bet it even makes you an even better ninja.” said Cole.

“Yeah, and how cool is it that I can honestly say, “My brother is a Nindroid.”? “ said Jay while Nova joined in saying the last part.

“A Nindroid?” questioned Zane.

“Now come on. Pythor is still out there looking for the first Fangblade, and we need you.” said Cole.

“You'll have to go on without me. I just don't feel right.” said Zane before the others besides Nova leave the workshop.

Nova walked over and gave Zane a hug. “You will always be our brother, no matter what Zane.” She said, smiling at him. “And just between us, you are my favorite.” She whispered as she giggled, earning a small smile from him before she went to join the others.

“We just have to give him time. I don't know how I would feel if I was told I was a robot.” Kai told the others.

“You mean a Nindroid.” said Jay.

“Nindroid.” said Nova as she fist bumps Jay.

“Yeah. Whatever.” said Kai.

“How the heck do we get out of this place?” asked Cole until they heard a sound. “What's that?”

“Cute tiny birds?” guessed Jay.

“If that is birds, then I'm a mouse.” said Nova.

Cole looked around until he saw something moving. “Did you see that?”

“I don't see anything.” said Jay.

“I just saw it too. Treehorns!” shouted Kai and Nova.

“Intruder. Intruder.” said the Juggernaut twitching.

“Oh, great. I think that thing was supposed to protect this place. Guys, it's up to us.” said Kai as the ninja went to try and attack them. But Kai ends up getting kicked in the face by a treehorn's leg. “Ninja, g-ugh. Ow!”

Nova narrowed her eyes, summoning her dual blades and ran towards one of the treehorns.

She is able to knock some of them off their feets, but one of them got a good kick at her as she was thrown back and hit a tree. “Okay...that hurt.” She groans slowly getting up.

“There's just too many of them.” said Cole as the treehorns quickly overpower them.

“Hey, guys. Wait up!” shouted Zane until he saw them being attacked by Treehorns. “Leave my friends alone! Ninja, go!”

“What's gotten into Zane?” asked Cole slowly getting up.

“I don't know, but I like it.” said Kai, also getting up as the ninja regrouped.

Nova slowly joined them with a small smile on her face.

“Ninja, go!” shouted the ninja as they started doing spinjitzu, Nova smiled as she finally got it to work as her spinjitzu was a mix of purple and a little bit of black, and soon the Treehorns started backing away.

“Are they regrouping?” Jay asked until a much bigger treehorn showed up. “Who's that?”

“Their queen.” Zane answered before running towards it. “You will not hurt my friends! There is nothing that will hold me back! I know who I am!” He starts to turn light blue.

“What's happening to him? Was he programmed to do that?” Kai was surprised watching this while looking at the others.

“I've never seen a robot do that.” said Jay.

“You mean Nindroid.” said Nova, looking at him.

“Yeah, whatever.” Jay said.

“Zane's unlocked his True Potential” said Cole.

Zane then freezes the queen and falls. “What happened?”

“That was awesome!” said Jay.

“Amazing!” cheered Nova.

“You should've seen yourself.” said Kai.

“Heh, I've never seen anything like it.” said Cole.

“This must be what Sensei meant by unlocking our hearts. I remember now. I remember everything. I remember my father and how he cared for me. I remember where I came from. And I feel stronger for knowing.” said Zane.

“I'm so jealous. His powers are so cool.” said Cole.

“We have our very own Nindroid.” said Jay as we all cheered.

“Watch out, Pythor. We're coming to get you.” said Zane.

Nova gave a small smile before looking at her right hand, only to see the blackness had grown a little so now all of her fingers/claws on her hand were black, and were slowly growing towards her palm.

“I'm really starting to have a feeling this is only gonna get worse....I might have to find myself a glove before anyone sees it.” She thought with a worried look on her face.

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*In the control room, Nya takes the covers off of a skeleton.*

“Some villagers unearthed the remains of this a few miles away. It predates the Golden Age, and must be hundreds of years old. Although the fangs of the Fangpyre genetically mutate human cells into reptilian, I've learned there could be a way to stop the effects without having to create an antivenom.” Nya is explaining to the group.

Zane is taking notes while Kai is bored. Cole is drawing a picture of him fighting. Nova is slowly falling asleep nodding her head while Jay, sporting a new hairstyle, stares at Nya with an infatuated expression on his face. “If one is able to wildly raise their heart rate, hypothetically it could reverse the venom's effects.” Nya kept explaining until her cheeks turned pink. “Resulting in...diminished, uh, excuse me, is someone wearing perfume? I'm severely allergic to perfume.”

The ninja looks over at Nova who drops her head, hitting it on the table before quickly shooting back up. “Huh? what ,what I'm awake! * yawns * Did I miss anything for the test?” She asked with a confused look on her face, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes with gloves now covering her hands, as to hide what was happening to them.

“Heh.” Jay turned to whisper to Kai. “You told me it was men's cologne.”

“Meh, I get them mixed up.” said Kai, causing everyone but Jay and Nya to laugh. Zane turns his humor switch off.

“Ah, looks like class is over. Time to start stomping some Serpentines before they find any fangblades.” said Cole getting up to leave.

“Sounds like a plan.” said Kai following soon after.

"I'm excited to join." said Zane, joining them.

“I have some training I need to work on too. Oh, and good luck Jay.” said Nova, giving Jay a smirk as she left the room knowing he was planning on asking Nya on a date.

Nova headed upstairs to the deck and started training with some of the dummies they had while having a few thoughts running through her head.

“Decay, and shadow teleportation is a little weird to have for an elemental master....I mean Wu and I believe that I'm the elemental master of decay......But something just doesn't sit right with me when I think about it.” She thought unsure.

Nova stopped training and looked at her hands. “......Shadow teleportation would be more connected to shadows...decay falling close to destruction or even.....t-the oni and Overlord....but that wouldn't make sense.....if nothing else. My elemental power would be closer to....darkness.” Her thoughts were digging deeper into theories and connections.

Nova looked over at one of the dummies, eyes slowly turning purple without knowing. She raised a hand as she wan ted to try something.

Soon shadows started moving and one of them pierced right through the dummy, like a big spike formed by shadow.

Her eyes widened in shock as they changed back to normal before she lowered her hand. “I can....control.....shadows.” Now both surprised but also scared of this new discovery.

*Some time later in the control room.*

“Whoa, where are you going, Mr. Fancy?” said Cole when Jay walked into the room.

“Didn't you hear? I'm taking Nya to a nice restaurant. A really nice restaurant.” Jay told him.

“You might wanna change your plans. The bridge just picked up evidence of Serpentine activity over at Mega Monster Amusement Park.” said Kai.

The monitor shows a photo of Serpentine in the park.

“Hey, that's Pythor.” said Jay pointing at the screen.

“Pythor would not be there for fun. We believe a Fangblade may be buried underneath the park.” said Zane.

“We can't let them get it! Oh, but my date…” said Jay.

“Jay, if they get all four of them, Pythor can unleash the Great devourer. Get your priorities straight, man.” said Kai.

"For once Kai is right. Get your priorities straight.” said Nova.

"Hey!"

*At the amusement park.*

“Ha! Lame! This ride is stupid.” The man said before h e saw the Serpentine digging . “Heh, look how stupid this guy looks.” He and the others were sprayed with Venomari venom. “Get me off this thing! Mommy!”

“Where is everybody?” asked Kai, and soon they see the riders scream and run out of the attraction.

“Wait a minute, that ride was never scary.” said Cole.

“Venomari.” said Zane.

“Should we get Jay?” Kai asked.

“Let's not bother the two lovebirds. I think we can handle this.” said Nova, summoning her dual blades.

“Excuse us, coming through.” said Kai as they were running past the screaming people.

“Nothing to look at, folks.” said Cole.

“This is official ninja business.” said Zane.

“Get to safety everyone. We’ll handle this.” said Nova.

They soon arrived to where the Serpentine uncovers the Fangblade.

“Ah.” Pythor laughs. “The first fangblade is ours!”

The sword of fire is shown igniting as Kai, Cole, Zane and Nova arrives.

“Not so fast.” said Kai.

“Really? That's the best you got?” said Cole and Nova looking at him.

“I couldn't think of anything on the fly.” said Kai.

“And this is why Lloyd is the leader of these idiots later on, at least his sounds better.” Nova thought, shaking her head.

“How about “Time to burn” or “Jump on this fire ride?” suggested Cole.

“Or “Someone ordered burned snakes.”? “ Nova suggested.

“Well, next time, you lead.” said Kai to Cole.

“Next time I will.” said Cole.

“Oh, yeah? If you can catch up.” said Kai, running head in to fight.

“Oh, come on. You gotta follow my lead.” said Cole.

The ninja and Nova then went on to attack the Serpentine.

Nova narrowed her eyes as she went straight for Pythor while dodging incoming attacks.

“We meet again, worm .” said Nova with a smirk.

“W-worm, well now that's just rude little princess. AH!” said Pythor before quickly dodging with a scream when a knife was thrown at him. “Call me that again, motherfucker, and next time I won't miss.” she said in a cold tone.

Nova went straight for him and was only a meter from hitting him, until she got frozen by Zane losing control of his powers. “No, no, no, no! I had him. I FUCKING HAD HIM!!” Nova screamed in her head.

Pythor and everyone laughs and runs away, but Nya uses her Mech to steal the Fangblade. “Stop him!”

*After getting free from the ice. Nova and the ninja meet up at the Park's entrance.*

“You really had me fooled. I never guessed you were the Samurai.” said Zane to Nya.

“I wished I had a sister like you.” said Cole.

“Oh, so I don't count as a sister?” Nova questioned, raising an eyebrow as she crossed her arms.

“Technically, I was the first to discover her secret, and didn't we agree whoever we thought was the best would naturally be the Green Ninja? Huh? The Green Ninja! The destined ninja to defeat Lord Garmadon, huh?” said Kai.

“Why would we say that?” asked Jay.

“Yeah, I'm drawing a blank.” said Cole.

“Nope. That conversation is not in my database.” said Zane.

“Wow, they are just gaslighting Kai.” Nova thought, trying not to laugh.

“You know what I learned today?” Jay asked.

“What's that?” Nya asked.

“No matter what kind of secret you have, whether you're a snake or a samurai, it's important to be yourself.” said Jay.

Nova smiled a bit at what he said before looking down at her gloved hands, soon other thoughts started running through her head, turning her smile into a frown.

“Yeah, that's cute, but you wanna know what I learned? The Serpentine now have the first Fangblade.” said Cole.

“But we are getting stronger. One day, we will all reach our True Potential and Pythor will be stopped.” said Zane.

“And we figured out all this without Sensei. Pretty good for four ninja.” said Jay until Nya and Nova punches him. “And a Samurai and a Ninja-in-training.”

“What the FUCK! Do you mean with ninja-in-training! I might be a little behind but I'm already catching up to you guys!” said Nova, crossing her arms annoyed.

“Language!”

“English!”

“Can we please just drop this, it's already getting pretty old at this point.” said Cole.

“I wonder what Sensei is doing now.” said Kai, trying to change the subject.

Chapter Text

Nova will be wearing this outfit for this chapter, a bit more casual than her ninja/thief outfit. (she is still wearing gloves under the sleeves, for those wondering)

*At Destiny's Bounty, the ninja are trying to figure out how to stop Pythor from unleashing the Devourer while examining a Fangblade hologram.*

“They got the first one, but there are three more, and we just need one to stop Pythor. They have a map, and we don't, so the question remains: how are we gonna find them first?” questioned Nya.

“I still can't get over the fact that you were the mysterious Samurai. Is anyone else blown away like I am?” said Jay.

“We're over that. Can we move on?” said Kai.

“Yeah I'm with flamebrain here, can we move on.” said Nova.

“Hey!”

Jay begins speaking gibberish. “Someone's a little hot under the collar.”

“It appears his impatience is because he has not found inner peace and unlocked his true potential like you and I have, Jay.” said Zane.

“Great observation, Mr. Roboto, but Cole hasn't found it either.” said Kai.

“I haven't found mine either, idiot.” said Nova.

“Shush, shrimp.”

“I got it!” said Cole excitedly.

“You've unlocked it? Oh, why am I the only one!?” Kai complained.

Nova glared at him as she punched his arm. “I'm here too, you know.”

“No, I figured out where I recognized the Fangblade from. I have a picture of it.” Cole explained as he goes to get the picture.

“Oh, haha, is that it? Heh. Good.” said Kai, relieved.

“I got it!” said Cole and shows them the blade cup from his photo album.

“That's it!” said Jay.

“Back where I grew up, there's this pretty big competition where every year the winner gets the Blade Cup. My dad's won it multiple times.” Cole told us.

“You never told us your dad was an accomplished athlete. What sport?” Zane asked.

“Oh, h-he's a, uh...a blacksmith.” said Cole, a little embarrassed.

“Nothing wrong with that. My father was a blacksmith, too. But I've never heard of a competition—” Kai said but got cut off mid-sentence.

“That's because he's not a “blacksmith” blacksmith. He's a....Royal blacksmith.” Cole explained and turns a page of his album to show them a picture of his father. Everyone snickers.

“ That's your dad?” Jay asked.

“But how did the Fangblade become a trophy?” Kai asked.

“Well, supposedly, the Blade Cup was made by this guy who collected priceless artifacts. His name was something like, uh, Dutch...no, Clutch. Clutch Powers! Anyway, it gets passed on to each year's winner.” Cole explained.

“Oh yeah, I think one of Ronin's jobs was to get something for him while I was still recovering from that attack in the alleyway a while back.” Nova thought to herself.

“Who has it now?” Zane asked.

“I don't know. I haven't talked to my father in years.” said Cole.

“Well then, we'll call him up.” said Kai.

“You can't! He thinks I'm in training at the Marty Oppenheimer School of Performing Arts.” Cole groans. “He wanted me to follow in his footsteps. But when I couldn't sing or dance, well I...I ran away. When he sees I can't dance, he'll know I've been lying in all the letters I've been sending him.”

“He doesn't know you're a ninja?” Zane questioned.

“What? You gonna crack some joke that my old man wears a tutu?” Cole asked.

“No, but if we're going to have any chance at getting that Fangblade before they do, we better get our own act in tune.” said Kai.

“Oh brother, this isn't gonna end well.” said Nova, shaking her head with a small sigh.

*The ninja finally located Lou's home and jumps off the Bounty.*

“Woo-hoo!”

“Yeah, wooo!”

The ninja use their golden weapons to land safely. Cole opens an instrument case, while Nova gets off Kai's back.

“Alright, hand them over.” said Cole.

“Ah-uh. But no mortal shall possess all four.” Jay chuckles before giving him the Nunchucks of Lightning.

“Very funny.” said Cole.

“You too shrimp, hand over your weapons too.” said Cole.

Nova simply held up her hands. “I don't have them.” She said.

“How come you always have weapons on you when fighting, but any time else you aren't carrying anything with you besides those throwing knives?” Jay asked.

Nova gave him a shrug. “I have my secrets, and you have yours motor-mouth.” She said.

“You wanna remind me again why we can't keep our weapons?” Kai questioned as he and Zane gave Cole their weapons as well.

“I told you, my dad can't find out I'm a ninja. And I don't feel like making up excuses why I'm carrying a giant scythe around with me. Just remember the plan: we find out who has the Fangblade trophy, we snatch it, and then we get the heck out of town.” Cole explained and knocks on the door.

“Just a moment.” Lou opens the door.

“Hey, dad. How long's it been?” said Cole excitedly.

“What? You too good for the doorbell?!” said Lou sternly and slams the door on them.

“Oof, that was harsh.” Nova whispered to Jay who gave a nod.

“Uh…” Cole wasn't sure how to react to that.

“Use the bell, son.” Lou says from behind the door, and Cole does so.

“ ♪Welcome! ” plays the doorbell, The door opens again.

“Haha. Come on in, son. It's been forever. What did you bring? A quartet? Come in, come in. I've got a kettle of lemon honey tea on the stove right now.” said Lou in a much happier voice.

“Hello mister.” said Nova, smiling up at Lou.

“Oh, well hello little princess, I didn't even see you there because of how small you are.” said Lou smiling as he patted her head.

Nova was holding back from trying to attack him as she could already see on the ninja faces that they were a little nervous of her doing anything crazy.

*A gramophone plays some background music. After being seated, Cole groans.*

“Did my son tell you I broke my foot? It was the cha-cha, but I swear the percussionist had it in for me.” Lou was telling the ninja and Nova who was sitting next to Cole, while drinking some of the tea enjoying it.

“No, dad. I didn't tell them about your silly stories.” said Cole.

“Oh yeah, I forgot just like Lloyd, he has daddy issues too.....hmmm I think I also have daddy issues. But that probably leans more towards my stepdad who I hate a lot.” Nova thought to herself.

“Silly stories?” questioned Lou confused.

“Oh, what he meant was, we've been busy training at the...uh…” Kai tried to explain.

“Uh, the Martha Oppenheimer. Yeah.” said Jay.

*Background music suddenly stops.*

“ Martha Oppenheimer?” Lou questioned.

“What he's trying to say is the Marty Oppenheimer School of Performing Arts.” Zane explained.

“Right! Well, um, see, we have this final research paper we're doing on the history of Ninjago talent, and what we really wanted to know was how we can get our hands on the Blade Cup?” Cole said.

“I'm still an in-training student, but I was allowed to go with them. I was told it would be a good experience for me.” Nova simply explained.

“You're talking about getting your hands on the Blade Cup? The most prized and heavily guarded award in all of Ninjago, the symbol of excellence in harmony and grace? You can't just get it, you have to earn it. You have to exhibit style. Perfect pitch. Push the boundaries of artistic license and…” said Lou. “...win this year's Ninjago Talent Show!”

“Um, perhaps there's an easier way.” said Zane.

“Is this why you came? You knew I was injured and when my quartet insisted we shan't go on, you four have come to take our place! Haha, ingenious! My son, bringing forth the next evolution of the Royal Blacksmiths! Let me hear the sweet, sweet sound of harmony.” said Lou.

They all gets up looking confused and do so.

“ Harmony …”

“ Harmony …” Simultaneously.

“ Harmony …” Simultaneously.

As the harmony dies down, Cole groans and Lou cringes while Nova simply watches them giggling.

"Look, dad. We just need the trophy." said Cole.

"Yeah, we're bringing home the gold and-and we want you to train us." said Kai.

Lou sniffles. “I've never been more proud. If you'll excuse me, I need to write a song about my feelings.” he said and leaves to do just that.

“What are you doing?” Cole asked.

“Look, we enter this competition so we can get close enough to the Blade Cup. Once we get the Fangblade, we leave town. How hard can this be?” said Kai.

“Good luck with that.” said Nova, humming softly.

“Hey, how come you aren't joining us in this like all our other missions?” Jay asked.

Nova shrugs. “I get stage fright, I can't dance and I'm an “in-training student” so I'm too young to be in competition anyway.” She explained since she had looked it up and it said that you at least needed to be 12 years old or older to sign up for the competition.

“And I don't want Ronin catching any news about this, oh god he would never let me forget that, for as long as I live.” She thought to herself.

*Some time later, the ninja are training.*

“Okay, from the top. Five, six, seven, eight.” Lou counted down and plays some keys on a piano.

“Bop till you drop.”

“Shake it till you break it.”

“Move it till you lose it.”

“Spin it till you win it.”

*Piano music stops.*

“Stop, stop! Ugh. If my ears weren't attached to my head, they'd be running away! Kai, love the energy, hate the hair.” Lou hits Kai on the head with his cane.

“Aah!”

“Jay, you're giving a lot, but I need more!”

“Zane, you're like a machine. Don't change anything.” Zane smirks at the others.

“And Cole, try to act like you wanna be here.”

“He's worse than Sensei Wu!” Jay whispered.

Nova giggled watching all of this.

“He’s right, put a little more backbone in it, like this.” Nova said and started singing the song at least the parts she had heard from the show, her voice had a soft tone to it like it was a lullaby when she sang.

The others looked at her with jaw dropped shocking faces. “That! That is what I'm looking for here!” said Lou.

Nova giggled a little as she blushed from embarrassment. “Are you sure you have stage fright?" Zane questioned.

“Hey, I never said anything about that I couldn't sing, just that I couldn't dance and yes I do have stage fright, at least with you guys I can handle it a little.” said Nova, crossing her arms.

“Okay, moving forward. Let's take a look at the big show-stopping climax. Cole, we can't have history repeating itself.” said Lou.

“Dad, it was the triple tiger sashay. I was seven .” said Cole.

“What's the Triple Tiger Sashay?” Kai asked.

“Only the most difficult dance move ever created.” Cole and Nova said in unison, causing the others to look at Nova confused on how she knew that.

“I think I've watched this show way too much, but it's not like I can help it. It's just so good even with some of the bad stuff.” Nova thought with a small smile on her face.

“It's true. Many professionals have dare tried, but it's never been successfully completed.” said Lou.

“Hence, my father thought a seven year-old could! But I ended up falling on my face, humiliating myself, and letting my quartet down.” said Cole.

“Oof, yeah that's too much pressure to give a seven year old kid.” Nova whispered.

“If you're going to win, you have to go big! Alright, time for a break. Take five.” said Lou.

“Uh, I'm starting to see why Cole is so closed off. It's cause twinkle-toes here couldn't deliver the goods. Is that why you ran away?” said Jay.

“Damn, if you put that out of context, it would sound so weird.” Nova thought.

“Oh, I could deliver the goods—look. I'll deal with my father, but let's stick with the plan. All we have to do is keep this charade long enough until we can get our hands on the trophy.” said Cole.

“I don't know. I'm starting to think we can win this thing.” said Jay but Cole grunts at him. “Okay, okay. We'll stick to the plan.”

“You guys are doomed.” said Nova.

"Not helping, shrimp.” said Kai.

“Not trying to, flamebrain.” Nova said, but of course she already knew that they were gonna win. But that doesn't mean she can't mess with them a little for her own fun.

*At the Concert Hall, contestants are practicing singing, beatboxing, and juggling. The ninja are practicing their routine.*

“Then kick ball change, barrel roll, barrel turn, and we all do the double wings—”

Jay and Kai bump into each other.

“Ow! Dude, you gotta follow me.” said Jay.

“Follow you? You're two beats off.” said Kai.

“Actually, 2.7 2 off the beat.” said Zane.

“This is a clear sign of a boyband breaking up.” Nova whispered to herself while just sitting back and watching them.

“Guys, guys! Let's not make this any harder than it needs to be. We just stick to the plan and keep up the charade until the trophy's revealed. Once we steal the Blade Cup, we can argue all we want once we get back home.” said Cole.

“I mean I could probably steal it, but that would be too easy and this is just more fun to watch.” Nova thought.

“But this is your hometown, Cole. Don't you want to try and win it?” said Jay.

“Ugh, they only dance step I wanna perform is called “Get-me-out-of-this-nuthouse-and-let's-burn-these-memories-from-my-head”. “ said Cole frustrated.

Lou suddenly appears. “What?”

“Shit.” Nova and the ninja thought.

“Dad, I…” Cole tried to explain.

“You...you were going to steal it?” Lou asked, shocked.

Nova quickly went and stole some popcorns as she watched the drama.

Cole let out a sigh. “Dad, I didn't mean for you to hear that, but-but I'm glad you did. There's something I've been wanting to tell you. All these years, I haven't been training to be a singer or a dancer. I found something new that I'm really good at. Dad…” He uses Spinjitzu to change into his gi.

“I'm a Ninja.” Lou gasps as Cole goes on to explain. “And the truth is, if we don't steal that Fangblade—I mean, Blade Cup—there's other people that will. Bad people. Serpentine. And we need it to save the world. I know how ridiculous this sounds, but I'm proud of who I am, and I want you to be proud of me, too.”

“I can't be proud of any son who thinks stealing is right! And I'm not gonna wait around to watch you make a mockery of our family's legacy!” said Lou in rage.

“Dad, I—” Cole tried to explain but Lou walks away. Cole groans.

“I'm sure he didn't mean that.” said Kai.

“Maybe if he saw you in action.” said Jay.

“No, it's-it's okay.” said Cole.

The ninja looks over at Nova, watching her eating popcorns.

“Do you mind!” shouted Kai.

Nova was about to eat another popcorn, but stopped and started looking down upset. “.....Sorry.”

She puts away the popcorns and leaves, before teleporting to the ceiling. Waiting for the chance to get Pythor later when he shows up backstage.

*Nova watches from the ceiling, until she hears it's the ninja's turn.*

“And last but not least, The Royal Blacksmi—Uh, hold on. Uh, this just in, there's been a switch.” said the announcer, combs hair. “Taking the stage next is Spin Harmony!”

“If we're gonna do this, I want everyone to see who we are.” said Cole.

“I have butterflies in my stomach!” said Zane.

“Aww, come on. That's just nerves.” said Jay.

“No, I really do have butterflies.” Zane said and opens his panel to release three butterflies.

“How did they even end up in there?” Nova wondered, still very confused by that part in the show.

“Okay, uh, glad he got that out of his system.” said Jay.

“Last call for Spin Harmony!” said the announcer.

“Let's do this, for Cole!” said Jay.

“If we can do the tornado of creation, we can score perfect 10s out there.” said Kai.

“I can say anything and it will only go to elevate our team unity.” said Zane.

“I'm glad you guys are my friends. Let's do the whip!” said Cole.

“Ninja, go!”

“Well, it looks like the last act is no longer performing. Haha, that means I can give this to the winners—” said Pythor before getting cut off.

“Ladies and gentlemen, Spin Harmony!” said the announcer.

*The weekend whip plays as the crowd cheers. Pythor orders the Serpentine to attack them.*

Nova smiled singing along to the song on the ceiling, while throwing knives down on some of the Serpentine and was able to get a few of them.

* Cole performs the Triple Tiger Sashay on three Serpentine.*

Cole imitates a tiger's growl. “Rawr.”

Zane gasped. “The Triple Tiger Sashay.”

*Everyone but the Serpentine and Skulkin cheer.*

“Oh, he did it! The Triple Tiger Sashay! He's danced the impossible!” shouted the announcer.

*The judges give them a 10 but Pythor gives a 0. The Audience boos him and Judge 3 manages to get his arm out and writes a 1 on his scorecard, turning it into a 10. The crowd cheers again.*

“What? Wait. I didn't write that!” exclaimed Pythor.

Nova laughed as she watched Pythor's reaction.

“It's a perfect score! Spin Harmony wins the Blade Cup!” said the announcer.

“Oh, this is a travesty of epic proportions! I demand for there to be a recount!” complained Pythor.

*Cole searches the audience for his dad, but his seat is empty. He groans.*

“I've never felt more alive.” said Zane.

“Hahaha! We did it!” said Jay as everyone chuckles.

“No, Cole did it. Because of you, Ninjago will sleep safely tonight.” said Kai.

“Thanks, but go on and celebrate without me. Winning this doesn't feel the same without my dad being able to—”

“Cole!”

“Dad?”

“I saw it all, son. I saw it all.” said Lou.

*The two embrace.*

“You saw me dance?” Cole asked.

“More importantly, I saw you fight . Those Serpentine were up to no good, trying to steal the show, and I saw you stand up for what is right. I was wrong. I shouldn't have pushed you so hard to follow in my footsteps. Everyone is born with a special talent inside that's just been waiting to get out. And you were born to be a Ninja.” said Lou.

“You're not mad?!” Cole asked surprised.

“How can I be? My son's a hero!” said Lou.

“Eh, sorry to interrupt your little family reunion, but did you know…” rips off the beard. “It's me, Pythor .”

“Well no shit, Sherlock, I've seen better disguises than that.” said Nova, hanging upside down on a rope like spider-man behind Pythor, who jumped as he was taken by surprise. “Where did you come from!?”

“The ceiling?” answered Nova with a raised eyebrow.

“You couldn't fool us, Pythor!” said Cole.

“I didn't want to miss our big show stopper.” said Pythor.

*Two constrictai pushes a crate, and knocks over stage lights that falls down towards Lou who screams in horror.*

“Dad!” Cole jumps in after him.

*Pythor laughs as he escapes with the Blade Cup, while the other ninja coughs from the dust.*

“They took the Fangblade!” said Nova.

“Cole!” shouted Kai.

*Nova jumps off the rope and joins the others as they gather around the pile, they notice Cole's scythe is glowing.*

“He found his True Potential.” said Zane.

*Cole grunts while lifting up the debris with his new found powers.*

“Wha-what? How did we survive that? Son?” Lou asked.

“Cole's found his True Potential. His relationship with his father must have been holding him back.” said Zane.

“He's indestructible!” said Jay.

“Ugh, great. So now I really am the only one who hasn't figured out my special power!” complained Kai before Nova punched his arm while Cole returns to normal.

“Is everyone alright? What just happened?” Cole asked winded.

“We're all okay, son.” said Lou.

*Back at Lou's house, the ninjas are drinking tea.*

“Oh, man.”

“That was really cool.” simultaneously.

“You found your True Potential.” simultaneously.

“I guess the scorecard now reads Pythor-two Fangblades, ninja-zero.” said Jay.

“Yeah, but all we need is one, and there are still two left to find.” said Cole.

“Who knows? Maybe when I unlock my True Potential, I'll turn into the destined green ninja.” said Kai.

“Yeah, dream on.”

“Ha, okay.” simultaneously.

“The only thing you're destined for is a more inflated ego.” said Cole.

“It may not be the trophy, but it sure will look good on my wall.” said Lou as he hangs up a picture of the ninja's victory along with Nova.

“All right!”

“Excellent.”

“Awesome.”

“Nice.” Jay said and chuckles.

“As far as I'm concerned, you're all my family now.” said Lou.

“Yeah.” said Cole.

Nova had stayed quiet for the most of it, as she was sitting more in the shadows alone with her own thoughts and worries.

Chapter Text

*The ninja and Nova have gathered on the Destiny's Bounty's deck. In another room, Kai finds the green gi.*

“Earth!” Cole attacks what appears to be a Serpentine. Meanwhile, Kai has donned the gi.

“Whoo-hoo!” says Kai ecstatically .

“Lightning!” Jay shocks the Serpentine. Kai practices fighting.

“Ice!” Zane knocks down the Serpentine. A light goes on revealing their enemy to be a training dummy.

“Decay!” Nova attacked the dummy. But her powers didn't do as much as she would have wanted.

“Good training. Your powers are getting stronger. But where's Kai?” said Nya.

“Except for mine.” Nova mumbled sadly to herself.

“Fire! Unlock Fire! Uh, Fire go! Shoot flames! Oh, come on. Everyone else can do it. So can you. BRING HEAT!” said Kai as the ninja finds him in front of a mirror and laughs.

“Very nice. Perhaps if you tried the phrase “Fire dork,” maybe it might work.” said Cole.

Nova giggled a little.

“How long have you all been watching?” Kai asked, removing the mask.

“Long enough to wish, I never saw that.” said Nova.

“The Green Ninja suit. That's awesome!” said Jay.

“Well, I was looking for some kind of clue from Sensei, and then I found this.” said Zane.

“But you know only he who is foretold to face is destined to be the Green Ninja, and only he should wear the Green Ninja outfit. So Sensei would most likely be very—” Zane was cut off mid-sentence.

“I know, I know. But I thought if I just tried it on, it might help me see my . It's not fair that you guys have unlocked your cool powers and I still haven't. Besides, Sensei's gone and we don't know when he's coming back —” Kai tried to explain until a door opens.

“Hello? I'm home.” Wu called.

“Sensei!” Everyone said excitedly while Kai goes to change back into his gi.

*On deck, the others greet Wu.*

“Ah. It's so good to be home.” said Wu as the ninja and Nova showed up.

“Welcome back, Wu!” said Nova, running over and giving him a hug.

“So glad you're back.” said Zane.

“Did you bring us anything?” Cole asked.

“Oh, Sensei, have you missed a lot. Zane's a Nindroid, Nya's the mysterious Samurai, Cole's a dancer, Nova learned how to use spinjitzu—” Jay went on to explain everything that had happened.

“Zane is a...what?” Wu asked, confused.

“You've been gone a while. We'll catch you up later. But you should know, all of us except for Kai and Nova have discovered our True Potential.” Zane told him.

“Have you now? Where is Kai?” Wu asked.

Kai runs over to the others back in his own gi. “Right here. So glad you're back safe.” Garmadon comes up from behind Wu. “Aah! Sensei, behind you!” He goes to attack the Dark Lord while Zane dives to guard Wu.

Nova just watches while waiting for a chance to talk with Garmadon, she has been waiting so long for this moment.

“Sensei!” said Zane in slow motion.

“Ugh! He's got four arms.” said Kai.

“Cool!” said Nova with a big smile.

“No, not cool Nova!” said Jay.

“So we meet again.” said Garmadon.

“He must've followed you, Sensei!” said Kai.

“Kai, stop! He is the reason I left. For so long as Pythor has Lloyd, he will be our guest.” Wu told him.

“We have to live with this guy?!” said Jay, shocked.

“But Sensei, he has four arms!” said Zane, also shocked.

“Uh, must I remind you ever since he turned evil, he's been trying to get our golden weapons?” said Jay.

“ENOUGH!” shouted Wu angrily at the ninja.

“Yes, Sensei.” said the ninja.

“This isn't about the weapons. It's about my son.” said Garmadon.

“From here on out, you will obey me and you will respect my brother.” said Wu.

“Yes, Sensei.” said the ninja.

Nova smiled walking over to Garmadon. “Hello, mister, it's nice to meet you. I'm Nova, a friend of Lloyd.” She introduced herself.

“Well at least someone here has some manners, nice to meet you Nova. I'm happy to see Lloyd have a friend around here.” said Garmadon as he patted her head.

“Now to the bridge. We must put our attention to more pressing matters.” said Wu and they went to the bridge. “So, where are we at with the four fangblades?”

“Oh, Pythor's managed to take the first two, but there's still two left.” said Jay.

“And we only need one in order to prevent him from unleashing the Great Devourer.” said Cole.

“Any luck finding their whereabouts?” Wu asked.

“No, but the falcon  is programmed to alert us if he sees any suspicious activity.” said Zane.

“Good. If we find the Fangblade, we find Lloyd. Kai and Nya, prepare the deck and double check the anchor. We need to be ready when we first get word of activity.” said Wu.

“Yes, Sensei.” said Kai and Nya.

Kai looked over at Garmadon “I have my eye on you.” As they leave, he grunts when he hits his head, and Wu sighs. Nya grabs him and points with two fingers from his eyes to the Garmadon's to show that he's watching him, and Nya grabs him once again.

“Jay, did you say the Falcon was...programmed?” Wu asked.

Nova watched the others going on to talk about the Falcon before going over to Garmadon.

“Ummm Garmadon? I have a few questions I was wondering if you could answer?” She asked him, getting his attention.

Garmadon looked down at Nova. “Well what are does questions?” He asked, raising an eyebrow.

Nova nervously rubbed the back of her neck. “I've noticed whenever I use my elemental powers I always end up exhausted without doing much, unlike the ninja who can keep going without breaking a sweat. But I just don't know why.” She told him.

“Hmmm, well what are your elemental power?” Garmadon asked.

Nova wanted to say darkness, but she was a little unsure about that. “Decay.” She told him.

“Ahh, I see, well for that question. I would believe it's because you are still very young, and decay is like my destruction. It is a powerful elemental power that is hard to control without the right training.” Garmadon explained.

Nova gave a slight nod as she listened closely. “There is also something else.” She said, taking off her right glove, showing her now black hand with claws.

“Whenever I use my powers even a little, this keeps growing for some reason.” She told him, getting a bit anxious.

Now this caught Garmadon's attention, as he carefully took her hand with one of his own and looked closer at it.

“This looks very much like an oni's hand, but nothing like this.” He said looking over at her.

“Were you by any chance bitten by a snake?” Garmadon asked.

Nova looked at him shaking her head. “This only happened recently, and I wasn't near any snake that could have done it.” She told him.

“Hmmm, then my only answer to this would have to be some kind of corruption from the darkness. But the only thing I don't get is how you are getting this, if you haven't been near anything that could have caused it.” Garmadon explained.

Nova's eyes grew widened by the word darkness much to her fear.

“I-is there anything.....I-I can do to stop this?” She asked in fear.

Garmadon noticed her shaking a little, clearly scared of this news. “Well, my suggestion would be to stop using your elemental powers, but with yours being "Decay" it might become harder to control, if you never learn how to use it.” He said putting a hand to his chin thinking.

“Hmmm, I'll try and ask Wu if he has any tea that can help delay the growth.” He said.

Nova gave a slight nod. “But please don't tell the others about this...I...I'm scared of what they might think or react if they found out.”

“Okay we can keep this between us for now, but if it gets worse we let the rest know.” said Garmadon.

She smiled a little, being okay with that. “A-also Garmadon I was wondering while you are here, if you could teach me how to better control my powers?” she asked.

Garmadon gave it some thought before looking at her. “Okay, I don't see a problem with that. I probably would be better at teaching you something that is way closer to my elemental powers, than Wu's and the others."

*Later the ninja watches Garmadon as he brushes his teeth with a dagger. At the dinner table, Kai and Cole stares at Garmadon while he eats black grubs.*

“What's he eating?” Cole asked.

“Condensed evil. Supposed to be low in fat.” said Kai.

“I don't wanna know what that is, for my own stomach's sake” Nova mumbled.

*A grub flies off his plate towards Kai who brushes it away with his fork in disgust. Sometime later, Jay, Nya, and Garmadon watch a movie.*

The man on TV. “Goodbye, my darling.” Garmadon laughs as he changes the channel while Jay and Nya looks very annoyed.

*Garmadon starts teaching Nova how to use her powers.*

“Relax your body, and let the powers flow through you, don't try to control it. That's what makes you exhausted so fast.” Garmadon told her.

Nova nodded, closing her eyes as she did what he told her to do. It was a little scary, but she did feel a little more flexible.

“Now try and aim for one of the dummies.” He said.

Nova opened her now purple eyes as she aimed at one of the dummies, and used decay much to her surprise, the effect was much faster than it had ever been before.

“Since when did your eyes change color?” Garmadon asked.

Nova looked over at him confused. “My eyes changed color?”

“Yeah, they changed from blue to purple. You didn't know that?” He asked.

Nova shook her head. “No, I didn't know.” She said.

Garmadon put a hand to his chin thinking. "It might be another part of the corruption, my guess would be that, whenever you have full control of your powers, they change colors.” He explained.

“Is that a good or bad thing?” Nova asked, worried that she hadn’t noticed her eyes changing colors, let alone anyone else until now.

“For now, I’ll say it isn’t a bad thing since it doesn’t seem to have any other effect. But we should still be careful about it.” said Garmadon.

*Kai tries to pilot the Bounty during a storm.*

“Where's Garmadon?” Zane asked.

Kai let out an annoyed sigh. “Sunbathing.”

*The ninja share their bedroom with Garmadon, who disturbs them with electricity.*

“Do you have to do that? We're trying to sleep.” said Kai, annoyed. But Garmadon ignores him and only laughs. Kai groans. Until he gets an idea.

“We are trying to sleep, if you don't quiet down you’re gonna wake up the little PRINCESS! ” he shouted out loud in annoyance.

“What have you done....” The others whispered in fear, knowing what was coming.

Soon enough they heard a door open and the sound of footsteps coming towards their room. The door opened to a very pissed off, and tired Nova, dragging her plushie with her. “WOULD YOU GUYS FUCKING SHUT UP IN HERE, I'M TRYING TO SLEEP HERE MOTHERFUCKERS!!! ”

Garmadon let out a gasp, as he had never heard those words come out of her. Let alone a child. “Language!”

“ENGLISH, OLD MAN!!”

Nova then glanced over at Kai, with a stare that could almost kill a person. “If you ever say that word again, I’M GONNA FU CKING KILL YOU, MYSELF!! ” She then slammed the door after her and went back to her room.

“Where did she learn such language from?” Garmadon asked.

The ninja just shrugs before going back to sleep, finally getting some peace.

*The ninja, except Jay, watch as Nova and Garmadon plays a video game using two controllers at once, due to him having four arms.*

“He's not even playing the game right. He's just shooting and destroying things.” said Kai.

“I've noticed when he isn't so focused on trying to turn Ninjago  into his own image, he's actually quite fascinating.” said Zane.

“Sure, the four arms are freakish, but all in all, he doesn't seem that bad of a guy.” said Cole.

“Plus, Sensei is very fun to play with.” said Nova, smiling as she was already beating Garmadon, brutally in the game.

“He might be pulling the wool over all your eyes, but not mine. He's up to something. And I'm gonna be ready for it.” said Kai glaring towards Garmadon before looking over at Nova. “When did you start calling him, Sensei? He is anything but a Sensei.”

“When he started helping with my elemental powers, and how to use them more effectively.” Nova answered, without taking her eyes off the TV screen. Not giving Garmadon any chance to cheat.

The ninja gave Nova a surprised look after hearing this, while Kai started thinking that he was only training Nova to do evil things, well more evil than she already was doing.

*Garmadon and Nova are outside on the deck training more on her elemental powers.*

“Now try and go for more than one target, along with focusing on how much and little you use your powers on them.” Garmadon explained.

Nova gave a small nod. “Okay, Sensei.” She said, smiling at him before doing as he told her.

Nova aimed at three dummies and tried to control how much decay she used on each one, but it wasn't easy as she quickly lost control, and two of the dummies had turned to dust. While the third had only gone down to half.

“Remember what I told you butterfly, relax your body and let it flow through you.” Garmadon said.

Nova took a deep breath as she was happy she wasn't getting that much exhausted anymore, so she went for another round with the dummies again. Aiming at three and this time remembered to relax her body, and not force the powers to do what she wanted.

When she finally was able to do it right with three different results, she cheered happily before running over to Garmadon. “Did you see that Sensei, I did it! I actually did it! and this time I didn't pass out from exhaustion!” She said in pure joy that she hadn't felt for so long.

Garmadon chuckled a little at her excitement, as he patted her head. “Yes, that was very impressive, butterfly.” He said, smiling at her.

*The Falcon records the Serpentine heading to the Fire Temple.*

“Garmadon, get ready to get Kai'd! Fire!” Kai grunts. “Wham, bam, sorry to beat you, man!”

Wu in another room. “This way. Come, come.” Kai follows his voice. “I have come to understand that the mysterious Samurai is no longer a mystery.”

“Oh yeah, you heard about that. I guess I picked up a thing or two.” said Nya.

“It was foolish of me to think that a girl could not be the destined Green Ninja.” Kai peers through the window while standing on a stepstool.

Kai mumbled to himself. “Nya's the Green Ninja?”

“When the four weapons are laid out before the destined one, the weapons will react, revealing the identity of the Green Ninja.” Wu explained.

“But, Sensei…” said Nya.

“Approach the weapons.” said Wu.

“What are you doing out here?” asked Garmadon and Nova coming up to Kai.

“Whoa!” Kai falls off the stepstool. “What are you doing out here? And with the shrimp?”

“Evil never sleeps.” said Garmadon.

“Wouldn't you like to know.” said Nova with a smirk.

“Yeah, well, good never rests.” said Kai glaring at Garmadon.

“Maybe we should take care of this right now.” said Garmadon.

Nova stepped to the side knowing what was coming and didn't want to be in the middle of it.

“I was hoping you'd say that.” said Kai as they pushed each other.

“Guys, guys, what are you doing out here?” Nya asked, coming out of the room.

“Perhaps you should be asking Mr. Snoopy Pants that question.” said Garmadon.

“Spying on your own sister. Shame on you Kai, shame on you.” said Nova shaking her head.

“Kai, were you spying on me?” Nya asked, looking at him.

“What? No way! I was, uh, keeping watch. So are you the Green Ninja?” Kai asked, a little nervous.

“What? Of course not.”said Nya.

“So the weapons didn't tell you. Ah, that means I still have a chance.” said Kai.

“Truth is, she never wanted to know.” answered Wu, coming out of the room.

“At first, all I wanted was to be like you, but after seeing how obsessed you've become and discovered what I could do on my own, I'm happy being a Samurai.” said Nya.

“Then what about shrimp here?” Kai asked, pointing at Nova.

“She said she wasn't interested in being the green ninja.” answered Wu.

“So then who's the Green Ninja?” Kai asked.

“Perhaps we will never know.” said Wu and then Jay comes in.

“Kai, you were supposed to be on the bridge. Zane's Falcon spotted them.” said Jay.

*Everyone enters the bridge.*

“Looks like Pythor is at the Fire Temple.” said Nya.

“That means the Fangblade is there.” said Kai.

“And Lloyd.” added Garmadon and Nova in unison.

“That's the same Fire Temple where Kai and Lord Garmadon first faced off.” said Jay.

“If my memory serves me correct, I'd say one of us cheated back when we last fought.” said Kai glaring at Garmadon.

“And I remember someone needing their Sensei to save them.” said Garmadon, glaring back at Kai.

Nova giggled a little. “Damn, he got burned from that comeback.” She thought.

“Guys! For the sake of the Fangblade and Lloyd, can we please just get along?” said Cole, clearly getting tired of this.

“Since the last time we've been there, it looks like the volcano has grown unstable. The place is a powder keg just waiting to blow up. This will be a highly combustible environment.” said Nya.

“Oh, great. Just what I like. Fighting armed and deadly snakes in a highly combustible environment about to blow up!” shouted Jay.

“We will do what we must.” said Wu.

“Yes, Sensei. But where are our weapons?” Zane asked.

“And why is Lord Garmadon not here?” Kai asked, getting a bad feeling as he leaves the bridge.

“Kai!” Wu shouted.

“Too late, now he's really gone and done it.” said Nova with a shrug.

*Kai slides down the stair railing to the lower deck and enters a room to find Garmadon holding the Weapons.*

“I knew I couldn't trust you, you thief!” shouted Kai angrily.

“Foolish child. I look forward to teaching you a lesson.” said Garmadon.

“This ends NOW!!!” shouted Kai furiously.

“Indeed!” Garmadon agreed.

“Ninja, go!” They hit each other. “I'm alive. I'm alive!”

“You need to be taught a lesson!” said Garmadon.

“Kai? You in here?” Nya asked until she noticed that Kai locked the door. “What are you doing?”

Kai pressed against the door. “Discovering my True Potential!”

“Unh! The door won't budge!” said Jay.

“Kai thinks he'll unlock his power if he stands up to Lord Garmadon.” Nya told the others.

“Why would he think that?!” Zane asked.

"He's desperate” said Nova bluntly.

Nya makes the cuckoo gesture. “'Cause he thinks he's the Green Ninja!”

“Well, if we don't open this door soon, I think he's gonna be mincemeat! Stand back!” said Cole and activates his True potential. “Earth.” He breaks the door down, but Kai had already defeated Garmadon.

“I defeated him. I did it! Are my eyes glowing? Did I unlock my powers? Is this my True Potential? Argh! Why isn't it working?” said Kai.

“Because you cannot defeat someone who allowed himself to be defeated.” explained Wu.

“I wasn't going to hurt you, boy. I was only fetching your weapons.” said Garmadon.

“But you were trying to steal them!” said Kai.

“I asked him to get them. Perhaps it is best you do not reach your True Potential, or else someone could get hurt.” said Wu in a stoic tone.

“Way to go, hero.” said Cole.

“Let me help you Sensei.” said Nova, coming over to help Garmadon.

“Oh. Poor thing. Let me help you.” said Nya, also joining in to help.

“Yes. Poor thing.” said Garmadon as Kai clenches his fists angrily when the ship suddenly stops.

“Sounds like we've finally reached our destination.” said Cole.

*Everyone disembarks and observes their destination.*

“The Fire Temple.” said Cole.

Nya on the Bounty, using the Falcon as communication. “The volcano seems to be on the verge of eruption, guys. All recent indicators tell me that this place is becoming increasingly fragile. Even the smallest rupture can make the whole thing go off.”

“Then we must not use our weapons.” said Wu and everyone but Kai puts their weapons away.

“Kai.” said Nya and Nova, looking at him.

Kai sighs before sheathing his sword. “Yeah, yeah. No fire sword. But only because I wouldn't want anything to prevent us from getting that Fangblade.”

“Or my son.” added Garmadon.

“There. The Serpentine must be inside the inner core. From here on out, we travel by shadows.” said Wu.

“It's the only way I know how.” said Garmadon as the group rushes down the tunnel to the base of the volcano, where the Serpentine are digging on a pillar.

“There's Lloyd.” said Nova pointing at the young boy being held in a cage.

Garmadon let out a gasp. “Son.”

“Huh?” Pythor notices the digger hit something. “Out of my way, fool!” He pulls out his prize. “The third Fangblade is ours” They cheer, but Pythor sees the ninja in the Blade's reflection. “Ninja? Attack!”

“Light as a leaf. Attack like there is no tomorrow.” said Wu.

“Wind.” said Jay as he releases a gale from his hand before attacking.

Nova started laughing when he said that, since she knows they are gonna run into Morro in later seasons, but seeing and hearing that was just too funny for her.

“Ice!” said Zane, before Kai notices he's surrounded and brings out his weapon, but the volcano reacts to its power.

“Kai, the weapon is compromising our safety.” said Nya.

“I will do what I must.” said Kai.

“Let's get out of here! But not before we leave them with a parting gift. Boys?” said Pythor, looking over at the constrictial who digs up some holes.

“They're making the volcano unstable.” said Zane.

“Any minute, this place is gonna blow. We have to get out of here.” said Jay.

“Not without my son.” said Garmadon.

“Not without Lloyd.” said Nova.

“Dad!” shouted Lloyd.

“Argh, lose the boy!” said Pythor and they drop the cage near some rising lava.

“Dad!” shouted Lloyd.

“Lloyd!” said Garmadon as he saves Lloyd just as the cage bottom melts.

“Dad.” said Lloyd, relieved as they hug.

“Son.” said Garmadon while Kai rushes past them.

“Dude seriously?” Nova mumbled.

“The Fangblade's mine!” said Kai, determined.

“Come back. It's too dangerous. The whole place is going to explode!” shouted Cole.

“Then I better be quick!” said Kai and throws the Sword of Fire and knocks the Fangblade out of Pythor's grasp and impales both of them into the wall and Pythor snarls angrily at Kai while he runs with determination. Pythor tries to pull the Sword of Fire and the Fangblade out but no effort.

“Hurry, we must leave here at once!” said Skales and they do so before the entrance is blocked. Kai leaps down to the Fangblade.

“Leave it, Kai! It's not worth your life!” shouted Jay.

“Kai! it isn't worth it! you fucking idiot!!” Nova shouted at him.

“Not without that Fangblade!” shouted Kai.

“But what about Kai? Kai!” shouted Lloyd before the ground under him breaks.

Nova's eyes widened knowing she had the abilities to save him, but knew that she couldn't break the story no matter how much she wanted to jump in and save him.

“NOOOOO!!!!! Lloyd!” Garmadon shouted.

“Dad! Dad! I'm sinking!” shouted Lloyd.

“It, unh, won't budge.” said Kai as he drops the Fangblade on a rock.

“We have to get out of here, or else none of us will get out of here!” said Wu.

“But my son!” said Garmadon as they leave, and the entrance is blocked by rocks.

Nova looked back at the now blocked entrance, annoyed at herself that she had to force herself to not act out and use her own powers, no matter how much she wanted to.

“LLOYD!! LLOYD!!!!” Garmadon yelled out in horror as they leave on the Bounty and the volcano explodes.

Nova watched with tears slowly running down her face.

“Kai!” shouted Nya.

“Son.” said Garmadon, sad until a ball of fire shoots out of the volcano. It's soon revealed to be Kai and Lloyd flying back to the Bounty.

“It's Kai! He's found his True Potential!” shouted Nova, smiling when the two land; Kai removes his mask and gives a look of understanding to Wu before his power diminishes and he passes out. The Bounty takes off for open skies.

Nova smiled, running over and giving Lloyd a hug, happy that he was alright and safe.

“Don’t scare me like that, you big idiot.” She said before pulling away and punched his shoulder playfully.

Lloyd let out a small chuckle at this. “Sorry about that, I didn’t think you would be that scared for me.”

A small blush grew on Nova’s face. “You're my friend Lloyd, of course I’ll be scared for you.”

*In the bridge, everyone watches the Garmadons have a proper reunion.*

“Dad? Is it really you?” said Lloyd walking towards his father.

“It is, son.” said Garmadon, pulling him into a hug.

“Dad? Why do you have four arms?” Lloyd asked, causing Nova to let out a giggle.

“He's gonna be okay.” said Cole and the ninja cheered.

“Thank you, Kai.” said Garmadon.

“But how did you survive? How did you discover the key to unlocking your powers?” Zane asked.

“I knew when I had to make a choice. I wanted the Fangblade so badly, to prove I was good enough to become the Green Ninja. But then I figured it out. All of my training to become the best ninja wasn't in preparation to become the Green Ninja. It was... to protect him.” Kai explains and looks at Lloyd while everybody else catches on to what he means.

“What? What is everybody looking at me for?” Lloyd asked.

Nova had a soft smile on her face knowing what was gonna happen next.

“That means…” said Nya as she, Kai and Cole bring the weapons in front of Lloyd, and they react by levitating and emitting green lightning.

“Lloyd is the Green Ninja. I had thought it would be one of you, but it was him the whole time. It all makes sense. Not only have you four been chosen to protect the Golden Weapons, but also to protect the Chosen One.” said Wu before the weapons fall to the floor.

Garmadon then realizes something. “That means…”

“The battle lines have been drawn, brother. Sadly, our family has only become more divided. Brother versus brother, and now, son versus father.” said Wu as the group develops looks of sadness when Jay breaks the silence.

“Hehe, this is heavy and all, but whatever happened to the Fangblade!?” shouted Jay.

Nova was shaking her head knowing what happened to it. “Looks like my training with Garmadon is pretty much over as he leaves in the next episode, but hey, I at least had time to learn how to better use my powers. Though it was only decay, I'm sure I can use those same guides with the rest.” She thought to herself with a soft smile.

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*On the Bounty, the ninja have reported everything they learned to the rest of the team and are locating the location of the last Fangblade.*

“The Venomari's right. By the time we cast sail clear across the other side of Ninjago, Pythor will have already beat us to the last Fangblade.” said Nya.

“Oh, come on, guys. This is the last one. We gotta get it. We gotta think of something.” said Jay.

“Hmm.”

Nova looked over at Lloyd, knowing he would have an idea.

“Hey.” He said.

“Huh?” Kai turned to look at Lloyd.

“All we have to do is just get one Fangblade to stop him. What if we take back the other three? Pythor wouldn't risk having them all on him. He's probably hidden them somewhere while he goes for the fourth.” said Lloyd.

“It's so simple.” said Cole.

“Huh, why didn't I think of that?” said Kai.

“That's because you aren't greenbean here.” said Nova with a small giggle, until she felt someone punch her arm, making her look over at Lloyd, who sent her a glare only for her to give him a smirk.

“It can't be that easy.” said Jay.

“Easy? My algorithms suggest taking the other three would be far more dangerous. Pythor would undoubtedly have them protected by his top generals.” said Zane.

“Ha, finally. I don't have to hold back.” said Kai excitedly.

“Even if you could steal the other three, you don't even know where they are.” said Garmadon.

“He's right. For the past few weeks, there have been almost no sightings. How are they moving around? It's like they're ghosts.” said Wu.

“Not yet.” Nova whispered to herself.

“Or snakes. bridge, give me a sonar sweep of Ninjago.” said Nya. The computer shows no activity.

“See, nothing. It's just like Sensei said.” said Kai.

“But what if they aren't traveling above ground? They're snakes, right? Snakes burrow. Bridge, now give me a sonar sweep of Ninjago but twenty feet below the surface.” said Nya. The computer shows them the tunnels the Serpentine took.

“All the tombs have been interconnected." said Kai.

"To make one massive underground fortress.” said Cole.

“And all this time, right under our noses.” said Jay.

“Or rather, feet.” said Zane.

Kai points to the main base. “There, that's the most protected area. The Fangblades must be held there.”

“Then what are we waiting for? Nya, set the course.” said Wu.

“Already on it. We'll be there by sunup.” said Nya.

Nova looked over at Lloyd. “Wanna go and play some video games?” She asked.

“Sure.” Lloyd said.

“Come on then, before the guys decide to play too.” Nova said, taking his hand, not noticing his blush as she started dragging him with her.

“Looks like Lloyd has found himself a very good friend around his age to hang out with, when the ninja are out on missions.” said Wu, walking over to his brother.

“Looks more like he's growing a crush on his friend.” said Garmadon, crossing his four arms looking at his brother.

“Young love, but they are still just kids. Let's give them time and see where it goe.” said Wu with a soft smile.

*The next day, the ninja prepare for battle.*

“There is no room for error. The Serpentine have shown that they have great powers, and to combat them, you must turn their greatest strengths into their greatest weaknesses. Kai, how will you defeat the Hypnobrai?” said Wu, pointing at Kai.

Kai pulls down a blindfold. “Their hypnotizing powers are useless if their opponent can fight without relying on his eyes.”

“Good, Jay, the Fanpyre is fast and his bite sharp.” said Wu, now pointing at Jay.

“But if he can't bite through your skin” Jay taps the armor on his arm. “He can't turn you into one of them.”

“Yes. Cole, the Constrictai are strong.” Wu traps him in a net. ”And they will not let go.”

“But instead of fighting back, one must try to loosen up.” Cole frees himself. “And a little soft shoe doesn't hurt.”

“Zane, the venom  of the Venomari can make you see things. Cloud your perception.” Wu points at Zane.

“Then I will use my new falcon vision.” Zane activates said visionary ability to illustrate his point.

“Very good. I have trained you well. You are all ready.” said Wu.

“What about you, Sensei? Will you fight? We need all the help we can get.” Kai asked.

“My concern is that my old bones cannot keep up, but I will be there in spirit.” said Wu.

“Lier, I've seen Wu fight in later seasons and that old man can fight. He's just going easy on the ninja in these earlier seasons.” Nova thought, crossing her arms.

Nya on an intercom. “We're arriving at the Mountain of a Million Steps. You all might want to see this.”

“Look at all those piles of dirt.” said Jay.

“Wonder what those snakes are up to.” said Kai.

“Wait for me.” called Lloyd.

“This is not your fight. The Green Ninja  is too important for a future destiny. You shall stay with me and Nova.” said Wu.

Nya arrives with her Samurai Mech. “Well, he's gonna have to look after himself and Nova, because we made room for you.” She points to a seat on her Mech.

“Well, you said you were concerned that you couldn't keep up, so Jay and Nya rejiggered the design so you could come along. Well, what do you think?” said Kai.

“I think...shotgun! Haha!” said Wu, getting in the Mech.

“Sometimes Wu and Garmadon act like kids, but then again this is a kid show.” Nova thought, shaking her head.

“I will stay back with Lloyd and Nova. I don't enjoy saying this but...good luck.” said Garmadon putting his hands on Nova and Lloyd's shoulders.

They watched them take off until it was just the three of them left.

“Well, I'm gonna go and get myself something from the kitchen.” said Nova turning around and started leaving, but was quickly stopped when a hand grabbed her shoulder.

“Yeah...no, Wu has already told me what happens if we let you enter the kitchen, and you're already banned from entering anyway.” said Garmadon.

“Well shit, and here I had some time to mess around a little.” Nova said, pouting a little. “Damn you Wu, why did you have to ruin the fun.”

“Language missy.” said Garmadon, flicking her forehead.

Nova let out a heavy sigh. “Fine! Lloyd, wanna go and do some training together?” She asked.

Lloyd snapped out of whatever thoughts he had in his head and looked over at Nova. “Sure. I guess we can do that until they come back.” He said smiling.

She returned the smile and began heading to the training room with Lloyd. “By the way, did something evil bite you?” He asked.

“No? Why you ask?” Nova looked at him confused.

“You just sometimes act like it when you wanna mess with the kitchen for fun because you know how the ninja will react, or swearing out loud, or throwing knives at people whenever they call you that one word you don't like. Oh, and your love for stealing stuff, don't think I forgot about that one time you stole my candy.” Lloyd went on to mention all of the things that she did that might come off as evil.

Nova looked at him actually a bit surprised, since she had never thought about any of that. “He's right, since when did I do all of that? I mean back in my old world I might swear or get a little upset when someone called me princess. But not to the point I would throw things at people, if anything I was more of a closed off person, and the closest to stealing would just be getting myself some food when my family slept.....but after coming here. It seems to have increased and added more to it.” She thought deeply to herself worried about what this meant.

*Some time later on the Bounty's bridge, Lloyd and Nova walks in on Garmadon typing on the computer.*

“Transferring files.” Computer.

Lloyd and Nova gasped. “You're... stealing?!” Garmadon turns around. “Dad, my friends are risking their lives to save Ninjago, and you go behind their backs to gain an advantage?!”

“I'm sorry, but I can't help it. Ever since the Devourer bit me, evil runs through my blood.” said Garmadon.

Nova decided to stay out of this family fight, getting a bad feeling inside from seeing this.

“You left me for so long. Where did you go?” Lloyd questioned.

“Son, there are places in this world void of any good. dark places.” said Garmadon.

“Is that where Sensei found you?” Lloyd asked.

“You know how I've always wanted those golden weapons, well, this place allowed me the power to possess them.” said Garmadon.

“But why didn't you take me with you?” Lloyd asked.

Hearing Lloyd's words really struck a core for Nova, as it was the same thoughts she had when she lost her own father.

“Every boy has a choice to grow up to be whoever they want to be. But I never had that choice. Because I was bitten, evil runs through my veins. But you still have a choice. You don't need to be like me, Lloyd. Your uncle has a plan for you, and even though it may be to stop me one day, we have to follow our own destiny. And after I help the ninja stop Pythor, I'll need to leave again.” Garmadon explained.

“Then why don't you just leave now!?” yelled Lloyd angrily at his father.

“Lloyd—”

“No, really! Go back to whatever evil place you came from.” said Lloyd.

Nya on the computer. “All right, Operation Stealth was a total bust. We're gonna need reinforcements. Anyone there?” Garmadon reaches for the computer but is stopped by Lloyd.

“We don't want your help, and we don't need you here. Maybe it would've been better if you hadn't come at all.” said Lloyd to his father.

“If...if that's the way you feel.” said Garmadon as he starts leaving, he looks over at Nova and notices the conflicted look on her face. So he gently patted her head before he completely left the room.

“I'm trying to help, Nya. Just hold on.” said Lloyd while he presses a few buttons.

Nova smiled a little at Garmadon before running over to help Lloyd. “Greenbean, let me handle this, I've been here longer than you.” she said and went on to press the right buttons.

*After pressing a few more buttons, Lloyd and Nova changes into their ninja gis.*

“The Green Ninja is here to save the day.” said Lloyd but got punched in the arm.

“The Green and Silver Ninja.” Nova said, though she didn't wear anything silver it was at least fitting with the decay part of her powers.

Nya on the computer. “Lloyd? Nova? Lord Garmadon? Is anyone there?”

“it's me, Nya. me and Nova are here. But my dad left. How are you guys holding on?” He notices static. “Nya? Hello?”

Nya fixes it by throwing a rock at her Mech. “We're fine, but we're a little held up at the moment. Our weapons have been taken, and we're locked in cages.”

“And Pythor's returned with the fourth Fangblade.” said Cole.

“Lloyd, where did your father go?” Zane asked.

“I-I told him to leave. He was trying to steal secrets.” said Lloyd, crossing his arms while Nova patted his shoulder, though it didn't seem to help much.

“Oh, big surprise there. I told you about that guy, but you guys wouldn't listen.” said Kai.

“My dad's going back to where he came from. But don't worry, me and Nova will save you.” said Lloyd.

“You're not ready, Lloyd. Your destiny is too great to risk. And Nova is still a ninja-in-training.” said Wu.

“I hate to break it to you, Sensei, but if we don't get out of here before Pythor unleashes the Great Devourer, I think this will be the end of all our destinies.” said Cole.

“Ugh, we'll get you out of there in a jiff.”  said Lloyd and goes to take a weapon from a cabinet, but they fall on him. “Ouch.”

Nova giggled a little before she ran over to help him. “Might be better to go without a weapon.”

*Lloyd and Nova climbs up the Mountain of a Million Steps.*

“Whoosh. Ninja roll. Flying Drag—”Lloyd trips. “By the First Spinjitzu Master, Lloyd, please shut up.” said Nova with a heavy sigh.

“Hey, look up there. It's Lloyd and Nova.” said Kai.

Nova looked down and saw the team.”Well, good luck greenbean.” She said, summoning her bow from behind her back, before tying a rope on a thick arrow before shooting it just above the cage. She then carefully used her speed boost to run forward and caught on to the rope, looking down making sure she hadn't been noticed as she was slowly going down.

“Hopefully, no one noticed that....but it's been so long since I've used any of my gaming abilities, I miss using them so much.....maybe I can make a decoy for shoes so it looks like it comes from my shoes.....hmmm, I can think about that later. Right now I need to focus.” She thought.

“Come on, Lloyd. You're the Green Ninja. You can do this.” said Lloyd trying to hype himself up until he trips on a rock going downstairs. “That one hurt. Ow!” Grunts. He falls all the way down, making the Serpentine look on confused. “I really gotta grow into this thing. Well, if we don't meet again, Pythor. Unhand the ninja, or suffer humiliation against the Green Ninja!” Everyone laughs at him.

“Oh, yeah? You and what army?” Pythor asked.

“Uh, how about my army of fists?” said Lloyd as he punches, but almost falls again. Everyone laughs. Nova simply facepalmed herself. “Oh brother, this is hard to watch.”

“Or this army?” said Garmadon as he stood in front of the skulkin.

“Dad!” shouted Lloyd.

“Lloyd, you helped me realize I do have a choice. And if there is anyone who is going to threaten Ninjago, it better well be me.” said Garmadon.

“The Skeleton army? But why would they fight beside you? You betrayed them and Sarmukai long ago.” said Pythor, confused.

“Because everybody hates snakes!” said Kruncha as the army laughs.

“Attack!” ordered Pythor.

“Attack!” shouted Kruncha.

Pythor pulls a lever that makes the cage descend into the vat of venom.

“Hey, we're moving.” said Jay.

“Yeah, the wrong way.” said Cole.

"Fuck you, Pythor." Nova mumbled, sliding longer down the rope until she landed on the cage.

Nuckal blabbers at Skales. “Are you serious?”

Kruncha punches him. “He never saw that coming.”

“Uh, saw what coming?” Kruncha sighs and hits him.

“Nova! Lloyd!” shouted Nya.

Nova was able to lockpick the lock of the cage, freeing the ninja while Lloyd frees their weapons.

“Told you we would save you.” said Lloyd, smiling.

“Go, ninja, go.” said Kai looking at the team.

“Ninja, go!” They use Spinjitzu to clear a path. Garmadon soon faces Pythor in a brief battle before the snake slithers away.

“So long, sucker.” said Pythor.

“Going somewhere?” Nova asked with a bit of an evil smirk as her eyes were changing to purple.

“Oh, dear.” said Pythor as Nova punches him before she takes the Fangblades, but Pythor disappears.

“Where did he go?” Cole asked Nova as he got to her.

“I don't know.” said Nova as her eyes had already changed back to normal.

“Who cares? We have the Fangblades. Let's get out of here.” said Kai.

“Ninja, go!”

“Don't worry about us. We'll keep fighting the good fight.” said Nuckal.

“I never thought I'd be saying this, but go, ninja, go!” said Kruncha.

*The ninja leave on the Bounty. On the bridge, the ninja celebrate their victory.*

“He left, didn't he?” said Nova, looking at Lloyd, who nodded. “Then have some snogfruit. Cole made it, and it's actually not bad.” She raises her glass in a toast. “To Lloyd's dad!”

“Hear, hear!”

“To Dad!”

“Tomorrow, we arrive at Torchfire Mountain  to destroy these Fangblades once and for all. And it couldn't have been done without your father. I'm going to miss him.” said Wu.

*Everyone cheers. Outside, Pythor watches them through a window.*

“You're going to miss more than him when I get through with you, ninja.” Pythor laughs.

Nova narrowed her eyes over at the window she knew Pythor was at, before then walking out of the room since she wanted to try and work on a proto type of decoy shoes. “Hmmm, if I'm fast there shouldn't happen anything while I get some tools from the kitchen....I think.” She mumbled.

Nova headed to the kitchen looking around her, before she opened the door and walked inside.......then an explosion.

“ NOVA!!!! ”

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*Jumping to Lloyd and Nova in the training room.*

Lloyd in a western drawl. “Serpentine, it's time I Spinjitzu you back into the filthy holes you came from. Ninja kick! Tiger claw! Ninja, go!” He attempts Spinjitzu but falls.

Nova giggled a little from where she was standing.

Pythor laughs; turns visible. “What a joke. You were always a boy who chased stupid dreams.”

Nova narrowed her eyes at him as she carefully summoned her dual blades.

“Pythor! How did you get aboard?” Lloyd asked.

Pythor picks Lloyd up. “You think I would allow the ninja to steal the Fangblades from me?”

“Put him down, or I'll make you.” Nova warned him.

Pythor simply laughs and uses his tail to knock Nova off her feet.

“Ugh! You'll never get away with it! Hey—” Lloyd exclaimed, but Pythor puts tape over his and Nova's mouth, and ties both of them to a punching bag.

“Oh, I wouldn't worry about that. As they say, out of sight, out of mind.” said Pythor before he disappears and laughs.

Nova very much was letting out a lot of swear words while having a tape over her mouth while trying to get free.

Lloyd manages to get both of them free and uncovers the tape from both of their mouths. They then reaches the intercom.

“Pythor's on board!” Lloyd and Nova shouted as their message echoed over the ship, the ninja look back to find Pythor with the Fangblades in his hands.

“Sorry if I don't lend a hand, but I'm really in a rush. Got this whole Devourer thing going on.” Pythor chuckles. “Toodaloo.” He laughs and turns to find Lloyd with a Bo staff and Nova with her sword.

“Miss us?”

“Where do you think you're going?”

“Ah. A little cliché, don't you think?” Pythor asked.

“Uh, cliché?” Lloyd asked, confused.

“I wouldn't expect a child to understand.” said Pythor.

“Hey, I've grown up a lot.” Lloyd and Nova attacks him, but Pythor dodges.

“Hm, puny strength, no fundamentals, sloppy footwork. You think you can defeat me?” said Pythor.

“We are not trying to defeat you. We are just trying to keep you busy until the cavalry arrives.” said Lloyd as Nya, in her Samurai Mech, walks up to Pythor. Lloyd kicks him, and Nova gets a hit on one of his arms with her sword. “Haha, I hit him. I hit him, guys!”

Nova smiled and gave him a high-five.

“Oh, as much as I would like to play with your overgrown toys, I have a ride to catch.” Pythor glares at Nova before he jumps off the Bounty and lands on a Rattlecopter.

“No!”

“Get him!”

“So long, suckers!”

“Motherfucking Pythor!” Nova growled angrily.

*Later as the ninja prepare to go after the Serpentine, Lloyd brings the golden weapons.*

“If Pythor returns the Fangblades to the City of Ouroboros, he'll awaken the Great Devourer.” said Wu.

“Well, we're not gonna let that happen.” said Nya.

“Oh, what about me and Nova?” Lloyd asked.

“We need someone to stay with the Bounty .” said Kai.

“But did you see me kick him in the face? I'm an asset. I kick butt. And face.” said Lloyd.

Nova was shaking her head as she rested an arm on his shoulder. “Yeah, and did you see me giving that big worm a nice cut on his arm with my sword.” She said.

“Patience, Lloyd. You're too important now that you're the chosen one. And Nova, you’re still a ninja-in-training" said Kai.

“Patience, hmm? Ah, the student has become the teacher.” said Wu.

“What do you say we play a little catch-up?” said Jay.

“It's my favorite game.” said Cole.

Nova let out a heavy sigh. “Looks like it's just you and me now greenbean.” She said.

“Looks like it is, shrimp.” said Lloyd.

“Why you!” said Nova as she went to give him a noogie. “I'm at least taller than you, so if anyone here is a shrimp it's you.”

Lloyd quickly dodges her before going to the wheel laughing a little. “Fine, then I'm just gonna call you ummm.....Ocea.” He said blushing a little.

“Ocea?” Nova asked confused.

“Yeah, you told me your last name was Ocean....so if I removed the “n” it would be Ocea." Lloyd tried explaining while trying to keep his focus on following the ninja, as he was controlling the ship.

Nova started blushing at that and got a bit shy. “W-well when you put it like that, I guess I don't mind it.” she said slowly, looking away. “B-but I'm only allowing you to call me that....a-and no one else.” She said, but was too shy to look at him.

*Later they reach the ninja and Lloyd anchors the train.*

“Lloyd! Nova!”

“Hook, line, and sinker.” said Lloyd and Nova in unison.

“To Ouroboros as fast as you can.” said Kai.

“Aye, aye, captain.” said Lloyd.

“Ninja, go!”

“You're getting slow, old man.” said Pythor. They crash near the city's entrance. Pythor gets to the statue. “Finally, the Great Devourer will be awakened.” He inserts the Fangblades. “Perfect.” He laughs. “It's working! Awaken, great one! Awaken the insatiable appetite of the beast that will consume all of Ninjago!”

“What have you done!?” shouted Wu.

“Don't you see? Releasing the Great Devourer is the only way to get back at the people of Ninjago for locking my kind underground for all those years. We should have been the ones ruling the surface, not you!” shouted Pythor.

“You are playing with a power that cannot be controlled. It will consume everything, even the Serpentine.” said Wu.

“Unleash, Great Devourer, and be free to do my bidding, for I have awakened you!” ordered Pythor.

“Okay, Lloyd. Put us down right after that truck.” said Kai.

“Wait up, guys.” said Lloyd when the statue crumbles.

“No, no. It isn't inside the statue? Then where is it?” said Pythor as the ground beneath him rumbles. “Aah! It's so big!”

“You shall stay to see what you have done.” said Wu.

“Aah! Let me go, you fool! Don't you see? It's underneath us!” said Pythor.

“This is our destiny.” said Wu.

“What's going on? Who's that creature underground?” Kai asked.

“You must do everything in your power to stop the Great Devourer. Go, ninja! Go!” shouted Wu.

“No, Sensei.” said Kai as the Devourer lunges at Wu and Pythor.

Nova, still on the ship, knew what was coming next, and to be honest, she was very scared to see that snake, after all, there is a very big difference in size when you see it on a TV screen, or in real life.

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*The ninja watch as Wu stays behind with Pythor.*

“You must do everything in your power to stop the Great Devourer. Go, ninja, go! Yes.” The Devourer swallows Pythor and Wu.

“Sensei.”

“No.” Jay says but then The Devourer spots them. “Oh, maybe if we stand perfectly still…”

“Run!”

Jay trips. “Wait! Wait for me!”

“Fire up the engines. I said fire up the engines!” said Nya.

“There's no wind. And we only have reserved fuel.” said Lloyd.

“Use it.” said Nya as the ninja make it to the Destiny's Bounty.

Nova watched the big snake coming towards them, she was really terrified and unable to move as seeing it in real life was a nightmare.

“Uh, hate to tell you this, but objects in the mirror are closer than they appear.” said Jay.

“Working on it. Blasters on full.” said Nya.

“Whoo-hoo! Take that, you stupid snake.” Said Kai, which was a mistake as it started speeding up after them.

“Uh, I think it heard you.” said Jay.

Nova finally snapped out of it and yelled out loud. “WHAT THE FUCK KAI!!”

“Nya, we gotta go faster. That thing is gaining on us.” said Kai.

“We're going as fast as we can. I'll try to make it to Scattered Canyon.” said Nya.

“Probability of us making it that far is less than 8 percent.” said Zane.

“I didn't need to know that!” said Nova in a panic about what to do.

“Never tell me the odds!” said Nya.

“It's coming in for another attack. Port side.” said Cole.

“We're losing speed. We'll drop to the ground pretty soon.” said Lloyd.

“Throw everything overboard.” said Nya.

“What?”

“We need to lose some weight.” said Nya.

Nova’s eyes started widening. “No, don't! That will only make it worse for us!” She yelled, but it went on deaf ears as she was just standing in the middle of all of this, not able to do anything.

“Port side!” said Lloyd while the ninja began throwing out many things, including a fridge only for the Devourer to eat it all and grow exponentially.

“Man, he sure is hungry. Does anyone else think the Devourer looks bigger than it did before?” said Jay.

“The more it consumes, the bigger it gets. Don't throw anything else overboard.” said Cole.

“That's what I was trying to TELL Y OU GUYS!! ” Nova yelled in pure rage as her eyes became purple, but once again no one was listening to her.

“Phew. We made it to Scattered Canyons. Hold on!” said Nya.

“Ah, we lost him.” said Cole a little too soon as the Devourer bites off an engine.

“Abandon ship!” shouted Nya.

“Goodbye, old friend.” said Zane as they leave, and the Devourer swallows the Bounty.

“No!”

“Unh, it's gone.” said Cole.

“Oh, that was too intense. All that action makes you so thirsty.” said Kai.

“There's no time to rest. We need to warn people before it becomes bigger.” said Zane.

“Bigger? Bigger!? That thing in one big bite crushed our entire ship! We need to save as many as we can. Uh, uh, we'll find some kind of refuge, somewhere safe to hide. Ooh, the Tombs. Yeah, they're underground. Sure, we'll be without sunlight for months, but they're perfect.” said Jay.

“And what? Just give up?” asked Cole.

“You know as well as I do, we have no chance at stopping that thing!” said Jay.

“JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP!!” shouted Nova at the group which got their attention as they noticed her eyes were purple, but more importantly, she was crying. “I fucking told you guys it would get worse if you threw stuff overboard, but none of you would listen to me, not a SINGLE ONE OF YOU!! ” Tears running down her face.

“You guys acted like I wasn't even there, and......I * sniffles * I wasn't able to help in any way....” She said slowly going quiet and just wanted to be alone, as she sat down hugging her legs and hiding her face.

“Hey, stop it! Listen to yourselves. Is this what Sensei Wu would've wanted? Us fighting? Running and hiding? Giving up?” said Kai.

“But he's not here anymore.” Everyone begins to mourn losing their master.

“But his teachings live on. Sensei once told me it's not the size of a ninja in a fight, it's the size of the fight in the ninja. All this training, all of these battles we've had with and Serpentine. We've persevered through so much, we can't just give up now. A ninja never admits defeat. A ninja always picks himself up when he is down. Which is exactly what Sensei Wu would want us to do right now.” said Kai.

“But how do we destroy a snake of that magnitude?” Zane asked.

“Yeah, it's not like we have an extra sacred flute lying around to charm it. Or wait, haha, how about one of our awesome dragons? Oh, I forgot. They took off and left us high and dry. Or, hey, what about our golden weapons? Which will do nothing against a snake that size. Heh, oh, we are so hooped.” said Jay.

“Ah, Jay's right. We would need a weapon so big.” said Cole.

“Or an idea that's even bigger! Ha! Jay, you're a genius! You thinking what I'm thinking?” Kai asked.

“Probably not, but go ahead.” said Jay.

“There's no time. I'll fill you guys in on the way.” said Kai.

“Wha—Where are we going?” Jay asked.

“We're going to destroy that snake once and for all.” said Kai.

Lloyd looked over at Nova and walked over to her. “Hey....I'm sorry we didn't listen to you on the ship, we were all scared and....had too much to focus on.” He said, trying to comfort her.

Nova sniffled but didn't look at him. “.....I-I know....everyone was very stressed out....and panicked.....” She said, slowly looking at him with her eyes back to normal.

“But I was terrified....I didn't know what to do.....I was of no use to the team when it really counted.” She said while trying to wipe away her tears though it didn't help much.

Lloyd looked at her before pulling her into a hug, which she accepted since he had a feeling that was what she really needed at this moment.

They just stayed like that for a few minutes, and it seemed like the ninja had let them have the time to comfort each other until they were ready to keep moving.

“....Thanks, Lloyd.” Nova whispered.

*Later The ninja made it to Ed & Edna's Scrap N Junk.*

“Good idea, Kai. If the Devourer likes to consume, this place is a full-on buffet.” said Cole.

Jay sighs. “Looks like my parents are gone.”

“Good, better for us.” said Kai as he lays out a blueprint.

Nova and Lloyd tried to get a view of the blueprint the ninja was looking at, but the guys were blocking the way so we couldn't see any of it at all.

*The Postman enters the Junkyard Whistling a tune.*

“Ugh. What's he doing here?” Cole and Kai run up to him.

“Aah! You ninja are always sneaking around, giving people heart attacks. You're too quiet.” said the postman.

“Sorry, didn't mean to scare you. But you need to get out of here, now.” said Kai.

“Uh, well, now, I too have a job to do, and that's delivering the mail, which I plan to do.” said the postman as he pulls out the Walkers' mail which Jay takes.

“Look, dude, my parents aren't even here. You really should be on your way.” said Jay.

“hem, too? Uh, let me guess, are they at the “Take back Ninja” rally too?” said the postman.

“Uh, “Take Back Ninjago” rally?” Jay asked.

“What, you guys haven't heard? Everyone's getting together for a rally in the city. You know, to raise awareness about all the Serpentine problems that have been surfacing lately.” said the postman.

“Whoa, would you look at that. You guys are inspirational.” said Lloyd.

“I'm surprised it took them this long.” said Nova with a small giggle, while sitting next to Lloyd on the head of the car where they could look at the blueprint.

“Wait a minute, you know what? You guys are right. Wherever you guys are, trouble is always around the corner.” As the postman speaks, the ninjas notice the Devourer approaching and get into battle stances. “I think I'll be leaving now 'cause whatever you guys are up to, I want no part of it.” He looks behind him to see the Devourer. “Aah! S-s-snake!” He jumps in a trash can.

Nova looked up scared but felt a hand taking hers, she looked over at Lloyd, who gave her a soft smile before they and Nya went and took cover.

“Hey! It's now or never, guys! Ninja, go! fire!”

“Earth!”

“Lightning!”

“Ice!” They use the tornado of creation and take the junk around them to make the ultra sonic raider.

“Zane, now!” He plays the recording, but the Devourer dodges it.

“Zane, what was that? This isn't target practice. You're supposed to hit him, not give him a haircut.” said Cole.

“May I remind you we just magically whipped up this heap of junk?” said Zane.

“Well, I hope one of us created a reverse feature because...reverse!” said Kai.

“How's this for reverse?” said Jay.

“I need your help holding him in place.” said Zane.

“How's this?” said Jay as h e uses a grapple hook. “Got him!”

“Before it gets away! Now, Zane. now! Take the shot.” shouted Kai.

“Charm your way out of this.” said Zane.

“It's working!” said Cole.

“It's got a weak spot.” Kai points to a small, glowing green spot at the base of its head.

“What?”

“On its forehead. It's got a—” The Devourer strikes Zane's cockpit from behind with its tail.

“Zane!” Everyone shouted as the Devourer leaves.

“s everybody okay?” Cole asked.

“Where's Zane?” Lloyd and Nova asked, looking around.

“Right here.” Zane emerges from the damaged cockpit now missing the left side of his face, revealing the robotics underneath. “That was close.”

“Too close.” said Kai.

“Perfect. Now that was a total failure.” said Jay.

“Not total. Did you guys notice on his forehead? It has a weak spot.” said Kai.

Nova quickly covered her ears, knowing what was coming next.

“Oh, great, let me make a note of that. Giant snake has wee, itty-bitty weak spot that'll be.” said Jay as he raises his voice “TOTALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO GET AT BECAUSE THE THING IS TOO RIDIC ULOUSLY HUGE TO DO ANYTHING TO STOP IT!!!!!!!! ”

“Are you done?” Nya asked.

Lloyd looked over at Nova as she removed her hands. “How did you know that he would raise his voice?” He whispered.

Nova gave a shrug. “After living with them for a while, you get to know what they are like and what they're gonna do.” She whispered back.

Jay takes a deep breath. “Yes.”

“Because things just got worse. Look.” said Nya.

“It's heading toward Ninjago City.” said Zane.

“So is everybody else.” said Cole.

“Ronin would probably already have left......now that I think about it, he might have already moved to Stiix to set up his shop.” Nova thought to herself.

“If it consumes the biggest city in all of Ninjago, there will be no stopping it.” said Kai.

*Later at Ninjago city.*

The ninja are scattered on the ground as the Devourer lunges at them; the Samurai Mech stops it by holding its mouth open with a light post.

“Samurai to the rescue. Again.” cheered Jay.

“Its breath smells worse than Cole's chili.” said Lloyd.

“I have to agree with you on that one, it was so bad.” said Nova.

“Hey!” said Cole, very offended.

“Get out of there, sis!” said Kai.

“I can't! I'm stuck!” The Ultra Dragon attacks the beast and rescues Nya, Nova, and Lloyd.

“Rocky! Our Dragons are back.”

“It appears Dragons go through a metamorphosis when they reach adulthood. They too have found their true potential.” said Zane.

“Ha! They couldn't have come at a better time. Go get them, Rocky! Go!” Shard's head blasts the Devourer with ice breath.

“Ice!” Flame's head uses fire breath on it.

“Fire!” Wisp's head shocks it.

“Lightning!” Rocky's head then slams it head on.

“Earth! Can Dragons get any cooler? Seriously.” said Cole.

“Yes! It's running away.” The Devourer strikes the Dragon with its tail.

“NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!” The Ultra Dragon hits the ground.

“No!”

“What now?” Nya asked as Lloyd turns around to find Garmadon.

“You came back!” said Lloyd, surprised.

“Sensei, you’re back!” said Nova, smiling.

“Give me the weapons. I am the only one who can handle the power of all four weapons at once. It's the only thing that'll defeat the Devourer.” said Garmadon.

“Uh, I thought we were supposed to do everything in our power not to let him possess the weapons.” said Jay.

“I've ran every other scenario through my servers. It appears to be the only way.” said Zane.

“Give me the weapons.” said Garmadon.

“Kai?”

“Only I can destroy it. Or prepare to watch—”

“Quit your yammering and just do it.” Kai throws him the fire sword. “When you have a chance to make the blow, it has a weak spot near his forehead.” By now, everyone but Jay has given the Dark Lord their weapons.

Nova rolled her eyes and punched Jay's arm. “We don't have time for this loudmouth.”

Jay lets out an annoyed sigh but gives him the nunchucks of lightning. “Uh, I don't think this needs to be said, but we're gonna need these back.”

Garmadon chuckled. “I'll do my part. You just make sure he stays in one spot.” He laughs and runs away.

“Stays in one spot? Stays in one spot!? How are we supposed to do that?” Jay asked.

“Don't forget: we're ninja.” said Kai.

“Please let me help too!” said Nova.

The ninja looked at her along with Lloyd and Nya.

“We can't let a kid be part of this mission, besides aren't you scared of that big snake?” said Cole.

“Of course I'm scared, but if this is our only chance to take it down then let me help. I don't wanna stand around and do nothing like back on the Bounty.” said Nova with determination.

The ninja looked at each other before letting out a sigh knowing they didn't have time for this. “Fine.”

“Come on, you overgrown worm. Take the bait. Come and get me. Whoa!” said Kai as he runs throughout the city until he reaches Cole.

“Nice run. Now I'll take it from here. Whoo-hoo!” said Cole as he leaps over buildings into a Construction site. The Devourer reaches it only to find Nova waiting for it.

“Hey! You stupid worm! Try and catch me if you can!” Nova teased by sticking her tongue out, before she then went on to activating her speed boost and just started running around. Taunting it until she saw Jay, quickly deactivated her speed boost and ran the rest of the way at normal speed, until she reached him. “His all yours.” She said.

“Looking for me?” It lunges at Jay only for the Lightning ninja to jump down an elevator shaft: he uses his true potential to fly up with the beast following him until he reaches the top floor.

“What took you so long?” Zane asked.

“Save the humor, Zane. Now's not the time.” said Jay.

“Instead of a fire escape, how about an ice escape!” They jump across to an ice slide.

“Haha, nice one, Zane.” said Jay as they fly off the end as the Devourer opens wide. “No, no!”

“Now!” The Ultra Dragon catches the two just in time.

“You think it's working?” Jay asked.

“We're about to find out.” They managed to make the Devourer bite its own tail. They cheer.

“Haha it worked!” cheered Nova.

“We did it! Now, where's Garmadon? He's not gonna hold on for much longer.” said Cole.

“Look!” Lloyd pointing up, the sky becomes engulfed by dark clouds where Garmadon is on the roof of a skyscraper.

“Dad!”

“Sensei!”

“You are the reason evil runs through my blood. You bit me once. Now feel what it's like to be bitten back.” Garmadon unleashes a purple energy as he jumps.

“Go get him, Dad.” said Lloyd.

“Vengeance will be mine!” Garmadon destroys the Devourer and its venom spreads throughout the city. Everyone cheers.

“He did it.” said Jay.

“No, we did it!” said Cole.

“It's finally over!” Nova cheered, hugging Lloyd and without thinking about it, gave him a kiss on the cheek causing both of them to now blush.

Nova quickly pulled away and cleared her voice, not looking at him. “W-we are not gonna talk about that......i-i-it was just in the heat of the moment.” she said, getting all shy.

“Y-yes just a heat of the m-moment.” said Lloyd blushing just as much as Nova, also looking away.

*The ninja walks up to Ed and Edna.*

“Ooh, our little ninja.” said Edna.

“Hey, there you are, you big lug.” Cole pets the Ultra Dragon. “It's good to have you back.”

“I don't see my dad.” said Lloyd, looking around.

“He should be around here somewhere.” said Kai.

“Your analysis is incorrect. He is not here.” said Zane.

“Then our Golden Weapons are gone too. Well, isn't that convenient?” said Cole.

“I'm not surprised.” said Nova bluntly.

“Look, his footsteps.” said Nya, pointing towards the footsteps.

“I have a feeling you'll see your father again soon.” said Kai.

“I know, but that's what I'm afraid of.” said Lloyd.

“Hey don't worry greenbean, with us by your side, everything is gonna be fine.” said Nova, smiling at him before they both looked away from each other blushing a bit.

“.....Yeah this isn't gonna go back to normal for a few days.” Nova thought.

“Ah, Sensei Wu!” said Cole.

Nya gasped. “Wow!”

“Ha! Would you look at that! He survived!” said Jay.

“I can't tell you how glad I am to see you!” said Wu as he passes his pupils to pick up his teapot. “The Devourer left a bad taste in my mouth.” He drinks some tea . “Ah. Much better. And still hot.”

“Ew!” said Nova, not wanting to see this part of this episode again.

“It's good to have you back, uncle. But my father left, and he took the Golden Weapons.” said Lloyd.

“Ah, very true. The ability of the weapon is truly great, but the ability to better oneself makes you limitless.” said Wu.

“I couldn't have said it any better myself.” said Jay.

“Besides, we have what is most important: you.” said Kai.

“The pupils have become the masters.” said Wu.

“Am I really gonna have to fight my father one day?” asked Lloyd.

“One day. But today we can feel good that Ninjago is saved, for tomorrow you will train for the day. Good will finally face evil and a final outcome will be decided for all of time.” said Wu.

“Yeah, this is gonna happen a few times, first the Overlord, then the Golden Master, and then the Crystal King, I swear that guy is like the purple guy from fnaf. No matter how many times you kill him, he always comes back.” Nova thought to herself.

“Uh, but don't worry. We're gonna teach you everything we know.” said Kai.

“And make sure you're prepared for that fight.” said Jay.

“Because as we all know, good will always stand up to evil.” said Cole.

“And ninja will always stand up for what is right.” said Zane.

“Go, ninja, go!” shouted everyone as they jumped into the air.

But for a moment, Nova thought she heard a voice in her head that sounded like the overlord.....but she must have heard wrong, after all. That would just mean something else is in store for her.

Chapter Text

This is just one of the character updates for Nova that I've decided to add in for every season or so.

Kitchen Bans/Explosions so far (counting prologue too) :

[9] (damn, that's a lot so early on.)

New nicknames so far:

Butterfly

Ocea (only Lloyd are allowed to call her that)

Nova in her new ninja outfit (until she ages up) :

Powers Nova has unlocked/knows so far:

Double Jump [from game]

Float [from game]

Speed Boost [from game]

Weapon Summoning "Max 3" [from game]

Decay

Shadow Teleportation

Shadow Control

Spinjitzu

Extra info: