Once upon a time, there were two neighbooring kingdoms that were very good friends. These kingdoms were Ninjago and Shintauro, both kingdoms with young warriors in training. Now, the story starts when the kingdoms were celebrating the birth of Garmadon and Misako's youngest child. Wu smiled to see the infant in his little crib, the one yr old twins squirming out of theirs, and his two year old son, the perfect little gentleman, sticking his fingers in the crib of the newborn. Also there was the king of shintauro holding his one yr old black hair daughter, while the older ones, aged 2, 3 and 4 ran around the throne room. Nya seemed to be fond on the infant and the all cooed when the 1 yr old stuck out her hand to the sleeping newborn. The parents (and uncle) smiled at this and decided the children should be betrothed to each other. However, there was not 2 kingdoms next to each other, but three. Queen Harumi was a vile and selfish woman who ruled over the dark island, with her 4 daughters and her heir, 5 yr old prince Lloyd. Harumi was very angry when she heard of this alliance, for she had planned to betroth her daughters to Garmadon's young sons and when they were married, her son would take both kingdoms, so really she would rule both. When she had a firm grip on both, it would be child's play to take over the third sister kingdom. But if this alliance was really coming to place, all her plans would be ruined! So the queen came up with a plan to get her hands on the four elemental children.
One month later, the queen sent guards into the castle to abduct the young ones. A soldier called mr E had the hardest job of sneaking into the parents bedroom to kidnap the youngest royal. As soon as he touched the thing, the baby started wailing and Mr E barely escaped with the one month old baby. He was tempted to dump the brat, but his queen wanted the child though he couldn't imagine why. He met up outside the castle with the other gaurds who held three other children. One of them was suspiciously calm, one was also yelling at the top of his lungs and one was attempting to bite the hand that held him. Mr E and the others managed to make it out and to the dark island without any suspicions toward them, though the entire kingdom wheeped over the lost children. A 4 yr old Pixal and her younger siblings were sent into hiding to protect them, as Vangellis was sure it was the work of Queen Harumi, though he coudn't prove it. When she was seven, Pixal took her siblings to the dark island so she could investigate the woman she was sure was responsible for the young princes vanishing in the night. The queen had a dark tower deep in the woods where she hid the four young boys. It was made out of vengestone, a metal that prevents elemental powers so she could control the powerful children. Harumi never allowed the boys to leave the tower, and did not treat them like a mother should. She beat, cut and whipped them, telling them they were worthless wastes of space that did not deserve love or care, and that they had been abandoned in the woods, and they should feel grateful for her taking them in. When Jay was 3, the twins were 4, and Zane was 5, they met Lloyd. The close knit group had never met such a pompus boy. Lloyd knew about his mothers plans and was behind her 100%. Harumi explained that when they where old enough they would marry Lloyd's sisters, which none of them where happy about. She obviously didn't explain the whole plan to them, as that would have ruined her mission. After Lloyd was introduced, the rules got stricter, and the punishments harder. Though the 4 didn't know of their elemental powers, she would use them the punish the younglings whenever the whim called. After Jay had asked about their parents, Harumi attacked fiercely. She whipped the 4 yr old till the boy was shaking in pain. Afterwards, she sent volts of electricity through the young boy till he collapsed from the pain. Jay woke up a few minutes later, but was still in unbelievable pain, bloody and bruised. The three older children picked up there younger brother and shielded him, glaring daggers at the woman. As Lloyd got older, he helped with the punishments with a relish that disturbed the quartet immensely. As the years past, the prisoners wondered if they could ever a life of their own.
Jay: Somewhere out there beneath the pale moonlight
Zane: Someone's thinking of me and loving me tonight
Four girls hid in the shadows, wondering if they would be able to bring the queen to justice and allow there kingdoms some rest.
Nya: Somewhere out there someone's saying a prayer
Pixal: That we'll find one another in that big somewhere out there
Skylor: And even though I know how very far apart we are
Kai: It helps to think we might be wishin' on the same bright star
Vania: And when the night wind starts to sing a lonesome lullaby
Cole: It helps to think we're sleeping underneath the same big sky
Princes: Somewhere out there
Princesses: if love can see us through
Everyone: Then we'll be together
somewhere out there
Out where dreams
come true
Jay: And even though I know how very far apart we are
Nya: It helps to think we might be wishin' on the same bright star
Cole: And when the night wind starts to sing a lonesome lullaby
Vania: It helps to think we're sleeping underneath the same big sky
Everyone: Somewhere out there
if love can see us through
Then we'll be together
somewhere out there
Out where dreams
Jay: come true
The other three boys looked at each other, worried about their little brother who at the moment had the most lonely expression on his face. All four of them were sporting bruised and cuts, and had many scars from the past years, but Jay was so tender and innocent. The older boys tucked the younger one into bed and kissed him good night. All four eventually went to sleep, but the black haired boy who stared morosely out the window, even late into the night.