It only took a couple tail slaps until the cell wall finally crumbled, the two dragons wary of what might be on the other side. "Do you think he's... Alive?" Lloyd mumbled. Chained to the wall was a young man dressed in all white, but what caught the green ninja's attention were the red paint streaks on his face. "Just like Akita's, I wonder if he's related to her."

As he slowly approached, the prisoner flinched, slowly opening his eyes. "How long have I been out? Who are you?" The moment he saw Zane, the mysterious newcomer immediately lunged. He would have slashed the transformed ninja's eyes out if he wasn't held down. "Are you another one of the Emperor's dragons?!"

Lloyd tried to get a word in, but stopped himself. How could he explain that the emperor was just an ice statue and that the dragon was actually a human but not really because he's a nindroid which he won't know what it is because it doesn't look like the Never Realm is that technologically advanced. With how hot-headed he was, the green ninja could have mistaken him for Kai. "Uh, are you a Formling like Akita?" He asked, hoping the stranger was friendly.

"Grr.. The last of the bunch, that.... Wait, what do you mean like Akita? That beast beside you froze everyone!" The formling snarled. "How would you know of my sister?"

"Yep, definitely like Kai." Lloyd jokingly thought. Although he would now need to calm the furious formling before he tries to attack Zane again. "She's safe, she saved me actually from an avalanche. We've been trying to reach this place and the emperor, or at least I thought I needed to see him. It's hard to explain."

The formling did manage to cool off some steam upon hearing his sister was alright. "I suppose if she trusts you, if you're telling me the truth. But how has that dragon not attacked you yet? It was merciless on all of us."

Zane looked to his front claws, knowing he couldn't just say he was being controlled and expect the formling to forgive him. He knew he had no excuse for what he just did long ago, but Lloyd wasn't going to give up on him that easily on the person he arrived to save. "He was manipulated, the real monster is that advisor constantly telling him what to do." The green ninja insisted. "You must believe me, the dragon here means you no harm. His real name is Zane."

Slowly approaching the chained formling, the dragon slashed the chains off. He was expecting the formling to attack once he had the chance, but he was just standing there. He never took his eyes off Zane, but at least no arms will be thrown at the moment. "My name is Kataru, I can't remember how long I've been here for. I'm shocked Vex would do all this after all we've done for him." He groaned. "We restored his youth, offered him a home and even tried to find a way back to his own realm!"

"His own realm? Who would sen-nevermind. What matters most is stopping him and changing Zane back, I wonder what's taking the others so long."

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"Father, if the Forbidden Scrolls are so dangerous, why did you write them?" Wu asked. After discovering what the brothers have done, the First Spinjitzu Master had them grounded for two weeks.

"Do you know of Traveler's Tea? How we use it to travel between any realms, it was once used to send any foes away from here."

"But what does that have to do with the scrolls?"

The old man sighed as he placed them into a crate. "All realms have the tea, as such they could return. The Forbidden Scrolls have a hidden power, to banish anyone to a realm so far from here that it would be impossible for them to return. I'm hoping I won't be forced to do this, but if anything were to happen, you will need to know this."

"Um.. Okay Father. But I don't know who would be so dangerous they need banishing."