Original subtitles

♪ Go!

♪ Go ninja, go

♪ Jump up, kick back Whip around ♪

♪ Go, go, ninja, go

[NARRATOR READS ON-SCREEN TEXT]

In the days of my father, the First Spinjitzu Master,

there was peace between humans and Serpentine.

But it was a fragile peace.

Humans were forbidden to enter the lands of the Serpentine,

and the Serpentine were forbidden

to enter the lands of men.

[STICKS CLANG]

[♪]

I’m tired of the lake.

I don’t wanna go swimming today.

What do you wanna do?

I wanna go that way.

[♪]

That’s the Serpentine Valley, Wu.

We’re not allowed there.

Father promised King Mambo, remember?

Nobody will ever know.

We’ll just take a quick look and come right back.

Come on. Don’t you wanna see the Serpentine?

Are you even a little curious?

Hm?

[♪]

Wow.

[♪]

[SERPENTINE SNARLING]

[HAMMERS CLANG]

[THUDS]

Okay, now you’ve seen it.

Let’s go before someone--

[SERPENTINE HISS, GROWL]

[HISSES]

You...

are the children of the First Spinjitzu Master?

Yes, sir. We’re sorry, we--

Silence.

You have recklessly endangered a peace

between humans and Serpentine that has existed

for millennia. Your foolishness

has put me in...

a difficult position.

They are the children

of the first Spinjitzu Master, Sire.

We must proceed cautiously.

Put them in a cell for a night.

Let them think on their foolishness.

Very wise.

[♪]

[DOOR CREAKS] [KEYS RATTLE]

I can’t believe this.

This is all your fault.

I’m gonna tell father everything.

You wanted to go too, remember?

I asked you, and you said--

I said no. N-O. I said we shouldn’t,

but you wouldn’t-- Huh?

Is it true? You are the children

of the first Spinjitzu Master?

Who-- Who are you?

What do you want from us?

I am called Aspheera.

I’m training to be a sorceress in service to the King.

Tell me, do you truly know

the Secrets of Spinjitzu?

[♪]

For a price, perhaps I could help you.

I could open this door.

I know several spells already.

One of them will bend steel.

What price?

We don’t have any money.

I do not speak of coin.

I ask only for friendship.

Who says Serpents and humans can’t be friends?

And between friends, there must be trust.

Sharing. You must share

the secret of Spinjitzu with me.

Deal. Let us out.

ASPHEERA: You too. [GASPS]

I wish to hear you say the words.

Promise me.

Uh, I promise.

[ASPHEERA CHUCKLES]

[ASPHEERA CHANTS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

[LOCK CREAKS]

[DOOR CREAKS]

WU: So Aspheera freed us

and we ran back home.

FIRST SPINJITZU MASTER: And where have you two been?

At the lake. Wu caught a fish,

but it broke the line,

and we spent the rest of the day

trying to re-catch it.

Is that so?

What are you working on, Father?

Oh, uh, something new.

"The Art of Forbidden Spinjitzu."

Forbidden Spinjitzu?

Are those for us?

FIRST SPINJITZU MASTER: No. They are far too powerful.

[BOYS GROAN]

Now off to bed, both of you. Go, go.

[SNORES]

WU: That night, I could not sleep.

I was troubled by the promise I had made.

A promise Garmadon had no intention of keeping.

But one which I felt I must.

[♪]

I returned the next day to fulfill my promise.

But I exacted a promise from her in return.

What promise?

You must vow that you will never

use Spinjitzu for evil.

WU: She gave her word and I trusted her.

Much to my regret.

In the days and weeks that followed,

I taught her the secret of Spinjitzu.

[♪]

[WHIRS, THEN THUDS]

[THUDS]

[CHOMPS]

[WHIRS]

[WHIRS]

[RATTLES, WHOOSHES]

[THUDS]

[♪]

Where have you been?

Nowhere.

Don’t lie to me. I saw you.

You were with that snake.

You were teaching her Spinjitzu.

I had to, Garmadon. We promised.

You can’t trust her.

She’s a slimy snake.

Don’t call her that. Unh.

[BOTH GRUNT] Ah!

You-- You hurt me.

WU: For weeks, we barely

said a word to each other.

[VILLAGERS SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

What happened?

King Mambo’s been overthrown

by a Serpentine Queen who knows Spinjitzu.

She’s marching on our lands.

Yeah. Better clear out while you can.

I need your help. What is it?

WU: I told Garmadon what had happened,

and we put aside our anger.

Together, we hoped to undo what we had done.

But it meant disobeying my father a second time.

YOUNG WU: There. The Forbidden Scrolls.

WU: The scrolls gave us powers we had never felt before.

It felt as if we had reached

our true potential in an instant.

[GRUNTS]

It was a wonderful feeling.

And...a terrible one.

[♪]

Mambo the Fifth has failed you.

The truce was broken.

And what did he do? Nothing.

He is weak. Weak!

But I am not.

Behold, the power of Spinjitzu!

[WHIRRING]

[GRUNTS]

[ALL GASP]

[BOTH GRUNT]

[GRUNTS] [SWORD CLATTERS]

Once my rule over Ninjago is complete,

I think I shall rename it...

after myself.

Asphago?

Aspheera, you idiot.

Ah, Aspheera. Much better, mm-hm.

YOUNG WU: That’s a terrible name.

You.

You broke your promise.

You swore never to use Spinjitzu for evil.

Is it evil to be strong?

To show ambition?

To push aside the weak, and seize control?

[CHUCKLES]

Oh, Wu. You have much to learn

about the ways of the world.

I learned something from you.

Never to trust a snake.

Guards!

I’ll handle these guys. You take care of her.

Take care of me, if you can.

Now that I know all of your secrets.

You don’t know all of them.

[BUZZES, CRACKLES]

[SNARLS, WHIRS]

[WHIRRING]

[SCREAMS, GRUNTS]

[SNARLS]

You deceived me.

You promised to teach me Spinjitzu.

But this I have never seen.

I didn’t deceive you.

I just didn’t show you everything.

[WHIRRING, GRUNTING]

I yield, I yield!

WU: And so Aspheera was defeated.

The power of the Scroll was too much,

even for her sorcery.

King Mambo was restored to his rightful throne,

and the peace was kept.

As for Aspheera?

ASPHEERA: Help me, Wu. Please.

As I helped you.

King Mambo has decided your punishment.

You are to be entombed, magically.

Until such time as your sins are forgotten.

Wu, I beg of you, release me.

You would have brought war

and suffering to all Ninjago.

ASPHEERA: I spared you and your brother.

I ask only the same.

[SIGHS] Release me!

I saved you. And you betray me?

You abandon me? You-- You treacherous dog!

You deceiver!

You will pay for this, Wu.

Do you hear me?

If it takes a thousand years,

I will have my revenge!

[♪]