The three princes has been traveling around Ninjago for almost two days and they were all getting tired, but they needed to find Nya before something bad happens. As the were riding back to the fire temple for the night a shadow moved across the woods. Kai raised his sword in a fighting position and Lloyd did the same, and Cole got his axe. 

"What do you think it is?" Lloyd asked Kai. 

Kai kept his stern face, "I don't know, I'm never out here, but from what Nya tells me it's probably serpentine" Kai told them.

Lloyd and Cole looked at Kai with a shocked face, "She comes out to the woods!?!" Cole yelled quietly. 

The Ignacia prince just realized what he had just reveled to the other princes, "Oh. I probably shouldn't have said that" Kai stuttered. 

Then just out of no where a big figure jumped from the bushes and Kai knew who it was all to well. It was River, it was her beautiful blue eyes and white coat with sprinkles of black spots to realize it was Nya's horse. But how was Kai going to explain this to the guys. "River!" Kai shouted running up to River to calm her down. She was breathing heavily and dirt was on her face and hooves, she kept jerking her head back into a direction along a path where no one goes. 

"What is it girl?" Lloyd asked the mare as she got out of Kai's grasp and walked down the path.

"Should we follow?" Cole asked. 

"It's Nya's horse and this is one of the smartest horses we have so I say yes" Kai said jumping onto his horse and started following River, Lloyd and Cole did the same thing. As Kai followed River he noticed a large cave he has never seen before and then River stopped right in front of it. 

"Why do think she led us here?" Lloyd questioned.

"I don't know, but if she led us here then I guess we go in the cave" Cole said and started walking into the cave. Kai and Lloyd gave each other looks before following Cole into the cave. The cave was nice and cozy with beds and blankets around the room, that was until they saw a man around his 40's and was wearing a red hanker chip. 

Cole ran up to the man and pinned him to the wall, "Where is she!" Cole yelled at him. 

The man was confused at who SHE was, but then he saw prince Kai and knew exactly what he meant.

 "What the princess?" He asked playfully. 

Kai was getting frustrated as well, "Yeah do you know where she is?" Kai asked angrily. 

"Like I'll ever say, but if you want to make a deal with me then maybe I'll talk" The man said with a smirk. 

Lloyd was getting annoyed by this man, but he knew who this man was unfortunately, "You're Ronin correct?" Lloyd asked him and he nodded, "Then I'll make a deal with you."

The two other princes were confused at Lloyd's behavior, but this might be their only chance in finding Nya. "Give me one of your horse and then I'll talk" Ronin said after Cole release him giving him a breath of air. 

"I'll give you mine Ronin, now talk" Lloyd commanded. 

Ronin smirked, "Well when we first found her on that horse a couple of days ago be herself, My partner and I thought we should get some of the belongings she had. The girl gave us her stuff like it was no big deal, but when my partner asked her to come with us she said no. She had her bow with her and was about to shoot him, but I was able to knock her out before she shot the arrow" Ronin explained. 

"Is she hurt?" Cole asked worried. 

"No she fine, well to my knowledge I haven't seen her or my partner in a couple days" Ronin informed them. 

The boys looked at each other with a disappointed look, "Wait what do you mean? They left the cave?" Cole asked Ronin. 

He nodded, "Where did they go?" Kai asked trying not to hurt Ronin. 

"I don't know I left them to go home the before they left the cave" Ronin informed them. 

"Well then who is your partner?" Cole asked him. 

Ronin didn't like telling who his partner is, but he did make a deal with the prince of Ninjago City, "Jay Walker" Ronin finally said. 

Cole's face turned completely red, "I KNEW IT!" Cole yelled as he ran out of the cave onto his horse. 

"Cole what are you doing?!?" Lloyd screamed at him as they were trying to catch up with Cole. 

Cole's horse was already running away from the two other princes, "I'm going to Stiix!' Cole yelled as he and his horse was out of site. 

The two princes were left confused and alone as Cole ran off to Stiix. "Why is Cole going to Stiix?" Lloyd asked Kai. 

Kai himself didn't know the answer either, but Stiix is the only place they had not checked yet, "We never even check Stiix when we were looking for Nya. Maybe we should follow him just in case" Kai suggested. Lloyd nodded and they took their horses, or better yet Lloyd rode Kai's horse while Kai rode River.

As Cole was riding his horse to Stiix all he though was to make sure no body finds out about Jay. There has been something his family has been hiding, but nobody should ever know about it. Not even new members of the family. And if Nya knows about what his family did their reputation would be ruined....