2011/History Altered by Garmadon

> "*No, the Skeletons were supposed to get away with Nya. The only reason you convinced me to become a ninja in the first place was to get her back.*"
> ― 2012 Kai to 2011 Wu[[Wrong Place, Wrong Time|[source]]]
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2011 was a year in the 21st century in an alternate timeline where Lord Garmadon traveled back in time to alter the past.

## 2011

### January

#### 14th

* The 2012 version of Garmadon, using the portal created by the Mega Weapon, arrives in the past and blends in with the Skulkin army heading to Ingancia, in an attempt to prevent the ninja team from forming.
* The 2012 ninja exit through the portal in a muddy rice field, not far from Four Weapons in Ignacia.
* Wu arrives in Ingancia to recuit Kai to be the final member of his team of ninja.
* The 2012 Kai wants to warn Past Kai and Nya about the Skulkin, but Zane explains that any changes to the past will affect the future dramatically. They then notice the 2011 Master Wu and decide to seek his advice.
* At Four Weapons Blacksmith, the 2011 Kai crafts a sword, but makes it too quickly, causing it to bend.
* Wu enters the shop and tells Kai that he is looking for something, but Kai rudely orders him out. Wu then leaves, disappointed.
* After the native Master Wu leaves the shop, the 2012 ninja ambush him and explain their situation, realizing too late that they have inadvertently changed the past in the process. Despite this, Kai persists in asking 2011 Master Wu for his aid. Although confused by the events, Master Wu agrees to help.
* Moments later, the Skulkin attack the village with Garmadon disguised as a Skulkin manning the Skull Truck. Atop the Skull Truck, Nuckal begs the Skulkin leader, Samukai, to let him lead the attack, claiming that he is "dying to go down there." His friend, Kruncha, irritably reminds him that they are already dead. Samukai orders his troops to attack, and the Skull Truck races towards the blacksmith shop, surrounded by skeletal motorcycles.
* While the 2012 ninja watch, a group of Skulkin sneak behind them, but Jay defeats them with ease. 2012 Kai warns the 2011 Master Wu about the impending events and his role in them.
* Donning armor and taking up a sword, Kai faces the Skulkin forces, doing surprisingly well despite the undead warriors' physical and numerical advantages. Nya joins in despite Kai's warnings, and the two of them manage to fend off the Skulkin. Meanwhile, unnoticed, Kruncha and Nuckal sneak into the store, searching for the Map of the Golden Weapons and sucessfully obtain it after a brief scuffle.
* With the soldiers defeated, Kai challenges Samukai himself, but the four-armed skeleton quickly disarms him and knocks him to the ground. The 2012 Kai warns the native Wu that he has to save his past self and Wu interferes, knocking the Skulkin General around with Spinjitzu. After exchanging a few taunts, Samukai throws his daggers at a nearby water tower, forcing Master Wu to save Kai, allowing Samukai to escape. Samukai commands Kruncha to kidnap Nya but the 2012 Garmadon forces his way past Kruncha and intentionally fires the truck's bone hand to miss Nya. The Skulkin retreat, but not before a confused Nuckal sees the two Kais, although he ignores it.
* The 2012 Kai realizes that he misinterpreted Garmadon's plan. By preventing the Skulkin from kidnapping Nya, he has removed 2011 Kai's reasons for becoming a ninja. As Zane explains to Jay and Cole if Kai never becomes a ninja, all of their actions in the future will be undone: the four of them will never become a team, Lloyd will never be trained to become the Green Ninja, and Nya will never fall for Jay. At this last fact, Jay desperately tells Past Master Wu to recruit Past Kai no matter what. Although Past Kai is reluctant, Nya encourages him to go, thinking that it could be a fun experience.
* The Skulkin head back to the Underworld as Samukai berates Kruncha and Nuckal for their faliure. Nuckal points out that he saw two Kais back in the village and 2012 Garmadon realises the ninja have followed him to the past.
* Kai, Nya and Wu arrive at the Monastery of Spinjitzu and Kai begins the training course.
* The 2012 ninja watch as 2011 Nya and Kai train. However, the native Kai is barely interested in training and the 2012 ninja realize that Kai's only motivation to train well was Nya's kidnapping at the hands of the Skulkin. Consequently, Zane resolves that they must kidnap Nya and hand her over to the Skeleton Army to motivate 2011 Kai and set events back on track.
* That night, Zane, Cole, and Jay disguise themselves as Skulkin and kidnap Nya, as Kai acts as his past self's reflection in the bathroom mirror, then tells 2011 Kai he should start listening to Wu. Meanwhile, as Jay, Cole, and Zane take Nya in a sack, the other three 2011 ninja, wearing their black suits, spot the three disguised 2012 ninja. As the three ninja fight their past selves, 2011 Kai hears Nya's cry for help, forcing 2012 Kai to knock him unconscious. With their ally in the outdoors battle, the 2012 ninja get away with Nya. Wu promises Kai that they will get his sister back and introduces him to his teammates and performs Spinjitzu, giving the four of them differently colored ninja suits, each representing their Elemental Power.
* In the Forest of Tranquility, the Skulkin set up a camp and Samukai once again berates his troops for their faliure. The 2012 ninja find the Skulkin camp and drop off Nya in front of Kruncha, who informs Samukai of their sucess.
* The Skulkin return to the Underworld and Samukai reports their sucess to the 2011 Garmadon.
* The 2012 Garmadon, having realized that his foes are interfering with his plans, appears before his past self in the Underworld. Although 2011 Garmadon is highly confused by the appearance of his future self, especially the fact that he has four arms, Garmadon quickly explains the circumstances and formulates a new plan with his past self.

#### 15th

* The 2011 ninja travel to the Caves of Despair to find the Scythe of Quakes, pulling a horse carriage with Wu inside of it.
* Arriving at the Caves, Wu warns the ninja not to use the Scythe upon retrieval, fearing they would not be able to handle its power.
* After stealing the map that contains the locations of the Golden Weapons, the 2011 ninja enter the cave and find the Scythe. Upon leaving, however, they are ambushed by Samukai and his Skeleton army. While fighting the Skulkin, Jay realizes that fighting them feels like the training course back at the Monastery, and in going through the motions, Jay unlocks his Spinjitzu. Not long after, the other three ninja unlock theirs as well, allowing them to defeat the Skulkin.
* The Skulkin retreat, but the ninja are soon faced with the Guardian of the Scythe, the Earth Dragon. As they are unable to defeat it themselves, Kai uses the Scythe, despite the warnings of his teammates and defeats the Earth Dragon; the ninja barely manage to escape. Outside, Wu is sorely disappointed in Kai and scolds him for putting the others in danger.
* In the Underworld, Samukai informs the 2011 Garmadon that he had failed: The ninja had unlocked Spinjitzu and the Scythe is now in his brother's possession. Garmadon takes these news lightly.

#### 16th

* The 2011 ninja set out on a boat to the Frozen Wastelands to obtain the Shurikens of Ice. While traveling, Wu explains the concept of the Tornado of Creation. Upon reaching the Ice Fortress, Zane attemps to grab the Shurikens, freezing himself in a block of ice in the process. The Guardian of the weapon, the Ice Dragon wakes, and the other three ninja ride atop Zane's icy cocoon on their way to the boat; they hit a pillar on the way out and break Zane free.
* They then arrive at the Floating Ruins. Atop a chain, pursued by the Skulkin, the ninja decide to send Jay up. As he grabs the Nunchucks of Lightning, the Lightning Dragon appears in a flash. Using Jay's invention of gliders, the ninja quickly escape to the Forest of Tranquility.
* Later that night, the 2012 ninja and 2011 Sensei Wu are watching the 2011 ninja sleeping around a campfire. Jay wonders why they haven't returned to the present, and Cole reminds him that they still have to make sure that the rest of the events play out as before. As Kai explains the significance of these events to the native Sensei Wu, 2011 Kai wakes up to see Nya standing nearby, calling his name, and is lured to the Fire Temple by Nya, which 2012 Kai explains is a trick by Lord Garmadon in order to eventually unleash a great evil.
* The 2012 ninja and 2011 Sensei Wu follow 2011 Kai to the temple, while Jay stays behimd and steals the Golden Weapons from the 2011 ninja. The others watch 2011 Kai claim the Sword of Fire and use his Spinjitzu to save Nya. However, 2012 Kai realizes something is wrong when 2011 Garmadon responds to the native Kai's taunts differently than he remembered. Suddenly, 2011 Kai is attacked by the present version of Lord Garmadon.
* Realizing that his past self doesn't stand a chance against the four-armed Garmadon and his Mega Weapon, 2012 Kai grabs the Sword of Fire when 2012 Garmadon knocks it from 2011 Kai's hands and leaps into the fight himself. Cole and Zane join in, but even the three 2012 ninja are unable to defeat 2012 Garmadon. As the dark warlord celebrates with his past self, Zane comes up with an idea: by destroying the Mega Weapon, they might be able to undo all of the changes to the present. Although Kai agrees despite Zane admitting that it's only theoretical, Cole points out that the only way to destroy the Mega Weapon is to use something of equal power and no weapon can equal the power of the Mega Weapon.
* Jay disagrees, having brought the other Golden Weapons for the 2012 ninja to use. With their ultimate weapons in hand once again, the 2012 ninja combine their elemental powers and blast the Mega Weapon, while 2011 Master Wu uses his own powers to pull it out of 2012 Garmadon's hands. As everyone looks on, the Golden Weapons are pulled from the ninja's hands and combine with the Mega Weapon, hurling it into space before it explodes. 2011 Kai demands to know what's going on, as the entire volcano begins to crumble.
* The Golden Weapons and the Mega Weapon land on the comet Delta V, eventually appearing in the main timeline.

## References

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 Wrong Place, Wrong Time
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Way of the Ninja
3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 In Wrong Place, Wrong Time, 2011 events are shown simultaneous to the events of the Pilot. With the Quest for the Golden Weapons playing out nonetheless the same in the new universe of Wrong Place, Wrong Time, and the 2012 Ninja making no impacts of significance until the Duel at the Fire Temple, the events of the Quest for the Golden Weapons can be taken to play out essentially identically in that universe. Similarly, events such as Wu sleeping, the Skulkin returning to the Underworld and Samukai reporting to Garmadon after capturing Nya, shown only in Wrong Place, Wrong Time, are unaffected by the 2012 Ninja's actions for the most part, so can be taken to have also happened in the main universe.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 The Golden Weapon
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 King of Shadows
6. ↑ The Void