The Jade Princess

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*Violet tells Harumi that she played a role and had to wear a mask when she was younger*

(Lloyd and Violet notice Harumi's room is a mess.

 Violet: Look! (Violet then looks out of Harumi's window and sees someone carrying a sack.)

Lloyd: He's got the Princess. 

Violet: Let's go! (They chase "him" to the city.) 

Lloyd: You gotta be kidding me. (They almost falls but "he" saved them.) Who are you? (They take their hood off, revealing Harumi.) Oh. Princess? We thought you were kidnapped. 

Violet: We were trying to save you.

Harumi: Was that what that was? From my vantage, it looked like I was the one saving you.

Lloyd: Then who's in the bag?

Harumi: You mean what's in the bag. Food. For the less fortunate. Even though I'm confined to the palace, I still try to give what I can.

Violet: Oh. 

Lloyd: But your bedroom. It was ransacked.

Violet: Yeah, it was a mess.

Harumi: Yes, I can be quite a slob. Thank you for noticing.

Lloyd: We're sorry. We didn't mean—

Hutchins: The Princess is gone! Find her!

Violet: Uh oh!

Harumi: They can't know I left the palace. (She grabs a jacket.) You have to disguise yourself. Hurry. (She gives food to some people.) Some things are easier to do when you're not a princess. If I asked my parents, they would never allow it. But these people are hungry. And we have so much food in the palace. (Children start to surround them.) Patience, little ones. There's enough for each of you. (They give their whole bag away.)

Lloyd: Can I ask you a question? Do you enjoy being a princess?

Harumi: Everyone thinks being a princess is supposed to be easy, and wonderful, and I guess it's okay, but a lot of the time it's really hard.

Violet: Yeah, I know what that feels like.

Lloyd: Huh. Tell me about it. Not being a princess, I mean being the Green Ninja.

Violet: Even being the Oracle Ninja.

Harumi: We have to live up to a role that was bestowed upon us. We never chose these mantles we hold.

Lloyd: I know. It's hard to live a normal life. At least I get to wear a mask, but you—

Harumi: I wear my own masks. Sometimes painted, sometimes a kidnapper of princesses! Muahaha!

Violet: I had to wear a mask of my own before I became a ninja.

Harumi: What kind?

Violet: I had to pretend to be someone I'm not and dye my hair brown.

Harumi: Whoa.

Lloyd: In my defense, it was my first day. (They see Sons of Garmadon harassing some kids.)

Violet: Uh oh. Doesn't look good.

Harumi: We must leave.

Lloyd: These people have enough to worry about; they shouldn't have to be bullied by low level street thugs.

Harumi: Don't. If you try to stop them, you'll reveal us. 

Violet: She has a point there, Lloyd.

Harumi: (Lloyd sees their shirts' logo and gasps.) What's wrong?

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