Descent into Madness

A Ninjago Story by Death by Amber

It was a rather normal day up on the Bounty. Emily was training, Hannah was chatting with Kai, Megan and Lloyd were up on the deck discussing how to use a bow properly, and the others were in the game room while I sat alone in the boy's sleeping quarters.

"Well, isn't this the most boring day I've had." I was quite used to talking to myself, as I was alone very often. But in Ninjago, things were a bit different, as you can probably tell. "Everyone's off doing something fun while I'm stuck in here learning to control my powers." I had been somewhat-punished by Sensei Wu after accidentally scaring everyone away from the dinner table after I tried to do a small prank. As you can probably tell, my element is Eldritch, a mixture of Fear and Death.

"Might as well get to work." I started grumbling while I thought of how to get started.

I had tried many times before to summon even the smallest thing, like a spider, though I often delved too deep into my own fears, causing an explosion or something worse. This time, I was determined to get it right. Come on Lucas, just focus. You'll get it right eventually. "Here goes nothing." I summoned a small ball of Eldritch magic between my palms, attempting to form a little spider. It felt like hours before something started to happen, and then I heard footsteps coming down the hall. I looked up, losing focus as Hannah walked through the doorway. "Hey Lucas, how's it-" Hannah was cut off as an explosion of Eldritch magic sent her flying across the hall into a wall, causing the entire ship to jerk to the side, setting the others off balance.

I blinked, looking around. The room was now in tatters, remnants of beds, clothes, and other furniture lying everywhere. I had even managed to blow a massive hole in the wall. I looked back at Hannah, horrified. She was lying there, slumped against the wall with massive wounds and burns all over her body. Everyone rushed over to see what had happened, except Nya, who was trying to steady the ship.

As soon as he saw Hannah, Kai rushed up to me, lifting me up by the collar. "WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER?!" Kai was furious, and I could feel large amounts of heat coming off his body. I started to freak out. "I don't know! I was trying to control my powers-"

"THIS WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED IF YOU HADN'T SHOWED UP!" Kai just kept screaming at me.

I started to tear up. "I didn't mean to-"

Kai didn't stop screaming at me. "WE SHOULD'VE LEFT YOU TO THE SERPENTINE!" He finally dropped me, kicking me in the stomach.

That was the final straw, as Sensei caught him by the back of the shirt before he could injure me more. "Kai! That's enough! We're all technically to blame. One of us should have offered to help him. He's been through a lot, and stacking more on top of that won't help him control it."

Kai started to calm down, rushing to Hannah's side as Megan was healing her. He did still glare at me for a long time afterwards.

Alright, so that was my first story. I hope you like it, as this was created to fit into the storyline of the Ninjago stories made by Fires of Darkness, Orange Energy, and Ghost Wind of Light. See you next story. – Death by Amber