(A/N) Hello again, everyone! Sorry this is so late. The winner of the Halloween fanfiction idea contest is…

ShinyShiny9!

I picked yours because it was specific enough to give me a good idea, but vague enough to allow me to work with it. I've picked out my angle.

We have no clue how Dilara died. We don't know her backstory, her origins - heck, we don't even know how she met Nadakhan. All we know is she was at one time part of the crew of Misfortune's Keep and that she was in love with Nadakhan. And that she was evil, given her temperament when Nya was under the spell that turned her into Dilara.

Well, now I am going to explore that with this Halloween story. It takes place the Halloween after Season 6. Here's the (very brief) introduction. Get ready for one heck of a ride…

Introduction

The Arabian Isles in the East Ninjago Sea are mostly just desert nowadays, but in the Golden Age, they were places of trade and great wealth. They thrived on the spice market, and merchants from all over Ninjago would come to the Isles to make their fortunes.

There was one very wealthy family in the Isles called the Rajads. They were a snooty family of three, a mother, a father, and a daughter they called Dilara. The father was an advisor of the Sultan himself, so they had everything they could ever want. Dilara was constantly showered with gifts, since her parents simply adored her.

As the girl grew older, her beauty blossomed like a flower. When she came of the age for marriage, it was widely believed that she would be promised to the Sultan's son. Indeed, the rumors proved to be true. Her parents were proud, so proud, their beautiful daughter deserved no less than the prince himself. Courting began, and the prince was very taken with her. Dilara, however, showed no signs of interest at all. She believed she was not the princess type. She wanted a man who was more adventurous, someone who could whisk her away from this dry land, someone who could give her everything she desired.

But alas, she had been promised to the prince. Wedding preparations were made, and Dilara was moved from her family's seaside home to her own room in the palace. But the day before the wedding, pirates struck the palace. They took many captives, including Dilara herself. They took the prisoners and lined them up for the plank. Dilara was last in line, but just before she was pushed forward, someone yelled for everyone to stop. Dilara turned and saw the captain of the ship. He floated over to her and ordered that she be unharmed.

From then on, she was treated like a queen, thanks to the captain. Later he introduced himself as Nadakhan the Jinn. He said she was welcome to stay, but he would take her home if she so wished. But something about Nadakhan was… different. He was unlike any other man Dilara had met. He was daring, bold, adventurous, everything she ever wanted. She trusted him, for he would never hurt her. Eventually they confessed their love, and planned their marriage.

But disaster struck. Captain Soto and his crew won a battle with Misfortune's Keep and Dilara's love disappeared. She searched the land and seas for years. She swore she would never give up looking. But grief stole over her, and she eventually was forced to conclude that her love was gone forever. She returned to her old house, only to find that her parents had both died of grief over her disappearance, believing her to be dead. She spent the rest of her days mourning her losses until the day she died.

Nowadays, the house is a popular tourist attraction, especially during Halloween, when it is open to the public as a "haunted house". Indeed, the house always had a creepy feel to it. But no one ever saw anything that hinted of it being actually haunted.

That is, until the words appeared on the wall of the entrance hall.

The police called it vandalism, but excited tourists theorized it was the spirit of Dilara that put the message there. On the walls, carved through the peeling wallpaper, were words that sent a chill up even the police officers' spines:

MY LOVE WAS BACK, AND THEN HE WAS GONE. BRING ME THE ONE WHO TOOK HIM AWAY FROM ME, OR ELSE.

So, naturally, the ninja received a phone call.