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Ninjago story: Destiny vs. Love

Chapter 1

Lloyd's POV

I was heading down the street as I watched the sunset. I was thinking of my father. How he sacrificed himself twice. Now he was gone. Before I could turn the corner, someone ran into me.

"Oof!" We both exclaimed.

"Oh my word!" The other person said, "I'm so sor-"

They stopped and gasped. As they flipped their hood back, I could see it was a girl about my age. She had below shoulder-length brown hair with blue eyes. Her hair was pulled back into a ponytail and slightly curled at the bottom.

"Oh no!" She exclaimed. "You're the Green Ninja!"

"Um, yeah. I am." I replied holding my head in my hand. She held her's out to me. I accepted and she helped me to my feet. She looked bashful, but somehow confident.

"Well," I say, "you know my name, but I don't know yours."

"Oh!" She exclaimed. "You don't wanna know me!"

"Of course I do," I softly replied, smiling. She smiles back.

"Well, if you must know, I'm-"

"Hey!" We heard. She whipped her head around to see a tall man chasing after her. She gasps and begins to run. But before she can take off, I grab her by the wrist. She stops, abruptly and turns her eyes toward me in shock.

"Wait!" I shout. I don't know why, but I feel I should protect her. Probably because I'm a ninja. She raises an eyebrow at me. I turn, still holding her wrist, and ask.

"Excuse me, why are you chasing this girl?" I ask with slight anger and annoyance in my tone. The man stops, suddenly, and stares at me. He looks confused.

"I think I asked you a question," I coldly say. " Why are you-"

"Um..." The girl says. I turn to her. She's staring at the man with utter terror in her eyes. I knew that whoever this man was, was a threat to her.

"Y-You d-don't have to protect me..." She stutters. Her eyes turn to me. Those deep blue eyes look helpless and week, but then they turned confident, and full of furry rage. She turns back to the man and shouts:

"You can't keep chasing me! I don't want to have my destiny chosen! I have a choice! And you can't make me 'date'", she put quotations with one hand in the air around the word, "anyone!" I turn my head to the man, who is clearly shocked.

"Now listen here!" He shouts back, "Your destiny is to find someone you love to help you save all of Ninjago!" Now I'm the one who's shocked. Save all of Ninjago? From what? I don't ask, though. I just listen to them argue.

"Well, what if I don't love anyone that you pick out!" The girl yells, a little less confident. " I want to pick out someone who'll love me for ME!" She practically screams the last word. I wince at the pain in my ears.

The man huffs and shoots back, "Mark my words, Elsie! You'll have to follow your destiny, eventually! If you don't, Ninjago will fall because of your selfishness!" He turns around on his heel and marches off to where he came from. I turn to the girl, Elsie I presume, and she looks like that last statement shook her up a little. Strike that; a lot!

I realize that I'm still holding her wrist, tight. Embarrassed, I awkwardly remove my hand. Then, Elsie does something unexpected: She sinks to her knees and bursts into tears.