Disclaimer: This is only going to be written once, I do not own Ninjago, I only own the OCs and some plot ideas. Ninjago, its characters, and its plots are just being used for fun.
Prologue
Five-year-old Lloyd Garmadon lied down in his bed in the dormitory of his boarding school, but he was not thinking about falling asleep right away. Instead, he threw the covers over his head and quietly began to cry. It would be too dangerous to weep loudly in here. He did not want the other boys calling him a baby.
He cried a lot; his life was not happy by any standards. His mother had left him at Darkley's School for Bad Boys and did not tell him where she was going and if she was coming back. Now it seems that all of the other boys have chosen to pick specifically on him. He did not have a single friend at this school, and he was scared that this is how it was going to be for the rest of his time here.
As he eventually began to drift off to sleep, he could only think of one thing.
"I just want somebody, anybody. I don't want to be alone in the dark." He thought to himself.
When he opened his eyes again, he found himself in a dark empty place. There was not a single landscape or person in sight.
"Great," he thought. "Now I feel even more alone."
Not knowing what else to do, Lloyd sat down and just started to cry, this time a little louder. After what seemed like hours of crying, something suddenly got his attention.
"Hey now," a voice said. "Stop that."
Lloyd looked behind him to see a girl. She looked older than him, probably about ten years old. Her eyes were green, and she had long brown hair. The only thing she was wearing was a long-sleeved white nightgown.
Lloyd looked at her for a few seconds before turning his attention away from her to continue crying.
"What's wrong kid?" She asked. "Why are you crying?"
Lloyd opened his eyes to see her now kneeling in front of him, so she was now at his level.
He opened his eyes and looked right at her.
"I'm sad because I don't know where home is anymore," he replied.
"Why don't you know where home is?" She questioned.
"Because my mom dropped me off at this boarding school where everyone is mean to me and I have no idea where she went," he said.
"What about your dad?" She questioned.
"I don't know where he is," Lloyd said. "He left when I was a baby, and my mom never told me where he went."
"I'm sorry to hear that," the girl replied. "My name is Nyx by the way; what's yours?"
"Lloyd, my name is Lloyd," he said.
"Well, Lloyd," Nyx began. "I'll tell you a secret. I haven't seen my parents in a long time either."
"Why?" Lloyd questioned.
"They died when I was really little," Nyx said.
"I'm sorry," Lloyd replied.
"It's okay," Nyx said. "It's been such a long time, I don't really remember them. My older brother and his wife take care me."
There was a long minute of silence after that, and it made them both feel uncomfortable. Finally, Lloyd spoke.
"Why are you in my dream Nyx?" He asked.
Nyx paused for a second as if in deep thought. She sat down next to him, and Lloyd noticed something strange on her ankle, it was green.
"What is that?" He questioned.
"Oh this," Nyx replied. "It's nothing; I have a lot more here."
Nyx slowly lifted one of the sleeves of her nightgown to reveal her arm; it was covered with more of the green patches.
"Do you not know what these are Lloyd?" Nyx questioned.
"No," Lloyd replied. "I mean yes, they're scales, but why do you have them?"
Nyx paused for a second before coming to a conclusion it seemed.
"I think I know what's going on here," she stated.
"What?" Lloyd asked.
"Where are you from?" She answered.
"Ninjago" he replied.
"We're from two different dimensions," Nyx declared.
"What do you mean?" Lloyd asked.
"Do you know what demons are Lloyd?" She questioned.
"Yes," Lloyd replied. "I've heard stories of them."
"What if I told you that where I'm from there are all sorts of demons that resembled certain animals in your world?" Nyx asked.
"A dimension full of only demons?" Lloyd questioned.
"No," Nyx replied. "There are humans too. The humans and the demons live side-by-side, and they can even have children together, though that doesn't happen often."
"Really?" Lloyd said. "The can have kids together?"
"Yes," Nyx said. "In fact, I am an example of such a thing. My mother was human, but my father was a dragon demon."
"A dragon demon?" Lloyd questioned.
"Yes," Nyx replied. "That is why I have the scales."
"You look like a human though," Lloyd declared.
"Most of my features are human-like, yes, as a half-dragon demon that is a given, but even full-fledged demons have humanoid features."
"I think they're cool," Lloyd stated. "Your scales."
"They don't bother you?" Nyx questioned looking surprised.
"No," Lloyd replied. "You also never answered my question."
"I'm sorry," Nyx said. "What was it again?"
"Why are you in my dream?" Lloyd repeated.
"Well," Nyx began. "Where I come from the humans have a unique power; it's called dream walking."
"Dream walking?" Lloyd questioned.
"Yes," Nyx replied. "It's a unique power that lets you walk into another person's dreams while they are sleeping. Since I'm half human, I have that power too."
"We don't have anything like that where I'm from," Lloyd said. "The only power I know about is spinjitzsu."
"I've never heard of spinjitzu," Nyx said. "What is it?"
"It's supposed to be this martial arts technique that lets you create a tornado-like vortex of an element around yourself while spinning really fast. I've never done it, but I have an uncle that I haven't seen in a long time that can do it, and I heard my father could do it too. They learned it from my grandfather, who was the First Spinjitzu Master." Lloyd explained.
"Sounds interesting," Nyx stated. "As I said though, I've never heard of that from where I come from."
"We are from two different worlds, aren't we?" Lloyd asked.
"It would seem so," Nyx replied. "And I'm still not sure how I ended up in your dream. This is the first time I've dream walked."
"How do you know there is more then one world?" Lloyd inquired.
"I go to this giant library to study dream walking a lot. Ive been trying to do it for years, but it's really hard. So I thought reading books about it might help. That tends to get boring though so sometimes I read other books and there is this whole section on other dimensions. I haven't read too much about them but I know they exist. I'm really excited that I finally dream walked though, most of the other kids my age have been doing it for years." Nyx explained.
"Do you think you'll be able to do it again?" Lloyd asked.
"Now that I know I can do it I'm sure I can," Nyx replied.
"I would like it if you can back" Lloyd admitted. "You're the only person I've talked to in a long time who isn't mean to me."
"And you're one of the only few people who wasn't bothered by my scales," Nyx replied. "So maybe I will come back."
"Really?" Lloyd asked hopefully.
"Yes", Nyx replied. "For now though, I think we should both go back to sleep. If my big brother Edmund were here, he'd stress how growing children need a good night's sleep."
"So this is goodbye?" Lloyd asked.
"Only for now," Nyx declared. "Goodnight Lloyd."
Nyx began to walk in the direction of which she came.
"Goodnight Nyx," Lloyd called to her; and as she walked away, Lloyd was not only sure that he wasn't alone in the dark, but that he finally new what light was.
Hello everybody, that you for reading the prolouge to my and LadySongbird16's newest story. We have been planning this one for over a year and are really excited about it. The two of us had been going back and forth on whether we wanted to use the TV show or movie for the longest time, but ultimitly chose the TV show. We wanted to post it now since season 8 of Ninjago seems like its gonna be a bit of a game changer. We already know that the main characters look different. We wanted to get this started before anythnig really big happened. Thanks again for taking the time to check out our newest story and if you can please leave a review, feedback it always appreciated.
