AHH! Fanfiction glitched and the first chapter posted, here's the actual chap. 4
Sorry this update is a little slow, been busy with the New Year and all, happy 2018! Here's another chap for you great people who have reviews fav or fol! You guys are incredible!
Lloyd's POV:
I don't know exactly what happened. One day everyone was getting used to me, the next everyone was avoiding me in the hallway, glaring or staring. It was morning and I hadn't seen Nya at our small section of lockers, she was what I had guessed everyone else called MIA.I hadn't seen anyone else yet, but maybe I would be able to in our first class.
When I got to our first class however, more confusion was thrown my way. Nya was in class, along with Cole and Jay. She was sitting with them today. Zane and Morro were still sitting together. Maybe Nya was just early. I waved over at her, but when I got her attention she merely glanced at me, with an awkward expression. Confused and hurt, and took my usual seat. I instantly felt many gazes on my back. The teacher entered the class with her usual abundance of cheer. It seemed like irony that she be so happy.
I had a hard time paying attention to what she was saying, my mind was having another fight with my heart. I told myself, I told myself it was too good to be true. Perhaps I had dreamed everything. My heart was aching, it was confused so it quickly gave in to my mind.
Fact, Highschool was going to suck. Fact, there would be nothing I could do about it. I threw a look at Morro, he looked less scowly today. Something was putting my brother in a better mood. It wasn't fair, life wasn't supposed to be good to him. He was angry, he was mean and sarcastic. He was the real product of our father, taking after him in more ways than one. I was the one who tried to fight the image I was forced into, tried to show I was a good person.
Class was over far too quickly. I had a two-hour break like everyone else, and then we would go back to school for the rest of our classes and lunch. 11 pm was Lights out. This weekend, which was in three days, we would have the option to return home or stay at school. Everyone was going home. I would be returning to my mother Misako and my uncle Wu.
This break however, I might be spending along in my dorm with my roommate who was absent the first day, and still not back at school, I didn't know who he was so I would have the dorm to myself. I wanted more than anything to ask Nya why everyone was avoiding me. But I thought better of it. Instead I quickly gathered my things and made for the door.
To my surprise two people caught up with me. Neither were Nya, she lingered behind to wait for Zane and Morro. I felt a pang of jealously that she was waiting for my cruel brother and avoiding me. I had to quickly turn towards the two people walking next to me.
"H-hey Cole, Jay." I said, instantly feeling intimidated by Cole's height and Jay's sharp mind. If I was worried about anyone finding out my secret, it was them.
"Nya feels betrayed." Jay began, never a good sign of a friendly conversation.
"I'm sorry, what happened?" I asked wondering if it was related to me.
"You really have no clue." Cole said from above me. I glanced up at him worried, both of them had come on either side of me, making me feel trapped.
"I…can't say I do." I answered, nerves racked high.
"Why didn't you tell us, I can't believe you didn't trust us, especially Nya, we wouldn't have cared." Jay said quickly, it might have been more intimidating because he was able to look me directly in my eyes.
"Tell you what, what's this about?" I asked, beginning to fear the worst. Cole answered this time.
"Blonde hair, green eyes, moves schools a lot. Sound familiar?" He asked leveling his intense stare at me also.
"Who told you?" I asked, knowing exactly what he was talking about now. Jay now answered.
"No one actually knows where it originated, but word got around." He answered with a shrug.
"Be honest, would you have wanted people to know, especially if they were pretty much the first friends you had in a long time. Wouldn't you have been scared?" I asked, trying my best to even my gaze with theirs.
"We get it Lloyd, either of us, heck probably anyone would have done the exact same thing. But in this friend group, friends don't lie, or keep secrets. That's part of the reason we're so close. If you want to be friends with us, the only rule used to go unsaid but we'll word it now. Don't stay a stranger." Cole explained.
"Plus, Nya might be a bit harder to apologize to." Jay pointed out. I nodded, knowing he was right.
"Also, Zane and Kai and Morro." Jay pointed out. Morro. The name echoed in my head, and suddenly it clicked. Morro was the only other person who knew about my father, because it was his father also. I had a raging suspicion who my secret was spilled from.
"Not Morro." I said, a hard look in my eye. Cole raised a black eyebrow.
"You two seriously have some things you need to work out." He said stoically. I knew he was right, our feud was making the group struggle a little bit, but my brother was the one they'd have to convince. I only hated him because he hated me. However, now that I thought about it more, I also hated him for telling the whole school about my dad.
"I swear to tell you about the two of us, but when I'm ready. Please don't go prying, I'm asking you as friends." I said looking at them pleadingly.
"Consider it a favor from friends." Jay agreed. I smiled in relief and happiness that these two allowed me to call them my friends.
Nya's POV:
Anger. That was the number one emotion coursing through me at the moment. Along with betrayal and resentment and fear.
The Son of Garmadon? I might have believed him to be a good person despite his parentage, but he lied. So now I was conflicted. Why'd he lie? Fear? Or something more sinister? Was he really a shy teen whom I protected, or was he just using me to get close to my friends? Did he move schools because he was bullied, or because he was expelled?
Maybe, just maybe if he hadn't lied, my opinion would be swayed. I really wanted to believe he was a good person. But better safe than sorry. Kai and I grew up by that philosophy. Our parents disappeared and foster homes were hard to navigate. You had to decide who to trust. Which family was nice on the outside, and which were nice on inside.
Sometimes it was hard to tell, with Lloyd it seemed nice, but being the son of the Dark Lord, I had no real way to tell. I would ask Kai this weekend. Asking over facetime wouldn't be the same, and Pixal might overhear me. That girl was super sweet, but seemed to have superhuman senses at times. Being roommates with her was great though.
Kai would know. Kai always knew.
Morro's POV:
The secons Zane waved a quiet farewell to me, two figures showed up on either side of me.
"Lloyd feels scared." One of them started. I glanced seeing a black sweatshirt on one side of me, and a blue one on the other.
"Well, what can I say, the kid has issues." I deadpanned.
"Something happened between you two." Jay pressed.
"We don't need to know what it is, but you two need to work something out." Cole pointed out. I considered this, yes I didn't have a real good reason to hate him, but it never was a good enough reason to stop me from hating him anyways. Hating was safe.
"That's his problem. I'm not going to deal with it." I answered, thinking this would throw them onto his scent instead. "Besides, he lied to you. Why are you still sticking up for him?" I asked.
"With our friends, we're measured by size of personality. Jay's the tallest, Lloyd was pretty tall also. We're not giving up on him yet." Cole said, his voice calm and smart sounding. I could see why he and Zane got along.
"Wow, poetic." I said, trying to sound sarcastic, but a small part of me was applauding the pep talk. I had to quickly tell that part of me to shut up. I was supposed to be angry, angry his friends didn't completely dump him like I thought. I was supposed to be thinking 'at least the rest of the school hates my annoying younger brother. But instead I found myself thinking 'do I look short to them?' Which was weird, I never cared before what people saw me as.
"I hope you two figure something out." Jay said sadly, and it almost made me want to apologize to Lloyd, just so the disappointment in his eyes would leave.
"I'll think of something." I said, reassuring more myself. After all, I always thought of something.
Zane's POV:
I sensed Jay and Cole approach Morro after I waved farewell. Perhaps they would talk some sense into him. I had to go visit Kai during break, to see if he was ok. I also wanted to tell him about how Nya was, s he might be able to help her. My mind was also wondering about Lloyd, whom we discovered was the son of Garmadon. It meant almost nothing to me. Lloyd was a nervous and bright young teen, his father changed none of that. But he must have internally struggled with it if he didn't tell us.
I rode a transport to Kai's side of them city and walked towards his Neighborhood. Kai's house was always locked, but I had been told where the key was, and that he was welcome anytime. Kai and Nya's foster parents were always out of the country so the Smith siblings were commonly alone.
I entered the house quietly and walked towards the kitchen. I checked their fridge and pantry. Both were nearly empty. I had two hours. After talking to Kai, I would go get them some food. I made my way to his room. I knocked quietly.
"Who is it?" Came the croaking voice.
"It's me." I called, knowing Kai would recognize my voice.
"Zane! Come in!" He said, excitement faint, but still there. I entered his room. Already I felt the temperature much higher than it was in the hallway.
"Kai, are you cold?" I asked him.
"Extrememly, but I'm sweating bullets. Whatever sickness I caught, doesn't like me." He joked meekly. I didn't laugh, instead I walked to his bed and placed my cold fingers on his forward. It was sticky, and burning warm.
"Zane, your fingers are ice." He complained.
"Are you feeling worse?" I asked, withdrawing my hand.
"I…don't know. I feel different everyday, so define worse." He replied.
"Are any symptoms leaving, is your head clearing?" I asked, pulling up at chair.
"I guess my head does feel a bit better. The medicine you got last time is out though. It helped a lot." He said, glancing eagerly to see if I had more.
"Those were pain killers, not medicine. It would be unwise to give you more." I answered, with a stern look on my face. He sighed, but knew I was correct.
"I will bring you a different type of medicine if you swear to take the correct amount." I told him. He promised, so I got up to get him food and medicine.
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I arrived back at Kai's house in about twenty minutes. I went to his room and found him asleep so I placed the medicine on the desk next to him. I then put all the food I got for them away and quietly slipped back outside. I now needed to go to my own house to check on my father, who seemed to be ill with the same mysterious sickness. After that I would need to go back to school and refocus of my friends and the new drama they had cooked up. Not that I minded.
My house was quiet, as usual. My mom had late nights and work and my younger sister was still in elementary school right now. I peeked into my fathers room.
"Zane!" He said happily.
"Hello father." I said, walking in and setting my cap on a chair and sitting. "Are you feeling better?" I asked him.
"Sorry to say I'm not. But I'm sure I'll be up and running in no time. I'm so happy you've been running my invention business so well." He said with a smile. I smiled back. I hadn't told him I found a side job writing newspaper in the city. It was for a small press, but it was enough money for our small family. I also rather enjoyed writing newspaper. Every weekend I would put aside all of Sunday for my job. My fathers inventions didn't always make a lot of money. He always said his best invention was me, which I suppose was his idea of a joke that I just never really understood.
"I hope you do feel better soon father, I must go back to school now." I told him, giving him one last reassuring father. Inside however, I was terrified, I didn't know if this was a serious illness, and if it might take both my friend and my fathers life. I prayed them might get better quickly, then I left my house and home to return to school. My friends were still in crisis also, they were waiting for me to help them.
Hope you all liked this chapter. Next chapter, in addition to all this drama I've enjoyed cooking up I'll be adding in some more stuff from the actual show.
Few notes:
1) Yes, they will get their powers and become Ninja, Garmadon is an actual Dark Lord
2) Yes, I stole the idea of Lloyd getting teased at school for his dad from the movie
3) This will not be exactly like the show and there will be some twists.
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