How could you have been so stupid and utterly disappointing? As the Green Ninja, you should've known better than to follow a stranger into a room alone, more or less, act before you think. Now here you were, staring at the eyes of a ghost. In truth, you were terrified but you had to stay strong. This was no time to back down now.


Well first, I wanna say this, I haven't written a Reader Insert since the Dark Ages but we don't talk about that. I really do hope you enjoy this, and if you would like me to make another, that'd be cool too, just give me a character and what episode/season. Anyway, as you can probably already tell, I do enjoy writing about Lloyd, so I made a Reader Insert on the first episode of Season 5 (Winds of Change) and what it would be like to be him in that situation so all the dialogue are direct quotes from the show (except for the things that either Morro or You/Lloyd say sometimes), happy reading!


"Well, lookie here, the Green Ninja!" Misako had gotten a call from the Museum of History that there was a break-in, and oddly, they only called specifically for you. Entering the museum, two policemen greeted you with smiling faces which wasn't quite what you had expected during a break-in. "Feel safer already!"

"I got your call that there was a break-in?" You said unsurely. The atmosphere was unsettling like there was something or someone else there with you. The second policeman gestured to a night guard huddled in a blanket, in his hands, was a cup of tea.

"The nightwatchman had quite the scare, doesn't remember a thing," He said. You nodded, alright, hopefully, he won't be too fear-stricken to help you in finding the suspect.

"Hasn't been too helpful, maybe you'll have better luck," The first shook his head. You started toward the guard. Right. Hasn't been too helpful. Got it.

"Thanks," You waved the two men off and continued to walk. You weren't all that good at solving this kind of cases, sure you were famous and all, but inside, you were technically a kid who had no idea how to talk to people. Usually when someone asked you questions, you just absentmindedly say anything to please them (or something Kai had told you to say). You stopped once you reached to the victim. "So, you were on guard when it happened,"

Taking a breath, the man stared at the ground with trauma-filled eyes, you took a small gulp. You didn't know how much of a help he could be. The air felt cold. He didn't make any sound but kept breathing in and out heavily. Okay, you felt a little uncomfortable. Maybe.

"Can you tell me what was stolen?" You asked. Now he was hyperventilating. Placing a hand on his shoulder, you tried to give him a warm smile. "I'm here to help you."

Looking down, you could see underneath, there was something blue emitting a light from the night guard's blanket. Before you could open your mouth to say something, his facial expression changed from distress to anger and quickly took your arm to drag you into a corridor. Behind you, one of the policemen had said something about a bathroom.

"I was knocked out," The night guard mumbled, closing the door behind you two. Confused, you looked around, statues of serpentine and bookshelves were all around you. "When I came to, I found the only thing stolen was something wasn't even on display." Pointing to a brown wood-plated box, you noticed that sand was on the ground. Strange. "Just a worthless, old armor breastplate called 'The Allied Armor of Azure,'"

The Allied Armor of Azure? You heard of that somewhere before, maybe your father had mentioned it, who knew? Why was it the only thing stolen? Who could have wanted such a thing? Opening the box, you looked inside.

"Why would a thief leave these priceless relics and take just that?" You wondered aloud. It was funny because you all people should know, it was Thievery 101 taught at Darkely's (not that you were paying attention of course). It was cold again.

"Oh, I don't know," The night guard hummed. "Maybe it's because, when you're in trouble, they say it's got the power to summon allies. Whether they be friends, foes, even spirits from the Cursed Realm."

"The Cursed Realm?" You repeated. Somehow, everything that this man said, it sounded familiar. Wait a minute, you know what that was. That's where you had sent...oh. You came to a sudden realization. "My father is there…"

Turning around you could have sworn that you stopped breathing. Holding his hands above his head, the night guard held a sledgehammer and was ready to swing. He was going to kill you. Jumping out the way before you were a goner, the man then swung the hammer into the sand. Right before you could get up, he swung again hitting the cabinet above you.

You had to escape.

Walking towards you the blanket fell off. You stood shocked. And you were stupid enough to believe him!

"The Allied Armor. You stole it?" Well duh, of course, he did Lloyd! Look, it's right there in front of you! Mentally slapping yourself in the face, you shook off that tenseness weighing on your shoulders. You furrowed your eyebrows.

"So, Wu chose you to be the beloved Green Ninja?" Glaring at you the night guard huffed. "Silly old man."

Moving backward, you frowned.

"How do you know Sensei? And if you've got a bone to pick with me, maybe we can discuss things without weapons?" Ah yes, Lloyd Garmadon, the one who's all about non-violence.

Taking another swing, the night guard hit a couple of boxes above you, only giving you both a second to move. Holding your hands over you like it meant that you wouldn't hurt, the boxes instead fell on your soon-to-be murderer. Moving them out the way, you sighed.

"I don't want to hurt you,"

Grunting, your 'suspect' clenched his jaw and fell backward. Squinting your eyes, you could faintly see a shadow leaving him and entering a painting of Master Chen (Yeah, remember Chen's Island? Jeez, you could remember that as clear as day). It moved. Taking a step back, you blinked. How did it move!?

"What's going on?" The night guard had woken up, perplexed. So, it wasn't him, then who was that? His voice was much older and shaky than the one you had met with before. "Someone was in my head."

Master Chen's painting laughed. You being yourself, grabbed the painting and threw it onto the Serpentine statue, breaking it, during the entire time, you were screaming (For what? Who knew?). You then realized that you were probably going to have to pay for it, but that didn't matter, whoever this thing was, it wanted you. And there was no way you were going to let that happen.

"Your powers are useless. You think you can hurt a ghost?" The shadow snickered from the statue as it taunted you. Using the tail of the statue, it thrust itself out at you and grabbed your waist. It hurt. It hurt so much. "I can possess anything!"

How could you have been so stupid and utterly disappointing? As the Green Ninja, you should've known better than to follow a stranger into a room alone, more or less, act before you think. Now here you were, staring at the eyes of a ghost. In truth, you were terrified but you had to stay strong. This was no time to back down now.

"When he was in my head, I saw his thoughts, the world!" The night guard shouted. "The world will be cursed!"

"You're a ghost from the Cursed Realm," You presumed, hoping that you were able to get out of your restraints soon. There was one more question you needed an answer to, they've been avoided for far too long. "But, how did you escape?"

"When your father opened the door, he should've been more careful what came out!" The ghosts' sand form gave you a malicious smile. You thought for a moment, your father didn't open the rift, you did. Unless…

The ghost surrounded you. You had to think of something, or else you...you...you didn't know. Your plan to escape was halfway complete.

"Hurry! The Allied Armor, give it to me!" You yelled. After tossing you the armor, the ghost grunted and flipped you on your back, your head stung from the impact. You didn't have it. You were really out of luck today.

"Behind you!" The night guard pointed to the sand manifestation. He had the armor.

"You can't have the armor!" You stated, clenching your teeth.

"The armor's nice, but it's not the only thing I want to possess."

"What else do you want?"

"You." The ghost replied. You opened your mouth to retort but no sound came out. There was nothing, just an oblivion. You felt trapped like there was a barrier to keep you from leaving.

"Come on, Lloyd," You told yourself. "This isn't how you're supposed to go!"

You weren't sure if you were dead or if you were just going through a bad dream. Any minute now, you'd wake up from this nightmare in the style of a horror movie and the guys would be there to laugh and joke at it with you. Maybe Zane would be there to cook breakfast and-

It was cold, you shivered.

"Do you always talk to yourself this much?" There was someone behind you, in front of you, beside you. There was someone else with you. He was watching you carefully.

"Where are you?" You turned around. There was no one there, obviously, you were met with a black void. You didn't like this feeling. You've been trapped before, and it was not fun. "I can't see you."

"You're funny, Lloyd Garmadon. I like you." The voice answered. Was this what hypnotism felt like? Your breathing was unsteady, you really didn't like this. Where were you? "Calm down, you're not dead,"

Suddenly, you remembered those poltergeist movies you watched with Jay and Kai sometimes, poltergeists were able to possess things and use their object of choice to their advantage. You were possessed, that did not help you calm down.

"What's your name?" You made a mental note to learn this ghost's name. He wanted something from you.

The ghost hesitated. He could hear your thoughts and you could hear his. Nothing about his name. No matter, you'll learn later.

Your possessor said nothing but you could feel yourself moving. It like he wanted to ignore your questions, that bothered you. At least it helped you release your shaky breath. You could see everything. It was cold again. There was color, you could see your hands. But they were not your hands.

"I'm not letting you go until I get what I want," The ghost murmured.

"And what is that?"

"Destiny made a big mistake in claiming you to be the savior of Ninjago."

It was pretty windy today.


You've been trying to break out of your state for however long you have been trapped after learning of his true intentions. But he did keep you company, you recognized that you were fraternizing with the enemy. He bluntly ignored you and tried to get you to stop talking to him.

Was this your plan? Was this the famous Green Ninja's plan? To be as annoying as possible? Yes, that was definitely your plan. And only a few times you caught him breaking concentration.

You were looking down a hill, which was near a windmill. Feeling your arm move you saw the ninja. Oh no. You weren't ready. You knew what was going to happen. You had to-

"Step aside," The ghost said. The ninja gave you two confused expressions.

"Lloyd, what's wrong with you?" Jay called out to you. You wanted to say something, you wanted to do something, he wasn't letting you.

"I want a word with your master,"

"Woah, Lloyd's gone through puberty." Again, Jay, with the jokes and the snarky comments.

"What's gotten into him?" Cole looked at the others.

"I sense a foreign entity has taken over his body," Zane confirmed. "So the question isn't what, but who has gotten into him?"

"Whoever you are, whatever beef you have with Sensei, you have with us!" Kai pointed a finger at you-him, both of you. You could hear his thoughts, planning, scheming, knowing. "Give us back our friend!"

Hearing the ghost laugh gave you goosebumps. Think. Think. Think, Lloyd Garmadon.

"How are we supposed to fight a friend?"

This power...it wasn't yours, it was it like a tornado swirling from the sky. It was overriding your own, you just had to keep it inside. Don't let it out, don't let it out, don't let it out.

Nevermind.

"Let me show you!" You were in the air this time, and there was wind from coming from your hand. He was an elemental, the Master of Wind. The ninja were each thrown in different directions.

"Great! We don't have powers but he does!?"

They ran towards you, your body spun around and kicked them. Woah, he was good. Like, terribly good. You were fighting them, he was fighting them, and you were fighting him.

"We may not have powers, but we still know a little thing called Spinjitzu!"

Cole spun and you threw your hands down and a tornado blasted him back.

"So not only does he have powers, but he can control the wind too?"

"Your friends are oblivious idiots," He said to you. "Should've known better than that,"

"Take the truck. Get them out of here, now!" Wu instructed who could be your very first customers.

It was useless of them to fight against you, he was powerful, and he was eyeing something. It was cold again, you had to get out. Now. Someone else would get hurt.

"Our Spinjitzu is worthless against the wind."

"Shurikens? Cute." He chuckled at Zane. Throwing your hand towards the windmill, your possessor moved it towards your team. Come on, come on already! What was taking you so long!? "Try this on for size!"

The doors to Steep Wisdom flew open and you both marched towards it. Yelling at him to stop hurting others didn't work, it only ended up in him yelling at you back. Words that only made you feel bad. You were so terrible.

"Get out!" Nya demanded. But as always, you wouldn't listen. This wasn't your body anymore, you had no control.

"Go stock some shelves, before you get hurt." You threatened. Nya only gave you a stare. There was no way that she was taking 'no' for an answer.

"I'll take you on any time!" Nya argued, her fists slamming down at the table.

"Stay back, Nya." Wu put a hand on her shoulder. "It's me that he wants."

Haha. No. He was wrong.

"Not you, just your father's staff!"

"I see you've found the Allied Armor, Morro," Wu said. "Yet you haven't summoned your friends."

You knew his name now. Great, now you could get out. You had to help in some way. Even if that meant pushing Morro back into the depths of your mind to buy some time.

"Your pathetic students haven't given me a reason to." Morro cocked his head to the side.

"Hey, hey, hey! No one calls me pathetic!" Jay exclaimed. Slamming the door, the objects in the shop fell, shattered glass and tea, it was so loud. You weren't sure how much longer you'd be like this.

"You want the staff? Try to take it." Wu held his staff in front of him. Leaping at him, you, Morro, and Wu fought of it, breaking the table Wu was on. There was something in the staff that Morro needed. But he wouldn't tell you why it was important. You were so close to...doing something...

"You've gotten old. You used to be a great sensei. Now you're just a petty shopkeep." Morro teased your uncle. You saw things, horrible things, now you fully understood why Morro wanted you. He was Wu's first student.

"With age, comes with wisdom," Pushing himself off, Wu flipped over, dropping his staff. Looking in front of him, Morro said curses inside your head. That was exactly what he came for. "A secret message engraved on the staff!"

"The Staff of the First Spinjitzu Master!" Lifting the staff off the ground, it flew into your hands. Behind you, the shelf fell on top and the staff was once again lost. You felt that. You really felt that. Ouch.

"I do more than stock shelves!" Nya could have been a little more gentle with you. You'd be sore by the next morning, that is, if you survived. Catching his staff, Wu nodded.

"Yes, now we leave."

"Give me the staff!" The wind was strong, pushing the shelf off and the things that surrounded it. Kai gave you a determined look, one that said 'Let him go or I'll make you', Kai was a good friend and good big brother. But not good enough to fight Morro. Tackling Kai, Morro hissed. "Foolish ninja, why would you try to take me all by yourself?"

"Because I promised to look after Lloyd!" Kai shot back. This was your moment, you had this. Now was your chance! Kai was in no shape to fight you. "I know you're in there, Lloyd. Fight him!"

"The staff is getting away! Let go of me!" Morro commanded him. Those encouraging words did not stop you from working hard. You were fighting him, the barrier around you eased, you could feel Morro straining to keep you.

"Only when you let go of Lloyd!"

"Kai…" You whispered. Finally, that was you! You've done it. You had to do it fast or else Morro would drag you back down again, just his mere presence was like the chains you were bound to. "Help me-!"

"Lloyd? Is that you?"

Yes! Yes! No! No! No! Really!? You only managed to get three words out! You really are pathetic.

"You really thought I was going to let you take me down, Garmadon? It's not that simple." Morro chastised you. Looking up, the two of you saw Kai getting anchored by the Bounty. Perfect. "You won't get away that easy!"

Pulling your hands towards you, Morro forced the Bounty to fly backward, you knew better. There were thrusters on the ship that urged it to fly away quickly, and it did. Morro cursed for what seemed to be the fiftieth time (and you were still counting). Your head hurt but at least you got something through, that you were still there.

"How could you let this happen, Lloyd?" Morro growled at you.

"Me? You're the one who possessed me, I have nothing to do with this!" You shouted, taken aback. Morro grumbled and waved a hand. In front of you, a dragon was manifested. That was his dragon.

"No matter, I will get that staff. Let's ride, Garmadon,"


Hey guys, for my next story, I need your help. Which one of these stories would you all like to read next? (I've written drafts of them already) (There's only the titles so I won't give away anything :D)

-Poorly Drawn lines

-How to Conquer Ninjago (And Everyone Who Lives In It): A Five-Step Guide (2-Parter)

-The Ghosts of Destiny's Bounty (Title subject to change)

-There's Been a Million Before Me

-Breathless

-Bring Your Father to School Day

-Grandfather Clock

-Kids Make Terrible Villains

-Off Limits

-Where the Sky and the Sea Meet