I HAVE RETURNED! :D Did you miss me? My finger hurts. A lot. OW. And now my brain hates me for trying to bend my finger and hurting it. -.- Anyway. So I will be updating over the next few days, but slowly. Probably one every other day. And I'm behind... six one-shots. Whoops. I'll try to do them in the order I got them, but I've likely forgotten the exact order and might skip around because pi. So anyway. This one was requested by SilverKunoichi. I wrote it first because I wanted to take a break from writing dramatic stuff. LOL JK I love writing drama. And fluff. I wrote this one because it was requested a looooooong time ago and I didn't want to forget it. So anyway here it is.

Lilac Light - Rated K - General/Family

Summary: Gin discovering a surprising secret about herself.

Takes place: A couple weeks after the end of RttCR

Lilac Light

"WATCH OUT!" Gin ducked at the shouted warning and a pair of nunchucks sailed over her head. She turned around to see Tellen and Anna standing behind her a few feet away, Anna with her eyes wide and her hands over her mouth. Gin picked up the wooden weapons from the ground, turning to the pair.

"Did you throw these at me?" she asked with a frown.

"He did it." Anna pulled her hands away from her mouth to point at Tellen.

"She provoked me!" he defended himself. Gin rolled her eyes, and, holding the nunchucks over her head, charged at them, causing them to scream and run. Gin giggled as she chased them through the halls of the monastery. Though the two students (plus Ness) were a couple years older than her, she often felt like they were her age or younger. The three exited the hallway into a large room, but Gin didn't realize where she was until something hard slammed into her, sending her flying across the room into a wall. She heard panicked shouts for a moment along with the buzzing in her eyes before someone touched her shoulder and spoke clearly.

"Gin! You okay?" she opened her eyes and met Lloyd's bright-green ones. She blinked as she registered the green ninja kneeling worridly in front of her.

"Uh..." she shook her head rapidly from side to side to clear it. "...yeah. What hit me?"

"Ah, I did." Lloyd coughed. "Kai and I were sparring and you ran in the way of an energy ball. Sorry." he helped his dazed "sister" to her feet.

"Energy ball?" Gin turned to see Garmadon standing in the doorway on the other side of the room, a mildly annoyed look on his face. "What have I said about using powers in the monastery?"

"Um... don't. Sorry Dad." Lloyd rubbed the back of his neck with his free hand with an awkward chuckle. "It's a reflex."

"It's alright. Just be more careful next time. This is exactly why you need to be careful." the older man gestured to Gin, who was stumbling dizzily in a circle. "So you don't hit people."

"I'm okay." Gin said as Lloyd pulled her over to a chair at the edge of the room. "Just let me sit down for a minute."

"You can watch me smash Lloyd at fencing!" Kai boasted with a grin, grabbing a practice katana from the wall.

"Ha! You wish!" Lloyd grabbed a similar sword and the two began to duel. Gin sat and watched them with a smile on her face. She loved her brothers a lot. Well, they weren't really her brothers, of course. But that's how she thought of them. Lloyd was most of a brother to her out of all of them, since he was Garmadon's son and Garmadon was like a father to her. It sure would be nice to know who her real family was, though. Gin ducked as Kai accidently sent a stream of fire in her direction, laughing as everyone else scolded him for it. It would be awesome to have elemental powers. Most of the people here did, didn't they? Even Indigo had powers, though she didn't remember when they were... stealing powers or something. Or was that Kai's girlfriend, Skylor? One or the other. It would be so cool to be an elemental master, Gin thought, closing her lilac eyes. To be able to set things on fire, or change shape, or just make balls of pure energy, like Lloyd. Gin unconsciously squeezed her hands into fists as she imagined having powers, her recent acquaintance with the wall forgotten. How did one control one's powers, she wondered? Was it picking up heavy things, a reflex that kicked in when needed? Or was it like a store of power inside of you, like a battery, that you could tap into to use for whatever your power- Gin's eyes flew open and she let out a startled gasp as there was a bright flash of light and the sound of a crash. She blinked a few times to readjust her eyes to the light before registering a large, circular hole in the wall directly across from her. Everyone else in the room was staring at it too, and she noticed the other people in the monastery in the doorway. As their attention turned to her, Gin looked down at her hands just in time to see a soft, light-purple light fading away.

"Uhh..." Jay spoke up from a few feet away. "What was that?"

"It looked like one of Lloyd's energy balls." Kai replied. "But purple."

"Lilac." Gin corrected. "It was lilac."

"And it didn't come from me. It came from Gin." Lloyd gestured to her, apparently not hearing her comment.

"What?" she blinked in surprise. "But I'm not an Elemental Master!" she paused. "...am I?"

"You must be." Sensei Wu said from the doorway. "Otherwise you could not have done that."

"Can you do it again?" Ness piped up from nearby.

"Don't try. Not in here." Lloyd spoke up quickly. "We don't need any more holes in the walls. Come on, let's go outside." she nodded and she and her friends went outside to test out her strange powers.

LilacLight

"Alright, so, what were you doing when you did that?" Lloyd asked as Gin stopped in the backyard of the monastery, facing a tree ten feet away.

"Um... pretending I had powers like yours." she blushed slightly, painfully aware of the fact that everyone was watching her.

"Do it again." Jay suggested. Gin nodded and stared down at her hands. A few moments later, she felt a strange surge of energy go through her and her hands began to glow again, the same light-purple light as before. Lilac, that's what it was. It was the same color of her eyes. Funny, Lloyd's eyes were the same color as his powers, too... Suddenly, the light turned into a ball of energy, that expanded rapidly like an inflating balloon. It grew out of control and popped, sending Gin and Lloyd, who was next to her, to the ground. Frowning, she sat up and held her hands in front of her again, this time managing to keep the energy in a wobbly ball.

"Well." Lloyd broke the stunned silence. "This is weird. It looks like you have the same powers as me. But purple."

"But how?" Gin tossed the ball away from her, which quickly popped when it left contact with her. "Why do I have these powers? Am I related to you somehow?"

"It's possible." the green ninja mused. "After all, no one knows where you came from. Maybe you're my sister in another dimension or something. Andreea was from another dimension. Remember her?"

"Yeah." Gin nodded.

"Well, we're never going to know." Jay pointed out. "Because, like you said, none of us have any idea. And there's no way to find out. We can guess, but we'll never know the truth."

"Maybe. Hey Dad!" Lloyd called to his father, who was standing in the doorway of the monastery a safe distance away. "Do you know of anyone with powers like Gin's? You and Sensei fought with all the other elemental masters in the Serpentine wars, didn't you? Did you see anyone like her?" Garmadon started to shake his head, but stopped.

"There was a woman... named Mialli, I think, who could summon lilac light." he replied. "Her powers acted much like yours do, Lloyd. I didn't notice anything at the time, because, obviously, you were not yet born. Once, though, Mialli's powers changed. When we took refuge in my father's monastery, her powers changed from being "Lilac Energy", as she called it, to silver energy, not unlike your gold energy, Lloyd. Wu and I think it was some sort of reaction to the golden weapons."

"So, if I still had my golden power, maybe Gin's power would become silver?" Lloyd suggested.

"It seems likely. The only source of golden power left, except for that which is in the form of Kai, Jay, Zane, and Cole's elemental powers, is the Golden Armor, which Cyrus Borg has hidden in a secure location." Garmadon replied. "So I doubt we'll be able to test it out."

"So this "Mialli" person was my mother?" Gin focused on making another orb of light. "But who was she? How'd she get her powers? Is she still alive?"

"Actually, she was much more likely your grandmother." Garmadon walked over to observe her powers. "She was older than Wu and I. And she died in the Serpentine wars. As for where she got her powers, I imagine she got them from my father, along with the rest of the elemental masters. But I still have no idea how you ended up in the Cursed Realm." he shook his head with a sigh. "I'm sorry."

"Oh." Gin stared at her faintly-glowing hands. "Well... this is good! I finally have some vague idea of who I am and where I came from! And I'm special!"

"You were always special, powers or not." Lloyd ruffled the younger girl's hair.

"Hey! Don't mess with my hair!" Gin pushed him away, but accidently hit him with a burst of energy that sent him flying into a tree. "Oh my gosh! Sorry!" she squeaked as she ran over to see if he was okay. Kai burst out laughing at Lloyd's dazed appearance.

"This is too much! The green ninja just got beaten by a seven-year-old!" the red ninja chortled. Gin tried to hit him with an energy ball as well, but missed by about five feet and her projectile sailed through a window into the monastery. There was a crash from inside, followed by a startled meow. Indigo's grey and white cat appeared at the window a moment later, looking decidedly offended. Gin giggled, taking advantage of the distraction the cat was providing to sneak up behind Kai and hit him with an energy ball. He recovered quickly and sent a fireball at her, which missed and nearly hit Morro, who shot back at him. The two Sensei took cover as an element battle ensued, sending most of the fighters flying within a few moments. Gin burst out laughing as Jay tried to take her out with a bolt of lightning, but was thrown across the yard by Lloyd before he could.

"Partners?" the blond boy suggested.

"Why not?" she replied with a grin, trying to throw a lilac ball at Cole and missing by a mile. "Ah, my aim needs work."

"Pfft, you shoulda seen me when I first started using my powers." Lloyd chuckled. "That's why Dareth doesn't let us use his dojo anymore. You'll get better." he punched her arm lightly with one hand as he fired off another shot at Cole with the other. Gin giggled. Having family was awesome. Even better than having powers.

Le awesome one-shot

Sorry for any spelling or grammar mistakes. Typing is hard with my finger damaged like it is. Next up is one of Angel Star Ninja's numerous requests, because they're awesome. ^ ^

~FFF