So this has been one of my personal favourite headcanons that I came up with a few years ago, and I decided to make this story. By the way, this is not in any way related to "Help her!", but the same OC's in this are mentioned in that story. I want to make this a full on story with chapters and whatnot, but only time will tell if I actually do that. Anyway, this is set between seasons three and four, Rebooted and Tournament of Elements.
Zane is dead.
The team aren't talking. What team?
He and his friends had gone separate ways. What friends?
Now, he is a tv show host, and admittedly, he hates his new job. The lights, the shouting, the cameras, the crowd, the makeup, the... no... the concealer!
Not to mention the loneliness. He has never felt so alone, even on those days in the junkyard.
No. He needs to take his mind off of this. Surely there's somewhere he can go...
Oh! That's it! There was a poster in town about a band performing somewhere nearby! And the tickets are still on sale! Maybe... if he is quick...
He got his ticket. Three hours later, he is ready, walking through Ninjago City. The sight is painful, sure, but it is time he embraced that pain and used it to move forward. After all, he still had to move on from her... no! Jay, stay focused! You weren't good enough for her anyway...
He passes a restaurant, and his stomach grumbles. He checks his watch, deciding he has time. He enters the restaurant to find the place packed. There are families, friends and couples everywhere, in every corner, along every wall. Every table brings a pang of pain into his chest, and he hears a bunch of, maybe, six laughs overlapping each other. They sounded the same way back when...
He shakes himself out of his painful memories and listens as a news report plays on a tv on the wall in front of him.
"I'm here tonight with the lead singer of the Diamond Hearts, Claire Chen!" The news lady announces as Jay looks up. There is a young girl with brown hair on the screen. Her eyes are hazel, and her hair is pulled back into a ponytail.
"So," the news reporter continues, "Claire, is it true that the Diamonds Hearts are disbanding?" The young girl sadly nods.
"I'm afraid so, Lucy." She replies, looking down at her lap. "My lead backup singer and I had a massive falling-out, and we each had the support of about half of the band. In the end, we all agreed that it would be easier if we just split up." The news reporter nods with a melancholy look in her eyes.
"So, if you don't mind me asking, Claire, are the Dismond Hearts still going to have their record label? Are you and your half of the band going to continue your music? Or will the other half?""Oh, Lucy," Claire laughs as she replies, "both halves are hoping to still make music, but only our side will be the Diamond Hearts. I don't care what their side will be called, but I will not just sit here and let my old lead backup singer take the name that I worked so hard on thinking of, claiming that she came up with it."
"Such a shame. You girls were so close to becoming Ninjago's most popular band as well. And this is so soon before your next show too! Tell me, will that show be the final one, or...?"
"Oh no, Lucy." The girl, Claire, responds firmly. "That show has been cancelled. I refuse to work with who would have been our guest performer, after she tore my band apart."
Jay gapes slightly at the screen until he is brought abruptly back into the real world when a girl suddenly pushes her chair out from her table and storms by him, accidentally jostling him as she heads for the door. She mumbles an apology as she leaves, and Jay replies that it's alright before he realises that he recognises her voice. He turns his head rapidly to see the girl's back as she leaves. Another girl runs after her, but Jay doesn't recognise her. He's still in shock by who he'd just seen.
Nya.
A/N: so this is set between Rebooted and Tournament of Elements. This is based on a few headcanons of mine that I adore. Also, many of the characters mentioned in this story are OC's, so you won't know most of these characters. But yeah, "Help her!" fans, don't worry, a new chapter of that is coming and no, this Claire and that Claire are not in any way the same Claire. Well, they are, but these are completely different timelines. They are two separate stories with different AU's, OC's and plots. So don't worry.
As well as a new chapter of "Help her!", I'm also gonna be releasing the next chapter of We Aren't Heroes soon. Hopefully in the next couple of days. Oh well, I'll see you guys, gals and non-binary pals soon!
-LunaPikazard