My mom was shocked when she heard I had gotten 7 reviews on the first chapter

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Review replies:

Kat: Yes you are. xD I can't wait either! :D

Samantha: I mean, it's just following the same plot as the first two books, so... I guess? xD

Ninjachief: That's awesome about your friend! I'm excited to see where this is going too, since I haven't entirely worked out the plot. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Bob: hey! Long time no see! *noms cookie*

TheAmberShadow: Yeah, I thought that was clever. :3 Thank's for the OC! Were you thinking she would be an ally of the alternate ninja?

Ebony: this is definitely gonna be good -3o No rush.

HS1274281: ;D

Chapter 2

It had been a very peaceful afternoon at the Garmadon Monastery.

The students had spent the morning training vigorously, and were therefore too tired to cause much trouble that afternoon. They chatted quietly amongst each other during dinner, and since there wasn't anything to cause the others to talk, the meal was almost silent. However, that quickly changed when a loud thud sounded outside, quickly followed by a feminine yelp. After a few moments of exchanging confused glances, Jay voiced the question on everyone's minds.

"What was that?"

"I'll go see." Kai pushed his chair back, standing up and leaving the room. Curious, Lloyd followed, meeting the red ninja just inside the door as he unbolted it and pushed it open. On the ground outside was a girl - a familiar one, at that. The brown-haired girl pushed herself up on her forearms, looking around the courtyard.

"Well this definitely isn't my dimension." She remarked. Her voice triggered a memory, and Lloyd stepped forward with a frown.

"Andreea?" The girl's head popped up, and her face broke into a grin.

"Ha! I guess I did get the right dimension!"

"What do you mean? How'd you get back here?" The blond boy asked, running forward and offering her a hand up.

"We need help." the brunette replied, accepting his hand. "We haven't been able to make any progress in getting the Realm back from Morro, it's only gotten worse. He captured Nya, and our Lloyd lost one leg and his other is healing. We hardly have any allies left." Lloyd was silent for a few moments as he processed this.

"So you want us to help?"

"Exactly." Andreea nodded.

"But how can we get back to your dimension? For that matter, how'd you get here?"

"Our Jay recreated the accident that send me here the first time, Tomorrow's Tea plus lightning." She shrugged. "And Clouse can use the same spell as before, can't he?"

"Good point." Lloyd nodded. "Let's go tell the others."

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"...so let me get this straight." Morro leaned back in his chair with a frown. "You want us to go back with you to your... dimension, where an evil version of me has taken over the whole universe, and defeat him and save the sixteen realms."

"Basically." Andreea shrugged. "We got close to taking him out once, but his arm overwhelmed us and they captured Nya." Lloyd couldn't help but notice Kai narrowing his eyes at this. "Like I told Lloyd, our Lloyd can barely fight anymore. He's already missing one leg and the other might be ruined as well. Since he was our only other way to kill ghosts, we're basically powerless now. Long story short, we're losing. Hence the request for help." The ninja exchanged glances.

"That's our job, isn't it?" Cole spoke up at last. "To defend the helpless and save the day?" The others nodded. "Okay, it's settled. Who's going?"

"Definitely Lloyd and I." Nya started. "We'll be able to do the most against the ghosts."

"The rest of us ninja should come too." Zane continued. "And Morro."

"I... don't know about that." The ghost said hesitantly. "I don't think the other ninja will take very well to me."

"They'll get over it." Andreea waved a hand dismissively. "We need you to be an equal match to the bad Morro. With the others' help, you should be able to take him out."

"I guess."

"If he's going, I'm going." Indigo spoke up. Morro opened his mouth to protest, but she put a hand over it.

"And Gin." Cole suggested. "Her powers are like Lloyd's, they might be able to kill ghosts."

"Garmadon should too." Kai spoke up. "He's completely invincible."

"Say what?" Andreea tilted her head in confusion.

"Long story."

"...whatever. Our Lloyd will be happy to see him." The brunette nodded at the older man. "Our Garmadon is still locked up in the Cursed Realm." Lloyd's face fell a bit at this.

"I wanna go too." Jessica spoke up.

"No." Lloyd said immediately.

"Why not?"

"Because you don't have any powers, and there's too much chance you could get hurt."

"But you heard Andreea! There's hardly any of them left! They need all the help they could get!"

"She's right." Andreea nodded. "Even if she didn't go out on missions, she could still help guard the base."

"I- you guys are ganging up on me?" Lloyd looked back and forth between them before letting out a sigh. "Fine. You can come. Anyone else?" There was silence for a moment before Bansha stepped forward.

"I could come."

"She's on your side now?" Andreea frowned. "Last I heard she was trying to kill you all."

"She's my friend." Morro sounded slightly defensive.

"Whatever." The brunette shrugged. "The more the merrier."

"Anyone else?" Lloyd asked a third time. This time, no one spoke. "Okay."

"Misako and I will stay here with the students." Sensei spoke up.

"Okay." Lloyd nodded. "I'll contact Clouse. You guys get ready."

"Define 'get ready'." Jay frowned.

"Change into a gi if you have one, grab anything you'll absolutely need." the blond boy specified before turning and leaving the room. As soon as he was a couple rooms away, he sank down in a chair, burying his face in his hands as he let out a shuddering breath. Ghost, this was all happening so fast. He didn't want to show weakness in front of the others, but... he wasn't ready to fight his best friend.

"Lloyd?" His father's voice made his head jerk up, and he turned to see the older man standing in the doorway. "What's wrong?" Lloyd opened his mouth to say 'nothing', but figured it was no good because his father would drill him until he admitted it.

"I'm... just scared to fight Morro again." he said after a moment. "From what Andreea said about the... other me, it sounds like he really hates me. Morro, I mean. I'm just... afraid he'll do something horrible to me." Lloyd shuffled his feet on the floor. "I guess that's kinda selfish of me, isn't it?"

"It's not selfish to be afraid." His father walked over and knelt next to him, putting a hand on his arm. "You can't help your fear. You're still only a boy. But you'll be fine. You have our Morro, plus two of each of the ninja, to protect you."

"If you say so." Lloyd smiled faintly.

"And me, of course."

"And you." the green ninja grinned. "Though I'll have to share you with the other Lloyd."

"I suppose so." His father chuckled. "Come on. You need to get Clouse." Lloyd nodded, taking a deep breath before standing up.

"You supervise the others, okay?" Dad nodded, turning around and heading back into the other room. Turning the other was, Lloyd headed off towards the computer room. Whether he was ready or not, he had to do this. It was his duty as the green ninja, to help the helpless and beat the bad guy.

...only problem was, he didn't know if he could.

I almost think that AU Lloyd probably has a better mental state than this Lloyd.

Oh, and, in case you didn't see the edit to the OC rules I made yesterday, since this story mostly takes place in an alternate universe, OCs will either be evil, or homeless good guys. Maybe one or two will actually be an ally of the ninja. But if you want them to be in the ninja's group, you'll have to input them quickly before they meet them.

~FFF