Are yall proud of me for updating regularly xd
Review replies:
Ebony: I wonder too... and if he dies in a cursed realm, he'll just turn back into a ghost xd I think the main problem is that he's going to keep walking into walls. + what is revealed at the end of this chapter... xd
Nicktastic: Clouse totally played himself.
NinjagoMLP: Not for me yet. I'm going to see it tomorrow evening. xd
Entity: ...why slime tho xDD Like nice slime that people are wild over or yucky slime for dumping on Clouse?
Emobilcipher: Well he's gonna have some problems with not being able to turn invisible/possess things/walk through walls, yeah. But he'll be able to use his wind powers fine, though he may have to adjust to like... having weight again. xd
Windy: Here you go!
Guest: No idea. I thought I was pretty sneaky about this xd also niiiiiiice
Lloyd's mouth dropped open in shock as the smoke cleared, revealing Morro's transformation. He- he was human. Was he? Was it a trick, like Clouse's illusion? Hesitantly, the blond reached down and touched him, He definitely felt human. He was solid, and his skin was warm. Was... was it permanent? He cast a shocked look at Clouse, who seemed equally surprised at what his unfinished spell had done. The archers stood there, stunned, for a few moments longer before remembering their job and drawing their bows to fire. Before any of the arrows flew, though, the entire group, including Clouse, vanished in a puff of smoke as one of the Nyas dumped a bunch of water on them.
"Whoa." Cole 1 said, running over. "Is he human?"
"I think so." Lloyd touched him again. "Feels like it."
"Wow." Cole sat down next to him. "Is he... like... okay?"
"Uhh…" The blond pressed a hand to Morro's chest. "His heart is beating, and he's breathing. I think he's just unconscious." Lloyd shook him gently. "Morro?" The black-haired boy groaned under his breath, then mumbled,
"Where 'm I? Why's it so cold?"
"Morro, wake up." Lloyd shook him again, and the wind master pried his eyes open, frowning up at him.
"What happened?" He asked. His voice was… it didn't have the reverb that ghosts' voices had. It sounded… normal, but off at the same time. "Lloyd?" He realized he was staring, and blinked.
"Uh, look at yourself." Morro lifted his head to look down at his body, then his eyes shot wide open.
"I'm- I'm human." He said in amazement. "But- but how? There's no way to un-curse a ghost…"
"Well… Clouse tried to cast a spell, but Cole interrupted him and the unfinished spell hit you. Apparently there is a way." Lloyd offered him a hand, and the dark-haired boy took it, letting him pull him up into a sitting position.
"I feel… cold. And tired. Ghosts don't feel those things as much." He frowned, staring down at his hands. "…and hungry."
"Yeah, we haven't eaten as much as usual because we don't have much with us. You'll get more when we're back to the base."
"Okay. Is it… warmer in Ninjago?"
"In general, yeah."
"Good. I'm freezing."
"You can have my jacket if you want." Nicole offered, and Lloyd looked up I surprise to see her standing behind him.
"Y-yeah, I'd like that." He nodded, blushing a bit, and the dream mistress took off her jacket, tossing it to the wind master on the ground. He nodded his thanks, putting it on. Looking around, Lloyd observed that the rest of the group had landed as well, and were watching him and Morro quietly. His double actually looked… pleased. Not a good pleased.
"Okay, but this is really good." Lloyd said, turning back to Morro 2. "You're human. The Preeminent can't get at you anymore." Morro perked up at that.
"You're right. She can't get in my head!"
"Yeah!" Lloyd stood, then offered Morro a hand up again. The boy let him pull him to his feet, then wavered a bit.
"There's… so many things I feel." He said quietly. "I'd forgotten how much… it's been more than forty years."
"Do you think you can manage a dragon?"
"I… don't think so, no."
"Alright, then you can ride on mine some more." Lloyd summoned his dragon again. "Let's mount up, everyone. We need to pick up the pace if we want to be in Ninjago by nightfall." The others complied, and Lloyd was about to climb onto his own dragon when he remembered Zane. "Hang on." The blond ran over to the powered-down nindroid, calling, "Jays, Nyas, come help me with Zane." One of each hurried over. Nya 2 frowned, opening up the back of Zane's head and pressing some buttons.
"Not sure what's wrong. For now, help me tie him onto the back of my dragon." Jay 2 and Lloyd helped secure the nindroid to her saddle before climbing onto their respective dragons and taking off.
It was afternoon by the time they spotted the mountain, and evening by the time they reached it. They took the same precautions as in their timeline to ensure no evil ghosts would get to it, collapsing the pathway up the mountain, before going through. It was then that they were faced with their first problem.
"Ahh, the vengestone room." Lloyd glanced around the dark room, lit only by the portal behind them. "I'd forgotten about this."
"Oh look, it's the pit I fell in." Indigo remarked, gesturing to the jagged pit that split the room in half.
"You seem to do that a lot." Kai 2 raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah."
"So… how do we get across?" Jay 2 asked. "No powers."
"Well, last time, Jessica tied a rope to the rocks over it, and those who could swung across." Lloyd explained. "The others Cole threw over."
"Do we have a rope?"
"Uh…"
"Here's one." Nya 1 pulled one out of her pack. Jessica grabbed it, then scrambled up the wall with ease as Lloyd watched in admiration. Somehow managing to hang upside down, she tied the rope around a hook-like rock before climbing back down.
"Ta daaaa."
"Nice." Lloyd grinned. "Alright, who can't swing across?"
"Not me." Gin 2 said.
"Or me, and I doubt my son can." Garmadon 2 added.
"I might be able to." Morro 2 sounded unsure, and still tired.
"Okay. Should we have you thrown across or would you rather swing across with someone?"
"I don't see why any of us would rather be thrown." Gin raised an eyebrow.
"Less chance of you being dropped into the pit of questionable depth."
"…okay then. I'll still go with swinging across."
"I don't care either way." Morro 2 said quietly, swaying a bit.
"Is much of the mountain like this? Vengestone?" Lloyd 2 asked.
"Not too much, but a couple important caverns are. Like this one, and then one filled with lava."
"That's… not great."
"No it's not." Lloyd glanced at the rope, then ran and jumped off the edge, grabbing it and swinging across. "It's strong."
"What are the odds that one of us is going to miss the rope and plummet to our doom?" Nicole asked.
"…not that high. Depends." Lloyd shrugged. "Alright, let's get moving. We're low on food, remember?" The others nodded, then started to cross. Jessica, being the foolish daredevil she was, opted to climb across the ceiling instead, which totally didn't stress Lloyd out at all. Okay, it did. Why. Otherwise it was fairly uneventful, most of the others crossing in safety. Lloyd's father slipped, much to his alarm, but Kai and Cole 1 caught him, pulling him back to safety. They made it past the room without incident, and started making their way through the tunnels again.
Fortunately, Zane 1 still had his map of the volcano from when they went through it in their world, so he lead them through with ease. They walked for about an hour before Morro 2 literally fell asleep on his feet, falling over in the middle of the path. He woke up when he hit the ground, of course, but after that Lloyd decided it was time to stop and rest. They found a larger cavern that wasn't surrounded by deepstone, and Zane 1 stood watch as the rest went to sleep.
Lloyd stayed awake late, just thinking. How would Morro transition to being human? It would probably take a while to get used to it. He would probably crash into things a lot. Hopefully he would get used to being corporeal pretty fast. He still had Nicole's jacket, and was curled up a bit as he slept a few feet away. Did ghosts just need less sleep in general, or was he tired before he became human and just didn't notice? And what about food? And heat? Ghosts didn't have body heat, so they weren't losing heat and therefore probably didn't need as much. It was hard to say for the other two though.
After a while, the blond decided he wasn't going to be able to get to sleep lying on the cold stone, so he scooted over next to Morro 2 and rested his head on his chest. Better. Now he could sleep. Before long, he drifted off.
TheDarknessReturn
Lloyd A awoke with a start in the middle of the night.
Or… well… it could be any time of day, they were in a tunnel and there was no outside light. But everyone else but Zane was still asleep, so he assumed it was night. Except… except Nicole. She was sitting upright a few feet away, staring blankly into space. Weird.
Rolling over onto his other side, Lloyd thought back to the dream that woke him up. It was… vivid, in a word. He had cornered Morro A, and was slowly killing him, stabbing him again and again. His enemy had been pleading for mercy, crying, but Lloyd didn't let up. At the end, Morro died, and Lloyd felt… horrible. Was that what would happen if he hurt him? He would instantly regret it? No. Morro deserved it.
But the thought kept nagging at him. A little voice in the back of his head kept insisting that if he hurt Morro it would come back to bite him. Of course, the others would be mad, he knew that. Hurting Morro was worth it.
Now that he thought about it, though… he couldn't kill him. He would just turn him back into a ghost, and he would be back where he started, unable to hurt him badly without killing him. No… he had to do something else.
Maybe do what was done to him: chop off his leg. But no, if he didn't get immediate medical attention, he could die. He had to do something… less drastic.
His fingers would do.
Lloyd needs therapy
like, serious therapy
Anyway I can't guarantee I'll update tomorrow because I'm goinG TO SEE THE NINJAGO MOVIE WOO
~FFF