I am so sorry it took me so long to make a new chapter. I know you have been waiting for a new chapter, but I had a lot to do. Finally, I found the time. So, here's the new chapter.
When Lloyd woke up, he was back in his bed. Seemed like it would get a habit, him waking up in his bed after something mysterious happened.
Then again, it wasn't really new that he got in strange situations. More like his thing.
Lloyd stood up and stretched. His back made a satisfying crack, bones reacting to the stretching. He felt even better then before, even though he didn't know why. Nothing had changed, and jet he felt peaceful.
And then the young Garmadon remembered why he was even sleeping. He went to the departed realm to find Morro, and he came back with him. The question was: where was he? And everyone else?
So, he left his room and went to the kitchen, finding no one. He went everywhere: kitchen, living room, training room, but they just weren't there. He looked around some more, only to find them in the yard training.
The other ninja were sparing, and to his surprise, Morro was really there, training with the others. Like it was no big thing. Sure, from what he had seen in the other's memories, Morro had spared with others before. Though he had been very young.
Harumi was standing by the side, along with his parents and uncle. Looked like she hadn't done anything suspicious the whole time. Lloyd still wasn't sure if she really meant it. After all, she was great at manipulating people. She had done it for years.
Lloyd knew the others would keep and eye on her too, and it would be for a long time. She was definitely planning something, if it was good or bad, that was for her to show in time, but there was no reason for her to be suddenly good and helping them. It just wasn't her stile.
"Hey guys" Lloyd said.
The others looked up, to see their friend standing in the doorway.
"Son, you're awake" Garmadon smiled.
"Why do I have the feeling, that it has been some days, since I was awake?" Lloyd asked, smirking.
There was no way his friends just accepted Morro without hesitation. It had to be several days, since he had been awake.
And Morro was human too. No ghost. Lloyd couldn't help but feel relieved. That meant he couldn't posses him, if he tried something and went bad again. He would be safe, not forced to hurt his friends and family. But could you really blame him?
"Na, just like two days" Jay meant.
"Yeah, and in that time, we had enough time to talk and make a plan." Cole added.
Everyone had gathered in the meeting room, and Lloyd waited for everyone to explain the plan to him. Whatever they had thought of, it had better be good, because he didn't have an eternity.
It wouldn't be long until he would start to change more. By now he had just developed better senses and a change of taste, but it was just the beginning.
At least it was, what his family had told him.
Before he could finish his thoughts, his father set down a cup of blood in front of him. His stomach began to make noises, but he refused to drink more blood. He was through with it.
So he just stared at it.
"Dad really? I don't need this stuff. Some bread or something would do too" he protested.
"Lloyd, we have been over this. I know you don't like it, but normal food just won't do it for you anymore. You tried, remember? It didn't work" Wu tried to reason with his nephew.
The blond still didn't like it. Yes, he had tried normal food and hated it. His reaction to blood was more than inhuman, and that's what he hated.
Morro sighed. It was time to spill some secrets. "I know it's weird in the beginning, but you'll get used to it. It will only be for some time. Once you're normal again, you can stop but for now you have no other choice. If you don't it will only be a matter of time until you attack someone."
Everyone looked at the former ghost in confusion. How did he know about that?
"What would you know about it?" Kai asked.
Morro just looked away. He didn't like talking about it. It was in a time, before he even met Wu. A time he would like to forget forever, but it was branded in his mind, never to be forgotten. For a four-year-old child, it was horrible. When he got older, he didn't mind it anymore, but it still haunted him what he did.
"I just know" he grumbled.
"Nu uh. Not enough. Let's make a deal. I drink it and you say what you know" Lloyd raised the cup, looking at his former enemy.
Morro looked back at Lloyd, thinking about his chances. They would find out eventually, wouldn't they? He sighed again.
"There are different beings in this world" he started.
Lloyd took it as a yes and started drinking. He forced himself to go slower this time. The others listened too.
"There are humans, some of them are elemental masters. Then there are oni, the pure evil in this world. Next there are partlings. Very rare and powerful. You are one of them" he gestured to Lloyd.
"And then there are halflings. It can be a mix of human and dragon or human and oni. Let's just say that not only the family of the first Spinjitzu Master has oni genes" he really hated talking about it.
"So you are oni?" Zane asked.
"Half oni, yes" the wind master nodded.
"That doesn't explain everything. Halflings don't need blood to survive. They can live from normal food" Nya mentioned. Why she knew that, Morro didn't know.
Morro shifted in his seat. "Well, I was an orphan, so food was a problem" he mumbled.
"So what did you do?" Lloyd asked. He was nervous to hear the answer. He knew what was coming, yet he didn't want to know it. For he feared he would make the same mistake.
For a moment, Morro was silent, then he looked the blond straight in the eyes.
"The first time I remember was when I was four. I was told what I was before I was left alone, and I didn't like it one bit. I refused to eat, if I didn't find normal food. But one day I snapped. I had gone like four days without eating and then there was this woman…" he trailed off.
"You didn't" Lloyd whispered shocked.
"What do you think?" Morro spat. "She came to close and was bleeding. It's not like I wanted it, but I killed her. That's how it went. I'm not proud of it. But to prevent something like that from happening again, I had to find a blood source, could I not find normal food. At least it's what I did until I found the monastery" he glanced over at Wu.
The old man seemed surprised. He didn't seem to know about this himself. He had known Morro for years, had taken care of him for months, yet he didn't know about his oni heritage.
For the first time since she was little, Harumi didn't know what to say. Morro had said he was four when it happened. She was surprised he could still remember all of that. If a four-year-old half-oni could do that, then what was a partling capable of, when hungry?
Probably a destructive monster. She made a note to herself to never get to close to Lloyd, should he be hungry. By now, he was starting to become more oni than anything else. His senses were forming, and normal human food was already out of the question for him. His body hated it.
What would a full-blooded oni do, when hungry? Harumi shook her head. To much thinking. All she needed to do was get on Lloyds good side, be his queen, and everything would be fine for her. He was already starting to show signs of feelings, so it couldn't take long.
"Remember this is what happens if you refuse to eat, and it wouldn't be like you. It's what they want you to be. But no matter, time to discuss the plan" the former ghost tried to bring the attention back to the real reason they came together.
"Right" Cole nodded. They had already wasted enough time.
"Basically, we just need to get to the temple of light to get your golden powers back. Then everything will be fine. But there is one problem…" the black ninja trailed off.
"That would be?" Lloyd raised an eyebrow.
"The only way to be successful and to get your golden power back is to take the realm crystal with us and we don't really have it" Jay explained.
"Why do we need the crystal? We didn't need it the last time" the blond had no idea what role the crystal played in this. After all it was destroyed, and they didn't even know it existed the last time he got his powers.
"The last time we went there, you did not have a powerful oni side to fight against. The realm crystal is made out of pure light and energy, so it is the perfect part to complete your powers. We fear that the oni side would try to overpower the golden energy and it would be useless" Zane explained.
Lloyd thought about it, it made sense. "But the crystal is still in the city and destroyed" he meant.
"We can put it back together, but first we need to get it. And that is where you come into play" Kai said.
"Me?" the blond asked.
"Yes, you need to get in there, pretend to be like them, just as they wanted and get the crystal. Then we get you out, fly to the temple and all our problems will be solved" Misako said.
Lloyd was skeptical about this plan. He wasn't sure if this was such a good idea. He still had green eyes, not purple, like them. And he had to act evil, which was nothing like him. He couldn't even act evil, when he was still a child.
"But I don't even look like them" the blond meant.
"We have a plan for that don't worry. Morro will go with you to make sure everything goes according to plan" Nya said.
"Why him? No offence, but why him" Lloyd quickly apologized to the former ghost.
"None taken" Morro really couldn't be mad at Lloyd. He was probably still nervous.
"Well out of everyone of us, he's the only one who knows how to act evil" Kai shrugged.
"I don't really have a choice, do I?" Lloyd asked.
"Nope" everyone said.
"Fine" Lloyd sighed.
"Tomorrow we'll get ready. Even though you woke up late, we should all go to bed. It's pretty late now" Wu said, turning to the window to look outside. It had already turned dark. Even though they didn't notice it, they had been talking for nearly three hours.
So everyone went to bed. But Lloyd couldn't sleep. He was to nervous about the next day. Would he even be able to act like them? Hopefully they would buy it.
Eventually, exhaustion took over and Lloyd fell asleep.
One more person in the monastery was awake, trying to make a plan. She had to go with Lloyd, if she wanted to make sure her plan worked. But the others would never allow them to come with the two, unless she found a good excuse.
Why did it have to be so complicated?
So yeah, that's everything for now. I have some new ideas for the story. But as always you are allowed to add some ideas. One idea will be added to the next chapter. So, until then
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