A/N: This is only a bonus scene, and since I'll be posting a real chapter tomorrow review replies will wait until then. I Just wanted to celebrate the birthday of the Cursed Concept... Multiverse? Yeah, that sounds about right. I wanted to celebrate on the day by posting, so enjoy this very short bonus scene!
Although, I will say the title is sadly not 'Potential', but that would have fit almost as well as the real one! Keep up the good work!
He had only been in school three weeks and yet, somehow, Lloyd Garmadon was flunking.
It made no sense. The boy had been raised at the school; in a separate nursery, sure, but he still overheard many of the lessons. This shouldn't have even been possible, but the five-year-old was one of the worst students Darkly's had ever had.
And Lloyd knew it.
As if the big, red F on every single assignment wasn't enough, the other students made sure he would never forget. They would pull unusually cruel pranks on him, target him for attacks, and loudly whisper rumors about him and make sure he could hear.
Lloyd didn't know what to do, he desperately wanted to show them that he was one of them, and not some useless kid.
He'd stormed into the woods surrounding the base of the mesa the school rested on, just to get a few minutes of solitude while he figured out how to raise his grades. He couldn't even think with the emotions bubbling inside. He wanted the stupid feelings gone.
He punched a tree. It didn't help.
He tried to shove all his feelings, all this stupid energy fueling them into his hands as he moved towards the tree again.
A bright flash of green light blinded him, shoving him backwards into the tree behind him and leaving him feeling a bit... drained. Not to mention his head hurt now.
With a groan, Lloyd pulled himself to his feet, glancing around. The tree he'd been going for had been completely uprooted, now leaning against another tree that appeared to be barely supporting it by their intertwined branches.
Was that him?
He stared down at his hands, trying to force them to do it again.
Tiny green sparkles danced around his fingertips. He felt his own energy slipping out along with them.
He giggled.
This was so cool, maybe it could help him finally make friends.
Turning back, he raced towards Darkly's, eager to show everyone his newfound powers.
Bonus Bonus: This, while not mentioning the title, hints very hard toward the reason Lloyd's... so different from canon here. And thus, it also hints toward the name of this fic! (We're getting so close to the reveal!)