A/N: Welcome to my new Ninjago series! If you're new to my stories, I have another one shot series also featuring Lloyd, but it just takes place during season 8. This series will have more one shots based in different seasons, and the other ninja will be focused on a little bit more. If you have any ideas for a future one shot for this fic, just let me know! It would be much appreciated.

This first one shot takes place sometime after "The Green Ninja" in s1 and before "Child's Play" in s2.

Lloyd had finally reached the point where he could confidently say that the ninja were his family. For the first time in forever, he didn't feel alone. He had people who cared about him and watched over him. He'd never really fit in with anyone before. Normal people either hated him or were afraid of him just because he was Lord Garmadon's son. His own mom sent him away. The other kids at Darkley's pushed him away because he wasn't evil enough. And he didn't fit in with the serpentine either; that much was very clear to him now.

He wasn't good enough, he wasn't bad enough...Why couldn't he just be enough for someone?! That was all he had ever wanted. Lloyd never had a real friend, much less a real family. But then Uncle Wu welcomed him aboard the bounty, and showed him that he could be enough.

Here with Jay, Cole, Kai, Zane...Nya and Uncle Wu, he finally felt like he belonged somewhere. For once, he didn't feel like this was something temporary. For once, he was actually home. He had found his family. He was their brother.

Lloyd was everyone's little brother, and that included Nya. She spent the most time with him, since she and Lloyd would always stay on the bounty together while the others went off to fight serpentine or whatever. At first, they just annoyed each other. Lloyd didn't want a babysitter and Nya didn't want a little pest stuck with her. But it didn't take long for Nya to discover that Lloyd wasn't a pest, and he wasn't as much of a brat as he had first been.

They started making the most out of being stuck together. At first, they just started playing a few different board games to pass the time (Nya usually beat him, by the way), but eventually that turned into their time to get to know each other better. Sometimes, (now that everyone knew Nya was the samurai) he would watch her make repairs to the samurai suit, among other did whatever they could to pass the time, and found that they actually really liked each other's company. Lloyd stopped moping so much when Uncle Wu left him aboard while the others left for a mission, and so did Nya, for that matter. So when Lloyd was acting a bit off one day, Nya was the first to notice.

"Hey Lloyd! Is everything alright?" she questioned him after everyone else had already finished breakfast and left. She would have liked to say that they were all busy training down, but it was much more likely that they were currently goofing off and playing video games for a few minutes while they had the chance. Sure, they all wanted to improve as much as they could, but that didn't mean that they couldn't try to beat Cole's new high score.

Lloyd was still sitting at the table, a spoon in hand, and a slight frown on his face. He was staring down at his half-eaten bowl of cereal.

"Huh? Oh..yeah, everything's just fine…" he replied, glancing up for a second. Nya raised an eyebrow. The kid's tone said otherwise. She sighed and took a seat across from him.

"You know you can talk to me, right? We're here for you Lloyd-"

Lloyd's frown deepened as he dropped his spoon in his bowl and lowered his gaze. It's nothing really. It's just…" He was silent for a few seconds, as if hesitant to continue. "It's just...Everything's been really crazy lately. I like it here and all, but it's just one thing after another! First I find out I'm the Green Ninja, and then my dad leaves again, and I-I have to defeat him someday…"

Nya reached across the table and put a hand on Lloyd's shoulder. She smiled sadly at him. "I know it's a lot. You shouldn't have to deal with this at such a young age. But we're here for you Lloyd, we really are. I'm here for you. You don't have to hide your feelings from us. You can talk to me anytime, okay?"

Lloyd looked up at Nya, his eyes wide. Even if he did feel at home here, he definitely wasn't used to people genuinely saying that they were here for him. It almost seemed too good to be true. "Really?" he asked, a hint of disbelief in his voice.

Nya nodded, her smile never leaving her face. "Really," she said, with every ounce of sincerity. "Don't forget-you're our little brother."

Lloyd grinned. Ignoring the bowl of cereal right in front of him, he leaned all the way over to give Nya a hug. Unfortunately, that did knock the bowl over, and milk and soggy cereal spilled all over. "Thanks."

"No prob! But ah-we should probably clean this up."