"Another day done, another mission completed," Nya said happily, stretching her arms.
"I never thought rebuilding Ninjago from the ashes of what Lord and Lady Garmadon did to it would be so hard!" Jay exclaimed.
"Hard, but good," Cole added.
Jay nodded. "Hard, but good. I mean, we've got better food distribution, all the identity locks gone, and a new government getting set in place, with elections coming up in a week. It's taking a while to get things put right, but it's worth it."
"It is worth it," Wu agreed.
"You're not just saying that because you're in the lead in the polls, are you?" Kai joked.
Wu smiled. "Perhaps."
"He's in the lead in the polls, but guess who's in second?" Nya put forward.
"Lloyd is," Zane offered.
Nya scowled at him playfully. "I said, 'guess,' Zane. It doesn't count as guessing if you can access the latest poll results with your brain."
"Oh. Then I will let everyone else guess," Zane stated.
Nya snorted. "Too late for that. Oh well. Yeah, Lloyd's in second."
"I am?" Lloyd wondered. "Really? After all the years of everyone being terrified of me?"
"Yup. Turns out basically singlehandedly saving everyone from a pair of dictators can really make people like you," Nya said nonchalantly.
"Not to mention being the chosen one of prophecy," Kai added. "Face it, bro, you've got fans who absolutely love you."
"Fans," Lloyd repeated. "Huh."
"Speaking of people who love you, Lloyd, didn't you go see your parents again today?" Cole asked.
Lloyd nodded. "They said to say hi and that they hate all of you."
Cole shook his head. "Of course they do."
"But they're still staying put in prison as they wait for things to settle down enough for us to give them a proper trial. Of course, they'll probably be staying put in prison long after that, but Dad's hoping for parole and Mom's hoping for house arrest," Lloyd added.
"Like those things'll happen," Kai stated.
Lloyd shrugged. "They can only hope."
"And we can only hope that they stop telling you to tell us that they hate us every time they see you," Jay said.
"Like that'll happen either. They're good at holding grudges," Lloyd explained.
"They have the rest of their lives to get over it," Nya stated.
Kai nodded. "Like how we have the rest of our lives to make Ninjago better and better."
That was true, Lloyd mused as the conversation turned to the things they were going to work on to help Ninjago tomorrow. They had the rest of their lives to fix things up, both in the subject of Ninjago and in the subject of Lloyd's parents. Things would keep getting better and better as time went on, and Lloyd couldn't wait to see it happen.
Lloyd smiled. All was good in Ninjago.
AN: And that's that! Hope you all enjoyed it!