Why does it take me 3 days to update? I blame my brain's new friend.

Me: Looks like I'll be able to get lots of writing done tonight...
Brain: Hey I'd like you to meet my new friend.
Me: Huh?
Brain: Writer's Block.
Writers Block: Real pleasure to meet ya. Call me WB.
Me: *bangs head against wall* I hate both of you.
Brain: You're welcome.

Review replies:

Morro the Master of Wind: Realism is the goal. ;) She just wants a friend. As for the sequel, there's a summary of the plot in an Author's Note in one of the one-shots... somewhere...

Angel: Tell those two that actually ghosts can't bleed, and I doubt you would lose (cause reviewer powers), so they can stay and watch you beat her up if they want. ^ ^ That does sound very cute. ;D

Windy: I hope I will continue to be able to do review replies from now on, but I'll probably miss sometimes. :P Go ahead, she probably deserves it. I think you'll like this chapter. Alright, good. ^ ^ I actually came up with a pretty good title for that the night after I posted that, which is "Overload". I'll probably change it eventually, but at least I can start the fanfic since now I have a title. ;) Return to the Cursed Realm's title was easy because it was so straightforward, but something like "We Gotta Beat the Overlord" wouldn't be nearly as good, hmm? O.O You got a phone? Awesomazing! I don't even have an internet connection on my laptop. xD But hopefully we can email soon. 95% is pretty good. ;) I love getting reviews from you and hope to see more soon. Ciao!

KRR: CHOCOLATE~

Samantha: Glad you're enjoying this. ;)

Petal: By 5 Seconds of Summer? I don't think the song's actually about memory loss... well, sort of, but not about how Morro is now.

Ghost Queen: WATCH WHERE YOU'RE THROWING THOSE THINGS, MORRO!

Maid of Evil: Same here.

Leb: I shocked someone today by saying that I haven't seen Star Wars. It was FUN~ I hear braces suck. Fortunately for me I don't think I'll have to get them, but Ally might. Right. Avoid you when you have a nerf gun. I unfortunately do not own a decent nerf gun, and as such I tend to lose in nerf gun battles. I should probably invest in a good sword... *maniacal laugh* Yes, you did mention that.

And now, the chapter you've all been waiting for!

Chapter 7

Bansha floated through one of the halls of Soul Archer's base, heading towards her bedroom. She had worked far into the night so far, and was looking forward to a rest. As she turned the corner, she abruptly came face to face with Morro, who looked mad.

"Morro, what are-" he cut her off before she could finish her question.

"How does the girl in prison know my dreams?" he demanded. Bansha blinked. Indigo? Why was he in there?

"You mean Jessica?" she asked with a frown.

"She is not Jessica. Jessica is a human with brown hair." Oh dear. How much did he remember? "Why did you lie to me and tell me that was her name?"

"I must have gotten her mixed up with one of the other girls. Nya, or..." what was the last one's name? "...Ming."

"Nya has shorter, straighter hair and Ming is younger." Morro dismissed her suggestions easily. "How does she know my dreams?" he repeated his question, a cold, steely look on his face.

"Maybe she's a mind reader."

"Impossible. Then she would know already all the answers to the questions she asked me. Is what they said the truth?!" he demanded.

"Of course not! I warned you of this. They're affecting your mind." Bansha frowned. How was she going to get out of this?

"Did they give me that dream?!" he didn't look like he believed her at all.

"Morro, it's the middle of the night. I warned you not to talk to them." She put a hand on his shoulder gently. Maybe she could stall him for now. "Get some sleep. We can talk later." he opened his mouth to protest, but she cut him off. "I just don't want you doing anything you'll regret. I'm tired too, so can you just go to bed and we can both get some sleep?" Morro glared at her silently for a few moments, probably because she was treating him like a child, but eventually sighed and nodded.

"Fine." he turned around and stalked off down the hall. Once he was out of sight, Bansha sighed and ran her hand through her hair. Even forbidding him to enter the prison didn't keep him out. He would remember soon, she was sure of it. After a moment, she continued down the hall. That rest sounded even better now.

Forgotten

Morro stood in a pale green room. Well, it wasn't really a room. More like an endless expanse of soft green light that went on for eternity. It was a bit unnerving. He wasn't standing either, since there was nothing solid to stand on, just floating. After a few moments, he realized that there was someone there with him. It was Indigo. She was a human, and she had... wings. Angel wings made from golden energy. How odd.

"Morro?" she spoke up after a moment. "Why don't you remember me?"

"I do remember you." he replied, confused.

"You don't know me now." she folded her arms and she was a ghost. "You could believe it was me, but you believe Bansha instead."

"What's wrong with Bansha? She helped me."

"She hurt you, too. She hurt me." Indigo frowned. "You need to believe me and Lloyd. We're the ones telling the truth."

"How do you know all that? Where even are we? Why do you have wings?" Morro frowned as it dawned on him. "I'm dreaming, aren't I?"

"Yup." Indigo shrugged. "But maybe when yo

Morro woke up to a thud and his head hurting. He opened his eyes to find himself on the floor. Had he fallen off the bed? He must had struck his head against the wall. That must have been what had woken him up. As he struggled to sit up against the wall, he realized that something felt... different. A few moments later, it hit him: he remembered everything. Possessing Lloyd, his death at Garmadon's hands, Indigo's death and rebirth as a ghost, everything. Lloyd was right. Bansha had lied to him. Now wide awake, the ghost boy lept to his feet. He had to free them. He had made a terrible mistake.

Forgotten

Indigo sat against the back wall of her cell with her eyes closed, trying to ignore Jay's snores. It got annoying after a while. After about a minute, really. To take her mind off it, she thought about Morro. From what they knew, after Jay had killed him he had been injured somehow and lost his memory. Bansha had found him and gotten him to trust her by helping him. She then told him a bunch on lies to get him to hate the good guys. Thinking about this reminded her of the conversation Lloyd and her had had earlier.

"I hate this." Indigo muttered, hugging her knees to her chest. "Morro used to love me. Now he doesn't even know who I am."

"It's worse for me." Lloyd pointed out. "He knows me, but as a murderer who betrayed him and killed his girlfriend. He still loves you, he just doesn't know it."

Lloyd was right, it had to be worse for him. This whole situation probably reminded him of when he got possessed. Even so, he was much braver than she was. He was a ninja, after all. Whatever Bansha had told Morro, it made him really... mean. Stupid Bansha. Indigo sighed aloud. Jail was really boring. It was even worse than last time she was locked up here, because then Morro was with her. And now Morro was the reason they were in this mess. She didn't blame him for it, of course. She blamed Jay and Kai and Bansha and Soul Archer and anyone else that Lloyd listed when he was trying to convince her not to bother Jay about it. But that wasn't really important. The other three prisoners were asleep, so she couldn't talk to them, and she wasn't tired either, so she couldn't sleep. There was nothing to do but sit there and think. Suddenly, she heard the door to the hall open and someone step inside, accompanied by the jingling of keys. She opened her eyes as the footsteps approached and saw someone standing in front of her door. She couldn't tell who it was, though, since she could only see the side of their head. After a moment, the lock clicked and the door creaked open, revealing Morro standing in the hall with his hood removed. Indigo's eyes widened. What was he doing here? Was he letting her out? Did he remember her? Slowly, she got to her feet, staying backed against the cell wall. They stared at each other for a few long moments before Morro finally spoke up.

"Indigo?" she blinked. Yes, he definitely remembered her. She ran across the cell and hugged him tightly, closing her eyes as he hugged her back.

"I'm sorry." she heard him say. "I should have believed you and Lloyd."

"It's okay. I forgive you." she murmured into his shoulder. "I missed you."

"I missed you too." he let go of her and she opened her eyes to see him smiling down at her. "Come on, we need to let the others out." he took her hand and led her out of the cell.

Forgotten

Lloyd woke up to someone shaking his shoulder and opened his eyes to see Indigo kneeling next to him.

"Come on, we need to leave." she said, grabbing his hand and pulling him to his feet. He frowned as his tired mind tried to process what was going on.

"How are you...?" he started as Indigo ran out of the cell into the hall.

"Morro's letting us out. He remembers us now." she turned to him with a grin on her face and the blond boy's eyes widened.

"Really?" he ran out of the cell to see the ghost boy unlocking Jay's cell door. Morro looked up and, seeing Lloyd, concern flashed across his face.

"I'm sorry." was the first thing he said. "I... I should have believed you."

"It's fine. As long as you're back now, I don't care." Lloyd shrugged, trying to ignore the pain in his shoulder - where Morro had thrown him against the wall - but failing and wincing.

"Did I hurt you?" the ghost boy asked, dropping the keys carelessly and stepping closer.

"A little." Lloyd admitted.

"I'm sorry." Morro apologized again, looking at the floor.

"Like I said, as long as you're back, I don't care." Lloyd stepped up to his friend and hugged him, smiling. Morro hugged him back – gently, probably because he was afraid of hurting him.

"Is it safe for me to assume that Morro's good now?" the two looked up to see Kai standing in the doorway of his cell with his arms folded.

"Yeah." Lloyd nodded. "We should go. I doubt the other ghosts will be very happy about us escaping." As if on cue, the four heard shouts coming from the front of the building.

"We need to go. Now." Morro let go of Lloyd as Jay stumbled out of his cell. The five turned towards the door out – just in time to see Soul Archer fire.

Forgotten

Morro pushed Lloyd behind him, out of the arrow's path, before using a burst of wind to knock the projectile into a wall. As Soul Archer nocked another arrow, Kai pointed out,

"We'll need to fight our way out."

"Morro, can you take care of Soul Archer?" Lloyd asked, changing to a defensive stance. At Morro's nod, the green ninja continued. "Kai, Jay, you and I work on the lesser warriors. Indigo, can you fight?"

"Some." She nodded.

"Alright, but be careful anyway. Morro would kill me if I let anything happen to you."

"No I wouldn't." Morro argued as Soul Archer sent another arrow screaming towards them, which was soon directed into the wall.

"I know. Just saying." Lloyd shrugged.

"Be nice if we had some weapons..." Jay muttered as the ghost archer stepped back and the guards started to enter the hallway.

"Well, we don't, so we'll just have to use our powers." Lloyd stepped out from behind Morro and shot a ball of green energy at the ghosts clotting the exit, sending most of them flying and scattering the rest. The five fighters ran out of the enclosed space they had been trapped in into the larger room ahead, where there was more room for them to fight. Unfortunately for Kai and Jay, their powers barely phased the ghosts, despite the fact that they were solid. They had to stay close to Lloyd and Indigo, whose powers worked fine, so they didn't get clobbered. It was easier once Jay stole a ghost's sword, but still. Meanwhile, Morro singled out Soul Archer and began to duel with him. The Archer continued to fire Skreemer arrows, which Morro deflected easily, getting steadily closer as the attacks kept coming. Finally, Morro backed his opponent up against a wall and snatched the bow out of his hand, throwing it out of reach.

"Give up." Morro ordered. "Call of your guards." Suddenly, Morro heard Lloyd let out a startled yelp and turned to see the younger boy barely dodge an enemy's attack. Soul Archer took advantage of Morro's momentary distraction and punched the wind master in the stomach, knocking the breath out of him and making him stumble back. The Archer then bolted from the room, muttering something indistinct to Bansha as he passed her. The female ghost, who had been standing at the edge of the battle, blinked once as she processed her superior's words before drawing her sword and fixing her gaze on Morro, who had recovered from Soul Archer's attack and was watching her as she approached. About eight feet away from him, she stopped, her blade held in a defensive position. Morro clenched his fists, making wind swirl around his hands in case she attacked. They stared each other down for a few long moments, and Morro lowered his hands slightly. He didn't really want to fight her. She had treated his injuries and kept him hidden, even though he was, in effect, a criminal. Bansha's thoughts seemed to be following a similar course, since she sighed and slid her sword back into its sheath.

"I don't want to fight you." she let her arms fall to her sides and met his eyes calmly. Morro was silent for a few moments before saying,

"Even though you lied to me and made me hurt my friends..." he stopped the wind around him. "I don't want to fight you either."

"Really?" her eyes widened. "I thought you would hate me."

"No. You did evil things to me and my friends, but I can forgive you. They forgave me." Bansha nodded at his words before looking over at the skirmish to his right.

"Your friends are in trouble." she remarked. Morro followed her gaze to see the other four trapped in a corner, surrounded by ghosts. Lloyd was doing his best to hold them off, but he was obviously weakening. Narrowing his eyes, Morro swept his hands outward and the enemy ghosts were sent flying to the sides by a gust of wind. The ghost boy then ran through the path he had just created to his friends.

"Come on. We need to leave before they recover and get reinforcements." he said, taking Indigo's hand. As they started to move towards the exit, Kai asked,

"What about her?" gesturing to Bansha, who was standing with her hands folded behind her back off to the side.

"Let her be. We need to get home." As the others through left through the front door, Morro paused and turned to the ghost warrior. "...thank you." He then ran after the others, towards the mountain and home.

Allow me a moment to try and guess my readers' reactions.

Angel: YAY! Morro has his memory back and remembers Lloyd and Indigo and he doesn't hate Bansha! :D
Windy: What she said, except Bansha can rot for all I care.
Leb: STAR WARS

I hope those were moderately close to what your reactions are, folks. ;)

Okay, so, I have a working title for the sequel now. "Overload". But if I get anything better I'll probably change it. In other news, today is New Year's Eve and my brother Zak's birthday. Happy Birthday to him. And since I doubt I'll be posting at midnight tonight, HAPPY NEW YEAR! *blows trumpet*

In other other news, I would like to recommend a couple authors I like on here. The first is Awesome Disney Wolf Child, or ADWC, who had written a series of stories centering around her OC, Tora (not to be confused with Tara or Cora). The stories are rather crazy (though mine are too lol), and quite a few of them are unfinished, but they are very enjoyable to read nonetheless. :) The second is Morro the Master of Wind, who has written a few stories centering around Morro, Ronin, Chen, Clouse, Garmadon, Soul Archer, Bansha, Ghoultar, and Wrayth. I especially like Beyond the Curse and its in-progress sequel, Second Chances. These stories are part of the reason I don't hate Bansha's guts anymore.

I'll probably be able to post the last chapter of this tomorrow, but you never know.

~FFF