I was woken up by Lloyd, as apparently he was the bravest. Luckily, he gently woke me up, instead of doing something like pouring water over me. I hadn't known how long I had slept, yet I saw the Ninja, except Zane in which he was absent, looked relieved for some reason.

"Er, how long did I sleep? I just chose this dark room, so I have no idea how long it's been." I muttered out, while Garmadon seemed to like my room choice.

"It's been about an hour. These guys were really afraid after looking for you and not finding you. They thought you were out to hurt them or something. Zane's almost finished with dinner, would you like to eat?" Lloyd asked my kindly.

"Wow, uh, thanks. Yeah, I'll come and eat with you. Also, you guys are pretty awesome for cooking for me even though I was unplanned and practically unwanted." I thanked the three Ninja.

"You're being nice, what changed?" Cole asked.

"Though I may be a bit violent, I am not a cruel heartless being. I still have emotions, but I just don't show them easily." I replied, getting up and walking towards the bright light behind the door.

"Follow us, we know where the dining room is. You'll have to sit next to Garmadon, we don't have any other open seats." Kai stated, looking back at me.

"I'm alright with that, are you Garmadon?" I asked the old 'evil' man.

"Yeah, besides, you seem to understand darkness." He offhandedly replied.

"Sometimes I like to think of light and darkness as two disagreeing parents. One parent wants to teach one way, and the other wants to teach the exact opposite way. Light gives out energy, and lets you face your enemies head on, while sometimes the energy can become too much and burn. Darkness hides you, no matter your deeds and sharpens every other sense than sight. Yet, it does not give out energy, and so there is a balance between the two so that we can actually live in this situation. Though sometimes we can all become biased, and one can love one subject over another." I shrugged, watching as Garmadon and his son gave me slightly surprised faces. I kind of expected it.

"Well, here it is, and Zane has already set out everything!" Jay said happily as he raced to his seat. I followed to sit next to Garmadon, as his plate had only 'condensed evil' on it.

"Dinner is served!" Zane said happily, and I thanked him for making room for me. Sitting down, I started picking meaty foods, hoping to get some more protein in my system. The Ninja were oddly silent, and I watched as Garmadon started eating like he had never eaten before. A piece landed on my plate, and being too curious for my own good I ate it. It was kind of stupid to eat it, and I expected it to taste much different, but it was actually very sweet. I pushed my plate slowly to where Garmadon's plate was located, and I shoveled food onto my plate. He stopped, confused as to why I took his food.

"When I was with my friends back home, we would steal each other's food all the time. One time I had actually shoveled rice into my mouth from another friend while she was distracted so she smacked me on the back while eating and told me very sternly 'no!' It was fun for me because I got more food. Also, this tastes much better than I expected. I thought it would taste like burning flesh, metal, jet fuel and other explosive materials." I told him as I started to eat the 'condensed evil' rapidly. The Ninja stared at me stealing from Lord Garmadon, and we soon had a fork fight with one another. He had his fork in his top right hand, while I held mine in my right hand. Our forks were almost in an arm wrestling position, while we were both evenly matched. Garmadon looked to be barely even trying, while I was putting in a lot of effort. He had to be strong to carry the golden weapons, because they're made of gold, meaning those weapons were very heavy. I played a bit of a dirty trick, and pushed my fork forwards, Garmadon easily slid back, and did the same to me, and so I started to slide too.

"Hey, you stole enough from my dad already, stop please." Lloyd Garmadon asked, and I instantly obeyed and finished what little bits I had left on my plate. Garmadon stopped too, and went back to his food.

"That was disturbing." Kai deadpanned as he saw me happily eating.

"Trust me Kai, some people don't have the luxury of eating, and that would be a feast." I stared back at him, knowing of starvation.

"Anyways, so why do you want to stay on our ship Starlord?" Kai asked as he tried to change the subject.

"Well, even though I do get around, I find it much easier to travel with you than to do what I do usually. Especially with my growing popularity amongst the people of Ninjago, since I have appeared often in your battles." I replied while swallowing down some beef.

"Also, I want to ask why you eat with your mask on. It seems unnecessary and inefficient." Zane stated with his head tilted.

"It's for privacy, as I have no identity in Ninjago, and I wish for it to stay that way. However, I wish to ask how you are holding up emotionally. I know that what I had done was almost like an unforgivable crime in your eyes. You don't have to give details, but just let me know if you are doing alright. I've seen Jay has been getting better, at least when I'm around." I asked the Ninja before me, watching their surprised expressions as I showed I cared.

"Uh, well we're certainly afraid. We haven't gotten over that yet, and chances are we won't for a while. Though we are learning to deal with you, and your cryptic self. Honestly you're as cryptic as Sensei, but even darker than Garmadon." Kai answered me, it almost seemed as if the conversation was only between us, and the others were simply spectators.

"That makes sense, but I don't think I pull off cryptic well. I'm just lucky that you guys can be oblivious to a lot of things." I replied to Kai's description of me. I really wasn't good at cryptic, and I knew I easily slipped up.

"Why did you answer to me so quickly? I asked you to stop and you did, when I kind of expected you to ignore me." Lloyd questioned with a tired look on his face. Maybe the one hour wasn't enough for him.

"You asked me nicely, and I have respect for you. You're brave, especially when you were in Jamanakai. Even though you demanded for candy, standing up to people above you is hard, and you didn't give up until you were overthrown by the Ninja." I spoke truthfully, watching as Lloyd started to contemplate.

"I remember that, and someone took me down from the sign later, and gave a piece of candy to me. They were the one who just stared at me a lot." Lloyd admitted, reminding me of my old deed. I nodded, remembering that day.

"Now, look at how everything has progressed! You guys are trying to deal with me and Garmadon, along with capturing the fang blades. It isn't easy, and you guys are managing just fine! I've had to leave my first shelter, and move out through Ninjago to follow you guys, and make sure everything goes as it should. This has been tough for all of us, and we all know it. Yet, we push on, and I'd say we're pretty great if we can do all this. You too 'Lord of Darkness,' we are all together right now, and so everyone counts." I finished meaningfully. Everyone was surprised at my sentimental speech. Though we all started to eventually chat, no longer accusing or asking personal questions, just people hanging out.


I was currently helping Zane clean up. I was an unexpected guest, and so it was the least I could do. There were about four more dishes that needed to pick up, and some 'condensed evil' would be on the table. I ate those pieces every time Zane was in the kitchen. I was sure he knew, but I did it anyways.

"You've shown a side of yourself today that I have not seen before in our previous meetings. I had no idea you had such sentimentality towards us." Zane noted as I brought in another dish.

"Well, that's due to me creating a different persona on the battlefield. I hide myself, so that weaknesses may be harder to find. It's also something I used to do in my everyday life anyways, I've only ever truly opened up to a small amount of people." I admitted, picking up another plate, and this one had a lot of juice on it.

"Please, I remember you told us earlier, however Kai forgot so he wished for me to ask you where you were from." Zane asked me, while scrubbing the previous dish.

"You know very well I have never told you. I do admire your persistence, but I would rather get to know about you right now. Sometimes, our pasts do not match with the present. I know well from experience with others. I would like to know about your current interests and hobbies." I quipped as I grabbed the last two dishes and started to clean them with Zane.

"I do like to partake in cooking, like you have just seen. I also find meditation and cleaning to be something enjoyable." Zane replied to my question.

"I am drawn more towards reading, writing, and drawing. However, I have had less funds to do so. Besides, my drawing is not expert. Though I have been improving as I have practiced over the years." I continued, answering my own question.

We finished the dishes and I walked back to my little storage room, opening the window wide so that tomorrow I would actually wake up. However, while I was about to go to sleep, a small pile of clean paper piled in underneath the closed door. I smiled, and picked up the papers. There was five pieces, and I smiled and took out my defense pen. Screwing off the bottom, I started to draw. After all, the defense pen was meant to be used as a pen as well as a stabbing device.

I started to draw myself as a normal person. I put in as much effort as I could, putting in individual strands, and all the little flaws I had on my face on Earth. I watched as everything came together, and I put it in my pack for protection. That would be a little piece of home that I would need to keep secret. I still had four sheets left, so I could draw on them later. Getting into my sleeping bag, I started to sleep comfortably.


Waking up to the sun's rays once more, I got ready for the day. I started to think about my home. I had pushed it towards the back of my mind a long time ago. Honestly, I didn't feel like it was important, even though I had cared about the people I had lived with. I really did care, but my mission was here. Besides, no one else knew of my pain.

Walking out my room, I tried to navigate myself to the bridge, or at least the deck. After about fifteen minutes of walking around, I found I was able to get there, and yet no one else was here. Shrugging, I went and sat down in a corner of the room, and started to do what I had been doing for a long time. Waiting, and nothing more.

It took a long time for Nya to show up, and she looked a little shaken. I didn't understand why, and so I looked closely at her posture. It was shifty, and she swayed side to side nervously.

"You are scared, or at least nervous. What has brought on this change?" I asked the shaking samurai.

"The boys will tell you later." She shakily whispered, and I knew the Ninja had done something stupid. Standing, I gained a glare on my face.

"I think I would like to know what has caused you to be shaken up so much. Please, can you let me know where they are?" I asked quietly. Nya shook her head silently. I could wander the ship to find them, but that would be pointless, and I'd rather give them a scare as they walk in. So to do so, I walked beside the entrance, and leaned against the wall. I glared at the floor, trying to think of what happened. I haven't given the Ninja any information, and yet Nya seemed very scared. I merely glared for another while until I heard footsteps. That's when I gained a dark look on my face. Their steps were very slow, creaky and shuffling. There were whispers, and I heard a paper shaking back and forth. Something happened last night, and I was not aware of it.

The small Ninja team started to walk in, with Cole first. As he took his first step into the room, I looked up.

"You've done something, and I wish to know," Cole jumped and I heard the other three yelp, "I can tell something is wrong with all of you. What have you done?" I asked darkly, and Cole merely handed me a paper. I looked at it immediately, and I recognized it quickly. It was nine-eleven, and there was a very sloppy picture of the two towers and the pentagon, all with planes and explosions in them. Then on the bottom was the number of the dead. I trembled and crushed the paper.

"What did you do? I have not told you about this! You have done something unacceptable Ninja! This knowledge is to be only known to me and my homeland! Having any person of Ninjago know of this is dangerous! This- this is what I have tried to keep from you for a good reason! I want you to explain, and do not spare any details! I need to know everything so I can do some damage control!" I yelled at the four, watching them tremble in fear. Wu and Garmadon walked in at my ruckus, and saw their frightened students.

"What have you done!" Wu yelled to me.

"Better yet, is what your students have done! They have learned of something only I know, and I want them to tell me what they did!" I yelled back, staring down everyone.

"We had questioned you at night. I was the one who questioned you, due to my knowledge on manipulating questions. I was doubtful at first, but they egged me on, all except for Jay, who heavily protested. I was only able to get you to do three things. I asked where you were from, and you said Alexandria, Virginia. Then I asked you how you were able to eat the condensed evil, and you said because you knew true evil. Then I asked you to draw me what true evil was and you drew that picture. Planes crashing into buildings and the death count was," Zane paused shakily, "Two thousand nine-hundred, ninety six. Then you started to ramble and fell back asleep." Zane finished quietly. I stood in silent fury.

"Do not ever attempt this again! With this knowledge being known to anyone other than me is dangerous! I fear Ninjago may become much like my home should you keep attempting to learn this! Now, I want you to never speak of this situation ever again. This is dangerous information that Ninjago should stay away from. Do not ask me again about any related information, because that is not the only thing in my arsenal of terror." I warned the Ninja, seeing them stand shakily and walk in, while Wu and Garmadon looked surprised at the Ninja.

"There were more than two thousand dead?" Wu asked me shakily, while Garmadon stood nearby his shaking brother.

"Yes, and I am not even counting the wars I know of." I stated back, looking directly into the old man's sad eyes. I turned past the two and went back to the storage room. Grabbing a piece of paper, I saw there was only three pages left instead of four. Makes sense, I used the pen to draw and I had used my own paper to do so. In my anger, I took off my hood and put it to my mouth. I screamed angrily, cursing into the sour fabric. I swore, which was something I only did in emotional situations. I kept yelling until I finally put my hood back on, looking out the window to see untouched land beneath me. So peaceful, but how would that stay if I was here, along with the Ninja learning too much.

What was I going to do with these curious Ninja? I just don't know how I will be able to keep them away. Hopefully my warning and information gave away enough to tell them to stay away. Then I needed to make sure that this information would never leave this boat. I knew Garmadon would eventually leave, and he would team up with the Overlord for a short while until he became possessed.

"Hey, I heard you yelling earlier. Are you okay?" Lloyd questioned innocently from behind my closed door.

"I'm alright, just a bit angry. They did something they shouldn't have, and now I'm mentally trying to pick up the pieces. I'll talk to them later, but first I have to calm myself down." I told Lloyd.

"Is it alright if I come in? You sound really upset." Lloyd asked again.

"Sure, why not. I've already got rid of most of my anger. I just kind of have to think for now." I replied, and Lloyd opened the door.

"It's been hard, hasn't it?" Lloyd asked, but I knew it was almost a statement.

"Very, very hard Lloyd. The Ninja have been too curious for their own good. I don't know what to do if someone else goes to the same lengths they have. I'm afraid Lloyd, I just don't want Ninjago to turn into what I fear. It's just so peaceful here, and even if there is danger, no one actually gets hurt. I'm afraid to change that. I j-just want everyone t-to…" I stopped, now starting to hug and dry sob on Lloyd's shoulder. I knew he wouldn't be able to understand. Yet, I put a lot of trust in him. He's the one I can talk to that has a similar mentality. The Ninja are sly and curious, while Garmadon would use the knowledge for evil later, possibly anyways. Wu has an old wise knowledge I'll never be able to understand. Lloyd's still a kid, and so he just works well for my own age.

"It's always been hard for all of us, hasn't it. I mean, I could've burned to death in the Fire Temple, and everyone else has been trying to figure you out. They're training right now as a punishment. Though I did overhear them last night. Zane wasn't lying, Cole and Kai really were pressuring him into asking you questions. Jay kept saying no, and that you would be really angry if you found out. Zane also seemed really scared to do it. Something about going against his morals. I don't know what they were so scared of and shaky about this morning. Uncle Wu and Dad just told me that you wanted to keep it secret. But, that's not the point. I just want to let you know, the future always gets brighter. It's not always easy to make it brighter, but the skies clear someday." Lloyd finished while hugging me back. It was nice to have a friend in this cold situation. Though this won't last, and I know it. Once Garmadon turns the Ninja into kids and Lloyd has to use the Tomorrow's Tea, he'll be an adult, and have an adult mentality. The best I can do is to be his friend while he's still young.

"T-thanks. I know I-I'm kind of a sobbing mess right now. Sorr-ry about that." I stuttered out as I started to calm down.

"There's nothing to be sorry about. We're all people, and we all cry sometimes. It's normal." Lloyd comforted me. I merely sighed and kept hugging him for a few more minutes. Then I eventually let go and sat down. He sat with me, making sure I was alright.

"I trust you the most Lloyd. I find that you're just easier to open up to, and you just know not to push people. I really appreciate you helping me out by just being here and talking to me. Admittedly, I do my best not to cry in front of others. I always feel like I burden them with my problems if I do." I said, my voice getting stronger the more I relaxed.

"Trust me, sometimes crying as a much smaller problem than other things. I mean, I've just been shown to be the green ninja, and I'll have to fight my dad. I really don't want to, and I just want to have him be happy with me. Though I'll never get that now. Where are your parents? I know my mom left me when I was young, and you already know my dad." Lloyd asked after showing his own problems.

"I don't know Lloyd. They could be alive or gone. I can't talk to them, and they can't talk to me. My homeland is unreachable, and I'm the only one from my home that is here." I replied, knowing that I'll never be able to contact Earth again.

"I hope you find them, or they find you someday. I know that we need our parents, or just someone to trust in our lives." Lloyd said as he looked down at his hands.

"Yeah, we really do." I agreed as I put an arm on his shoulder to comfort him. He sighed, and we sat like that for a bit longer.

"I'm going to go and check up on everyone. See you later." Lloyd informed me as he went out of the storage room and into the hallway. He closed the door quietly behind him. I was now alone, but I was much calmer.

I didn't have much to do now. Once I had finally calmed, there was just nothing. What was there to do now? Video games were not the same quality of those at home. However, I remembered I went to the bridge for a reason. So, I decided to go back. I was certainly still upset with the Ninja, but I knew now that I wouldn't make any rash decisions.

I saw they were actually looking at a sonar sweep of Ninjago underground. This meant this was the episode where Lloyd came to save the Ninja, and his dad helped instead. Nya was currently setting the course to an entry point, and Garmadon was the first to notice me.

"Back so soon? I would have thought you would spend a day in there." Garmadon stated, surprised at my appearance. The Ninja were not so controlled however, and started to shake a little.

"I have calmed myself, and Lloyd was nice enough to comfort me earlier. Do not worry, I have no intentions to do anything rash. It would be counterproductive, to me and to you. Yes, I will accompany you on your mission, but remember my reason as to why I am there." I told the Ninja, as they visibly calmed down.

"Alright, well, we've set a course for an entry point to the Serpentine's underground base. We'll be there pretty soon. Anything that you need, you should pack." Nya responded, still a bit shaky. Nodding, I made it back to my little storeroom and packed up the blank sheets of paper with my sleeping bag. It took little time, and soon I was on the deck, looking at the clouds just barely beneath the Bounty. I watched as the puffy clouds moved against us, yet they still held their form. This was more of filler episode, and I knew that the next episode was much more… Interesting. The 'Great Devourer' would be unleashed. I certainly would have to contact Vastu afterwards… Or perhaps I could before as the Mailman made a small entry at Ed and Edna's Scrapyard. Yes, this would be the most useful and productive option, as I have waited too long to contact him! Grabbing out one of the blank sheets, I wrote with my pen upon the rough wooden floor of the deck.

Dear Vastu,

I have once again put off the task of writing to you for too long. I am doing alright, and I have found a solution to my popularity problem. I have found a color changing mask, and turning it white makes it seem I use it for medical purposes, not for a disguise. I'm glad you have a new assistant. I know you really were overworking yourself before.

Rahu must be a very interesting man. Hopefully I will be able to see him one day. Perhaps when all is said and done I will come back. After all, I will need to earn money, and I find a place like Jamanakai to be a good place away from the hustle of a city and such. I hope you can tell me a bit more about him.

You are right that I am observing the Ninja, yet they have recently decided to play a bit of a dirty trick. They asked information about me when I was half-asleep, and learned something that I deem too horrid for any Ninjago resident to learn. They know not to tell anyone else, the burden for themselves is already hard enough. Besides, now I am practically hitching a ride with them. I have come on their ship as a stowaway, yet they are kind enough to feed me. I still stay in a storeroom since I prefer the dark lighting.

Do not worry about me too much. I am fine, yet it still is the Ninja I am worried about. I know soon that something will change from what it should. Hopefully, with the upcoming event that I know is certain to happen, everything will go as planned. Please, do not go anywhere near Ninjago City, even for the anti-serpentine rally. There is to be something that would put you at risk, and I fear my appearance will cause you to get hurt. Though after the rally, I can see you during clean-up.

You may be asking why I say this, and that is something I am too afraid to admit. Though I will say I know the Ninja's future enemies, and their fights. Along with this, is their own fates. To a certain extent however. I stop knowing after the Yin-Yang eclipse on Day of the Departed. Please don't ask me about it. I fear this note may already give away too much information, and I ask you destroy these last two paragraphs after reading them. Personal safety for the future, should it be known I wrote to you. I will not be able to contact you by 'snail mail' or any other sort of way once I set out on the voyage. You'll know when, and I hope to see you before I leave on the Bounty with the Ninja.

I hope that you are in safe conditions, and that sales are high. I wish you a good day, and bright futures.

Sincerely From Your Friend,

Starlord

I finished writing my letter, and folded it. I wrote down the address and put it in my pack to give it to the mailman. I hoped I could send it before the Great Devourer was unleashed. I probably wouldn't, but I wished to get the message to Vastu before he might be in danger. Then the Ninja had decided to walk out and started practicing on the deck. I decided to try as well, attempting to hone my stabbing skills. I decided to try and focus my momentum into one point, without making it obvious. I stayed near the front of the ship while doing this, keeping away from the Ninja. I managed to figure out how to keep my pen going in one direction swiftly without forcing myself to change my balance point, but I was limited to jabbing with the technique, but it was better than nothing.

"There is no room for error! The serpentine have shown that they have great powers, and to combat them you must turn their greatest strengths, into their greatest weaknesses! Kai, how will you defeat the Hypnobrai?" Sensei Wu called out from behind me, pointing towards the Ninja of fire with his staff.

"Their hypnotizing powers are useless if their opponent can fight without relying on their eyes!" Kai answered back, pulling a band of cloth around his eyes and swung his sword to prove his point. I knew to rely on my ears already, it was easy to rely on sound.

"Good! Jay, the Fangpyre is fast and his bite sharp!" Wu yelled to the blue Ninja.

"But if he can't bite into your skin, he can't turn you into one of them!" Jay yelled back, tapping his right metal covered arm with his nunchucks to show it would work. I was defenseless against that, other than just punching the fangpyre should I fear he may attack Though they knew my purpose, it would easily be proven by my unwillingness to save Lloyd.

"Yes! Cole, the Constrictai are strong," Sensei Wu yelled out again, pulling out a remote and pressing a button, "And they will not let go!" A net tightly bound itself around Cole's body.

"But, instead of fighting back, one must try to loosen up!" Cole called out, wriggling out of the net while saying so, "And a little soft-shoe, doesn't hurt!" He laughed out as he pushed the net around with his foot.

"Zane! The venom of the Venomari can make you see things, cloud your perception!" He stated, looking towards the white Ninja.

"Then I will use my new falcon vision!" He called out, and I watched his eyes turn blue as he looked through the falcon's eyes. Perhaps the Venomari can cloud perception, but not sound, which was the same weakness of the Hypnobrai.

"Very good, I have trained you well. You are all ready." Wu proudly said as his students looked towards him. Indeed he has, and I admire his tolerance of the four. However, he has dealt with such before.

"But what about you Sensei? Will you fight? We need all the help we can get." Kai spoke back, knowing that everyone would have to participate.

"My concern is that my old bones cannot keep up. But I will be there in spirit." Wu spoke, and I was to be there in spirit as well. Or more or less just in case time changes.

"We're approaching the Mountain of a Million Steps! You might all want to see this!" Nya said through the intercom. I looked towards the approaching mountain. It had been turned into the shape of a snake head. I guess they wanted it to be recognizable. I looked at it, and focused on it completely. Even though this was filler, the Ninja were once again put into a faith situation. Lloyd and his father would have to arrive at just the right time, otherwise the Ninja could start to be burned away at by acid. That would not a pretty scene. I winced at the thought of it, I'd rather not hear them scream, nor look at their burning Lego flesh.

"Well, he's gonna have to look after himself, because we made room for you!" Nya chirped as she flew down in her modified Samurai X suit. It was loud, and it caught my attention much more than the mountain.

"Well, you said you were concerned that you wouldn't keep up, so Jay and Nya re-jiggered the design so that you could come along. What do you think?" Kai asked Wu, while looking at the suit.

"I think? Shotgun!" Wu laughed as he flipped into the seat happily. I smiled at his actions underneath my hood, but wouldn't anyone at his age enjoy something like that?

"I will stay back with Lloyd. I don't enjoy saying this, but good luck." Garmadon said.

"Trust me, I'll need it." I merely whispered under my breath, thinking about how everything must go as it should, and should this fail, Ninjago would fall. In fact, Ninjago has always been at risk since my appearance. My life influences too many things, and the risks are now true risks, being out of my vision of Ninjago's timeline.

I walked over to the side of the deck, and looked back at Lloyd. It wasn't easy being him, and I saw he really looked sad at being alone. I stopped for a moment longer, thinking about what I could do to at least make him happier. Seeing people with a face like that, and one that I had accepted to hold my troubles, was something I was quite uncomfortable with. Yet I could not afford to stay for him. Not this time.

"Do something fun together, even if it is planning how to rule the world with hot glue and a couple of straws, but don't stop watching our mission. We will need you." I spoke to Lloyd, trying to at least make their last moments of peace together until the final battle somewhat enjoyable. Especially because Lloyd would grow up in a flash in his father's eyes, literally. I jumped off the ship without saying another word, not daring to look back for my own mental sake. Time was the important mission here, and I had to follow it.

"I thought you said this place would be heavily guarded, Zane!" Jay whisper-shouted, looking to the nindroid for an answer.

"Forgive me, even nindroids make mistakes." Zane replied, looking just as confused. I stepped back, watching the small group. Making sure not to give any hints away, I saw as Cole started walking towards the inscriptions on the walls.

"Hey, check this out." He said as he saw the pictures of themselves, all with mustaches.

"That doesn't even look like me!" Jay yelled out in disbelief.

"They're gonna pay for that." Kai growled as he looked angrily at the picture. The mustache wasn't that funny to me, it was just a mustache. I would love to see myself with a mustache instead.

"I mean, at least give me a decent mustache..." Cole trailed off as he pressed his hand against it, accidentally setting off a door behind it, "I uh, meant to do that." Cole lied shakily, but soon the Ninja were running in, while I merely walked behind them. I was in no hurry to get there, but the ninja certainly were.

When I walked in, I heard the end of Nya's distress call. It was not important to me. Rather, I grabbed my pen once more from the side of my pack, keeping a wary eye for any snake who wanted to fight me. Luckily, those who saw me just turned back towards the Ninja immediately, choosing not to even look at me for too long. Perhaps rumors were starting to spread, as I had not done enough to implement more fear.

"Forget them! We need to fight back! Ninja, show them what you have learned!" Wu ordered as he spilt hot tea on a Venomari, causing the snake to fall off. I saw as Skalidor, the Constrictai general, put Cole in a tight bind with his tail.

"I've always wanted to give you a big squeeze!" He taunted, as Cole muttered. I knew what he was saying, but even I could not hear him over the fight.

"What?" Skalidor cried out in disbelief as Cole escaped his clutches.

"Haha! Triple Tiger Sashay!" Cole called out, as he did his recently mastered dance move. I then switched my focus down lower to Kai, who was surrounded by Hypnobrai. I could not hear them, but I knew Skales was taunting Kai. In mere moments, I saw as Kai shut his eyes, and beat the snakes by using his fiery spinjitzu. I didn't pay attention to his little prideful line afterwards, rather looking towards Jay, seeing as his fight was one of the riskier ones. I saw Fangtom, leader of the Fangpyre approach behind Jay. He lunged down towards Jay's arm, which was covered by metal. His fangs could not penetrate the chrome colored metal, and so he yelled out in pain. Nya came in her Samurai X suit, complementing Jay.

"Don't mean to interrupt the lovebirds, but don't we have fang blades to capture?" Zane yelled out, noting that no one was on task. He was currently fighting a swarm of Venomari, until one spat venom in his eyes. Zane yelped in surprise, and he looked back at their small army in fear. That was until he changed to falcon vision, and now he stuck down his enemies with ease.

"Again you manage to appear. I suspect the Ninja are here as well?" Pythor hissed behind me. My reflexes kicked in, and I nearly stabbed him on the side, but I stopped an inch away from his purple scaly flesh.

"They are, and your trap is about to spring. I suggest you make your dramatic entrance." I told Pythor as I looked towards the surrounded Ninja. They were fighting to protect the fang blades, and I then noticed Pythor had hurried down halfway down the rock ramp already. He was fast when he wanted to be.

"I'll let you have the honors!" Cole told Kai, giving him a playful glare.

"No, after you!" Kai joked back, being just as playful in the battle. Then Cole ran forward, and after a short distance towards the blades, constraints in the shape of a snake shot up from the ground and clasped around Cole's wrists. They held Cole's struggling arms in place with ease.

"It's a trap!" Cole exclaimed as he looked back, warning his friends. They started to run, but bars shot down instantly, trapping the group of heroes. It was amazing how fast they shot down, but I was still very interested in how the episode would go. It needed to go correctly, and if it didn't I was here to help. The trapped Ninja struggled to try and pry the bars open. Nothing happened, which was good because nothing was supposed to happen.

"Did you know about this?" Zane called out to me, snapping me out of my observing mood. I shrugged casually, trying to brush off his question.

"Come, come, can this get any better? Seriously, you fell right into my trap." Pythor laughed as he jeered at the Ninja.

"This isn't good," Kai said, frustrated, "Where's Lloyd when you need him?" Kai sighed as the cage was being lifted into the air. I knew exactly where he was, somewhere on the Bounty, sure to come after us in hopes of help in his green ninja gi. However, we would have to wait, and that was something I was good at.

I watched as Nya's suit was taken away, and was put up on a chain. However, she turned on the transceiver before they chained it, and started to call the Bounty. The noise coming from the suit was annoying, but I rather focused on her message.

"Lloyd? Lord Garmadon! Is anyone there?" Nya yelled to the suit.

"It's me, I'm here Nya, but my dad... Left. How are you guys holding up?" Lloyd asked as I heard his voice through the suit. Good, hopefully Garmadon was going to get his skeleton army like he was supposed to. The suit's audio was now horrendous, and I winced slightly at the loud annoying sound. It was very unpleasant. It stopped when Nya threw a pebble at it, and it activated speech.

"We're fine, but we're a little held up at the moment. Our weapons have been taken, and we're locked in cages!" Nya exclaimed, explaining the situation to Lloyd.

"And Pythor's returned with the last fang blade!" Cole jutted in.

"Lloyd, where did your father go?" Zane asked, trying to understand Lloyd's problem.

"I-i told him to leave. He was trying to steal secrets." Lloyd said sadly, and I knew he was obviously disappointed in his dad.

"Ha, big surprise there. I told you about that guy, but you guys wouldn't listen." Kai snarked.

"My dad's going back to where he came from, but don't worry! I'll save you!" Lloyd proclaimed.

"You are not ready Lloyd! Your destiny is too great to risk!" Sensei Wu protested.

"I hate to break it to you Sensei, but if we don't get out of here before Pythor unleashes the Great Devourer, I think this will be the end of all our destinies." Cole rebutted worriedly.

"I'll get you out of there in a jiff!" Lloyd spoke, determined. Then all I heard was a crash from the suit, and that was the end of their conversation. All according to schedule, all according to plan.

"Together, we have taken back the four fang blades! When we return them to the city of Ouroborus, together we will unleash the Great Devourer! To the city of Ouroboros!" Pythor cheered out, slithering away to leave.

"We spent so much time, digging this underground fortress. It'd be a shame not to use it a little bit more." A Constrictai spoke out.

"At least let us celebrate capturing the Ninja." Acidus spoke out in agreement. Pythor and Skales conversed for a moment until Pythor spoke once more.

"Then tonight, we celebrate with the Slither Pit!" Pythor yelled out, and every snake cheered. I put my attention back to the Ninja. Kai was currently trying to focus on his weapon, but this place was made of Vengestone, which counteracted their powers. Kai then turned around, taking hair oil from Jay and Cole's checkerboard. Jay complained, but my attention was fully on Kai. He put the hair oil on himself, and started to walk over to the bars. Kai made it out, which was what was supposed to happen.

He then put chain around one of the bars, and climbed down the same chain. The announcer said something, but it was not important. The ground beneath Kai changed to a 'pit of venom.' It was supposed to, and Kai started to swing the cage with the chain. The others ran around, swinging Kai's chain further, along with the cage. Pythor noticed Kai, and started slithering towards his jump-off point. Pythor stood, waiting for the fire ninja. Kai made it to the other side, but Pythor was there to taunt him. I watched as he was put back in, and snake restraints were put on each of their right arms. They were put onto the bars, and I waited for Lloyd to appear.

It wasn't too long before he showed up, and he looked towards me curiously. I merely motioned for him to go ahead. The Ninja noticed Lloyd, and stood up. I watched as Lloyd gave himself a short pep talk, before he started running down the stairs. He tripped after a few steps, and rolled down the ramp painfully. I flinched, it obviously hurt him. He yelled out slightly in pain every time he landed upon the ground. He finally rolled into the crowd of snakes, which silenced immediately. Lloyd muttered before he began speaking to Pythor.

"Well, if we don't meet again Pythor! Unhand the Ninja, or suffer humiliation against the green ninja!" Lloyd yelled out clearly. Pythor began into a wheezing laugh and all the other tribes followed. Lloyd was the one being humiliated, but he didn't quit. He really was persistent.

"You and what army?" Pythor yelled, taunting the boy.

"What about my army of fists?" Lloyd yelled back. Punching the air, then doing a kick but had landed very unsteadily. I waited a moment, where was Garmadon? Pythor moved towards Lloyd, and I stood should I need to make a move. Then Garmadon's army moved in silently and quickly, surprising even me.

"What about this army?" Garmadon yelled back, glaring at Pythor.

"Dad?" Lloyd called out in happy disbelief.

"Lloyd! You helped me realize I do have a choice! If there is anyone that is going to threaten Ninjago, it better well be me!" He called back.

"The skeleton army? Why would they fight beside you? You betrayed them and Samukai long ago!" Pythor asked the army angrily.

"Because everybody hates snakes!" Kruncha yelled back, jeering at Pythor. The skeleton army laughed.

"Attack!" Pythor ordered, and Krucha did the same. The two armies merged, and Pythor grabbed the fang blades. He then slithered to a lever, which caused the cage with the Ninja inside to move down. I watched them closely, twirling my pen carefully. The cage started to hit the venom, and most of the cage's rack bottom had burned away. Lloyd needed to hit that lever, and quickly. He finally did, and the Ninja with Nya and Wu were released, but only just barely were the bars able to retract. The Ninja's weapons and Nya's suit were lowered, and they went to retrieve their weapons. Good, but everything seemed a moment out of sync. That was not good. The four spinjitzu'd their way to the main battle, and were beating snakes left and right. Pythor managed to somehow meet with Garmadon, and so they fought for a mere two seconds, before Pythor slithered away. However, he ran into the back of Cole, causing the four too look back at the purple snake.

"Going somewhere?" Cole taunted, and used his scythe to put it near Pythor's neck, and took the moment of distraction to steal the fang blades. Pythor hissed, then turned invisible, like how true members of his tribe were supposed to. The Ninja were now quickly coming up the ramp with their spinjitzu, and I took this as a cue to leave.

"Go, Ninja go!" Which was shouted by Krucha was the last thing I heard before I made it onto the Bounty. The Ninja followed behind, and soon we were flying away from the mountain. I stayed on the deck, while Zane stayed out with me.

"You knew about the trap, I can tell." Zane stated, looking at the view with me.

"Then you are just a good observer as I. Though did you feel the battle was... Off? almost unsynchronized?" I asked, quietly contemplating the issue of Garmadon's late appearance. I really had to go out on a limb there, and Lloyd may have gotten hurt should Garmadon have been any later. The Ninja could have been injured as well, since Lloyd was a moment or two off as well.

"Is that what you have seen?" Zane asked, looking at me instead of the ground below.

"Yes, your battle was supposed to be much more, timely I should say. Garmadon was late in his appearance, and Lloyd was late to save you from the cage. Little things like these have been shifted, and I fear there may be great aftershocks." I sighed as I saw the land give way to puffy clouds beneath us. So innocent, so peaceful.

"You know the timing of our battles?" Zane curiously lifted a brow at my statement.

"Somewhat." I gave him a simple answer. I needed some time to think. The storage room would be a good place. Zane just nodded at my response, and I turned away from the clouds. I absentmindedly said I was going back to my storage room. I re-unpacked, but I made sure to unpack very lightly. The Devourer would be unleashed very soon. Perhaps on the way to Torchfire mountain I could get the Ninja to stop in Ninjago City so I could send my letter. However, my main problem right now was thinking about the recent battle. Why was Garmadon late? This was an issue, and should moments like that come too late, the Ninja may get hurt or possibly killed! I started to pace the small dark room.

What if they got hurt? They were almost never supposed to get hurt! If they did, how would we move to the next episode? Even time itself was on a tight time limit. What if they found something more, and that affects their actions in the next fight? How could I possibly fix that? What if-

The door made a knocking sound.

"Hey, can I talk to you before going to the party?" Lloyd asked through my door. I looked at the door for a second, then walked over to the wooden piece to let Lloyd in.

"Sure, I can talk." I nodded, and he walked in slowly and sadly, his feet shuffling.

"Dad left." Was all he simply stated. I frowned underneath my hood. He really needed someone to hear his problems.

"Here, sit with me on the sleeping bag, and just let it all out. It helps." I spoke, moving to my sleeping bag and patting the area next to me. It was saddening so see Lloyd so melancholy. He slowly followed, then hugged my right arm. Lloyd was sobbing in it, and mumbled. I only caught "dad," "hurts," "gone," and "stay." I pet his head with my left hand, even though his hair obviously was hard like plastic, it managed to seem natural to me. Perhaps it came with the body change from my old self to a Lego. He kept weeping into my arm for another good while, until he finally looked up with such an upset face, but there was emotional relief behind those childish eyes.

"I-i just w-want-t to h-ha-ve a f-family." He sobbed out.

"Then I'll be my best to be the best sibling you could ever have." I responded, and his eyes lit up.

"R-real-ly?" He asked meekly.

"Of course. Besides, you are a pretty good little brother. You get into trouble and still manage to charm everyone." I laughed slightly, still petting his head. Lloyd gave me a wide smile, and tackled me.

"Whoa, careful there. Just remember, I am only supposed to observe so when you're in battle, I can only intervene if something goes wrong according to how it should all be. Though outside the battlefield, I'll do my best to be there for you." I warned slightly, but Lloyd hugged me tighter anyways. He didn't seem to care I was a girl, but I don't think he knew. In fact, no one knew! No one on this ship knew my real gender. Interesting, I hadn't noticed until now.

"T-thank you." Lloyd stuttered, finally getting off me.

"How'd it feel to hug a girl?" I smirked underneath my hood and his eyes widened.

"You're a girl?" He exclaimed, shocked with the information.

"Yeah, but that still doesn't mean I'm going to stop being there for you! Besides, I can sometimes be a bit of a tomboy." I smiled underneath my hood, and it seemed that Lloyd was still a bit shocked, his face being a dead giveaway.

"You okay?" I asked after a bit, and he shook his head to get out of whatever reverie he was in.

"Siblings only!" He called out, seeming very against romance. Well, so was I which worked out well for us.

"Wouldn't have it any other way." I spoke, and it seemed Lloyd had calmed, happier and more at peace with having a sister instead of a lover. So was I, and after a few minutes of staying together awkwardly, we went out to the bridge to celebrate with the Ninja. They were dancing, while Nya offered some punch. I denied it, rather just wanting to watch. I was tired mentally, and this much socialization around me was already a lot for my brain to process. They talked about how the party was in honor of getting the fang blades, and Lloyd helped make it in honor of his father.

"Well, can you make sure to drop by Ninjago City Post Office, or any post office tomorrow or later this evening? I have a letter I wish to send." I told Nya, and she punched in some coordinates for me, too happy to really ask me questions. I smiled underneath my hood's fabric, and I started watching the party for a while, before leaving to the deck. The post office was not too far away, so I chose to wait once more. The green grassland switched to the suburbs of a city, and we lowered ourselves down so we were above a post office. Nya was nice enough to lower the anchor, and I climbed down the chain. It was still kind of scary, but I knew if something happened, I'd probably be in good hands.

As my feet touched the ground, I raced inside the post office. I saw the old mailman was there, and I tapped him on the shoulder hurriedly. I needed this letter to be sent within the next day!

"Please, can you send this today? I know it's a bit far, but it's very important!" I spoke frantically, and the old man nodded.

"You don't seem like the type to get worried often, and I remember you so I think that I can get this to," he paused looking at the address, "Jamanakai quickly. Besides, it seems like you both appreciate my work." He smiled, and I shook his hand rapidly in glee.

"Thank you so much! Here, take twenty Jyn, you really do deserve it, especially for going out on a limb for me!" I thanked him happily, starting to go back to the ship. I grabbed onto the anchor, and then I climbed up it quickly. Thank goodness the boxes in Jamanakai helped strengthen my arms, otherwise this would have been very hard. As I crawled onto the deck, I saw Lloyd had walked out on the deck as well. He ran to help me, pulling me up as I stood.

"Thanks Lloyd, I just sent a message to a friend of mine." I stated tiredly, now ready to get some sleep for tomorrow.

"Who?" he asked simply.

"Someone who I used to work with, I helped him in the back of his shop. We're friends, and we write to each other every once in a while." I told him, but not giving away Vastu's identity. He nodded and I brushed myself off, even though I was Lego and there was nothing to brush off.

"Huh, I don't talk to those who I knew. I was at Darkley's before I got kicked out." Lloyd sighed.

"Yeah, they can be kind of mean. I remember my friends at school, we used to steal food from each other, and once I even dug my fingers into the mashed potatoes so I could have them instead of my other friend. I also accidentally hit her with my spork." I thought about my old friends. We were crazy, and I was the craziest out of them all. Though once I entered Ninjago, I put up a more serious personality. However, to get around in Ninjago, I needed to utilize every aspect of myself to, sadly, manipulate the world around me.

"Really? Were you desperate for food or something?" Lloyd asked, trying to hold in a laugh.

"Nah, it was just because I liked potatoes, and so did she. We didn't get them too often at school, so we would fight over them. Actually, we liked to steal food from each other in general. They were fun times…" I reminisced about them. Once a different friend had tried to show their pain tolerance, so I grabbed their wrist, and dug my nails slowly into it. Somehow afterwards, it bled a little and scarred, along with her not being able to move her wrist well for the next week. I might have accidentally hit a nerve, but didn't kill it or anything. Afterwards, we kind of enjoyed pointing it out and made the saying of "best friends give each other scars!" Violence really kind of was a part of my nature, but only when asked to do so, or presented with a good reason for it. I stopped my daydream when I realized Lloyd was on the ground, laughing hysterically.

"Wh-what kind of friends did you have? I wish I had them." He said in between laughs.

"They were crazy ones, and I was the craziest. Let's just say potatoes weren't the only thing I nabbed from my friends." I smiled under my hood, presenting Lloyd with my hand so he could stand.

"I wish I was there with you." He sighed as he took my hand and stood up.

"Trust me, my home had it's dark points too. My home was good and bad, but the bad things were much worse than Ninjago could ever dream of." I mumbled, and Lloyd seemed to know not to ask.

"I think I'm going to go to bed, how about you?" Lloyd asked me, starting to yawn.

"Yeah, we've got to get a good night's rest for tomorrow." I nodded, and we headed our separate ways. I went back to the storeroom, getting ready to sleep. After a small amount of time, I managed to finish, and I fell asleep in the sleeping bag.


It's 12:15 AM for me right now. I'm partially tired. I have gym/'Health' for school. I wrote an emotional part in the story just now. Oh well, I suppose I can say I'm about to start Ninjaball Run, but that will be more of a background episode where Myrana/Starlord isn't present. Then Child's Play is next. Things are getting real, I tell you! And I'm only on season two and with over 50k words. I'm so proud to have written this much. Hopefully some people in the world think this is good. I tried to create a character who was different, but in all the right ways. Myrana is my thinking process, and how I would understand the world. But Myrana doesn't get powers. No, not at all. She had a good life, no bullying, good school, good friends, and now she's causing unintentional mayhem.

Myrana is meant to be very defensive, and lashing out when she is scared is something that is a reflex to her. She's also trying to do the exact opposite most fans would do, avoid the Ninja and not change fate. It happens anyways, as you can see. She does get a few power-like exceptions, but only because she is from Earth, not Ninjago. Aka, eating condensed evil. She doesn't get effected by things that are meant to turn other things evil, because Earth already showed her evil. In fact, it makes her a bit loopy if it is strong (Really strong, the least it would take is about twelve liters, or three gallons of condensed evil to get her the slightest bit loopy), due to it reminding her mind of Earth. Earth is home and natural to Myrana along with her body, so I believe that things that are meant to take over the body while Myrana holds remnants of Earth's past, is more likely to give her a nostalgia high of sorts. Evil is not like a poison to her, but more of a distracting tool. That's why I plan for Dark Matter not to work on her, rather causing her to act stupid and possibly give away tidbits of knowledge. Of course, she wouldn't give away the whole picture. Just references to the future or the past.

And it hurts me to say this, but I know it's needed to make Myrana a good character, MYRANA WILL NOT GAIN ANY MORE KNOWLEDGE AFTER DAY OF THE DEPARTED. There is no reason for her to, and it would take away all the grounding real-world aspects I'm trying my best to nail into her. She is a bit emotionally unrealistic, as stabbing is still a pretty bad thing in most people's eyes. I don't get bothered by it, so I am trying to line her up between what little I understand of social rules, and what I believe in. It's easy to write her, but sometimes what she does needs to be thought over a few times. Though her age is supposed to be the way it should. She is around my age group, and is as mature as I can be.

Gosh, I've been writing all about my character down here, what am I doing? I think I'm trying to answer questions to things people haven't asked. Oh well, talking to myself isn't new. Oh well, I hope you enjoyed, and I hope you enjoyed the chapter and the note... I guess?

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