Chapter 1


Darkley's Boarding School for Bad Kids is a school where they teach young boys and girls how to be evil. One of Ninjago's future dark rulers is one boy who stands out from all the rest of the students.

He has blond hair and jade green eyes and is wearing the traditional boarding school outfit: A black shirt with a Skulkin symbol and grey pants. The boy's name is Lloyd Garmadon.

Lloyd is the son of the evil Lord Garmadon who wants to rule over Ninjago by using the four Golden Weapons of Spinjitzu, and Lloyd doesn't know much about his father. The only thing he knows about him is that he's been banished to The Underworld after a battle with his brother, Wu.

As for his mother, Lloyd doesn't even know who she is, because she left him when he was very little at the boarding school, and ever since he's been all alone and tried his best to fit in and make friends, but every time he did, he either got pranked or embarrassed, so eventually he just stopped trying and became the class loner...But all of that is about to change.


One day, it is time for class, and most of the kids there are doing things like messing with the desks, fighting, or fooling around which is normal for a place that teaches kids how to do bad things, and Lloyd is just sitting at one of the desks in the corner not really doing anything.

Just then, the teacher arrives, "Alright, everyone, settle down now!" The students then calm down and sit back at their desks, "OK, before we can continue with teaching you more evil things, we have a new student joining us today to learn more about how to be evil, so please welcome Melissa Zhau."

A girl about Lloyd's age with short, dark red hair and light blue eyes, wearing a white shirt with a Skulkin symbol and a black skirt walks into the class.

"Um, hello," Melissa greets nervously, "My name is, uhh, Melissa and, uhh...Yeah, hi."

"Hmph! You got a lot to learn about being evil, kid," the teacher points out, "Now, go take your seat and we can get started."

"Yes, sir," Melissa says quietly and goes to take her seat in front of Lloyd.

Lloyd rolls his eyes when he first sees the new girl, because he's not really fond of girls which is normal for an 8-year-old, and he really hopes that this one doesn't bother him or make him look like a fool like everyone else does.


Soon, it is time for lunch and Lloyd is sitting in his usual spot which is near the window. He usually sits there by himself, because no one would let him sit with them, and right now, he's eating his lunch a normal peanut butter and jelly sandwich until someone approaches him.

"Umm...Hi," Lloyd looks up and sees it's the new girl, "Is it, uhh, OK if I sit here?"

Lloyd doesn't know how to react or what to do, because, on the one hand, he won't be sitting alone anymore, but on the other hand the person that'll be sitting with him is a girl, so after debating on what to do for a bit he makes his decision.

"Alright, fine, you can sit here," Lloyd sighs which makes Melissa smile, "Just sit on the other side of the table, OK?"

"Thank you," Melissa takes her seat in front of Lloyd, placing her lunch on the table, and after sitting in silence for a little bit, she decides to break the ice, "Uh, my name is Melissa. It's, uhh, really nice to meet you."

"Uhh, Lloyd, nice to meet you too, I guess," the young Garmadon says as he gives the girl a weirded-out look.

"Hey, uhh..." Melissa clears her throat before continuing, "I've heard that you're the son of Lord Garmadon. Is that true?"

"Yeah, it's true, I'm his son," Lloyd says.

"Wow!" Melissa says with amazement, "That must be pretty cool to be the son of a legendary Ninjago villain."

Lloyd looks at the girl with confusion. He doesn't know if she's messing with him or not, but then he gets hit in the head with a spitball and turns around to see two boys laughing and Lloyd knows who they are - Gene and Brad.

Gene has red hair and brown eyes, and is wearing some glasses; Brad has black hair and blue eyes, and both of them are wearing the same outfit as Lloyd.

Gene got enrolled into the academy by his father, and he is basically the top student of the class and is the self-proclaimed 'evil genius', and he and Lloyd never get along and consider themselves rivals.

As for Brad, Lloyd thought that he made a friend out of him after Brad took him under his wing and showed him how the school works, but then Brad ditched him and sided with Gene.

"Ugh, why can't they just leave me alone!" Lloyd groans, rolling his eyes, and then gets hit with another ball making the bullies laugh.

Melissa sees this happening and doesn't like how those two boys are messing with him, and even though she's very shy around people, she's not afraid to stand up to people. She gets up and goes towards them and Lloyd sees this, wondering what she is doing.

"Hey!" Melissa calls out to Gene and Brad, "Leave him alone and stop throwing spitballs at him."

Gene and Brad look at each other before bursting into laughter.

"Look at that, Gene," Brad speaks up, "Little Lloyd Garmadon needs the new girl to protect him."

"Yeah, and I thought Lloyd was pathetic before," Gene laughs when he looked at Melissa in amusement, "What are you gonna do? Are you gonna cry and beg for me to stop?"

Everyone then starts to laugh, and Melissa glares at Gene, grabbing his lunch and pelting it in his face, silencing everyone. They are shocked by what she did, and even Lloyd is surprised because nobody would expect a shy girl like her to do that, especially to someone like Gene.

Gene is stunned and covered in food, looking at Melissa flabbergasted.

"Like I said, leave Lloyd alone," Melissa says in a dark tone and gets in his face, "Or else."

Brad escorts Gene to the nearby washroom to get him cleaned up, and Melissa goes back to where she and Lloyd are sitting, and he is just looking at her dumbfounded by what just happened.

"Wow! That was pretty amazing," Lloyd says impressed.

"Oh, well, thanks," Melissa says in a bashful tone as she moves a hair away from her face and looks away shyly, "I just saw that they were picking on you, and I just had to do something."

Melissa then continues to eat her lunch, and Lloyd doesn't know what to think because this girl is full of mystery, and even though he really doesn't like girls, maybe this one might not be so bad after all.

To be continued...


A/N: This is my very first Ninjago fanfiction. This is gonna lead up to the rewrite of the Ninjago series which we're calling The Ninjago Yin and Yang Series which is basically gonna be a rewrite of the Ninjago Series following Lloyd and my OC Melissa Zhau.

Now, I wanted Lloyd to have a good love interest and Harumi wasn't really a good love interest in my opinion because she was basically playing with his heart and was revealed to be "The Quiet One" so I created Melissa Zhau to be a good love interest for him and if you have any questions about her leave a review and I'll answer them the best I can.

And I know you guys are wondering when the Sly Lion series is gonna continue. Well to be honest, I don't know, because it's been a while since I've watched The Lion Guard and I'm really stumped on what to do next so The Sly Lion series is gonna be on a hiatus for a while and we'll get back to it when we can.

I hope you enjoy the first chapter. Leave a review and let us know what you think.