Lloyd and Ryan:

After setting up camp, which was a fire and making two hamicks between three trees, Lloyd and Ryan sat near the fire as they were finishing up making blankets out of vines and leaves.

"So, Ryan... what do you like to do...?" Lloyd asked, since the silence was becoming too long and it was going to get very awkward soon.

Ryan chuckled a bit and asked, "That's what you really want to know?"

Lloyd looked at him unamused, and then he said, "Okay no, not really. I was just wondering... who are you, where do you come from, and how did you get tied up with Darkness? I know Silva is your mother, but do you have another reason?"

Ryan took a moment to think, and then he said, "I'll tell you about me, if you tell me about you too. That way it's fair."

Lloyd nodded and said, "Alright, sure."

Ryan sat back on the bark of a tree, and after taking a moment to breath, he began telling his story:

"I grew up on a mountaintop with my mother and father for awhile, and after some difficult situations, my mother and I went on the road traveling around the world to do something with our lives. The last place we visited happened to be Ouroborus, right after the Great Devourer was unleashed and shortly defeated. It was probably at the same time the Devourer was destroyed when we met Darkness. He came out of the pit from where the Great Devourer came from."

Lloyd- "He came out of there? He was actually sealed with the Great Devourer?"

Ryan- "No. He said that he was sealed before the Great Devourer, deep into the darkest recesses of the underground. He also said that awhile after that, when the Great Devourer was to be captured and sealed, the people sealed him there, just above where he was sealed."

Lloyd- "Wait... did unleashing the Great Devourer, also unleash Darkness from his seal?"

Ryan- "He said it made it easier for him to finally break out without a giant snake weighing down on his seal."

Lloyd- "That's how he got out... darn."

Ryan- "Any other questions?"

Lloyd- "Uh, yeah... What difficult situations were you talking about? I don't want to get too personal but, what happened to your dad?"

Ryan stood silent for a moment, and then he said,

"My father was an honest merchant of a village that was about half a mile from the mountain where we lived on. He used to travel to the village with my mother, and then when I was born, they would either bring me along or my mother and I would stay home. Anyway, one day some business tycoon came to the village and tried to take it over by dishonest means. Then one day my dad was put on trial for stealing the money of the villagers that that business tycoon, Ron Shady, was collecting as taxes. The villagers vouched for my dad and pleaded his innocence because they knew that my dad was a good man and he wasn't a thief. He would always trade with whatever people had and he would work with them so that they could get the best deals without strife. However, my dad was unjustly found guilty and sentenced to thrive within the Forbidden Wilderness."

Lloyd- "Forbidden Wilderness?"

Ryan- "A land that was untouched by even the First Spinjitzu Master and left to be the last wild of wild wilderness of Ninjago. It is 'forbidden' because anyone who enters there doesn't usually make it back out. The land is said to be unbalanced, and those without strong wills and hearts won't be the same when they enter, or they probably won't survive..."

Lloyd's eyes widened, and then he looked down sympathetically, and said,

"I'm sorry if I made you have to think about that."

Ryan- "It's alright. Anyway, my dad was sent into the wilderness for forty days but, he never came back out. My mother was devastated, and although she didn't show it to me, I could see it in her eyes that she was sad... and angry. After a few years, I went to my new school that was pretty far away so I was only able to visit my mother in the summer or during long breaks. I knew she wanted to get Ron Shady back for what happened with my dad, but the way she did it made me realize how much my mother had learned from her family."

Lloyd- "What do you mean?"

Ryan- "My mother's family was a band of evil masterminds and some were just bad. They were always thinking of plans that ranged from stealing to ruling villages and such. They usually didn't get the children involved, which at the time, included my mother. But unlike her other family members, my mother wasn't bad like the rest of them. She was nice and kind, and she was a good person. I can still see that goodness inside of her."

Lloyd- "What happened to her?"

Ryan- "My father. After what happened to him she changed to a more darker version of herself. She was able to become a business woman, and she was able to get everyone who used to follow Ron Shady on her side. She found the paper work that proved Ron to be guilty of various crimes and offenses, which was shown in court and got Ron sentenced the same sentence as my dad. Ron didn't realize that my mother was pulling the strings until he stood outside of the Forbidden Wilderness..."

-Back in time: Outside the Forbidden Forest-

"You can't do this to me! I am Ron Shady! Ron SHADY! I was in control of EVERYTHING! I can't be sentenced here! Please! Let me go! I'll do better with my life then! Please!" Ron Shady said, as he stood on his knees before a crowd of villagers and people who used to be his business partners.

Then a person in a black hood emerged from the crowd to speak.

"Ha ha ha ha. Do you really want me to consider your plea? After you banished my husband into these same woods?" the hooded person said, as she removed her hood and revealed herself to be Silva.

Horrified, Ron Shady fell back and said, in a shaking voice, "N-N-No. Y-You! S-Silva! You tricked m-me... and... Joseph was your husband?!"

Silva smirked darkly and said, "Yes, you fool. And now you get to suffer his same fate, which he SHOULDN'T have suffered!"

Silva's expression became more enraged, as she extended her right hand towards Ron that wore the glove blade and said,

"Now then... GO INTO THE FLIPPING FOREST! Or I won't think twice before slicing you in half next time."

Fear encased Ron''s heart, as he immediately rose, and after looking at everyone one last time, he turned around and ran into the Forbidden Wilderness. Silva stood watching after him for awhile to make sure that he went in, as the other villagers turned to go. She also turned around, and she placed her hand on her heart as she said in a whisper,

"It's done... That's what you get for taking my love from me, and for forcing me to raise my hand against you..."

A single tear slid down Silva's face, and then she headed home to the mountaintop to greet Ryan, since he had just returned home after finishing school.

-End of flashback that Ryan learned about from the old man of the village and from his mother, herself-

Silence loomed for awhile, as Lloyd was taking in what Ryan had just told him, and Ryan had closed his eyes to give Lloyd that moment to think. Lloyd stared at the fire for a moment, and then he looked away and shook his head.

"Your mother... she turned bad because she was hurt, but she's still good on the inside. That's why she was still a good mother to you, and she even felt bad for being forced to take revenge... that reminds me of how my dad was," Lloyd said, and Ryan opened his eyes to look at him.

"I told you about me. Tell me about you," Ryan said, and Lloyd nodded.

(I assume that many of you have watched Ninjago and know about Lloyd's past and his parents. I won't retell his story, but for those who don't know, you should probably watch the show (highly recommended) or look up his story on google. ;) )

After Lloyd told his story, Ryan nodded and signed.

"Well... I guess we're not so different, besides your mother leaving to save you and your father, and my dad being forced to leave... Weird huh?" Ryan said, and Lloyd nodded.

Then, as the fire started to die down, Lloyd noticed Ryan's glowing red eyes even more in the darkness.

"Ryan. I'm curious... why are your eyes red if your mom's are steel-colored? Unless your dad's were red," Lloyd asked.

"... My eyes aren't actually red. They became that way when I tried to travel into the Forbidden Wilderness almost a year after my dad was sentenced there," Ryan replied, and Lloyd gasped.

"What?! You tried to go into the Wilderness? Why?" Lloyd asked.

Ryan signed and looked down sadly, as he said, "I just... I wanted to find my father... I wanted us to be a family again, and I wanted to see my mother truly smile again."

Lloyd was surprised, but he let Ryan continue,

"I went into the forest late at night. My mother didn't realize I left the house because she was talking to Marcell, and I was supposed to be asleep. I ran into the forest with a picture of all three of us, just in case if my dad didn't recognize me. I walked around for a little bit, when a strange green, black, and blue striped, dragon thing emerged from the woods, without wings. I remember first seeing his eyes because they were glowing red. I didn't know what to do as he approached me..."

-Back to when young Ryan was in the forest and the wingless dragon emerged-

"H-Hello. My name is Ryan. Have you seen my daddy?" Young Ryan asked the creature, as he held up the picture of himself, his mother, and his father.

Young Ryan was pretty much a smaller version of Ryan, but he wore a black t-shirt and blue pants, with messed up brown hair and unique eyes.

The wingless dragon-creature looked as though it's head was slithering forward, as he took a couple of steps closer to the young boy. He sniffed the picture at first, and then he looked at the picture, and then at the boy. He looked at the man in the photo, standing with his arm around his wife, and his hand on his son's shoulder, as the mother's hand was on the other shoulder of their son. The wingless dragon stared at the picture and his eyes widened. The he turned to the young boy, who stood before him, with an expression of surprise and almost disbelief. Young Ryan tilted his head to the side as he studied the wingless dragon's reaction, and then he noticed that the eyes of the wingless dragon turned dark and looked human. Young Ryan reached his hand towards the dragon, and the dragon reached out his clawed hand to Ryan, gently. The wingless dragon held onto Ryan hand, and he whined with a happy and sad expression on his face.

Young Ryan finally recognized the wingless dragon's eyes, and then he walked closer to the dragon and asked,

"D-Daddy?"

The wingless dragon, also known as Ryan's father Joseph, looked at Young Ryan in response to him calling him. Tears formed around Young Ryan's eyes, as he moved forward and hugged his father around his slender neck.

"Daddy. Your still alive daddy. Your still alive. I missed you," Young Ryan said, as he held his father tighter.

Joseph hugged his son back, but gently so that he wouldn't hurt him. After the hug, Joseph set Ryan on the ground, but he kept his one claw hand on his son's shoulder.

"Daddy what happened? Why are you so big and look like a lizard?" Young Ryan asked.

Joseph chuckled a bit, and then he placed his other clawed hand on Ryan's head, and he was able to show him a few glimpses of how being in the forest altered his appearance, and that people who enter the forest are usually affected the same way if they stood long. After removing his hand from Ryan's head. Young Ryan understood and he nodded.

"Oh okay. I'll tell mommy when I go home so that she doesn't... have to... w-worry... daddy," Young Ryan said, as his body started to grow limp and he became dizzy.

Joseph caught Young Ryan before he fell, and young Ryan asked,

"D-Daddy... everything is spinning... do I have to go?"

Joseph grew concerned for his son when Ryan's eyes flickered red a few times. He nodded to his son's question, and then he ran towards where his son came from to enter the forest.

-Back to the present, as Ryan is telling the story-

"My mom was able to assume that I went to the forest after she sent Marcell to search the village. She was just outside the forest when my dad came out with me and placed me on the ground. My mom ran to me, and my dad backed away from her. She later told me the next day that she saw that I was okay, besides my eyes that stood permanently red. She also told me a few years later that, when she saw my father, that she didn't recognize him until she looked into his eyes. As much as she wanted to be with him, and him with her, my dad shook his head and showed her his claws as he backed away. Also, apparently, my dad couldn't stay outside of the forest too long because the forest is what gives him strength to live on in the form he's in. My mother was happy that my dad was alive, but she was still angry because we were all suffering because we couldn't be together. And... that's why my eyes are red," Ryan said.

"That's an amazing, and yet, very sad story," Lloyd said, as he put the fire out.

"Yeah. Your story's the same too, but you at least have a happy ending. Mine hasn't come yet," Ryan said.

"Well, a happy ending doesn't always just come to you. I had to travel to Ninjago city and fight the Overlord to get my happy ending, even though it's still not over yet. But you should just be happy now, even if things haven't changed yet. I learned that from being with the Ninja, like how Auria taught me about the wind, and how we have peace already in ourselves. It depends on if we're willing to keep it, or let someone or something else take it from us," Lloyd said.

Ryan thought about that, and then he said, "Your right. I'll definitely keep that in mind... Let's hit the hay for tonight."

"Alright, but it has been a very uh, informative conversation," Lloyd said.

"Yeah. It was pretty nice to talk to someone around my age and experience," Ryan said.

"Yeah," Lloyd said.

Then he and Ryan ran up the tree trunks to their hamicks, since the hamicks were pretty high up between the trees.

"Night Lloyd," Ryan said.

"Night Ryan," Lloyd said, and then they both put on their vine blankets as they went to sleep.

This was basically a chapter about Ryan. So now that you know him better, what do you guys think of him and his past?