a day in the life as the destined green ninja

a/n: A LLOYD POV?? WHATTTTT

go on, tell me how amazing i am ><

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DRAGON'S RISING NEW SEASON?? WHAT ARE WE THINKING?? ARE WE EXCITED??

LiveLaughLuloyd needs to talk to a guy SO go and cheer them on so i can post the next chapter of soulmates <3

warning: shower scene? (not sexual but he's in the shower, naked. obviously. but it's not really described so i don't know if it should be a warning but i have put it as one anyway ><), burning himself but not feeling the pain, talking about bullying, talking about angsty stuff, loads of time skips, elena being a great friend (threatening a specific person *cough cough* LLOYD)

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authors pov

04:21 AM. NEW NINJAGO CITY 

it's mostly quiet in new ninjago city. the sun isn't up yet. the street lamps are flickering to stay on, but will turn off as soon as sunlight comes in. not that it will. it's not fully spring yet and february is still classed as a winter season due to the cold that it keeps. 

the green ninja sits on top of a building; watching, waiting, really, not doing much. no one else is on patrol as lloyd told everyone else that he wanted to be alone. what he really needs is to punch someone in the face. specifically a bad guy. but there aren't really any proper bad guys in ninjago, right now. but there will be, don't worry. there are only thieves, burglars; not that they're not bad but he wants to battle out with someone who isn't his family. that prophecy needs to come quicker. 

there's nothing on the police radio; so he gets up, dusting off his green gi and flips onto another building. he runs, taking this as a challenge. if he over works himself, he won't have to think about anything else. his body will be too tired to. no, it won't. it's never too tired to think about her. he sighs out, landing on top of another building. he takes off his glove, moving the sleeve of his gi down. the heart colour is yellow and light. she's asleep and she must be having a good dream. he kisses the wrist softly before pulling the sleeve back up and putting his glove back on. 

he pans the area, hearing a man screaming. he sighs, running and jumping off the building. time to save the day...well, the early morning anyway. 

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lloyd puts his head against the cool white tiles of his ensuite bathroom. everyone has one. how did you think they got to school on time, by sharing one? no way. kai never cleans his, unless misako or nya reminds him too. 

the burning hot water runs down his bare skin, him not even being fazed at all. maybe, that's the dragon in him. or it could be the oni in him? he doesn't get hot or cold. but isn't that because he was taught how to regulate his body temperature by his father? 

being half human, a quarter dragon and a quarter oni is very complicated in an eighteen year old male who is destined to save the world. over and over and over again. and the other realms when they need him. and he had to choose them over the girl he likes. he loves her but he's never going to admit it. not now, anyway. 

he shakes his head, letting the water burn him some more. his blonde hair sticks to his face; the steam from the hot water clouding his vision. he takes a body polishing sponge, he doesn't know why they're called that, and puts some of his favourite soap on it. they should be called poofs instead. they look like poofs and that's probably the sound that they would make if they could ever make sound. poof poof. lloyd purses his lips. wow, okay. he is going crazy. he needs to get ready for school. 

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it's seven twenty five now. maybe, he can train a bit more? there are no stairs in the monastery. because it is a practically like a massive bungalow. which would have been some good exercise.  but no, he would have to shower again and that's wasting water. nya would hate him for that. and he can only survive with a few people hating him right now. 

he does not know that y/n does not hate him and she probably never could. she just wants to know why. 

"son," lloyd turns, seeing his father walking over to him. "good morning,"

"morning, dad," he says with a crooked smile. "is everything okay?"

"uh, i was just wondering if you want to go get some breakfast together?" garmadon says, putting his hands behind his back. he does that when he's nervous. "at a cafe before school? if that is okay with you,"

"yeah," lloyd smiles, putting his hands in his pocket. "i'd like that, just let me get my backpack and i'll meet you out front?"

"okay," garmadon nods, lloyd nodding too. 

"okay,"

peeking out from living room, misako cheers silently. she squeals; but maybe it was a little too loud. both males turn to her direction and she runs off to go and pretend she's doing something important. she won't be. but finally. 

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the two males sit at a new cafe, having already ordered their breakfast of choice. lloyd got some sweet pastries and a hot chocolate as garmadon got two bacon sandwiches and a black coffee. 

"so how are you?" garmadon starts, putting his hands clasped together on the table. "have you talked to her?"

"i...i haven't talked to her," lloyd says, garmadon raising his eyebrow. why? why hasn't he talked to her? "because i would stumble on my words and probably say something worse,"

"worse then breaking her heart on your first date ever?" garmadon says, looking at his son. is this how all teenagers think? wow. the times have officially changed. lloyd winces at his father's comment, wanting to find a hole and fall in it and never come out. "son, i'm sorry, but i don't understand how this is keeping her safe,"

"i-"

"hi! here's your food," a waiter says, putting down their plates as well as their drinks in cute little mugs. "sorry that it took so long,"

"no, that is alright, thank you," garmadon says, bowing his head at the younger girl. 

"thanks," lloyd says, the waiter walking away. "it's keeping her safe because she's away from my life,"

"your life?" garmadon asks. "but you see her as...well, you know who," garmadon sips on the black coffee as lloyd takes a bite in his croissants. oh, they're jam filled. nice. "then are you not going back on your word? keeping her safe but seeing her as him. are you saying that she's only safe around him?"

"she's safer around him than me,"

"but you don't get bullied anymore," garmadon points out. it is not that much of a sensitive topic anymore because it doesn't happen. the people who did bully him, apologised. nicholas did, some other members of the basketball team, then some of the cheer team and then most of the seniors who he's grown up with. if anyone is going to bully him now, it will probably be elena. and he would just let it happen. he deserved it. "and even if you did, with the way that you and nya talk about her, i think she wouldn't care if you got bullied. what i mean to say is that she will probably be the one helping you or defending you from them. because you don't defend yourself...or you didn't," lloyd didn't because there was no point. he couldn't be bothered wasting his energy to some people who don't even matter to him.

"dad..." lloyd starts. he sighs, rubbing his forehead. "i love her," garmadon smiles at his son. at least he knows and he's not denying it. garmadon men love hard and fast. garmadon met misako once and he fell in love with her. granted, they are soulmates "but being him...is too complicated. we go on missions all the time, sometimes we get hurt. what if i get hurt? and she has to live with that? what if she feels guilty and does something to herself? or what if she comes along because i know how determined she is," garmadon is sure that his son doesn't notice how he lights up when he talks positive things about her. "and she gets hurt. i wouldn't be able to live with myself,"

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satisfied with her outfit, y/n fixes her [hair/hijab/scarf/make up]. jumper dresses are so cute in february. she pulls up her boots, noticing the pink colour on the heart on her wrist. she touches it softly. it's healing? she squints her eyes, seeing colour coming back to the whole heart. it's healing?! it's healing!

"henry!" she shouts, speeding down the stairs with her tote bag and her pink puffer jacket. sailor follows down the stairs, wanting to know what's making his mama so happy. "henry! henry! we need to pick up elena!"

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"i know that you want to keep her safe," garmadon says, taking another bite of his sandwich. he's almost finished it now. "but have you ever thought she can keep herself safe? i get that if you two end up being together," and garmadon hopes that they do. "you will probably tell her about being...him...but we could train her if it ever comes to that,"

"what?" lloyd asks, looking at his dad. it's almost like looking at a mirror. besides, garmadon being about a thousand years old. 

"training," garmadon repeats. "she could learn the basics and we could give her a weapon to defend herself,"

lloyd smiles, letting out a laugh. 

"she does need to learn self defence," he says, remembering the conversation he had with her. 

"does that mean you will talk to her?" garmadon says, downing the last of the black coffee. 

lloyd timidly shakes his head. garmadon gives him a look. 

"w-well, maybe not now," he says, avoiding his father's gaze. "and maybe not as me..."

"no, son," garmadon says. "talk to her as lloyd,"

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elena looks at y/n's wrist, not feeling convinced. at all. but she can see her friend buzzing with excitement. and she hasn't been like this in a while. should she play along?

they're sitting in y/n's car, both of them in the backseat as henry waits outside for them. while henry does know about y/n's soulmate problems, he doesn't want to impose. 

"he still cares!" y/n says in the loudest whisper, with the biggest smile on her face. she puts the cheer sweatband back on her wrist, waiting for elena to say something. to say anything, really.

"are you sure this shows he still cares?" elena asks. "i..." she sighs out, seeing y/n falter. seeing y/n broken is probably one of the worst things to ever happen to her. "i don't want you to get so happy for it to change back," she says softly, taking y/n's hand in hers. "we can be happy and excited about this but we need to be careful, okay? if it changes back, i'm killing him,"

"elena-"

"nope!" elena says, putting her hand up. "no way. you do not deserve him. at all. if it changes back," she pauses for dramatic effect. "i'm killing him,"

"okay," y/n laughs. "let's hope you guys aren't in any classes together,"

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lloyd sits in his form classroom, lucky that his whole family is in it. he puts his head on his table, listening to the song worthless by davd. form is pretty useless now, for seniors especially. they've already sent off their ucas and it's just a part in the day where they can chill. none of the teachers make them do anything. only the other years have to do homework or revise. 

"hey man," kai says, making lloyd take out one of his earphones. fun fact about lloyd is that he is ambidextrous but he never actively uses his left hand unless he's in battle. "how was breakfast with your dad?"

"my mom told you," lloyd says with a small smile as he rests his cheek against his hand. "didn't she?"

"yep," nya says, finishing off her textiles notes. "she wouldn't stop talking about it," jay sits next to her, leaning over to check her grammar. sometimes, she writes too fast and doesn't write down the right spelling. and she missed out on some of those notes, because...well...yeah. her and jay were doing some stuff. 

"of course, she did," lloyd says softly with a small smile. he's not even surprised. "it was good," he nods to himself. "we just talked about life and stuff,"

"life and stuff?" cole repeats, looking up from texting his boyfriend. they text a lot now. possibly more than y/n and elena. but isn't that just the honeymoon phrase? we need to wait until that is over to see how their relationship will form. "and how was life and stuff?"

"was it lifing and stuffing?" jay asks with a closed eye smiling as he rests his cheek against his palm, the same way lloyd is. lloyd rolls his eyes as everyone else sniffles a laugh besides zane. zane is reading another book. he saw jennifer reading it and asked her about it. he wanted more books to read. the book is called the colour purple. jennifer holds it close to her heart and she hopes zane understands why. 

"it's not too bad," lloyd shrugs, running a hand through his blond hair. it would be better if he wasn't the green ninja though. 

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"alright guys!" jasmine says, clapping as she sits on her revolving chair. she's the sociology teacher of ninjago high school. "we have pretty much done all the content for sociology so we have a lot of free time until, obviously mocks and then your real exams!" she's talking to both classes, forcing them to be in her medium sized classroom. she has about thirteen people in each class so twenty six all together. "so, i decided for us all to do a research project!"

the class is filled with murmurs; both positive and negative ones. 

"i know you want to spend the rest of your time in my classes to revise but," jasmine says, everyone quietening down to listen. "but wouldn't it be more fun if you did this and then did revise when you're done? well, no matter what you say, we're doing what i want~" she laughs, turning to her laptop and changing the screen on the whiteboard. a double list of names comes up, in bold orange font. jasmine is weird like that. but that's okay. everyone is weird someway. "your research project can be on anything as long as it isn't harmful to yourself, your partner other participants that you might include and obviously anyone in the class because you will be representing your findings and your process and choice of experiment. your pair is on the board. you can leave with your pair as soon as you want, i will here marking. have fun and i am very excited to see what you guys come up with,"

everyone starts getting up, checking their names. lloyd gets up, scanning his green eyes over the board. he sees his name and then he sees his pair. oh no. oh no oh no oh no. this is not good.

"i already asked," elena says, standing infront of lloyd. he looks at her, hiding every emotion he possibly can. she narrows her eyes as she looks at him, not even wanting to converse with him. at least if she commits murder, she has an easy way in. "we can't change our pairs. i'm never going to text you ever so the plan is something that we need to do now. i'm also not going to listen to any of your ideas because you seem to be really bad at making choices as of recent. and probably the whole of your life as well. we going to research how people see colour. if it is the same for ever gender and every age and ethnicity. okay? you can do the experiment; i don't really care how you do it as long as you do it. you will then give me the results and then you will never speak to me again, okay?"

"yeah, i-"

"great!" elena says with false enthusiasm and she walks off, getting her stuff. 

"great," lloyd repeats, letting out a sigh. he gets his stuff, feeling his phone buzz in his pocket. a ninja alert...now?! he groans, leaving the classroom quickly, little people noticing. 

no logic and only comfort👽

elena...☂️

If I was to commit murder

Who would help me and who would stop me?

mattias👾

where do you need me??🥰

nicholas🏳️‍🌈

who are we killing?

jjenny🦆

uh...

i dont tink i wanna killi any1

samthered👩🏻‍🦰

yeah...no...

me neither🫥

Y/N🩷

ELENA

NO

NIC

BAD NO

SCOTT NOOOOOO

STOP IT

mattias👾

where do you need me, my love? 😍😍

elena...☂️

Wherever Lloyd is

Y/N🩷

WHAT HAPPENED???

nicholas🏳️‍🌈

was so ready to put him on starting five

what did he do? 🤨

elena...☂️

Nothing

nicholas🏳️‍🌈

uh huh...

elena...☂️

I just think we should kill him

Y/N🩷

NOOOO UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

please no 🥹🥹

samthered👩🏻‍🦰

murder is a big NONO

jjenny🦆

we could also get arrested...?

elena...☂️

🙄

Me and him are in a sociology project together

A research project

mattias👾

oo

what's it on?

elena...☂️

How people see colour 

And the sociology behind it

mattias👾

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

samthered👩🏻‍🦰

AWWWWWWWWW

I LOVE THAT

i might do sociology

[elena...☂️ reacted to this message 👍🏻]

Y/N🩷

THAT IS SO CUTE

😍😍😍

nicholas🏳️‍🌈

you two are disgusting🤢

jjenny🦆

like you wouldn't do that for cole 🫢

mattias👾

GAGGED.

nicholas🏳️‍🌈

stfu, scott

[mattias👾 reacted to this message 😏]

who's on break now??

jjenny🦆

me & sam r

Y/N🩷

still in class 😣

elena...☂️

I got let out early

I'm in the library, looking at research projects 

nicholas🏳️‍🌈

Alright, I am coming

samthered👩🏻‍🦰

me and jj will meet you there

mattias👾

i'll come after i finish 

Y/N🩷

samesame

seen by all

lloyd looks at the google questionnaire he has made. he dropped off a robber at the police station a few minutes prior and just decided the spend the rest of the day at home. he'll come in for basketball training, but nothing else. it consists of a form to complete; which obviously states the gender of the person, their age and any other facts about them that they want to add. the actual questionnaire is formatted in a way that there the main group of colours; red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, brown, black, white and grey, have a section underneath them. and the question is asking what does this colour mean to you. now, he just needs to email it every single person he knows. he'll put the link in the group chat first then he can email it to other people. other people at ninjago high who probably won't even do it. 

NINJA GO AWAY 🥷

greenismything

[link]

can you guys do this please?

iceicebaby

Of course

greenismything

thanks, zane 😁

imthehotone

What is it?

greenismything

my sociology research project

how people see colour and the soc behind it

i'm doing it with elena

waitingwithwater

...and you're still alive?

greenismything

🙄

yes unfortunately 

waitingwithwater

i think you should write a will

just in case

sparky

What do you want on your grave?

greenismything

my gi

theonlyblkonehere

ur fave 1?

or d first 1?

greenismything

uhhhhhhh

favourite one

imthehotone

There's no way we're actually taking about this

She's not going to kill him 😭😭😭

iceicebaby

Actually, the probability of Elena committing murder

Has risen by 20% in the last two hours

sparky

WHAT? 

HOW?

WHY?

waitingwithwater

you two are in the same group

so maybe that's a reason why it's risen

i can't even believe we're actively talking about this

😭😭😭😭

theonlyblkonehere

neither can i

greenismything

i think i should be scared 

but i can't be bothered to be scared 🤷🏼‍♂️

iceicebaby

It was originally 10%

And it will never rise over 50% 

As it will upset someone if Elena was to commit murder

imthehotone

I think that's cute?? 

waitingwithwater

you think anything is cute 🙄

ANYWAYS

i did the form

i've also got cheer

so don't wait up

greenismything

thank you, nya

everyone should be like nya

[waitingwithwater reacted to this message 😁]

imthehotone

The world has officially frozen over

delivered

"okay, listen up," nicholas says, putting his black ball down and getting the attention of the basketball team. the mutters and murmurs quieten down, everyone wanting to know what the basketball captain is going to say. mattias stands beside nicholas, hands on his hips. dynamic duo if there ever was one. "challengers is basically round the corner. and me and mattias have chosen our starting five,"

"we think these people are the best player to start the game," mattias continues. "but that doesn't mean you won't play in the game. we've got eighty minutes. we're going to make it count and we're going to win,"

"starting five is as follows..." nicholas starts, looking up from the sheet of paper. "me, mattias, kai smith, rihanna bells and lloyd garmadon," lloyd eyes widen. what? really? what? elena is trying to kill him and nicholas is putting him on the starting five? what is going on? maybe kai was right. the world has officially frozen over. 

"dude!" kai whispers, nudging his shoulder. 

"being in the starting five means putting in extra work," nicholas says. "so you might be training and doing over time; if you can though. i'm not going to force anyone,"  

but lloyd isn't even actively listening to what nicholas is saying. this is a good, right? or is it bad? maybe he needs to start seeing the world in a more positive way. his dad will be happy about that maybe. wait, oh no. he doesn't even know who's going to look after ninjago city when he's at challengers. maybe he needs to call a favour in? the other elemental masters do owe him a lot. 

"all right, everyone head home," nicholas says, lloyd zoning back in. he didn't listen to anything that nicholas said. "remember to give in your forms for challengers! you don't need to bring anything besides obviously some clothes, toiletries, money in you want to. bring what you need to survive for three days. y/n is paying for the hotel rooms and room service but don't go crazy when we get there. also, there's no training tomorrow; but there will be some training days next week. make sure you rest,"

"hands in,"

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y/n falls onto her bed with a happy sigh. she's washed away the school dirt, done her skincare routine and she's in a comfortable green hoodie with the green ninja's logo on the back of it. obviously with some [leggings/joggers/shorts] on her legs. and some socks on her feet.

today has been a good day. a pretty good day. definitely not a bad one. she talked about challengers to the cheer group. everyone has handed in their forms, thank goodness. she thought that they were just going to forget. she's also booked a coach as challengers happens over three days. people who has joined cheer and are under the age of sixteen can obviously bring an adult and y/n will pay for their hotel room too. that basically everything has been planned for challengers. everyone got given a list. 

THINGS NEEDED FOR CHALLENGERS📣

- clothes/shoes for a span of four days

- cheer uniform

- face paint (if you can)

- toiletries 

- undergarments 

- make up/hair products

- cash/card (if needed, y/n will pay for everything)

- teddy

- sleeping wear

- water bottle

- entertainment (electronics/books)

nicholas is stupid that he didn't think to do this. and mattias is also stupid so he's not going to remember to do this. maybe, she would give this to the basketball club just in case.

and also it's thursday. friday is tomorrow. then saturday after that. gosh. she's talking to nicholas, elena and mattias about her jealousy problems. she groans into her pillow, sailor jumping on her bed and pawing at her. 

"i'm fine, sailor. don't worry," y/n says after lifting her head and kissing his forehead with a small smile. "just need a break. i'll just read my astrology books instead of doing actual revision," to elena's standards, y/n has already done too much. she gets into her covers, reaching for the book on her bedside table. she opens it up, then she looks at her heart. still unbroken and light blue. sad and tired? ugh. only if she could do something for him.

"good night, lloyd," she kisses it, sailor cuddles up besides her and she claps once, turning off the big lights. 

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"good night, y/n," lloyd says, kissing his the heart on his wrist. the colour, a light blue too. he puts his sleeve back up, puts his mask on and goes out to patrol a city that appreciate this other side of him. and not the other.