Pure Light - Blog Posts
Just so everyone knows I'm very busy right now but when I'll find some free time I will continue with my writing.
Pure light and the sad girl in Westeros will be continued but Thunderous Prowler will be discontinued and Twilightzone will also be continued
Strymyr was looking at his phone as he looks outside before he noticed something in the sky, a flicker of green before shaking his head thinking that it was just his imagination as he continues to make his bombs (think of Powder/Jinx) 'looks good enough.' he thought as he yawned and went to bed, soon falling asleep in a sound sleep.
Meanwhile y/n was looking at the sword the ninjas managed to retrieve and look into it "what are you doing?" Kai said from behind her. She turned towards him "just looking at it. Is this really going to help u- I mean you save Lloyd?" She asked him with a bit of uncertainty "of course. What you're doubting us?" Kai scoffed as he crossed his arms "no, no. I'm just as worried as you guys. Ninjago need the green ninja" she said to him and he nodded at her "yup. And we need our friend. We'll save him,I know that. Now go to sleep, aren't you too young to stay awake at this hour?" He said to her, making her scoff at the belittling "I'm not a kid. But fine" she said and walked away from him, feeling her anger rise and walked in her room, slamming the door and going to bed.
A few days later
Y/n was with Misako, Nya and Wu on a small boat as they wait for the ninjas to come out of the FSM tomb "hey... aren't those ghosts?" Y/n said as she pointed at the three ghosts and before she could react they were soon getting attacked 'i can fight!' y/n thought to herself, her hands glowing with dark power 'no, this is not your fight to deal with' the spirit said in her head, stopping her from attacking back at the ghosts while Nya was handling them 'but Nya isn't trained enough' y/n said back to the spirit inside her mind 'no fighting for today ' the spirit said before disappearing from her head, making her sigh and go hiding inside the bounty.
After a while the fighting ended and she came out, noticing Wu, Nya and Misako were looking at something and she followed their gaze and saw the ninjas and Lloyd outside the cave. Her eyes widened at the sight Lloyd alive, weak but alive at last. She felt like she wanted to hug him but couldn't move as Misako, Wu and Nya go to them and hugs Lloyd along with the ninjas, leaving her there standing, once again, making her feel like she doesn't belong in their group 'they look so... perfect. Like no one is missing...of course what else did I expect? I need to go to my room to exercise my training' she thought to herself and walked inside the bounty again, casting a glance at the group again, especially Misako and Lloyd 'mother and som, what more should one need' she thought and got back inside and into her room. Once she was inside she saw her favourite bracelet, the one Lloyd made for her when they were still the same age, before the whole TOMORROW'S TEA . She looked at the bracelet and ina fit of anger, disappointment and sadness she broke it, watching as the marples fall and roll on the ground. She sat in bed and lied down before closing her eyes 'maybe a good sleep will do me good' she thought and soon fell asleep.
Meanwhile Namir was in her room thinking about something while Phytios was playing on his phone "hey what's up? You have that look again" he asked his twin and sits up in her bed and looked at her "something is going to happen...I don't know what is though. Don't you feel it?" She asked him worried. He put down his phone and sighed "yeah, I felt it. It's like in the wind and I don't know how to describe it but it's definitely going to be life changing" he said to her and she looked at him worried and confused "should we contact Strymyr?" "Definitely"
Strymyr was in his room as he takes his braids off and was looking at himself in the mirror before his phone rang., he picked it up and put it in hands-free mode "yeah?" "Hey Stry, me and Phytios felt like something is going to happen that will change everything. We wanted to know if you also felt it" Namir said on the phone "yeah...yeah I felt it. I think it has to do with y/n. Listen I’m almost at Stiix, you guys are in your home right?" "Yeah, we’ll talk more when you come here" Namir said to him and hung up the call. He stopped what he was doing and thought about it and the looked outside "...let’s hope everything is ok"
Meanwhile
The spirit was meditating as it sat on the lake waters before opening it's eyes in an instant
'she's here'
Woooooooo we're almost done with this fic, two more parts and we're done with the first chapter of the Pure Light fic! Have a good day/night/evening and keep yourselves hydrated (edit: forgot to add you sorry!!!! @iliketvgirlmusic4 )
Like always credits to the incredible and amazing artist that is @crimsoncherrie and their way of portraiting the ninjas. Their art is one of the ways I see humanised ninjas and it's beautiful. You all should follow them
Now to the story
As the ninjas came back with the sword of Sanctuary, y/n was watching them discuss if they should trust Ronin's instructions towards the first spinjistu master's tomb 'they're looking for my grandfather's tomb... should I try and find it through my powers?' she thought to herself 'no...mama said to not engage until further instructed. They'll he fine' she thought as she gives one last glance at them and goes to her room. She goes to fix herself after training, I'm thinking moment she noticed that her hair became longer but she didn't give much thought in it and just put it in a ponytail and laid in bed and grabbed her phone and started to text her friends:
(sassy: y/n
Waterboy: Strymyr
Stopcausingtrouble: Phytios
Mind-reader: Namir)
Sassy: they're discussing about another thing to save Lloyd
Mind-reader: can they do it well dressed this time? They always looking like rainbow crew
Waterboy: instead of talking about the blockbuster company where the hell are you and Phytios?
Mind-reader: Stiix
Sassy: why are you in Stiix?
Stopcausingtrouble: for the carnival. We have some relatives here and we always come here for the carnival
Sassy: I'd love to ignore whatever you just said but I gotta go. Misako is coming to my room
All of them: bye!
Y/n put her phone in charge and looks up at the ceiling and looked at her door as Misako came in "what do you want Misako?". Misako looked a bit hurt at being called by her name and not 'mum" like Lloyd calls her "I just... wanted you to know that we got the sword and we have found the tomb... we'll get Lloyd", y/n looked at her and nodded at her before turning around "yeah well, I'm tired so goodnight Misako" she said to her. When she heard misako close the door, y/n looked at her glowing dark orb and closes it in her fist and laid in bed, closing her eyes and thinking of one thing
"don't worry Lloyd... I'll end this. I'll finally show what I'm capable of and maybe... you'll see me as your sister again"
Meanwhile the spirit watches y/n as she sleeps as it leans against the door before following Misako to where the ninjas were gathered as it listens to their plan of searching for the tomb. It was wearing a neutral expression as it listens to them speaking before putting it's gaze to Misako and for once it felt a weird sensation, like a type of feeling you can't get off no matter what, that is itching from inside and feels like water like it's about to boil to it's extreme, then it realised that that feeling was hatred, hatred towards the ninjas for ignoring y/n, hatred towards Wu for only caring about Lloyd and the ninjas as if y/m wasn't his own niece, hatred towards Garmadon for when he was alive and not evil but only focusing on his son and not his daughter too, and especially hatred towards Misako for not only abandoning y/n when she was a small child in a school with a negative type of environment for her, but also coming back and only caring and focusing on Lloyd as if she never had a daughter in the first place 'you fool. All of you. I will not let you hurt her anymore. She's not your daughter anymore, she's my lighthouse and I will never let anyone hurt her again' it thought before walking away and back to y/n. It reached her room and went inside and walked towards the bed with a determination expression on it's face but stops once it reached the bedside and looked at y/n's sleeping face, one of the only moments in her life that she looked peaceful. It felt a sudden sensation of guilt and sadness "I'm sorry child, but your path will change.... I'm so sorry for what will become of you when that day will arrive. I hope you can forgive me, dear lighthouse" it said before kissing softly her head and tucking her in. It disappeared from the room and reappeared outside after making sure no one else was. Then it noticed a change in the wind and in the sky '....looks like the preeminent is arriving soon. But it won't know what will come once she's here. You'll be stopped, one way or another.
That is a promise'
Wooooow it has been a while since I wrote here, I'm sorry for the wait but I was extremely busy this month with school and everything, hope you all like it and remember to stay hydrated and have a good night/evening/ morning (I need to follow my own advice but energy drinks are an addition)
Agh!" Reader groans as she felt another kick on her face., she betterns her fighting stance and looks at the spirit and counterattack it's moves, dodging another kick and going to punch it on the jaw, making it dizzy for a moment, and so, using the moment of distraction, she kicks it side and then knees it under the chin, making it fall on the ground. Jus as the spirit is about to get up, a small dark orb is on front of its face, stopping it "don't move" reader warns as she stands on its chest, panting heavily due to the intense and long practice. The spirit looks surprised by the action before it smiles at her proudly and gets up "good job you're ready..." Reader looks at it in glee "physically" it ends the sentence, making her smile flatter.
"What? What do you mean? I've beaten you" she said to it in impatience and frustration, "you did but you have a heavy burden on your chest. You're not ready emotionally and spirituality. You need to let go of such burden" it sits down on the ground and takes a meditative stance. Reader looks at it in anger and frustration and goes to leave the training ground before a wall of light stops her in her tracks. She looks towards the spirit and freezes at the stern look on its face "you cannot leave until you've let go of your burden. Sit" it said in a way to show that it won't take any protest. Reader looks at it before sighing and sitting down, mirroring its meditative stance.
An hour pass and reader opens her eyes to check on the spirit, trying to gauge it's expressions "so not look at me. You still haven't let go of your resentment and anger", its words surprised Reader who looks at the spirit in shock before trying to hide her frustration "I'm not angry " she said.
The spirit opens it's eyes and looks at her "do not lie to me child, I can see through you", and because of those simple words reader's facade falls and she sighs "... I'm not angry... I'm sad... I'm frustrated that I lost my twin...no...my brother, just my brother" she said as she looks down, not noticing the figures that were starting to represent what is happening in her mind "I mean, not physically of course but I lost him in all the other senses, because I'm alone. Before the ninjas, before Wu, before everything, it was just me and Lloyd against the world, trying to follow our father steps in conquering the world, something all kids wanted to do" she says, the figures representing her and Lloyd, when he was still in a child's body, playing together and scheming together "but then...the tomorrow's tea accident happed and everything changed. He stopped playing, he stopped talking or even notice me anymore...it was like, I became a stranger to him...and that hurt" she says as tears starts falling down her child's face "....It really hurt... because he was the only family I had left. Our father was Lord Garmadon and our mother abandoned us...and when she...when she came back she only focused on Lloyd and I felt once again overlooked, unimportant. The ninjas, our uncle and our parents focused on him and no one seemed to notice me unless I made myself known by throwing a tantrum or when I'm alone with one of them...and even then... it's like they can't see me for me... just Lloyd's former twin and now just his little sister. All I want is for someone to see me, not Lloyd's sister, not a Darkley student, not lord Garmadon's daughter or master Wu's nine, but as Reader Garmadon. Is that so hard to do?..I guess it is if no one could do that. I'm not part of their family...I will never be" she says with her hands on her hair, looking like she was struggling to hold back from ripping it apart.
the spirit looks at her sympathetic and straightens it's stance "what about your friends? Strymyr, Namir and Phytios? Do they not see you?" It asks softly "my friends?...they do see me but...they don't know how I really feel but... they're also the only people who seem to care about me" she says as she calms down a bit, breathing slowly to calm her nerves "and do you care about them?" It asks "...I do...I really do. they're my best friends... they're my family" she smiles to herself at the realisation and looks at the spirit with tears in her eyes still falling down. The spirit leans closer and wipes her tears away with a small smile "... you're ready" it says softly. Reader's eyes widens and she smiles widely and hugs it "thank you...mom" she said softly. The spirit looks shocked and smiles softly and hugs her back "it's alright my sweet baby" it says.
Soon Reader falls asleep due to the strain of the training and the emotional baggage she unfolded. The spirit holds her and walks inside the monastery and walks towards Reader's room when it heard the ninjas talking about needing to go to the Eye of the Storm to find the realm's crystal. It listens to them talking before looking at Reader sleeping in their arms and walking away and to her room. It puts her under the blankets and tucls her in and kisses her forehead without a soft tone it says
“Good night my baby, save your strength and energy for the battle when it will come"
Whooooo I'm finally back, sorry for the delay, school was decimating me but I'm back. Hope you enjoy this and sorry if you thinks it's short. Enjoy, have a good morning, evening or night and remember to stay hydrated
Fun fact about reader from Pure light:
When she was a kid she would always get hurt and due to her destructive powers, inherited from sir Lord Garmadon himself, the pain would be a little bit more painful and it will take a long time for the injury to heal.
Let me know if you want more fun facts about her
Always credits to @crimson-cherry
Reader was watching Nya cleaning around the shop after making sure that Morro wasn't there anymore, she was getting bored easily until she noticed Wu and Misako talking, well, more like whispering. She looked at them curious and confused until her eyes glow for a moment and was now able to hear what they were saying "you have to tell Nya ,she's ready" Misako whispered to Wu as he gave up and they both walk towards Nya. Reader looked at them curious as she listened from behind the counter as they didn't noticed her being there too, as usual, and soon they talked about Kai not being the only one with an element in their family "Nya, you're the water ninja" Misako said to her, and before reader could process the information Nya fainted "uh, i guess she really wasn't ready" Misako commented. Reader looked at Nya before sneaking back to her room, confused on how she was able to hear them whisper from such a long distance "i enhanced your senses" a voice said from behind her. She got startled and looked behind and sees the spirit again "spirit! You did what?" She asked curious "I enhanced your senses. You can see more than the average, hear more clearly and much more. You need it for your training" it said as it looked at her "training? You mean now?" She asked curious as she followed the spirit into the backyard of the shop "your uncle will train Nya into becoming the water ninja, but what we need now is you training for your purpose of saving your brother, I'm sorry, I mean Lloyd" it said remembering how she stopped referring him as her brother. She looked in awe "oh my god, yes! I need to-" "you can't tell your friends, this is an important matter and they can't know or they'll distract you. Or do you not want to save the green ninja?" It asked as it raised its eyebrow "no! No no, I do want to save him..." She looked at her phone before putting it away "let's do this" she said determined and the spirit smirked at the determination from her
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Hours later
Reader was panting heavily from the intense training as she was sweating and fighting the spirit, trying to hit it before finally kicking it's face "oh my god, I'm sorry" she said worried about it being made, but instead it laughed for the first time "in real battlefield, you don't apologize to your enemies for hitting them. You learn fast, fast enough for me. Enough training today, your ninjas are coming back home. Go shower and hear what they found" it said before disappearing. She looked at the place where the spirit was a moment ago before sighing and going to take a shower and change into her pajamas. She walked and went to the ninjas and listened them explaining how they're another way to get the scroll for airjistu and that is the temple of master Yang. She looked at them confused before the spirit voice said in her head 'the earth ninja will become a ghost, don't say anything about it. One step ahead' it said to her. Shw looked around, wanting to warn them, especially Cole, but remembered he how no one ever noticed her and if that were to happen to her, they probably would have done nothing to warn her for the good of the mission, so she stayed quiet and looked at Cole for a moment before looking away and walking to her bedroom and getting in bed.
"reader?" Misako said from the door "would you like for me to tuck you in?" She asked as she stepped inside the room "no, I'm not a little kid, I can tuck myself just fine" reader said, still bitter about her abandoning her and Lloyd Darkley academy, and even if her broth- no, if Lloyd forgave her, she couldn't as she was always a mama's girl and it hurt for her a lot being abandoned by her own mother, feeling like she wasn't good enough foe her enough to stay. It didn't help that when she came back, her sole focus was Lloyd and barely noticing her unless they were alone in a room.
Misako looked like she wanted to protest but then nodded and closed the door.
Reader looked at the ceiling before she felt her eyes growing heavy and ,before she could understand, she fell asleep. The spirit appeared again and tucked her in, covering her body in the blankets and softening the pillow. It bent down in front of her and brushed a strand of hair away from her eyes before smirking and looking satisfied
"good night little lighthouse, this is just the begging of your life"
And part 5 is also made!! Two in a row woooo
Enjoy!!
As always credits to @crimson-cherry for this beautiful art.
Reader was walking around the city when she and her friends noticed the ninjas in weird uniforms "uhhh, why are they dressed like that?" Namir asked confused and a bit amused by their looks as reader sighed in embarrassment "it's... Wu's tea shops uniforms" she said sheepishly as she rubbed the back of her neck "you mean the one he's trying to make a business out of?" Phytios said as he took a bite of his candy"yup" she confirmed it as they all looked at the ninjas showcasing their powers"... where's your brother? Isn't he always with them?" Strymyr asked as he looked at each of the ninjas but didn't find Lloyd"I don't know, all I heard from his conversation with the ninjas is him going to the museum to help" she shrugged her shoulders, she never knows where her brother is unless she eavesdrops the conversations between him and his 'family'. After a while they got bored and it was time to go back to their respective homes so she walked back into the tea shop on the mountain "hi reader, welcome back..I didn't know you were out" Misako said with caring visible in her voice. Reader just nodded at her and went behind the counter to the cash register as the first two clients came, a mother and a daughter, clearly close to one another, making reader feel bitter as she only saw that happen between Lloyd and Misako. Just as she was about to give them the bill for the teas they chose, the ninjas barged in in a clear state of panic, all talking over one another "ninjas, calm down. Can't you see? We have our first clients" Wu said as he pointed at the mother and daughter. The little girl, who looked around reader's age, which is 10, stared at the ninjas in awe and admiration 'ugh, great another fan of the oafs' she thought in bitterness. She looked at Wu and to her surprise she saw a look of worry in his eyes "ninjas, you four weren't my first pupils" he said but gets interrupted by the little girl pointing outside. Reader follows her line of sight and sees Lloyd "Look, it's Lloyd!" The little girl said in excitement, but reader has a feeling in her chest, like a heavy stone is there as she looked closer 'that is not Lloyd' she thought.
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One thing led to another and now she was hiding behind the counter as whatever took Lloyd's body was fighting with master Wu and Nya after the ninjas got defeated by him. She peeked her head from the counter before seeing some symbols coming out of the old staff that Wu always carries with him. Fortunately before the possessed Lloyd could ran away with the staff Nya let a shelf fall and stop him, making reader gasp out of worry for Lloyd but then remembering that that thing was not her brother. She soon ran out of the shop with Nya and to the Bounty, along with the others ninjas.
She looked around worried as she counted the people on the ship "where's Kai?" She said because even though she didn't like him or Nya, she didn't want for them to be separated like she and Lloyd now are, and for a while have been after the tomorrow's tea incident. The ninjas looked at her before noticing Kai fighting with Lloyd, or whatever took his place. Soon Nya brought down the Bounty's anchor and grabbed Kai as they flew away. Reader sighed in relief for a brief moment before noticing something "he's following!" She yelled loud enough to be heard . The others look outside as they noticed the possesed Lloyd flying on a dragon "quick use your powers!" She yelled at the ninjas "we can't! We lost them!" Jay tells out of panic "what?!" She yelled back, now panicking too. Soon Wu interjected before the panic could escalate "I need to deciph the symbol on the staff before he can!" And then Zain added "me and Kai will protect you while Jay and Cole fight off that guy!" He explained the plan as he, Wu and Kai already run inside "what?! Why do we have to do that?!" Jay said, still in a stage of panic "cause I'm the smart one" Zain added with a hint of cockyness in hus tone, making reader roll her eyes before running to hide in her room. As soon as she got there she sighed in relief before yelling surprised and shocked and scared as she sees a spirit in front of her "who are you?! Are you with whatever took my brother's place?!" She tells before the spirit kneld down in front of her "I'm not here to cause you arm. I know you feel useless, unable to do anything to help except hide and hope for the best. You want to help save your brother from Morro right?" It said as it voice was neutral and calm despite the situation "... Morro?..yes, I want to help. But I'm useless, my powers cause destruction. I inherited all my father's bad things and obviously Lloyd had to inherit all his good traits." She said bitterly as she felt the heavy feeling on her chest again "I can help you change it all. But this must require focus, determination and the understanding that it will come to a cost" it said to her, looking at her as it sat down in front of her by the door "...will this helping me save my brother from Morro? Whoever that it" she asked "you care for him, Why? He abandoned you for his new family with the ninjas and your uncle Wu? Why do you want to save him?" It asked curious "I'm not doing it for myself, I know me and him will never be close again. But Ninjago needs it green ninja and the ninjas need their brother. I will do anything, even sacrifice myself if I have to, just so Ninjago could have their precious hero back" she explained determined to the spirit "so can you help me or not?" She added with a glare, as menacing as it can be coming from a 10 year old as if to warn the spirit to choose wisely "you're determined, focused on your goal and ready for whatever the cost may be. I will train you, little lighthouse, to transform your darkness.." it took her hand and showed a black and purple flame on her hand "..into to light" it finished his sentence as it maked the previous dark and cold flame into a bright and warm one. She looked at the flame on her hand in awe before the Bounty crashed again something "I have to go now, but do not worry, I will be back" it said before disappearing in thin air.
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Soon the night came and they all looked at Wu for an explanation on what actually happened and so he explained the story of his first pupil, who he previously in the past thought was going to be he green ninja and was named Morro, making reader look at him in surprise as she reckoned the name from the spirit 'so he was his first pupil? Uh' she thought as they continued to listen before the ninjas asked their own questions and the falling asleep, soon getting followed by Nya and Wu. Reader stayed awake as she looked at the sky 'wherever you are spirit, I hope you are right and can teach me how to save Lloyd' she thought before falling asleep on the floor, nor having noticed said spirit looking at her from on top of tree branch with one thought in mind
"may the lesson begging, little lighthouse"
WOOOO I FINALLY DID THE FOURTH CHAPTER!! Have a good reading
Credits: the first one and always saying beautiful art and you all should follow them @crimson-cherry
The second one is mine but eh
Reader was getting ready to go out with her new friends from Darkly, Strymyr and two new kids who she had met a few days ago and gotten extremely along with, the twins Namir and Phytios. They kinda reminded her how things used to be with Lloyd and it was a very bitter feeling to handle but she liked them and enjoyed their company. She put on some pants and open shoes as it was hot outside and a t-shirt. As she went to her mirror she tied up her hair before deciding to keep it loose as she didn't like how she looked like with tied up hair in a ponytail. She wanted to go tell Lloyd about her new friends but when she first talked about them she immediately got interrupted by him.
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"Lloyd! Lloyd! Guess what? I hav-"
"not now Reader, I'm training. Come on guys we can do better!" He said as he didn't even spared her a glance as he went back to the training grounds, leaving her by the door of the monastery.
"oh, okay." She said as she looked down at the floor before whispering to herself "I got new friends at school" she said as she felt tears prickle her eyes. To not be seen by the others and Master Wu she immediately went to her room and locked the door as she sat down on the mattress of the bed and cried as silent as she could so no one would ask her how she was, because she only wanted Lloyd to ask her that but he didn't even bother to look at her when he dismissed her joy in making friends at their, well her, school. She cried on her pillow as memories started to flood her mind and before she knew it, she fell asleep during her crying and didn't have dinner.
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But now she decided to not indulge in the memory of that day as she finally checked everything she got and sneaked out of the monastery, since the ninjas didn't know about her friends and she wanted to keep it that way, too much of her once regular life has been disrupted by them when they came to her's and Lloyd's lives and she wanted at least one normal thing away from all the chaos the ninjas seem to like causing: her friends, and she'll be damned if she let this small ounce of normality slip away from her fingers. She finally reached the bus and as per usual she put on her headphones and began daydreaming under the beat of the music. She was happy today because she wouldn't have to deal with Lloyd for a while, as he went to the museum to help out and probably wouldn't be back until later. Unfortunately for her, she didn't know that this, was only the start of a new chapter in her life, one that will change everything she knew.
As she arrived at the park she immediately recognised the twins arguing about something and Strymyr looked at them unimpressed in their shenanigans.
She reached her group and stood next to Strymyr "what are they're arguing about this time?" She asked him "I honestly have no idea, they went from what kind of pancake topping is better to insulting their family members, not remembering that they have the same family members" he said to her as he sips his pineapple juice (ps: IT'S A GOOD JUICE OK?!) "...I swear sometimes I wonder how they got the the grade we are in right now" she said shaking her head in fake annoyany "there's a line between a smart person and a dumb one, they use that line as jump on a rope game" he said chuckling and causing her to laugh too "hey!!" The twins said as they heard what he said and then noticed Reader "reader! I'm so happy you're here, these boys are a PAIN!" Namir said as she hugged her and looked at her outfit "I love the matching purple shoes and shirt and the black with the hair clips" she said in awe and reader liking the attention and feeling a bit dramatic twirled around "you like it?" She said "yeah you look good, for once" Phytios adds and reader looks at him in indignation "that's it!" She started to chase him as he immediately apologized and runs away.
"I correct myself, this whole group is using that line as a jump on a rope game" Strymyr said chuckling at seeing Phytios struggle to run away from Reader
"that means you too Stry. You're also part of this group" Namir teased him as she fixed her black dress as it was her favourite colour along with dark green due to her own eyes being that colour and it reminds her of the forest
"...damn" he said in realization that he is not out of the equation "fine we're all stupid and smart at the same time.... wanna hack our school's system so we can see our grades on that test we took?" He asked with a mischievous smirk "you don't even have to ask" Namir said as the other two returned and looks at them with a smirk of their own as they heard the conversation "don't keep us out of the fun" Phytios said as he's the most mischievous of the group "never" Strymyr said as he typed on his phone and they all circled him "sweet" reader said as she looked over his shoulder to see him in the work of hacking the system.
They all didn't notice teh spirit watching them from one of the city's alleys, especially reader
'finally getting closer little lighthouse, but not yet'
I chose this song because I feel like it talks about friends and his people can view them as their home, also other than lighthouse by Nana Kraljic this is my second favourite song of ever.
Have a nice day or night or evening and remember to not get too much stressed, if you're in a bad situation pick yourself up!! Cause whoever hurt didn't apologize don't deserve your tears, and to keep yourself hydrated (I need to follow this advice myself but oh well) byeeee!!!
Credits : @crimson-cherry really love the art and the way they portray the ninjas is how I imagine them in this story. You all should follow them
Reader was playing once again in her room, alone again, as the ninjas were training with master Wu. She sat in front of the TV screen as she was shooting the space ships but got bored after a while 'man, I wish Lloyd was here to play' she thought as she paused the game and noticed that it was almost time to go to bed. She stood up and walked towards the outside door to see the ninjas chatting and teasing each other., noticing how close Lloyd got with the red ninja and his sister, almost acting like siblings, she felt a pang in her chest as she turned around and immediately walked towards her bedroom, which lucky was individual from the boys room. She walked past Pixal who looked at her worried and confused by her mood "Reader, are you ok? Your heartbeat seems elevated and your facial expressions shows you're upset. Would you like to talk about what's bothering you?" She asked gently as she looked at reader. Reader turned her head towards Pixal and glared at her as hard as a 10ys could do "yes I'm fine. Now leave me alone!" She said as she arrived to her bedroom and slammed the door shut. She knew that it was unfair getting mad at Pixal but she was blinded by her anger towards Lloyd and the betrayal she felt at how he distanced himself from her but got closer to the ninjas, especially the red one who she doesn't even bother learning the name of and his sister. 'he's my brother. My twin, he should be playing with me instead of them. I wish everything could go back to how it used to be, without them. Just me and Lloyd, against the world' she thought as she got to her wardrobe and put on her pajamas and went to sleep, though it was hard as her mind was filled with the memories of her and Lloyd before the ninjas and their uncle Wu came along.
The next morning, she woke up groggily as she fixed her hair, putting two hair clips in it to keep it away from her eyes. She put on her school uniform and skirt before grabbing her backpack and going out of her bedroom, ready to go to school. As she walked she almost fell as Lloyd ran past her to go and eat breakfast with the ninjas, messing up her hair a little bit, and in doing so it bothered her as she fixed it up again. As she finally reached the living room she grabbed her school lunch and breakfast as the ninjas were chatting at the table.
"man I'm so happy I don't have to go to school anymore, I get to stay here without hearing the teachers all day" Lloyd said as he was eating his breakfast, sitting in between Kai and Nya.
Reader having heard his little comment slyly mocked him annoyed before walking out of the monastery and going down the monastery's stair of the mountain before reaching the bus stop and waiting for her bus. Once it arrived she got in and gave the bus driver her ticket before going to sit down, glaring at the monastery as the bus started again and put on her headphones to let her mind daydream under the music spell.
On the top of the mountain, on the monastery's rooftop, a spirit was watching the bus leave the bus stop under the monastery with a neutral look '...close, but not yet' it thought as it disappeared in the air, going unnoticed.
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As Reader arrived at school she couldn't help but noticed the subtle way everyone was staring at her, making her feel more alone as she usually had Lloyd with her. As she reached her classroom the teacher gave her a pitiful look 'poor child' she thought as she started to teach the class.
Reader was looking out of the window, not caring to listen to the teacher as she looked at the people outside. As she let her mind wander, she didn't notice a certain blonde boy looking at her interested from the other side of the classroom 'mh' he thought.
As soon class ended, she got out of there, ignoring Brad as she felt really annoyed by everyone around her, forgetting her notebook on her desk.
The boy picked up the notebook and looked at it before putting his gaze towards the classroom's door, where reader left in a hurry and put it in his backpack and went out of the classroom too.
The same thing continued until lunch time, Reader didn't listen to the teachers and glared at anyone who looked at her or tried to talk to her.
As lunch arrives she was standing by the cafeteria and noticed how everyone was sitting at least with someone, making her feel alone again as she didn't knew who to sit with and instead opted for an empty classroom aand started to eat her lunch as she went to get her notebook to draw a bit to keep herself busy, but, as soon as she didn't feel the notebook in her backpack she opened it wide and let all the stuff fall as she shook it in panic "no no no, where is it?!" She said worried "looking for this?" A voice said as she turned around and noticed a boy by the door, and then noticed the notebook in his hands. She got up and took it from him in a mix of relief and suspicion "yes! Oh, wait did you do anything in it?" She said as she flips the pages but doesn't notice anything out of the ordinary. She sighed and went back to eat her food by her desk, thinking the boy will leave after giving her notebook back, but , instead he sat next to her and noticed how little food she brought with hwe and decided to divide his own sandwich ans guve the bigger part to her, waiting for her to accept the offer. She looked at him confused but grabs the sandwich and eats it "thanks...you can leave now" she said while munching her food, avoiding looking at him, thinking he will leave like everyone else. "No" he said to her as he went to eat his own part of the sandwich, surprising her "no?" She said as she looked at him, confused and a bit annoyed at his words "I said no, I don't want to" he said to her as he also looked at her.
She blinked as she looked at him for a while, perplexed by his words "why?" She asked "cause I want to stay here, with you" he said to her with a small smile "...you do know I'm the daughter of Garmadon right? Lord Garmadon? The guy who wanted to destroy all Ninjago?" She said even more confused at him as she turned her chair towards him, eyebrows frowned "I know you don't worry. But still I want to stay here" he said as he took another bite of his sandwich "..why?" She asked annoyed, confused and a bit flustered "cause I want to be your friend" he said to her. She looked at him with wide eyes at what she heard "why? How do you know if I'm not as evil as my father?" She said looking at him suspicious, squinting her eyes at him as no one at school wanted to be friends with her, either because of the pranks she used to do with Lloyd or because of her father's reputation "are you evil?" He asked her with curiosity "..I don't know" she said looking away, feeling conflicted by her role in all that's been happening "that's enough for me then" the boy said to her as he shrugged his shoulders and finished eating his food. She instead looked at her unfinished piece of sandwich and then at him, still suspicious and confused"but what if in the future I want to be evil too?" She said looking at him with conflict in her eyes, thinking her will look at her differently due to the question she proposed. Instead though, he looked at her reassuringly "then we'll be evil together, me and you against the world" he lift up his hand for a dab. She looked at him surprised by his words, not thinking he will still want to be friends even if she wanted to be evil like her father was. She scoffed and smirked at him, feeling a sense of relief in her heart and dabbed his hand "alright then" she said to him before leaning against the empty classroom's wall "what's your name?" She asked and he smiled at her "Strymyr" he said to her "we're partners in crime now Strymyr" she said with a smirk "wouldn't have thought any less from you Reader" he said as they continued to chat until school ended.
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As she arrived to the monastery she was feeling lighter as she walked past the living room, where the ninjas were playing at their video games and towards her bedroom.
She closed the door and layed down on her bed, her mind replaying all the events of today before she smiles widely 'i have a friend' she thought before holding her pillow tightly and falling asleep for a nap.
The spirit was watching her from the end of her bed with a small smile 'getting closer but not yet'
"good nap little lighthouse' it thought
This is all for now, the nickname 'little lighthouse' is because I kept listening to the song Lighthouse by Nina Kraljic and it fitted to the whole 'pure light' plot.
This drawing is mine though 🤭 pls don't hate on it🙏 I know it's nothing compared to Crimson's art but I just wanted to add my touch on the fic too
Pure light
Two children were playing around in their boarding school backyard during recess. They were hiding behind a bush as they were chuckling with mischief in their eyes “so what’s the plan evil lord” the little girl, who’s name is Reader, said to her twin brother Lloyd who had a grin on his face “we make them fall on some bananas we will put in the floor and when they fall we’ll steal all their candies!” he said to her with a mischievous glee in his eyes. She chuckled at her brother’s plan and goes to the empty classroom to take some banana peels and looks at his brother “is this enough?” she asked and he nods. They look outside of the bush and wait for their first victim to walk towards them and as soon as they spotted one of the kids walk towards their bush, Reader immediately puts the banana peel on the ground and the kid, not having noticed the peel, stepped on it and fell. As soon as he fell Lloyd immediately went to take the candies he was holding in his arms and the two kids ran away before the kid called the teacher. They hid inside an empty classroom and locked the door “Brad! We got the candies!” Lloyd said to their friend. Brad came out of his hiding spot and went towards them, looking happy that their plan worked but before they could start ven open the first bag of candies, the teacher opened the door with her keys and caught them. “Not again, Garmadons and…friend, give back Emilyne her candies back, they’re not yours” she said to them annoyed to see the same kids again causing another mischief. “No! I’m Lloyd Garmadon and my sister is Reader Garmadon and we are the children of Lord Garmadon, you should before us!” he said to her, clutching the candies close. Reader was glaring at the teacher, her hands glowing with the black magic she inherited from their dad “young man, you better give me that bag of candies now before I give you another detention” he said to him “watch how you speak to my brother peasant!” Reader said, quick to defend her twin “I’ll give you one too miss if you continue with that attitude” the teacher said looking at her sternly. Lloyd, Brad and Reader look at each other and sigh in resignation and give the bags of candies to her “good but still detention for tripping your classmate with banana peels, again” she said to the three of them gaining collective groans from the kids.
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A few years later, reader was in the temple of her and Lloyd's uncle Wu, while he went to help the ninjas that they met days ago in bringing them back to their old age, by going to some lady that's she didn't bother learning the name of and getting some kind of tea for them. At first she was just playing with the games she and Lloyd brought but she soon grew bored of it and was getting impatient of waiting. Fortunately her boredom was short-lived when the ninjas came back "you guys are back! Wait... where's Lloyd?" She asked as she looked around, confused in not seeing her twin anywhere. "I'm here" a voice, a bit more mature said as he appeared. Reader looked shocked and confused at the sight before her, her twin the same size as the other ninjas "... Lloyd?" She said in need of a combination, not believing that the teenager before her was her twin "yes it's me Reader, we got into a little accident with the tomorrow's tea and, well you can see what happened" he said kneeling down to be at eye level with her "oh, oh okay " she said still shocked at seeing her twin, or ex-twin?, bigger and feeling a bit uncomfortable at hearing his voice deeper, but at least he was here and they could go back to their games, or so she thought. As the weeks passed she noticed that Lloyd stopped playing with her, stopped talking to her with the same excuse of being busy learning how to be the green ninja so they, the ninjas because it was clear she wasn't part of their group, could defeat their father. He even stopped sitting next to her, which hurt her more than she thought it would have thought. She looks at her reflection on the TV screen of the video game she was playing, once again alone, and touching her face with tears streaming down on her childish face 'he won't play with me anymore. He's too grown for it. He grew up without me. **He's not my twin anymore**' she thought as she silently cries, not even noticing the light spirit watching her from behind, already knowing her fate:
'Not yet' the spirit thought as it watches her.
This is the first the chapter of my new fic 'Pure Light' for Ninjago
@mouwrites credits for inspiration for this fic
Imagines: Pinterest, if anyone knows the artists credits to them