Wisps: Recollection (Ninjago X Reader)

25. Winds of Change

Clouds scattered the sky, brushing over the sliver of the moon once in a while. Boney wings rattled with the racing air, a continuous racket. It's cold up here. It numbed your face stiff. Dried your eyes that tracked below.

"You've been awfully quiet." If he didn't mention it, you wouldn't have noticed how the silence veiled the anxious atmosphere.

"Wandering around the same spot is boring Morro."

"Almost there. We're gonna land, don't fall off." That was all the warning he gave you, the dragon plunging for the rolling hills with a shop on the tallest one. Your stomach dropped, and you could have flown off for the slopes. It's over quickly, but not quick enough for you. "Nearly squeezed the life out of me." Indents engraved your arms from hugging him around his armor from the museum. Allied Armor of Azure it's called, yet he hasn't summoned any "friends" to help him.

"Saw my life flash with that stunt." You're off the dragon, hand on your thundering chest.

"Don't be a wuss about it." Morro's dragon disappeared into smoke.

"Think you can fight?" He studied you from under his hood.

"It's just bruises."

"Well, if you think you can tough it out." You trailed after him, walking on the path to the tea shop. Playful breezes shifted into cruel, whispering winds overflowing with acrimony. The windmill swirled faster. Leaves from the rustling tea bushes sailed from their twigs. Dark clouds blotted out the sky and moon. Stone lantern's flames are snuffed out. You traced the rough lotus carvings on one of the lanterns, anything to divert your attention. Doors swung wide with the breeze that lifted Morro's hood off for him. A tiny gasp came from the little girl in the shop. She grabbed her mother's pants.

"It's Lloyd!"

Four. Not two or three. Four ninja stepped outside.

Your heart stopped. Blood ran frigid as a winter brook. A ghost bore his eyes into you, hot as a blue blaze. It's eating your soul– 

"Do you need to sit this one out?"

A shaky exhale is your answer.

"Who's that?" Jay asked, unearthing everyone's questions.

"An audience." Morro leaped into the air, winds supporting him.

"How are we supposed to fight a friend?" Cole exclaimed, being flung into a small tornado with Jay and Zane, the gale passing through Kai. Kai lowered his arms and went headfirst recklessly, his hands phasing through Morro.

"Ugh, why now!"

"Great, we don't have powers but he does," Jay complained. Morro laughed harder, the Ninja charging at him one by one and failing. Cole sat up, as he was the first to fall. Morro smirked.

'He's having fun.'

"Ninjago!" Cole attempted Spinjitzu, twirling in Morro's winds like a ballerina. Cole's back slammed on the wall of the shop, groaning at the impact. Winds blew harsher with Morro's chuckles. Jay tried the exact thing Cole did and crashed as miserably. Morro had it under control, yet they still challenged and failed. Misako had the right idea, taking the girl and her mother inside a van. Zane propelled shurikens at Morro. They all miss.

"Shurikens? Cute. Try this on for size." The rickety windmill's sail spun faster and gyrated off its shaft. The sail blasted onto the gravel, the Ninja nearly flattened just as the van skirted past you. Morro stirred the air. A whirlwind vacuumed the Ninja and spewed them out in random, hurtling directions. "You can handle the rest?" You stiffly nod in fear of them hearing even a trace of your voice. "Alright, scream if you need anything. I doubt they'll give you any trouble..." Morro's hardened glare came back, and he stormed to the shop. "His students are pathetic."