the ninjago academy of jedi | star wars/ninjago au

𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚 | the other garmadons

"FLIGHT 14-A-NIN TO Ninjago, please step up to the boarding gate. Invreka Airlines is thankful for your cooperation today, and would like to apologise for the late delays with complimentary hot chocolate on board."

Her father pinched the bridge of his nose with a sigh, then beckoned the rest of the Garmadon family forward. Astra stopped flipping through a Pod Daily issue on her datapad and passed it to her brother. A few people pushed ahead of them - two girls with bright green and purple hair accompanied by two sets of parents.

Astra moved to flip them off, but Misako held her back and ushered her onto the small passenger ship. Drawing the hoodie closer to herself, Astra boarded the SPS with the rest of the passengers. Her Pa had bought tickets in two rows of two. She was stuck next to her brother for ten hours according to the screen's flashing flight information.

"If the promised hot chocolate doesn't come I'm going to—"

"Eat your eight packs of gummies? Drink your three cans of soda? Chew five licorice sticks?" Astra butted in. Lloyd hit Astra with a pillow and shoved her to the side."I don't wanna be stuck next to you for ten hours."

"Yeah neither do I." Lloyd complained right back. "Do you have my Starfarer comic?"

"Which issue?"

"Number 23."

Astra dramatically grimaced. "You know, I think I might have boxed that earlier this week, sorry Lloydie."

"I hate you."

"Mutual. Pass me a gummy snake."

Lloyd threw it and it hit her head. "Ow. Thanks."

Astra popped in her wired headphones - why did Small Passenger Ships still give wired headphones? - and pressed play on the latest Starfarer movie.

o o o

"Passengers aboard Flight 14-A-NIN to Ninjago, it is my pleasure to let you know that we'll be touching down in approximately half an hour. Hot drinks and dishes will not be served any longer, and in-flight service will stop in fifteen minutes. Have a good day!"

"Lloyd, wake up. Wake up. Wake up. Wake up. Wake up. Wake up. Wake up. Wake up—"

"I heard you the first time," Lloyd groaned, stirring awake. "Are we landing?"

"Yeah, if you'd been paying attention. Ma says we have to leave the port as soon as possible so you gotta be alert. Licorice stick?"

"What is this, a co-op?"

"With all the stuff they're hiding from us? Who in the Third Moon knows." Astra sighed, switching off her monitor to get everything else ready.

Lloyd shuffled around beside her with all of his bags. A ten hour flight spent cramped in a two person row certainly wasn't fun. Invreka Airlines was a dead cheap flying service but it still did the trick. Least attacks by space pirates or smugglers because all it carried was passengers aboard the SPSs. Astra peeked outside the window for the thousandth time that flight.

Before, all she had seen was darkness. A few glittering stars, some other SPSs and larger ships flying routes similar to theirs, but it had been empty of planets. Astra and Lloyd had flown once before, to Tatooine, which was quite close to Vareena. The similar climates made it easier to adjust to for their week-long stay, but apparently on Ninjago, the seasons were entirely different.

Outside the window now came the first view of their new home. A marbled mess of blues, greens, beige and brown dusted with clouds caught her breath. Astra could even see a strange rock formation in the distance amongst other things. Her eyes felt like they were going sore from trying to cover all the new stuff.