the ninjago academy of jedi | star wars/ninjago au

𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙧 | it's 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 wu

BEFORE, LLOYD HAD been pretty cool with not being a Jedi.

Now?

The Academy building alone was enough to convince him. It seemed to tower on upwards out of his eyesight, puffy white clouds swarming above them. Grand marble and white quartz highlighted with lots of greenery and dark wood made up the majority of the building in front of him. One word? Breathtaking. He was a bit jealous now that Morro got to learn in this gigantic fancy school. The campus seemed to sprawl on for ages with beautiful building after beautiful building.

Back on Vareena, the highschool there was adjacent to the younger kids' room in their Mark, and Lloyd certainly had never learned in a classroom like this. They had a large blackboard faded with Vareenan insults still stuck there and a cranky old projector for their school room. So this certainly was an upgrade - just looking at the building, Lloyd knew his parents hadn't been lying.

This looked like a proper academy. Also, one he wouldn't be learning in.

"The school year starts the day after tomorrow, in which the rest of the families and students will be arriving and settling. Down there," Wu gestured downhill where the path split off again. There seemed to be droids worked on furthering and developing the road. "Is a village for the families and workers of Ninjago."

"How come there are so few people here?" Astra blurted out.

Wu glanced to Lloyd's father, hesitating for a moment. "Ninjago was uninhabited before my brother and I purchased the planet."

Purchased. A. Planet?

Astra was thinking the same thing, pointing a finger at their father and uncle. "You two bought an entire planet. Off what income?"

"From our father. And previous work before we had kids." Montgomery replied, thin lipped. He was bristling at his daughter's outwardness and did not appreciate it. "No more questions, Astra."

"No, no, I think that if we're being shipped off to a new planet to visit a school we don't even go to, we deserve some answers. Right Lloyd?"

"Uh, yeah, we want answers. For the people, and all that." Lloyd agreed hastily, not wanting to be knocked to the ground by the more violent of the twins.

Wu sighed, another silent conversation passing between all three of the parents this time. What was it, a parent only super power? After a solid minute of muted arguing between the elders, which Lloyd, Astra and Morro took as a sign to poke around the bus, the kids were called back.

"Astra and Lloyd may meet me in my study so I can answer their queries and qualms. Morro will guide Montgomery and Misako down to the village - Mo is driving, not you, Morro, where he will show you your accommodation and help you unpack. I'll see you for dinner in the Lightning Chicken Inn?"

"Of course, Wu. We best be going, Morro, Monty, we've got lots to do." Misako gently took the others back to the bus, and Wu turned towards Lloyd and Astra.

"Follow me." His uncle instructed, striding off into the Academy.

The ten foot metal-reinforced wood doors threatened to shut on the twins, so they dashed inside after their uncle and ran to keep up with his brisk pace. Wu was quiet as they walked on a balcony that wrapped around a giant circle in the middle of the entrance hall. In the middle, it dropped down all the way at least four or five floors before ending in a lush green landscape below.

The rush of cool water met his ears as they continued down a long corridor, the ground level opening out into more open spaces and classrooms. This place was just as huge as it appeared on the outside. Would there really be that many students?