the ninjago academy of jedi | star wars/ninjago au

𝙛𝙞𝙫𝙚 | little ninjago

THE SMALL VILLAGE Wu had spoken of was actually much larger than he let on. What people around them had called 'Little Ninjago' was fairly sized and looked to be about two Marks big to Astra. From slipping and sliding down a rocky path towards the village, she'd made the observation that Little Ninjago's layout appeared eerily like a maze.

Upon entering one of the four gates in the walls (which looked like they could move and expand on rotoscope engines), Astra and Lloyd were immediately met with a guard at the gate. Wu hadn't been lying, they took security here seriously. After giving their names and being face-scanned as well as fingerprint scanned, the guard deemed them safe enough to enter, and they walked into Little Ninjago.

Luckily, there were plenty of signs in the maze-village, so their journey turned out less confusing than she'd predicted. First, they had to wander to the central part of the village, and the heart of the maze. Like all typical little villages, there was a fountain smack bang in the middle of the centre, spouting clear water from the top, constructed in a way that created a simple water show.

Under the shade of some trees in a square of grass in the corner of the village centre, Astra found a helpful holoboard which gave her information about their new home.

"Welcome to Little Ninjago," read out a cool AI voice. A video played out with her speech, showcasing the village and the planet with cinematic shots. "You are now in the centre of the village. Around this courtyard you may find the Little Ninjago Hall, the Lightning Chicken Inn, Star Grocers, Kali's Meds; doctor and pharmacy, Hyper Post, and the general necessities. Please take a map and familiarise yourself with Little Ninjago."

A small tray stuck out of the holoboard, offering a map each for the twins. Astra took hers and flipped through it quickly, seeing it had all the buildings in the village listed, facts, information and other stuff printed in a neat font.

"Hey, where could I find the Garmadon establishment?" Lloyd spoke up, prodding at the holoboard.

"Establishment?" Astra snickered at his fancy wording.

"Please memorise or take a photo of the route I am now showing. The Garmadon residence is approximately two kilometres away from the town centre. Would you like to walk or take the LN Buggy?"

"The what now bug?" Astra parroted, wheeling around. All she saw were the three other freshly mowed quadrants of grass in the corners of the paved courtyard. They too had trees and benches.

"I think she meant that one," Lloyd turned her back around and pointed outwards.

Astra saw a little hovering buggy flying over to them, slowing to a halt and throwing open the doors on each side.

"Yeah, we'll take the buggy."

o o o

The Little Ninjago Buggy dropped them off exactly at their house, or so Astra assumed by the boxes outside and frantic yelling. Their new house was certainly nicer than the last - with two upper floors, pretty flower boxes outside the windows and a relatively new-house feel to it. She wasn't sure what the feeling was since she'd lived in the same house her entire life.

Please rate your ride! the buggy's screen flashed. Astra pressed the green smiley face and watched as it zoomed back towards the direction of the town centre.

"Lloyd, Astra, come inside and help!" yelled their mother from behind a stack of boxes. Astra didn't even know they had this much stuff - packing it certainly seemed less than unpacking it all.

Astra picked up the closest box and staggered inside with it, the large front door held open by a door stopper named Morro.

"Hey, aren't you supposed to be helping?" she panted after her fourth round trip with another box.