Blown Away (Lloyd Garmadon x Reader)

The Journey During Blackout

"We underestimate the importance of balance when it's there, we're at peace, if something is off everything falls," Sensei Garmadon said.

The rocks were shaky, (y/n) balanced at the very top whilst Lloyd held the towering pile. "I swear if you drop me Lloyd and I break a bone, you'll find yourself with twice the amount broken bones," (y/n) hissed as she tried to find the center of gravity but the rocks kept swaying.

"Ninjago is no different, it put too much faith in technology, allowing the Overlord to return and because of your friends now the world is without power, when one relies on something too much, we become weak, vulnerable, imbalanced," Garmadon continued. "In order to find potential and unlock your true power, you must find your own balance."

"I'm already the Golden Ninja, how much more power do I need?" Lloyd asked. (y/n) remained silent, she felt as if she wasn't strong enough, she had heard of tales of tornadoes wiping out villages, winds strong enough to cut through steel, she felt that she could never reach that level of power. She felt stagnant, it was as if she had already reached the height of her power... she wanted more.

"You've only scratched the surface, you have the potential to move mountains, the power of the first spinjitzu master," Sensei Garmadon answered.

"The ninja destroyed the power substation, essentially destroying the overlord and his nindroids, why can't we go back?" Lloyd asked.

"Essentially, until the Overlord is fully erased from the system, we must not go back, but forward," Lloyd's father replied as he threw a large rock at (y/n), she jumped upwards, expecting to land back on the pile. She yelped as it crumbled, the rocks falling on Lloyd, she landed next to the pile.

"Talk about being caught between a rock and a hard place," (y/n) joked as Lloyd freed himself from the rocks that had fallen on him.

"If you can't move mountains, I guess we'll have to move over mountains and this one looks particularly steep," Sensei Garmadon said as he pointed at the rocky and steep terrain ahead.

Using a gust of wind (y/n) had leaped onto the next steep ledge of the their trek. She looked down, Sensei Garmadon and Lloyd would have to climb. She sat on the ledge and waited for them as she stare out at the horizon. The ledge was precaiously high but she didn't care, not once had she ever feared falling. As Lloyd and Sensei Garmadon neared the top she reached a hand down to pull them up on the ledge. "I may not be able to move mountains but at least I can go over them," she grinned.

"The wind is unique in comparison to the other elements as it cannot be seen, it can strike with full power or a small gust that can topple anything high enough," Sensei Garmadon said as the three walked along the path, a lot less steeper than the one they had just climbed.

"Yet after it's climax of power, it fades and no longer grows, there's no more potential," (y/n) added as she walked on ahead. Lloyd glanced at his father. She stopped in front of them, her back turned. "Sometimes I think this is all a mistake, because so far in the grand design of things I'm unaccounted for, there's no destiny or anything assuring, for all I know I'm just a side-kick," she muttered. It had been bugging her. She was just as powerful as the others, if not more but when it came to stopping the Overlord it was everyone else that was destined to come to the aid of Ninjago. She thought maybe she was lucky, not having some grand destiny meant she didn't have the pressure of needing power to defeating an enemy but the truth is she wanted power, she wanted to get stronger but she felt as this was as far as she could go.

"You're no one's side-kick! And (y/n) I thought you didn't like having your destiny written out for you," Lloyd said as he fell in step beside her.

"I don't but it would be nice to know that there is some form of future out there for me, instead of a killer mountain," she sighed, "I just don't want this to be my peak, I don't want my skill level to stay where it is," she admitted.