Blown Away (Lloyd Garmadon x Reader)

Call of the Wind

She felt good being back on her feet. Completely healed and free to practice her forms at early hours of the morning. It was almost back to normal. Almost. Everyone had gone their separate ways and doing separate things. A breeze blew past (y/n). She closed her eyes to feel the cool swirling breeze. It blew away to the west. She knew where. To Mount Windsor. She had been feeling the winds call for quite some time, since the day after Zane's memorial.

She just didn't know how to tell Lloyd. She knew that he missed the team and knew how worried he could be when she was heading into danger. But she had to face the Mountain. Ripped to shreds or not she felt that she would be restless unless she attempted the feat.

In all honesty, she felt weak, powerless in comparison to the others and also a little left out. She didn't know why she was the one getting injured but whenever she did, she was put out of commission, temporarily of course but she knew that if she was stronger, she would be able to handle tougher challenges without getting hurt. The others had unlocked their full potential and were present for the battle with the overlord, she felt that she was the only one that wasn't contributing to the team.

She sighed as she stopped her practice and leaned against the railing of the bounty. She didn't know how she was going to tell Lloyd. She didn't want to just disappear either. Her heart fluttered at the thought of him. She still couldn't believe that he had asked her to be his girlfriend, she was glad he did though because she knew that deep down, she couldn't handle seeing him with anyone else. "I'm not surprised," Lloyd grinned as he walked out and joined her on the deck of the bounty, standing by her side. He wrapped an arm around (y/n)'s shoulder and she leaned into his embrace.

"That I'm up at dawn or that you're up at dawn," she joked as the sun climbed higher into the sky. "We need to talk."

Lloyd's heart sank. He knew that those four words were never good, "is everything okay?" he asked as they turned to face each other. (y/n) sighed. Lloyd noticed that she had a far off look in her eyes, he had a feeling he knew what she was going to ask.

"It's hard to explain," she rubbed the back of her neck nervously, "it's calling me, the wind is calling me to challenge the mountain," she tried explaining. Her eyes darted across Lloyd's face searching for any sign of reaction, "I also feel like I've reached a stalemate with my abilities, Sensei Wu has taught me how to use spinjitzu but I've barely been able to tap into my full potential and as the danger gets worse, I feel that I have become weaker," she continued.

Lloyd held her shoulders, "you're not weak," he reasoned.

"I'm not, I know I'm not but if I don't improve, I eventually will be," she replied. "I need to go," she pleaded, "I fear that I may go mad, if I don't attempt to conquer the mountain."

Lloyd cupped her cheek. He scanned over her face. There was a longing her her far off eyes, he understood that (y/n) was like her element. Free, untamable, unpredictable and powerful, he felt that it would be a form of violation in the trust they shared not to let her go. He sighed, "I know I can't stop you," he mumbled. (y/n)'s eyes widened in surprise that was not the answer she was expecting.

She kissed his cheek, "thank you Lloyd, I'm going to go pack," she smiled. She didn't want to leave on bad terms in case this was the last time she saw him. Lloyd continued to stare across the deck as she ran off to pack. Lloyd knew it wouldn't take too long for her to be ready. As quickly as she rushed off, she had come back with a grey duffle bag. Her eyes were bright with the thought of a challenge and adventure, it made Lloyd smile.

She leaped into his arms. He fought back the urge to tell her to stay but fought that urge and just hugged her back. Heat rushed to his cheeks as she pecked him on the lips, "I promise I'll be back," she swore.