Short Stories + Fanfic or AU ideas and spoofs [2022, complete]

Paranoid {Ninjago Prep AU}

// Jun 1, 2022: this is based on Alex from my Ninjago fanfic that I'm working on. Lloyd doesn't trust her in either of the stories at first lol

today: So, since i have no idea who the heck Alex is I'm guessing she was originally Shinomi from Lost In Storms. This is extremely old and I don't remember making this so...

!Read At Your Own Risk (because it's probably cringy)! //

[Alex's pov]

I'm Alex Torch. A person who- lord knows how- got into Ninjago Prep. Basically, A paranoid/sarcastic kid who gets into trouble and goes to arguably the best boarding school in the country. Being paranoid; I tend to almost always sit in the corner of the room with my back to the wall, and this doesn't help people want to trust or hang out with me. Even Lloyd Garmadon, the least popular kid in school that I never did anything to, doesn't trust me. Maybe it's my odd icy eyes that tend to give others a shiver down their spine.

Somehow on my first day here at Ninjago Prep I was late to all my classes. Every. Single. O n e. How? I really don't know. On my last class of the day, I literally got into my chair the moment teacher opened the door to come in. After that I made sure I went to every class on time. Weirdly I'm a smart kid, at least in math and science and history, which might be tied with why people hate me.

Heres a sum of my life: I have no friends, no roommate, have 0 social skills, has to find the fippin corner of the room and then be able to not be paranoid, and have to deal with people like Morro (I'll talk about him later because we all know he wants to ruin my life). Now we should get on with this story.

I sat alone at breakfast in the corner of the room. From there I could see the whole room and let my paranoid imagination calm down a notch. I've been at this school for a year and a half, yet I still it alone every morning, break, and night. Basically, imagine a short teenager in a uniform and in the corner of a large room sitting alone at a table looking like she thinks something is going to creep up on her at any second.

I looked over at the popular kid's table. Kai; a pretty cool guy and somehow have really spiky hair (I bet he has like a l a r g e stash of hair gel in his room). Nya; one of the prettiest girls in school and I swear almost every boy in school has at least a slight crush on her. Then there's Cole; lead of the sports and choir club. Last person there was Harumi; the daughter of the principle and really really pretty (also I'm pretty sure Lloyd has a crush on her).

It was snowing outside. My favorite weather. I thought.

Looking over from another table Lloyd looked at me, he seemed uneasy when my icy eyes locked with his.

You couldn't really blame him. I mean I'm afraid of things in shadows, but I think everyone gets a chill up their spine from me looking at them.

He said something and turned back to the other 2 people at his table, Zane and Jay. I was sure they were saying something about me, I kept eating trying to ignore it.

When I was done, I went to put my tray away, -of course -Morro stepped in front of me as soon as I turn to leave.

"What's up icy shadow?" Morro said. I don't understand how people think he's one of the most attractive kids in the school. But that's probably why he's popular even if he picks on everyone.

"What do you want." I asked him not looking at him.

"Can't I just say hi? You friends with the monsters under your bed yet?" he sneered. His gang laughed at the table he was next to.

I felt like punching him. He knew I was paranoid, that I was afraid of things I couldn't see.

"Why don't you stop and look where you're going instead of looking behind you all the time. Then you might have someone even go near you for once, and not just from you bumping into them."

"Why don't you mind yer own business?" I mumbled and looked up at him.

He was probably the only one unfazed by my icy eyes that some say "look like they are looking through you" (their exact words). "Why don't you talk to robo and greenie over there. You seem to have a lot in common." I could hear Morro's friends snicker, "But if you want to stay afraid of the dark do that."

"I'm not afraid of the dark..." I growled looking at the floor.

Morro patted my head like I was a kid, he knew very well how much I hated people touching me. "Don't worry, kido. Monsters aren't gonna come out from behind you and eat ya."

I stood there silent then looked up at him, my pale eyes meeting his dark green ones. "Stop."

"Little kid wants me too stop." he mocked as he looked over at the rest of his crew which laughed.

I ducked under his arm and tried to get out of the cafeteria, but he stepped in front of me again. At least I have a free period instead of class right now, I thought.

He smiled, "I'm just talking. Don't you not feel anything like that robot over there." He pointed at Zane with his head. Morro liked to annoy anyone who knew Lloyd; though I don't know him, he likes to pretend I do.

At the mention of Morro calling Zane a robot; Zane, Jay, and Lloyd looked up from a table a few ways away. Morro was insulting more than one person now and it was not appreciated to say the least.

I glared at him, though I got the unwelcome feeling that claws would clamp on my shoulders at any moment and the longer I stood there the worse it got. "I want no trouble just let me go to my dorm." I said trying to get past him.

"How about no." He said with a grin.

Zane, Jay, and Lloyd watched silently from their table having no want to get into this.

I looked at the ground. "I feel, now let me go."

"Fine. Tell your roommate I said hi." he sneered.

I looked at him trying to push all emotion out of my face, sadness, loneliness, and most of all- anger. Silently I walked past Morro, past the table Zane and Jay and Lloyd sat at, to my dorm on a floor up and few hallways down.

Unlocking the door; I pushed it open, went in, and shut it again. I sat on my bed with the horrable feeling of something behind me, waiting to kill.

My dorm room looks like that of a neat freak's if you saw it. Everything is put away, and nothing can hide behind anythin' but my closet. The other side if the room has a bed and is ready for some unlucky kid to be my roommate, but I swear there where freaking cobwebs on the bed and in the closet.

I pressed my back against the wall as far as I could and looked out the frosty window. It was snowing still. I must have sat there for a while because next thing I knew the warning bell rang telling me I need to get to trigonometry (the subject of my math).

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[time skip to after school because I'm not a teacher]

I walked through the halls with my eyes glued to the floor, not looking at anyone and every now and then glancing behind me. I knew this would probably make me walk into someone, but I didn't care. I just wanted to sit in my room, get my homework done, and play some Cavetown music.

I turned the hall and ran into literally one of the most people I didn't want to run into. Nya Smith. She dropped everything she was holding, and we both got knocked down. I could guess why she hadn't seen me because when I looked up, I saw a guy with spikey hair in a red and white jacket. Yep, her brother Kai.

I quickly helped her gather her stuff off the floor, saying I'm sorry probably a hundred times. When she got off the floor, she was about to say something, but I ran off toward my door not looking at her.

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Once I ran into my room, slammed the door, and pressed my back to the back of my bed; I started to calm down from my mini heart attack. I sighed pulling out my homework from my backpack and started on my English homework.

After I was done, I laid down on my bed with my headphones on and listening to 'Smoke Signals by Cavetown' (I like the song don't judge me). I turned my head to the window, the snowing had went down to a light flurry and everything had a thin layer of icy snow.

// So.... i don't know what this was but I have a feeling Pixal was originally suppose to be her room mate but who knows. also morro is a big freaking j e r k in this. //