Master of Magic (Possession) Lloyd X OC

The Crooked Path

After the ninja had gotten the Sword of Sanctuary, they returned to the tea shop. Zane and the others were ghostproofing the shop with hidden moats, catapults filled with water balloons, and trip wires that would set off alarms. Nya was by the riverbed practicing her powers while Ronin was washing Rex. Tina was inside with Misako, Wu, and Garmadon, trying to decipher the final clue. "We know the skull represents his tomb," Wu began to say

"But from everything that was ever written about it, there's nothing in Ninjago that matches its description. Where is it? The clues are all right here, but what are we missing?" Misako questions as she looks at the opened books

"We mustn't give up. If Morro finds it first and takes the Realm Crystal, I'd hate to think what would happen next," Wu stated.

"And Lloyd," Garmadon added.

"We'll get him back Sensei Garmadon," Tina assured.

Tina tried to use her spell to see inside Morro's mind to find out where he was but she had no luck. Morro somehow figured out how to block her from entering his mind. She tried with Lloyd's just to see if he was ok but it was the same. Suddenly, someone stepped on a tripwire and the bell rang, "Intruder!" Kai shouted.

"Let him have it," Jay ordered

The four of them pulled the catapults, launching water balloons at the intruder. Only to find that the person shakes the water off and reveals to be the postman. "No wonder you're going out of business," The postman said with a sigh.

He handed a letter to Kai who started reading it. "No, you're the one going out of business," Jay states, "Heh, who sends letters anymore?"

"Guys, he's right," Kai said, looking at the letter "It says the Ninjago Bank is gonna shut us down unless we drum up some business,"

Cole takes it. "Well, don't tell Ronin," He uttered. "If this place is worthless, he won't stick around and we need all the help we can get. Come on, we're gonna need more water balloons,"

Meanwhile, Ronin whistles while he cleans R.E.X. while Nya tries to control Water, again. "Come on, Nya. Become the water, reverse the flow," she puts her hands together and shuts her eyes but the the water droplets won't go up.

She sighs then groans "Ugh! What am I doing wrong!?"

Ronin fetched a bucket of water but he also heard Nya struggle "Giving up already?" he asked.

Nya shook her head, "Course not. Sensei thinks if I get over my fear of failure, I'll be able to control the water. Sure, I made it rain when I wasn't even paying attention, but here I can't seem to stop a single drop." Nya complained.

"Wanna know about failure?" Ronin asked and chuckled "Should've asked me. Heck, I made a career out of it. Word of advice: don't try so hard. You can't fail if you don't care,"

"Don't try?" Nya says with a raised brow "What sort of backwards advice is that? Of course, I'm gonna try hard. That's how one excels and—"

"Speaking of backward..." Ronin trailed off, gesturing behind her.

The droplets were flowing backward, "Oh my gosh! I'm doing it. I'm really doing it!" Nya cheered.

Ronin chuckles as he walks back to his airship, "Like I said, don't care so much. Usually, when someone wants something too badly, they'll trip over their own feet,"

But when Ronin went back to cleaning Rex, someone started to whisper in his head, the Soul Archer. He offered Ronin a chance to repay his debt in exchange for the sword. After that, Ronin snuck into the shop while everyone else was out and tried to find the sword. But he didn't get the chance when everyone else gathered in the tea shop to discuss their next move. Zane had his falcon perched on his hand. They both closed their eyes and when they opened again, the falcon projected an image of the third clue, the skull, onto the wall. Sensei Wu turned off the lights so everyone could see it better.