The Elemental Master - A Ninjago Fanfic

The Clearing (9)

Elloras pov.

I've been living in the same house as Eri for my whole life and I never knew he was this sweet. I'm going to be discharged from the hospital today and then I'll talk to him, unfortunately, I can't fully move my prosthetic leg so I'll have to go to physiotherapy for a month or two before I can walk again. That's why the doctor gave me crutches.

So much for training to become a ninja.

Time skip

Yes! I'm going home! I hated the hospital, but now I can go home and eat some of Zane's food! (Which is the best!) Right now my grandfather is driving the car and I don't trust him at all. He keeps shouting at the other drivers for no absolute reason! I wouldn't be surprised if I were back in the hospital already! Thankfully that didn't happen and we got to the Monastery from the vehicle lift at the back of the mountain.We are both greeted by my dad and my grandmother. "Garmadon! Elloras!" My grandmother exclaims as she runs up to hug me, "How are you kiddo?" My Dad asks, "Yeah I'm alright, although crutches are harder to use than it seems." I said.

"Can I go to my room?" I ask. "Of course, but I'm coming with you, you have to tell me what happened." My dad says. I sighed and followed him towards my room.

"So, care to explain?" He asks while sitting down on Haruki's bed. "I- I can't, I'm sorry Dad, I just. Can't." I stutter he looks at me with a confused expression. "That's not what Jay told me? Why are you going to tell Eri but not your own father?" 

I freak out, how'd he know? Did Eri tell his dad? And he said he could be trusted! "I- I don't know, I can't tell you yet Dad, maybe one day?" He looked outraged, "Ellora! You almost died! How can I just wait for you to tell me, what if the person who did this to you gets away!? I NEED TO KNOW." He shouted the last part and I found myself crying, my dad was terrifying when he was mad. The Oni side of him was shown in pure daylight until he caught himself and gasped, 

"I'm sorry sweetie. I just really really need to know.." "No, you can't force me," I said, I knew it was wrong to disobey my father but he had to understand that even if he destroyed Haruki's gang, Haruki would still be able to destroy me, especially when he gets his elemental powers. My dad sighed and left the room, leaving me alone, but I wasn't going to stay alone, I was going to confront Eri.

I knocked on his door "Sorry! I can't open the door, come in." I sighed and tugged the sliding door open, walked in and closed it behind me. He immediately stood up from... Lego? "I never knew you liked building Lego cities?" I questioned him. His face turned red, 

"Um, I guess it's just something I've been doing since I was a child?" He said, I chuckled, "We should play sometime, I miss building Lego." I replied, warmly smiling, he smiled back but then I remembered why I had come there in the first place. "Why did you tell me you could be trusted and then you told your parents about me?" He looked shocked, "Uh, I guess I'm just a blabber mouth, NOT that you shouldn't trust me! I promise to do better!" He hastily said, I looked at him, ugh, of course, he was making his puppy eyes, "No, I need proof that I can trust you." I simply stated.

"Would a... Tenner Change your mind?"

"No?" I replied

"What about a piece of candy?" He insisted

"No..." I said, starting to get annoyed,

"What about 2 pieces of candy!?" He tried

"I said no!" I angrily replied,

"Ok, ok, sorry" he quickly said. I sighed, I had kept it in long enough and he was willing to listen to me rant so I might as well take the chance. "OK, come on!" I said, grabbing his hand and dragging him out of the room, I pulled him through the training yard and out of the monastery, limping all the way, I left one of my crutches in his room. Thank god none of the ninjas were in the training yard, I couldn't bear to think of their questions. I led us around the monastery down a small bush trail into a clearing with some daisies. "Are you going to murder me?" He questioned, "If you're not careful," I smirked at his tense expression and then saw his face relax. 

"You're so gullible," I giggled.

Eris pov.

I wasn't sure what to do, I was supposed to keep everything a secret but I already failed. I sighed after trying to negotiate with some candy. Until she said, "OK, come on!" And held my hand! 

Well, more like dragged me out into a creepy clearing by my hand but you get the idea. She sat down, leaning against a tree and motioned for me to sit next to her. I sat myself down and checked out my surroundings, she actually picked a nice place, it was a small patch of grass where the sun directly showed upon, surrounded by trees and daisies. I looked at her. She seemed to be thinking about what she should say, "I won't judge," I assured her, she sighed and started her story.