Loss of Hope (A Ninjago Story)

Chapter 1 Lloyd

I looked around, looking at the clouds that surrounded Destiny's Bounty, thinking about the girl I have a secret crush on. "Hey Lloyd, whatcha thinking about?" Cole asked, appearing out of thin air. "Nothing." I immediately blurted out, blushing furiously. Cole's ghost stuff was really getting on my nerves. "My analysis says that that statement is incorrect." Zane said, walking up towards me. "Well, maybe Lloyd has a secret crush." Jay said, following Zane. "I do not!" I yelled turning away. "Well, who cares, just get changed already." Kai said, shouting out of the hallway. 

I immediately ran down into the hallway, hiding my blushing face from all of the other ninja. I went to my room, and changed into a pair of jeans and a sweatshirt. The voice system came on and Nya spoke, "Where just over where Cole wanted to go." she said, before it clicked off. Cole had said that he was going to introduce the ninja and I to one of his friends, but I still didn't get why I couldn't wear my ninja suit. 

I walked back out onto the deck, questions filling me mind. But I didn't ask them, because Jay, with his lightning fast mouth, did it first. "Come on Cole, tell us who we're meeting already." he finally said. "Nope. Just remember, we can't get caught, which means no powers, or else we'll get mobbed." All of the other ninja showed up, and Nya lowered us slowly off the anchor so that we could get down. I really wanted to use my elemental dragon, but Cole was right, we would get mobbed from fans for sure.

Nya lowered us off of the anchor to a part that wasn't as busy as other parts, and we began to make our way on foot to wherever Cole was taking us. "I do not believe that we have ever been to this part of Ninjago." Zane says, looking around. I agreed with him, it was definitely not as busy as other places we've been, and I didn't recognize any of it. "Wait, I recognize this town." Kai blurted out, I just looked at him, "Well, where are we?" Cole asked, a suspicious look in his eyes. "This is your hometown Cole, isn't it." He smiled, "You're correct." "But what are we doing here?" I asked. 

Cole just smiled, and led us to one of the many houses that were on the street. He walked up to the door, and did some weird special knock, before it opened. "Oh, hey Cole." the person said. Cole moved out of the way, "Guys, meet my sister, Cleo." My jaw dropped open, along with all of the other guys, except for Cole of course. Cleo was beautiful, and you could obviously tell that she was related to Cole. She had black hair, and brown eyes, just like Cole, along with a strong build. I felt like I had seen this girl before, and thought about is until I thought I remembered why I think I had seen her. She was the girl I had a secret crush on. It was at Zane's memorial, right after he had saved the city from the Golden Master. She had talked with Cole for a while afterward, before she left. I had asked Cole who he was talking to, and instead of answering, he just smiled, and walked away.

Cleo let us in to her home, and to the living room, while Cole followed her to the kitchen. The other ninja took all the seats, so I had to sit on the floor. First Cole returned, sitting down on the floor across from me, and then Cleo came back, handing out some cups of water. When she handed me mine, I tried desperately to not blush, but our hands ended up accidentally touching. She smiled shyly, and put the tray on the table, sitting next to Cole. "I just realized that you rearrange the letters of both your names, it spells the other one's name!" Jay shouted out. Cole smiled, "That's because we're twins." "I can't believe you didn't realize that, Jay." Kai muttered. 

Suddenly Cole sat up straight, "Oh, I forgot to introduce my friends!" he said. Cleo smiled, and shrugged, as though she didn't care. "That's Zane, he's a nindroid, you remember me telling you about him at his memorial. He's the Master of Ice." That confirmed my thoughts that she actually was the one from that day. Cleo smiled at Zane, and he returned the smile as Cole continued. "That's Jay, Master of Lightning, loves to play video games. You two would get along just fine." "You play video games!" Jay shouted, his eyes open wide. 

The ninja and I all slapped our hands to our heads. Typical Jay to bring up video games. Cleo just laughed, "That's one Kai, he's the hothead, and also the Master of Fire." "I am not a hothead!" Kai yelled, folding his arms. "And that one's Lloyd, the Green Ninja." Cole finished, pointing at me I blushed, "It's an honor to meet you, Cleo." I said, smiling. "Oh. And I'm sure you know that your brother, is a BOULDER BRAIN!" Kai said. Cole looked like he was going to get mad, but calmed down. But he never stopped glaring at Kai. "He's always been one." Cleo said with a laugh. The whole team burst out laughing, including Cole. Cleo was amazing, and she had the best laugh I had ever heard.

"So, Cole says that you boys once destroyed Lloyd's treehouse. That true?" she asked. The whole team burst out laughing again. "I still can't believe you guys destroyed it." I said. "Well, it had a sign that said 'NO NINJA!' so of course we had to destroy it." Jay said. I sighed, "And to think, now I can't even be in it if it were still here, because I'm a ninja." Cleo and Cole burst out laughing, and the rest of the team followed. 

"So, now I'm curious, do you have a favorite battle that we've fought in?" Cole asked, looking at Cleo. She shrugged, "I've always liked the battle against the Overlord and against the ghosts. But I don't like Cole being a ghost." This made me blush. I looked down at my feet, I was in both of those battles, and sometimes I didn't want to remember them. I didn't want to remember all about the past enemies that I have faced. 

"Earth to Lloyd." Kai said, and I looked up, "Huh?" I asked, feeling foolish. "I was wondering if you had a favorite fight?" Cleo said, scratching the back of her neck. I blushed looking down at my feet, "I personally liked fighting against Morro." As soon as I said it, I could feel something like a cold presence inside of me. The others continued talking, as I grimaced in pain. "Lloyd, are you alright?" Cole asked. I nodded, "Think I just ate the wrong thing this morning." I said. It took a lot of strength for me to get the words out, and now I felt weak. 

"Well Cleo, I think we have to leave now, Nya and Sensei will get worried." Zane said, she smiled. "I have a shop that's a little ways away from here, come by and visit anytime." she said with a smile. We thanked her for letting us come, and stood up to leave. I almost fell over, but Kai grabbed me, "What did you eat this morning?" he asked, I shrugged, leaning against him for support, "I think it was something Cole made." I managed to get out weekly. Kai laughed, and helped me get back to the Bounty, and into my room. 

I laid down on the bed, holding my stomach. There was a voice in my head, an unknown voice that shouldn't be there. "Hello again, Lloyd." I sat up straight, looking around, "Who's there?" I said, looking around. Nobody was in the room, and then someone appeared, floating in the air. "Boo." I almost screamed, but they put their hand over my mouth. I knew who this was now. It was Morro. "I'm happy to see you again too." He said sarcastically. "What do you want?!" I tried to say, but his hand was still over my mouth. "I want you back." Morro replied, his voice cold and harsh. "Never!" I tried to scream, but Morro's hand was too tight over my mouth for any noise to get out. "You'll come with me Lloyd, or else I'll hurt the one you love most." He said, whispering it in my ear. I stiffened, not wanting Cleo to get hurt. Morro took this opportunity to possess me and control me once again.