Music to the Max

Prologue - "Bad Blood"

Leah Garmadon was the daughter of Lord Garmadon, and she had a twin brother named Lloyd. They lived with their mother, Misako aka Koko, in Ninjago City on the island called Ninjago. They were both in high school- they were about to turn sixteen- and they had five friends. The rest of the world hated them very much, since their father was Lord Garmadon.

Their five friends were named Jay, Kai, Cole, Zane, and Nya. The boys- Jay, Kai, Cole, and Zane- were all sixteen like the twins, whereas Nya was fifteen. Together, every one of the friends was a part of the Secret Ninja Force, except for Leah. The other six all harnessed elements- Lightning, Fire, Earth, Ice, Water, and Green- but Leah didn't have an element, although she liked to call herself the Music Ninja. She was never without her IPod, and every moment of the day she was listening to music. Leah didn't care that she wasn't a ninja, and she knew even if she did she'd never become one.

The Secret Ninja Force were the protectors of Ninjago City, and almost every week they stopped Lord Garmadon from taking over the place. He was a four-armed man with an army that was nicknamed the 'Shark Army', since all the troops and vehicles were themed around the sea. Their secret base- er, 'secret'- was in an active volcano off the coast of Ninjago.

The group of friends all went to the same high school and everyone there hated them. This was because Lloyd and Leah were the children of Lord Garmadon, and everyone hated their father. Jay, Kai, Cole, Zane, and Nya suffered too because they were the twos' friends. They were nicknamed the 'Dork Squad'.

This is the story of Leah and Lloyd.

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Today was the first day of school, and Leah was not happy about it. She loved the summer- every day she would go on walks and listen to her favorite soundtracks. Sometimes she would go to the playground and sometimes she'd end up in the center of Ninjago City. It usually depended on what music she was listening to- a walk to the center of Ninjago City meant she was listening to Welcome to New York, and a walk to a playground meant she was listening to Through the Eyes of a Child.

But that was not going to be the way anymore. Leah would have to go to school every weekday until two in the afternoon, and only after school could she go on her exploratory walks. She'd also have to balance her amazing walks with spending time with her friends.

Hm, if only there was a way to make them realize walks weren't extremely boring.

In the current moment Leah was boarding the school bus since the last day of school, before summer. Her earbuds were in like every other day of the year, she was wearing a purple shirt with a black leather jacket and black pants that were shredded at the knees. Her blonde hair was in a messy ponytail. Lloyd was right behind her in his usual white shirt and green hoodie with black pants. His blonde hair was short and wavy, as if it were being blown in the wind. Windswept, for short. As the two of them made it up the steps, everyone's chatter all froze midsentence and everyone stared at them.

Right now the song playing just for Leah was Bad Blood. And like every other day of the school year, she burst out in song as the song started to play.

"'Cause baby now we got bad blood, you know it used to be mad love." Leah sang, closing her eyes and swinging down into her usual seat. "So take a look what you've done, 'cause baby now we got bad blood. Hey!" Her Eastern European voice- once in a while somebody called her Scarlet Witch- was beautiful, but nobody cared. Nobody ever did. It was a normal phenomenon for Leah Garmadon to sing as she got on the bus.

Lloyd sat down next to her. He, unlike her, was not comfortable with his classmates. He wasn't known for anything except for being the son of Lord Garmadon.