#Ninjago crystals au

[oshawottarchive]

Crystals

Chapter one

Kai woke up suddenly, confused. *What the?* He looked around, suddenly realizing where he was. “Oh crap!” He scrambled out of his vehicle and onto the ground. “Cole!”

He banged on the glass of Cole’s vehicle, but the black ninja didn’t respond. He tried to lift the top, but failed. *Shit shit shit.*

He glanced around nervously, and to his luck, there were no Vengestone Warriors. Kai tried again to open the top of Cole’s vehicle, and this time, he succeeded.

“Cole!” “Wha?” Cole’s eyes flickered open — no, /eye/.

“WHAT THE FUCK?!” Kai fell backwards, absolutely terrified. Cole’s left eye had been completely covered by crystal shards. How had Kai not seen it before? He pulled himself back up to the vehicle, staring in shock and horror at his friend.

Not only had the crystals taken over Cole’s eye, but they were protruding from his head and shoulders. Kai shuddered. He reached in, pulling Cole out of the vehicle, making sure not to touch the crystals.

“Cole? Can you hear me?” He shook him gently. “Are you okay?” *Please don’t say you’re an evil crystal zombie now, please don’t.* Cole’s eye flickered open once again. “K-Kai? What happened? Did we win?” Kai sighed with relief.

“You’re okay.” The black ninja narrowed his eye. “What do you mean ‘you’re okay’, why wouldn’t I be okay?” He was becoming annoyed now. “I wake up after crashing, and you don’t even bother telling me what the hell happened?!” Kai shrunk back. *The fuck?* Cole being angry wasn’t anything new, but this? What the /hell/ was this?

Kai took a step back away from who he thought was his friend. “What’s wrong with you?” He retorted, defending himself. “Why are you so upset? I just saved you!” Cole bared his teeth at him. “Sure you did, you’re always trying to be the best, huh?”

Kai frowned. “That was years ago, Cole! I thought you guys were over that.” Now he was /really/ getting worried. “I don’t think you’re okay.” “OKAY?!” Cole growled. “When has ANYTHING been okay?” He looked around. “Where’s Jay?” Kai definitely wasn’t expecting the question. “Um, I don’t know? I honestly wasn’t expecting you to care. . . .”

“Why wouldn’t I?” *Why is Cole acting so out of character?* Then Kai realized. *No, he’s not being out of character, he’s being /exaggerated/.* “I think we should take you to PIXAL.” Kai told him. “She’d probably know what to do about,” he gestured to his face, “you know.”

Cole narrowed his eyes. Instead of answering, he knelt down to Kai’s level, staring into his eyes. Kai stared back, frozen in place by that ghostly gaze. Even if he couldn’t see his left eye, the eye that held that ghostly purple orb, Cole’s gaze was terrifying.

His eye turned ghostly green, which Kai expected, but wasn’t ready for. /no one/ would ever be ready for it. Green was usually associated with Lloyd, Kai’s beloved little brother. But this - this green was associated with /death/.

Kai shook himself. *Not know, Kai. We’re in the middle of another apocalypse.* He glanced around, and realized Cole had left. “Oh god dammit.”

[ataraxixx]

i put a not insignificant amount of effort into this for some unknown reason ....

[pillowmints4lloyd]

Isn't he so silly :D

Changed the hair design because I liked the idea of him being a natural brunette. The details for this AU can be found here.

Anyway, here's a drawing of this cute little Oni dude. I'm 1000 words into the fic for this YAY. Also 900 into the Wu raising Lloyd AU. Click the photo for better quality cause tumblr is blurrifying it 😓

Exerpt from the fic:

He needed Garmadon's corpse if he was going to correct that stupid mistake his old self made. Besides, he liked the corpse! Sometimes he took it around with him to places, regardless of the gagging that he would sometimes hear from the citizens that would unfortunately cross his way. It was like his father was still there.

My favorite insane boy.

[yeetusthemighty]

The creechur

The silly (crazy? I was crazy onc-)

So I got inspired to finally post this guy because of this post by @z4n3jul13n (cool person you should look at their stuff)

full version with my doodles under the cut

(I have a whole au based off of this guy)

[paprikko-lol]

children of the storm

I have many thoughts. look under the cut to read them >:D (click for quality tumblr fucked it up bad)

my hands slipped and made a new au for wojira duo. whoops.

so the au starts around the time that seabound ends, with nya as this big-ass water dragon thing and kinda just wandering around the ocean saving random sailors out of habit. within her first week or so she starts hearing a soft hum in her head, and eventually, the voice starts to speak a bit. in this form, she is the most connected to her element than she ever has been or ever will be, so she’s finally able to connect to the other half of her element, wind, aka morro. she's hearing his thoughts, basically.

but morro’s dead, right? kinda. a little. let me explain. 

for some reason, the writers never bothered to establish the existence of a new master of wind after morro died (which totally shoulda happened btw), so that implies that morro never died to begin with. I decided to make the explanation as vague and random as possible because that's what I’m best at!! yeah.

in this au, it's revealed that morro never actually got sent to the departed realm in the s5 finale, and instead was manifested as a huge purple dragon similar to nya’s current form. this only happened because he never had anyone to pass his element to, so he was instead sent to guard the skies by the first master himself until morro could find someone who he deemed fit enough to wield the wind after him. 

of course, morro being the stubborn asshole he is (affectionate), chose that brooding in the mountains is a better fate than giving up his wind. he lives on the highest of all peaks in ninjago, where no one will try to find him. he decides that he may as well stay true to the task the first master put on him; he’s not sure he can handle the guilt of going against him after what he did to wu.

ok enough about the emo bitch. back to the cool one. nya has developed a mental link with morro now that they’ve both reached the highest point of connection with their elements. she eventually works up the courage to talk to him, and he reluctantly responds. in canon, nyad is the one to help nya remember her life, but in this version it's morro. she freaks out when she realizes who she's talking to, but morro isn't acting like a vengeful psychopath, so over a few months nya and morro begin to talk to each other more and more. eventually, they become friends :D

I have more planned, but this is all I'll put for now because it's already getting way too long lmao. send me an ask if you wanna hear more tho, I'll gladly share!

[llannasvsp]

hot take: lloyd in crystalized was not out of character. my reasoning for this is... actually there's a lot of reasoning. one of the biggest complaints people have about crystalized lloyd is how he treats his father in comparison to early seasons lloyd and to that i say: early seasons lloyd had not been disowned nor had he been beaten half to death by his father. i don't think i would be as willing to work with my father had that happened to me. his reasoning (garmadon being oni) may have been flawed, but i also think he was putting his own personal reasonings (being disowned and almost killed) behind, and attacking the thing that didn't include how he was treated.

i understand why people would be mad about lloyd attacking the oni side of his father, given the fact that mystake was amazing and also sacrificed herself for him, but when people are trauma responding, they tend to forget the good things and focus on the bad. lloyd didn't want to bring his own feelings into it, because he has invalidated his own feelings. therefore, he attacks the thing that has nothing to do with him.

DISCLAIMER: i am not attacking nor am i intending to invalidate people who think that lloyd suffered "character assassination" in crystalized. i just feel the need to give my own opinion about it. i will most likely talk about this topic again because i am so passionate about it.

[morroodle]

I think this is probably one of if not the most complex morro designs I've ever made

I was bored and rewarching crystalized so I decided to redo/redesign me and @mochinoodle 's shared baby known as Lizard Morro. It's an au where with the power of the storm amulet morro gets revived by harumin during crystalized and then causes problems on purpose. It hasn't been updated in aged and might be abandoned but I still love him <3

[saline-coelacanth]

Phantasm Cave Part 1 (cause the comic was too long)

See, I told you guys I was gonna make a comic for this scene, after all I can't pass up an opportunity for angst :3

Link to part 2

[nyaskitten]

bc ily all, u guys get ANOTHER drawing, a (NOT SHIP <3) prequel drawing of sorts to my DTIYS !!!!

this and the DTIYS both exist as part of the Crystal!Lloyd AU so I've decided

(rbs are appreciated teehee ^_^)

[un-pearable]

i can’t actually finish the “everyone gets yoinked from different parts of the series by time travel” fic until i finish my rewatch/catch-up but i am never not thinking about it

wip chronology decisions. poor kai trying to wrangle everyone into actually solving the problem and going home. he thought pixal was normal and would be able to help but then he got Monologued™

[so-sures-blog]

Energybound

binding energy definition: in physics and chemistry, binding energy is the smallest amount of energy required to remove a particle from a system of particles or to disassemble a system of particles into individual parts.

In which Lloyd becomes Energy to save the world. As the Green Savior, he was always prophesied to die for it. The scrolls never mentioned anything about his friends.

💚✨🐉 💚✨🐉 💚✨🐉 💚✨

The sun is just peaking over the horizon of the ocean when Lloyd makes his choice.

A restless night had passed, with the city drowning and Kalmaar sweeping through flooding to find the Ninja. With Jay’s condition worsening and Nya not leaving his side. With Benthomaar wracked with guilt over what his adopted brother had done and Kai, Cole, Zane, and P.I.X.A.L anxious to do something. 

Lloyd had eavesdropped on Nya and Bentho talking about the Nyad, how she had merged with the sea and defeated Wojira. He knows what she is about to do. 

He’s just doing it first. 

Lloyd cracks open his eye from where he is pretending to be asleep, and slowly stands up. All of his friends are passed out from the emotional toll of the day— even Nya, who was fitfully sleeping besides Jay. 

He moves quietly to not alert any of his friends and wake them up. Silently, he makes his way to the door, before looking back at his friends one last time. Jay was laying on the couch, gasping and wheezing in raspy intervals. Nya is next to him, shifting uncomfortably. 

Bentho leans up against a filing cabinet next to the couch, arms crossed and head hanging. He was separated from the rest of his friends, and Lloyd wishes to see the day where Bentho is comfortable enough to lay next to them instead of dealing with everything himself. 

Kai, Cole, Zane, P.I.X.A.L, and Master Wu are all passed out on the other side of the room, unconscious to the world and the thoughts swirling around Lloyd’s head. 

Lloyd wishes they had more time. A few spare months of recuperating and relaxation isn’t enough between the life-threatening missions his team frequently goes on. He wants to stay with his friends.

He bites his tongue, the pain distracting him from his thoughts as he opens the door and then closes it, making his way to the roof.

💚✨🐉 💚✨🐉 💚✨🐉 💚✨

Lloyd dangled his feet off the edge of the dock, eyes trained on the gleaming horizon. An unsettled feeling was shifting in his gut, and a single question rolled around in his mind. 

Footsteps sounded towards him, and Lloyd turned to see his mother and uncle walking towards him.

“Lloyd, are you okay?” Misako asked. 

Lloyd stood up, not taking his gaze away from the sinking sun. “I was just thinking… I know Ronin’s monster was a fake, but I guess I was wondering if Wojira is really still out there… somewhere.” 

“If she is, may she sleep for another thousand years.” Wu prayed.

And at the bottom of the sea, the storm slept.

💚✨🐉 💚✨🐉 💚✨🐉 💚✨

Lloyd walks towards the edge of the building, peering down at the dark water. It is black and bottomless, and Lloyd feels a surge of doubt before he shoves it away.

Lloyd may not be the Master of Water, but he is the Master of Energy. And as far as he knew, energy was everywhere. Nyad may have become one with the Sea, but she lost herself to the ocean and disappeared for thousands of years. 

Lloyd couldn’t let that happen to Nya. 

Lloyd was the Green Ninja, the savior of Ninjago. He was always destined to sacrifice himself for it, but nobody mentioned anything about his friends. Everything he had gone through— the Overlord and his father, Morro’s possession and Harumi— it all led up to this moment. 

This is for his friends. Everything he had done was for his friends— every harsh blow from battle and hair ruffle in the morning. They had taken him in when he was a kid and gave him a home and a family. They had raised him, trained him, loved him even when he was being nothing but a bratty child who gave them problems.  

Lloyd turns and stares back at the door where his family was sleeping, unaware. 

Kai’s fiery courage, Nya’s fierce determination, Cole’s easy kindness, Jay’s bright intelligence, Zane’s gentle empathy, P.I.X.A.L’s snarking camaraderie, Benthomaar’s hesitant friendship, Wu’s aging wisdom, Misako’s sense of adventure. 

His family. 

Lloyd turns away, blinking back the sudden tears as green power lights his hands and he starts spinning.

💚✨🐉 💚✨🐉 💚✨🐉 💚✨

“Bentho, how did Nyad defeat Wojira? In the story you told me?”

“… she became one with the sea.”

“But how exactly?”

“She opened herself up to the full power of the ocean. She merged with it.”

“…”

“Do not think of such things! Nyad may have defeated Wojira but she lost herself. What she did cannot be undone. She vanished.”

“…”

💚✨🐉 💚✨🐉 💚✨🐉 💚✨

Lloyd opens his eyes, feeling light shining from the inside out as his green power spreads. Energy floods his body, feeling light and fleeting as Lloyd reaches down to the core of his power— and lets it loose. 

Lloyd thinks of Cole and his Spinjitzu Burst, deep in the depths of Shintaro’s mountains. Unparalleled power had exploded from the earth and wrapped his brother in his element. 

Lloyd can feel it happening too— but it's different. Green power is rushing around him, light blinding his vision, the particles on his skin transforming into pure energy. 

Then— 

BOOM!

A sonic sound wave explodes throughout the sky. The light tapers off.  Lloyd opens his new eyes and looks down at his body. Green energy swirls around in the shape of his old body.

He feels light, powerful, new— Lloyd is filled with boundless energy, free to travel wherever he likes and too fleeting to ever catch. 

Lloyd realizes he’s flying and spins around, laughing. The door to the rooftop suddenly slams open, and his family pours out— Kai and Wu in the lead as they stop and stare at their brother and nephew. 

“Lloyd!” Kai calls. Jay and Nya join them, the former leaning on his girlfriend heavily as he stares at his little brother disbelievingly. 

Lloyd frowns at how weak Jay looks. That can’t do— Jay will need to be at full strength when they beat Wojira. He flys down, ignoring the flinch of surprise from the others and presses a hand to Jay’s chest. 

Green energy lights up, and suddenly Jay is able to breathe easier— like his lungs weren’t even damaged at all. Nya stares at Lloyd, looking pained for some reason.

Lloyd pulls away as Wojira roars her challenge, his power picking up in anticipation. 

“Lloyd, wait!” Wu calls— but it's too late. With another BOOM! Lloyd takes off, flying at the speed of sound to confront Wojira once and for all. 

It is time to finish what his grandfather couldn’t.

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Nobody notices the crystal spider on the wall, violet eyes recording everything. 

Clink… clink… clink… 

The spider scurries back to its master. 

💚✨🐉 💚✨🐉 💚✨🐉 💚✨ “Spider’s in the house,

Sleep, sleep

Spider bit the mouse, 

Sleep deep

Don’t wake up or else 

You’ll find a spider in your m—”

The song breaks off, and the dark figure turns from the computer to see a crystal spider making its way towards her. 

She kneels down, dark cape fluttering and kabuki mask flipped up as the mechanical spider crawls into her hand. She strokes it gently. “Did you find everything I need?” She asks. 

The spider’s eye flashes, and then a holographic video is playing in the crystalized room. The bright screen contrasts the dark room, the purple and pink hues drowned out by the light images playing. 

The Herald purses her lips, fingers tightening on the spider she is gripping unconsciously as the video finishes. 

“I see,” Harumi says. She turns and stares at the giant crystal protruding in the middle of the Oni Temple. “This changes things.” 

“Time to make some alterations to the previous plan.”

[threemoonwatchers]

Uhhh AU where the only ppl who knew Lloyd was working towards Oni form were Lloyd and Garmadon and basically someone sees him in Oni form and tells the ninja so now everyone thinks there’s a random Oni on the loose but it’s just. Lloyd.

And because I’m here for the chaos why don’t we also give him control issues so there’s more than one Oni Lloyd sighting

[ataraxixx]

please know i spent like 2 hours on these @volcaberg

[cittycatplay]

Look what have you caused @violetthunderstorm /lh

Ninjago AU : green crystal

Ok so this is like "dead" Lloyd AU after crystallized

So Garmadon faked his death and Lloyd turn into his oni form happens BUT it's when the Ninja released the elemental dragon, this is important to the story.

Lloyd was about to blast the overlord into oblivion but then the elemental dragon came Uniting their powers with Lloyd's oni power and that caused an explosion and everything went white to all the people that were there.

When the flash was gone Lloyd was also gone, along with the rest of some of the overlord's body, he has returned to his slumber like always.

Garmadon and Harumi tell that there was a blast and Lloyd is was gone (they don't say Lloyd's oni form tho)

Now Lloyd is presumed dead, remember that presumed is the key word.

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They all grieve in different ways

Kai: he grabs all pictures of Lloyd and keeps them,both to keep em safe and for nostalgia.

Nya : she goes close to his element like plants, life ecc.

Cole: he keeps close everything that Lloyd has given him

Jay: he keeps safe everything that Lloyd had that hadn't been taken by the others safe

Zane: turned off his emotions

Harumi (yes even her) : she is more quiet

Garmadon: blames himself, because he started to care for his son and was the one who triggered his oni form.

Soo if you want to hear more of this AU just ask

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It now has a fic on AO3!

[thecheesyboi1315]

Master of wind! Nelson

[paprikko-lol]

children of storm au : nya design

thought+hcs under the cut / crystallized+seabound spoilers!!

1, top: I drew the top specifically to be easier for nya to move around in because I noticed that in a lot of her designs, she gets either a dress or a skirt to wear, even when she stated that she hates dresses? also, the skirt would probably get in her way as it's too easy for someone to grab and pull her back.

2, yang pin: after seabound, nya started to treasure the gifts that she had been given over the years more, including the yang pin that jay had given her at the end of season 10. before, she left it in a box in her room for safe keeping, but now she wears it everywhere. she does this even with meaningless little trinkets she receives, as a way to appreciate everything in her life better :)

3, dragon horns and facial markings: I forgot to draw these with morro's design but they both got dragon horns when they got their human forms back! morro's look like wispy strands of wind, and nya's are similar to pieces of coral. they can will them away, but they'll reappear whenever they use their powers

4, leg band: while skylor was trying her best to keep nya's body solid while the other ninjago got aspheera out during crystallized, a part of nya's leg slightly melted away by accident. by the time aspheera had shown up, no one had noticed and just went ahead with the spell, but her leg was only semi-functional and now pressure needs to applied to it constantly

5, wave design: each of the ninja have embroidered designs on the bottom of their pants to represent them and their element. nya and morro are matching with their similar wave/cloud designs