Yeah, I'm giving a small insight on what Nova's nightmares are about, since some of you might be wondering what they are, since she keeps having them without her plushie. Along with very big plot info in it.
Nova unlocks a new power. [Darkness]
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Nova was in a deep sleep in her bed until she started moving around in discomfort, as she was having another one of her nightmares, though this was probably the worst one so far.
*Inside Nova's nightmare.*
Nova was running around in complete darkness, calling and screaming for anyone for help, but no one was there but her and a purple like shadow thing following right behind her laughing evilly.
"No! Stay away from me! Someone, please help! Kai! Cole! Jay! Zane! Nya! Wu! Ronin! LLOYD!!"
She kept running until the purple shadow caught her and put her in a cage made of vengestone so she couldn't break it.
"What the fuck do you want with me!?" Nova shouted in fear, and only now began the purple shadow to start speaking in a very familiar voice, but she couldn't put a finger on it at the moment.
"No one can hear you, and no one will come to your aid." said the purple shadow in a cold voice.
"But what I want from you is simple." It said and gave something of a smirk.
"To unlock your real elemental powers, and most of all your true potential."
"Bullshit! I already know what my elemental powers are, it's decay!" shouted Nova.
"Come on now, we both know you are only lying to yourself. Your elemental powers aren't decay, it's darkness, and I should know, I was the one who gave you it."
Nova's eyes widened in terror, she did have a feeling it was her elemental powers but she had hoped it wasn't true. She wanted to deny it for as long as she lived.
"NO! I will not believe a single thing you're saying!" Nova yelled, not wanting to believe in what it was telling her.
The purple shadow simply laughed at her outburst. "Oh, really now, are you actually sure?" It said getting closer to the cage. "You're smarter than what everyone believes, so you should at least be able to figure out who I am, after all, we will be meeting soon."
"And when we do meet, I hope my little creation will join me." It said before slowly disappearing into the darkness.
Nova took a good minute until she finally remembered who that voice belonged to, and that sent a chill down her spine.
"No...no, no, no, no, NO!!" Nova repeated as she grabbed her head, pulling her hair as this was the worst thing that could happen while the corruption on her hand was growing faster, and soon enough, was covering her whole body. Opening her now purple eyes, she saw a mirror of herself, and what she saw terrified her to the core.
*End of Nova's nightmare.*
Nova woke up with a scream as she fell out of her bed, breathing heavily, before pulling the glove off her right hand to see any changes. But luckily, it hadn't grown past her wrist yet, which helped her calm down.
She looked out of her window and saw that the sun was slowly coming up.
"Please let it just be a stupid normal nightmare....."
*At Dareth's dojo, they are training Lloyd, who is trying to light a light bulb with his Lightning. He grunts as Jay passes him.*
"Focus, Lloyd. Control the power inside you. When you feel a surge welling up, harness it." said Jay.
"I understand. I am in control." Lloyd groans.
"Come on, Lloyd. You can do it." said Jay.
Lloyd breaks the bulb. "Aargh! Stupid light bulb! You're putting too much pressure on me. Let me have one more try."
"Ugh, sorry, Lloyd. That was the last light bulb." said Kai.
Cole hands him a broom. "Clean up, Lloyd. We'll continue training tomorrow."
*Lloyd uses it to punch a punching bag.*
Nova watched from the side, smiling a bit watching Lloyd, but mostly stayed to herself.
Jay sighs. "What am I doing wrong, Sensei Wu? I can't seem to teach him to control his power."
Lloyd's broom hits him on the head. "You dare to defy the Green Ninja!?"
"Patience, Jay. Sometimes, the greatest opponent we face is ourselves, and that's especially true of Lloyd. Remember where he came from. He's the son of Lord Garmadon. It's going to take time for him to embrace the light." said Wu.
Nova let out a soft giggle seeing this as she was drinking some tea that Garmadon had shown her to make that should help with the corruption.
"Hey Nova, are you okay? You haven't spoken much this whole day." said Lloyd, walking over to her with the broom.
"Oh, yeah I'm fine....just didn't get much sleep last night." said Nova rubbing the back of her neck.
"Did you train up late again?" Lloyd asked.
Nova let out a nervous laugh. "Maaaybe?" She said.
Lloyd hit her in the head with the broom. "That's stupid, I thought you said you wouldn't do that anymore."
Nova made sure not to drop her tea as she was hit by the broom. "Okay, okay, how about we make a deal."
"A deal? Can't you just make a promise that you wouldn't do it again?" Lloyd asked, confused.
Nova was shaking her head. "Promises you can break, deals you can not." She said with a shrug since that was what Ronin always said.
Lloyd sighs. "Fine, then, let's make a deal."
"Nice to do business with you, okay, the deal will be. I stop doing late night training, and you stop asking me about it." She said.
"Fine. But you better keep to your part of the deal." said Lloyd.
"Hey, I wasn't the one who broke the first deal we had, so if anyone should be saying that, it would be me." said Nova, drinking her tea.
*Nya enters the room, wearing her sequined dress.*
"Hey, guys." said Nya.
"Hey, Nya!"
"Hey, Jay. Uh, wanna come by the autobody shop later?" Nya asked.
"Uh, the autobody shop?" Jay asked.
"Yeah. I got a part-time job. Though I could fix up the Ultra Sonic Raider in my off time. Maybe if you come over, I can show you what I've been working on." said Nya.
"Jaya ship, Jaya ship." Nova repeated in her head.
"Uh, sure, heh." Jay notices Nya is holding a letter. "Uh, what you got there?"
"Oh, um, this letter came for Lloyd." She hands it to Wu.
"Hmm. It's from Lloyd's old school." said Wu.
"The Darkley Boarding School for Bad Boys?" Nova asked.
"Formerly Bad Boys. Since the last time we were there, they've changed to the Darkley School for Great Children." said Wu.
"Heh, wait. They've turned good?" said Kai.
"Hmm, it says here there's going to be a ceremony." said Wu.
"I love ceremonies. That means there's going to be cake." said Cole.
" Lloyd's change inspired them. Now they've invited Lloyd to give him an honorary degree in excellence." said Wu.
Lloyd breaks the broom and headbutts the punching bag.
"Are we sure we're talking about the same Lloyd?" questioned Kai.
"Yeah, I'm with porcupine, are we talking about the same booger?" Nova asked.
"Hey!"
"Hey!"
*Later, the ninja are flying their way toward the school.*
Nova was holding on to dear life on Kai, to the point she was almost choking him, since she knew the Ultra Dragon wasn't fawned of her at all. Not even when it was separated dragons.
"Whoo-hoo-hoo! Now that we can ride the dragon, we should get to Darkley's in no time." said Jay.
"If Lloyd can get us there in one piece. And Nova here doesn't choke the life out of me." said Kai while holding Nova.
"Just be gentle. Any sudden moves can cause him to—"
"Any sudden what?" Lloyd pulls on the reins.
*The ninja scream as the dragon dives.*
"I'm gonna fucking murder you, Lloyd!" screamed Nova.
"The reins! Let go of the reins!" said Cole.
*Lloyd does so, and they finally land on the ground.*
"Hehe. At least I'm getting better." said Lloyd.
"All the same, I'll take the reins going home. Just to be safe." said Cole.
Nova lets go of Kai and gets off the dragon, walking over and punching Lloyd's arm. "Never. Do. That. Again." She glared right into his eyes in pure rage, causing him to back away a little.
"Lloyd?"
"Uh, Brad?" said Lloyd, turning his head.
"You came! So good to see you." said Brad.
"It is? You put fire ants in my bed." said Lloyd.
"Please forgive me. I wasn't myself and have learned the error of my ways." said Brad before he looks at the ninja. "And you must be the ninja!"
"Uh, guys. Meet Brad Tudabone." said Lloyd.
"Such a huge fan!" Brad shakes their hands. Before noticing Nova.
"Oh hello, I'm taking it, you're Lloyd's girlfriend, nice to meet you!" he said with a smile, holding out his hand.
"I am not his girlfriend!"
"She is not my girlfriend!"
Nova glared at him before slowly shaking his hand. "You can call me, Nova."
"Go good! Haha. Uh, please, will you all not follow me to see the Principal?" Brad said.
As they enter the school, Cole realizes the classrooms are empty. "Uh, shouldn't you all be in class?"
"Actually, today is a new Darkley School tradition: Ninja Day. We stay out of sight to honor the way of the ninja for showing us the light." Brad explained.
"Huh, this is a good school. I'm impressed." said Cole.
"Principal Noble? Lloyd and the ninja are here for the ceremony." said Brad.
"That, and the cake. By the way, do you know what kind it is?" said Cole.
"Seriously Cole?" Nova questioned.
"I'll see you now. Come in, come in." said "Noble".
*The ninja walks in, but "Noble" is revealed to be Gene.*
"Welcome back, Lloyd." said Gene.
"Uh, Gene?" said Lloyd, confused.
"And welcome, ninja, to the new Darkley's School for Worse Boys!" Gene cuts a rope, which drops sandbags to knock the ninja unconscious.
"Aaah!"
"What the fuck!" shouted Nova before she blacks out.
"Ugh. Gene, I'm gonna get you for thi—" Lloyd blacks out.
*Lloyd and Nova are tied up in a chair while the students try to turn him evil again, along with Nova.*
"Welcome to your ceremony, Lloyd. Or, should I call it an evil intervention?" said Gene.
"Where are my friends?" Lloyd asked.
"Aw, they're better off without you. With friends like you, who needs enemies?" said Gene.
"You may have forgotten, but we're your true friends. And we want to help you undo the damage you've done to yourself and our school's reputation. Be honest. Doesn't a part of you miss being bad?" said Brad.
"Argh! Just shut the motherfucking up already!" shouted Nova, which caught the other students' attention.
"I get it already, you guys wanna turn us evil and such, well, find then." said Nova as she was moving a knife behind her back to cut her ropes.
"I've already done my own sorts of evil deeds." She said.
"Wait, what?" questioned Lloyd, looking at her surprised.
"Oh really, then do tell us." said Gene with a smirk.
Nova looked at them with a big smirk. "Did any of you guys watch the news when it was reported and showed a small clip of a kid, sneaking into ninjago bank and stole some of their money, but never got caught?" She asked, watching every student along with Lloyd widen their eyes in surprise.
"That was you!?" shouted Brad.
"You actually stole from a bank!?"
"Yep, and I did it all by myself without any help." said Nova, letting out an evil giggle.
"You should have heard the officer when he shouted at the security guard, "A kid just robbed a bank, how!?" that was just too fucking funny, and I could hear it from blocks away." She told them.
"Wow."
"Amazing."
"So?" said Nova as she cut herself free of the ropes and stood up. "What do you say, am I in?" she asked with a smirk.
"Oh yeah, she's in." said Gene.
"What!? Nova, you can't be serious!" shouted Lloyd.
"Sorry Lloyd, but you know I like stealing." said Nova, giving him a wink as she walked over to join Gene and Brad.
Lloyd took a minute until he caught on to her act. "Haha. Come on, you can untie me. Really, this is just a huge relief. I couldn't stand being good. Ha. Thank you for saving me."
"How do we know you're not lying to us just to escape and help the ninja?" questioned Brad.
"Well, if I am truly good, I wouldn't be able to lie, which I'm not, but even if I was, wouldn't lying make me evil, thus giving you assurance that you could release me?" said Lloyd.
"Uh...he's trying to trick us with mind games!" said Gene.
Nova was shaking her head. "He is so bad at acting."
*The evil ninja, laughing and destroying things, makes their way throughout the school.*
"Someone's coming." Brad gasps. "The ninja escaped! Execute Doomsday formations! To glory! Spitball brigade, step forward. Fire!" The evil ninja use a locker as a shield. "Smoke bomb brigade, step forward. Fire!" The students laugh.
"Ninja, go!" The evil ninja clears the smoke with Spinjitzu.
"Dodgeball brigade. Ready, fire!" Brad ordered, but the ninja catches the dodgeballs.
"Our turn." said Bizazzo Kai.
"Run!" The evil ninja pelt the dodgeballs at them. "Retreat!" Brad gets hit by a ball and is grabbed by Bizarro Kai.
"Where are the ninja?" Bizarro Kai asked.
*Lloyd and Nova is alone in the room.*
"Nova, can't you help me get free?" Lloyd asked.
"Sorry, greenbean, not this time." Nova said, leaning against a table while watching the doors.
"How come you never told me that you stole from ninjago bank?" Lloyd asked, sounding a little hurt.
Nova shrugged. ".....I was in a bad place and I needed to do something to survive." She said.
"Couldn't you've just gone to maybe a friend or family member for help, I mean, you are just a kid like me." Lloyd said.
"...Lloyd, I was homeless without any friends or family. I didn't have anywhere to go for a long while..... until I ran into someone who could help me, but I had to make a deal to keep my place, or I would be back on the streets" Nova explained.
"Is that person why you always make deals with people instead of promises?" Lloyd asked.
Nova moved a hand from side to side. "I guess you could more say it became more of a habit by living with them...I'm never gonna admit this to that person, but I do kind of see them as my parent, even if they can be a big asshole." She said with a soft giggle.
"Are you gonna tell me who this person is or even a gender?" Lloyd asked.
Nova looked over at him with a mischievous smirk. "Nope, I don't give out info about my contacts." She looked back at the door. "Now stop talking, and start working on getting free."
"Oh, why do I always get tied up? Think I'd be pretty good with knots by now." Lloyd sees a light bulb. "Okay, you can do this, Lloyd." He breaks the bulb with his Lightning. "Haha, yes!" He falls over and uses the shards to cut the ropes. "Haha, finally! I'm free!" The students come back. "Aww, no way! I escaped fair and square."
"Heh, your ninja friends are pure evil." said Gene.
"What?"
*Jump to the kids watching the good and evil ninja fighting each other.*
"See, I told you my friends wouldn't turn evil. The evil ninja must be my father's doing." said Lloyd.
"No surprise there." said Nova.
"Fascinating. It's like fighting a mirror where the reflection countermoves in perfect sync and no one appears to be able to land a blow." said Gene.
"We have to help them." said Lloyd.
"Just to be clear, which "them"?" Gene asked.
"Uh, my friends, of course. Uh, I mean uh, the evil ninja. Mwahahahaha!" Lloyd gets tied up again. "Ugh. Ugh. I am Lloyd Garmadon, evil son of the super evil Lord Garmadon, and I demand you release me! Mwahahahaha!"
"For fuck's sake, Lloyd, please stop, your evil laughter is the worst I've ever heard." said Nova as she facepalmed herself.
"Rude!"
"Eh, here's my theory on how to help the evil ninja destroy the good ninja." Gene writes fast on a chalkboard. "Look what happens when positive energy connects with negative energy. So, if an evil ninja manages to connect a single blow against his opposite, that same spark should be so powerful as to eradicate the good ninja." He finishes writing. "Trust me. I'm, like, an evil genius."
"Okay, good enough for me." said Brad.
"Ugh, alright, you win. I'm good. But guess what? So is Brad." said Lloyd.
Brad gulps. "That's a lie!"
Nova walks over and slaps him on the back of the head. "Shut up and hear him out."
"Is it? Then explain why on the day we first met, you were nice to me. When I arrived here on my first day, I didn't know how things worked around here and everyone made fun of me. Brad even put fire ants in my bed." Lloyd told them.
"Hehehe. Yeah, I remember that. That was evil." said Gene.
"But when everyone was gone, he said he was just trying to teach me how things go. And after that, he took me under his wing, and he taught me the art of revenge." said Lloyd.
"Why would you do that?" Gene asked.
"I wanted to get in good with his father." said Brad.
"No. It's because deep down, he's not all evil. And Brad's not the only one. Face it, all of you have a secret good side that stays quiet out of fear because it thinks it's alone. But it's not. And I'm living proof. So, who's with me?" said Lloyd.
"Damn, I forgot how good his speeches was, and while still a kid." Nova thought with a soft smile, looking at him.
Brad sighs. "It's true. And I love planting flowers."
"You what!?" Gene shouted.
"Also, the ninja saved my life. A kindness I plan to return." Brad unties Lloyd.
"Aw, my dad is gonna be so mad." said Gene.
"Yeah, join the club. Now, then, I have a plan. Who here can sew?" said Lloyd as everyone gasps.
"Yeah, I'm already part of that club." Nova mumbled to herself before she noticed the others looking at her. "No, I do not sew, so don't even ask for my help."
"Sew?" questioned Brad, and soon the students make ninja gi and suit up.
*The battle is still going on.*
"Ugh, we're so evenly balanced...ugh...this fight could go on...forever." said Jay.
"We can't give up. Keep fighting!" said Kai.
"Ninja, go!" said the students, running out to help the ninja.
"Hey, it really is Ninja Day!" said Cole.
"Oh, I see what they're doing! They're trying to confuse them!" said Kai.
"Yeah, but it's confusing me, too." said Jay.
"Keep your focus." said Zane as he destroys his counterpart with Spinjitzu.
"It works just like Gene says. If you can land a punch, they'll be defeated!" said Lloyd.
*Bizarro Cole is knocked back and Cole punches him.*
"Aargh! Good riddance!" said Cole.
Nova smiled while running around with the other students until she ran into her own double to herself.
"Huh, I'm surprised Garmadon thought of me." Nova said.
"Shut up, asshole!" shouted Bizazzo Nova as she attacked.
"Wow, that's what I sound like, shit." said Nova as she was now fighting her own double.
"How about changing the game a bit." Bizazzo Nova said as she summoned her dual blades and used her speed boost.
"Are you fucking kidding me!? You even have my gaming abilities and are using them around the ninja, are you crazy!?" shouted Nova as she went on to summon her sword and blocked her double's dual blades.
"This just makes this so much more fun! No need to hold myself back and look weak around everyone else!" said Bizazzo Nova as she kept attacking Nova before using Spinjitzu, knocking Nova out of a window and outside.
Nova quickly acted and used her float ability, which helped her land safely on the ground before dodging an attack from her double.
"Okay, that's it!" said Nova as her eyes changed to purple. "You want me to go all out, fine, then let's game it out you fake."
Nova used her speed boost and began fighting Bizazzo Nova at a lot faster speed while swinging her sword, before then turning it into a whip and letting it wrap around the double as she went on to sending her right into a stone wall.
Bizazzo Nova hit hard into the stone wall and was slowly getting back up.
"This is game over for you." said Nova in an ice cold tone, using speed boost and ran towards her before going on to use double jump into the air, and then aiming straight down at her double with her right hand. As she sent down a purple beam, killing her fake clone.
Nova landed back on the ground, panting before looking at her hand in shock. ".....What did I just do?" She mumbled, confused and worried. With her eyes back to normal.
Nova looked back up at the broken window before using double jump and was able to reach just the edge of the window.
She could hear cheering from the inside, which probably meant that they had won.
"Wait, where's Nova?" Lloyd asked before he noticed the broken window and ran over, seeing her hanging on to the very edge.
"Nova!?" Lloyd shouted in shock and grabbed her other hand, helping her back inside. "Are you okay?" He asked worried.
Nova gave him a small smile. "I'm fine" She said.
*The students cheer again as the teachers come out of the wall.*
"Normally, we'd punish you for holding us captive, but I guess now that we've all learned a valuable lesson, I suppose it's cause for a celebration." said Noble.
"Uh, that wouldn't mean cake, now, would it?" said Cole.
*Everyone laughs. After the celebration, the ninja are headed to the Dojo, with Cole flying the Ultra Dragon and everyone else in the Raider.*
"Oh, man. So great to have the tank back." said Jay.
Cole with mouth stuffed with cake. "You said it, mmm."
"Can't wait to hear what Sensei says when he hears about this." said Kai.
Garmadon on screen. "So, it is true. You have destroyed my evil ninja."
"Keep it coming, Garmadon. Your attempts to stop us are only making us stronger." said Kai.
Garmadon sighs. "But tomorrow is a new day, ninja. Mark my words, I will find new ways to finish you, once and for al—" The screen malfunctions.
"What? I can't hear you." said Kai.
"Nya will be displeased. She just repaired it, and it appears it already has to go back to the shop." said Zane.
"Nah, it's not broken." Lloyd said electricity surges down his arms and he switches the screen to a video game.
"You did that? But it didn't blow up." said Jay.
Lloyd grabbed a game controller. "Hey, you go to school, and sometimes you might pick up a thing or two."
The ninja laughs as Lloyd plays his game.
Nova smiled a little but looks at her hands in worry. ".....I really have the elemental master of darkness....I must never unlock my true potential, otherwise he will have a better chance to win." She thought now really hating her own element and wished it was something else.