Hellooooo
yeah, this is the second part of the specials for 1k
So, this is an AU I just had in my head and worked for quite some time but haven't finished it.
The story is the following, everything starts just as the og story of Ninjago. Just that this time when Wu and Garmadon were sparring, Garmadon makes Wu go for his own katana. This leads to Wu get bite by the Great Devourer instead of Garmadon.
Years go by and Wu tries to fight the evil that comes from the venom, and Garmadon tries to help. The story follows the rest of the og timeline until the time Morro appears. Since Wu didn't went to Chen like Garmadon, he stayed in the monastery.
Thing with Wu is that instead of displaying his evilness like Garmadon, he becomes really manipulative with everyone. To the point he does it unconditionally.
When they find Morro, Garmadon and Wu decide to let him stay with them. In this AU, Wu was a really good friend with Libber. So when Libber had to disappear, he went to Wu and asked him to take care of little Jay (At this point Jay was a baby). Wu agrees and brings little Jay to the monastery.
Since in this AU Garmadon is not evil, he stayed with Misako and Lloyd. Living as peacefully as they could in the Monastery. So now, Lloyd grew up not only with his family but with his 'brothers', aka Morro and Jay.
They spent years together while Wu tried to fight the evil inside of him, but at the end comes up failing. When this happens, Wu goes after the golden weapons. Garmadon notices this and has no choice but to fight his brother. However, he doesn't have the heart to vanish him.
At some point during the fight, both were knocked out for the power of the golden weapons. When Wu wakes up and sees what he's done, he decides to exile himself to protect his family and Ninjago.
During this fight, Jay, Morro and Lloyd where somewhere else with Misako. Jay had gone back to the monastery to get something but sees the traces of the battle (remember he's a little kid). He looks for Wu and finds him when Wu opens a portal to his exile. Jay was really attached to Wu since he took care of him more than anyone else. So little Jay follows Wu as the portal closes.
When Jay didn't came back, Morro, Lloyd and Misako go back to the monastery and look for him. Morro found Garmadon as he wakes up from being unconscious after the battle with Wu and sees his brother is no longer there. They all start to look for Wu and Jay but find nothing.
7 years pass and they keep living, of course, not having forgotten about their family. They always let out a lanter the day Wu and Jay disappeared. Around this time, Wu and Jay come back to Ninjago. Wu's evilness had taken over completely and Jay was now his pupil, thinking that he was helping do the right thing.
Wu starts to recruit Kai and Nya offering them a family since he knew they lost their parents. He told them it was Garmadon's fault their parents disappeared since it was caused by a mission Garmadon gave them. (The war against the serpentine and Krux and Acronix remains just like in the serie). Then, Wu goes after Cole and convinces him to follow him by offering him a chance of freedom from the life he didn't want.
While training Kai, Nya and Cole; they grow close to each other and Jay. During the years Jay and Wu were still missing, Garmadon, Lloyd and Morro started to hide and golden weapons when Garmadon started to feel that his brother would return. After hiding the sword of fire, they went to the forest where Doctor Julien lived. While looking for somewhere where to hide the shurikens of ice, they stumble into his house and find Zane. They discover he's a nindroid and take him in and he becomes part of the family with Morro and Lloyd.
Not much later, Garmadon, Lloyd and Zane receive an unexpected visit one night. It was Jay, who they had thought they had lost years ago. Both Jay and Lloyd were more than happy to see eachother again, since they still felt they were still family. But things take a dark turn when Wu reveals himself along side with his new pupils, Kai, Nya and Cole. They demand the golden weapons and they end up fighting the three. Since Wu had the advantage of numbers, they managed to corner Garmdon by threatening the life of both Zane and Lloyd. Jay goes for the weapons (now feeling a bit angry and replaced with Zane) but only finds the nunjucks of lighting and the scythe of earth. Before Wu could ask Garmadon where the others where, Morro comes back with Misako and he helps fight off Wu and the rest, using his powers over the wind to do so.
They managed to push back and Wu and the others leave. Morro feels more than betrayed and hates Wu and the others for betraying them. After this, Garmadon and the rest decide it could be better to go for the other two weapons and they divide. Garmadon and Zane went for the shurikens while Morro and Lloyd went for the sword, not knowing that Jay and Nya were keeping an eye on them. And a race for the weapons begin.