#also¸ she's younger in this AU; never understood why her¸ Wu¸ and Garm are so old in the series lol

[carlostck]

egh Misako design for my cowboy AU!!

[ninjagoruinedmylife]

Ninjago fantasy au: Prologue

Okay so uh i made?? Another au?? Bc i had an idea and then people on discord seemed to like it?? And i wrote a prologue?? And i hope you'll enjoy this?? (So basically in this au, Garmadons are royality and all em are nobilities, and there will be bruise and amberphoenix and pixane and one crack ship and very much angst and suffering) *** It was a strange feeling - having a father like this. He appeared to be ageless. Nobody remembered his name, so people called him The Old King. His powers frightened all: aristocrats, merchants, knights, craftmans, simple villagers... He could create, he could destroy, he could use all imaginable elements. But after all, he was the greatest and merciful ruler that Ninjago ever had. He fought off all the dangers that could possibly damage the kingdom. He took over the throne and wrote justice laws for everyone. After years of tyrany from hands of serpentines or noble families, there came peace. Everyone could feel safe, even if this feeling lasted only a moment. Wu noticed the change in state of his father before anyone could. While his brother Garmadon was learning all the things that next king should know under the eyes of two loyal noblemans, Chen and Clouse, younger prince had a lot of time to observe things. He knew everything that was going on in palace, from simple maids getting sick to planned marriages of the young aristocrats. He also carefully watched his father: The Old King, who only a few months ago started looking old. It happened after the battle with Overlord. His father was able to seal the soul of darkness in the Caves of Despair, but before that, his enemy shot something into his heart. Wu and Garmadon arrived when the monarch already passed out, so they quickly transported him to the nearest castle, which happened to be the one under the protection of Smith family, Wu's friends. Their medics did everything that they could to save The Old King, and after about five days, he finally opened his eyes. His older son already left; he came back to the capital city and took the role of ruler upon himself for a while. Wu was sitting next to the comfortable bed on which his father was laying. He was writing something down in his notebook, when he heard a weak voice. "Curse..." The Old King whispered and opened his eyes. "Your oldest son shall be cursed! I have to... I have..." "Father, please, calm down." Wu was already standing by his side and tried to keep a nervous male in his bed. "Do you want water? Food?" "No, we have... We have to warn Garmadon... He is in danger... Big danger... Curse..." The Old King mumbled, just like if he lost his mind. There was a craziness in his eyes, and he gave his son a kind of look that he will never forget. His ageless, powerful father was scared. After they returned to Ninjago City, everything appeared to be the same. Nobody seemed to notice that king wasn't there for few days, or even that he looked way more sick and old than before. Only Wu did. He shared his thoughts with the only person that would listen to him now, Misako. "Father's state is getting worse everyday." He told her once, when they were on a walk in palace garden. She looked at him with her big, beautiful, brown eyes, and for a moment he forgot about the whole world. "Really? Then why nobody is talking about this?" She asked and then frowned. "Those kind of informations usually go around the castle pretty quick." "Because he doesn't want to admit it!" Wu sighed deeply. "He acts like if everything is okay. He doesn't want to worry me, or Garm, or anyone..." His fiance grabed his hand tightly and stopped for a moment. "The Old King is very wise. He knows what he's doing." Misako assured him with a bright smile. "I think you should stop thinking about it all the time. Your brain will explode if you'll care about small things like that all the time." But he couldn't stop caring, no matter how much he wanted. And with a time, Misako had to admit he was right. The Old King started drowing in his madness. He stopped showing mercy to criminals, his decisions were immature and not understood by aristocrats, he yelled at anyone who got in his way... He even broke Wu and Misako's engagement and ordered Garmadon to take her as his wife, which tore apart his own family even more. If it wasn't neccesary, he didn't wanted to speak with anyone, he didn't wanted to hear anyone, he didn't wanted to see anyone. He caused all those unreasonable, bad things in the country until the day when he couldn't get out of bed. He called his two sons and started talking with his normal voice for the first time during those long, scary months. "There are many things that you still don't know. You have so much to learn. Your paths are still undefined. Sadly, I won't be there to help you anymore..." He started coughing, and brothers shared a worried look. "But I have to tell you one thing. It's hard to believe, but... In his last moments, Overlord cursed us." "In what way?" Garmadon interrupted him. His hair was messy and he had deep bags under his eyes. Wu was afraid that he didn't get enough rest for a long time. "He... He sent this sickness on me..." Their father had to take a long pause to breathe properly again. "And also... My dear son, Garmadon, I'm so sorry I couldn't protect you from this fate..." "From what fate?" Garmadon seemed frightened. "What fate, father?" "He said... That my oldest son will be his next body... And that one day, his own son will get so powerful that he might be able to kill him... And the same thing will happen to every single oldest man in our family..." After his death, everything changed. Garmadon and Misako had a beautiful wedding a few months later. He became a king, she became his queen. Wu knew he wasn't able of changing anything, but he just couldn't stop imagining himself in place of his brother. With no crowns on his and his bride's heads, but with happiness and love in their hearts. From that day, Misako didn't looked him in the face even once. Garmadon was a good king -  not great, but good. To be honest, after the madness of his father, everyone were afraid that he would act like him, but he turned out to be a way better monarch than they thought. For a short period of time, he brought back the state of balance to the country. For about five years, all seemed to be fine. Then, war with Hands of Time started. It happened because of two noblemans from the same, powerful family - Time Lords Krux and Acronix - who were not particurally fond of Garmadon being the ruler of Ninjago. He took some land from them and gave it to the poorest, he stopped listening to them in terms of politics... With a help of few aristocrats who also viewed world in the same way, they wanted to take over the kingdom. War wasn't long, but for sure cruel. Many of the bravest warriors died in it - including wise Ice Lord Cato, graceful Water Lady Maya, strong Fire Lord Ray... And many, many others. Wu fought next to them, he saw them getting deadly wounds, he heard them screaming for help, he saw their bodies being dragged away by their enemies. And most of the times, he couldn't rescue them. Meanwhile, about half way through the bloody conflict, Garmadon and Misako's son was born. Wu met him when he was already three years old: a joyful, adorable boy with curled blonde hair and sparkling, green eyes. His parents gave him everything he wanted and spent as much time as they could with him. After this long suffering, he was kingdom's happiness. Everyone were talking about young prince who was a hope for the good future. Nobody knew about the curse. Even Garmadon seemed to forget. But this state didn't lasted long.