The Empire of the Darkest Night AU
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In The End by CassandraCainBB
Fandoms: LEGO Ninjago (Cartoon 2011-2022), The LEGO Ninjago Movie (2017)
16 Dec 2024
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Sixty years ago, Emperor Garmadon took over Ninjago and the age of the Dark Empire began. After years of training, Kai and his companions attempt to finally put a stop to his evil rule, but their mission fails and Kai is the only one left in the ashes of their defeat. He's captured and tortured until the day comes that Emperor Garmadon finds a use for him—to become the personal bodyguard of his only son, Lloyd. Kai agrees with no intention of following through on any of Garmadon's orders, but when he becomes attached to the boy, he starts to believe that with Lloyd there is hope for the future.
But the road to hell is paved with good intentions. With his new life's purpose, to put the boy on a path of good, Kai is faced with the inevitable price of sacrificing his own soul.
All the while, the companions he'd thought long gone work relentlessly to build up a rebellion to face the Empire of the Darkest Night and get revenge for the supposed "death" of their lost friend.
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(Or, I couldn't find this AU anywhere in English, so I'm doing it my damn self.)
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- Part 1 of The Empire of the Darkest Night AU
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The Archer, The Prey by CassandraCainBB
Fandoms: LEGO Ninjago (Cartoon 2011-2022), The LEGO Ninjago Movie (2017)
30 Apr 2025
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Ash was seventeen when his father passed on, leaving him with the weight of being an elemental master within Garmadon's Empire. Before, he'd been left to wander the quiet hallways of a mansion alone, finding ways to entertain himself as a child that would stay out of his parents' way. Then, a seat of military power was suddenly thrust upon him. It didn't take long for him to feel like he was drowning.
When the Shogun arrived one day, all but unannounced, Ash was fairly certain he was going to face the emperor's famed dungeons for being the failure that he was.
Then, something strange happened. Someone believed in him.
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Or, I thought a little too much about how they might have met, so now here's this interlude before Part 2 feat. plot relevant seeds (: This is part of a series, will be difficult to understand without reading Part 1.
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- Part 2 of The Empire of the Darkest Night AU
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Sword & Shield by CassandraCainBB
Fandoms: LEGO Ninjago (Cartoon 2011-2022), The LEGO Ninjago Movie (2017)
18 Aug 2025
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⚠️ PART 2 OF A SERIES, SPOILERS FOR PART 1 BELOW ⚠️
After seventy years of tyranny, Emperor Garmadon has been defeated by the ninja during the rebellion's coup. In the aftermath, Ninjago falls apart into factions, headed by the Rebel Council and the Imperial Governors, each group desperate to gain control of the city in the power vacuum left behind.
Kai, after being captured by the rebellion and cut off from his powers, is tasked with bringing the people together before it's too late. Nya seems to be on his side, but with his old imperial allies imprisoned or missing, and the other ninja having complicated feelings about him, it's begun to feel like she's the only one. And if the threat of the annihilation of humanity wasn't enough motivation for him, he also has Lloyd's safety to worry about, whom the rebels only promise to continue to keep safe if Kai follows their commands.
Meanwhile, Lloyd is being carted across Ninjago by his malicious fiancée and her crew of bastards—with the ominous promise that his father is looking forward to seeing him.
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- Part 3 of The Empire of the Darkest Night AU