Lloyd Garmadon was pretty much the most popular kid at Ninjago City High, but not in a good way. Being the son of the proclaimed "Worst Guy Ever" meant that most of the students at school had a bit of bad blood towards the son of Garmadon. Everyone else just ignored him and kept their distance.

Lloyd couldn't really blame them.

Koko had done everything she could to help Lloyd find the positive in every situation and not be ashamed of his heritage, but Garmadon still stuck out like a thumb. Garmadon was Lloyd's father. There was no way of changing that. It could be written in blood for all Lloyd cared.

One morning, Lloyd rode his bike to school rather than taking the buss. Everyone on the ride would just glare at him anyway.

He parked his bike near the front entrance of the school building and locked it to one of the bike racks. He entered the combination just to test it out, then locked it again.

Lloyd looked frantically around for one of his friends, so someone could lighten his mood. He was able to spot Jay's ruffled brown hair and bright orange scarf from nearly a mile away.

"Hey, Jay!" Lloyd called to his friend. Jay turned from what he was doing and his face lit up at the sight of his friend.

"Lloyd!" Jay started. "You're just who I wanted to talk to."

"Oh wow, I wanted to talk to you too," Lloyd chuckled. "But you first."

Jay nodded. "There's this new girl in school, and she's in your grade. She's a year younger though, I think she may have skipped a grade in most classes."

Lloyd rubbed his chin. "Huh. So NCH has another star student, basically."

"Basically," Jay confirmed, and he grabbed Lloyd's arm.

"H-hey!"

Jay insisted. "Come on, we can get a good look over here!" Jay led his blonde friend to the main fellowship area, where most of the popular kids hung out. Lloyd made sure to stay hidden behind a pillar. The presence of the son of Garmadon could turn the atmosphere sour very quickly.

"What we looking at?" Lloyd asked his friend.

Jay stuck out a finger at a girl a few yards away. "That's her."

Lloyd took a good look for a moment, noticing her features. She was a lovely young lady from what Lloyd could tell, and she had long red hair and blue eyes. She wore jeans and a white tanktop shirt that fell past her waist, but didn't look too big on her.

Lloyd had been staring too long, because Jay soon snapped his fingers in front of Lloyd's view, snapping the blonde out of his trance. "Hello? Ninjago to Lloyd?"

Lloyd turned red, noticing that he had been staring at someone he had never met or even seen before today. Not that it would matter anyway, the kids at school probably already expected the "Evil Son of Garmadon" to stare at people.

"Sorry, Jay," Lloyd added. "I just...didn't get much sleep last night," he said. This wasn't exactly a lie, because he didn't sleep much at all. But that's not what was bothering him.

"Oh...okay!" Jay said quickly as he got up to go to class. "See you in class, bestie." With that, the brunette freckled teen walked off to the classrooms.

"Yeah, see you then." Lloyd sighed as he watched the other kids rush inside as well, leaving him alone in the fellowship hall. Or so he thought.

"If it isn't Hemr-oyd Garma-dork," a familiar yet annoying voice spoke sharply from behind Lloyd. Lloyd whipped around, and confirmed his guess.

Gene was one of the meanest bullies in school, but was super popular, and had about a dozen girlfriends from the school. He was a mathematical genius, and a natural born leader. He easily could take charge and could even turn the entire school on Lloyd if he wanted to. Not that it hadn't aleady happened.

"What do you want, Gene?" Lloyd asked in a frustrated tone.

Gene smirked, poking his finger into Lloyd's chest. "I forgot my lunch today, and I dont have money for cafeteria food. How much you got on ya?"

Lloyd gulped. All he had was the 20 dollar bill jammed in his wallet in his back pocket. He had saved that money for Starfarer comics.

"Uh, you know, I haven't made any allowance lately ya know..." Lloyd started, but Gene wouldn't have it.

"I know you have some cash," Gene pushed, quite literally. Lloyd stumbled a bit from the shove, but quickly regained his composure. Oh, what he wouldn't give to go all "Green Ninja" on Gene. But no one knew who he really was, and he'd rather keep it that way.

"Why don't you go pick on someone your own size?" Lloyd mumbled, grabbing his backpack and turning his back on Gene.

He heard Gene snicker behind him. "Oh, Lloyd, don't you get it? You aren't one of us here. All of us just come here to school and hang out with friends like normal people. But you? You aren't normal. You just can't be normal. You'll never be like us."

Ouch.

Gene's words almost hurt.

Almost.

Gene continued. "And you wanna know why? Because you're the son of Garmadon! Because you're Lloyd Garmadon!"

Lloyd felt his fist clench and his temper boil as he gritted his teeth and whipper around to face Gene. Lloyd had had enough.

Before Gene could place another stupid smirk on his face, Lloyd's fist rocketed into Gene's face, and the boy fell to the ground with a loud smack.

Gene's face was filled with horror, but then a smirk once again covered his face. "Oh, just wait until the whole school hears how Lloyd Garmadon punched one of the most popular kids at school!" Brad got up and began running inside. "It'll be a riot!"

Lloyd's heart sank as he realized what he had done, and his eyes widened. He couldn't show his face in the classroom. But if he skipped class, then he would be sent to see Principle Pythor, and he didn't want that. That guy literally almost ate his last secretary. Creepy.

So Lloyd decided he had to go to class. As he entered, he lowered his head in shame as all the eyes fell on him. Some kids booed him, others threw crumpled balls of paper at him, and some even began singing the all-too-popular and all-too-annoying song "Boo Lloyd."

"L-L-O-Y-D his dad is bad and so is he! Boo Lloyd! Boo Lloyd! Boo Lloyd!"

Lloyd slowly slipped into his desk, with his head still lowered to hide the tears that threatened to fall from his eyes. Why was the world so cruel? What did he do to deserve this?

Kai, Cole, Zane, Jay, and Nya were in a different class at the moment, as Lloyd was a grade over them. Sometimes their classes would mix together but not today.

Rotten luck.

Even in the yelling, booing, and shouting, one student was quiet, and almost frightened of what was happening. Her long red hair gave away that she was in fact the new girl, and Lloyd was surprised she wasn't booing as well. He watched her bend over to whisper something to another student, and the student whispered back. The girl's eyebrows shot up, and Lloyd could have sworn he saw sadness in her eyes.

The moment was disrupted when one of the students shoved Lloyd onto the ground, nearly laughing his head off. "Watch your step, Garma-loser!"

Lloyd cringed, both from the hurt and from the terrible word play.

Then the chanting, and the booing, and the yelling all stopped. Everyone froze, and Lloyd felt a small cold hand on his shoulder. He looked up at the person. It was the new girl.

She had a kind smile plastered on his face, yet her eyes showed sadness and concern for this stranger. "Are you alright?" She asked, her voice like silk.

Lloyd stood frozen for a moment, before answering. "Yeah..."

By now the other students just stood in shock that someone was actually being nice towards Lloyd. Especially a girl. Sure, there was also Nya, but this was different. This new girl didn't even know Lloyd.

She smiled even wider and bent down to see him eye to eye. Lloyd was still on the ground, and he didn't feel like getting back up right now.

"I'm Claire," she spoke kindly yet simply, extending a hand.

He took it into his own and smiled back. "Lloyd."

There you have it! I decided to write another oneshot and a Lego Ninjago Movie one at that! I was inspired by Koko in the Ninjago City set having the same torso as Claire in the Temple of Airjitzu set, and decided to make my own take on Claire being in TLNM! I would have loved for her to make an appearance in the movie, and maybe she did! I'll have to wait for the DVD release to check again.

This oneshot my develop into a multiple-chapter story, just warning you. I like this idea a lot, and would love to continue it.

Leave your thoughts in the reviews!

-EnergyBlast