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2nd times the charm, right?

*set after the robots attacked Lloyd and the others at the Tournament of Sources

Aaren could not get back to sleep, no matter how much she tossed and turned on her bed roll, sleep seemed to elude her. That wasn't necessarily a new thing, even before the merge and getting her visions, her sleep had never been the best, but after being rudely awakened by a robot assassin attacking her and Lloyd, she figured that might be the main cause for tonight's insomnia.

The backyard seemed to glow under the moonlight, with spots of shadows landing on the pond and other spots due to the trees and buildings around them. As she scanned the grounds, passing over the pond, the training equipment, and even the trees, Aaren could not spot her brother. Wondering where he could have gone, she stepped farther from the door, only to hear the slight shuffle of tile above her. Smiling slightly, she turned to face the awning before allowing the wind to help her up.

After what felt like eternity, Aaren heard the blankets rustle next to her. Lloyd she thought, internally sighing as the slight footsteps of her twin faded away. Slowly, as not to disturb the others, she got up and dodged the others laying around and followed the sound of her brother to the back porch of their housing. She paused slightly as she passed Cole, who shifted, grumbling slightly about cake. She smiled every so slightly at how some things never change. Though last time they were in a tournament, their room arrangements were not nearly as close together, what with all of them having their own element themed rooms. Plus they were missing the Julians last time, this time they have all the nindroids, but they were missing Kai, Jay, and James.

Getting sidetracked, Aaren refocused as she slid the door shut and took a look around to try and spot Lloyd.

Once she was on the roof, it was easy to spot Lloyd. His back was towards her, though she could see he was balancing on the ridge of the roof as he looked towards the moon. Approaching quietly, she positioned herself next to her twins left, and found him hugging his knees to his chest. Aaren didn't say anything at first, just joined him at looking at the moon, though if she caught the slight reflection of a tear sliding down his cheek, she didn't say anything. Granted, one of the for better or worse things about being twins, especially prophesied twin saviors, is that Aaren had a good feeling why Lloyd was up there.

After a while, Lloyd finally broke the silence, his voice cracking slightly. "Do you think we are actually cut out to be masters? To lead the team through the tournament? Are we really at the same level as Master Wu...as.."

"Dad?" supplied Aaren quietly. She still didn't look directly at her brother, for she feared if she did, one of them would end up letting the tears come tumbling out. "That was the reason you pushed so hard to say you weren't ready to be the Master to help the others through the Tournament...why I....felt not ready either."

Out of the corner of her eye, she could see Lloyd nodding slowly, wiping his eyes as subtly as he could. "It's just....the last time we were in a situation like this...in a tournament...dad was there to help. And at the end of it...we still failed and...and he...we...we lost him. I...how do you live up to him being an amazing teacher and helping us through that tournament? How...how do we know if things are going to end up being the same this time around...or maybe worse...I...I don't want to disappoint the others."

Lloyd slowly curled in on himself as he finished his rant, and he feared facing his sister. He didn't want to see the disappointment on her face. Instead, all he heard was the sounds of shuffling on the roof tiles, before feeling a warm arm wrap around him. Not being able to bring himself to lift his head from his knees, he felt Aaren's chest take a deep breath.

"It's ok to be scared...It's ok to miss dad.. I still miss him too, and trust me...when we heard that this was essentially another Tournament of Elements, my brain immediately went back to the last one we participated in..." Aaren slowly breathed out as she shifted slightly so Lloyd's head ended up on her shoulder. "I was like, How is this going to be different from the last time? This go around, we are down a couple more team members and both our masters? How am I gonna live up to being a proper Master like Uncle and dad?"

Shaking slightly, she continued to look at the moon as Lloyd slowly turned his head to see his sister's face, tears slowly leaking down the side as she continued to breathly say, "In the mists of my doubts though, I saw your doubts too, and then I remembered something dad told us. That we have to try our best, to learn from our mistakes and the lessons of the past so that we can do better in the future.....Trust me, it's hard being here... without dad or even uncle. But we as much as I hate to say it, we are ready. We have been given great examples of how to be Masters, but we also have to learn from their mistakes too....The two of us need to work together to help and encourage the team. We need to try and figure out what Ras has planned before the tournament ends... Yesterday is gone, tomorrow has yet to come, we need to worry about today. We need to figure out how Ras got those robots into here, and we need to figure out how to make sure everyone stays in the tournament as long as possible....What do you think...up for the challenge to make Dad and Uncle proud...to make yourself proud?"

Lloyd sniffled slightly too as Aaren slowly turned towards him, her violet eyes meeting his emerald green. He nodded his head slightly, whispering, "Yeah, I want to make them proud. I miss dad and I wish he was here...I know he hasn't been here for a while, but...being in this setting just got to me a bit more that I thought...plus I..I don't want to not let you guys all down...I just...the pressure gets to me sometimes you know? I...I don't understand how you can have everything together nearly all the time...at least you got it better than me...."

"Lloyd," sighed Aaren, "I..I don't have it together as much as you think, I just...I have just learned how to hide it better...but you can't compare yourself to anyone...especially not me. None of us are the same person, we haven't been through the same things, our childhoods before all this ninja stuff were different...All we need to do right now is focus on the tournament, help eachother if one of us is struggling. Think on the lessons dad and uncle taught us, and help our family. Ok?"

Blinking, Lloyd thought for a moment, and for a second, Aaren thought he was going to rebut her. "Ok, lets do this," stated Lloyd with some confidence. A slight flare of power in his eyes echoed his statement.

Feeling a little bit better, now that the real issue that had been boiling under the surface, Aaren could feel at least some tension come out of the duo. Braving a slight smile as the two started to climb back down, Aaren commented "Come on, we should probably try and get a little bit of sleep before the tournament starts. Besides, I know it might seem a bit daunting, but second times the charm, right?"

I like to think Lloyd's green eyes are rather eerie, not just in their unnatural colour and glow but also because his powers are in constant motion(pulsing or swirling, whatever) if you look closer

These are my two Star Wars Resistance ocs, Arze Dume and Torin Foley. Torin was originally meant to be in Rebels, but I never developed his story's o he got reused into being a Resistance member instead. For Arze, that originally was just going to be a place holder name, but it ended up growing on me, and now it's her cover name. Enjoy!

when you slow down this scene, there's a little detail that–while not really noticable–arin's reactions are a little later than the rest, and his facial expressions shift alot moreso than the others, showing how he's probably pretty unfocused

and with that detail, kai seems to be the one who's the most focused, as even nya and lloyd's expressions occasionally shift (lloyd being the most out of the three of them), while he stayed unchanged the entire time

Elemental Miracle Box

The Elemental Miracle Box is one of the oldest Miracle boxes and is sometimes thought to be as old as the Chinese Mother Miracle Box.

This box, while not completely lost to time, has had multiple Guardians watch over it over the years. Each Guardian took the knowledge from the previous one and would add or twist or experiment with the miraculi and the rules that went along with it. Without the strict teachings from the Order of the Guardians, many of the strict rules and regulations slowly faded as time went on. Until it surfaced again with its current Guardian.

The Elemental Miracle Box has a lot of miraculi as like it's name suggests; the box contains the concepts of elements. Not the Periodic elements though, but the mythical elements that many have deemed to be things of legends.

The Elemental Miracle Box contains three layers, with each layer containing the more rarer elements as it descends.

Layer One:

-- The Emerald Dragon Miraculous: Dawwn, the Kwami of Energy

-- The Phoenix Miraculous: Duskk, the Kwami of Void

Layer Two:

-- The Gorilla Miraculous: Rockyy, the Kwami of Earth

-- The White Wolf Miraculous: Shardd, the Kwami of Ice

-- The Lion Miraculous: Flamee, the Kwami of Fire

-- The Otter Miraculous: Riaa, the Kwami of Water

-- The Spider Miraculous: Wispp, the Kwami of Lightning

-- The Wren Miraculous: Morro, the Kwami of Air/Wind

Layer Three:

-- The Firefly Miraculous: Lumoss, the Kwami of Light

-- The Raven Miraculous: Knoxx, the Kwami of Shadow

-- The Ghost Miraculous: Boo, the Kwami of Undead

-- The Reindeer Miraculous: Donner, the Kwami of Nature

-- The Red Panda Miraculous: Pabbu, the Kwami of Gravity

-- The Bat Miraculous: Songg, the Kwami of Sound

-- The Armadillo Miraculous: Guarrd, the Kwami of Metal

-- The Badger Miraculous: Aash, the Kwami of Smoke

-- The Python Miraculous: Pyythor, the Kwami of Toxic

-- The Cheetah Miraculous: Jitters, the Kwami of Speed

-- The Dragonfly Miraculous: Shatter, the Kwami of Glass

-- The Fennec Fox Miraculous: Immers, the Kwami of Amber

-- The Elephant Miraculous: Ellie, the Kwami of Mind

-- The Chameleon Miraculous: Pastell, the Kwami of Form

-- The Saw-Whet Owl Miraculous: Docc, the Kwami of Time

There sort of ended up being more miraculi than I thought would be, but most of the elements from this are drawn from about two other fandoms that I like. The names of some of the kwamis are also a little on the nose, but hey I like them.

In total, there are 23 miraculi in the box. I have a few ideas for what each of there special powers might be, but the concepts are still in the work and I could probably think of better names for a few of the kwamis too. Also, I know that the plural for Miraculous is miraculouses, but I personally don't like the sound of it, plus Miraculi just sounds cooler to me.

Tiny 12 y/o percy, standing in the lake, wounded and exhausted after a game he knew nothing about, a game he spent stumbling around till he reached the lake shore, the subtle show of his fighting getting better near the water.

Tiny 12 y/o percy confused more than ever, looking up at the glowing trident, backdropped by the vast lake and the mountain range behind him, getting claimed by one of the most powerful gods, ruler of the seas and agent of chaos, a forbidden child. Reading this moment as a child who so painfully related to him was like, Ha! See? How dare you call him a loser! He's going to be the most powerful demigod, meant for all the glory!!

But watching this as an adult is like. Have you ever bitten off more than you can chew? Have you ever been part of a legacy you never wanted? Have you ever been drop kicked into a high pressure situation that can alter your life completely, With little to no guidance? Have you ever been subject to trauma simply because of who you are?

That's no glory. That's the world expecting too much from someone who's been told too little. Someone who's been made to feel too little. That is the story of someone who hasn't prepared enough, hasn't lived enough and hasn't experienced enough, being forced to handle the weight of the world too soon.

So close to 2020, I had to do a Meet the Artist.

Oh gosh no

Would Misako hit on Teen Wu?

The answer might surprise you!

Happy 16th Anniversary Danny Phantom!!! It is hard to believe it has been around 16 years.