Ninjago: the forgotten child

Chapter one garmadons feeling

Garmadon had always felt unloved. Invisible as in his fathers eyes he wouldn't be enough
compared to Wu.
For as long as he could remember basically since wu was born it had always seemed like
wu was the perfect child it had always seemed like wu was the one truly loved by his father
the perfect child the obedient son the one who couldn't do any wrong
And there was Garmadon the quote on quote problem child at least thats what Garmadon
had felt like.
Even before he got bit by the great devourer before the day the darkness would start to take
over his little body. Garmadon didn't understand what he had done wrong
After all garmadon was just a child himself
A young boy who just wanted his fathers attention
His love
His approval
But no matter how hard he tried no matter how he behaved it was never enough for him
One afternoon Garmadon had found his father sitting alone not doing anything in particular.
He knew that he shouldn't bother him so he hesitated he knew he would get told to go away/
But he was fed up of being alone the forgotten child
Garm had gathered up what little courage he had
Uh father can i spend a bit of time with you
Garmadon hoped that he would say yes to spending at least a bit of time with his eldest son
Not right now son im making your brother dinner
Garm blinked sadly and looked towards the kitchen there was no food
He wasnt making wu anything another one of his petty excuses
Garmadon
What about me? I exist too
Not now
But...
Garmadon i said not now!
The small child flinched his tiny hands curling into fists
What about me you have two sons not just one he said with his voice shaky
Garmadon stared at him the masters expression stern cold
And suddenly all of Garmadon's courage disappeared
Im your son as well
Garmadon i dont have time for this
But you always have time for Wu..
His eyes hardened thats enough
He sadly stepped backwards
Leave..
Please??
Leave me alone you absolute annoying thing he pushed garmadon away
The push wasnt enough to physically harm garmadon but he was emotionally hurt
He stared sadly he had never been pushed before
Sorry.... Then he ran
Garmadon...
But he had already left the room just like usual he had felt pushed away
Maybe he was the unwanted child the one that couldnt be good enough
He wondered if a he was really loved he started crying and saying with a shaky voice
Why doesnt he love me
After all if his own father didnt love him then who could
Garmadon had thought about that question more times than a young child could count it was
a foolish question to say the least one that had no answer at least not one that garmadon
wanted to hear
Garmadon was still young enough to believe that a father was to love all of his children
equally that was how a parent was supposed to be right? He was supposed to look at both
of them see them both be proid of them he was supposed to be proud praise them when
they succeeded comfort them when sick?
Garmadon had tried he had tried so many times but everytime all he ever seemed to see
was wu his golden boy his favourite child
Wu was the younger brother softer than him and always seemed to somehow do no wrong
but garmadon knew the truth like the time wu forced garmadon to serpentine valley stealing
the scrolls garmadon was blamed every single time
He never blamed wu for any of it it wasnt wus fault that he seemed to have more patience
for him it also wasnt his fault that his father loved him more
Garmadon had never been given any kind of attention
He had finally decided to at some point try get his father to notice him naturally he would
practice longer than wu if wu learned a new technique garmadon would learn three he told
himself it wasn't a contest but to him it was
And perhaps one afternoon that was why garmadon had foundhimslef in the courtyard with a
face full of sweat his small hands trembled his arms ached his legs felt like they were made
of stone he kept going until he seen his father he immediately got hopeful to see if he would
be noticed he wanted to hear his father say his name just once tell him hes proud just once
he wasnt looking at garmadon he was looking at wu of course
Look at me garmadon said sadly he angrily swung a a sword at a wooden training dummy
with everything he had
His father looked at him he thought he had done it his expression changed to concern not
pride
Garmadon
His heart sank
Thats enough
What??
enough/
Youre exhausted... youre overdoing it
Im not tired!!!
The next morning wu noticed garmadon up early training to try get his fathers love
Garmadon be careful!
Why do you care?
Because your my brother of course i care.
A few hours later garmadon was still training until he fell over 3 training posts at once hurting
his ankle
Did you see that he asked his father
I saw
His little heart soared he had felt seen
Can i do it again?
No
What
You could have seriously hurt yourself
But i didnt
That isnt the point
Do you even notice me he asked quietly
The first spinjitzu master stared at his son
If wu wasnt here youd care
Garmadon...
But then wu appears behind them
Of course
Garmadon went to his room his hands covered in bruises cuts and blisters from hours of
trying
Maybe he had been going all wrong maybe he shouldnt of tried to be stronger tried to be
better maybe he should od just been himself but then another thought came a cruler one
What if he himself wasn't enough
He was never loved by his father
This feeling reminded Garmadon of the time he had appendicitis