#spellshipping

Thinking of a soft Spell/MagicNoodleshipping headcanon.

@ninjago-angst-week

Since my brain is stuck in shipping mode. I’m gonna do another ship that’s not talked about often.

And a scene from a future season 4 fic in Clouse’s perspective.

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It was in that moment when he was distracted that it happened.

The transformation doubled on his Master and the Elemental Powers collided with it, corrupting the man further. The sorcerer threw his adversary to the others and went to his side.

“Master. Master, Remain sane.” He placed his spellbook back in the leather pouch on his back while he placed his hands on him.

“Master please..” He held his hands on his face, leaning his forehead on the other’s.

“Chen.” He spoke his name so lowly.

All he got back was a pair of dark brown pools gazing back at him with regret. “Clouse.”

His mouth spilled blood as teeth fell and fangs took place. Clouse could hear the sickening crack of bones popping in places there shouldn’t be while the spine extended and he took shape of a serpent.

It wasn’t supposed to be happening like this. The transition was painless at first. Why was it still going? This is bad. This was very bad.

Clouse watched as his other kept changing into more bestial, loosing more and more of his human features.

“Chen just stay with me. It’ll be over.”

He couldn’t help him. The man was just becoming more of a monster. The staff got absorbed into him. His face elongated into a snout and a gem came through the top of his skull as it glowed in different colors.

His dark pools flickered to a deep mix of magenta and red of an Anacondrai. His eyes looked up at something coming right at them.

An enlarged arm swiped the sorcerer away. “CHEN!”

An Anacondrai spear pierced right through his skull and shattered the crystal in the process. Blood spilled. A roar of pain escaped the former man now beast just as he fell.

A figure stepped right on his head and pulled the spear out. “The Ninja hadn’t needed to kill, but I’ve spilled blood before. I have no problem with it.” She voiced out.

Clouse was gone the moment before Garm could turn to see him. The sorcerer kept running with the remnants of Chen’s crown in hand while he desperately held in cries. It took him a while before he finally hid himself away..

A secret place for the two. It was special to just them. The ebony haired man could remember how excited the redhead was over finding it. Oh he could still remember how they celebrated over capturing the Elemental Masters and their powers. Drinks in hand lead to offers being made which lead to.. a lot more, which he won’t share details about.

Granted it was early to celebrate and Clouse had a feeling but he elected to ignore it and...

It costed him to lose the only other person he cared about.

Clouse slid down the wall and sobbed, holding the headpiece up against him. “Chen...”

For another time in his life, he felt helpless and now Chen wasn’t here to help him stand back up on his feet.

He felt helpless to his emotions and flashbacks of his memories of them. “Master Chen and Lord Clouse... Doesn’t that sound wonderful?” He could still hear Chen’s voice from the night before. He scoffed at the idea at first, but he did wonder if Chen was playing favorites or if he was being practical for once. He nodded as tears slipped out. “Yes... yes it does..”

He could feel himself ache on the inside. His Serpentine form faded out as he kept his hold. “It’s a yes...” his voice was barely above a whisper. “I’ll be your new Lord..”

Droplets of water dripped on the skull of the headpiece. He remembered accidentally knocking the piece off of Chen who was only in a fit of giggles with him before he went quiet just as small wet and muffled sounds soon followed.

Now it was gone all too soon.

All those years wasted down the drain.

All that loyalty he had for him was still lingering like a little flame desperately trying to stay lit.

All that planning was for nothing.

He couldn’t even save him.

Yeah it’s messed up really.

Garmadon’s been around over a thousand years, practically making him older than any of the flings we know of so he probably knows what he likes.

Like his Oni part of consciousness, he likes the power any of his flings/mates hold. He doesn’t mind the strength and fight that happens. Just means stronger young for Oni or a fight for dominance over others.

And the dragon part of the brain would mean he didn’t mind the multiple partners thing, if dragons thought more like real life lizards instead of birds. Basically just a come and go in order to not die out. Also dragons would probably find someone more fitting for the lifelong mate thing anyway if any hatchlings were strong out of that one and only the one. (So basically when Garm split from Misako after so long, it messed him up bad and Krux had to make sure he didn’t do anything... drastic.)

What he does mind however, is the fact that Clouse was absolutely pissed at him for taking Chen’s attention away from him with so much ease. And Clouse had to work for that attention for the longest time. That’s honestly one of the reasons why Clouse didn’t like the Master of Amber either. Even though she didn’t become Chen’s wife in my canon, she still managed to get him away for a while.

The whole ‘Lord’ title tore apart what could’ve happened. Arguments were thrown back and forth until they became physical. A few times, they were shoving each other around. Sometimes, they left with cuts and bruises. Other times, there was a broken bone or something fractured, if not any furniture or equipment broken. It was a constant fight for dominance, if not at times for survival. (That’s not exactly healthy if a relationship somehow came out of that.)

It got worse after Clouse threw him off completely one time and Garm just wasn’t having it anymore and his monster form almost straight up broke him, if it weren’t for Clouse using magic at the second to last moment.

Garmadon leaves after that and when Clouse saw that Garm just jumped from him to Krux, seeing how far Krux was falling apart and becoming pretty boy putty in Garmadon’s hands, oh ho ho! He was absolutely all for hurting them from the inside out. (Clouse: Alright Garm.. You wanna play around like that? Fine. Let’s fucking play.)

Years later, Clouse already grew back closer to Chen, refusing to leave him, because at least Chen didn’t bounce around between people as Garm did back then and he was actually there to talk him through a lot and they’d at least comfort one another where Garm wouldn’t.

Edit: The tension between them wasn’t old affections, because that wasn’t there to begin with. It was remembering what they both did to one another. Garmadon was guilty for quite a bit mostly about losing his mind to his destructive Oni half right on him before they separated and he still was guilty afterwards. Meanwhile Clouse hadn’t let go of the hate for him that he brewed inside and still had the scars to prove it.

Chen thought it differently and got it confused for a short while before hearing Clouse insist on not leaving them alone together. (“Master.. please don’t do that again... don’t leave me alone with him..” “... Alright. If you didn’t like it, then I won’t.” “...You promise, Master?” “Clousey, I may be a villain but I at least take care of my followers first before anyone else.. especially you, my mage man.” “.. Even though you’re trying to favor that other Elemental Master?” “Pshh.. They come and go, this is just a phase for me, but hey, at least you stayed. Isn’t that something, Clousey?” “.. Yeah.. it is..”)

No think.

For @fakys and @ninjaheadcanons Ninvember

A pair I rarely see anymore? Chen/Clouse. Spellshipping. MagicSnake. The point is I need to elaborate more on this ship. I mean come on! Look at the scenes they’re in! And please just consider how jealous Clouse was when Garmadon and the Master of Amber were getting more attention than he was. (Also don’t mind the pole. Cursed pole dancing Chen is still on my mind.)