What would Deity see in the mirror in Season 11? (aka what's her greatest fear?) How about Laria?
“Cole...” It’s a shocked whisper that falls from her mouth as soon as she catches a glimpse of herself in the mirror. The sharp pain of heartache radiates outward from the center of her chest, as though it’s blooming to keep her frozen in place and make her watch.
He’s holding her hand.
The puddle of blood is pooling under him, as though it were from a kill strike placed in a moment of panic.
Cole’s body looks slightly larger in this imagery shown by the mirror, almost as if he was slowly shifting back from an attack from the curse...
The realization strikes her in the heart, resonating in the darkest corners. Places that hide her greatest fear.
“No, no...this wasn’t supposed to...” Deity’s eyes water as she watches the mirror, too sucked into the scene portrayed to hear anything around her. Her fingers absentmindedly grasp at Cole’s.
The action is reflected in the mirror, even though Cole isn’t really there until front of her.
She killed him.
She killed him.
She-
“DEITY.”
The harsh snap of the robotic voice behind her and the soft press of a freezing hand firmly into her shoulder snaps her from the trance. “Huh..?” Deity blinks, glancing around the dusty room of the Explorer’s Club they were in. “What-“
“I said,” Zane flexes his hand, sending his element receding back into his body. “What did you see? You just seemed to zone out, and I couldn’t get your attention.” He gestures to the mirror. “What do you see? It...seems to show our greatest fears. I saw mine.” He looked to the side, a grimace crossing his face. “It was not pleasant.”
“Neither was mine.” Lloyd seemed mildly disturbed, sitting on the box in the corner while Nya stared out the window.
Zane tilted his head in mild curiosity. “So, what did you see? If you do not mind me asking.”
Deity fearfully turns back to the mirror, feeling the familiar ache bloom in her chest. She can see Cole shaking on the ground still.
His fingers start to slip from her hand as his body slumps to the ground.
It’s a reflex as she jolts out her hand to try and catch his hand before it hits the ground, but she knows he’s not really there. Deity feels her eyes sting as she fights the urge to break down. “I...it’s just Cole, Zane.” A bitter laugh bubbles out of her throat as she turns away from the mirror and wipes her eyes, too stubborn to let her emotions boil over when they were trying to look for something important. “I’m just afraid of another bad argument like the one we had when you died at the hands of the Overlord.” She makes herself busy, searching through dusty artifacts on a nearby shelf.
“That’s what your greatest fear is?” Zane seems confused. “I...see.” He’s rather disbelieving of her statement, especially with the way she reacted.
Deity is shaking as she searches through the items on the shelf, her fingers barely grazing each one.
Lloyd goes to stand up, feeling Zane put his hand on his shoulder. “But Zane, she’s-“
Zane shakes his head, watching Deity slide out of sight in between two bookshelves. “It’s fine. We need to find the scroll. She’s just focused on the mission.” He lied, trying to have the others focus on different shelves so he could go check on Deity. “Stay here.”
Soon, he disappears between the same two bookcases.
((Laria wouldn’t be in s11 bc she rarely goes on land/into Ninjago city but ENJOY ANON. FEAST UPON THE SUFFERING. S11 hasn’t happened in GZ verse yet but I thought you might enjoy a snippet of what happens. :D
This lovely special ask answer is drawn by none other than @grumpy-zane themselves! It was posted with permission and gosh, isn’t it a nice, happy piece? :3 ))