a little comprehensive reading guide for the butterfly effect because there are so many god damn chapters

(this will be updated with each new chapter)

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Chapters 1-11: The Green Ninja Arc

When Y/n moves to Ninjago and meets both Lloyd and the Green Ninja, her life is changed completely

Chapters:

1: Y/n gets a hot chocolate while waiting for her friends and makes first eye contact with a blond boy, and then experiences the first instance of the tugging. She later accidentally hits the boy over the head with her skateboard. He gets her number.
(TW: accidental harm, blood)

2: A brief overview of how it is to be the most loved green ninja and the most hated Lloyd Garmadon. Lloyd's POV of meeting yn. The team teases him.
(TW: accidental harm, blood)

3: Y/n contemplates her sanity while enjoying the smell of a stranger's hoody, mum teases yn about Lloyd, Y/n hits the green ninja with her car and gives him a chewbacca band-aid, Kai makes his debut, yn sees a photo of her friends without her posted
(TW: accidental harm - vehicle edition)

4: yn wears lloyd's hoodie because she's cold and gets caught by mum, mum acts ominous, yn looks for molly's cat, lloyd and Y/n text for the first time, yn reads in the park and bumps into Lloyd and finally gets his name, yn meets Cole and then Zane, Y/n's ice cream unmelts, y/n gets pulled into the green ninja's fight against some thugs and he walks her home, Zane researches into yn
(TW: slight harm, brief mention of gun violence, blood)

5: Yn researches into the old families of Ninjago, Lloyd and Y/n meet up to exchange hoodie and skateboard, they go to Mr. Robuntusson's candy shop and then a bookstore, lloyd walks her home, Y/n kisses Lloyd on the cheek and then hits her head
(TW: slight bodily harm, blood)

6: Lloyd's pov after cheek kiss, he meets yn's mum and learns that she was contacted by the FSM, lloyd gets Nya's help to text Y/n, lloyd and yn bump into one another at the library and he kisses her forehead, Y/n has her friends over and they tell her about Lloyd Garmadon's bad reputation, Naomi tells Claire and Aaliyah off, it's revealed that Naomi used to have a crush on Lloyd
(No TW)

7: Lloyd talks to his parents about what yn's mum told him, the team tease Lloyd, yn gets lost in the forest, sprains her ankle, and is found by the green ninja, he takes her back to the monastery
(TW: being lost, injury)

8: Yn sees the monastery for the first time, Zane helps Yn with her ankle and Lloyd gets weirdly overprotective, yn meets Misako and the two senseis and learns that she might have powers, yn meets the rest of the team, Lloyd finds her a book about the history of elemental masters and takes her home on his elemental dragon, green ninja and mum 'meet'
(No TW)

9: the team gushes over yn, Lloyd spends time with Y/n because of her cold and injured ankle, they talk about his dad, lloyd confesses, they go on a date to the amusement park, they almost kiss, Chen heckles them, yn reassures a dejected lloyd
(TW: bullying, self-harm - punching car hood)

10: lloyd's distracted during a mission, lloyd and yn have a picnic and nearly kiss but kai interrupts them, yn spots misako at the museum and realises that lloyd's the green ninja, misako and yn talk, lloyd yn and zane go to a book fair
(TW: panic attack)

11: yn realises that her father hates the boy she's dating and vice versa, yn goes to a festival with her friends, the festival getsd attacked and yn gets split from her group, the green ninja finds her hiding in an alleyway and fights off more drones, they go back to yn's to take care of their injuries, yn asks him if he's lloyd and they remove his mask, they share their first kiss
(TW: blood)

Chapters 12-22: Welcome to the Family Arc

Y/n meets the rest of Lloyd's team and nurtures the beginnings of unshakable bonds - both platonically and romantically

Chapters:

12: Lloyd tells yn that his family want to meet her, naomi and yn talk about her relationship, Chen and Y/n have a stand off, green ninja interrupts, zane and yn talk about lloyd, Y/n officially meets the rest of the team
(TW: accidental harm, blood)

13: Y/n and the team have lunch at Skylor's noodle house and she learns that she's going to need to know how to fight, Naomi bumps into them at the park, Y/n sees his fangs for the first time, Y/n accidentally sends a football into Lloyd's head, yn reads about the origins of elemental powers, lloyd shows yn a secret lake he found and tells her that he's a direct descendant of the FSM
(TW: blood)

14: lloyd stops by yn's room in the middle of the night, yn's invited into the team's group chat, molly warns yn about lloyd, lloyd and yn have a phone call, yn bumps into skylor and other elemental masters, skylor says that yn's powers feel old, lloyd stops by in the middle of the night again
(No TW)

15: lloyd's pov of missing yn, yn goes to mall with friends, naomi tells yn about her crush on cole, claire is nasty and yn leaves the mall in tears, garmadon bumps into her, yn meets mistaké, chen returns her green ninja charm, they talk about lloyd's youth, garmadon sends lloyd a list of baby names
(TW: panic attack)

16: chen meets simon, yn visits misako to get answers about the elemental masters, learns about lloyd's relationship with his parents and that the prophecy was messed up, yn's invited to welcome the team home and reunites with lloyd, he takes her on a ride on his motorbike
(TW: fantastical harm, manipulation)

17: lloyd gets told off by nya, yn and lloyd talk about what yn learnt about him and he becomes closed off, yn falls into the pond, zane reveals that he knows who yn's dad is, yn gets a tour, yn learns that lloyd's a dc girlie and is horrified, yn goes to a class demonstration
(No TW)

18: lloyd and garmadon have a mock battle, yn wakes up to find social media flooded with photos of the green ninja and her on the bike, yn brings herself down from a panic attack, yn worries about her dad and lloyd, yn and naomi go christmas shopping and bump into jay and kai, yn gets tugged towards a warehouse and her powers protect the team from an explosion
(TW: panic attack, light mention of torture, blood)

19: lloyd and yn return to the monastery to recover, lloyd complains about parents not telling them anything, lloyd takes yn home and thinks that they're soulmates, yn meets borg and is given a necklace to subdue her powers, yn complains about the fates, misako tells yn that uchu's descendants are immortal, lloyd and yn give their christmas presents, yn introduces simon as her cousin
(TW: blood, mentions of vomit)

20: lloyd learns that yn hates simon, they watch atla and falls asleep, it's christmas! mum throws a fit when she catches them the next morning and during a fight with yn reveals that she knew about the powers all along, yn asks lloyd to take her away so she can calm down, yn and mum make up, yn and lloyd go for a hike, yn's reminded about the massive scar on lloyd's chest and freaks out, they chat about powers, chen retrieves a book for simon
(TW: mentions of: dead animals, dead body & blood. yn does her best at catastrophising)

21: yn goes on a trip with the team and gets a tour of the bounty, kai tells her about his parents and reveals that zane's a nindroid, lloyd shows yn her room and she gets emotional, the bounty flies to the ocean and they swim, yn talk with nya and cole about parents, yn finds out that lloyd's powers don't hurt her, lloyd and yn work on her powers and realise that lloyd's a conduit, chen gives the book to simon
(TW: deep water/ocean)

22: yn and lloyd spend the morning alone, yn talks about having a weird dream that she can't remember, yn bonds with his elemental dragon, yn can't sleep and jay tells lloyd to keep her company, lloyd starts training yn, yn wakes up with a Bad Feeling, yn and lloyd bump into simon on their way to steep wisdom, lloyd gets called to the museum, yn's bad feeling gets worse
(TW: panic attack, feeling of dread, nausea)

Chapters 23-33: Too Many Goodbyes Arc

Morro possesses Lloyd and Y/n and the team fight to save him. Three days pass of chaos, heartbreak, and betrayal

Chapters:

23: yn explains her bad feeling, the ninja return without lloyd, lloyd comes back but he isn't lloyd, yn meets morro, lloyd tells yn to go home and she refuses, the team regroups and learn that he's possessed, kai fights lloyd alone, they all escape on the bounty but morro chases them
(TW: blood)

24: morro makes it to the ship, yn talks to morro's dragon and names him bentley, yn falls from the ship, morro catches her, morro attacks yn and is stopped by lloyd, yn tells lloyd that she loves him, he promises to return, yn gets led to zane by a kirin
(TW: physical harm, assault, asphyxiation)

25: zane and yn return to the team, they think she should go home and she refuses, misako lets yn stay, wu explains who morro is, misako finds the first clue and the ninja set out to retrieve the scroll of airjitsu, yn and nya go to the library of domu, yn finds out that ghosts need to be summoned, yn and morro have a chat, ronin arrives at steep wisdom, yn realises who summoned morro
(No TW)

26: they talk about simon, ronin and yn have a chat, yn finds doodles on the wall of lloyd's room, yn has a nightmare, wu gives yn some life wisdom, the ninja return from the haunted temple and yn's told that cole's been turned into a ghost, she tells the ninja about simon, lloyd's pov
(TW: assault/asphyxiation, dead body(?), horror elements)

27: yn and zane search for the next clue, yn asks ronin if he knows about magic swords, ronin finds out that yn's in the prophecy adn reveals that she's in a bunch more and will have a child with lloyd in the future, yn panics, yn gives a pep talk to cole, the ninja set out to ascend the wailing alps, yn asks garmadon to help her with her powers, misako reveals that simon doesn't exist
(no TW)

28: yn learns that simon is actually axon, misako and yn have a talk about her past, they catch ghoultar, ronin reveals that he's helping to save ninjago for the sake of his daughter, yn tells him about her dad, the ninja return from the cloud kingdom, yn jumps over the side of the bounty and works with kai to get the sword of sanctuary, lloyd, yn and kai talk
(TW: panic attack, impalement, blood)

29: yn suffers frostnip, yn meets her ancestor in her dreams, yn stands up for herself against the others' doubt, nya and jay comfort yn, kai and yn make up, they return to steep wisdom, yn gets teased about morro's crush, the team talks about how lloyd could be the next uchu, ronin tells yn to go home
(No TW)

30: the team talks about the next clue, yn tries to stop ronin from stealing the sword of sanctuary and fails, ronin sends a message about the tomb being in the caves of despair, yn's allowed to go with the team, ronin pov as he speaks with lloyd, the team search the caves of despair for the tomb and realise it was a trap, they're saved by rex and given an actual message from ronin, they head to the real tomb
(TW: neglect, possession, human remains)

31: yn struggles to sleep on the way to the tomb, yn has a memory-dream of the actual first time she met lloyd, the team gets chased by an octopus, they arrive at the tomb and tackle the challenges, they jump down into darkness
(TW: thalassophobia, acrophobia, mentions of vomit)

32: they land in an ice slide and find themselves in a maze, they see their future reflections, yn sees her future with lloyd and their daughter, morro attacks the team, yn bargains herself for lloyd and kisses morro then knees him in the nads, the team make it to uchu's resting place and finds the realm crystal, morro threatens lloyd for the crystal, lloyd falls to the river
(TW: mentions of vomit, dubcon kiss/advances, assault)

33: lloyd starts to drown, yn jumps into the river and tries to save him, yn uses her power to get him out and almost falls down the waterfall, lloyd saves her, the team regroups, lloyd's unused powers burst, yn freaks out and blames herself again, lloyd is uber sick, yn and lloyd talk, they're back together and (reasonably) safe again!
(TW: drowning, assault, acrophobia, vomit, mentions of torture, mentions of gore, panic attack)

Chapters 34-39: Battle for Stiix Arc

Morro takes the battle to Stiix, where the team have to try with all their might to save the world from his master. Y/n's secret is revealed, and her powers are put to the test

Chapters:

34: yn helps Lloyd deal with the repercussions of being possessed, yn tells him about their first actual meeting, they become an official couple, they catch up on what the other's past few days was like, Lloyd tells her about his evil genetics and that there's something else happening to him that he can't explain, yn assures lloyd that she loves his red eyes and fangs and they kiss, yn distracts him with facts and Cole tells them off, yn helps lloyd through a nightmare
(TW: vomit, a single sex joke)

35: yn wakes from a nightmare, Lloyd teaches her how to sharpen a sword and they kiss, Jay walks in on them, lloyd's shoulder wound is checked, the team have breakfast and are happier now that Lloyd's back, Lloyd's happy that yn comfortable with his family, yn calls her mum and Lloyd's a terrible liar, the team catch up with borg
(TW: gore)

36: Skylor and Neuro follow Axon, borg and yn chat, yn convinces Lloyd to let her fight, the team starts to make a battle plan and talk badly about the military, yn gives Lloyd a pep talk, yn tries out her new water guns, Lloyd and yn chat on the way to stiix, the military arrives and it's revealed that the Sargent Major is yn's dad
(TW: guns)

37: Lloyd and Yn's dad are upset at the revelation, Kai snaps at Lloyd, the begin the plan to destroy the realm crystal, Yn has a flashback, morro targets her, Jamie and Lloyd save Yn, Lloyd and Yn apologise to each other, the team regroups, Morro and Lloyd fights, Ronin returns with lloyd's sword, Lloyd gets pulled into the cursed realm
(TW: guns, blood, assault)

38: yn's overcome with pain but doesn't know why, the team regroups, yn stays behind, yn meets a stray dog, yn tries to use her powers to bring back lloyd and asks her ancestor for help, her ancestor arrives, Lloyd's pov inside the cursed realm, he gets powered up into golden ninja, yn uses her powers to power Lloyd and the Kirin and it almost kills her, Lloyd escapes the cursed realm and stops her powers, yn tries to catch the dog, morro returns, Lloyd throws the gun, lloyd saves the dog and fights Morro, they both disappear into a rift
(TW: death, graphic imagery, blood, magical self-harm(?)

39: dad tells yn to stop fighting, it's revealed that ronin called the military, the preeminent gets legs and starts walking after the boat, the ninja return to the boat, Morro returns without lloyd, Nya solos the preeminent, dad consoles yn's grief at Lloyd being lost, Morro dies, Lloyd returns, dad and Lloyd bicker again, yn and the team goes home
(TW: death?, blood, faint gore, vomit)

Chapters 40-49: The Metamorphic Arc

Axon remains a threat. Lloyd's inhuman genes continue to flourish, much to his dismay. Despite this, Y/n and Lloyd grow closer

Chapters:

40: yn and lloyd deal with the bodily repercussions of saving the world, yn and her dad have a heart to heart, yn reunites with her mum, their families have a talk about Yn's powers, Yn and Naomi catch up, yn soothes lloyd's worries and he sleeps the night with her, lloyd purrs and Yn teases him, Yn gets advice from her mum about how to help Lloyd
(TW: blood, gore, faint mentions of intercourse)

41: Jay and yn visit mr robuntusson's to pick up candy for lloyd, yn meets jay's dragon, yn catches up with Kai and Nya, yn catches lloyd in the onsen and they talk about Yn's dad, Lloyd nips yn's neck, he snatches her hands away from his scar, Yn calls Nya and asks for advice and talks about the kid in the future vision, Yn learns that lloyd told his team to follow her and she confronts him
(TW: mentions/references of PTSD)

42: yn and lloyd train, DARETH, Kashu gets his name, Naomi and yn have a sleepover, they talk about lloyd and cole, lloyd crashes the party and yn attempts to stitch him up while keeping him from Naomi, she fails, Naomi finds out that Lloyd's the green ninja and faints, Naomi realises that Cole's a ninja, Chen asks to meet and reveals that yn is axon's target
(TW: blood, gore, needles (a descriptive scene of sewing), fainting)

43: Chen goes with lloyd and yn to the monastery for an emergency meeting, Neuro puts a block on Yn's head, lloyd and yn discuss Naomi and Cole's situation, Lloyd tries to make Yn feel better by flirting (it works), Yn and Naomi hang out, Yn walks home and thinks axon's stalking her
(TW: stalking, mentions of: murder, vomit & assault)

44: flashback of axon first meeting yn, mum gives yn a pep talk, axon threatens to kill yn Kai and Jay, lloyd turns into an oni-dragon hybrid, he attacks axon and flees, yn finds lloyd in the meadow and takes him home
(TW: blood, graphic depiction of gore, panic attack, assault, mind manipulation)

45: lloyd discusses what happened with his parents and Wu, yn reassures lloyd, yn and Naomi call, yn sets up an in home spa date for Lloyd, Lloyd gets yn a rare book and molly starts to warm up to him, yn and lloyd make out, they start school
(TW: mentions of gore)

46: first day of school, lloyd and yn bump into naomi, they discuss Cole's ghost predicament and yn finds out that Cole likes naomi, yn has lunch with her friend group and they discover that she and Chen are friends, Lloyd and yn tell naomi about Cole, yn has her period and Lloyd is the boyfriend, lloyd voices his concern that yn's friends aren't nice, yn hangs out with her friends and gets picked up by lloyd, he asks her out on a valentines date
(TW: mentions of death and guns)

47: yn trains with her powers, lloyd picks yn up the morning of valentines and he's given roses, Chen, Nya and yn have pe class together, lloyd experiences more weird genetic stuff, yn and lloyd go on their date, lloyd asks yn to be his yin
(TW: blood)

48: yn basks in the afterglow of the date from the night before, Yn and Cole have a chat about his ghostiness, yn and lloyd's parents discuss the yin-yang promise, Yn, Lloyd and Yn's mum talk about it too, Lloyd and yn tell yn's dad about the promise, Yn and Misako head to an archeological dig site, Misako and Yn are told about a disturbance within the mountain, Misako declares it's a dragon, Lloyd and Cole arrive
(No TW)

49: lloyd ignores yn and she battles with the emotions of it, Cassie flirts with Lloyd, yn confronts Lloyd about what happened and apologises before revealing that he puts up with harassment regularly, yn and lloyd find murals of their ancestors, they meet an old friend of Yn's ancestor, Isao, yn talks with her ancestor, Mi, Lloyd and yn make out and he reveals that he's developed the elemental power of wind, Yn asks why he never tells her things and their relationship gets a little strained
(TW: (vague) alleged harassment, slight mention of PTSD)

Chapters 50-54: Secrets Spilled Arc

Lloyd finally confesses his secrets. Their relationship is put through the test.

Chapters:

50: yn and naomi discuss borg tech, yn learns that its almost lloyd's birthday and atmosphere is tense, she learns that he hates his birthday, yn and mum have a pep talk, lloyd invites yn to his birthday, yn gives him his present, lloyd tells yn about the tomorrow's tea incident, yn flees and has a panic attack
(TW: panic attack, angst)

51: Naomi contemplates college and runs into a car thief, Cole stops the fight, they catch up and he gives some advice, yn tells her mum about what happened, yn goes to school, she sits next to Lloyd in art class, Chen bumps into yn in the library and comforts her, Lloyd catches them hanging out together and yn feels even worse, Lloyd and Garmadon have a pep talk
(TW: attempted assault)

52: yn goes for a run, Zane asks to have a chat after school, Claire tries to convince yn that she wants her help, Zane and yn catch up at a cafe, Pixal arrives, they offer yn a usb of lab recordings of Lloyd, after struggling yn decides to watch them and learns the truth, Yn goes for a run and meets Raptra, she calls Lloyd for help, they get attacked by venomari and Lloyd gets splashed by venom
(TW: blood, assault, gaslighting, gore, mentions of depression, discrimination)

53: they return to the monastery with haste, Lloyd experiences his greatest fear due to the venom, yn reunites with Garmadad, they realise that his greatest fear is being abandoned, yn confesses about how she was feeling for the past few months, Lloyd explains why it's so hard for him, they have A Talk, yn tells him about their future
(TW: child neglect, endangerment & abandonment, mentions of gore, mentions of depression, mentions of pregnancy)

54: yn and Lloyd share morning kisses, the rest of the team find out that they're ok again, yn and Lloyd go for a walk and continue their talk from the night before, they go in the onsen, they talk about Cole and Naomi (colomi), and talk about his inhuman genetics, it starts to snow, Lloyd goes to talk to his parents
(TW: sexual tension, mentions of abandonment, unperceived nudity)

Chapters 55-62: The Serpentine & The Sheltered Arc

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Chapters:

55. Lloyd returns after speaking with his parents, they go to Yn's home, they talk about Raptra and the serpentine, Lloyd tells Yn about Pythor, they go to school and bump into Naomi, Yn's friends call her out for getting back with Lloyd, he takes her ice skating, they talk about her friends, Lloyd, Jay, Nya and Yn paint their nails, Lloyd tells her about the festival of light and that they need to interrogate axon
(No Tw)

56. Yn frets about Lloyd, Kai and her catch up, yn admires lloyd's kimono, Lloyd and his mother share a fond moment, Lloyd explains where her pet name comes from, there's a feast, Garmadon and Lloyd say their speeches, Yn's invited to light the lantern with Lloyd and his parents, they go to the festival in the city, Lloyd gets picked on and yn defends him, yn asks about his scar, they make out, they interrogate axon and find that someone else is targeting yn
(Tw: sexual tension, gore, attempted assault)

57. They discuss their next steps, yn decides to stay at the monastery, they go to Yn's place to get her things and find that her room was bugged, they return to the monastery, Jonesy catches them kissing, the elemental masters gather for a meeting, Emrys debuts, yn asks Lloyd to make her training more intense
(Tw: shock, mentions of claustrophobia, stalking/spying)

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Chapters 63-73: Doubt is Poison Arc

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Chapters 74-80: Growing Together Arc

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Epilogue:

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•• End of Book 1 ••