*POV 3rd person*

The Terran teens soon led the kids and the Minicons to the ship.

“This place is huge!” Coby exclaimed, walking into the path of a brown Skakdi that was carrying a crate.

“Watch it, kid!” the Skakdi snapped as Coby jumped out of the way of the 7 foot tall, troll-like Spherus Magnan. Garnet folded his arms whilst leaning against a container and chuckled at the humans reactions.

“You kids aren’t the only ones on this ship, you know” he said “this is a working ship, so the crew have right of way over you, most of the crew are also a lot bigger then you, so watch where you’re going”

“What was that thing?” Lori asked.

“A Skakdi” Ruby said “a word of advice, Lori, don’t let a group of males corner you. I’d take a horde of Visorahk over a gang of Skakdi any day”

“What’s a Visorahk?” Jolt, a Minicon, asked.

“10 foot wide, four legged robotic spiders” John said “they also have mutagenic venom that eventually turns their victims into savage half-beasts” Lori went pale.

“That is so gross” Lori said.

“They aren’t even the worst creatures out there” Thel said “don’t even get me started on Vorahks”

Teridax was in the Decepticton’s lair.

“Why did you not inform me of your opponents!?” Galvatron demanded, Teridax could tell he was less than pleased.

“I did not think they would be a problem” Teridax said calmly “I have overthrown beings who can move the sun in the past” Galvatron scoffed.

“Don’t be ridiculous” he said, Teridax narrowed his eyes.

“I find your lack of faith disturbing” he said “but no matter, I must travel to the next world in search of potential allies, do try not to kill my allies whilst I’m gone”

“I won’t make any promises” Thunderblast sang, Teridax sneered. When he succeeded in his plan, she would be the first to die. He stepped through the portal and arrived on another planet in a cave of some sort.

*POV 1st person Vuur Koning*

The Autobots were all stood in the colossal hold of the Jörmungandr, it was the only place they could fit.

“I’m sorry you won’t be able to move about the rest of the ship” I said “but you wouldn’t fit through the hallways”

“It’s okay” Optimus said, I nodded to him before teleporting out of the hold and onto the top deck. Stark was leaning against the railing in some new Iron Man armour sans helmet. This one was made out of Protosteel, so it was practically indestructible unless you used a blade of Protosteel or diamond, I walked over and stood next to him.

“So” Stark said “autonomous, shape shifting robotic organisms, what’s next, talking animals that can do Kung Fu?”

“You never know” I said, giving a shrug. The hard shield materialised and the scenery of the Rocky Mountains gave way to outer space with a flash “no matter how many times I do this, I’ll never get used to the view” Stark hummed in agreement and nodded as Frostfang banked and pulled the ship towards another earth-like planet.

*POV 3rd person*

Pitch Black ran, as he had done for however long it had been since the Guardians had defeated him, causing his Nightmares to turn on him, he’d lost track of time after the first week. If he wasn’t so occupied with trying to get away he could almost laugh at the irony of the situation; his own creations were going after his fear. He reached a large cave of some sort and his Nightmares stopped dead in their tracks, he could sense a being that possessed similar powers to himself but on a colossal magnitude.

“Who’s there?” Pitch demanded “I am Pitch Black, the bringer of Fear and Darkness, and…”

“I beg to differ, ‘Pitch Black’” a deep voice said, a 20 foot tall, winged dark being of some kind walked forward wearing crystalline armour and wielding a staff. The being regarded Pitch’s Nightmares with interest before slamming the butt of his staff on the ground, causing the Nightmares to obediently walk towards him and stand beside him “you think you know what it means to control fear? I’m the reason people know what fear is, I am Makuta Teridax, the one true master of shadows, you are nothing compared to me. However, you do have potential, if you can create more avatars of fear like these ‘Nightmares’ for me then I’ll help you defeat these so-called ‘guardians’. But, in return you must help me.” Pitch Black raised an eyebrow quizzically before saying.

“I’m listening”

North was overseeing the preparations for Christmas, sure the planets appearing in the sky were a bit odd…okay, very odd. But, he wasn’t about to let something like that get in the way of spreading cheer, he walked past a yeti that was painting toy robots blue.

“I don’t like it” he said, not stopping “make it red” the yeti exclaimed indignantly and looked at the tower of about 50 or so blue robots before sighing. North walked up to the platform that provided a view of his globe of believers, he looked at it absent mindedly before doing a double take. A cloud of black smoke formed at the top, causing the workers to start panicking.

“Hello, North” Pitch said, materialising out of the smoke.

“Pitch!?” North exclaimed, his Slavic accent more apparent than usual.

“Surprised to see me?” Pitch asked.

“How are you…?” North trailed off as a deep, booming laughter filled the building “who’s there? Show yourself” the dark cloud coalesced into one mass.

“Allow me to introduce my new friend” Pitch Black said “Teridax” at that moment Teridax revealed himself.

“Why are you here?” North asked.

“To warn you” Pitch said, North raised an eyebrow “this time, I’m not going for those that believe in you. Oh no, this time I’m going straight for you and your fellow guardians” Teridax chuckled.

“Gather your guardians” Teridax said, smirking “it will make no difference, because soon darkness and shadow will rule, and you will be nothing but an old man making worthless toys” they both dissipated into black smoke.

*POV 1st person Vuur Koning*

“The Jörmungandr teleported into the skies of yet another earth, I was walking on the top deck when I slipped and fell.

“Whoa!” I exclaimed, before hitting the deck and whacking my head. I groaned before muttering through clenched teeth “that really, really hurt”

“Yeah, sorry about that” I heard a voice say, I looked around in surprise before my eyes settled on a human male in his late teens or early 20s wearing a hoody and carrying a wooden staff as he casually walked along the railing.

“You!?” I asked, surprising him.

“You can see me!?” he exclaimed as I stood up.

“Why is that so surprising?” I asked “Jack Frost”

“Okay” he said “one, how do you know about me. Two, how can you even see me?”

“It’s long and complicated” I said “as for how I can see you, I’ve seen that much crazy shit that someone like you isn’t that surprising”

“Example?” he asked, at that moment Groot walked past with Rocket on his shoulder.

“Hey, Vuur” Rocket said, Jack Frost just stared at the Raccoon “What’s the matter, jackass, never seen a walking tree before?”

“Okay” Jack Frost said, turning to me and jumping off of the railing “point taken, say would you mind taking this ship to the north pole? I kind of need to get there sooner rather than later”

“Did North summon you?” I asked.

“How did you know that?” he asked.

“That’s for me to know and for you to find out” I said “So, the North Pole?”

*A few minutes later*

The ship appeared near the North Pole with a flash and a bang.

“Whoa!” Jack said, stumbling slightly.

“Sorry about that” I said “arcane teleportation can make first timers dizzy. Anyway, would you mind letting me in with you? Because I need to talk to your fellow guardians”

“How do you know about us?” he asked.

“Not important right now” I said.

“Also, how exactly are you going to get there?” he asked, looking at the North Pole “Because I’m not carrying you through the air” I adapted my armour to its air-mode before saluting him and diving off the top deck.

“You aren’t the only one who can fly” I said, before accelerating towards to North Pole with a flap of my mechanical wings, I soon felt them grow heavy with ice and looked back to see Jack Frost smirking whilst flying with his arms crossed. I rolled my eyes before enveloping my wings in flames.

“What the heck!?” he exclaimed.

“Element of fire, jackass” I said, flying upside down with my arms behind my head, I then sent a ball of fire at Jack Frost “and if you do that again, I’ll turn you into a puddle” he smirked before waiving his staff towards me, causing a sudden gust of wind to blow me off course.

“I can control the winds” he said, sending another gust of wind to blow me back on course “so you’re completely at my mercy for now”

“You’re a guardian, so you won’t do anything too bad” I said, before adding “although, there was the British great freeze of ‘63” Jack Frost burst out laughing.

“Oh man!” he said “that was a good one, I’ve gotta hand it to your country, they do know how to cope with bad weather, or rather they did” he had a knowing smirk on his face and I gave an exasperated sigh.

“Don’t even start with the 2010 winter snowstorm!” I said, before facepalming “I’ve never been so embarrassed by my own country, 30 inches of snow and the whole bloody country grinds to a halt”

“Can’t you give a guardian credit for trying?” he asked, landing on a balcony of Santa’s workshop. I landed next to him and my wings became a part of my armour once more, looking for all the world like a simple textured design underneath my hooded cape “that’s a pretty neat trick”

“The wonders of Artahka’s adaptive Toa armour” I said, getting out my sword and turning it into a staff before pointing it towards the door “after you, Jack” he smiled before walking through the door, I followed after him to find him greeting the other guardians.

“G’day, mate” Bunnymund, The Easter Bunny, said to Jack Frost, he then noticed me “who are you?”

“The name’s Vuur Koning” I said “I’m the leader of my worlds equivalent of…well, you lot, in a manner of speaking”

“What do you mean ‘your world’?” North, or Santa Claus, asked, making quotation marks with his hands, I clicked my fingers and pointed at the skylight, where a couple of earth-like planets could be seen in the arctic daytime sky “okay, point taken”

“And what do you mean ‘in a manner of speaking’?” Bunnymund asked.

“Where I come from, we do things slightly differently” I said “for instance, we each represent elements of nature, rather than aspects of childhood, and we’re just every day, normal people, it’s our armour, tools and masks that give us our power”

“Elements of nature?” Tooth Fairy asked, my staff became enveloped in flames.

“I’m the spirit of fire” I said, allowing the flames to completely cover my armour. I then heard laughter and clapping, and my flames dissipated with a puff of thin, black smoke that dissipated quickly.

“Well, you certainly have presentation, I’ll give you that” Pitch said, appearing as a shadow on the wall “although, I imagined you as being slightly older”

“There are many things that Teridax won’t tell you about his foes” I said “for instance, including me, my world has 15 guardians”

“You know Teridax?” North asked.

“Later” I said, before turning to Pitch Black and pointing my staff at him “count the days, Pitch Black. Because when my Toa and I are through with you, you’ll be begging for death”

“My, you are the violent one” Pitch said, a tendril of black send seeped out of the wall and shot towards me, only to turn to obsidian when it touched the tip of my staff’s blade, which glowed briefly  “what is this!?”

“Physics 101” I said “what happens when you burn sand? It becomes glass. Your powers are nothing against me, now, BE GONE!” I sent flames towards the wall his shadow was on before drawing them back, I turned around to see all of the guardians staring at me with their mouths open wide.

“Bloody hell!” Bunnymund said, before pointing a shaky paw at the small scorch mark “do…do you have any idea who that was!?”

“Actually yes” I said “I’ve dealt with worse in my spare time” I said.

“Like Teridax?” North asked.

“He was more of a full time, planet-wide, 2 year job” I admitted.

“Who is this Teridax that you both keep talking about?” Jack asked, I conjured up a depiction of him with flames in my left hand.

“Teridax is similar to Pitch Black in many ways” I said “but so much worse. In addition to the fear and darkness that Pitch controls, Teridax has access to 40 other powers such as lightning, plant control, plasma, the list goes on. Plus he is 400 million years old, give or take a few million”

“So an ancient, super powered version of Pitch” Jack said.

“Add genocidal and deceptive” I said, Bunnymund looked ready to panic.

“Oh, this is just great” he said “we’re doomed”

“I thought you were supposed to be the guardian of hope, Bunnymund” I said “we have 15 Toa, including one with the power of light, one of Teridax’s only weaknesses”

“He’s right” North said “we should not lose hope”

The only problem is, you need the children to believe in you for your powers to work, and if you are all gone then I don’t know how you can keep the children believing” I said.

“What do you mean?” Jack asked.

“Teridax is going to several worlds, getting likeminded individuals” I said “and I’ve been doing the same, but if you were to help me, then Sandman would be out of the picture as he works every night, Tooth has an army to do the job for her so it’s not so much of a problem for her”

“But” North said “everyone but Sandy can help, he can stay here to keep the children believing in us. Right, Sandy?” Sandman nodded.

“Bunnymund” I said “Easter isn’t too close, is it?”

“Been and gone for another year, mate” he said “so I can lend a paw”

“North?” I asked.

“My yetis will cope” he said, giving a shrug.

“Alright then” I said, before walking to the door “Make your way to the sleigh

“What about you?” Tooth asked as I walked onto the balcony, I licked my finger and checked the wind direction before nodding.

“I have my own way of getting to my ship” I said.

“What do you mean?” Bunnymund asked, I responded by allowing my wings to spout out “right, the sleigh it is then, great” his shoulders slumped and he mumbled the last bit, I gave them a salute before jumping off the balcony and taking flight towards the ship, I was soon joined by four of the guardians on North’s sleigh.

“Oh, you’ve got to be kidding me” Bunnymund said, looking at the Jörmungandr “you mean we’re going to be flying!?”

“What’s wrong, bunny?” I asked “you aren’t afraid of heights, are you?”

“Shut it, you bloody show pony” he snapped.

“I’ll have you know, I’m not a pony” I said, at that moment Autumn flew over “some of my friends on the other hand, are. Hey, Autumn”

“Who are they?” Autumn asked.

“They’re the guardians of this world” I said “they’re also the legends childhood, allow me to introduce Jack Frost, Santa Claus, The Easter Bunny and The Tooth Fairy. Guys, this is Autumn Skies, the Spirit of Iron”

“Iron, how can Iron be a useful element?” Bunnymund asked.

“Why don’t you ask the guy that tried to kill mine and Autumn’s adoptive son?” I asked, making him promptly shut up.

“You mean you two are…” Jack Frost trailed off.

“You got a problem with that?” Autumn asked.

“No” he said hastily “just find it a bit odd”

“When you’re one of only 4 humans on the entire planet, all of whom are male” I said “it gets hard to find female humans, that’s not to say I wouldn’t chose Autumn again if I had the choice between her and a human” we soon reached the deck of the Jörmungandr and North landed his sleigh in the open deck at the front of the ship.

“This place is huge” Bunnymund said, ignoring the countless stares we were getting.

“How comes everyone can see us?” Tooth asked, I shrugged.

“N.F.I.” I said.

“What?” she asked.

“Means no idea” I said “Anyway, guardians, allow me to welcome you aboard the Jörmungandr: The Midgaard Serpent” Next Chapter: Chapter 8 Estimated time remaining: 5 Hours, 37 Minutes