An Alternate Prophecy

A/N: The prodigal child returneth! Hey guys, I am back! At least, for now lol. I know I do not post very often, or at all in the past year, but I remember how relaxing it is for me to just sit and write for a little bit every so often.

I am going to be moving away from homestuck stuff for now, and I most likely will not be continuing some of my unfinished stories that I haven't updated in over a year. If anything, I will most likely delete and completely restart them, since I feel I have grown as a writer, and if I try to continue them now, it might look weird when reading it so *shrug* I'm still deciding what I want to do with them, but I will try to keep you guys posted!

A little about my life now, since I always try to update you guys: I'm in college now, I'm quitting my job at a book store and I'm starting work at a doggie day care, I'm super excited for Anime Central this year, and I hope you guys enjoy my trying something different!

I am currently absolutely obsessed with Moana, and I want to make a couple of stories. One, in an AU where Maui and Moana live in alternate universes, and Maui needs to bring her to his universe to help save it, and another that's kind of a continuation of the movie, where the islands need their help again. This one is the former, and hopefully I'll have time to write the latter soon!

Chapter 1

A screech filled the air, echoing across the vast sea, as a brown hawk with odd markings flew gracefully through the sky.

It quickly approached an island, with a peak stretching all the way up to the heavens. It was the mountain of the gods, and it only appeared when the gods needed to speak with their messenger, the warrior they created, thousands of years ago.

The Demi God, Maui.

The hawk let out another screech as it surged upwards, into the clouds to the top of the peak. The wind rushed past, ruffling its feathers until it broke through the clouds, revealing a shiny white platform. The giant hawk landed, and in a flash of blue light, transformed.

With a huff, Maui lifted his giant fish hook over his shoulder. "Maui has arrived!" He yelled out, swaggering towards the center of the dais.

A soft light formed at the edge of the dais, from it emerged a figure clad in green and flowers. She was Te Fiti, Goddess and life giver to all the world. Maui raised an eyebrow. Odd that the gods would send her. She wasn't exactly known for her words.

"Heyy, Te Fiti!" Maui greeted the giantess. "Long time no see. What is it you gods called me for this time? Need me to save the world again, right? Leave it to me, Maui: Hero to all."

Te Fiti eyed him passively and shook her head.

This confused the tattooed demi god. What was that supposed to mean?

And then, the goddess spoke, her voice flowed like honey.

"Were it that simple, we would not have called you all the way here," she said, stepping onto the dais, shrinking a little in the process. She was still much larger than Maui.

Maui tilted his head slightly, silky hair flouncing a bit as he did so. "Really? What's going on that I can't handle it by myself? Do you know how much I've done and what I can do? I'm MAUI!" He flexed, posing for the goddess, whose expression did not change.

"The threat to this world is not one you can face by yourself. If we gods could, we would take care of it. However, this foe has acquired some kind of power that does not allow us to locate him. All we know is the trail of destruction he has left. Entire islands, sunk back to sea, or drained of life, or the inhabitants killed or enslaved by creatures of darkness."

Maui had ceased his joking at this point and had grown serious. This was a threat that had to be dealt with immediately. But if the gods couldn't even find him. How could he?

Te Fiti continued. "We may not have the power to track him, but we did find someone who can."

"Whoa whoa whoa, you're tellin' me that some /mortal/ can track this guy, but you /gods/ can't?" Maui let out a hoot.

The goddess nodded, not taking any interest in Maui's amusement. "You will need to go somewhere you have never travelled before. A place not even we have dared visit. We do not know what you'll find there, but you must find the girl who can lead you to this danger."

Te Fiti turned and stepped to the edge of the dais once again. With a wave of her hand, a portal appeared. She motioned for Maui to come closer. She opened her hand to his, dropping a pendant in to his hands, it looked like a mini version of his fish hook.

"This pendant will let you return to this world. Once you find the girl who will accompany across the sea to defeat the darkness, use this to bring her along with you. All you must do is wrap the cord around you both and break the hook. Then you will be transported here."

"Alright, I got it. How am I supposed to find this girl, huh? You haven't explained that part yet."

Te Fiti smiled. "You will know when you see her."

Maui just blinked and looked up at the goddess incredulously. Gods… Just like them to be annoyingly vague.

"If that's all you're going to tell me, then I better get goin. Don't want to be late saving the world!"

With a kind of howl, Maui jumped into the portal, with Te Fiti wishing him good luck.

- The Other World -

~Moana's POV~

"Happy Birthday, Moana!"

Moana jumped slightly, having been absorbed at the computer, working on a project. She smiled, though, after she had calmed down.

"Thanks mom!" she said, saving her project and stepping away from the computer. "I almost forgot what day it was. These online classes are really a pain."

Her mom, Sina, chuckled slightly, setting down a small package. "That's college for you. I'm surprised you chose to stay home and take those online classes. You were set on going to that college in Arizona."

Moana shrugged, picking up the package and examining it. "I don't really get it myself. I just felt like I couldn't leave. Like I needed to stay here."

Sina hummed in thought. "I'm not sure I understand, but I am happy you decided to stay Arizona is so far away! Your father would have been devastated if you had gone."

Moana smiled a little. "That's true. He is always saying that we've lived here for generations, that 'no one leaves'" she mused, using air quotes. "I suppose I don't really mind staying, though."

Sina smiled as well, nodding. "Now go ahead and open your gift!"

With a little chuckle, Moana nodded and quickly unwrapped her present. After getting the paper off, she opened the small box. What she saw almost brought her to tears. It was her grandmother's locket, carved from a blue and white shell. She looked back to her mom, stunned.

Her mother had a solemn smile on her face. "She always wanted you to have it. But she wanted to wait until you were eighteen. But after she passed last year, and just after your birthday…" she sighed. "we never knew the right time to give it to you."

Moana stood and hugged her mother. "Thanks mom. I'll keep it with me always."

Sina hugged her daughter in return, tightly, like she never wanted to let go. She pulled away after a little while. "You were going to the library, today right? Could you pick up some books for me? Just a few things I need to help with my garden."

"Sure, do you have a list?" Moana inquired as she grabbed her back pack and books. Her mother nodded and handed her a small sheet of paper. Moana glanced at it and then slipped it into the pocket of her jeans.

"Alright, I'll see you tonight!" She called as she jogged out of the door. Her mother called after her.

"Remember to be home before six! Your father has a special dinner planned!"

- Approximately eight hours later -

Moana sighed quietly, stretching her arms above her head. She had been working for a long time. Glancing at the clock, she saw it was about time for her to head home. She quickly packed up her school books and lap top into her back pack and grabbed the books for her mom. She checked out and made her way out of the library.

She walked down the street, passing by the beach. She stopped for a moment, admiring the sunset. The sea was so beautiful. Maybe it wouldn't hurt to relax for a little while…

The sand was warm between her toes as she walked closer to the water. It had been a while since she actually took time to walk the beach. She used to do it with her grandma all the time, while her grandma spun wild tales of a different world where creatures battled half-gods and the peopled explored a never-ending ocean. She often wondered what it might be like to go to a world like that. She /had/ always loved the sea, and went sailing with her father whenever she could. But after her grandma passed, she found she hadn't been going to the beach that often.

She stopped at a tall out cropping of rocks. Setting her shoes and bag down, she climbed up to stand on the highest one. The sea breeze on her skin and through her thick, wavy hair, the waves slowly rising with the tide as they hit the rocks, brought back such fond memories. A wide smile graced her face.

Moana stood there for who knows how long before she realized she really needed to get home. She turned to climb down, but the rocks were much more wet than they had been when she climbed up. She must have stepped down wrong, because she lost her footing and her hands slipped off rocks, causing her to fall back.

It felt like slow motion, her fall towards the ground. She thought she'd either die, or come home with a serious injury she would have to explain to her parents.

No pain came though, despite quite the far fall. Instead, she hit something that definitely was not sand, and whatever it was held he close, but gently. She looked up seeing a muscular man covered in tattoos.

"Saved ya, curly. You gotta be careful on those rocks," the man said, setting her down. He seemed almost reluctant to, but his prideful smirk hid that.

She stared up at him with wide eyes. How had he gotten to her? The beach was empty when she had climbed up the rocks. "Who are you?" she asked warily.

"Geez, no thank you for saving your life? You're welcome, by the way," he grinned, looking down at the pendant hanging from her neck. Moana thought she saw something flash behind his eyes…

"What's your name kid?" he asked, lifting a hand to his own pendant.

"Moana," she replied quickly. "Yours?"

"Me? I'm Maui," he responded.

Maui? She recognized that name. It was the same name as the half-god her grandmother had created as the hero in her stories. How ridiculous… why would those stories be true? They were /stories/.

She sighed, feeling a bit calmer from her little near death experience. She almost wondered if she should be freaking out, but it she felt she really didn't need to.

"Well, Maui," she said, maybe sounding a bit indignant than she meant to. "Thanks for saving me, but I need to go."

She moved to walk away, but he blocked her path. Alarms went off in her head and she immediately took a giant step back. "Excuse me," she said, sounding very on guard.

"Look curly, you're not going to believe this, but I think you're exactly who I'm looking for. And I can't just let you walk away. You need to come with me. Think of it as repaying your debt to me," he said.

In one quick motion, he pulled her close and looped the cord of his pendant around her neck.

"What are you- "she didn't get to finish her outrage, as he broke the fish hook hanging from the cord, and she was sucked into a blinding light that lasted a few seconds.

Then, she was in darkness.

A/N: There you have it! Just a lot of beginning stuff here, the next chapter should have a bit more stuff to it, as in moving the plot forward. If I have time, I may be able to get the next chapter up in the next day or so, and I'm going to try and get my other Moana x Maui story up too.

BTW: these stories are going to be shippy since I wholeheartedly believe that Moana and Maui belong together lmaoo. There might be some NSFW stuff later on, after relationships are built, so the rating is going to be M, but it'll be a few chapters before that happens.

I hope you guys enjoyed it! See ya next time d(owo )