AN: Hello guys. This is my Thundercats (2011) fanfiction. I wasn't sure to make this since they canceled the show, but some friends who were TC fans too said I should do it, so lift the spirit for those are sad about the news.

So, few notes before we start. There are some characters that I invented myself and some came by others. I asked permission for that so I'm clear with it. All the Thundercats (2011) belong to their rightful owners.

Also, I may tell you that song you'll first see I took from Tangled "Healing song".

Enjoy!

It was so dark. Way too dark. You couldn't actually see anything. Or hear anything. Or so I thought so until I hear it. Someone was singing. The voice sound familiar. Like, I have heard it before. Then suddenly I saw her. She was a little girl, but she looks familiar. I couldn't see her face. Before I could think further she was like growing front of my eyes. She... was like in my age. She kept singing the song. It was actually a small song. All it was like this:

"In the darker times
Calm me through the night
Always remind us bee
Who we truly are

Don't give up on lies
Stay what's just and right
Always remind us bee
Who we truly are
Who we truly are"

Suddenly she was turning around, so I could actually see her face. But before I could actually see her, a hand with a knife came out from darkness, grabs her. She tries to yell to me for help, but before I could get near her, the knife was already cutting her throat. I tried to run to stop it, but then I saw the smirk on the familiar face which betrayed me.

*End of the Dream.*

Lion-o was sitting sweating, while looks around him. Everyone was sleeping quietly.

"It was just the dream..." he said to himself. Then he picks something under his shirt's collar. It was ring tied on linen rope, which he had hanging on his neck. The ring had seven different colored pearls. He holds the ring in his fingers, while has little memory of where he get it.

"I wonder...where she is..."

It has been few days after what happened to bird kingdom Avista. Thundercats have traveled to return their friends back to their homes and now they have put the camp on the nearest forest to rest a little while. Wilykit and Wilykat were getting firewood with Snarf, while others stayed in camp. Meanwhile, Panthro was checking on Feliner. Lion-o was sitting on the rock in his thoughts. Ever since they took others to their homes one dream has come up every night. Same girl. Same song. All the same. What does it mean? Usually, sight came by the sword but is it usual that some of them come in a dream. Or is it sight at all? What if it is something else? Something he must know? Others have noticed his behavior recently but didn't know why.

"Maybe you should talk to him, Tygra," said Cheetara

"Me? Why?" asked Tygra, but in that he already knew the answer so, he went to Lion-o to ask.

"Everything okay?" asked Tygra. Lion-o looked at him suspiciously. There's no way he ask that unless he expects say 'I told you so'

"What are you after?" he asked.

"You're the one whose head is in the clouds. What's wrong?"

"Why you care?"

"Because you're our leader and I'm your big brother," said Tygra. "Besides when you keep something on yourself, something bad happens."

Lion-o rolled his eyes. He didn't want to argue about what's wrong. Plus Tygra had point that holding it won't help either. So he sighs loud before he started.

"I have seen this dream." He admitted

"Okay...there's nothing bad about it."

"I have seen it couple days now."

"Oh. What it is about?"

"I'm not sure. There's one little girl who sings."

"Did you saw who she was?"

"No, she has her back to me. But she sounds familiar."

"Familiar? How?"

"I'm not sure, but I believe it was back at in Thudera."

"Seriously? You think you remember her."

Before Lion-o could answer they all hear Wilykit and Wilykat screaming.

"What they got themselves into?" wondered Panthro.

"We better go check." said Lion-o and so they went after them.

Wilykit, Wilykat, and Snarf during collecting firewood encountered a black beast with red eyes and it sure didn't look friendly. They started to run away and scream, but the beast managed to jump front of them. They were so scared that they didn't know what to do. When beast tried attacking them, something attacked it first. Kids looked what it was and it turns out it was some light blue creature that was holding the black one down. Then someone came behind them. Someone with a white cape and bow.

"Move aside. This isn't pretty to see." said stranger in a female voice.

Kids did as she told while she took one of the arrows and aiming the black creature. The arrow hit right in the middle of its eyes and started roared before it vanished like black mist. Kids stayed watching how the beast disappeared and then at the stranger who just finished it with one arrow. The stranger turned to look at them.

"You know, this isn't a proper place to move alone." she said.

"We're not alone here. We only went to pick firewood," said Wilykit.

"Without protection?"

"We can take care ourselves." said Wilykat.

"Yes, if you're in any ordinary forest. This place is the territory of wolves and -foxes. The place is full of creatures such like that one."

"What it was?"

Before stranger could tell others came and by a reflect she grabs the first one which was Lion-o and tackled him on the ground and pointed dagger on his throat.

"Don't hurt him. He's our leader," yelled Wilykit. But then Lion-o eyes went wide as if he recognized the stranger.

"Leona?" he said. That made stranger back up. Lion-o got up and looked at the stranger.

"How you know my name?" she asked.

"It's me Lion-o."

"Lion-o?" in that she took the hood off revealing herself. She was lioness with green eyes and her brown long hair was tie up with pearl line. Others amazed seeing her as well. It was her. Leona of Hidden Paradise. Daughter of cat defenders. When she realized it is Lion-o she started to squeal for joy and went hug him.

"I can't believe this! It's really you! You're all here!" she kept yelling for excitement.

"Yes, it's us. What are you doing here?"

"Me? What are YOU doing here?"

Thundercats told their current situation to Leona before she started to greet all of them. Surprisingly she knew them all from Thudera. It turns out Leona have become defender which duties is to protect innocents on third earth. It was her faith to become one and she wished that too. They even meet her animal guide Qui, which hold the black beast. It turns out it could turn smaller and rest on Leona's shoulder.

"So, what brings you here?" asked Cheetara. Leona sighed on that question.

"I'm here to find my other defender friends."

"What happened to them?" asked WilyKat.

"A few days ago Qui received a sight from their animal guides. A cording to elders they have come here, because this is the area of their people. I'm not sure what has happened, but they're my friends and I must help them." explained Leona.

"What the local people have said?" asked Lion-o

"I haven't gone to the village. I came to find guardians who're protectors of this forest. Defender Selene belonged to them before she became a defender. I only found one of them. I was about to follow her to their hideout until I heard the screaming."

"Where is it?"

"Follow me."

They followed her through the forest to until they get into a hollow tree where one vixen in red, black clothes was waiting near of huge platform which probably leads to up to the tree.

"Everything alright?" asked vixen.

"Yes, it was another shadow warrior, Ruth. I also met old friends," said Leona.

In this Vixen saw Thundercats.

"Wow, will they help us?"

"We will try." said Lion-o.

"Great. The more we are, the more we got a chance defeat the shadow army. Please hop on." said Ruth meaning the huge platform.

"Where is this going?" asked Wilykit.

"This takes us to the hideout of the guardians," said Ruth while she pulled the trigger in which made the platform to go up. "The guardians have lived here ever since falling of Lykos empire."

"Lykos?"wondered Wilykat.

"An ancient empire of Wolves and foxes." told Panthro.

"Yes, ever since the guardians have protected this forest among our village from evil treat such as Shadow-army."

"Shadow-army?"

"The defenders Orthrus will explain all. He knows about it."

"But I received a message from Defender Fen that something was up," said Leona.

"He sent? I have been watching the forest couple days. I never knew that. I guess we'll all going to find out soon." said Ruth while they came to the top. But when they look up the whole hideout was torn apart.

"Oh no! What happened here?" said Ruth.

"Looks like you really need a help," said Tygra. Everyone started to look around. No one was found, but there wasn't any corpse either. Qui finally noted something and entered one building.

"Qui, What is it?" yelled Leona and started to follow her animal guide. Others noticed this and followed her. Inside the building, Qui found two other creatures that floated like it did, but they looked bit different, one of them looked like small nine tailed fox and one like wolf cup

"Vulpy and Sue"

"You know them?" asked Cheetara.

"They are animal guides of Defenders Selene and Fen."explained. Leona.

"Shouldn't they be with their defenders?" asked Ruth.

"No, if they are in danger." said Leona and went to them."Guys, what happened here? Where is everyone?" In this two animal guides rested on her shoulders in which she started saw all in past. The whole place was attacked by shadow beasts. Including Defender Selene and Fen who fight while they could, until they hid their animal guides. Through all chaos, Leona saw one dark figure. She looked like a wolf, but her eyes were red as blood. The vision ended in view of the old palace. After that, she was about fall if her animal guide wouldn't have been behind her.

"What happened?" asked Tygra.

"I saw what happened here..."

"You mean like vision?" asked Lion-o.

"It's not surprising," said Panthro. "Their guides know everything what going on or what's to happened or what has. And I mean EVERYTHING. The tricky part is when they'll show it. That is if they ever do."

"The shadow army attacked here. They took everyone. They took them to some old palace..."

"Was it like this?" asked Ruth pointing old picture of the palace on the wall.

"Yes. It's..."

"... palace of Lykos empire." finished Ruth.

"Why there?" asked Lion-o.

"Ever since the empire fall, every full moons, shadow-army comes out from there. It has become a very dangerous place. No-one ever dares to go there."

"Where's the old palace?"asked Lion-o.

"Near here, middle of the lake."said Ruth.

"Then we go after the sunset. Tonight will be the full moons. So we have the chance." said Leona.

"Wow wow...take it easy. We know you want to save your friends, but going alone there. Didn't she just said it's dangerous." Panthro said.

"I never said I'll go alone," said Leona. Everyone stayed quiet for that.

"Why she sounds just like you," said Tygra to Lion-o. Lion-o smirked on that because he was kind of going to say the same.

AN: Okay, There was chap 1. Here I like to inform you 2 things

1. If this sound bit familiar, I confess on that. since I'm not good to invent much action I used some help on hidden games called Dark parables. So, yeah, I took the idea of "Red riding hood sisters" Sry ^^;

2. that I'll be put few Chap at the time like an episode. So, there'll be other chap coming up.