Once And For All

By: Carol Molliniere

A/N: The last installment of the ROTG/SE crossover AU (which I am going to call "The First Guardian") is now up! In which secrets come to light! In which the Guardians have to battle an enemy thought dead! In which...ah, forget it, if I said anything more, I would be spoiling you.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything that is copyrighted.

"The First Guardian" AU is written before I knew of the events of the fourth GoC book. Whatever. This is fanfiction.

Up in the sky hung a black moon.

It had been that was for a century, and the heroes that battled a monster on it were already gone, save for a select few. These few would try and make sure that nothing of the sort ever happened again.

And if it did happen again, then they would be prepared.

It was a seemingly normal night when it happened.

The black Moon was there, just as always. Its eye watched the inhabitants of the Earth, being the only source of light from the sky aside from a few stars. All was quiet.

Then a shooting star appeared in the sky, It traveled close to the Moon and disappeared.

And as it disappeared, a flash of heat struck the cold night. At the same time, the black vanished from the Moon, and it became a bright yellow face again, laughing into the night.

Another shooting star appeared, this time flying away from the Moon. And the few that survived the Battle on the Moon were in shock.

In the Himalayas, a man looked up from the relics he was examining to the Moon. Upon seeing the bright yellow Moon, his eyes widened.

"No...it can't be!" he gasped, and he put a hand to his heart. Either by the shock or by the low air pressure, the man felt lightheaded, and he staggered, falling into the snow. Puffing out white breaths, his blue eyes shone as he realized what must be done.

"I have to warn the others," he muttered, and then he left, his cloak fluttering in the wind.