Chapter 1 – Instigation of a Crossover

The universe stretches across lengths that are incomprehensible to most sentient beings. They look up from the planet they reside on and stare in wonder at what they think about but cannot see with their own naked eyes. The best you can hope for is to glimpse at a few stars that are eons away, and the sun, planets and moons of your respective solar system. Are there deities or gods out there that keep watch over the ever expanding universe? Some are believers and others were not. This was no different in the case of the planet known as Runeterra: literally meaning "Magic Earth". Few of its inhabitants had any clue of what space contained. Some of the people had heard and subsequently spread rumours about idolised or dreaded celestial higher powers. The Wandering Caretaker, known as Bard, is believed to be the restorer of the universe's very equilibrium, and would come to any planet whenever its stability was under threat. A mountain on Runeterra had been named after The Wandering Caretaker: "Bard Mountain". Few testimonies exist of seeing Bard in person and fewer still have been verified, but Bard still roams the world seeking no glory: only harmony, irrespective of whether or not his work is recognised and praised.

On the other side of the spectrum however is another cosmic entity of power. The celestial creator and forger of stars: Aurelion Sol was revered but feared by many who knew his name. A lot of individuals believed that he was the creator of all things and could snap his finger to obliterate entire worlds in a heartbeat. A select few of ignorance and hubris believe that he was not as great as he claimed to be. Sceptics believe that he is merely a figment of primitive thinkers who invented the idea of a star dragon to explain how the universe came into existence.
In the region of Targon however, its citizens knew better. The Targonians had seen the putative Star Forger with their own eyes.
Aurelion Sol had travelled across the universe, seeing many different planets with emerging or moderately developed life forms. No one had impressed him. He was superior to every other creature he had so far encountered. But as much as he hated to admit it, he was not infallible.
In an era long ago, the cunning and crafty Targonians adopted a façade of worship. They created a crown for Aurelion Sol to wear on his head as a sign of might and sovereignty. But the crown turned out to be a trap. As Aurelion Sol donned the glittering headwear, it bound to his head and possessed unholy magic that forced Aurelion Sol into servitude. Every time he disobeyed an order from the Targonians, one of his precious stars would be destroyed. To Aurelion Sol, stars were like what children are to parents. Suffice to say, Aurelion Sol has been on a leash for a lot of his time next to Runeterra and has held an ongoing hatred of the Targonians in his clenched fists.

But one day, he was hanging out near the planet, not right next to it. Juggling three planets sized fireballs in his hands, he was bored. He wanted action, to see something that had never happened before. Whilst it was true that he had not explored all the corners of space, he was almost positive that the odds of finding anything even remotely close to his level of power was infinitesimally small.
The Star Forger began to doze. He dreamed about a vision that he had seen multiple times whilst asleep. It was a nightmare that horrified him to no end. Even if it was merely a dream, the concept still made his ethereal skin crawl: the Dark Stars; Stars that were not of his own making. Ones that were enveloped in the predicate of total annihilation and destruction. The Dark Stars had their own creators. In his dreams, Aurelion Sol cowered at their presence. He knew that they were not real but Aurelion Sol had to keep telling himself this to keep his fear under wraps.

Suddenly, a hole was torn open in space. The sound was explosive and highly distressing. He was startled. He turned around and watched as it grew bigger and bigger. 'Oh no. NO!' he cried out with his booming deep voice. The rift continued to expand outwards. It couldn't be, could it…? Not a black hole? Not a Dark Star!? It grew and grew. Aurelion Sol wanted to stop it but dared not touch it. He looked around to see what he could use to obliterate this potential threat. He could use Runeterra to clog the hole in reality, but even he was not that cruel to destroy an entire planet and civilisation for this. Aurelion Sol then looked down as his fireballs that he had been juggling. He stuffed them into his mouth, took a deep breath and then roared in the direction of the space aperture. Humongous flames erupted from his lips and they surged towards the hole. Before the flames could reach it, a giant shield popped up, like a bubble and deflected the flames. They scattered and the bubble popped. Panicking, Aurelion Sol had no choice, he had to intervene before the rift became too big for him to contain. No longer caring about his own safety, he flew towards the hole and outstretched his arms to pry the hole shut. He yelled a battle cry. It was now or never. Aurelion Sol grabbed the edges of the rift. To his surprise, the sensation of grabbing the wormhole tickled his hands. He lurched backwards. 'No…' he groaned. He braced himself for the oncoming destruction and closed his eyes. It was going to happen any second. Three. Two. One. The cavity made an abrupt noise that sounded like an orchestra of fairies, and then it stopped growing.

A planet that was about the same size as Runeterra slowly emerged from the aperture. Aurelion Sol opened his eyes and saw the planet. He was… disappointed. He almost felt ashamed with himself for panicking over something as innocuous as a planet. It certainly looked harmless. Planets were nothing more than inadvertent by-products of the immense gravity of stars. They did not have the meticulous chiselled perfection of Aurelion Sol's masterpieces. It took about ten seconds for the planet to exit the hole entirely. It moved at a very slow pace in the general direction of Runeterra. Aurelion Sol was about to go and inspect the planet, but realised that a moon was also leaving the rift. It was shattered. A quarter of the moon's surface area had been blown off into tiny pieces by something and floated limply above its original body. As the moon finally exited the hole, it closed. Aurelion Sol was perplexed. Why had this planet and moon suddenly come through some sort of wormhole? But before he had time to think deeply about the situation, he heard a childish giggle stemming from somewhere near his tail. It was then that Aurelion Sol realised what was going on. 'Oh… right…' he said, rolling his eyes.

Aurelion Sol turned around to see a little girl with extremely long hair of orange, purple and pink. She looked like she was only ten years old at most, but had, in reality, lived for hundreds of years. She had just never matured and decided she didn't want to grow up.
'Hey! I was petting your tail!' she said.

'I've already told you literally a thousand times that I am not your mutt. You will never be on the same level as me.'

'Aww, meanie.' said the little girl, putting on a pouting face.

'Ugh, never mind.' Aurelion Sol groaned. 'If it pleases your immature proclivities that you should have grown out of centuries ago, I grant you an evanescent moment of time to cuddle my tail as though it is a soft toy that you have in bed with you.'

'I knew you'd see it my way Space Dragon. You just can't deny someone as cute as me pleasures.' she winked.

'I find the sound of humans moaning in despair cuter than you.'

'Tell yourself lies space dragon, but you know that I'm the most adorable thing in this galaxy.'

'Never mind…'

'If you behave Star Dragon, I might give you some of my chocolate moon cakes to you.'

'I am not interested in food that is typically consumed by humans.'

'You've never tried them for yourself.'

'I know, and I'm still not interested.'

'But how can you know if they're any good if you've never eaten or even smelt them?' the girl said as though she was trying to sound clever.

'Sugar, butter and cocoa are not healthy. That is true for both you and me.'

'But in small quantities it can't hurt.'

'Whatever. I digress from this pointless topic. Let me ask you something Zoe: why have you brought this planet and moon here?'

Zoe's eyes widen with excitement. She now looked like she was bursting with excitement to tell Aurelion Sol about it. 'Well, you see Space Dragon, you know how I love breaking reality and experimenting with the very fabric of the universe.'

'I do, and I disapprove.'

'So I took a portal to another galaxy and discovered this planet and moon. I'm not entirely sure why, but I was immediately drawn to this planet's atmosphere. It has life just like Runeterra does. So I decided to test the extent of my ability to reshape reality and I created a giant portal and brought it here.'

'I see…' muttered Aurelion Sol. He moved towards the planet to inspect it. It was emitting very similar levels of energy to Runeterra and was almost the exact same size.

'I went down to its surface and scouted about.' said Zoe eagerly. 'I witnessed a battle as some sort of battle inside a floating arena. Kids were fighting each other in some sort of tournament styled event with really cool weapons that could transform between melee and ranged. They were so cool I tell you! So, so, SO COOL!'

'I always figured that your standards of human life were quite high. I guess I figured wrong if you're impressed by mortal inventions that would probably be quite commonplace in Piltover.'

'You're so cocky Space Dragon.' Zoe said in a frustrated tone. 'It was just really cool to see kids fighting each other! They have so much more technique than anyone else on Runeterra. I really liked this girl with a scythe that was twice the size of her. It could turn into a sniper rifle of sorts, and she wore a red cloak with a hood. She was cute too.'

'I'll take your word for it with no real engrossment.' said Aurelion Sol. He looked at the moon this time. 'Did you destroy that?' he said, pointing at it.

'Oh, no that wasn't me! It was already shattered when I found it.'

'Would you mind also telling me how you managed to transport the planet here without destroying all life forms by taking the planet away from its sun?'

'I put a giant bubble around it to keep the temperature as it was.'

Aurelion Sol closed his eyes and thought about what Zoe had managed to do. He was admittedly very impressed that the Aspect of the Twilight could do something as ludicrous as this.

Zoe was able to read his facial expression. 'You're impressed with me, aren't you?' she said joyfully.

'What? Of course not. I could've done that in one breath.'

'But if I'm so inferior to you, then the fact that I've managed to do this speaks numbers about my power, doesn't it arrogant Space Dragon?'

Aurelion Sol sighed. 'Are you expecting a round of applause?' he said mockingly.

'Well yeah! This is such a huge feet for me!'

With a bored look in his eyes, Aurelion Sol gave a slow, sarcastic clap.

'You're such a meanie!' Zoe moaned.

'Hardly. I just don't over or under-praise anything.'

It was Zoe's turn to sigh. 'It's called "Remnant" by the way.' she said.

'What is?' Aurelion Sol asked.

'The planet. It's called "Remnant".'

'Are you sure that's not the name of the moon?'

'No, I'm sure. I heard the natives calling it that. Can you believe that they somehow speak the same language as the majority of people on Runeterra?'

'I absolutely cannot believe that nonsense.' snorted Aurelion Sol. 'This is a different planet from a different galaxy altogether. How can they possibly speak the same language?'

'They do! I heard it for myself!' Zoe protested.

'Again, I'll take your unverified word as gospel. What do you plan to do with this planet anyway?'

'Well, you see Space Dragon, I thought to myself "What if these two worlds collided with each other?" What do you think would happen if we merged them together and see how each respective world reacts to the other, since they speak the same language?'

'Unity. Harmony. Chaos. War. Who knows? I'm sure Bard will have a lot of work to do if this happens.'

'Then let's do it! C'mon it'll be fun. I could see that you were bored before I left this galaxy.'

'You do realise that when the planets merge together, you will mess with gravity to the point where it might be too heavy for anyone to even do anything. Also with two moons this'll have a tremendous effect on the tides of both planets.'

'Pfft, this is me you're talking about Space Dragon! I've already thought of that. I can bend reality so that this won't be an issue.'

'Okay… and how exactly are you going to merge them together?'

'We bend the surface area of both planets so that they become two halves of a sphere. I'll do it now. Just watch!'

Zoe clapped her hands together and flew over to the two planets. She used her hands as though she were giving directions to a garrison of soldiers. The two planets literally broke apart and opened to expose the molten cores at the centre. Fortunately for the inhabitants of both planets, the split had occurred in water and not in land where anyone was living. Zoe commanded the two halves to come together. A flash of blinding white light burst from the two planets as they collided. Aurelion Sol squinted and then opened his eyes wide. She had done it.
The Runeterra he knew was now twice as large and had two moons orbiting it.

'Now all we have to do is watch and see what happens. I bet you anything this is going to be super entertaining.' squealed Zoe.

'You know, for once in my lifetime I can agree with you Zoe.' said Aurelion Sol. He gave a faint smile.

'Yes, oh YES! The arrogant Space Dragon is pleased with me!' She jumped up and down, punching the empty matter with her fists.

'Don't get used to it though. Remember that I don't give out compliments often.'

'I can appreciate one though.' Zoe giggled. 'We should get some popcorn to enjoy the show.'

'Once again I must remind you that I don't eat human food. You can have some if you want, but I will refrain from it.'

'Suit yourself Space Dragon.' said Zoe. She left Aurelion Sol's side and went down to the newly formed planet, presumably to get some popcorn.

Aurelion Sol looked at Zoe's creation. Maybe it should have a new name. A portmanteau of the two planets' names. "Runenant" "Remterra". They sounded silly in his head.
With nothing left to do but just watch, he moved in slightly closer so he could have a better view of the planet. Maybe he would shrink himself slightly so that he could fly across its skies, but for now he would remain above its stratosphere.
He chuckled to himself. 'Well… this should be… interesting.'

To all newcomers to my fanfiction who have just finished this first chapter, I welcome you with open arms. If you like what you've read so far, please feel free to go on to the next chapters. I appreciate all constructive feedback and would love to hear what you have to say.

Just to let you readers know, my publishing schedule is very hit and miss. I started writing this fanfiction in late June 2018 and had the free time of summer to write and publish chapters rather frequently. I had the inspiration to write this fanfiction back in April 2017, but I never got around to it until one year and two months later.

Currently, I am at university, where I study philosophy and creative writing: two heavily essay based subjects and a social life to keep up with. Because I am writing so much on my course, I have a lot less time to work on this fanfiction. Also, because of the amount I am writing, it can be draining at times and my motivation to write new chapters can be very low when they require me to do more of the same stuff I do during my daily studies. Each chapter requires a lot of research, time, effort and proof-reading to be produced, and I don't want to publish low-quality chapters just for the sakes of maintaining an audience. Quality over quantity it is I'm afraid. (Even then, I still miss things when proof-reading it multiple times)
If you notice a decline in quality of the chapters later down the line, it's probably because I'm struggling to write them whilst at university. Hopefully this will not happen though. Fingers crossed...

What I will say though is that I will try my best to write decent chapters and publish as frequently as I can without compromising my studies and university life. This fanfiction is long and ongoing, so I won't expect it to end for a long time. You have a lot to look forward to if you choose to stick around. Every major region in both Remnant and Runeterra will be explored at some point, and out of the 144 champions there currently are in League of Legends, there are only a few that I currently have no plans for using, but five of these six could be squeezed in at some point. Changes in lore will be taken into account and new champions will be considered.

If you're not interested in staying, no worries. If you are, thank you very much and I hope you enjoy the story: I just ask that you try and be patient with me and my infrequent rate of publishing.

Happy reading and take care!