"In the darkest shadows of the shiniest night, from the deepest roots of the earth, three villains will rise. With them, fear and power will emerge, so every animal will have to stand up and fight." With this powerful and scariest warning of their totem animals, the PJ Masks are more alert than ever before, so much that they forgot that their task was to protect everyone. With the fear of this new danger coming, they are blinds to see that these villains are rising before their eyes.

It was late at night, after defeating Night Ninja (again) and checking that he wasn't coming back for good, the PJ Masks: Gekko, Catboy and Owlette, decided to head home once and for all. They were really tired, tomorrow they were coming back to College. This was their third year in there, but they weren't that nervous. Tarabiscoville wasn't as big as other cities near, so thanks to the lack of schools, many of their classmates attended with them at the same place.

Now Gekko was always the most nervous, but tonight his feelings were kinda... down. He felt neutral about everything, but if there was something he was not happy about, was the mission they just accomplished. He was tired of the same villains, the same schemes, the same stupid routine. He wanted something new... a change! Like maybe... new villains?

He looked at Owlette flying above him, and Catboy trotting in four -like a real cat, Gekko had to say- ahead of him. Maybe I should tell them. "Hey, guys..." Owlette and Catboy stopped and looked at him with a questioning look. They were as tired as him. He proceeded. "Wouldn't be great..." They arched an eyebrow with a flat expression. He sighed. "... to have another villain?"

Their expressions suddenly changed to a surprised one. They shared a look then Catboy asked: "Another-"

"-villain...?" Owlette concluded. They seemed so confused thanks to his question that Gekko wanted to low-key laugh.

They looked at him again and asked: "Why?"

He started. "Well, it's getting bored to defeat the same villains-" He frowned annoyingly. "-over and over again-" He smiled again with an eyebrow arched. "I wouldn't mind a change..."

"I think you would," Catboy said, looking at him and frowning a little. "If we have worst villains than these ones..." Gekko looked at how Catboy had a semi-sad look, and as soon as Gekko noticed that, Catboy closed his eyes. "You'll wish to have the old ones back." Gekko opened his eyes in shock as soon as he realized what Catboy was talking about, or who he was talking about.

He wanted to apologize, but Catboy turned around with an upset expression. "Anyway, let's go home, I'm tired." Catboy leaped forward, leaving Owlette and Gekko behind.

Owlette looked at him, he could see her from his peripheral vision, but Gekko's eyes were fixed on Catboy. He heard a sigh and a small wind blown on his face. He didn't mean to upset Catboy or Owlette. He had decided not to think about that but had forgotten about Catboy and Owlette in that matter. He should apologize later. He looked to where Owlette was, only to realize that she wasn't there anymore and was flying after Catboy instead. "Huh? Wait for me!"

He thought he heard something behind him but ignored it. Maybe it was that alley cat that always followed them around. Maybe he should forget about getting new villains, why did he even think about that in the first place? Of course, Catboy was right! He shook his head as he followed his friends to their usual neighborhood.

Catboy was leaping ahead of his friends, he hadn't thought about the events that happened three years ago in... well, three years. After all, it already happened, he didn't want to remember anything or talk about it. He gritted his teeth. That happened a long time ago, and tonight was a good night! He left those negative thoughts aside and turned to face his friends with a smile and a tired expression. "Well PJ Masks, time to go to bed."

Owlette landed in front of him and left a sigh of relief. "Good, 'cause I'm really tired." She stated.

Gekko, who walked behind her, agreed with her. "Yeah, me too."

He smiled at them again. "Goodnight then, see you later." He said and turned around, not waiting for their answers. He heard them yell goodnight and he climbed a tree which branches reached the second floor of his house. He used them to get to his room and as soon as he leaped inside, he touched his chest symbol and a flash returned him to his alter-ego self, Connor.

Connor stretched with a groan and then yawned. "Ugh, how exhausting." He complained. He rolled his eyes with a grin. "And Gekko wants another villain." He giggled and jumped on his bed. "In his dreams."

He faced the door of his room, leaving open the window so the breeze could flow inside. He saw his cat, Titina, curled in her nest with her kittens. Titina was a Main Coon cat with a missing right leg. He had adopted her four years ago after his father decided that he was a disgrace to the family for being gay and abandoned them. His mother thought it would be a good idea for him to have someone to company him an cheer him up, and that, like always, was right. Titina did cheer him up and made him company through his worst times. Not so long ago she got pregnant from an unknown cat from the outside, and just three weeks ago, she gave birth to five kittens, but one of them died one day after.

Hearing the little ones with their mother made Connor sleepy. He put the blankets over himself and closed his eyes, only to be drifted fastly into his dreams.

The leaves from the tree outside Connor's house cracked. Everything outside was quiet so they were easy to listen, especially for a cat. As soon as her two-leg went to sleep, Titina lifted her head from her kittens to look at him. Something shifted in his blankets and she purred, acknowledging the white starry cat touching her two-leg's head and disappearing inside of it. She was used to it by now, and the only thing she had to do was protecting him outside his dreams as the starry tomcat told her.

She didn't understand him much, nor knew the tomcat's name, but she could easily understand what he meant when he signaled with his tail to her two-leg. But there was an uneasy feeling in the tip of her tail and in the pads of her paws. Her fur started to bristle at the sense of danger for her two-leg and her kits. She was about to stand up from her plump feather nest until she saw something black enter the room. All of her senses alert and she was ready to leap.

Something, a very snake-looking two-leg thing, was over her two-leg. He had very red eyes, and when he extended his paw and lifted her two-leg's blanket, another snake appeared and threatened to bite her two-leg's throat. She hissed and instantly leaped into battle with the horrible black snake. She granted a powerful strike across the snake's body, seeing how it thorned apart then go back in place.

She's never seen anything like that, but she wasn't going to leave her two-leg either. She stood her ground and hissed at the snake, swaying her tail to one side to another. She was showing her teeth at the snake, and held defiantly looks with it. The snake was about to jump at her, she could feel it, so she tensed her body, ready to defend as well. But that didn't happen, as the snake thing hovering over her two-leg talked.

"Let's go, Nahiri." Titina was surprised that he was actually talking and that she could understand him. He was looking at her. "Black Panther is out of our reach."

The thing left her two-leg's room, and she looked at him angrily. She hoped that he wouldn't come back; though she was going to be ready if that was the case. She looked at her two-leg warmly and walked over to him. She curled on the back of his neck and rested her head on his throat, to protect it from whatever was out there. She closed her eyes and slept.

"Connor, wake up." Connor opened his eyes slowly. His eyelids felt heavy and his eyes were watery. He closed his eyes again, he just wanted to sleep. "Connor."

Something small and with claws poked his arm. Grunting, he turned around with his left eye barely open. Standing there was a shimmering ice blue cat, whose Connor recognized who it was as soon as he saw Greg and Amaya with their animal totems: Owl that Flights in the Night -or just Night Flight-, a big red owl, and Green Fang, a large, lime green crested lizard.

"You had plenty of weeks to bother me, why tonight? Just the one night before school starts, Lightning Fur?" The blue cat purred in amusement at Connor's bitter reply, but then he clawed Connor's cheek with a serious expression and Connor sat up straight, rubbing the clawed spot.

"Focus, if I knew this sooner, I would've talked about it with you already." The blue starry cat, Lightning Fur, said.

"Know what? Connor tilted his head.

Lightning Fur signaled his tail for Connor to follow him. "Follow." He stopped and looked at Night Flight and Green Fang. "You too."

Green Fang, who was on Greg's shoulders, slapped Greg with his tail on the cheek. "Wake up, we gotta go." He said, leaping from Greg's shoulders and pushing him forward.

"Five more minutes..." Pleaded Greg sleepy as Green Fang tried to lead him with the others.

Amaya fastened her pace to walk beside Connor, all meanwhile removing pickles from her eyes. "What do you think it's so important for them to-"

"-bring us to the Dream Realm? I don't know, but it's gotta be serious." Connor finished. He looked confused at Amaya. "What's on your face, by the way?" She had some kind of greenish glue on her face, that didn't cover the eyes and the mouth.

Night Flight landed on Amaya's shoulder and replied for her. "It's a face mask." She puffed her feathery chest and closed her eyes, extending one of her wings and looking up. "We Owls have to look elegant for the others."

Connor was about to answer that when he saw Lightning Fur casting a warning glare at him. He sighed and tried to reply as respectful as he could. "I don't think we need a face mask to look elegant." Night Flight looked at him and Connor stiffened a little bit. "What I mean is that you already look elegant, and pretty, so I don't think you need it."

"Of course not." Said Amaya, catching both of Connor's and Night Flight's attention, and before Night Flight could say something, Amaya proceeded. "But is fun to do it. Makeup and all that stuff? Not a great fan, but it's fun sometimes." Connor nodded with a smile and Night Flight looked at Amaya as if she were proud of her.

When they reached the border of a forest, Lightning Fur stopped. Greg hit Connor's back when they all stopped and Amaya glared at Connor amusedly; Greg was a really heavy sleeper, not even Green Fang was able to keep him awake. The smaller boy was often teased by them because of it, sometimes even calling him a badger for his size and grumpiness every time he was able to be awakened.

"Guys? You are here too?" Talking about Badgers, Connor looked to his left side to see Riley, a white Asian boy with Tolopea hair and Meteorite colored eyes, and his animal totem Black Pelt -who was a Honey Badger- heading towards them.

Connor greeted Riley with their usual hug and pulled apart, he asked. "Dude, where were you tonight? Night Ninja was more annoying than ever, maybe some of your claws would've clawed him away."

Riley looked guilty and discouraged. He was about to answer but didn't get to as Black Pelt grunted. "None of your business, keep your nose in your litter, not in the badger's den, it will come out with a scratch or two."

Both Lightning Fur and Connor glared at Black Pelt, he was the toughest and most aggressive of all the animal totems. Connor had pity for Riley when he looked at Black Pelt troubled. "Black Pelt, he was just asking!"

Black Pelt bared his teeth. "For his own matters, that's why." He looked again at Connor. "He won't like what he'll find in the Badger's den."

Green Fang cleared his throat as he sensed the tension between Black Pelt and Lightning Fur. "Remember why we brought them here for?"

Without taking his eyes from Black Pelt, Lightning Fur answered. "Yeah, but I wouldn't mind stretching my claws on mangy pelts."

Black Pelt snarled. "I wouldn't mind tearing off some fur either."

Night Flight flew between them and stared intensely into Lightning Fur's eyes. "The matter, Lightning Fur."

The cat let out a growl from deep of his throat, and looking at everyone, he sighed. "I'm afraid that we have a huge problem." He looked to Green Fang and Night Flight and said: "Something we cannot look past by."

Green Fang spoke up. "We looked past the Wolfies long time ago, because they meant no treat... but now..." He looked freaked out. "This, what we are about to tell you, is something you'll need to have all your senses active for. Hearing, sight... everything at your disposition."

Greg looked like Green Fang, freaked out. Too much mistery unsettled him. "Just tell us what the problem is!"

All the animal totems looked at each other. "New villains are coming, and with them, an old enemy of the earth and animal totems is returning to power. We cannot let that happen." Green Fang concluded.

Night Flight puffed her feathers. "If that happens, then the ends of time aren't going to be as far as before. So for this-"

"You'll need more help," Added a raspy and young boyish voice.

"Help from new PJ Masks." Ended a feminine and young high-pitched voice. The four teens looked around searching for the owners of the voices, and when leaves cracked from the forest, they kept their gaze fixed on them. From the bushes came into the light two shimmering animals: one pure white with sparkly Cyan eyes, and the other, light pink with a Barossa pink in the paws, cream white chest and fiery pink eyes.

Lightning Fur, Night Flight, Green Fang, and Black Pelt all turned to see them as well and dipped their heads to both of them. Lightning Fur spoke. "Winter Storm, Pink Heart, we didn't expect to see you here, especially given the fact that it's a... private conversation."

Pink Heart raced and leaped onto Lightning Fur happily. Lightning Fur shrieked before it was under the weight of the Maned Wolf. Pink Heart was licking vigorously Lightning Fur, and Lightning Fur tried to cover his muzzle as much as he could. "Pink Heart- Pink Heart! I'm happy to see you too but-ahg! Pink Heart!" Night Flight, Green Fang, and Winter Storm looked warmly and amused at the scene while Black Pelt snickered smugly.

Winter Storm looked at the teenagers and warmly said: "Pink Heart is the youngest of the Animal Totems, he was born 207 years and a month ago. He follows Lightning Fur around a lot, but since he's been helping you guys, Pink Heart hasn't seen him in a while." She looked at the Cat and the Maned Wolf and then back at them. "Today's their reunition." Lightning Fur finally escaped from Pink Heart's grasp and shook his fur, when Pink Heart was about to jump on him again, Lightning Fur fixed him with a stern glare.

Pink Heart pinned his ears against his head and Lightning Fur purred. "Not now, this is important, Pink Heart. Later we can play through." Pink Heart's tail moved happily and nodded.

Greg spoke up before any of them could. "What do you mean we need more 'PJ Masks'? We are four already."

Night Flight looked at Lightning Fur and he nodded with approval. "Though we didn't plan to have more Masks join you, we do agree that you'll need help. These are no ordinary villains... you met one of them, Greg..." Said Night Flight, casting a worried glance at him and then Green Fang. Green Fang looked at his scaly paws while Greg seemed confused.

"Who?"

The animal totems shared a look before answering. "Magicster."

Greg seemed to freeze in place and grabbed his left wrist nervously as he breathed heavily. "H-he's... he's the villain we are going to face? I don't think I-" An arm surrounded his shoulders and Greg saw Riley's comforting smile.

"Don't worry, we won't let him hurt you again." Greg breathed out and tried to relax. Riley definitely wasn't like Black Pelt, and Connor was glad about that. Riley and Greg were really good friends and that's thanks to Greg's father, Daniel, who sadly passed away three years ago due to a car accident in Greg's 12 birthday.

Green Fang jumped and landed on Greg's right shoulder, putting his tail around Greg's neck and hugging him. "I won't let him, Greg, not this time." Greg scratched Green Fang's chin with a sad smile. The two of them had a long way before they could be fully recovered from the events of three years ago, but they were working hard to get there.

Connor cast a worried glance at Amaya when she shifted uncomfortably on her place. Night Flight shared his worries and asked her. "What's wrong Amaya?"

Amaya looked at all the animals in there and took a special glance at Winter Storm and Pink Heart. "You said 'these are no ordinary villains, which means there's gonna be more than just Magicster alone. Who are these new villains you are so worried about?" She now stared intensely at Winter Storm and Pink Heart. "If you are coming here offering your help, it must be bad, they must be really bad." Connor hadn't thought about it like that and quickly glancing at Greg and Riley, they hadn't either.

"We are not sure." Said Pink Heart, looking at his paws after everyone turned to look at him. "Winter Storm told me, and I think my pibe would be really helpful to you as well as her piba." Connor had trouble keeping up with the terms Pink Heart said and he noticed that he had a different accent than the rest of the animal totems.

Lightning Fur twitched his tail. "We are gonna judge that, Winter-"

"Wait, wait, wait, what do you mean you are not sure?" Riley asked. Black Pelt looked sharply at him and he grimaced nervously. Black Pelt looked at all the animal totems and said:

"Now that my boy spoke up, we might as well we tell them the truth: that besides Magicster, we don't know who these new villains are."

"What?!" Everyone shout in unison. Night Flight shook her head, Green Fang put a paw on his face, Black Pelt grunted and Lightning Fur stood there with an annoyed face. Winter Storm was calmly watching everyone while Pink Heart resisted the urge to laugh, even though the situation was no joke.

Lightning Fur took a deep breath and vaguely explained. "That's right, thanks, Black Pelt. We don't know who they are, we-"

Connor interrupted him. "Then how are we supposed to find them?! How are we supposed-"

Lightning Fur hissed at Connor. "Let me finish and don't interrupt me ever again, did I made myself clear?" Connor's lips were a straight line and he nodded fastly, with a small blush on his cheeks. "Good. Now, what I was saying, is that we don't know. Someone brought us the information and they looked very serious about it, us, as your messenger and guardians, are the ones that are in charge of your safety. That's why we are telling you to keep your eyes open for these new villains and Magicster." Greg slowly rose his hand up. Lightning Fur looking at Connor reproachingly said: "Yes, Greg?"

"You keep saying 'they told us', who? What did they say exactly? How do you know about Magicster but not these new villains? Why-"

Green Fang made a distinctive sound that got Greg's attention. "Slow down with the questions, Greg. It's not nice. Let him finish." Lightning Fur purred at Greg and walked over him, jumping in his arms.

"I cannot tell you who they are, we are forbidden to talk about them or what they've said. Our only task is to deliver their warning." Greg was about to say something else, but Lightning Fur cut him off. "Let me finish. We know about Magicster because we've been feeling his presence in the city, especially near you." When Lightning Fur felt that Greg's breath stopped, he corrected himself. "Near all of you. We know that new villains are coming because of what they've told us, so we connected points and the reason we don't know who they are is that-"

Greg breathlessly said: "-Magicster hadn't made these new villains yet, that's why you don't know who they are."

Lightning Fur felt pity for the lizard-loving boy. "Exactly." Greg's shoulders dropped and both Green Fang and Lightning Fur could feel his anxiety and depression. Lightning Fur purred with pity and Green Fang embraced Greg even more.

Riley smiled at Greg reassuringly. "We are gonna keep an eye for these new villains and Magicster."

"Yeah, we are not gonna let him hurt you again, not on my watch!" Connor jumped in with a spark of confidence on his eyes; Amaya nodded vigorously beside him. Greg smiled at them, he was so lucky to have friends like them.

Night Flight ruffled her feathers to catch everyone's attention. "Be careful and look for signs that new villains are arising. That said, goodnight everyone." Amaya waved at the three boys there and after Night Flight touched her forehead with her peak, she disappeared in a red spiral.

Greg waved at them when Green Fang lashed his tail to him. "See you tomorrow at school!" Greg and Green Fang left the place the same way Amaya did with Night Flight, and now there were only Connor and Riley left... with their animal totems...

Lightning Fur spun around and hissed at Black Pelt. "Don't think that I'm going to forget this! You are lucky that Night Flight and Green Fang were here!" He took a small glance at Winter Storm and Pink Heart, who was sitting on the grass of the forest, looking at them with a wise, noble spark in their eyes. Looking back at Black Pelt, he said with a low and warningly voice: "You are lucky that Pink Heart is here as well, otherwise, I would've clawed you mangy pelt a few times now..."

Black Pelt roared back at him. "You are lucky they were here, I would've left a few stripes on your pelt, and I'm not talking about the blue ones..." He spun around and called Riley. "C'mon kid, before I do something I regret." He didn't wait for Riley as he kept walking with menacing paw steps.

"Sorry..." Muttered Riley to Lightning Fur and Connor, when he looked back at Black Pelt, he saw him staring deadly to him; Riley gulped, but still followed his animal totem.

"You are getting no sleep tonight, we aren't finished talking." Connor heard Black Pelt's voice trailing away and Riley sighing. He had pity for the other boy, he's got a difficult animal totem.

"We are finished here, Connor." Pause. "And sorry you had to see that, sometimes he just angers me a lot..."

Connor kneeled down and stroked Lightning Fur's head reassuringly. "It's okay, you know I have those moments as well, but we'll work on it." He smiled.

Lightning Fur purred at his boy. "We certainly will... Goodnight, Connor."

Connor lay down on the floor and closed his eyes. "Night, Lightning Fur." He felt the cold nose of his animal totem on his forehead, and heard how he disappeared, he expected to open his eyes and stare on the door of his room, but instead, he opened his eyes on the same place. "Huh?"

"Finally!" Pink Heart bounced. "Can we tell him now? Pleaaase?" He pleaded to Winter Storm, waving his tail one side to another.

She put her tail on his muzzle. "Hush, don't be noisy," Pause. "And yes." She walked over to Connor and sat by his said, with Pink Heart trotting excitedly behind her.

Connor was confused. "Tell me what?"

Winter Storm had a worrying expression, while Pink Heart had mischievous sparkly eyes. She sighed. "In the darkest shadows of the shiniest night, from the deepest roots of earth, three villains will rise. With them, fear and power will emerge, for what every animal will have to stand up and fight."

Connor was more confused now. "W-what?"

She sat up quickly when bushes moved in the forest and a few leaves from a tree fell to the ground. "It's what they told us."

Connor glanced at the leaves falling to the ground, and then at Winter Storm. "They? They who?"

When more bushes rustled, she and Pink Heart hurried up. "Sorry, I can't tell you," She pressed her paw against her chest, that started glowing cyan blue; Pink Heart did the same, and both gave Connor two small cyan and pink velvet boxes. "Give it to our kids, they will help you, believe me. Mine can be difficult though."

Now a strong wind started to blow and everything in the forest moved violently. "Wait, you didn't tell me who told you!" Connor said. Winter Storm and Pink Heart looked scared and, taking a last glance at the forest, they left.

"Sorry, we revealed too much!" Said Winter Storm before jumping with Pink Heart into a bush and disappearing into the forest. Connor could feel fear emanating from the forest but didn't process it after he got back into his room. He sat up in his bed, pressing his left hand again his chest, he felt his chest tight and he had difficulty breathing. Titina, his cat, was looking worried and tired at him from her nest while she gave her kittens milk. He felt something under his pillow when he moved his right hand and took from under it the two velvet boxes the two animal totems had given him.

I'll have to tell the others to help me find them. Connor took a deep breath and laid down on his bed, he looked outside; a grey sky could be seen already, and he guessed that later was going to rain. He closed his eyes and decided to sleep what he had left, but not before the warning Winter Storm and Pink Heart left him came to his mind one last time.

"In the darkest shadows of the shiniest night, from the deepest roots of earth, three villains will rise. With them, fear and power will emerge, for what every animal will have to stand up and fight."

I really want to start this series, I've been talking about it for decades and Catboy's Quest has been referencing it a lot, which may cause confusion or something 'cause it explains events related to this story.

This is the start to Broken Masks. The point of views of this story will have it Greg, Miss Masquerade, and occasionally Luna Girl, Connor and Amaya. Though the first chapter will have a POV from every character that will be a main. The comic is something I'm not prepared for, so I'll be doing this, and I know I said different things, but I had a whole year to figure it out. Maybe one day I'll do it, maybe.

The story will have different arcs:
Black Holes
Blizzard Storm
Shattered Crystals
Aaaand a fourth one that is gonna be a surprise.

The Black Holes Arc is gonna be focused on Luke/Black Spot and Connor/Catboy, the Blizzard Storm Arc will be focused on Clara/Cloudy and Owlette/Amaya, and Shattered Crystals on Miss Masquerade/Athena, Greg/Gekko, and Luna Girl.

Hope you enjoyed this and don't forget to leave a review, thanks for reading!