"Lords of Nature, aren't you tired of being that fool's servants?"

The four children-turned-Gormitis raised their eyebrows. They came here for a fight, and Obscurio's new boss just threw their orbs in a lava vortex towards the Earth. They'd better hope they'd find a way to bring those back in, fighting the Lava Gormitis as humans and in public wouldn't be fun, even with their new powers.

"What are you up to, flame head?" snarked Toby. Far from getting angry, Magor chuckled.

"Your talents deserve to be recognized, it's time for Luminos and the Old Sage's reign to reach its end, and for the Gorm to have a new master. And as the master of the Gorm, I'd want nothing more than you as my heralds."

Shock could be read upon the Lords of Nature's faces. Magor was… negotiating their loyalty just so they'd help him take over the world?! This guy was completely nuts, why would they do that?!

"You led all those evil Gormitis to harm our families and this place!" called out Nick. "Once we get our orbs back, we'll-"

"You are right, child. But I did it for one reason only."

Spontaneously, the items in question resurfaced from the vortex, surprising the Lords of Nature as their respective orbs flew back to them.

"So that you will realize that once your job is done, the Old Sage won't let you be the Lords of Nature ever again." announced Magor, smirking. "I however always keep my promises."

The four heroes looked at what Magor brought in. This sounded too easy, he wouldn't take their powers away just to give them back right after! He must've had a trap in mind.

Unbeknownst to them and everyone else in the room, Magor wasn't giving them back unchanged. If he had used his powers to open the portal, he also amplified his past hold on them, making them ready for a new level of power.

For thousands of years now, even after he was gone, a remainder of his power stayed inside the orbs, following through the eras any potential host for their energy. Including the current Lords of Nature.

He wasn't lying when he said they were very important to him. After all, if it wasn't for all the power and experience they've been gathering ever since they first entered the Gorm, he wouldn't be as strong as he was now.

Another thing he wouldn't miss was the outrage and negativity those children felt instants before he was fully reformed. He had fed on those feelings for so long during his imprisonment, and they would soon embrace them too...

"Our orbs! That can't be real, you wouldn't give them up this easily!" called out Lucas.

"Try their powers, I've only looked over them for the entire time you four used them."

Obscurio smirked, seeing the confusion on their enemies' faces. His master told him what his experience away from the Gorm taught him, especially how malleable young spirits could be.

The Lords of Nature were children, with powerful emotions and a lot of affinities for strong feelings that could be exploited. All his master had to do was tell them the role he had in guiding them, even without their knowledge.

"Jessica, so mature and calm, but you wouldn't be able to live a good life without constantly worrying about the people of the Air under threat." said Magor, grinning as Jessica stepped back. "Nick, so brave and smart, yet all those efforts went nowhere if you had to give up your studies for a fight no one that mattered would ever acknowledge."

Nick gritted his teeth. No, Magor was trying to get inside his head. He had been stressed out about this kind of stuff before, he was able to overcome it. He didn't need to listen to this guy's advice… right?

"Lucas, always so generous and easygoing, yet all everyone seems to care about is how to use your kindness for their own benefit, only listening to your advice when it helps them more than you."

Lucas gulped. He didn't blame anybody, his friends did say he talked a lot but… that shouldn't be a reason to get mad whenever everyone didn't take him seriously, right? Even if people did rarely listen to him if it wasn't personal…

"And finally, Toby."

"You know nothing about me!"

"Oh, trust me, Lord of the Sea, I know all there is to know about you. So uplifting, courageous, caring and friendly to your peers, but if it wasn't your friends keeping you around, everyone would just ignore you, disregard you as one of them."

"You... you're just making that stuff up!"

"Am I? What about when your family kept expecting you to cause trouble, even when you made efforts to be on your best behavior? What about those children who threw you away as soon as you made one simple mistake out of ignorance? What about all those times you were mocked for not knowing better?"

"That… isn't true…"

"What isn't true is how you keep defending the side of the light when all these problems could've been solved had you been free of its tyranny! If you were still free to choose the way you led your lives, you wouldn't be there fighting me, running away from problems of a pathetic life dedicated to serving ancient forces making you fight for them like pawns."

Obscurio walked towards his master, observing the darkness growing. Not only inside the orbs but the hearts of those children as well. The most delightful darkness there is was fed by delusions, fear, and payback. For the first time, he'd get to witness the darkness in all four Lords of Nature together.

"You're the Lords of Nature, you've kept this dimension safe for so long, you've sacrificed so much of your time for it, working for those idiots who think they can make soldiers out of youngsters who never chose to take this role, and what have they ever done for you four in return?"

"..."

Magor smirked as they all growled, the pain of the lives he had the chance to witness coursing through them, bringing back memories they denied the resentment of.

Of course, if it wasn't for him and his dark magic, they'd ignore him. But he knew them much better than Obscurio did with only one, he knew the right keys to reach a young heart in need of guidance.

"Nothing! They couldn't care less about us!" said Nick, kicking a rock on the ground.

"We never even chose to be the Lords of Nature. We accepted that mission but at what cost?!" seethed Lucas.

"We can't even sleep straight without worrying about the end of the world, and what are they doing in that stupid light temple all day long?!" complained Jessica. "We're the ones working our butts and risking our lives to save everyone, what have they accomplished?"

"It's been a year, and after making us give up those powers, they think they just can tell us to go get them back again when it's their responsibility to guard this entire island! We're done with them, all they've done is using us for their dirty job!" announced Toby, prompting the other Lords to follow.

Without adding another word, they took their orbs and felt the darkness inside them surround them, feeding onto feelings of betrayal, anger, and sadness, feelings they would rather have ignored in the past.

The light that powered their forms in the past was fading away, losing its shine as the shadows of the volcano replaced it instead.

"I can use my powers to make you and your orbs even stronger, Lords of Nature. As my Lords of Despair, you'll have the power to carry on my reign over the entire Gorm and command my armies, all I ask for in return is that you leave behind those fools of the light, and destroy any remnants of your time as their tools."

As the energy surrounding them revealed their forms, they had taken the colors of Lava Gormitis, their bodies darkened and reddened to symbolize their new allegiance. They opened their eyes, rage, and lust for revenge burning in the obscurity of their minds.

With the transformation done, a new goal and new information, they bowed down to their new master with respect. If Magor gave any real thought to who they were deep down, aside from former enemies, they'd be more than happy to hand over their loyalty to him.

Most of you have probably guessed it, I am a fan of Miraculous, hence the Hawk Moth-y line.