Author's Note: This is the final rewrite of this series. The old versions of some of these stories may still be found here, but please know that a lot has changed. Yes, I've been playing with this series since I was a teenager. LMAO! I'd like to think that the writing has improved since then, but I'll let you be the judge of that! Plus, I have my writing partner working with me on these stories now.

This series is AU, so we've changed around a fair amount of details. Things like there being a bigger gap in age between Gohan and Goten (which will play a bigger part in the stories later on.) Or Trunks returning from the future and deciding to live in the current timeline. There are lots of other details that vary from the canon as well, but those will show up later. Also, for anyone familiar with our series as it stands now, some of the names of our original characters will change. Mostly of our antagonists, so sorry if that's confusing at first. We just felt like a lot about this series needed an overhaul.

I promise to update at least once a week. Sometimes I may update more than that, but never less than that. These first few stories will be updated more slowly because we're still in the process of rewriting them. When we get to later stories, where jlcamp and I have worked together on them, they'll go up quicker because they just need a bit of editing and polishing.

Anyway, enough rambling. Enjoy! Please let us know what you think as you read. We love hearing from our readers.

It is said that in a single day and night of misfortune, the island of Atlantis disappeared into the depths of the sea.

What most people do not know, is why.

Atlantis was a powerful empire that had conquered much of Europe and Africa. After enjoying a nine-thousand-year rule over much of the known world, the people of Atlantis made a grave mistake. Following the orders given to them by their most powerful goddess Apollymi, they attempted to invade Athens, Greece.

The world was in chaos. Apollymi's love of war and bloodshed had spread too far. Fearful for the people of her city, Athena, patron goddess of Athens, appealed to the Fates to protect the world. Apollymi was throwing everything out of balance. The entire world would be destroyed if she was not stopped.

The Fates imprisoned Apollymi and left her with only a single scrying mirror to allow her to see the outside world of humans and the other gods. A special seal was used to seal her prison, one that was imbued with five elemental powers. Earth. Air. Fire. Water. Light. The seal was then hidden away and, as an extra precaution to prevent anyone from ever releasing Apollymi from her prison, the gods bestowed the five powers to random humans throughout the world. The only way for someone to open the prison would be to find the seal and gather all five humans together to activate it. A feat the Fates believed to be nearly impossible because no one, not the gods or the humans themselves, knew who carried the latent elemental powers.

As a last measure to ensure that Apollymi's imprisonment was eternal, and as punishment for attempting to conquer Greece, the Greek gods sank the island of Atlantis to the bottom of the sea, destroying the city and most of its people. With no one left to worship her, there was no hope for Apollymi to escape. And so peace and balance returned to the world.

But the gods underestimated the powers of the Atlantean people. While a great number of their people had perished in the sea, a handful, numbering in the low thousands, escaped with their lives. Using their magick, which is nothing like what the people of the world today consider to be magic, the Atlanteans scattered across all continents and went into hiding.

And there they waited. For some sign, some whisper of their goddess who had instructed them to go to that fateful battle. Word began to spread of her imprisonment. Her worshipers vowed to release her, no matter the cost or the time it took to do so. So the search began for the seal to unlock the prison cell.

Centuries passed. The world moved on, the new religion replacing the old, new technologies replacing old techniques, the people growing more and more distant from nature and the earth. The Atlanteans fell into despair. For the lives of the people of Atlantis are much longer than those of regular humans. It saddened them to see their world changing, forgetting the Old Ways. Forgetting the Gods. Forgetting them. But as the humans stopped using the natural magick of the world, the power of the Atlanteans grew. They learned to use their magick in new ways, to fashion it into weapons, to protect themselves with it, to accomplish their goals.

New races came to the earth and for a time, the Atlanteans hoped that a change for the better was coming. It began with the arrival of the first Namekian, who eventually purged the evil within his heart, splitting himself into two and creating the first set of dragonballs the earth had ever known. But powerful as the eternal dragon was, even he could not free the goddess Apollymi from her prison.

It was by pure chance that the young Atlantean witch Klissa found the seal of Apollymi. An ambitious and adventurous spirit, she had gone exploring in the Japanese mountains when she stumbled upon it. Instantly recognizing it for what it was, she brought it back to the village where she and some of her fellow Atlanteans were hiding. She was immediately made Queen and became a High Priestess of Apollymi. Along with a small council of trusted Atlanteans, it was decided that it was time for their people to reunite and join efforts to find the humans who possessed the elemental powers. The time to free Apollymi had come.

Most came freely of their own will to the newly constructed castle, excited and anxious to bring the world back to the Old Ways, to restore the world to the way it was before. Any who opposed this change, who disagreed with the practices of the Old Ways or who rejected Apollymi would be forever removed from the earth. Magick would rule again and the Atlanteans would finally have control over all the nations.

But finding the humans proved to be harder than originally anticipated.

It was rare for a human with one of the powers to realize that they had it. And even when they did, they couldn't explain the powers, much less know how to use them. And once that power was made known, the Atlanteans jumped at the chance to abduct them, to bring them back to the castle where the seal was kept. But one human alone was not enough. No matter what they tried, the seal could not be activated without all five humans gathered together at once. Some began to question Klissa's rule. If she had been clever enough to find the seal, why was she unable to find the humans?

Despite their best efforts to keep the humans alive as they found them, the lives of the humans were just too weak. They could not stand the test of time and live for centuries as the Atlanteans did. And when they would die, the elemental power would vanish and latch on to the very next human to be born into the world. Reuniting all five humans began to seem hopeless.

Another new race was introduced to the world. The race of Saiyans. A powerful warrior race with a bloodlust not unlike that of Apollymi herself, the Atlanteans watched them carefully, thinking that perhaps uniting with the Saiyans would accomplish their goals of returning the people to the Old Ways. It started with the infant Kakarot, a vicious and uncontrollable little boy, until he suffered an unfortunate accident and hit his head, forever changing his violent disposition to one of kindness and compassion. He was nothing like the Saiyan he had been before.

The arrival of the Saiyan Prince Vegeta and his personal bodyguard Nappa had looked promising, but over the years the Prince had settled for a life among the humans, protecting the earth and its people, seemingly losing his thirst for battle and bloodshed.

But the Atlanteans were not the only ones keeping a close eye on the new arrivals to the earth. The Fates were watching, too. It was only after the defeat of the evil android Cell that the Fates determined that the time had come. A time for the war against the Atlanteans, to put an end to their attempts to release Apollymi and her evil upon the world. It was time for the humans who possessed the powers to become aware of the gifts that had been passed down to them through the centuries.

But simply being made aware of their powers would not do. The humans would have to learn to control their powers, to hone them and use them the same way the Atlanteans did. For only then could their enemies be defeated. The humans needed mentors, teachers, who were skilled in the use of energy and were accomplished warriors in battle. The Saiyans and their companions were the perfect match. The only thing left was to bring them all together, and let the events unfold.

And that is where our story begins…