Chapter 1

Somewhere in the Nile at the edge of the desert, an expedition was taking place. The scientist leading the expedition was Professor Lyon Vastia, along with his assistant Mest Gryder. They had come about a stone tablet with inscriptions unlike anything they have ever discovered.

Entering the temple where Lyon was trying to translate the strange symbols and hieroglyphs, was a young Exceed cat named Lector. He had left the temple earlier to fetch some water since they were running low on it.

As Lector arrived back with the water, he couldn't help but notice his friend, Frosch, another fellow Exceed, was beginning to fall asleep. Frosch assistance was needed at this time since the temple was dark and he was the one that held up the mirror that reflected light on the inscriptions Lyon was trying to make out.

Noticing the light becoming dull since Frosch was falling asleep, Lyon sighed and shouted, "Frosch! Light!"

Hearing Lyon shout was enough to wake him up as he held up the mirror. Keeping his fingers on the inscription so he wouldn't lost sight, Lyon translated what he was able to make out as Mest wrote it all down.

"This what I've made out so far," Lyon said to Mest, who had his pen ready. "When the three planets are in eclipse, the black hole, like the door, is open. Evil comes spreading terror and chaos. Now, you see this snake, Mest? The snake symbolizes the ultimate evil. Did you make sure to get the snake?"

"Yes, I've got the snake nailed down," Mest assured, drawing the snakes in and what they represent. "So, when is the snake act supposed to occur?"

Lyon explained as he try to make out the numbers of when this event happens. "Well, according to the inscriptions, it says events like this are supposed to occur somewhat over 5,000 years."

Mest chuckled a bit. "And here I thought I would have to be here to experience it all. Lucky for me, it won't happen in my lifetime."

Before Lector could approach Lyon and Mest with water, he was stopped by the priest, Brother Sting Eucliffe, who was one of the keepers to this ancient temple.

"It's okay, Lector," Sting told his Exceed friend. "I'll be sure to give it to them. You go on and rest. I'm sure you must be exhausted from that long journey."

Lector smiled and replied, "Thanks, Sting. As a matter of fact, I could really use a catnap."

As soon as Lector left, Sting stared at Lyon and Mest with a tense look on his face. He was hoping they wouldn't be able to decipher the hieroglyphs, but it looked like they were making greater progress than he thought. Not only was Sting the keeper of the temple, but he had a secret job to protect its secrets at all cost. Knowing they were deciphering every secret written in the hieroglyphs, Sting knew he had no choice of what he was about to do.

Lyon continued to decipher the hieroglyphs as Mest continued to write. "You see here these different peoples, or symbols of people gathering together the four elements of life: water, fire, earth and air around a fifth one. I believe this person or thing represents the fifth element."

Now that they knew about the fifth element, Sting took out a small glass vial from his cloak that contained poison. "Forgive me, God. They already know too much." Taking the pouch of water Lector brought, Sting poured the poison into the water.

Sting made his presence known to Lyon and Mest, who they were all glad to see.

"Hey, Brother Sting," Mest greeted. "How have you been?"

"I've been feeling great," Sting told them. "I brought some water for you, if you guys have some cups to go around."

"Well, sure we do," Mest replied. "In fact, let me get them right now."

As Mest searched his bags for the cups, Lyon approached Sting of what he wanted to tell him. "I'm so glad to see you, Brother Sting. This is the most extraordinary thing that I have ever seen. This has to be by far the greatest finding in history."

"I can only imagine," Sting said, feeling regret in his voice of what he was about to do. "Why don't you have some water. All that hard work must have you thirsty."

"Oh, yes, very," Lyon agreed as Mest handed the cups to Sting and Lyon. "This stone tablet is amazing. It's almost as if were a battle plan. A battle between good and evil. And in between those opposing forces is a weapon against evil. Once I show this back at the university, I'm bound to receive all kinds of honors."

"Then let's toast to achievement," Sting suggested, wanting to get this done and over with quickly.

"Aye," Lyon nodded as he and Sting took the cup of waters and raised their cups. Before Lyon could even drink his water, he stopped for a second, having second thoughts. Sting was afraid that he may have figured out his drink was poison. But Lyon responded, "Hold on a second. You can't make a toast with water. This calls for something special."

"I agree," Mest concurred, dumping his cup of water out as Lyon did the same. "Why don't we try that wine we brought along with us."

"An excellent idea, Mest," said Lyon, as the young man went to go fetch the wine. As he waited for Mest to open the drink, Lyon continued translating the hieroglyphs. "Now, this part here is what I don't understand. It's hard to determine of where this part of the inscription is supposed to mean something… prehistoric."

Then, Sting was starting to feel the this strange presence that was beginning to give him goosebumps. Noticing something going on outside, a shadow began to cover the land right above the temple. Everyone started to notice the shadow and some inside the temple thought it was merely a whiff of cloud passing by.

However, those outside knew this was no cloud hovering over them. And Sting knew exactly what it was hovering above the temple. It was them, the beings he made an oath to protect the secrets in the inscriptions at all cost.

"They're here," Sting whispered to himself as his friends from outer space arrived.

The ship these alien being arrived in was enormous. It was about 900 centimeters tall and 500 meters in width. Most of the people who saw and witnessed the alien ship above them hightailed out of the area.

Lyon didn't have the slightest clue of what was going on since he was busying himself translating the hieroglyphs. "This man is a perfect being. I know this is the key. I just know it. And this divine light they talk about. What is divine light?"

While Lyon was paying attention of the activity going on outside, Sting and Mest sure were. Blocking out the light the reflecting in the temple, all the light from the mirror Frosch held up was lost as well.

Losing his train of thought when the lights went out, Lyon shouted, "Frosch! Light!" The lights came back on, once more. "Much better. Thank you." But those lights were not coming from Frosch. The young Exceed knew those lights were not coming from him and took notice of the alien ship that hovered over them.

Seeing a part of the alien ship from the temple, Mest backed up against the wall with fear, not knowing what kind of beings were about to come out of the ship. The ramp to the alien ship opened and the aliens revealed themselves as they began to enter the temple.

These aliens were robotic beings who were known as the Mondoshawans. All of them walked slowly, almost of that of a turtle. Mest couldn't believe what he was seeing as he began to draw the aliens down to the last detail. Sting bowed before the aliens, the beings he wore an oath to and Frosch merely ran away, frightened by these alien visitors.

"Mest, here's what I want you to do now…" Lyon turned around and he was startled of what stood in front of him. The sight of these alien beings, the Mondoshawans, had Lyon taken back that it became hard for him to breathe. "Who are you?"

Not answering his question, the last of the Mondoshawans came in, who was the Commander. Sting bowed before the Commander and said, "Forgive me, My Lord. I really did try to stop him from discovering more than he knew already."

The Commander spoke. "Brother Sting, you and those before you have served us well. But war is coming. The stones are not safe on Earth anymore."

Everyone watched and saw what the Mondoshawan Commander was about to do next. He got his fringer as a small tool poked right out against the stone tablet. To their surprise, he opened up the stone table like it was some doorway.

"This is… this is… too good to be true," Lyon said, still catching his breathe. "But at the same time it's amazing."

Knowing they had no other choice since Lyon knew too much, one of the Mondoshawan's injected Lyon with a toxic serum. In just a couple of seconds, Lyon fell to the floor, his body now lifeless.

The Mondoshawan's walked slowly inside of the secret passage to the temple to recover the stones that they spoke of. Inside of the secret passageway, it all led to a room and this was the first time Siting was seeing it. Inside of the room were four small pillar that contained the stones and one human-shaped pillar stood in the middle. Sting recognized it as "The Fifth Element."

The Mondoshawan Commander ordered his troops to take the stones that laid on the pillars as they did so. After retrieving the stones, they locked them up on a metal chrome box.

As the Mondoshawan soldiers entered out of the room with the stones, Mest staggers across the floor with his gun held out. He try to wake up Lyon, but it'd be no use since he was already dead.

Nervous that the stones were being taken away, Sting bowed to the Commander, once more. "My Lord, is it necessary to take the stones from Earth? Without the stones, we'll be left defenseless when evil returns."

"And if we don't take them off right now, war will come to your planet," the Commander warned. "We don't want to drag you into a war you have nothing to do with and nor do we want you to pay for it. But don't fret just yet. In 300 years, when evil returns, so shall we."

Entering the room where Sting and the Commander were, Mest pointed his gun at them. "You son of a… what did you do to Lyon? Did you kill him!"

"Mest, wait!" Sting told him, trying to keep him calm. "I know this all seems a bit much, but these guys are not your enemies. They're our friends."

"Friends?" Mest questioned. "What kind of friends of these of yours, Brother Sting? They just killed Lyon! They're monsters!"

"Put your weapon down," Sting ordered him calmly. "Give me a chance to explain what's happening."

Still a bit jittery over everything that was happening all around him, Mest replied, "No. And you know what, you can be the first to die since you're in league with them."

"Don't do this, Mest," Sting implored. "I'm begging you. What these guys do is what will help save the universe."

"What the hell are you talking about…?"

Not knowing where he stepped, Mest tripped on one of the items and hit his head, knocking him unconscious as the gun went off. As bullets flew everywhere, it activated the sealing of the door.

Already on the other side of the door, Sting urged the Commander to hurry. "Hurry up! The wall is closing!"

Knowing he wouldn't make it due to his slow body, the Commander replied, "That doesn't matter now. Here is your next mission, Brother Sting. Pass your knowledge to the next priest as it was passed to you."

"Yeah, sure, whatever," Sting replied. "I'll be sure to carry on that mission. But at least hurry up. Jeez, why couldn't you guys have more slim bodies instead of big fat ones?"

"I told you already, it doesn't matter now," the Commander repeated. "What matters now is life."

As soon as the doors were about to close, the Commander manage to keep them open for a while, holding out the key the opened the stone tablet. Sting took the key as he rushed outside and saw his Mondoshawan friends make their departure.

"Good luck, guys!" Sting shouted to his Mondoshawan friends. "And I promise to fulfill my mission! You can count on that! By the time you return, my successors will be prepared for your arrival!"

Sting knew what he had to do. In 300 years, the evil will return and in the meantime, he will pass on his knowledge to the next generation to the next and during his/her lifetime, they will be prepared to fight back as the forces of good and evil will soon clash.

Disclaimer: I would like to confirm that I do not own the film "The Fifth Element" as it is the property of film director, Luc Besson and Columbia Pictures. I also do not own Fairy Tail as well since that happens to be the property of Hiro Mashima.

Notice: Just to let you all know, this is based off the popular the classic 1997 film, that's considered one of the many best sci-fi films. There are a few differences and changes I made to the story and I do hope you enjoy this version of the story and I look forward to hearing your reviews.