Hello, everyone! And welcome to one story of a trilogy! The Guardian's Fight will be an attempt to tell a cohesive story about Destiny. One that will be set as an AU where you will see how, in my eyes, the story is told. As usual, I do not own Destiny or its characters, ideas, ect. If you have an idea for a story, leave a review. Special thanks to Raptor010 for providing three of the six main characters! Now then. Read on. I hope you enjoy.

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THE GUARDIAN'S FIGHT: BOOK ONE

THE CITY'S DEFENDERS

CHAPTER ONE: Prologue

"It all started long ago. When the Traveler appeared. No one knows where it came from or why it was here, but we know that it appeared when we first colonized Mars, as provided by an ancient text dated back from in between the late twenty-first century to early twenty-third century. This being came not as an enemy, but an enigmatic friend. It helped us do things at the time we thought were impossible, and to take it one step further, magic. On Earth, human lifespans were tripled, all diseases were cured and all hatred between people was put aside forever. With the Traveler's help, we managed to colonize Venus, Mars and the Moon to their full extent, as well as turning Mercury into a garden world. We were tackling scientific and philosophical subjects that were highly advanced in theory. We played with the idea that humanity could turn digital, and we did so with our machine children. It was the time that humanity knew the stars were ours to conquer. A Golden Age.

But then the Darkness came. And everything went to Hell.

As not a lot of people or their children are alive today to tell what happened, what happened then was purely speculation. But we know that humanity's downfall was swift. The theory was that the Darkness, an old rival of the Traveler, came to us from all sides, demolishing everything and clouding everything into a ray of complete blackness. It struck so fast that we had only the time to rally arms in the inner system. It came so fast that Traveler could only react as fast as keeping it outside of the asteroid belt. The two were locked in conflict, the Traveler slowly being overwhelmed. But the Darkness wasn't alone, with its invasion came four more enemies.

The Hive: a species that's only desire is to consume and exterminate. Ancient cryptograms say that they did not rest, they did not colonize and they did not show any mercy. They drove us back en masse back to Earth, where we sacrificed our moon, our best teams of warriors, and thousands of tons of explosives. We killed their god, and they've been dormant ever since. But while we were down, the next three races took action.

The Fallen: the next race to arrive. They came immediately after the Hive to Earth, Venus and the Moon, Earth especially. They tore apart our cities, overwhelming every piece of territory they could find. They forced back to the Traveler in about the same time the Darkness closed in on Earth. More on that later.

The Vex: a group of machines. Mysteriously, they acted as sleeper agents, waking up when the Fallen arrived and striking at Mercury and Venus when the time was perfect. They pried Mercury from our grasp and made it their massive hunk of metal. And as the Fallen was encroaching on our territory, the Vex awakened in hidden territories on Mars and Venus and started their takeover. We've been halting the Vex's progress with Venus with constant attack. However, the next race is responsible for the slow of growth on Mars.

The Cabal: the wildcard of these races. They came in late, while the Fallen and Vex were taking territory. For some reason, they took a rather smart rout and came for the only piece of territory that has not been touched: Mars. They set up shop there and have been dormant ever sense, constantly looked in combat with the Vex that have been attempting to take over the planet.

While these conflicts have been pushing us to Earth, the Traveler has been in a losing fight against the Darkness, to the point where Earth was the only planet left that has not been encroached in darkness. We were trapped, in conflict with the Fallen under the Traveler while it was fighting the Darkness. Eventually, the Traveler did something that cost it its life. No one knows what the move was, all there is was speculation. But whatever it did, it destroyed the Fallen group we were being attacked by and pushed the Darkness back beyond our asteroid belt. In its dying breath, we were granted powers from the Traveler's Light and companions holding some of the Traveler, what we call "Ghosts."

And thus, humanity was in tatters. Small, vulnerable and weak. Times looked bleak for our survival. But one thing stayed true. Humanity was still alive and we strived to keep it that way. And our request was granted. From the wilderness came our robotic children from the Golden Age, their minds erased and now called "Exo." And from the planets previously covered by Darkness came the Awoken, humans heavily mutated by the Darkness's power. Many of the Awoken went to live in the Asteroid belt, now called "The Reef," but some of them stayed behind to help fight the good fight. And under the Traveler we prospered, building the last safe city on Earth. And at last, Humanity was returning to strength. We started campaigns with our newly found abilities, as we now entered the City Age.

We made much noise, and it took a few battles to keep us alive in this new day and age, but now humanity can stand strong and prosper! Hear me, my brothers! Our enemies are no longer as aggressive as they were in the past! They know their time is near, and now, we will drive them out of our system!"

This text came from The Speaker, when The City had finally risen to full strength.

Recorded by Jasper Kriflander.

6/15/2349.


More chapters will come soon. Enjoy this series I will bring into action soon. Read on!

God bless, JPLegends