Hello everyone who may be reading this. My name is TheKeyBlader98 and this is my first fanfic. I'm sort of nervous about how this will turn out, since I've added a whole bunch of new elements for an AU that I created for myself. But anyways, give the story a review if you like it or want to critique it. I'll get started on the next chapters after a while and I might start a Q/A as well. I should stop before I start rambling. Enjoy! :)
Prologue: The Eternity War
Ever since the beginning of time, war has raged.
War for life and death. For happiness and anguish. For good and evil. The war for Heaven and Earth. The war of God and Satan. The terrible and never-ending "Eternity War".
The war would rage for centuries. Entire generations of human lives would begin and end while, unknown to them, the war would continue without pause. After centuries of back and forth fighting, with no ground gained for either side, an idea came to Satan. The one place that the war had hardly touched, was the place where it could be won. Earth.
Satan began to form a diabolical scheme, one that would tip the scales in his favor. To put his plan in motion, Satan increased the pressure he put on God's armies. God then recalled all angels back to protect Heaven. This was exactly what Satan wanted. He targeted Earth, sending his demons to infect humanity and turn them against God.
The one to lead the charge was a monster. He is known as the King of Nightmares. His true name was lost to the test of time, so a new name was given to him. That name was "Pitch Black".
Satan used Pitch to target all of humanity's faith in God, specifically that of children. For without faith, God has no power. And who's faith could be any greater than that of a child. Pitch, the monster that he was, began to enjoy torturing the minds of children, specifically.
God sacrificed much to protect and end the suffering of his creations. The lives of his soldiers and friends. His pure heart. Everything he could think of, he did to try and save humanity and the Heavens. And as everything began to turn to hopelessness, he saw their salvation.
God sent his scribe and most trusted friend, the powerful angel Metatron, to the moon where he could search, in secret, for those who still had faith in God. They would then be brought to the North Pole on Earth. Here, a workshop stood, maintained by many a magical creature. And here they would be made into the immortal Guardians, a force to defend the Earth from evil.
Under the tutelage of Metatron, the first Guardians were brought up. The first of these Guardians were none other than their leader, Nicholas St. North (otherwise known as Santa Claus), and the Sandman. When the time came, the Guardians were sent out to face Pitch and his forces, known as the Negatives. Due to the faithlessness of the world, the Guardians' strength was minimal, and it was barely enough to keep some of them alive. Backs against the wall, Metatron interfered, saving what was left of them. They pushed back what was left of Pitch and his Negatives, saving humanity.
In the end, the Guardians became heroes amongst humanity, who erected tales and holidays based on who they were. But this victory was won at a hard price. Many Guardians died at the hands of Pitch and his Negative army. But at the end of the so called "Nightmare Battles", Pitch did not retreat empty handed.
During the battle at the Pole, Pitch recovered two items. Two prophecies that foretold the coming of Guardians who would be his end. The Big Four and the Guardian of Life, a Guardian brought to life by an impossible bond between Heaven and Hell. Seeing these individuals as great threats to his plans, Pitch set a plan in motion to eliminate them all.
So, he waited. For years and years, gaining power as he did. When the time came that the child, the future Guardian of Life, was born to an archangel and a demon lord, Pitch made his move. He sent his most trusted and powerful underling, the demon known as Emory Blake (referred to as the Negative, "Wrath"), to take the heart of the archangel, Marianne, and kill the child. The child managed to escape; though, due to interference by the father, Darius Sathorn, who would be imprisoned for eternity due to his "crimes". Even with this setback, Marianne's heart would be their key into Heaven.
Pitch snuck into Heaven, using Marianne's heart to access wherever he wished. Doing this, he stole the Sands of Time, allowing him access to anywhere in time. He now had the opportunity to kill the Big Four. All he had to do was find them. And with the power of the Guardians dwindling after his most recent, yet planned, defeat, Pitch decided that it was time to bring the entirety of his plan to fruition.