Hey there, honourable reader that decide to check out this fanfic!^^ Right now, you're looking at the humble start of a Star Guardian fanfic, inspired by the arrival of the new Star Guardian skins a while back.(Jinx, you fabulous girl, never change~) I saw those new designs and the lore around it and was like "they actually did it. Such heroes." and so I thought, let's fucking roll with it and do it as well!

To sketch the situation a bit, this fic will take place in an AU Valoran, with most of the Champions moved to a high school setting, to stay true to the magical girl setting (and as is shown in the video and in the Star Guardian Trivia on the Star Guardian part of the Riot website^^) so prepare to see some altered faces and recognizable faces in truly fabulous fashion, all with the best intentions:3 Okay, enough blabbering, let's get this exquisite rollercoaster of high pitched Lux squeaks and other sailor costumed-team members going!

Enjoy!

Puella Magi Star Guardian: Beyond the Light

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Prologue

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Lux opened her eyes to the roaring thunder and the howling winds tormenting her slumber. Feeling oddly weak in her limbs but heavy of mind, she turned around, trying to process why she couldn't feel her soft bed under anymore, only the rough touch of damaged her eyesight only gradually following after her sense of hearing and touch, a dark area began to show around her. Slowly gaining vision in the dim light, she noticed she was sitting on a big piece of the wall of a collapsed building. Immediately alarmed, she forced herself to stand up and fought back the wave of dizziness that washed over her. The confused teenager looked around, trying to peer through the unnatural darkness the dark clouds overhead seemed to blanket the sky with.

Where...where am I?

Adrenaline started rushing through her body and got her rid of the last remnants of sleepiness, and she immediately tried to summon her trusty baton, so she'd at least be a bit more ready for any threat that might appear in this warped world.

But nothing.

There was no response to her command, no softly buzzing sound of her baton materializing in her hands, no dim light to soothe her during this time of emergency.

'Watch.'

A voice suddenly sounded, both in her mind, but it also seemed to echo through the wreckage surrounding her, like some physical telepathy.

'Who-Who's there?' Lux yelled, trying to overpower the winds that only seemed to howl harder as she tried to speak up. 'Show yourself!'

A silence, still oddly apparent in between the clashing sounds of the apocalyptic weather, was the only response she got.

If you need a telepathic response, I can do that too! Who are you and where am I!?

The young mage tried to expand the range of her mind as far and broad as possible, but silence filled her mind as well. Desperate, she tried to scan her surroundings, and finally got the full impression of her whereabouts.

It was a complete mess. All was in ruins.

She was in her own city, but if she hadn't lived here for so long, Lux was sure she wouldn't have been able to recognize the wreckage. Her neighbourhood, the school, the skyscrapers that marked the center of the city, there wasn't a single untouched house remaining. From her viewpoint higher up, she could clearly see the destruction created. And she also saw what she feared even more. In between the wreckage, the silent, still bodies of those who could not escape. When she looked closer, she started to recognize faces, and suddenly cursed the complete abundance of human voices in between the howling of the wind and the thunder booming.

Lux wanted to climb down, but suddenly the concrete wall she was standing on stirred, lifting itself up in the sky. As she rose higher, the ability to recognize faces faded, but the magnitude of the total collapse only became more clear. Spread underneath her was a perfect example of an extermination of all that humanity contained, from the shelters it created to live in to the killing of the eldest or youngest of people.

'W-Why…' she uttered. Without her baton, without her powers, she felt remarkably helpless, just a frail teenage girl given the sight of her whole world having been destroyed. She slowly sank down on her knees, unable to contain herself anymore.

'Behold. Behold and burn the image in your mind. You have the power to stop this. To prevent this.' the voice resonated again. Lux perked up and looked around, desperate to find the source of the voice.

'I-I can?'

-'Yes. But not alone. You have been given means to gather.'

A dark feeling welled up in the back of her mind. Whoever the speaker was, he or she clearly wanted Lux to commence a Call.

'B-But perhaps it isn't needed! If-If I had my powers, th-' she tried, but was immediately cut off.

'Then what? Would you rebuild houses? Resurrect the dead? Restore families? You have to understand there's a limit to your abilities. This vision is a warning of what is to come, and what you can't prevent on your own. Don't overestimate yourself and die in a foolish death.'

Suddenly, the bodies of her family members appeared in front of her, softly resting on the hard concrete in the unnatural stillness that was so characterically of the dead.

'Don't overestimate yourself and let them die in a foolish death.'

The rumbling clouds overhead seemed to add strength to the unknown voice's statement, and without her being able to say anything in return, it started to rain.

Warm, wet droplets of moisture started to fall from the skies, soaking her hair and running down her face, so much that she almost forgot how hard she was clenching her fists in helplessness. Then, the impromptu platform she was sitting on suddenly started to shake, splitting open and began crumbling, falling apart.

'Take my warning to heart, young girl. Find strength in numbers. Don't let it end here.'

A last set of words the voice sent out was lost when Lux uttered a surprised cry as the last pieces of the floating wall fell apart and she fell towards the ruined city along with it. A last futile cry for help was lost to the howling winds right before her body would hit the ground and her eyes shot open from the nightmare, bathing in the sweat slowly pouring into her bed sheets.

A dream.

It took her a few seconds to calm her racing heart, and it was only after she tried to summon her baton once more and the instrument arrived in her hand with its typical buzz and soft light display, that she noticed the tears still dripping down her face. Instinctively, she took her weapon in both her arms and held it close to her body, feeling its trademark own warmth resonate with her body heat.
After a small minute of getting everything straight again, she went over the contents of the odd nightmare again, and could only conclude it had been no ordinary vision. If she had been a normal girl, she would have just cast this aside as a very intense nightmare, but Lux was far from that. She was a Star Guardian, sworn to protect the universe with the power that had been granted her. Lux had already seen things that went far beyond the imaginary, so she was wary of throwing these visions aside. The feelings had been too direct, the voice had been too straightforward, too conflicting with her own subconsciousness. Lux took a deep sigh, threw her blankets aside and swung her feet over the bedside, waiting a second longer to rise. Baton in her hand, she slowly walked up to the room to gaze at the star-filled night sky.

'...I...I'll take your warning to heart. Whoever you are, wherever you are now...I'll commence the Call.'

She took a quick look at her baton and saw her own reflection, slight distorted by the baton's rounded forms.

'I won't die a foolish death.'

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That was it for the prologue^^ I'm sorry for the people who expected a longer start, but it's called a prologue for a reason, after all D: However, don't worry, more is certainly in the works, this won't end here^^ I hope those of you who took the read enjoyed the small chapter, and I eagerly await any possible responses or any form of feedback:3
See you in the next chapter!

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