This story is an alternate perspective from my story Wielder of the Black Flame, and takes place shortly before the first attack by White Marvel.
Fallen Lighting
The sky was blue and small white clouds hung overhead Fawcett City as citizens in Binder Square seemed to be enjoying the nice weather as they continued on through their day. A woman with blonde hair wearing a purple business dress and a little girl with the same color blonde pony tails wearing a pink dress and holding a tattered stuffed bear could be seen waking down the sidewalk dodging people every few feet. The little girl tightly held onto the woman's hand because they are walking at a speed slightly too fast for the little girl to keep up.
(Girl) Mommy can we slow down? Were going too fast.
The woman continued her pace because the little girls voice was muffled out by the sound of the busy city. The little girl cried out again but louder this time.
(Girl) Mommy!
As the girl spoke the end of her shoe got caught in a crack, causing the girl to stumble and lose grip of her stuffed bear. The bear tumbled to the ground as the girl fell down and scrapped her knees. The woman in the purple dress quickly turned around after noticing her daughter had fallen. She knelt down and slowly helped her daughter to her feet.
(Woman) Are you okay? I'm sorry honey but were fifteen minutes late already.
(Girl) Yeah I guess I'm okay. I can go faster Mom, I swear.
The two smiled at each other before continuing on their path. After taking a few steps the girl quickly shot around.
(Girl) Mom I forgot my bear!
The girl's stuffed bear sat on the sidewalk about four feet behind them. The little girl quickly let go of her mother's hand and ran toward the bear.
(Woman) Kelly!
As the girls mom cried out a loud crash echoed through the city followed by a harsh shake on the ground, causing most of the citizens to fall to the ground. The little girl slowly pushed herself up before catching sight of her bear again which had slid a few more feet back because of the earthquake. The citizens all looked dazed ans shocked as the girl once again headed toward her bear. Suddenly in the girl's path a jagged crack formed on the sidewalk following by another small earthquake. The girl's eyes widened as the crack spread crating a large fissure in the ground. The split in the earth continued until it reached half way across the city causing building to begin to crumble and several cars to smash into each other in disarray. The citizens screamed out in terror at the sight of their city being split in half. The entire city shook as the fissure spread until it abruptly stopped. The citizens of the city all began to once again crawl to their feet. Several of them ran away from the fissure, while some stared directly into the complete darkness inside of it out of curiosity.
An eerie silence came over the city before it once again was overtook by the violent shaking of another earthquake. From the center of the crack a large stone pillar began to rise with a man with incredibly long black hair wearing full copper and gold body armor. He had pale white skin and crimson red eyes with a slit going down the center acting as his pupil. The man held a large sword that looked like it was made out of solid rock. He smiled revealing his long sharp teeth as he examined the city while the stone tower continued to rise. The man held his stone sword over his head and flung it forward, sending a seismic wave through the city before causing the streets in the swords path to split in half, upturning cars and causing light-posts to fall to ground. People screamed out in horror as the man smiled maniacally. A portion of the air around the man began to become distorted until another man appeared out of nowhere floating next to the other man, and also holding an odd looking sword. The man had choppy blonde hair and full silver body armor, and his sword looked like it was polished like a mirror with various jewels engraved into the hilt. The blonde man turned to the man with black hair before speaking out to him in a stern, serious tone.
(Man) Do you really think this will be enough to lure him in, Haven? I don't think this guy would be stupid enough to fall into this.
(Haven) This is suppose to be his hometown, and if he's any bit like Darkseid says he is, he'll come.
As Haven spoke a golden bolt of lightning fell from the blue sky and smashed into the pillar he was standing on, causing him to tumble toward the ground. He gripped onto the hilt of his sword and suddenly a platform shot out of the stone pillar in his path. Haven gracefully landed on his on the pillar holding his sword in front of him. Haven's eyes shot up to the sky and he watched as a man with black hair wearing a red bodysuit, with a gold lightning bolt on the chest and a white cape floated toward them with his arms crossed. The man was extremely muscular and had an enraged look on his face.
(Haven) I'm assuming your suppose to be this Captain Marvel guy I've heard about.
The man spoke out with a valiant voice.
(Captain Marvel) That's right, I am. I don't know what your trying to pull here, but if you wanna leave here with what little dignity you have you had better turn around right now and go back to where you came from.
The man with blonde hair let out a slight chuckle before floating toward Captain Marvel. The blonde man continued until he saw eye to eye with Captain Marvel.
(Man) My name is King Arien. I'm nobody you know yet, but I'm gonna let you in on something. This city you call your home, this is my new kingdom, and you will bow at my feet.