Disclaimer: Thundercats 2011 and Monster Hunter World do not belong to me. They belong to Capcom and Warner Bros. This story follows the story of Monster Hunter World, and if you don't know the story and don't want spoilers please don't read until you've played the game.

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Chapter 1: A New World

Luna Pov

I walked out of the shared quarters. The boat rocked hard on the waves of the latest storm. Thankfully, it wasn't too bad and each of the ships carrying the Fifth Fleet were not going to get battered by the storm this go. I walked down spotting a hunter messing with his slinger, a Palico bringing food to a hunter and handler duo, and finally taking a seat near a studying member of the research center. Maybe a handler in training?

I hoped to not get noticed but no luck. An excited hunter kinda bald other than the small tuft of hair on his head spotted me and sat down at the table across from me. Messed up the researchers things.

"Hey, how's it going? Man, I can't believe it's been twenty odd years since the commission sent the First Fleet. I dreamed about it since I was a kid. And now people are saying the Fifth's got the best chance to find out the mystery behind the Elder Crossing. And I agree!" said the excitable hunter. He waved his mug around the air at his last declaration skimming over the studying woman beside him and spilling some of his mug on her books. He was quickly startled by another woman who I could only assume would be his handler.

"Settle down now. Hey, aren't you on the A-list?" she said to me.

I nodded.

"Hey! So are we! What's your name?" the hunter asked.

I smiled softly. "Luna. What about you guys?" I asked in a slightly soft voice.

"Vontier, and this is my partner and handler Veronica." The hunter introduced himself handing me a mug with an excitable smile.

"By the way, A-listers are usually in pairs of two. So where's your partner?" Veronica said in a questioning tone.

I noticed a woman jump up from a chair nearby and walk over to the window looking out at the raging seas. I got up and waved a hand over to my new companions before leaving the scene. Alpha who had just walked into the room noticed me going to the strange woman and followed.

"Getting rough out there. Big waves…that's gotta mean landfall." She murmured before leaning back and taking off her goggles to look at me. She smiled a bright smile and I could already tell we were going to be pretty good friends. She had dark brown almost black hair, chestnut eyes and faded brown freckles on her face, wearing a small green poncho over a bright yellow leather shirt, and to top it off large brown leather boots and long baggy pants completed the look. A set of heavy googles were on the top of her forehead. "Hey there. You're an A-lister right. So am I, pleased to meet you. I'm Fudoka the Handler and-" Fudoka was saying before the ship heaved big time. The whole ship shaking like it had hit something and started to lurch violently. People fell over each other and food was tipping dangerously off the tables. I even think I saw a few knifes head in our direction. Fudoka simply ran up the stairs to the deck with me and Alpha hot on her heels just in time to see the ocean heave.

To put it simply, it was like watching the ocean give birth. A large rock formation suddenly overtook the ocean that had once before laid in front of us. The ship heaved upward at a sharp angle and everything started to fall backwards. Fudoka grabbed a fence like part of the ship while I grabbed at the railing. Alpha hadn't been fast enough and dropped down onto the door leading back below deck. I didn't have time to worry as Fudoka's grip slipped and I let go to follow after her. I kept my feet level with the deck and threw most of my weight on them to accelerate managing to keep one hand behind me just in case so I could slow down. I swiftly darted out my left hand and caught her around the waist, but a small bit of the raised floor was off and threw us up into the air. I cursed twisting my body but we ran into a raise pole on the ship that jerked my arm almost forcing me to let go. I winced and seeing that the open ocean was to the left as we fell, and tossed Fudoka to the right before my face hit the ground and I blacked out.

30 minutes later…

I came to on a large obsidian rock. At least from my point of view. I looked up and spotted the under half of our ship. I blinked for a few minutes in confusion scrunching up my face and crossing my arms. 'How the hell did that get there?' I thought.

"Hey, Luna over here!" I heard Fudoka cry out nearby…coming in the direction right under our ship!

I sighed and ran over while keep an eye on the ship preciously tilting in my direction. Lava spewed from the giant mass underneath and around the ship and the sad part was that it felt like it was moving. 'Dragons have mercy can't one thing go right!' I shouted in my mind as I spotted Fudoka. She sighed in relief at seeing me as I climbed over a small incline.

"This has got to the absolute worst timing in the history of the commission ever. Or the best. I guess it depends on what this thing is." She said while leafing through the massive book at her side. I grabbed the book and smacked it shut in her face before silently pointing at the massive obsidian rock we were on. She sweat dropped. "Right, first things first, to get off this thing. This way." Fudoka smiled nervously while leading away from the ship deathtrap. Not a moment too soon.

A massive shifting and creaking of wood could be heard behind us as rocks tumbled from above. I guided Fudoka closer to the large lava rocks beside us and glanced the ship sliding off the ridge it had been balanced on. I could only sigh in relief at that. I waited till the mini avalanche was over before giving Fudoka a nod and letting her go. She led the way up from a small dip in the creatures (for it was soon obvious via the constant shudders this was not ordinary rock) back and then going straight up. The ground leveled out slightly so it wasn't a rough ascent. I frowned at the Raphinos flying around and pecking at us. It was one of the very few creatures that I had managed to actually look at before landfall. I ran over to Fudoka and started swatting at the creatures beaks in order to keep them away. I could spy a few Mernos flying around as well, but they were the more peaceful types of flying creatures and were more interesting in the thing we were on than us.

A loud creaking out groan split the air and before I knew it the entire ground started to shake until it was almost completely vertical. I hung on for dear life keeping a careful eye on Fudoka while I was at it. It was official. This thing was a monster, but what monster was this big?! For Pete's sake, this monster was almost as large as a Jhen Moran. Maybe even its subspecies. We continued our climb before finally reaching a freed horizontal point only for me to look down. Big mistake. I could see the snout only slightly ahead of us and the drop had to be long from where we were.

"Good gravy, are we on its head!?" Fudoka screamed. Whether it was in fear or glee I had no idea.

"Seems so," I said nonchalantly. I then busted out my grappling hook and snagged a Mernos. Fudoka didn't manage to hang on in time and fell. I directed with some hard pulls to direct the Mernos and managed to catch her. We then went underneath the monster's jaws where long obsidian tangles were before flying clear over and away from it. I sighed in relief holding on tightly to Fudoka's waist as the Mernos flew over a large green forest. Clouds of black smoke were soon a distant memory as the haze bled into blue clear skies. I chanced a look down and smiled while squeezing Fudoka to do the same. Below us were large trees surrounding one tree as tall as a mountain. Rivers and streams fed into the small ponds that dotted the area. A small beach was seen as well. I smiled at all the wildlife. Heck I could even spot a heard or two moving across a nice little clearing. However, the Mernos began to shake uncontrollably until the rope holding us to it snapped. We fell through the trees and tumbled to the ground.

I dizzyingly got up and shook my head to clear it of the tumble turning quickly to see Fudoka doing the same. I looked around at trees thick and thin towering over me and my companion. Fudoka ran on ahead, but I kept an eye on them as I took a look around the environment to scan for any threats nearby. Despite not having any weapons on me. A hunter can never be too careful.

"Hey, it looks like a camp got set up here. Come check it out!" Fudoka yelled happily.

I shook my head and ran to see a nice little yellow teepee type deal with a box and a small oven with seats in a tiny clearing. It was obvious this was a site for hunters to start their hunts. By the looks of it this was set up quite a long time ago. Fudoka smiled while walking up to me and held out a small book towards me.

"Looks like a map. Well, part of one at least." She said while I flipped it open. She leaned over my shoulder and pointed at the map. "This is where we are right now. And that is where we were supposed to dock. We could head there and see if everyone's okay. I'm sure your Palico is missing you by now." Fudoka said while pointing the relevant areas during her explanation.

"His name is Alpha." I corrected on instinct.

We walked into the clearing and I could help the smile on my face at that point. Trees stretched far and wide with a pituresqe view of the ocean and small streams littering the area. A pond rested underneath the shade of some trees that led further into the forest. The herds I had tried to identify showed themselves here to be Aptonoth. The most docile herbivores on the planet from what I knew. These dinosaur like creatures had spiked tails at the end and long bodies walking on all fours with a long lightly armored spine on their heads. I felt at peace in this place, but it wasn't to last. We need to get to base.

I darted my face to find Fudoka making headway across the clearing. "Scientists and their idiocy I swear!" I huffed while catching up.

Fudoka noticed me after a second and yelled, "If you loose sight of me just follow your scoutflies. I had them memorize my scent earlier so don't worry." Her clear voice rang through the clearing as she then turned and started away again. Her murmurs involving the wildlife were numerous from the herd nearby to the strange flowers and other plants we could see.

I rolled my eyes at all the talking and kept her in my sight. Despite having the scoutflies to help, I didn't want her to run into trouble and not know it. We ran by a lake filled with different kinds of fish. Some were even pink! I didn't get to dwell on it as we stopped by a vine wall. Well it was more like a mix between vines and thin wood, but I didn't want to say anything about it. I frowned and pulled up my map. Yep we had to go through here, but it felt like something bad was going to happen. Sighing at the inevitable, I put myself first and pushed through the wall making a rather wide opening and then led the handler through. I took another look around the heavily wooded area, but didn't have time as a large iguana like creature appeared in front of Fudoka. I put myself up front and watched as we were quickly surrounded. They were yellow for the most part with dark green undersides and a few feathers on the top of their heads.

"Jagras, quick! We've got to hide. And don't you even think about fighting them. You don't have a weapon." Fudoka whisper yelled. She dove behind a thick leaved bush with me following close behind after running around the area. We both duck down wear even our hair wasn't visible. One of the Jagras came up close, but Fudoka didn't make a sound. Eventually, the monsters lost interest and we were free to leave our cover.

We wandered out of the area and right onto the beach. The forest to one side and a somewhat steep sloped beach on the other. It looked like a nice place to go fishing. There was also a nice stone arch nearby. However, Fudoka's eyes were keeping to the ground.

"What is it now?" I asked with a hint of annoyance.

"These tracks…" she murmured obviously distracted.

I raised a brow at her and looked down at the beach again. Something was shining in the light. I ventured down keeping low sot he Kestodon wouldn't notice me and picked up a strange gauntlet. It was gold in color with a circular red jewel and another amber like jewel as well. The hilt of a sword was inside it as well. Frowning, I strapped the well crafted weapon to my waist. Maybe I could find it's owner. Wouldn't hurt to check. I turned around just in time to see a large shadow dart over to the distracted Fudoka.

I was much larger than the other Jagras we ran into. Same color and body type but with more of a main of feathers on it's head than anything else. It reminded me of the classification of the Great Jaggi. I could only guess this thing was called the Great Jagras. It would make sense after all. I rushed over and using my slingshot launched a few rocks that were near me on the beach. The creature turned around angrily, but before we could do anything another hunter on a frickin' t-rex like creature with a feathered collar barreled in and slammed into the Great Jagras. The hunter quickly got Fudoka out of harm's way and under the arch.

I watched as the two titans roared and began to battle it out. The t-rex like creature grabbing at the lizard only for it to…inflate? That was certainly strange. I shook my head and ran around the two brawling creatures. We were almost to the wood gate when I noticed a scuffle at the gate. There were quite a number of individuals there. I could hear four men and two girls. One of such was just standing near me. His bright red hair stood out and I didn't really pay attention to him at the moment as the two from before barreled their way down the incline near the gate. I grabbed his shoulder and pushed him under the t-rex and watched it's movements for the perfect moment to escape. "When I say run, you run!" I shouted.

"What?!" the kid said.

I rolled my eyes and saw the moment. "Run!" I shouted and we ran out from under the monster. I looked back and watched the monster's tail starting to swipe at us. I quickly pushed him and then jumped low quickly to avoid the swipe just as the hunter shut the gate. I was happy that everything was done and over with. I sighed with relief at the fact that the gate was now closed behind me and I was no longer was in danger of being eaten. I got up and looked at our suddenly large group. The new guests…were interesting. Oh boy, was this going to get on my nerves.

Lion-o pov

I got up after the person who shoved me down moved off me. I got up and looked at them. The group we found ourselves with were some sort of hairless monkeys. At least from what we could guess, but they acted more like us cats than anything else. I turned to see a woman glancing at me with a slightly annoyed look. "Um, thank you for helping me get out of there. I don't really know what happened." I said honestly.

The woman nodded to me before walking to the guy wearing some strange scaly and fur armor carrying the biggest sword I had ever seen. The other woman was wearing weird goggles and just as much leather as her partner. Tygra and Panthro quickly got in front of me with Cheetara and both of the twins were quickly by my side before I could blink.

"I suppose introductions are in order, but it would probably be safer if we moved locations. The village is nearby. Lets head on over." The hunter said while moving ahead.

I followed reluctantly after the two women and the rest of us did as well. The one who saved my life slowed down to walk beside me and gave me the biggest smile I had ever seen. "I'll assume you didn't come from the Old World. My names Luna, and it's a pleasure." She said holding up a hand.

"I'm Lion-o. Lord of the Thundercats." I said quickly shaking hands. Her grip almost crushed mine. Damn.

"Thundercats? Is that some sort of club or guild? I can't say I've ever heard of you before. Nor do I actually know what you are mind you?" Luna said in a tone that stated they didn't really care or mind.

I sweatdropped. "As far as I know, I'm part of the cats and we were actually a kingdom. Right now, I really need to find something. It's kinda important." I said remembering that I lost the Sword and Armor of Omens.

"Wait, you lost them! I thought you said you had everything before we left the beach." Tygra shouted.

Luna just raised a brow and waited till we stopped in front of some sort of gateway before pulling something from their side and holding it out in front of me. "Would this be what your missing?" she said holding out the items I thought were lost.

"Yeah, were did you find them?!" I shouted happily slipping the gauntlet back over my arm. I heard a snort and look to see Luna nearly bursting out laughing.

"Buried under some sand on the beach next to an imprint of a body." She said not elaborating further.

My face was flaming red as I remembered face planting with the most panicked look imaginable after a wave sent me on the beach with the others. I had managed to get them not to look at the facial expression the said left behind, but I didn't waist time there. Makes sense I didn't see it now. "I see, thanks." I said quietly.

"Not a problem. Don't make a habit of loosing that thing either." Luna suggested with a nod before turning to the two in front of us.

"Astera, I like it." The other woman said. It was clear that another conversation had been going on.

The place beyond the bridge was the biggest shipyard and marketplace that almost put my home to shame. Conveyer belts of chains slid up and down the mountain, and people carrying boxes were moving all over the place. To the left stood a large library and a little area seemingly fenced off along with a plant area managed by another group of people. A winding staircase led upwards to and area smelling of freshly cooked mean and vegetables. On the other side was a large ship and housing area with another areas protruding smoke above it. The massive line of chains led up to the big ship atop the mountain.

I looked to our group and couldn't help seeing Pantro and Tygra's mouths drop open in awe. I smirked. "Guys your gonna catch flies if you keep those open any longer." I said watching with satisfaction as their mouths closed.

I looked at the guy that led us here and he was smirking just as bad as I was. "I won't keep you guys long. You can go talk to the commander while I show these guys around. They'll be by the barracks. Can't miss it." He said waving us away as he talked to Luna.

Nodding in thanks one more time, I walked over with my friends and we came across where he mentioned. The guy was a grizzled and tan man wearing heavy looking silver armor and had hair whiter than the mountain snow me and Tygra had seen. Then man frowned before saying in the most commanding voice since my dad died, "What's your business here?"

"Uh, we were kinda in a crash and…" I began only to get cut off by Cheetara.
"We were flying over the ocean when one of our enemies shot us out of the sky. We got washed up on the beach here by mistake. Sorry if we're trespassing." She explained briefly followed by everything that led up to this point.

The man frowned. "If this guy Mumm-ra is a threat, he should probably be dealt with. I'm afraid I can't help you much here. The research commission is looking into the elder crossing right now so we can't really help you. If you want, we can put in a request for you at the guild and see if anyone knows anything." The commander said in a light tone. At our nod, the commander told the guy next to him about the message. Then he turned back towards us. "Now that it's settled. I'll assume you need someplace to stay. You can have a room in the barracks. They won't really be private, but they'll do for now. Sorry, but the influx of the fifth fleet and what happened to them is still being situated." He said.

"I was actually gonna ask, but what's the deal here? I've never seen creatures like those before. And what's the elder crossing?" I asked before anyone else could comment. It didn't escape me that a good number of these people were injured.

The commander eyed me for a minute. "The elder crossing is when a class of creatures powerful enough to change entire ecosystems cross the ocean to come to here for reasons we have yet to discover. The rest of the research commissions goal is to catalogue and understand the different environments and monsters that roam the New World. The recent addition to our cause if the fifth fleet who we hope will help us finally solve this mystery. If you have any other questions please report to the ecological research team. They should be able to answer any other questions you might have. Now, if you don't mind. I'd like to see one of the fifth fleets most promising hunter and handler duo. Go make yourselves comfortable." The commander finished with a quickly nod to us in the direction of the barracks before leaving us to walk into the trade yard.

I looked at the others as we walked away. "Mmrrooeww! Watch it!" said a small high pitched male voice. Surprised I stopped and back up quickly to see what had to be a surprising sight for me. A cat was walking bipedal with two large eyes and carrying a weapon almost half it's size. "Mew know what mew doing here! It's pretty mean of mew to step on a tail." The cat stated obviously offended.

"Ah, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to step on your tail. I'm not used to having to watch out for that kind of stuff." I apologized. It wasn't every day that I met any cats that had tails nor were they short enough to miss so I almost never had even the slightest chance of stepping on anyone's tails.

The cat took a second to look at me. Then it smiled. "I can tell mew are strangers here. It's fine. I'm Alpha and I hope to see mew around." The cat said before disappearing in the barracks.

I nodded before entering myself and spotting another strange cat jumping out of the one of the doorways. I walked over knowing that the others were right behind me and what we found surprised us. It looked like we were right under a deck on a ship. Things hung around from the ceiling, but there was a tone of room. Three bunks were in the room along with a large blue chest that waited in the corner in front of the door from below the stairs. A red chest was nearby. The cat we saw outside of the doorway smiled at us from between the boxes.

"Meyi name is Meyta. It's so myice to meet mew. Meyi'll help mew decorate meor room. Just as meyi if mew have any questions about the room." Meyta said kindly.

"Excuse me for asking, but what are you?" Wilykat asked while pointing at the cat.

"Brother," Wilykit asked while pulling her brother away from the cat.

Panthro was looking through the red box and Cheetara and Tygra were checking the beds. The cat smiled at the two kids instead of getting angry or upset which was a surprise.

"Meyi am called a Palico. Meyi evolved from monsters along with other Palicos. Fenlynes are the species that meyi evolved from." Meyta mentioned in a lecture like tone.

"Well we…" Wilykat said. However, Wilykit covered her brother's mouth.

"Well, thank you for answering our friends questions. Sorry though for the question in the first place. We tend to forget that Wilykat is a little rude." I apologized. I sighed in relief as the palico merely waved us off.

With that done I took a seat on one of the bottom bunks and turned to Tygra. He sighed before sitting next to me. "I don't think we should stay here to long." Tygra voiced.

"And if there's more of those kind of monsters around here? Do you really want to try fighting those things? I don't know if you noticed, but it definitely seems like we're on another continent and if that's the case it may be best to stick with these guys. I'm just saying." Panthro retorted faster than he normally did in these kinds of conversations.

"Well, I still don't like it." Tygra growled.

"We don't have too. It would be nice though to have some help to deal with the local wildlife. Especially if it's all like as deadly as what we saw today." Panthro pointed out. Cheetara was beside him nodding in agreement.

I sighed. What in the world would be in store for us in the future? I could only guess.