Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of the Land Before Time or the characters of the Justice League cartoon, only how the story goes. The characters of the Land Before Time belongs to Universal and the theme music of the Justice League belongs to DC and Warner Bros. I apologize for any errors in grammar and/or if I was not accurate in reference to something.
A/N: In this chapter I'll make it to where both worlds are viewed. The Land Before Time world will be going a little more quickly than the Justice League world for obvious reasons. I might tweak the narration just a little bit. And I'm just going to go ahead and say that I'm gonna include all seven of the founding Justice League members from the awesome cartoon.
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Chapter One: Kids Stuff
Long ago on a prehistoric Earth…
A long time ago, in a world where everything was young and creatures were great and small…
Narrator: Once upon this same Earth, beneath this same sun, whether it be past or present…
And back then the world was mostly divided between those who wish to continue their existence and those who use their great strength for their own gain…
Narrator: Long before you, and long before me, the ape and the elephant as well, before the wolf, the bison, the whale, before the mammoth and the mastodon…
Large creatures walked across a barren plain towards wherever they intended to go…
Narrator: In the time of the dinosaurs…
Walking an ancient savannah, a large herd of Triceratops traveled in a straight line. One of them looked back and shouted, "Come on!"
The line of Triceratops continued to moving towards the setting sun.
Narrator: Now the dinosaurs were of two kinds. Some had flat teeth and ate the leaves off of the trees. And some had sharp teeth for eating meat. And they preyed upon the leaf-eaters…
Somewhere else, a herd of Parasaurolophus made their way across a dusty plain as the wind kicked up. Elsewhere, a small herd of Ankylosaurs were amongst tall trees, but the trees were completely bare of any leaves…
Narrator: Then it happened, the leaves began to die. The mighty beasts, who appeared to rule the Earth, were ruled, in truth, by the leaf.
Near a lake, flying Pteranodons, other flying dinosaurs and a small herd of Camarasaurus walked during the night. The fliers cawed as they soared through the air.
Narrator: Desperate for food, some dinosaur herds struck out toward the west, searching for their great valley, a land still lush and green…
The long neck herd started to make their way across the lake to join up when their was no other way to cross.
Narrator: It was a journey toward life.
In another section of this ancient world, a Parasaurolophus family was enjoying a little rest from the daily struggles of life. The father and another dipped their heads into the close river and grabbed some algae. Bringing his head back up, he started to eat while turning to his mate as she laid next to a nest full of eggs.
Narrator: It was a march of many dangers. Sharpteeth stalked the herds, waiting to seize any who strayed. The leaf-eaters stopped only to hatch their young…
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Narrator: From the small…
The mother Parasaurolophus gently nuzzled the eggs as she eagerly awaited for them to hatch. She would not have to wait long as one of the eggs started to move about in the nest. Cracks spread across the shell as tiny feet made the egg jump out of the nest. The young dinosaur landed amongst her siblings. The other eggs started to move about as well as the first hatchling continued to break through the shell. A young female Parasaurolophus' head popped out followed by her tail. She smiled as a small insect flew close. She tried to reach for it, but it caused her to roll right out of the nest. When it reached the bottom of the mound, her egg spun around. Her smile never left her face as she looked up to the insect as if flew above her while she spun around. She laughed as she tried to reach out to grab it but all it did was tilt her egg shell and fell over. She slightly glared as the insect flew out of reach. Then rolling onto her feet while still trapped within the shell, the little swimmer started hopping after the insect. The little swimmer followed it into a log. When they both came out of the log, she fell short and landed next to a small rodent. She tried to chase the insect in another log, but the rodent caught her attention. She leapt at it and landed on it, but it was able slip away from her and ran off. The little swimmer tried to chase after it, but she ran into the leg of large turtle. The shellback lowered its head to her and opened its jaws really wide. Curiosity getting the better of her, the little swimmer looked inside. But before it could snap its jaws around her, the swimmer's mother grabbed her by the tail and yanked her away. The little swimmer giggled before saying, "Mama."
"Hmm." Her mother said before taking her back to the nest and her siblings. The swimmer's siblings looked to them with smiles as the firstborn was placed back with the others. The mother laid down with a sigh while the swimmer and her siblings played together. She looked back as her mother nuzzled her with a smile. Her mother backed away and said to her, "My sweet little Ducky."
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Narrator: To the tough…
In another location, a family of Triceratops watched as their newly hatched children giggled and played together. Three of them giggled as they ran from a fourth hatchling while they were still inside the shell. Two of the three already hatched hid under their mother's legs while the third stopped short. The one in the egg moved to their right and ran into the leg of the father. The father lightly growled while the child in the egg tumbled backwards. The one in the egg then ran around the father's leg and then ran into their sibling, causing them to squeal and join the other two under their mother. The egg stood back up and slid their foot across the ground while preparing to charge. The mother lowered her head as the egg came running towards them and the one in the egg collided with her snout. The child tumbled backwards and the impact against her mother's snout caused multiple cracks in the shell to appear. The child prepared to charge once again and ran forward. The siblings giggled and ran back while the egg collided once again with the mother's snout. The rest of the egg shell broke off to reveal a small yet tough looking young female Threehorn. The father came closer to her while she glared a tiny fragment of egg shell balancing on her horn. With a quick throw of her head, she made the piece fall to the ground.
Narrator: Some of the young seemed born without fear.
The little Threehorn looked between both of her parents. A smug grin formed on her face as she tried to bash her head against her mother's snout. When she landed on the ground, she turned her attention to her father and repeated the action. All that happened was a small head ache and her landing on her backside. She rubbed her head with her paw just rain started to pour. A boom of thunder caused the little Threehorn to dart under her mother's legs with a squeal. She curled up as her parents looked down to her. Moving to where he could see her, the adult male Threehorn looked to her and said, "Be tough, my brave Cera."
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It was raining really hard over in some trees as a blue Pteranodon mother looks upon her nest full of eggs. She doesn't have to wait for very long as they all start to tremble. One by one, each of the flyer eggs start to break apart to reveal a newborn flyer. The last to emerge from their shell was a small red flyer. He looked around his new world and felt the ground underneath him.
The little flyer ventured to the edge of the nest and looked about. He stared in awe until he looked down. He gasped at how far up high they were and shrieked in fear. Quickly darting underneath his mother's legs, the little flyer shivered at this new experience. His mother grinned as she said, "Don't worry, Petrie. You'll get the hang of it."
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Those same thunderclouds boomed overhead in another part of the land. A bolt of lightning streaked through the sky as rain poured down. A trio of Apatosaurs were currently braving the weather as one kept a look out, another was currently eating a plant from underneath the river and the third was watching over a nest of eggs. She was worried as while there were a total of four, all but one of the eggs had survived. The female looked to the other two members of her herd while the remaining egg started to move about. The little Longneck inside tried to break through the shell, trying to come out into world.
Sneaking up on the nest, a Troodon could see its target as it stood on the other side of the mother's tail. The Egg-Stealer hissed and licked its lips as it waited for the right opportunity.
Narrator: Yet, even hatching can be dangerous.
Then with a quick jump over the adult's tail, the Egg-Stealer made a dash at the nest and grabbed the egg. The thief tried to get away, but the adult used her head to bash against the thief's, causing it to drop the egg. The Egg-Stealer tried to run off, but the egg's mother swatted it away with her tail. The Egg-Stealer squealed as it was sent flying over a distance.
The egg itself was sent tumbling down the ribcage of a swimmer and cracks appeared in the shell. When it reached the shoulder blade of the skeleton, the Longneck egg fell to the ground. After hitting a soft patch of mud, the egg bounced along the ground and landed on a pair of branches that acted as a railway for the egg to follow. The tumbling egg sent a few critters running before going off the edge, cracking even more along the way. The egg landed in the river and drifted before popping out of the water. The egg bounced along the water before going over a waterfall. The egg landed on a cluster of roots before bouncing along the ground before landing in the middle of a much bigger one.
The egg's landing scared away some smaller lizards and sent them squealing as they ran. When there was no movement from the egg, some of the lizards came crawling up and inspected it. Suddenly it started to move yet again, scaring the lizards away for a second time.
Narrator: One herd had only a single baby, their last hope for the future.
A little brown tail broke away the top of the egg before one of the little back legs kicked out. The other was soon to follow, revealing most of the body. The rest of the shell broke apart as the back feet touched the ground. A young brown male Longneck did a slight handstand before falling over onto his back.
Narrator: And they called him… Littlefoot.
He looked about with a smile before turning to a sight that amazed him. He looked up to his mother's face as she said, "Here I am."
His mother lowered her head down to him, and she smiled at the sight of her newborn child. The little Longneck tilted backwards until he fell on his back with a surprised look. The action caused all three of the older Longnecks to giggle. The newborn Longneck tried to get away, but curled up into a ball just as his mother's tongue gently stroked his back. When she tried to do it again, the little one backed away under her chin. But she was quick to continue as he curled up again. The little Longneck began to feel the gentle feeling, and even started to smile again as he stood up while she licked his cheek. The baby Longneck turned to his mother as she gave him one final lick that knocked him down onto his side. The baby's smile didn't waver a moment as he righted himself. The little Longneck then returned it with a lick to his mother's snout. She nuzzled him lovingly and he gripped the sides of her snout with his forepaws. Then clinging onto her with all four paws he nuzzled her while the little lizards came back around.
The little Longneck looked back as one of them came in for a closer look. A little frightened at the moment, the baby Longneck released his mother and backed away from the strange creature. Though surprised at first, she then smiled as she knew that this was natural. The little Longneck backed away before trying to run, but he only made it a few steps before stumbling onto his belly. He looked back and tried to run, even when his mother tried to reassure him, "Don't be frightened."
He ran behind her front feet and she said, "Come on out."
The little Longneck peeked around his mother's foot to see an assortment of small creatures. A green creature with a sail on its back decided to walk up to greet the newborn as a few more critters popped up. A small flock of birds chattered as they came closer to the little Longneck as he sat underneath his mother. The little Longneck looked about before rubbing against his mother's foot. Then turning on his back, the newborn let out a yawn while a green lizard looked down into the baby's mouth with curiosity. The little Longneck looked and gasped when he saw that the critters were really close. When they came a little closer, the little Longneck walked around his mother's foot to try and get away. But he accidentally tripped and rolled over head over tail. His mother chuckled to this as she lowered her head and gently grabbed her son's back with her teeth. The baby Longneck giggled as she lifted him higher.
Narrator: All that remained of this herd…
He looked up to her with a smile as she moved her head to place him on her back.
Narrator: Was his mother,
An older looking female Longneck came up next to her daughter to get a look at her grandson.
Narrator: grandmother,
The mother's father came up on the other side to look as she placed him down.
Narrator: and his grandfather. He knew them by sight, by scent and by their love.
All three looked down to the newborn as he started walk around his mother's back. He had a smile as he walked to the dip between her shoulder and her head, but was a little surprised as he slid down her neck.
Narrator: He knew they would be together always.
"Now you be careful, my Littlefoot." His mother told him. Her parents came a little closer as Littlefoot let out a small yawn. All three smiled down at him while the grandfather chuckled. The little Longneck looked between the three with a smile before letting out another yawn. Littlefoot became tired as he started to move about against his mothers neck and made himself a place to lay down. When he was comfortable, the little baby Longneck began to fall asleep. His mother was truly proud of her son as she said, "My beautiful Littlefoot."
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Narrator: While on another Earth, one of many…
On a much different yet similar world a group of heroes resided. A small group, four in total, were currently about to deal with Mordred, son of the sorceress Morgan Le Fey, as he had gotten his hands on an artifact that gave him great power. Wanting his kingdom, the young magic user cast a spell with artifact that had banished anyone older than him to be banished to an alternate realm. With the help of Morgan Le Fey, the four members; Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and Green Lantern, were able to go back to Earth to try and stop Mordred, by turning the four of them into children as well.
They were soon sent to the place where Mordred began abusing his power. Kal-El, aka Superman, Bruce aka Batman, Diana aka Wonder Woman and John Stewart aka Green Lantern found themselves in an alternate and dark version of a medieval village. While Batman and Superman looked pretty much the same as they did when they were adults, Wonder Woman and Green Lantern went through the most changes. Wonder Woman's lips were no longer pursed and Green Lantern's facial hair had been changed to a full head of hair. They looked ahead to where they saw Mordred leading the children. Looking down at his altered body, Batman then commented, "This had better be temporary."
"You sound weird." Superman said. When he had heard himself, he then added, "Woah, so do I."
"I kind of like it." Wonder Woman said with a smirk as she placed her hands on her hips. Batman, Superman and John all looked to her with raised eyebrows. John looked away as his eyes started to squint. All three of them noticed and Batman asked, "What's the matter?"
"I wore glasses as a kid." John explained. Then he continued to squint as he decided, "Guess I need them again."
Then using the power of his ring, green glasses appeared in front of John's eyes. He was surprised at how they appeared and said, "Wow! I didn't even try to make these."
Batman scoffed while Superman chuckled from the sight. Batman then commented, "I hope not."
Then closing his eyes, John strained as he willed the look of the glasses to change. When they became something more of a visor, he smirked with how impressed he was with himself and glanced to the others. Batman remained neutral, Superman smiled to his friend and Wonder Woman just glanced to him while her hands remained on her hips. Superman then said, "Cool."
"Will you stop messing around?" Wonder Woman questioned as she slapped the Boy of Steel upside the head. Then she reminded them as he rubbed his head, "We got to find Mordred."
"Bet the little punks in there." Batman suggested to the castle. The four of them started to move towards the objective. Batman ran to it while Superman, Green Lantern and Wonder Woman all flew ahead. As they each passed him, Batman's friends glanced to him before going on ahead. With a groan he sounded like a child as he said, "It's not a race."
The four of them continued to move to the front door of Mordred's castle.
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In the other world of the dinosaurs the Threehorns had found themselves a place to settle down for the time being. Their four children had grown up quite well the past few years, especially their little Cera. She took mostly after her father in many areas, mostly in pride and stubbornness. But she wasn't always like that when she was with others. Especially with her sisters. Cera looked to her father and asked, "What are we doing here, Daddy?"
"This seems to be the safest place at the moment." Her father told her. Then he added, "So don't argue."
Cera just stuck her nose up and walked away. Her father lightly shook his head.
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Ducky's family had relocated to a medium-sized pond before their last home was attacked. While her siblings were now just trying to fall asleep while Ducky sat with her parents. She seemed sad as she said, "I wish we didn't have to leave our old home, oh no, no, no."
"I'm sorry, Ducky." Her mother told her while nuzzling her child. She knew how much Ducky loved that place, "But it wasn't safe anymore. You'll understand one day."
Ducky said nothing more as she made her way to the nest to join her siblings.
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In a new nest that was a little too close to the ground, Petrie's family huddled with in the knothole of an ancient oak tree. Though Petrie was happy to be a little closer to the ground, his siblings didn't share the same sentiments. They looked to their mother and one of them asked, "Why are we so close to the ground?"
"Yeah, a sharptooth could get us." Another worried sibling asked. Their mother assured them, "Relax, my darlings. I promise that we're safe."
Though they didn't feel entirely willing to believe it, Petrie and his siblings still trusted her judgement.
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Littlefoot, his mother, grandfather and grandmother were all making their way across a barren landscape as the sun started to rise in the east. Littlefoot was starting to grow tired from the journey and a little hungry too. The little Longneck looked to the trees and said, "It doesn't look like there's much here either."
"It'll have to do for now, my sweet Littlefoot." His mother said as she started to look amongst the branches of the trees. Littlefoot noticed a piece of bark that stuck out from the tree and walked over to see if he could at least eat it.
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Back inside the castle, Mordred was currently keeping his subjects happy by fulfilling his wishes. They ranged from children's toys to various items such as a cow. But the young prince was soon growing tired and bored with things have been going. When the shadows of those next came up he gasped when he saw younger versions of the Justice League standing before him. Finding how they look hilarious, Mordred then said with a wide grin, "The Justice Babies."
He broke out into a fit of laughter as he clutched his sides. Batman glared at the boy as he questioned, "What are you laughing at, Precious?"
"You!" Mordred said as he knew how they came before him, "Mother sent you, huh?" Then standing from his throne he jabbed, "She shouldn't have sent a boy to do a man's job."
He clutched his talisman and sent a beam of magical energy out. The beam traveled to the boy who had the wish for a set of action figures. All four of the figures grew inside and came to life to protect Mordred. The other children started to run for the door when a magical aura closed it. Those still trapped looked back to see the Justice Kids taking on the massive toys.
The red and silver figure raised its mace and the Justice Kids sprung into action. As the figure brought the mace down, it landed a hit on Superman's face and sent him straight for the figure with a hammer. His back hit against the toy and he fell to the ground. The action figure behind Superman raised its weapon, preparing to strike him down and marched forward. Green Lantern came in and blasted the toy with his ring. The ring's blast hit the robot square in the chest and pushed him back. When it didn't have any effect on the toy, John moved out of the way as it turned its sights on him. Superman took to the air again and turned to take on his plastic opponent.
Batman tried to rush at Mordred to try and stop all of this, but the purple action figure's claws made him duck. He jumped out of the way when the purple figure tried to crush him with its palm. Running up the toy's arm, Batman then fired his grappler as he jumped off the toy. Mordred ducked and the grappler head embedded itself into his throne. The magic using child glared at the Dark Knight while laughing. Not quite finished yet, Batman pulled on the rope and pulled Mordred's throne down on him. Mordred grunted in pain as the throne fell on him. But he didn't stay down for long as Mordred used the amulet to raise the throne and levitate off the ground. The boy glared at Batman before raising his arms, gathered enough magical energy and fired. Batman jumped out of the way of both the blast and being grabbed by the purple figure. The blast caused the toy to disappear instantly. Mordred, surprised of what he had done, then became infuriated at being made a fool.
While Wonder Woman dealt with the blue action figure with the spear, Superman rammed into his action figure. The red toy fell backwards as Superman landed a punch. Wonder Woman backed away and punched ice shards as they came from the toy's spear. She was able to punch through the shards that came at her and dodged the ones that were a close call.
Green Lantern was flying away from his plastic opponent as he tried to think of something, "I'll make a laser cannon." He ducked under a swipe from the toy's hammer and said, "No! A missile launcher." He moved to the left when the toy brought his hammer down as he said, "Oh! Oh! I know…"
"Just pick something!" Batman commented as Green Lantern landed beside him. The toy raised his hammer right as Green Lantern raised his ring and created a boxing glove. Then with a yell, Green Lantern threw the glove at the toy. The glove hit the toy and the toy hit the wall shattering it to pieces. Both boys smiled before Batman ran off and Green Lantern looked down at his ring.
Superman dodged a strike from his toy's mace before the toy turned and made another swing. Superman flew underneath the strike before going under the robot's legs as it brought its mace down. Flying above the toy, Superman fired his heat vision through the abdomen of the toy. The toy looked as if it were in agony before falling on its face. Powering down his heat vision, Superman smiled before flying off to catch up with the others.
Wonder Woman's attack toy raised its spear, intending to impale her. But Wonder Woman crossed her arms and blocked the strike. The strike forced her back against a pillar. She struggled to keep the toy from impaling her and it gave Batman the opportunity to jump on the toy's head and use a Batarang to hit it in the head. When she couldn't feel the spear tip against her arms, she looked up to see Batman trying to impale its head. But the toy was able to reach and grab Batman by his cape and pulled him off. Batman tried to fight back, but with him being kid sized and the robot's outstretched arm, it was proving difficult. He gasped when the toy turned the spear head towards him. Quickly coming into rescue him, Wonder Woman ran over and punched the toy's leg right in the knee. The force of the blow caused the entire toy's body to start cracking. The toy completely broke apart as it turned to her and released Batman's cape. He yelled as he started to fall to the ground but didn't have to worry as Wonder Woman was able move under him and caught her friend. Batman looked about as she then asked, "You okay there, tough guy?"
"Let go! I'm fine." Batman said as he wrestled himself from her grip. Wonder Woman gave him a questioning look while he walked off with a scowl.
Seeing as they had defeated his guards, Mordred glared as he said, "That's not fair!"
All four heroes moved to where they stood before the boy. Batman moved to where he was in front of the group before shouting, "Get him!"
All four of them tried to rush him. Mordred raised his hand and froze Superman, Wonder Woman and Green Lantern to stop them. Batman was the last to be frozen as the other three fell to the ground and slid across the floor. Mordred had a smug grin as he said, "Playtime is over." His gaze became hard as he walked up to them and said, "You'll share the fate of all my enemies."
Then gripping the amulet he was about to do away with them, but Superman and Wonder Woman were able to use their super strength to break free of his cold prison. She looked to him and said, "You free John and Bruce! I'll keep Mordred busy!"
Superman didn't argue with her as he turned his sights on both Batman and Green Lantern. With a few quick chops of his hand, Superman chipped away at John's while focusing his heat vision on Bruce's. He took extra care to not hit Bruce but the ice surrounding him. After one final chop to Green Lantern's ice prison, he was able to break the entire ice block. Green Lantern looked to the Kryptonian and said with a slight shiver, "Thanks, man. I don't think I would've liked being a Lantern Cube."
"Help me get Bruce out." Superman said as he continued to pour on his heat vision. Wonder Woman quickly flew towards Mordred with a fist raised. The boy gasped before jumping out of the way. Wonder Woman's fist bashed against Mordred's throne and shattered the furniture. She turned to him as he had rolled out of the way and removed her rope. Turning it into a lasso, Wonder Woman threw it at him and was able to catch his wrist. With a glare he demanded, "Unhand me, wench!"
While she tried to subdue Mordred, Green Lantern pointed his ring at Bruce's ice block and unleashed a small beam of energy at it. With his and Superman's heat vision combined, they were able to cause cracks to form around it. Another second later, and Batman was freed. The de-aged Dark Knight slightly shivered before saying, "Thanks."
They all turned their attention to Wonder Woman as she had just pulled Mordred towards her. But as he came flying towards her, he clutched his talisman and his captured fist glowed with energy. Diana gasped before she was struck in the face.
All three boys ran in to help her out. Batman shot his grappler at him again and this time it was able to bind his other hand. Mordred tried to pull him forward, but a red and blue blur grasped Wonder Woman's rope and held his other arm out. Straining as he fought to free himself, Mordred didn't see Green Lantern coming in from above and launching another beam of energy. Forming a pair of shackles around Mordred's legs, he, Batman and Superman were able to bind Mordred together. Without taking his eyes off their enemy, Batman said to Diana, "Wonder Woman, go for the amulet!"
Wonder Woman quickly flew back to the captured prince and reached out for his source of power. Fearing what might happen should they be able to take it from him, Mordred closed his eyes and focused. Then with a shout, he was able to create a barrier of magic around him and expanded it to where it struck the four heroes. All four of them flew backwards and fell to the ground. Quickly removing his bindings as the ones on his legs disappeared, Mordred looked to all four of them and said with a sneer, "You four thought that you could get the best of me? Well, I don't think so." Pointing to each of them he said, "I'll do away with you and any other hero that tries to stop me."
Then forming a barrier around himself, Mordred then raised his arms and began preparing a spell, "By the powers of the Amulet of First Magic," His eyes started to glow, "Unto them let there be something tragic."
Then moving his arms outwards he said something in an ancient language. Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and Green Lantern suddenly felt themselves shrouded in a golden, mystic aura.
"Strip them to half strength to their fate." Mordred said in English. Then he finished by saying, "And send them to a place out of time."
In the next moment, the child heroes were all gone.
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Up in the Watch Tower Two, Jon Jonz aka Martian Manhunter and Wally West aka the Flash were overlooking the current depletion of people down on the Earth. Flash looked to Jon and asked, "What do you think's happened down there?"
"I'm not sure," Jon said as he looked at all of the monitors that had only children and no adults, "but it would appear that all of the adults of Earth have vanished into thin air."
Before more could be said, both heroes found themselves shrouded in a golden, mystic aura. This concerned Flash as he shouted, "What's going on?!"
But then suddenly they both vanished in a flash.
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In a mysterious location, a woman screamed before it was cut off with a loud zapping noise.
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Back in Mordred's castle, he finished the spell and opened his eyes to see that his spell had worked. He evilly grinned as he said, "Well, we won't be seeing them again."
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Author's Note: In the next chapter, our heroes from both worlds will meet. I had originally planned to have the original seven members of the Justice League all together but I decided to do something else. I look forward to reading your reviews. Be sure to leave a comment either about if I've done something wrong or if you want something specifically to happen. See you next time.