31Deep in the Land of Shadows, a mysterious figure sat on a stone throne with seven different colored orbs orbiting around. The figure conjured up some stank and threw it into the air. The stank flew around creating several whirlpools each showing images of heroes battling the forces of evil. "The Dark Dragon, Pariah Dark, Tengu Shredder, Nerissa the former Guardian, Shendu and his demon brethren, Tarakudo and his Oni generals, and of course the Sorcerer and that idiot Ghoulian." The figure counted off speaking with a slender feminine voice. "One by one my competitors fall, defeated by these so called heroes. Maybe now will be a good time to make my move?" the figure paused to think about it. "Yeah now will be good, but first I will need a little chaos." The figure waved her hand and the seven orbs joined together to form a rainbow colored staff. At the same time the stank whirlpools gathered together to form a portal to Orchid Bay City. "I must thank Auntie Roon if I see her again. If it weren't for her foolishness, I would have never known where the Touchstones are hidden." the figure laughed as it shot a stream of stank over the city.
Inside the Orchid Bay City, the city's, no, the world's magical protector Juniper Lee (a.k.a. Te Xuan Ze) was strolling down the street with her brothers, her dog Monroe, and Sasquatch friend Lila on their way to school. "Looks like the weather man got it wrong again. He said it was going to be sunny." Dennis criticized seeing the dark or rather multicolored clouds forming around Orchid Bay.
"I don't think those are natural," June said observing her bracelet which is now beeping like crazy. Just as she feared, the clouds shot a large and powerful mystical lightning bolt at the city destroying the magical dome protecting it. The clouds then fired three separate lightning bolts hitting three specific targets. One in the park, the other in the museum, and the last struck the old clock tower.
"Oh no not again," Monroe groaned.
"Why what's going on?" June asked. She didn't have to wait long for the answer as the magical veil collapsed making the monster world visible to humans. Soon the terrified screams of monsters and humans could be heard all over.
"Something has happened to the touchstones," Monroe informed them.
"But I thought only June can destroy the stones?" Lila asked.
"Normally yes, but that only means that whoever is responsible for this is more powerful than the elders themselves." Monroe gulped.
"Well you figure out what's going on while the rest of us try and stop this chaos!" Monroe nodded before running off to the nearest touchstone. June then started checking her bracelet for the most troubled areas. "Lila I need you to go to the mall."
"Right," Lila giving the thumbs up before leaving.
"Dennis, I need you to downtown to Trilogy Rd." June instructed.
"The comic district got it," Dennis running off to his favorite place in the whole city.
"What about me?" Ray-Ray asked eagerly.
"I need you to help the students in school. Keep them calm and keep them safe. I've got hurry and get to Main St. that's where the biggest disturbance is." June said as she started jumping on the power lines.
"Really? The world is falling apart and I still have to go to school!" Ray-Ray complained.
Elsewhere in the small suburb of Old Mill Village, a young boy named Ezekiel Zick (a.k.a. Monster Tamer Zick) walked happily down the road with his best friend Elena on their way to their new monster school, the newly refurbish mansion of the former Anguana of Er, Emily Vermeer. It has been a month since Zick's family inherited his aunt's old home, and since then the Tutor guard have been combing the place, searching for traps and other magical dangers, and now they have finally given the all clear, the building is free for their use. Which is good news since the Tamers have been desperately needing a new hangout since the Ancient Armory was nearly destroyed by the Dark Tamer Hector Sinistro.
"So how do you think our new hangout is going to look like?" Elena asked.
"It's not our new hangout. It's just a temporary base until the Armory is restored." Zick reminded her. "I haven't been there myself, but Timothy said that they have been doing a lot of renovations. They even built a stable for the Flyvans." Zick informed her.
"That's cool. Maybe we can take them flying on the weekends." Elena joked. Sort of.
Their discussion was interrupted by the sounds of familiar screaming. "Go away, don't hurt Bombo!" Bombo pleaded as he ran from his assailants.
"Bombo what did you do now?" Zick asked stopping the monster in his tracks.
"Me do nothing," Bombo insisted. "People just get mad at Bombo for no reason."
"Wait, you made yourself visible?" Elena asked since this is a serious violation.
"What? No! People just started to see Bombo." Bombo explained.
"Give us back our shoes you filthy monster!" an angry mob yelled.
"Bombo!" Zick and Elena scolded. Bombo cried as he spat out all the old shoes he ate. Not wanting Bombo to get caught by that angry mob, Zick used his Universal Dom box and sucked the gluttonous monster in.
"Hey look we got your shoes back from that monster," Elena told the mob as soon as they arrived. While most were happy to have their shoes back, some wanted payback.
"Where did that monster go?" members of the mob asked.
"He went that way," Zick pointing to a random direction. The mob quickly ran off leaving the kids alone. After they left, Zick opened the Dom box releasing Bombo. "Okay Bombo what's going on?"
"Me don't know. Me was having a nice stroll (and by nice stroll he meant hunting for shoes). Then all of a sudden, people can see me; and not just Bombo but all monsters. They can even see the Suspended City!" Bombo informed them.
"Wait everyone can see monsters?" Zick asked in disbelief.
"This is serious Zick. We need to find out what's going on and fast." Elena suggested. Nodding in agreement, the two kids and monster ran as fast as they could to Emily's mansion.
"This is serious," Jeremy said in front of a gathering of Tamers. "Humans able to see monsters. This can only mean one thing. Something must have happened to the Lord High Tamer."
"Who's the Lord High Tamer?" Elena asked.
"The Lord High Tamer is the most powerful Tamer in existence. He was placed in charge of guarding several powerful artifacts, one of which is the source that allows monsters to be invisible." Jeremy explained.
"If this Lord High Tamer is in trouble, then maybe we should see what's wrong." Zick suggested.
"Agreed but we can't leave the city in a state of panic like this. Therefore we will send our finest Tamers to go investigate." Jeremy decided.
"The Thaurs and the Zicks are the best Tamers we have," Timothy informed him.
"Don't remind me," Jeremy moaned rubbing his head. While he won't deny that the Zicks and Thaurs are highly skilled, they are also the cause of many of his migraines. "Alright Zick, Zob, Terrence, Teddy; you all will accompany Timothy to find the Lord High Tamer. Take whatever you need and meet up at the Flyvans' stables within the hour. As for the rest of you, go out into the city and try and stop this madness." Jeremy ordered. The Tamers all nodded getting ready for their assigned tasks. Leaving behind one disgruntled Monster Keeper in training who didn't get any orders, again.
"Hey Zick, your not planning on going off without me are you?" Elena asked meeting up with him at the stables with her backpack already packed.
"Elena please this is a dangerous mission. Besides who knows how long we'll be gone." Zick argued.
"All the more reason for me to come along. You can never do anything right without me to watch your back." Elena argued.
"Hey," Zick objected.
"She can come along," Timothy finally said.
"Yes," Elena cheered.
"But Timothy" Zick protested.
"I was expecting her to tag along anyway. Besides, I doubt that there's anyway to keep you two separated." Timothy teased.
"Hey what is that suppose to mean?" Zick and Elena objected at the same time.
"Nothing," Timothy snickered as he mounted the Flyvan. Soon the group was up in the air. Checking his special compass, Timothy pointed in the direction where they hope to find the Lord High Tamer.
In a small house in Norrisville, Randy Cunningham (a.k.a. the Ninja) was enjoying his afternoon watching a marathon of his favorite show with his buddy Howard. "Man how great is this. Our parents are gone doing who knows what, and Heidi is off who knows where." Howard laughed as he chugged a bottle of soda.
"You said it. Man life has been sweet since I took out the Sorcerer. No monsters, no robots, no worries." Randy said slouching down on the couch to relax.
"Shush, you're going to jinx it." Howard warned.
"Oh please, there's no such thing as jinxes." Randy laughed. Just then the ninja-nomicon started glowing.
"I knew it! I called it!" Howard complained. "You better not answer that," Howard ordered.
"Sorry Howard, but this may be important." Randy apologized as he shloomped into the nomicon.
"But it's always important, that's why I didn't want you to go." Howard whined.
Inside the nomicon, Randy found himself falling towards a small hill. He then crash landed right next to the First Ninja overlooking the horizon. "Hey first Ninj, what's up?" Randy asked.
Seemingly ignoring him, First Ninja began his tale: "Long ago before recorded history, there was a great battle unlike any other. A battle between humans and monsters." Randy looked in the direction that First Ninja was starting at and saw several doodles of people and monsters fighting. "For the longest time it seem that there was no end to the fighting," First Ninja continued. "Then hope came in the form of a mighty warrior. The Te Xuan Ze." A doodle of a strange warrior appeared.
"The Te Xuan Ze! You mean June." Randy interrupted.
Ignoring his outburst, First Ninja went on. "With the help of the Te Xuan Ze we were able to banish the monsters to parts unknown." Randy watched as the Te Xuan Ze pushed the monsters through a portal. "Since then we ninjas have been sworn to aid the Te Xuan Ze whenever in need. You must help the Te Xuan Ze no matter what!" the First Ninja instructed.
"Wait you're saying that June is in trouble?" Randy asked, but like always the nomicon ousted him before explaining. "We got to help June!" Randy blurted out after coming to.
"Who's June?" Howard asked.
"June you know the Te Xuan Ze. The magic girl that helped us fight Ghoulian during that big nerdfest." Randy tried to remind him.
"Oh right," Howard smacking his head. "Never heard of her."
"I've got to get to Orchid Bay, but how?" Randy pondered.
"Forget it. The only way we got there last time was by hitching a ride with Julian." Howard reminded him.
"Yeah, but it was McFist that paid for the trip. Maybe I can borrow that plane of his." Randy considered.
"Whoa hold up. Are you saying that we should steal McFist's plane. The same McFist who stopped sending killer robots after you, after you defeated the Sorcerer, and you're just going to rob him. I'm sorry but that doesn't sound very heroic." Howard argued.
"You're right," Randy slouched.
"Ha, I'm kidding, we should totally steal his plane." Howard laughed.
Later at McFist industries. "So Viceroy, how are we going to destroy the Ninja?" Mcfist asked his head of R and D.
"Sir may I remind you that the Sorcerer is gone. So even if you destroy the Ninja you won't be getting your reward." Viceroy reminded him for what seems like the millionth time.
"Oh right," McFist choked. After spending so much time and money trying to destroy the Ninja, he hates being reminded that it has all been for nothing. Just then the alarms went off. "What's all that noise?" Mcfist demanded.
"That's the alarm, someone is breaking in!" Viceroy informed him. McFist and Viceroy ran to area where the alarm was tripped, the hangar. There they found the Ninja, and some boy that they vaguely recognized but whose name they didn't know, stealing his hovercraft.
"Hey that's my hovercraft!" McFist screamed.
"Sorry Mr. McFist but this is an emergency. I promise I'll return it later and in one piece." the Ninja yelled as the hovercraft started to take off, leaving a smoke trail in the form of the Ninja's mask for some reason.
"Viceroy take note. Starting tomorrow we double our efforts to destroy the Ninja because I just HATE that jerk!" McFist rambled.
"Yes sir," Viceroy grinned making a note of that. He always wanted to destroy the Ninja just to destroy him.
Somewhere in downtown New York, Jake Long (a.k.a. Eastern American Dragon) raced to his grandfather's shop along with his friends Trixie, Spud, and Rose. "Yo Gramps, we're here. What's the dillie-yo?" Jake asked.
"We have received an urgent mission from the Dragon Council. It seems that something has happened to the Te Xuan Ze, and they want you to investigate." Lao Shi informed him.
"Whoa the Te Xuan Ze. What's a Te Xuan Ze?" Jake asked.
"It's not a what it's a who," Fu Dog said carrying in some of his magic books. "The Te Xuan Ze is a magical being of incredible power, and now someone with some serious mojo is attacking him."
"The Te Xuan Ze is a long time ally of the Dragon Council. If he needs our help, then we must help." Lao Shi instructed.
"Great so when do we leave?" Trixie asked.
"Sorry but this mission is for Jake and Fu Dog alone. The Identity and location of the Te Xuan Ze is a closely guarded secret. No one is allowed to know about him. In fact I just learned about the Te Xuan Ze a few minutes ago. That is why we cannot allow you to go." Lao Shi confessed.
"The Te Xuan Ze will be a member of the Lee family residing in Orchid Bay City," Rose said. Causing everyone to gawk at her. "What? The Te Xuan Ze has been on the Huntsclan's hit list for years now. Don't you think that we would have had some intel about them." Rose pointed out.
"Fine you all can go," Lao Shi conceded. Since they already know more than he did, there was no longer any reason for secrecy. Still he's certain that the Dragon Council will reprimand for this.
"Great so how are we getting there?" Jake asked.
"We'll be taking the subway," Fu Dog said. "And I hope you had a light lunch hu-goo," he warned. The meaning behind his words became apparent when they found out that the 'subway' he was talking about was in fact an underworld railway system with rapid carts, sharp turns, and loop de loops. Since Orchid Bay is on the other side of the country, that meant this was going to be a very long roller coaster ride.
It seemed like an average day for Beach City. When the pier at the end of Funland suddenly, and with no explanation, extended far out to the sea. Connecting to a floating city that appeared out of nowhere. A floating city that was populated with monsters. Not only that, but even more monsters started appearing all over Beach City. Soon cries of terror and fear could be heard all over, calling the Crystal Gems to action; along with their young ward Steven Universe (a.k.a. Steven) "Hey that's me!" Steven cheered seeing name. Following behind them is his friend Connie and their hostage/reluctant ally Peridot.
"Oh man this is awesome!" Amethyst laughed seeing all the weird new monsters running around.
"Garnet, what is going here?" Pearl asked on the verge of breaking down from not understanding what's going on.
"I have no idea," Garnet confessed.
"Hold up, you mean strange creatures spontaneously appearing out of nowhere isn't an Earth thing?" Peridot freaking out as well. Being a newcomer to Earth she's still very ignorant about a lot of things. So she naturally assumed that this is normal, like rain.
"Well monsters do pop up from time to time, but never this many, and never with a whole city." Steven answered.
"This is my first time seeing something like this," Connie added.
"So what do we do now?" Pearl asked.
"Our job, we need to protect the humans." Garnet answered activating her gauntlets.
"Yes," Connie cheered as she drew out Rose's sword. Eager to test out her training.
"Oh yeah," Amethyst chuckled itching for a fight.
"Are you sure about that? Because it looks like it's the monsters that are in trouble." Steven observed. The other Crystal Gems took a moment to look around. Just as he said, it seems that the monsters were just as if not more frighten about the humans. Rather than fighting back the monsters were mainly running away. Even stranger it appears that the monsters were capable of intelligent speech. Which is something no corrupted Gem could do.
"I see your point," Garnet agreed. "Still we better round them up if we are to find out what's going on." Garnet instructed. The Crystal Gems all jumped into action, grabbing as many monsters as they could and taking them away from the mobs of humans.
Steven and Connie were about to join them then Lion appeared out of nowhere and stood in front of them. "Hey Lion are you here to help?" Steven asked. As always the Lion didn't say anything. "Okay I'll be going then," Steven said trying to go around Lion. However Lion kept getting in Steven's way. "Lion I got to go help the Gems," Steven insisted trying to push Lion out of his way. Lion then crouch down hinting that it wanted Steven to get on its back. "Oh you want to help us," Steven assumed. After climbing on Lion's back, he helped Connie up as well. However once they were both on, Lion ran off in the opposite direction. "Lion you're going the wrong way!" Steven said to no avail.
"Wait don't leave me here in this crazy town!" Peridot begged grabbing hold of Lion's tail.
"STEVEN!" the Gems cried out seeing Lion and his passengers warping away.
"I hate it when they do that," Pearl sighed.
"Yeah, but it's really cool to watch," the monster she was holding commented. Freaking Pearl out so much that she almost dropped it.
Deep in the Land of Shadows, the mysterious figure laughed with delight at all the stank energy she was collecting from the chaos she brought by dropping the veil.