PRE CHAPTER EDIT: Due to some rather helpful criticism, these chapters are subject to change within the next week or so. Thank you to those who are excited to see the new changes, and welcome to those who are new. The plan is that certain aspects of the Supers in Destiny 2 will be altered (as little as possible I might add) simply due to ease of writing, for cooler effects, or simply because there can be a logical explanation in them. Such as the Golden Gun, which this one is canon for this story, that the Golden Gun can be an ethereal gun, or it can manifest over an existing hand cannon like the Ace of Spades. Also, note that there are multiple ways a Guardian's past can be rediscovered. One of them, likely non-canon, will be that most Guardians dream of memory fragments. Obviously I have no reason to believe this could be true as I don't even remember where I found it, but I might come up with some "in this story" plot relevance for it. That, and I think it would be a cool way to include characters that might have been otherwise... disserviced.

"Why do I feel like we just got played?" Fenris asked, having just completed the raid on Riven in the Dreaming City with little difficulty. His buddy, a Titan by the name of Ignis shrugged, sifting through a few exotics he had just acquired. He was about to add on to his statement when the rest of the Fireteam looked at him strangely, except for Ignis, who was looking at Riven's corpse.

"What?" he asked.

"Wasn't riven an ahamkara?" Ignis asked in a kinda dumb way.

"Fucking- Ahamkara are death transcending dragons!" he groaned. His gauntlets had undergone a sudden change, one that seemed to have gone by unnoticed. He wasn't sure when but it must've been when they cleared Riven's heart of the Taken energy.

"Be careful of your wishes, even the desires deep in your heart. Riven may manipulate them into something entirely different. She may very well use you to her advantage," one of the Warlocks said.

"Well, if she heard my wish then I'm not sure we have much to worry about. I just want to continue doing my best for everyone back in the Tower and help the Awoken. And... to always make him proud," Fenris said, his hand sliding to the Ace at his hip. Everyone nodded sagely. Cayde's death took a toll on everyone. They could only imagine how hard the Hunter took the blow to the Vanguard. The only other Hunter in the Fireteam took a knee at the sight of the Ace of Spades. Really he was bowing to Fenris. Cayde only let two other people touch the Ace: Banshee-44 and Fenris.

"Well, regardless of everything we should probably head back. Who knows, maybe someone will finally reunite the Reef," the titan who joined them said, already pulling out his Ghost to get ready to leave. Everyone began to do the same, only Fenris and Ignis had something they needed to do. Petra would find out eventually, yes, but she might like to hear it from her two favorite Guardians. So they headed off to where her post was stationed in the Dreaming City. On the way, though, the pair of Guardians had received an odd transmission.

"Fenris, you and Ignis have been summoned by Mara Sov to discuss the results of the mission and... something you may want to know." Petra had met with the Queen herself?! AND SHE WAS BACK?!

"Fenris-"

"Punching it now!" Both of them were forced to the backs of their seats as the ship launched itself into the atmosphere and began rocketing towards their destination.

"Damn, the queen calling us? After leaving? Must be damn important for her to come back."

"Or maybe... maybe it had something to do with Riven..." Fenris suggested as they were nearing their transmat point. The two exchanged a look as they were sent down, immediately sprinting off towards Petra and Mara. Their journey wasn't very difficult, as the Dreaming City seemed to have calmed down a bit, save the occasional Scorn captain and other annoying pests.

"Guardians. You've arrived. So I take it Riven is... well then. This certainly is interesting," Mara seemed to be genuinely amused at something and began laughing quite humanly. It wasn't a small chuckle by any means, nor was it obnoxiously loud.

"What are you..." Fenris asked, looking to Ignis for a moment.

"What is? What are you talking about? Why am I missing half this conversation?!" Fenris asked, getting increasingly more concerned about the fact that Mara Sov, the most serious woman he'd ever known, was laughing like a goddamn Fallen Captain that just flung him across the room like a ragdoll.

"Basically, your arms are covered in riven" Ignis said, a faint smirk on his face. Most people would say his expression bordered on plain but Fenris knew what to look for. In any other circumstances, the Hunter would be proud of his friend for showing some form of a smile. Now he felt a little uncomfortable. But Mara's smile had eased his concerns a little.

"Regardless, I had my suspicions on her being smitten with a Guardian but this is news to me. Riven, please, at least take care of him. He's one of my favorites," Mara said, showing the first bit of lighthearted praise either of the Guardians had heard.

"Today is gonna be the strangest I've ever had, isn't it?" Fenris asked his Ghost, Trigger. Much to the joy of his Hunter companion, his solutions were comedically clever.

"And it may continue to become even more so," Petra sighed. She knew Hunters well enough, this one in particular, to know how he would react.

"How?" the Hunter demanded. His question was answered by com from Zavala telling them that they were needed at the Tower to conduct another strike; this required the mind of a Warlock and the wit of a Hunter that thought like a cross between a Hunter and a Titan.

"You heard the blue man, let's get this show on the road! Sorry Mara but I've got a date with some strange new thing. Guess you guys were right; today's gonna be so weird," Fenris sighed as he gave a two-finger salute to the Awoken females before jumping off a cliff into transmat.

"OH! AND DO THE THING FOR ME WHEN I GET BACK!" the Hunter called. Ignis was with him in moments and they began to fly back to the Tower.

"You and Cayde, what is it with Hunters and knife tricks?"

"Would you believe me that it was the first thing that Cayde taught me was how to throw a knife and use a gun properly second?" Fenris asked over comms, jokingly of course. It took a few hours to get there, but they passed the time with a little back and forth banter.

They landed in the Tower and immediately began running to Zavala. The whole Tower seemed abuzz and even Ikora was pacing just a few feet away from the Commander

"Good, you're here. Now this mission has a sense of delicacy to it that I believe you two are the best fit to manage, even if one of you takes too much after Cayde," the Awoken Titan sighed, glancing over at Fenris. When he found no remark, Zavala let his surprise show slightly before continuing.

"Apparently the Traveler's wake has created a portal to a new dimension. We've sent probes and they have come back to let us know that in this world, the myths we once believed in the times before the Traveler are real as the Tower itself. Now, this may be a chance to garner some allies from another universe. These unknowns may give us an edge over the Darkness. I want you to do what you do best and impress people. Build trust. And then ask," the tone was serious, but Fenris couldn't keep quiet.

"So let me get this straight. You want us to go to a new dimension, get their attention, and make a grand entrance?" he said, to which Zavala sighed and nodded.

"Yes, now go before I change my mind. Your Ghosts will have the coordinates. Now be careful."