Mani walked from the fields of Tuskins where he work with Priori, the herdsmaster. He lived on Forest Isle, a rural island in the Ether Stream. The world is full of Isles, Priori would tell him, They are all afloat in the Ether Stream. The best we can do is make a good living for ourselves and not worry about the problems of the outside world. And so, Mani toiled in the fields taking care of the giant docile beasts that provide their milk and meat. There were a few hundred people living on Forest Isle. Strangers were rare. Mani had a couple friends that he spent time with. He looked up to Van.
Van was a strange boy. He was older than all the other kids in town. He didn’t like doing stuff the adult way. His way of rebelling consisted of creating a secret club, open only to the people he liked. The gang had a club house hidden in the woods. Mani was invited there once and he loved it. He had enjoyed being around so many interesting people his own age. There was Van, the clear leader, he had all the ideas. Dio, the fighter, his father, Opal, was a knight, and Dio wanted to be as strong as he could. Fin, Dio’s younger brother. He was a fighter, but he couldn’t use the spear. He just wasn’t good enough. Gem, a pretty girl who is the daughter of the town jeweler. Coral, the daughter of a fisherman. She liked to use her fists. Sin was a little boy with no parents. He discovered the club house all on his own one day. He doesn’t talk much. Van lets him stick around.
Lastly, there’s Tara. Van’s got a crush on her. She’s the daughter of the village Elder. She has beautiful red hair and a tender heart. Tara likes the attention, but isn’t looking for romance, not yet. Mani thinks she is pretty. One day, Van alerts the gang that he saw a pirate ship incoming. The gang goes along with it because Van always has a new adventure for them. He goes to show them on the cliff edge, they are astonished when they actually see it. Everyone can’t believe it. What did you think I was LYING? He asked them. So Mani and Gem run back to the town to warn everyone. Sin follows them. Van stays to greet the pirates. The pirates land and take Van and the Gang hostage. The knights are mobilized and attack the pirates. A battle happened. Van died saving Fin. Everyone is sad. The knights take his body and have a funeral in town.
Back at the club house, everything is quiet. The leader is gone. Sin comes in and actually says something. He tells everyone that one of the Pirates is still alive. They all go to find him. It’s an old man who can barely walk. He says that he was taken hostage by the pirates. He can fix up their ship if the kids help him out. But they have to keep it a secret from the Elders and the Knights. Mani and Tara agree to trust him. They believe him. Over the next two weeks, they gather the equipment necessary to create a new airship. The old Pirate’s name is Peg Leg, but his real name is Aquinas. The Pirate tells them about their journey. About their captain who is now dead. He had buried his treasure on another floating island, and they were on their way to get it. Peg Leg had the map.
Mani and the gang board the ship. They don't know whether or not to go. Just then, the pirate knocks the ship off the floating island and they are stranded. Now they have no choice but to go on an adventure. Peg Leg is aboard, but doesn't speak to anyone or do anything. He just stare out into the open. Mani and the others discover how to steer the ship. They get to the Treasure Island and land on it. They enter the complex in the center of the island and discover a strange device at its heart which keeps the island afloat. It's called an Arc Heart. They discover every island has one of these arcs keeping them aloft.
Peg takes the Arc Heart with him and the island starts to crumble. He brings it to the ship and the kids make it back only just in time. When they get out into the open, they find peg leg being cornered by a huge beast with a strange mask. Peg leg fights the beast, but dies in the process. The beast is slain. It crumbles into a strange mass of feathers. Peg Leg tells Mani of Pyrus the Beggar who is on the Grand Isle. He needs this Arc Heart. They are supposed to deliver it to him to save the kingdom from the coming war. Mani and the gang agree to deliver the item.
Peg Leg dies and he is buried on the Treasure Island, but just as they are about to leave, they find the beast that had killed him, had recreated itself in baby form. It was a little floating animal. It curled up next to the Arc Heart, seemingly to keep it warm. Mani and the rest decide to take the little animal with them. They get onto the ship and head off for the Grand Isle. They stop by several places before they get there, but eventually arrive and find Pyrus. Pyrus is not a Beggar, he is the king. He is glad to get the Arc Heart, it is an energy source which he hopes to use to quell a rebellion led by Automon, a former advisor who was found guilty of corruption and conspiracy. The Arc Heart is put into the belly of a new AirShip.
The Royal Army takes Mani and the Gang on their mission to destroy Automon's forces. They are to watch and be prepared. The battle is intense. Although, it is interrupted when a huge monster appears and starts killing both sides. Mani and the gang duck for cover as the guardian beast starts to glow. He wanted to protect them. Mani took the guardian beast to the Arc Heart, which it ate, and became super powerful. The Guardian killed the monster. Mani rode atop it, as the Head of the Royal Guard and Automon bowed to him. They all returned to the Grand Isle, which was ravaged by another monster attack. The King quickly made Mani the head of Monster Defense and allowed him anything he desired.
The Monsters were coming from the Ether Vortex, a place where all ether Streams converged. Mani gathered his forces and went through the Vortex. On the other side, he found a weightless sky. It was just blue clouds with no gravity. Many of his fleet were completely destroyed. They all regrouped and made it to the core fleet, where Mani and his crew were. They were actually in a previous time of their own world, where there were no floating isle's, just floating beasts, because everything floated. The floating isles of their own world were just the skeletons of these beasts. However, these beasts were gigantic, continent sized. The imbalance in this world is what made all the monsters spill into the other world, where they destroy.
Mani quickly learns that there is human civilization in this new world, and seeks the Tower of Ages, where there is rumored to be the king of this realm: Leon. He wears a strange mask and commands an army of warriors who protect the few people who have spilled into this realm and can actually survive. Mani takes his fleet to the Ocean Beast. (Twelve Beast Roam this weightless world) (Each have millions of offspring which spill into Mani's world to cause havoc and destruction). On Ocean, he finds a nest of monster's and destroys the reproducing faculties of the continent sized beast. Ocean claims many of Mani's men, but eventually forgets what happened and goes on his way.
The eight beasts are called, Ocean, Gaia, Sol, Luna, Ouran, Entillion, Regalus, Gravitas. The remaining Four have not been seen. Mani splits up his crew to find Sol. Each Ship takes a different Beast. Their plan is to meet again within a month with knowledge and a plan. Mani finds a tower on Sol. Inside is Leon, who is sitting on his throne. He is taken prisoner by Leon's warriors. Leon explains the situation. The usual way things go is that the baby monsters are pulled down into the lower worlds because they are not strong enough to swim against Gravity, but lately, there has been no gravity so they've been able to access the portal at the top of the world and reign terror onto Mani's Ether Stream. The source of the trouble is the monster Gravitas, who has inadvertently eaten the Gravity Anchor. They must travel to him and extract it, bringing it to its rightful place.
Mani and Tara gather the crew who infiltrate Gravitas and extract the gravity anchor, which has fused with Gravitas' giant arc heart. Mani's beast eats the Arc Heart and becomes the Ninth mega beast who is conscious enough to restore the balance in this world. The monsters will no longer pass where they are not supposed to go. Mani and the gang now want to head back into their own world to reclaim their lives. Leon tells them that the Monsters portal to that world is called the Dimensional Threshold, but he doesn't know how to get there. He will stay here.
Mani and the group Reach the Dimensional Threshold, and go through it, where they reach a world with no air. There is only ground and water there, but it is strangely remeniscent of Forest Isle. The gang disbands and begins to live their regular lives. Mani marries Tara and becomes a herdsman. Dio becomes the town's knight. Fin becomes the Town Fisher. Coral Becomes a Sailor. Gem becomes a craftswomen and designer. Sin becomes Leon, creates a mask just like his, and finds his way back to the other world. He is the only one. Everyone else lives regular lives till the end of their days.
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