Loki intends to win the favor of the greater gods “They Who Sit Above In Shadow”, by ensuring peace everlasting on Earth. To do that he creates a magical fire fountain in a desolate part of Canada that gives people super powers according to their talents. Madelyne Pryor, Scott Summers and the scientists they were carrying on their plane are the first to be transformed by the fountain. The X-Men and Alpha Flight get involved in examining this. Unfortunately the gift is too good to be true as the fountain not only slowly kills all magic users, but also takes away the imagination and dreams of those it transforms. Those Who Sit Above In Shadow intercede declaring Loki unworthy and making him swear not to harm the X-Men. Robbed of his revenge, Loki gets the Enchantress to kidnap Storm (whom he wants to make the new goddess of thunder) and capture the X-Men. Unfortunately she mixes them up with the New Mutants, and once in the realm of the Norse gods, the mutants quickly make new friends and enemies. Eventually both New Mutants and X-Men team up to save Storm from Loki’s clutches and return to Earth afterwards, some of them forever changed.
