The Beginning
I started as nothing…except that I knew that I was there…And I stayed that way for a long time… Until I heard the voice…The voice of my Master, my God…He called out “Let there be light!” And I waited….and waited…and waited so long I would not remember what I did then…I had waited for that light that my God spoke of for a long time, but I could not see…or would not see…It took a long time to be able to come back to my self, it took so long…I left myself for a while, I know that…I could not do anything or be anything…I felt a presence and came back to myself, anxious…but I still could not see…my God called again, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters!” And then I felt myself getting pushed deeper and deeper into the firmament. I did not panic for I had no lungs, no eyes, no brain, no heart…But I could hear…surprisingly…And soon, his voice came back to me again, saying, “Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear.”…There was water?...I couldn’t tell….I couldn’t feel it…In fact I didn’t even know what water was…A pain shot through my chest that I couldn’t decipher…I left, but I soon came back to myself and was expecting a change…There would be…but not now….not yet…My God spoke…He said, “Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth.”…So this is…Earth…I wondered what it would look like…Not like this dismal place…inside this darken place, I’m sure…And then It came…The bands rapped around me, unyielding…It pushed…And I felt It!...So it was true…The world was changing…I smiled…yes…I could move…It was only a short time, I could tell by how sore my body was, when I heard His voice again…“Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years. And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth.”…Lights? What lights?...I quickly tried to look for the lights…and then I remembered that I didn’t have any eyes…Why? Why can’t I see?...I mentally called to My God, “Please. Let me see. Please.”…And I could see. I blinked and just saw the dark…but I could faintly see the bands…well, this was different than I had thought…Where were the lights? Where? My eyes darted back and forth, trying unsuccessfully to find the Light…. I sighed…and laughed…that was the pain I had felt just a while before…I laughed again…and left myself…again…But I was soon brought back by His voice...this my chance…my only chance…and I took it…He said, “Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.”…And I was lifted up…And I was not human…not yet…and probably will never be…I was….something…I didn’t know what I was, or even if I was anything…but I did know that I was free…but probably not for long…The Light hit my eyes with an intensity that wasn’t far from violence…The whiteness of it all was terrifying…And then I blinked and it dimmed and was gentle…I could see…I gasped at the beauty of the clouds…the majestic trees…the sweet, sweet grass…I could not see My God…I could not?...Or would not?...I was confused…I did not understand…But I would know soon…I searched for another life form, but found nothing…So I stood up…I looked down...I was not human…I could not be human…and probably would never be…I took a step…a very shaky step…that one step…that one step brought me to my knees…I was winded and tired…I wanted to sleep…to rest…to stop living…but I knew that I must move on and find…what I was created for...and that… I didn’t know…So I just walked away…Away from that place where I came…the memory of the darkness…a chill shook me and I was scared…I did not understand that cold feeling inside of my chest…I shook again…I reached to my right hand over to touch my left…and stopped…This was the first time I saw myself…The blackness brought me back to that place…the place I so wanted to leave…the place that I dared not see again…but it was there…the blackness was there…in my skin...not…not skin…but…I don’t know…there was no word for what it was…I couldn’t tell…I couldn’t know…and I believed that I would never know…So I took a shaky breath and ran…I ran until it was painful to breathe…but I still ran…never stopping…or trying to stop…I was about to brake though the throng of trees…when I tripped…and I fell forward…and kept falling forward…I got scared again…I slammed my arms down, trying to run from the nightmare…I shot up into the clouds…I shrieked and fire erupted out, in front of me…I turned and saw the sky…the sun…the young, shining sun…the clouds…the white…the white, pure clouds…I looked down…and saw the Earth…It was beautiful…everything…except one thing…me….The One Mistake….The Dark One…My eyes were filled with tears and I dropped…I folded in my arms…and closed my eyes…Death, I hoped, would come quickly…and gently…shortly…but this just wasn’t my day….I hit the Earth with the impact of a flying star…and I lived…I was hurt for sure…but I lived on…I grunted as I got up…I looked down on myself…I was still whole and alive…I sighed…It wasn’t going to be that easy…I jumped up and flew…away…I wanted to fly upwards until I was no more…And I tried…I really did…but like I said, this really wasn’t my day…Soon, I was out in the black…black…Space…that’s what it was…there was too much space…there was much more space here than Earth…And I could breath…That was different and evil…I was evil…Why did my God create me?...What was the purpose?...I cried again, floating in my Space…Then in madness, I dropped to Earth…But once again I was successful…I was not scathed…I was still alive…I was angry…very angry…I spewed flames, as if I were breathing fire…And maybe I was but I didn’t want to see if I could…I sat there crying again…not understanding…not knowing…then I saw something…I didn’t know what it was but once its scent hit me, my mouth started to water…I swallowed and shook my head…But I couldn’t fight it…The Hunger…The Thirst…I roared and flew to the dear…They looked up, confused…What? What do you want? I heard, inside my head…I shook my head again and said as angry as I could, I need you! I want you! I will eat you! And I pounced…The deer’s head rolled off of its shoulders and dropped to the ground…My teeth tore through its flank easily…I felt the weak heart beat falter as I ripped at its ribs…I wanted this to be as painless as possible…It wasn’t until I noticed as I was trying to stop the heart that the body wasn’t moving…Its head was not connected…It could not feel…I sighed and started to slow my eating…Its blood dripped onto the Grass, flowing out of my mouth, onto the mangled body…I grunted as I tore a leg of and set my claw against the stone hoof…Why hadn’t it fought? I would have…Are we really that different, that It couldn’t possibly save itself?....I sighed and started to chew through the tough meat of Its leg…And It was strong…Why? Why didn’t it fight?...A tear escaped and dropped onto the bloody mess and I shook my head again jumped into the air…I was tired…Tired of being me…Tired of this Earth…Tired of the monster I am…Tired…tired…….And I fell…And I don’t remember the impact…I did not, do not remember the dream…the sleep….the nightmare……..But I woke with the Sun on me…It’s rays glinted of my scales….And I saw the blood…Well, what was left of it…The flakes chipped off the steel bands of scales…I shivered…The memories of that meal were disturbing to me…There was the pleasure…but also there was the pity…the pity of It being slaughtered…slaughtered only because of that Thirst…that Hunger…The Hunger that I didn’t know of…The Hunger that I didn’t understand…I didn’t understand why I had to kill that creature…I only knew that I had to act…to eat…to feel the blood…the meat…the bones…dripping down my throat…and down my chest…to calm the burn in my throat…in my soul…This body was getting stranger by the minute…I was thirsty…but I didn’t know if it was for blood…or for water…It was to hard to tell…So I went to the water…It wasn’t’ the water that I wanted though… I was still thirsty for blood…So I decided to starve that Thirst…I didn’t Drink that day…and the next…And I was alone…But not for long…I saw the footprints of another Thing that wasn’t the creature that I usually feast on…So I started to track the Thing…I had drank the Water…but I didn’t eat the bitter Thing…My stomach growled and pulled against my insides…I uncomfortably rubbed my scales, trying to sooth the Thirst…I was okay for the first few hours…but soon it was unbearable…I stumbled down a mountain, weakened by my Thirst…And soon, I slept to try escape the Thirst’s pain…but it only made it worse…In the Morning, I was more Thirsty than I every was…So when I caught the scent of the Thing I was searching for, I immediately chased the scent to its creation…I found it…And it wasn’t what I thought it was…
The Plan
Surrounding me was a circle of...Animals...That's what they're called...And a personage, that was glowing, and more white than new laid snow...And he spoke...He was the voice.
"Ah, Darkwing...So glad you could join us..." Said my God.
Darkwing?! What kind of name was that?! It makes me sound evil...But that's probably because I am evil...
My head dipped down and I stalked over to an opening in the circle.
"Okay. Now that we have everybody, our meeting will begin." He looked around, looking every Animal in the eye. I glanced around, looking to see who the others were.
There were lots of different Things.
As if my God knew what I was think of, he smiled and said, "Oh, I almost forgot. I need to introduce what each one of you." He looked at me and winked. I just stared.
He turned to my immediate left. "These are the Owls. There are two. The She-Owl shall be known as, Stillheart. The He-Owl shall be known as, Silentwing." They both nodded in acknowledgement.
He turned to the next pair. "These are the Wolves. There are two. The She-Wolf shall be known as, Purepelt. The He-Wolf will be known as, Mooncall." They both nodded in acknowledgement.
He turned again. "These are the Wild Cats. There are two. The She-Cat shall be known as, Lightrun. Her kind shall be the Cheetahs. The He-Cat shall be known as, Goldenmane. His kind shall be the Lions." They both nodded in acknowledgement.
He turned. "This is the Bat. She will always be alone. The She-Bat shall be known as, Bloodshriek." She nodded in acknowledgement.
He smiled and turned. "These are the Sea Creatures. There are two. The She-Sea Creature shall be known as, Spiritleap. Her kind shall be the Dolphins. The He-Sea Creature shall be known as, Steeljaw. His kind shall be the Sharks." They both nodded in acknowledgement.
He turned to nothing. And then something rose off of the ground. "This is the Snake. He will always be alone. The He-Snake shall be known as, Scalespine." He nodded in acknowledgement.
God smiled kindly and turned the next pair. "These are the Deer. There are two. The She-Deer shall be known as, Spottedflank. Her kind shall be the Does. The He-Deer shall be known as, Pointedtail. His kind shall be the Bucks." They both nodded in acknowledgement.
He was almost to me. He turned. "This is the Goat. He will always be alone. The He-Goat shall be known as, Hornhead." He nodded in acknowledgement.
He turned to the next pair, who stood beside me. "These are the Horses. There are two. The She-Horse shall be known as, Daremane. The He-Horse shall be known as, Bighoof." They both nodded in acknowledgement.
He finally turned to me and looked into my eyes with a sad expression. He hesitated and took a breath. "This...is the Dragon." He paused and looked to the sky. The other Animals fidgeted, nervously. He looked back at me. "She is alone now. But she will soon meet her mate. The She-Dragon shall be known as, Darkwing." I nodded in acknowledgement. I almost vibrated, I was shaking so bad.
I started as nothing…except that I knew that I was there…And I stayed that way for a long time… Until I heard the voice…The voice of my Master, my God…He called out “Let there be light!” And I waited….and waited…and waited so long I would not remember what I did then…I had waited for that light that my God spoke of for a long time, but I could not see…or would not see…It took a long time to be able to come back to my self, it took so long…I left myself for a while, I know that…I could not do anything or be anything…I felt a presence and came back to myself, anxious…but I still could not see…my God called again, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters!” And then I felt myself getting pushed deeper and deeper into the firmament. I did not panic for I had no lungs, no eyes, no brain, no heart…But I could hear…surprisingly…And soon, his voice came back to me again, saying, “Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear.”…There was water?...I couldn’t tell….I couldn’t feel it…In fact I didn’t even know what water was…A pain shot through my chest that I couldn’t decipher…I left, but I soon came back to myself and was expecting a change…There would be…but not now….not yet…My God spoke…He said, “Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth.”…So this is…Earth…I wondered what it would look like…Not like this dismal place…inside this darken place, I’m sure…And then It came…The bands rapped around me, unyielding…It pushed…And I felt It!...So it was true…The world was changing…I smiled…yes…I could move…It was only a short time, I could tell by how sore my body was, when I heard His voice again…“Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years. And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth.”…Lights? What lights?...I quickly tried to look for the lights…and then I remembered that I didn’t have any eyes…Why? Why can’t I see?...I mentally called to My God, “Please. Let me see. Please.”…And I could see. I blinked and just saw the dark…but I could faintly see the bands…well, this was different than I had thought…Where were the lights? Where? My eyes darted back and forth, trying unsuccessfully to find the Light…. I sighed…and laughed…that was the pain I had felt just a while before…I laughed again…and left myself…again…But I was soon brought back by His voice...this my chance…my only chance…and I took it…He said, “Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.”…And I was lifted up…And I was not human…not yet…and probably will never be…I was….something…I didn’t know what I was, or even if I was anything…but I did know that I was free…but probably not for long…The Light hit my eyes with an intensity that wasn’t far from violence…The whiteness of it all was terrifying…And then I blinked and it dimmed and was gentle…I could see…I gasped at the beauty of the clouds…the majestic trees…the sweet, sweet grass…I could not see My God…I could not?...Or would not?...I was confused…I did not understand…But I would know soon…I searched for another life form, but found nothing…So I stood up…I looked down...I was not human…I could not be human…and probably would never be…I took a step…a very shaky step…that one step…that one step brought me to my knees…I was winded and tired…I wanted to sleep…to rest…to stop living…but I knew that I must move on and find…what I was created for...and that… I didn’t know…So I just walked away…Away from that place where I came…the memory of the darkness…a chill shook me and I was scared…I did not understand that cold feeling inside of my chest…I shook again…I reached to my right hand over to touch my left…and stopped…This was the first time I saw myself…The blackness brought me back to that place…the place I so wanted to leave…the place that I dared not see again…but it was there…the blackness was there…in my skin...not…not skin…but…I don’t know…there was no word for what it was…I couldn’t tell…I couldn’t know…and I believed that I would never know…So I took a shaky breath and ran…I ran until it was painful to breathe…but I still ran…never stopping…or trying to stop…I was about to brake though the throng of trees…when I tripped…and I fell forward…and kept falling forward…I got scared again…I slammed my arms down, trying to run from the nightmare…I shot up into the clouds…I shrieked and fire erupted out, in front of me…I turned and saw the sky…the sun…the young, shining sun…the clouds…the white…the white, pure clouds…I looked down…and saw the Earth…It was beautiful…everything…except one thing…me….The One Mistake….The Dark One…My eyes were filled with tears and I dropped…I folded in my arms…and closed my eyes…Death, I hoped, would come quickly…and gently…shortly…but this just wasn’t my day….I hit the Earth with the impact of a flying star…and I lived…I was hurt for sure…but I lived on…I grunted as I got up…I looked down on myself…I was still whole and alive…I sighed…It wasn’t going to be that easy…I jumped up and flew…away…I wanted to fly upwards until I was no more…And I tried…I really did…but like I said, this really wasn’t my day…Soon, I was out in the black…black…Space…that’s what it was…there was too much space…there was much more space here than Earth…And I could breath…That was different and evil…I was evil…Why did my God create me?...What was the purpose?...I cried again, floating in my Space…Then in madness, I dropped to Earth…But once again I was successful…I was not scathed…I was still alive…I was angry…very angry…I spewed flames, as if I were breathing fire…And maybe I was but I didn’t want to see if I could…I sat there crying again…not understanding…not knowing…then I saw something…I didn’t know what it was but once its scent hit me, my mouth started to water…I swallowed and shook my head…But I couldn’t fight it…The Hunger…The Thirst…I roared and flew to the dear…They looked up, confused…What? What do you want? I heard, inside my head…I shook my head again and said as angry as I could, I need you! I want you! I will eat you! And I pounced…The deer’s head rolled off of its shoulders and dropped to the ground…My teeth tore through its flank easily…I felt the weak heart beat falter as I ripped at its ribs…I wanted this to be as painless as possible…It wasn’t until I noticed as I was trying to stop the heart that the body wasn’t moving…Its head was not connected…It could not feel…I sighed and started to slow my eating…Its blood dripped onto the Grass, flowing out of my mouth, onto the mangled body…I grunted as I tore a leg of and set my claw against the stone hoof…Why hadn’t it fought? I would have…Are we really that different, that It couldn’t possibly save itself?....I sighed and started to chew through the tough meat of Its leg…And It was strong…Why? Why didn’t it fight?...A tear escaped and dropped onto the bloody mess and I shook my head again jumped into the air…I was tired…Tired of being me…Tired of this Earth…Tired of the monster I am…Tired…tired…….And I fell…And I don’t remember the impact…I did not, do not remember the dream…the sleep….the nightmare……..But I woke with the Sun on me…It’s rays glinted of my scales….And I saw the blood…Well, what was left of it…The flakes chipped off the steel bands of scales…I shivered…The memories of that meal were disturbing to me…There was the pleasure…but also there was the pity…the pity of It being slaughtered…slaughtered only because of that Thirst…that Hunger…The Hunger that I didn’t know of…The Hunger that I didn’t understand…I didn’t understand why I had to kill that creature…I only knew that I had to act…to eat…to feel the blood…the meat…the bones…dripping down my throat…and down my chest…to calm the burn in my throat…in my soul…This body was getting stranger by the minute…I was thirsty…but I didn’t know if it was for blood…or for water…It was to hard to tell…So I went to the water…It wasn’t’ the water that I wanted though… I was still thirsty for blood…So I decided to starve that Thirst…I didn’t Drink that day…and the next…And I was alone…But not for long…I saw the footprints of another Thing that wasn’t the creature that I usually feast on…So I started to track the Thing…I had drank the Water…but I didn’t eat the bitter Thing…My stomach growled and pulled against my insides…I uncomfortably rubbed my scales, trying to sooth the Thirst…I was okay for the first few hours…but soon it was unbearable…I stumbled down a mountain, weakened by my Thirst…And soon, I slept to try escape the Thirst’s pain…but it only made it worse…In the Morning, I was more Thirsty than I every was…So when I caught the scent of the Thing I was searching for, I immediately chased the scent to its creation…I found it…And it wasn’t what I thought it was…
The Plan
Surrounding me was a circle of...Animals...That's what they're called...And a personage, that was glowing, and more white than new laid snow...And he spoke...He was the voice.
"Ah, Darkwing...So glad you could join us..." Said my God.
Darkwing?! What kind of name was that?! It makes me sound evil...But that's probably because I am evil...
My head dipped down and I stalked over to an opening in the circle.
"Okay. Now that we have everybody, our meeting will begin." He looked around, looking every Animal in the eye. I glanced around, looking to see who the others were.
There were lots of different Things.
As if my God knew what I was think of, he smiled and said, "Oh, I almost forgot. I need to introduce what each one of you." He looked at me and winked. I just stared.
He turned to my immediate left. "These are the Owls. There are two. The She-Owl shall be known as, Stillheart. The He-Owl shall be known as, Silentwing." They both nodded in acknowledgement.
He turned to the next pair. "These are the Wolves. There are two. The She-Wolf shall be known as, Purepelt. The He-Wolf will be known as, Mooncall." They both nodded in acknowledgement.
He turned again. "These are the Wild Cats. There are two. The She-Cat shall be known as, Lightrun. Her kind shall be the Cheetahs. The He-Cat shall be known as, Goldenmane. His kind shall be the Lions." They both nodded in acknowledgement.
He turned. "This is the Bat. She will always be alone. The She-Bat shall be known as, Bloodshriek." She nodded in acknowledgement.
He smiled and turned. "These are the Sea Creatures. There are two. The She-Sea Creature shall be known as, Spiritleap. Her kind shall be the Dolphins. The He-Sea Creature shall be known as, Steeljaw. His kind shall be the Sharks." They both nodded in acknowledgement.
He turned to nothing. And then something rose off of the ground. "This is the Snake. He will always be alone. The He-Snake shall be known as, Scalespine." He nodded in acknowledgement.
God smiled kindly and turned the next pair. "These are the Deer. There are two. The She-Deer shall be known as, Spottedflank. Her kind shall be the Does. The He-Deer shall be known as, Pointedtail. His kind shall be the Bucks." They both nodded in acknowledgement.
He was almost to me. He turned. "This is the Goat. He will always be alone. The He-Goat shall be known as, Hornhead." He nodded in acknowledgement.
He turned to the next pair, who stood beside me. "These are the Horses. There are two. The She-Horse shall be known as, Daremane. The He-Horse shall be known as, Bighoof." They both nodded in acknowledgement.
He finally turned to me and looked into my eyes with a sad expression. He hesitated and took a breath. "This...is the Dragon." He paused and looked to the sky. The other Animals fidgeted, nervously. He looked back at me. "She is alone now. But she will soon meet her mate. The She-Dragon shall be known as, Darkwing." I nodded in acknowledgement. I almost vibrated, I was shaking so bad.