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Post by Cadmium~ on Aug 2, 2011 4:13:03 GMT -5
When the world was still new and the sun just beginning to shine, animals acted as Gods to humans.They protected their subjects from harm and cared for their well-being as a mother would for her child.
Enclosed by tall mountain peaks, five villages thrived under the care of their Gods. The five animals that were the guardians of the villages were the raven, the cougar, the brown bear, the deer, and the wolf. Each village was devoted to a certain animal. They praised the Gods and Goddesses and heeded well their rumbled warnings.
Though the Gods and Goddesses were all knowing, they did not see what danger was approaching their beloved villages. One day, a strange man appeared. He spoke words of spite and anger, but glossed them in honey and sweet lies. He spoke ill of the village's Gods and Goddesses and soon some of the inhabitants began to believe him.
The villagers were split into two groups; those who followed the man and his teachings and those who opposed them. Many arguments and fights broke out between them until a young innocent was killed. Anger trembled throughout the Gods and Goddesses as they witnessed the needless slaying of the young innocent. Fury ran rampant throughout their minds as the decided to take matters into their own hands.The Gods and Goddesses descended upon the town, casting out the man and his followers that had be the cause of so much grief. The man, however, warned that he would return one day to destroy the villages, and disappeared along with his family and men.
The villagers cried to the guardians, begging them to protect their families from the man's evil doings. Fear had poisoned them with its sickness and strangled their necks with its swift, ugly hands. The Gods and Goddesses could not ignore the pained and panicked cry of those who once followed them. They all joined together that evening to decide what was to be done.
"Alas," the brown bear said, "we cannot interfere with the humans too much. To do so would be to change the very course of history." The humans begged for mercy from their angry Gods as they heard the news that nothing was to be done. They wept in such terrible fear that the stench drove the Gods and Goddesses to reevaluating their decision.
"Leave them to their fate," the cougar hissed with spite.
"Let them work it out on their own," the deer said quietly.
The bear then turned to the raven and to the wolf, who looked at each and nodded knowingly. The raven then said, "I purpose we give them a gift. Allow the people of this village to shift into canines, felines, cervidae, bears, and birds. In exchange, when the moon becomes full, the leader from each clan must come together and share their news with one another."
"Also," the wolf piped up, "the five villages will one day become large towns where those who shift and normal humans will co-exist. The humans shall not know of those we've gifted, otherwise we will take back our gift and allow the humans to fend for themselves."
"But what if the man and his followers never return?" The deer asked curiously.
The raven cocked its head in contemplation and the wolf decided to speak again. "Then we shall take the gift back after a century comes and goes. By then the man will surely be dead."
So the five guardians returned to the humans and told them what they would do. The humans agreed and trembled with gratitude.
Several decades later, the small villages became large towns and cities. Thymas and Kidemon lived side-by-side, the humans totally unaware of the five separate clans. The five guardians continued to watch over the towns, waiting for the evil man and his followers to return.
Only a few years remain before a century has passed, and the clans are growing nervous and anxious. Will they have a chance to use their powers for their appointed reason, or will they be taken away by the guardians that swore to protect them?
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