Sailor Moon: Genesis

Chapter 1 - Existence

The Void of space. Blackness. Vast and infinite. No obstacles to impede or collide with. No light to be blinded by. Absolute emptiness. Total silence. In this void was one, whose heart of darkness, if there ever was such a heart, would consider this the ultimate freedom. One who would be content with the emptiness of the void. One who knows not of the need for others. One who claims to be one with the universe. One who believes to be the epitome of existence. One who would be content with the state of solitude.

Chaos.

From the beginning of time, she existed. Believing to be the first consciousness to exist, she claimed rulership of the universe, of existence itself, of time itself. She would not have it any other way.

But fate would not have it as such. Perhaps another being, God if you will, declared that the void of space must be filled. That existence belonged to no one being alone. That the universe is not to remain shrouded in blackness forever. As such, the cycle of life began, and Chaos would never be pleased once it has begun.

The beginning of life was a most rude awakening to Chaos. One so great and powerful, she would be beyond overwhelmed, so much as to curse the moment forever.

A flash of light, peering out of the blackness, and the most powerful explosion ever in the universe, devastated Chaos' ideal existence. A phenomenon so great, it could have destroyed any previous physial entities if there had been any. Perhaps one astronomers of the twentieth century would eventually call, the Big Bang. No longer will the universe be in darkness.

After the destructive force and the flash faded, the cosmos became filled with matter and energy. All of it reformed and changed, and for the first time in the universe, order came into existence. Masses of gas and heat, called nebulas by astronomers, began to take shape. One nebula in particular developed pockets of whirlpools, caused by gravity of unknown origins. The pockets drew in the gasses and heat, and formed new masses in their cores. At the very heart of the nebula was the greatest mass of all. So great was its gravity that the resulting pressure causes its gasses to begin what is scientifically known as nuclear fusion. From the very core of this mass, a new light emerged. A star was born. The timeline of the era, circa 4.6 billion B.C.

But that was not the end. The heat and light began to stir. The star grew and brightened. Starting off red, it slowly turned yellow. Solar activity began to play - flares and prominences danced on its surface. Sunspots dotted around it, and flares shot heat and gas out into space. The star manifested a new being with a conscience - born from the first starseed in this part of the universe. He came to be known as Apsu, and shared his name with his star. While the star shone bright in the physical realm, the consciousness radiated in the astral plane. Existence now took hold on more levels than one.

For eons Apsu and his star bearing his name were alone, surrounded by the remaining gasses of the nebula in the physical ream, with a full view of the universe from his seat in the astral plane. But soon, other forms of existence were taking shape and life. In one other whirlpool pocket, a new body came into being. Unlike the star, its light was subdued, and it had not emitted as much heat. It also began to slowly solidify, until it became solid rock, and it soon was covered entirely with water. The first planet was born. On this planet, another starseed brought forth another consciousness, Tiamat, who named her planet after her. The star Apsu thus becomes its sun.

Apsu and Tiamat soon knew each other, but of no one else. For being the only two in this part of space, they assumed dominion of it, crowning themselves king and queen, and danced to each other's delight, as Tiamat's planet circled Apsu's star. They shared their dominion for a time, but soon, they will be joined by others.

Another whirlpool pocket formed another terrestrial (rocky) planet. One not as large as Tiamat, but began to circle Apsu at a greater speed from being much closer to the star. It too had its starseed, and soon, Mummu, the lady of speed and wisdom, was born. Being in the midst of Apsu and Tiamat, she momemtarily disturbed the king and queen's loving bond, but eventually they accepted her as their first born child, soon being delighted of their bundle of joy as she raced around Apsu. She formed a bond of her own with her father, her cute chatter being music to his heart, and he appointed her as his personal advisor.

Mummu was not their only child. Soon thers began to emerge, this time in pairs, as though each pair were sets of twins. In the midst of Tiamat and Mummu, two more terrestiral planets formed, each only slightly larger than Mummu. From their starseeds, Lahcmu, the lady of war, and Lahcamu, lady of love and beauty, were born. Being of opposite facets to each other, they competed for their parent's affections.

Beyond Tiamat, other planets formed as well. Two great planets formed, but unlike their terrestrial siblings, remained gaseous, as if they were failed stars, but nevertheless grew to enormous proportions, each surpassing Tiamat. They also formed enormous rings around each them along their equators, perhaps as mockeries of crowns as a symbol of their rule of size. Each too were made homes to starseeds. On the larger planet, Kishar, lady of firm grounds, was born, and on the second planet, whose rings were more magnificent and prominent, Anshar, lady of the heavens, emerged.

Further out into space, another pair of planets emerged. While the prevous pairs born had little in common between them, this pair were truely twins, formed in each others' image and likeness, and both were entirely watery, as opposed to their purely gaseous and rocky siblings. As like their siblings, starseeds took refuge in these planets. On the inner one was born Anu, lady of the skies, and on her planet's twin, was born Ea, lady of the waters. Being twins, they formed a close bond between them, expressing warmth and affection to each other, and eventually, gossiping behind the backs of their siblings.

This new family was a hideos travesty in the eyes of Chaos. Her hatred of the beginning of life had grown into fury with the emergence of this new solar system. She would not let them share her existence, she declared, and schemed to depose of them once and for all.

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