Chapter One: Babies and Planets

Chapter One: Babies And Planets

I bent down on my knees, placed my hand on the face of the mass, and focused really hard on my energy powers. The feeling was indescribable. I started to feel very calm, and then I froze. I did the same with the other masses, with Water, Air, Life, and Death. As it happened, my body started to glow, and so did the planet. Rocks were moving, the ground was shaking, but it felt good, like a great loss was being lifted, but literally. After the process, I decided to name the planet. I called it Vignis, for Energy.

On the second planet, which I shall now call them, I repeated the process, but something different happened, the planet was liquefying! It happened so fast, I didn’t get to hold my breath, but when I finally was under, I could still breathe. I swam around to see that it was only water, and when I went to the surface, I found out that there was no surface, just atmosphere, and then just, space. I had decided to call it Proluvi, for Water.

On the third planet, something even weird happened, it was shrinking. It shrunk until I was standing on a rock 12 feet in diameter. When I looked up, I saw simply, air. And even though I cannot see it, I knew it was just, there. All I felt around me was air. Air to breathe with, and air to share. I don’t know if it was the call if the wind or the realization, but this place should be, and will be named Zephyrus, for Air.

On the fourth planet, the most peculiar thing of them all happened, the sky turned blue. Water started to come from the ground again. I was hoping that it didn’t end up just like Proluvi, or else I would probably drown this time, but this happened, the water only took up 60 percent of the planet, and it didn’t go past the skies. The next thing that happened was that the formerly hard rock became really soft, and then a heck of a lot of green stuff popped up from it. The only thing that I truly see here is Life. This is Life. This is Alacritas.

On the fifth planet, I started to get the weirdest feeling that I have never felt before, the feeling of death. Already the planet was just a large massive rock, but it started to look like something worse than that. The sky was slowly growing black, and the air around me felt thin. This didn’t feel right; this planet didn’t feel natural, figuratively speaking, because none of these planets are natural, but a place for my power to conceal itself and calm down, to take a break. My skin is normally silver, but now it just looks simply grey. My breathing was getting harder; I was starting to feel like my power was slowly drifting away. I tried to fly away, but I was too weak.

A voice in my head had said, “Hello Lord Tihs, and this is your new and final planet. You created me, so you have the power to name me, and I really do want a name. Your power tastes so good, and I want to expand it. Just give me a name and I will transport you directly out of here and onto the sixth planet.”

In an unbelievably wheezy voice, I responded with, “Well, since I feel like I’m dying, and my power is being drained away, I will name you, Mortalitas, for Death.”

“Mortalitas, yes, I like this name Lord Tihs. Now begone, and say hello to al of the cute little babies for me, would you?”

“Babies? What babies? I have no idea what you are talking-”

And before I could finish that sentence, I felt myself being catapulted across Mortalitas, and I zoomed across all of my fine work, Vignis, Proluvi, Zephyrus and Alacritas. Next, I saw the last planet zooming right toward me, or was I zooming toward it? It didn’t matter, because a crash collision was in both of our futures.

When I landed on the planet, my head was aching, and I was covered in what felt like, white sand. I could still see little patches of brown rock, but they were slowly being converted into pure white sand. I looked around, and I couldn’t believe my eyes; I only saw babies. I flew around until I saw a strange purple aura, so I decided to get closer. The source of the aura was a little boy. I walked up to him and said, “Who are you, and what is this place?”

“Don’t you know,” the boy said, “this is the product of your work on those other planets, Tihs.”

“How do you know my name?” I asked.

“Haven’t you figured it out? We are all a part of you, but I was created when you first placed your hand on the planet Vignis, your Energy planet, and this is Omnes.” The boy responded.

“That explains it, but I have one question, what is your name?” I questioned.

“What is my name, I have no name. It can only be given to me by you.” The boy answered.

“Well then, let me think.” I had never in my eternal life been given a responsibility like this, choosing a name. “Here’s a good name, Animales.” I told him.

“Animales. It fits, since I am the only one with those kinds of powers.” Animales responded.

“Wait a second, you have psychic powers?” And at that moment, I was thrown so far into the sky that I had a cold refreshing drink of cloud. “Was, that you Animales?” I severely asked him.

“Yes Father, it was.” Responded Animales with no sign of fear at all.

“Well don’t do that again…did you just call me Father?” I questioned. Was he my son?

“Yes, I did. Since you are our creator, you are also our Father.” He answered.

“By “our”, do you mean you and all of these babies?!” I was shocked.

“Yes Father, all of these 3050 babies is yours.” He smoothly answered

I can’t believe it. I am a father, and of 3050 babies! What a responsibility, and it makes me wonder what it is like on the other planets.

“Animales, can I trust you to lead over these babies, and be their sole leader?” I asked him.

“Yes Father, you can trust me with your life, but not really. If you die, these six planets and their inhabitants die too.” He responded.

“How do you know all of this?” I asked.

“I was born to be the keeper of this planet, and there are others like me on the other five planets.” Animales answered.

“So, there are more of you?” I wondered.

“Yes, but each with a characteristic of their planet, like Vignis’ keeper has the characteristic of a dragon.

“The keeper of Proluvi, your Water planet, is female and has the characteristics of a water nymph. The keeper of Zephyrus, your Air planet, has the characteristics of a vortex.

“The keeper of Alacritas, your Life planet, just seems like one of the mortal Homo sapiens. And last but not least, the keeper of Mortalitas, the planet of death, looks like both a skeleton and me at the same time.” Explained Animales

“Hold on. This is Omnes. Vignis is Energy, Proluvi is Water, Zephyrus is Air, Alacritas is Life, and Mortalitas is Death. Am I correct?”

“Yes sir, you are.”

“Okay then, to celebrate, I’m going to spend a long period of time on each planet, to get to know all of the babies.”

“Not all of the planets have baby inhabitants, most of them appear to be older than the rest of us but they are not, we are all the same age, except the keepers and I, we are older and wiser than the rest of the civilization.”

“Thank you for the information Animales. I will see you…whenever I visit this place again. Goodbye…son.”

“Goodbye Father.” said Animales

That’s when I set off to meet the inhabitants of the other five planets. I named the keepers of each planet. The keeper of Vignis, Draco, the keeper of Proluvi, Puella, the keeper of Zephyrus, Nimbus, the keeper of Alacritas, Humana, and the keeper of Mortalitas was named Inanis.

Vignis

When I had landed on Vignis for the second time, it was nothing like I had remembered. There were dragons in the sky flying around and…mating. The volcanoes were spitting lava out uncontrollably. There were seas of lava, and the clouds were all of ash. The next thing I saw was a slight bit more pleasant, another little boy with a red aura and a striking resemblance to Animales, but with wings and more scaly.

I went up to him and asked, “Are you the keeper of this planet?”

“Did you create this planet to conceal your uncontrollable power?” he plainly responded.

“From what Animales told me, I can name you keepers. And by your wings, I name you, Draco.”

“How original, Draco, just because I have a dragons wings and scales.” Draco said.

“So…how are the dragons, and volcanoes, and everything else in this death trap?” I asked.

“A death trap you say, and then Mortalitas must be really bad. I heard about you struggling and hacking on Mortalitas. We keepers are all telepathically connected. ‘Well, since I feel like I’m dying, and my power is being drained away, I will name you, Mortalitas, for Death’. How pathetic, and now I wonder how you ended up with all of this power in the first place.”

I didn’t know what to say. I didn’t want to say that he was right, but he knew what he was talking about. I guess it’s time to pull out the big card, the REALLY big card…

“I AM LORD TIHS, CREATOR OF OMNES, VIGNIS, PROLUVI, ZEPHYRUS, ALACRITUS, AND MORTALITAS. I AM ALSO YOUR FATHER. IF YOU EVER SPEAK TO ME LIKE THAT, YOU WILL HAVE A LITTLE TASTE OF MORTALITAS YOURSELF. DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?”

“You are not good at that. I show no fear at all. We keepers can live in any condition that we feel like it, even Mortalitas, but yes, I do understand.”

That’s when I left Vignis.

Proluvi

My next stop was Proluvi, the Water planet. I badly hoped that it wouldn’t go as bad as it did on Vignis. When I finally landed IN Proluvi, because of the water, I swam and swam until I saw an aura, a pretty little blue one too.

“Are you Puella, keeper of this planet?” I asked her.

“If my name is now Puella and you are the mighty Lord Tihs, then yes.” Puella answered, back turned.

“Why is your back turned away from me Puella? Are you scared, full of excitement, something else?” I politely asked.

“No, no, it’s not that, it’s just, I’ve been waiting for this day for years, and I can’t believe it has come.” She turned toward me, and I couldn’t believe what I saw. She was the splitting image of me, if I were a young woman, and prettier. If only we weren’t related…

“From that look on your face, I’m guessing you think I’m pretty, but you’re pretty handsome yourself Dad, if I can call you that.” she said.

“Sure, you ca call me whatever you want. Animales calls me Father, and Draco calls me pathetic.” I said.

“Draco never was a nice one, since he was raised in a literal hell…” she said.

“I can see that. Now, how is it here, with all of this Water?” I asked.

“It’s pretty nice, but I do tend to get lonely here. I know this is big to ask you of, but can you make me a…partner, someone to be by my side?” she asked me.

“I thought there were people here, how are you lonely?” I asked.

“There are, but none of them suit, well, me.”

“Well, I’ll try.” I answered.

I didn’t know what to do. I had never intentionally tried to create someone before, but it’s worth a shot. I just need to think. She needs someone that suits her. Hello? Are you there Dad, because if you are, I have a few things that I want my partner to be able to look like and do. I’m going to flash some images into your head for you to build on, okay? Puella thought. Yes, I hear you loud and clear. Commence the flashing!

It was incredible. He looked like an exact twin of me; silver skin, aqua hair, crimson eyes, everything! He could do anything that I can do. This was easy. When I opened my eyes, I had a baby in my hand, then it hit me, this is one of the babies, from Omnes! Now, all I have to do is age it.

“Oh my Tihs, I can talk, and I can breathe underwater, but where am I?” said the other Tihs

“You are in Proluvi, with Tihs (me) and Puella, who wants a partner.” I said.

“But why choose me, I can’t really do anything, I’m just a stupid baby.” said Other Tihs

“When was the last time you looked at your reflection, and attempted something? I have blessed you with a piece of my power enough to create 1000 armies of 1000 dragons (yes, I have more than that much power left), you are a rare one, one that I have blessed with my gift, and to become the partner of a keeper. Do you have a name?”

“Yes, my name is Parc, and I am happy to have been chosen.” He bowed down. When he got up, the expression on his face told me he was serious and happy, seriously happy?

“He is perfect Dad. Thank you very much. Now Parc, we have much to do.” Puella told him.

“Good luck!” I said. After they had left, I was thinking about how Parc was my exact copy, and that everything about him is just like me. Does my hair really look like that?

Zephyrus

I set off for Zephyrus after Parc and Puella were no longer in sight. When I was almost there, it tickled me at how much it looked like a giant bubble, but the thing that scared me, was that there was a barrier covering the entire planet. I flew around to look for a way in, but I couldn’t find one. So, I decided to do two of the things I didn’t to often, shapeshift and teleport.

The barrier was completely transparent, so I could easily see through. The first thing I saw was a creature that looked like a baby dragon. I decided that I would transform into one of those. I concentrated on being inside of the barrier, and looking like a baby dragon. When I opened my eyes, I was falling from inside the planet. I tried to fly, but it was different from being in a humanoid body. I tried flapping my wings like the baby dragons, and surprisingly, it worked!

I looked around for some kind of an aura, and then I found it, a tan aura coming from the small surface of the planet. When I found him, I noticed that I could see through him. When he saw me, I knew he couldn’t tell the difference between me, and the other inhabitants of this planet. He said to me, in a calm voice, “Why aren’t you finding the Baccisaere for Lord Tihs? Animales, Draco, and Puella all contacted me and said Lord Tihs was just on their planets, and that he just left Proluvi and hour ago!” He started to raise his voice at me.

“Is that any way to talk to your father?” I said, revealing myself.

“Oh my Tihs, I am so sorry Father, I didn’t know it was you.”

“It’s ok; at least you didn’t do it knowing it was me, like Draco did.”

“So Father, how long have you known how to shapeshift?” He asked.

“As long as I’ve lived, Nimbus.” I told him.

“Nimbus…Nimbus…I like it, it fits.” Nimbus said.

“Good. So, how is it running Zephyrus?” I asked.

“Easy and hard at the same time. All I have to do is lead them, and make sure they don’t break the barrier, and to not fight about anything.” Nimbus responded.

“One more thing, what the heck is Baccisaere?” I asked.

“It’s a kind of fruit that you have to be very quick to catch. You have to pop it on the top of it to eat it.” Nimbus told me.

“Okay, then is this it?” I showed him this red fruit that I caught in a fraction of a second.

“Yes, yes it is. Father, I have one question for you, are the rumours about what happened on Mortalitas true? I’ve been wondering about that.” He asked.

“Since you are my son, I will tell you the truth. Yes, all of the rumours about what happened on Mortalitas are true.” I said.

“One more question, are you going to go back?”

That question stopped me in my tracks. Was I going to go back, and risk destruction?

“Yes, I am. I am going to teach that talking planet a lesson about spreading rumours. I’m going to leave for Alacritas now. Good luck, and keep up the good work, son.”

Alacritas

When I was about to land on Alacritas, I suddenly looked out into the distance. I saw a horrible dark object in the distance, and I automatically knew what it was, Mortalitas.

I flew as fast and hard as I could to try to land on Alacritas, but I might have gone a little bit too fast, because my body was on fire, and the Alacritians had a system for asteroids, blow it up. As soon as I had the thought, a missile started following me with my plummeting into the waters of Alacritas.

When I hit the water, the missile did too. It had created a gigantic wave, and had splashed all of the Alacritians that were watching. It was fast but I was faster. The moment it was about to hit me, I froze it in mid-water. When I came out of the water, I was soaking wet, but so were the Alacritians from the wave.

“I am Lord Tihs.” I announced. I’m really starting to like that title. “I have come to see my daughter, the keeper of Alacritas.”

Then I took off. I looked around for another aura, similar to the ones on the other planets. I eventually found the green aura I was looking for, and I was shocked by what I saw, someone that looked like the twin of Puella, except less, fishy.

“Humana, since that is now your name, how are you, and how is the planet?” I asked.

“Things are actually going pretty good here, except for the fact that the entire planet of Mortalitas has called war on us.” Humana said, adding a frown.

“Mortalitas has called WHAT on you?” I said, full of surprise.

“War, something that is the opposite of what we want. We simply want peace and harmony, while they just want war and destruction.” She said.

“If they want war and destruction, go to Vignis for all I care…”

“Father! Why would you say that? Why would you wish destruction upon something that you have created?”

“I don’t, it’s just something Draco had said that ticked me off.”

“Was it this; ‘A death trap you say, and then Mortalitas must be really bad. I heard about you struggling and hacking on Mortalitas. We keepers are all telepathically connected. ‘Well, since I feel like I’m dying, and my power is being drained away, I will name you, Mortalitas, for Death’. How pathetic, and now I wonder how you ended up with all of this power in the first place…’ can hear the conversations that go on through life, and that was just simply rude and out of line. I really wish I didn’t have to see him in a year.”

“What happens in a year?” I asked.

“The First “Convention of the Elements”, and you have to be there too.” She told me.

“Oh, that. I should’ve made a better name.” I said.

“What are you going to do?” She suddenly asked me.

“About what?”

“I’ve heard that you’re visiting your planets in element order, so if I’m right, Mortalitas is right after Alacritas. Just so you know, the connection between the keepers in an interesting one. When one keeper wants to connect, all of us are pulled into the connection, but time stops while we connect. For all you know, I could have connected at least 125 times just now. By the way, I’ve connected three just within the past minute. Also, Nimbus has been going on and on about how proud you are of him, while Draco is jeering at the keeper of Mortalitas about how he doesn’t have a name, and they got in a fight. The keeper of Mortalitas won of course, even though he died at least 6 times.”

“Um…wow. What an interesting story. I’m going to go now, and see how Inanis is doing.” I told her.

“Inanis, is that the name for the keeper of Mortalitas? If it is, I’m going to tell the other keepers right now, and tell you their responses. Draco says: It may be horrible, but it fits him. Puella says: Well, I think it’s a cute name for a, not so cute person, even though we all look alike, with minor differences. Nimbus says: It’s really good, but it sounds a little bit like a girls name. And I said: I simply love it. Inanis said: It’s better than nameless-”

“Thanks for the info, and live Life long!”

Mortalitas

Directly after I left Alacritas, I decided to fly while using all of my power, since it’s all going to be drained anyway.

3 Seconds Later

I have just landed on the surface of Mortalitas, and my power is not draining yet. All around me is death. Trees that looked like they once had life are decomposing as I speak. The ground is all hard onyx-colored rock, with no sign of life. I decided to look for some kind of aura, even though it is really hard to see. Miraculously, I actually found a white aura, with another little boy that looked like Animales, but was a lot bonier.

“Inanis, is that you?” I asked.

“It has been 30 seconds. You sure got here fast.” Inanis said.

“I know, I didn’t want to lose any of my power here, so I used all of it to get here.”

“I know exactly why, because of the bedtime story, “Tihs and the Planet of Death.”

“Now it’s a bedtime story?” I asked.

“Yes, it is. Every single living thing on all of your planets knows it. Here’s how it goes, ‘Once upon a time, the Lord Tihs had just finished placing his powers in the cores, and he was just about to place his powers of Death into the core of what would soon be called Mortalitas. Tihs placed his hand upon the surface of the planet, and released his power. As his power was being released, the sky started to grow black and the air grew thin. Tihs’ skin started to grow greyer and his breaths grew harder. He tried to fly away, but his powers were slowly drifting away. A voice said, “Hello Lord Tihs, and this is your new and final planet. You created me, so you have the power to name me, and I really do want a name. Your power tastes so good, and I want to expand it. Just give me a name and I will transport you directly out of here and onto the sixth planet.’ And in an unbelievably wheezy voice, he responded with, “Well, since I feel like I’m dying, and my power is being drained away, I will name you, Mortalitas, for Death.” That’s how Mortalitas got its name. The End. Do you like it, it was made by Mortalitas itself. Out of all of the planets, Mortalitas is the only one that can speak to us, or come to us in a physical form. Isn’t it great?”

“Yes Lord Tihs, isn’t it great?”

I jumped when I heard the voice, but I knew all too well that this was the voice of Mortalitas itself.

“I love the name Mortalitas, it strikes fear into the hearts and souls of other especially my sister, Alacritas. Her people are scared of the war that we will start against them.” Mortalitas said.

“Why are you starting this war Mortalitas?”

“Oh no, I’m not going to start the war as long as you’re around, but if you’re gone for more than 1000 years, Alacritas is finished.”

“Then maybe I will tame your power.” I said, grabbing the face of Mortalitas and throwing him back into the ground.

“Now, the ground is your eternal prison, and Inanis, I forbid you to cause war upon any planet, except for Vignis, I know that planet would survive.

“I don’t think that I will be visiting this planet for another 1000 years or so. If either of you need me, I will be living it us on Omnes. See you two in 1000 years.

That’s when I left Mortalitas, but I didn’t know that I wouldn’t see it for a very long time.

After I was finished touring and meeting the inhabitants of all of the planets, disaster struck. I was hit by a meteor on my way back to Omnes. I fell through space until I landed on another mass of rock. The only difference was that I landed on some strange green stuff. I had made a large crater where I had landed. Then right after my first step, I landed in water, froze myself, then I was trapped for 3000 years on a planet I would soon know as Earth.