//------------------------------// // Ethereal // Story: Ethereal // by 3 Unicorns in Trenchcoat //------------------------------// The eyes of The One closed. It lays upon a barren wasteland with black stone It's body still warm... The wind endlessly howls Yet no voice heard in the winds The One opened its eyes... It gasped for life and in return was met with it It's eyes lucid with sudden realization The eyes of an eagle awoken The claw scratched upon the face A paw rubbed the eyes... Slowly, the body began to move The muscles began to move within the body The blood began to flow The birth of The One's movement... It rose from the black rock It stretched its wings, Wings that belonged to an angel The wings the color of black Yet not torn or damaged Like an angel's... Its tail just barely touching the ground The black body of The One elongated itself As if it were from a slumber... The silver eyes closed once more But opened again... Only to see the world around itself A barren wasteland Not teeming with life Only teeming with scorched earth... The ears began to hear the howling wind But it picked up something else The wail of baby... The One followed the sound It looked through bones and skulls Skulls and bones belonging to every creature In the universe... The One eventually found the source Two young Equines It immediately scooped them up It began to comfort them or so try to... One had the color of a white in its fur The mane was as pink as the sun sets The One had seen It's eyes closed brought out the yellow freckles on its snout and face The wings were truly the color of an angel's, white as can be The body was fragile and luckily not broken One had the color of a blue on its fur The mane was as blue as the seas The One had ventured to It' eyes closed brought out the black freckles on its snout and face The wings were the color of the night, as majestic as the night could be The body was fragile and luckily not broken The One cradled them until they were silenced But it didn't know it could quell the wails It never had children... It looked at the bodies of these two young Equines With eye's of hope and realized that no matter what It will protect them, for they were young and abandoned No fragile being should be treated this horrendously... It swore that it would protect these two young equines With all of its heart, for now, they were all he had... He looked at them and smiled The one planned to raise them to be great But soon his thoughts were cut... When he looked towards the sky and noticed something Two levitating entities in the air... Both had massive wings Both of them were also levitating right next to each other But both were completely different from each other As if they were night and day... One of them had wings completely made out of metal The metal pieces were completely levitating and seemed bound by some mysterious force The face of it though could not be seen, but it appeared to be only two-legged Any creature could be two-legged in the universe... One of them had wings that were completely organic The feather's of the wings were real and were just like The One's The face could not be seen, but it appeared to be only two-legged Any creature could be two-legged in the universe... The One held the young equines tightly to his chest In fear of what these creatures are capable of He suddenly felt different He didn't feel the young Equines in is chest... The One looked down and saw that his forelegs were completely made of metal His back legs had also transformed into metal too They were prosthetics, but they made it feel empowered if felt as if it could change the world at its own whim It felt empowered... But it didn't feel right, it felt cold inside its soul As if it were emptied of all it's emotions It touched it's heart and felt it still beating It then asked "Am I truly alive? But I feel so empowered" It stood on his new legs, it was now a two-legged creature It looked at itself, and then didn't want this It didn't want to be indoctrinated by this Other two-legged creature It closed it's eyes and took a deep breath... He suddenly collapsed to the ground and he was back to his previous form No metal arms or legs, but he felt less powerful He felt as if he could be easily changed But he felt a fire in his soul, it was warm with the power of emotions He looked at his chest and the two young Equines were still there in his chest He looked and smiled at them... When he raised his head once more he saw a planet in the gray sky A planet that was lush in green, vast oceans and was beautiful But this planet all seemed all too beautiful Like it was Ethereal... The two winged creatures levitating in front of his view parted One went to the right The other to the left They then expanded their wings immensely... All of the sudden the planet in view began to burn The lush green began to turn to black The seas began to turn to the color of blood The atmosphere turned to black... Then all of the sudden he realized that this was his planet The one that he was born on Raised upon But now destroyed... He began to weep and held the young equines close to his chest He looked to the levitating creatures and began to damn them He hoped that they would all burn in the pits of hell He released all of his energy, damning them And when he lost all of his energy he collapsed to the black ground... There he began to weep and slammed his claw and paw against the ground But the young equines began to wake up... Slowly they opened their eyes and saw their caretaker They saw that he was in pain, he was crying They wiped away his tears and began to embrace him as best as they could... He was still crying but he was eased by the young equines embracing him He looked at them with hopeful eyes and then embraced both of them He may have lost his home, but that doesn't mean he could create a new one He realized that this new home may not be the same as his old one, but it will make do He began caressing the young equines manes and smiled "Don't worry young ones, I will take care of you, I promise"