Thread of stories and legends.

Storytelling is art. If the artwork you're about to post is not by you, you must link up it's origins. This thread is for encouraging all sort of creative writing.

This is a hidden legend about the beginning.

Many cycles after the asteroid extincted the great beasts that lived before them, an organism evolved from the ashes into an new species. Over 2 million years they became advanced and developed technology beyond anything you could imagine. They eventually evolved to the point were the cognitive agreed that their time on Gaius was coming to an end, and that there was time to move on. To pursue the oldest dream of their proud race. For almost 5000 years, the whole species worked together as one to realize the ancient dream of travelling among the stars. And finally they found the key that would unlock that very dream. But time were slipping much faster now.

For one day during the 4968th cycle after the work began, they discovered that another giant asteroid with the mass of Gattacka (today known as Pluto) was on collision course with Gaius. The rock was so immense that no weapon they had, could completely eliminate it without it's fragments raining over Gaius. They knew they had spent all their resources on their dream, and they had only one ship ready. This ship was their only hope.

The species choose 100 000 individuals that would carry Gaius's dreams, ideas and the survival of the race to find a new home among the stars. As the ship left, the world was at peace, knowing that this was not the end of their greatness. Loaded with the powerful weapons of Gaius, they sent a storm of Iron and fire upon the asteroid. But it was not enough. As the 4970th cycle of Gaius was completed, their voyage began. And finally they found sanctuary on the edge of light and darkness.

But they never abandoned Gaius. The torched world slowly transformed back into blue and green again. Just like it was in the beginning, and because of this transformation from fire to earth, they found the name "Earth" worthy of this rock they once called home. For them, Earth floats like a monument, a symbol of greatness and new beginnings. Thousands of millenias later, a new species, much similar but different from them self, grew to populate and evolve on Earth once again. It was then a group of worthy individuals was given the great task to guide and show us the way towards our future. Without taking away our ability to make our own future. This group exist to observe and protect us. Even from our self.

If you are lucky you can see lights from their vessels in the night sky.

And when the time comes, they'll welcome us among them.