Disclaimer: I do not own Supernatural. For this story, I own only one two major original characters, Sefira and Moses Levinsky.
These Are The Names
These are the names of the human forms of the two nigh-omnipotent entities of primordial existence: Amara Schneider and Chuck Shurley. These are the names that the Darkness and God had chosen for their respective human forms.
Though they had undergone the long, arduous road of reconciliation with regards to their primordial conflict and their more recent one, by ways of teleporting across the past and across all manner of space and other planes of existence, there remained a gap in the Natural Order, as the deceased entity known as Death had not been replaced. The Destroyer and the Creator agreed upon the creation of a more powerful and wingless being by the former.
Thus, a new dark essence arose in might who did not know the experience of being banished, bound, or deprived of one's life force, for this being could be banished, bound, or deprived of existence only by the two divine entities: the Lesser Darkness. This Dark Herald then chose a human form and a single name for that form: Sefira.
Sometime into her fulfillment of the late Death's mandate, this most powerful created being in existence became dissatisfied with that role. During an argument in the sight of her mother, she realized that she wanted to replace her uncle as the object of mass prayer and veneration throughout all of Creation. Henceforth, she began to satisfy her alpha ego by proclaiming herself as the Active Divine Feminine, even to the countenance of her very uncle.
Since that momentous argument, the two divine companions made numerous changes to celestial existence. Even angelic and other heavenly existence had been affected. Upon learning of these changes, the one who had arisen in might plotted her response. She then executed it by causing into existence dark alterations and creations of her own, both primordial and non-primordial, taking full advantage of the freezing of time by her mother. Her alterations and creations were such that her very uncle came to dread her.
With reluctance did the Darkness accept the divine plea to assume the role of Messenger of the Eternal, while God pushed through with his contingency plan not only to reinstitute personally the occupation of Prophet, but to restore personally the highest degree and most perfect level of prophecy: audiovisual waking revelations coming from a truly divine speaker.
Author's Note: The title of this chapter comes from the incipit, or first few words, of Exodus, a book that will inspire key parts of this fanfic. As with previous fanfics, all Bible quotations found in future chapters come from the NJPS version, unless specified otherwise at the end.
"Teleporting across the past" is in reference to the events of the fanfic Family Meeting.
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"The Destroyer and the Creator agreed" is in reference to the events of the completed fanfic Back At The Bar.
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"Dissatisfied with that role" is in reference to the events of the fanfic Second Darkness.
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"Numerous changes to celestial existence" is in reference to the events of the completed fanfic Bonding Outside The Bar.
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"Even angelic and other heavenly existence" is in reference to the events of the fanfic Grand Council Of Angels.
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"Plotted her response" is in reference to the events of the completed short fanfic Second Darkness: Power-Hungry Designs.
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"She then executed it" is in reference to the events of the completed fanfic Time Out.
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"A new [being arose] who did not know" and "her very uncle came to dread her" are tributes to passages in the first chapter of Exodus.
"Level of prophecy" is in reference to Moses Maimonides' ideas on prophecy in The Guide For The Perplexed.
