A/N: Hit a writer's block for NaNo so I'm doing a few word sprints to see if I can shake it loose. And because I'm me, the prompts are pulled from mythology. These are myths from some of the cultures around Cybertron, first prompt: Creation. This is an Iaconian myth.
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In the beginning, Light and Dark were sparked at the same time. They were the first to exist and when they came into being the explosion flung molten drops of energy across the universe. Many of the drops began to cool and drift. Some of the cool drops cooled so much they became brittle and they burst apart. But some of the drops burned so hot they never cooled and became stars. Not wanting to become cold and brittle many of the drops drifted close to the stars, close enough to stay warm but not so close they would melt again.
When they were young Light and Dark liked to play hide and seek with the planets. Light would hide in the suns' light while Dark hid in the vast shadows outside of the suns. They streaked across the universe playing their game trying to catch each other. But the closer Light drew to Dark the faster Dark fled and the closer Dark came to Light the swifter Light hid.
As Light and Dark grew they became bored with their chase game and instead began to make toys to play with on the planets that had gone from barren rocks to full of trees and water. Light made brightly colored creatures that flew high in the sky close to the sun. Dark made small creatures that lived in shadows and hid from the sun.
Light saw the small creatures and thought to make a game with them. Light's bright creatures began to chase and catch Dark's hiding ones. Dark did not like the game and made a bigger creature to catch Light's hunters. Light only liked the game when the bright creatures were winning. When Dark's large creature began capturing the bright feathered creatures, Light made a creature bigger even than that to fight with Dark's creature.
Angry now, Dark made more of the big creatures that stalked through the forests at night and searched for Light's creatures to pounce on and destroy. Light saw the shadow creatures and made more sun creatures to hunt Dark's. Soon the planet was full of creatures big and small that stalked in the shadows and in the light always hunting for each other and Light and Dark had a new game to play. It was not the joyful game they had played when they were young, instead they sought to destroy each other's beautiful creations.
Dark decided to make yet another creature, but this one would be unlike the others. To this one was added a piece of Dark. It wasn't much, but it was enough to make this creature better than any of the others at hunting and trapping Light's creatures. Angry at the sly move, Light captured one of the creatures and tried to drag out the piece of Dark. But without the piece of Dark, the creature ceased to exist. Since Dark couldn't be removed, Light tried to overwhelm Dark. To the same creature, a piece of Light was added.
When the creature was returned to the planet it began playing the game again, but this time it hunted both Dark's creatures and Light's creatures. Dark and Light were both furious at each other for the attempted cheating. Light made the suns' light burn so bright some of Dark's creatures were blinded and parts of the planet lost its trees and much of the water dried up. It became hot and rocky and even many of Light's creatures couldn't live there. Some of Dark's creatures burrowed underground to escape the too bright, too hot sunlight and refused to ever come out again.
Dark retaliated by bringing forth the dark coldness outside of the suns and making the top and bottom of the planet so cold many of the trees died and the water froze solid. Many of Dark's creatures that already enjoyed the cold survived, but Light's creatures fled or died.
While Light and Dark fought over the planet itself, the creature that started the mess began to do more than just hunt. When it had been born it lived in a cave like most of Dark's creatures, but once Light had been added to it, it began to look for other places to live. As Light scorched parts of the planet, the creature began to move in the time between day and night. And as Dark froze other parts of the planet the creature learned to hunt the surviving animals and wrap itself in their pelts. It found a way to keep light with it even in the darkest and coldest of nights with the orange glow of fire. On the parts of the planet where trees still grew and water still flowed the creature hid in the forests and lived in the tallest trees away from the giant creatures that still prowled on the ground. In the meadows, the creature learned to fell trees and built new things with them to keep it safe from Light's stalking beasts.
As Light and Dark continued to struggle with making the planet one or the other's, their creature began to creep over the planet. No matter if it was hot and bright or cold and dark, the creature found a way to survive. Soon the other creatures learned to take care when the creature of both Light and Dark was nearby because while it was busy building new things, it still trapped and stalked and hunted.
When Light and Dark looked down at the planet again they saw the creature not only hunting, but making new things from the creatures it hunted. It made blankets to stay warm and it made tools that made hunting and trapping easier, it made pretty things just to look at.
Both Light and Dark were not pleased that the creature was doing more than hunting but the planet was scorched in places and cold in others and they decided they didn't want to continue their game on that planet. They streaked through the universe once more searching for another planet to begin their game again.
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A/N: Still think my Ahnkmorian creation story in Monster is my favorite, though this one was fun to write. Mythology is hella hard to write, probably should've picked a better prompt, lol.