This is an entirely new type of story I decided to write. I'll update as I see fit.
(? POV's)
I was sitting on my bunk, thinking the day over. A swarm of monsters came to us in the middle and the night and attacked. We were lucky enough to stop them before they got to the city.
City? You may ask. Who am I? I am... unimportant. A pawn, just the host for the most important being in the universe: Chaos. I've been practically under house arrest ever since I was found to be the one. No not like the matrix, just the best one for the job. I am immune to pain, similar to the blessing of Styx. Everything will bounce off of my skin. Swords, poison, acid. You name it. To think they can control me is pathetic. I am a GOD. I have no mortal anchor point. I am an enigma. Definitions two and three if you're curious. I am hard to explain, yet mysterious too. Truth be told I am anything but a mystery. I walk the cosmos by myself, unaided without purpose. A god of Everything, A god of Nothing. The universe is full of everything and nothing at the same time. That's why it's hard to understand. I am the god of this. Chaos is the god of the universe and creator, I merely was created along with it.
I should be on the primordial council. The thing is, no one believes me when I tell the truth. I was created. Not by Chaos. By no one. Nothing. I appeared.
And that's why I'm dangerous. There is no fate for me. I don't answer to anyone. Not to the Olympians, not to even the ones that bind me today.
I'm EVERYONE'S fate, but NO ONE'S fate still. I feel pain everyday, I feel new life every evening. I can't be killed. I wasn't born. I just am. I have everything at the touch of my fingertips. So I decided to quit playing nice.
"Unlock me from these chains." I said, my voice waking up the souls to obey, to see I felt them born and die before. "Unlock the true master of everything." Suddenly every guard walked into my room, standing up waiting to be obeyed. "Now. Do it now." One of the guards took the chains off quickly with the key. "Lead me to Nyx." I grinned waiting to see the look on her face. They lead me to a shadow, unnoticeable to most people but not to me. Past it I saw a door. I walked through and came out into the Mansion of Night.
"Nyx. Wake and form. Stand at my attention." Suddenly every shadow swirled and collected into the form of a woman, who looked perplexed.
"How-" "Do not talk without permission." She nodded. Once again she looked bewildered.
"Good. First things first. I will be taking over the universe as of it's own accord. It has named me it's master. True, Chaos created everything, but the universe is conscious. It has decided that the time for playing nice is over. Take me to Chaos instantly." She nodded and stretched out her hand, towards the shadows. They grew and blackened till it swallowed and spit us out on the marble floor.
"Chaos. It's time we talk." Suddenly the man formed out of nowhere. "But-" "Stop and listen. I've told you what I am, but you denied it. Therefore you deny your own blood. I am Order to this Chaos. Heed my name, and lap in my kindness I had given you, brother."
Chaos laughed. "You think you can control me?! I am CHAOS! I created EVERYTHING. Every fiber of your being belongs to me. For trying to LIE to the god of creation, I sentence you to Oblivion. May you never be seen again!" He spat out.
Order grew angry, angrier than anyone has every seen before. The portal to true nothingness appeared, sucking him in before saying the final words Chaos did NOT want to hear to someone who did nothing wrong. "I just wanted a family..." and with that, Order had disappeared from the universe.
(Order POV)
"Order..." Huh? Someone calls for me...
"Order. Wake up. We need to talk." And I suddenly jolted up, I saw nothing. Absolutely nothing, expect a sea of darkness and grays.
"Who's there?" I called out weekly. Still my voice echoed endlessly, through nothing. A sigh could be heard. Suddenly a man walked out of the darkness and spoke.
"It's me. Oblivion. The Opposite of Chaos. AKA Your brother. Though I suppose no one knows anything about me, because I am nothing. Frankly it's really boring here. Why Nothing needs a leader is beyond me. All I know is that YOU should not be here Order. Unlike other immortal beings, you can choose your own fate. Choose it. Reach for it yourself. I will be able to help you." He said. I studied his face. His eyes were a deep dark purple with nothing shown within them. His face, easily forgettable but Order knew otherwise. Nothing couldn't be remembered but since he was the immortal being of Everything and Nothing he could spot him in a crowd easily.
"How could you help brother? I was sent here by Chaos who still will not accept me as family!" I grew angry at the thought.
"Order, listen to me. Chaos was created for the mere purpose of creating everything. I was created for the opposite purpose to create nothing. You were not created from Will of Being, but for the will of beings. You transcend even time, space, matter itself. You are the meaning of Paradox. You can create new beings with a thought, and destroy whole planets with another. Your FATE lies within yourself. Find it. Your fate isn't to be brother to Chaos, nor is it to be mine. You might run to the end of everything to find what you must find, you might even go back in time to find it."
"But-"
"No but's. I am your older brother by one second so I say no."
"Oh shut up." I said teasingly. Then on a serious note, "So... How do I get out of here."
Oblivion sighed and sat down, which looked strange seeing as there was nothing to sit on. "Just think about leaving. Use the same thing to get back here. Or if you want to bring me guests." He said with an evil smile.
"Should I be worried about you."
"Not at all, now go. You need to talk to your nephew and nieces."
"Why?"
"Because Chronos is back and you need to save him. He will give you purpose."
"... Okay. I'll go."
"Wait, one more thing. I, Oblivion, give Order my full blessing. May you use it wisely." I looked at my brother with wide eyes, then seemed to realize I needed the blessing for something. Well okay then off to see my "family".
"Goodbye Oblivion. I will see you soon." And with that, I opened the portal to Everything, particularly the throne room of Chronos.
All of my nieces and nephew's, except for Chronos, turned to me. They were shocked. And then they bowed to me.
"Rise nieces and nephews. I wish to help Chronos for I heard he is in danger." They nodded.
Nyx lead me to his bed where he lay cold and unmoving.
"I see now. He is threatening to fade. Not by choice, but by force. We cannot let this happen. Without a ruler over time, fate will crumble." They nodded again and began to explain.
"We think he is... in a comatose state. He is reliving the past, future, and present. He is seeing himself fade. That's why we need help from you Uncle." Reliving the past, future, and present. He must be... No. It can't be.
"I know how to save him. Join hands with me and think about him waking up. Do it now, he must not die!" And quickly the family joined hands around him. They all thought to wake him up, to let him be released from his pain. Suddenly a ball of energy grew, and grew within the circle, filled with power and strength. Each person brought out a piece of themselves to shock their relative back into reality. As it touched his skin, he grew healthier and less stressed. When the deed was done, the power split and went back to their owners. Everyone felt more powerful, and wiser. Like they knew that whatever they did was for the best.
"Good, now. Chronos, rise and speak." Chronos quickly sat up in his bed and his eyes pierced Order.
"Uncle. I... thank you. How did you know what to do?" He said.
"Because I knew what you saw. We're not that different in a way. Everything grows old and crumples to dust one day, but you and I see it for what it once was and will be. I hope everyone here in this room learned that lesson." And the family nodded with a smile played on their lips.
"Uncle we have a gift for you. You need a purpose and we found out what to give you." They family stood, centered around Order in a circle.
"We, Nyx, Erebus, Aether, Hemera, Gaea, Ouranos, Ourea, Pontus, Tartarus, Eros, Ananke, Chronos, Hydros, Thesis, Phanes, Physis, Nesoi, Thalassa, give Order our full blessing. May he use it wisely." They all spoke in unison. My eyes widened more than possible.
"Why is everyone giving me my blessing today?" I asked suddenly. They all laughed.
"It's because, you need it to complete your purpose. Live up to your name, put Order in the universe." Chronos said helpfully.
"And how the hell am I suppose to do that?" I asked them. They all held back their giggles yet again.
"You will travel in time to save the ones who's lives were cut short. To help you, we the fates give you our blessing. Fix the strings of fate." The triplets said appearing out of nowhere.
"Well that answers my question." They smiled and said,
"Good, because you needed it. Anyways, Aunts, Mother, and Uncles. Please leave. Chronos stay here and help Order."
At this, the primordial gods flashed away till only us five were left. Chronos spoke first.
"You will use my power over time to travel into the past or future to save demigods from early death. Then use the Fate's blessing to find where to go next. You will need no practice only thought to do this. And before you go, if you see any primordial god that has blessed you, they will remember you. This includes your brother Oblivion."
"Oh ok. Anything else before I set out?" I asked meekly. Surprisingly, it was the Fates that spoke up.
"Yes. You must be blessed by every god and goddess. Over time you shall accomplish this and you will succeed. But for now, go and restore balance in the universe! We shall meet again!"
I opened a time vortex and stepped through thinking of when I should go. I found a string hanging loosely on the web of fate. It was looked sprayed early in length, and white afterwards. Like it was uncertain. The thing was, it made thousand and thousand of other strings white. I grabbed the sprayed part and was transported to a new time. Likely in the past. Until next time...
Hope you like this story so far. I find it will be very different from other Chaos stories. There is no revenge aspect, only for hope. Hoping for something better. If you still thirst for revenge you shall be blinded from the future. ~Thoughts for the Thinkers