Prolog
The small blond boy tugged on his fathers sleeve
"Father can you tell a good night story to me before I go to sleep?"
"Okay, but after the story you must sleep, deal?"
The boy nodded and rushed to his bed waiting for his father. The older man sat down on a stool beside the bed and began:
"A long time ago the world was peaceful. With its green forests, clean air and flowing rivers and wide blue lakes. Creatures of the air, ground, water and fire were one with natures energy as a collective of individuals. But a few creatures began to question themselves. They wanted to know what it was like to act individually. They wanted freedom. They left the community and spread over the world. These were the first humans. Soon the other creatures felt lonely and wanted to leave the collective too. They were the first demons and spirits. The demons didn't like the choice made by the humans, they felt betrayed and left alone. They longed for the peaceful times and for this they hated the humans for abandoning them. The spirits accepted the choice made by the humans and choose to hide in the elements and live in peace among themselves. Natures energy decided to flow freely for all its children. Only those who were at peace could feel it.
For a long time they all lived in this new arrangement so nobody saw it coming. A brutal war broke loose. Demons against humans. The war was bitter and long and caused a lot of casualties on both sides. The great loses wanted to be revenged. It is said that in the end the demons lost due to the human strength of heart and retreated into the forests. A contract was made. The demons shouldn't leave the forest in the sake of peace. And the humans should respect the forest and shouldn't pry through them.
Both held their promises, but the humans, who didn't live very long, soon forgot their promise and that demons existed. The new generation thought demons were products of fantasy the elders came up with to keep them out of the forests where valuable resources lay. Soon they invaded the forests inhabited by demons and risked a new war…But the demons saw that times have changed. They didn't want to live in hate and revenge anymore that ate at their souls for a long time and sought the responsible humans out to talk to them. They understood the peaceful meaning of the demons and signed a secret contract to live in peace with each other. And so it came that they lived in peace again and weren't that far away to become one with nature again."
"Dad? Do you believe that one day we will live in peace too?"
"Yes son. That's what I'm fighting for."
