Well, here we go again, another project, I don't know how this would turn out, but my beta hel`ped me chose this between several ideas, so let's give it a try. As always, the characters belong to Echiro Oda, creator of the manga that has finally rgave us back Law and Kidd. Also, I have to thank the stories of Nalini Singh and Ane Bishop for inspiration for the plot and the world of this story. Also thanks to everyone who is reading it and of course, my dear beta Piopio Meme.
Long ago, after she had created the world and there was land to walk and air to breathe, Neminath birthed humans. Since she loved them as any mother loves her sons, she gave humans food and water to survive, and enough isolations so they could prosper, grow, and explore the world she had designed with such care for them.
And so, they did.
Quickly, humans constructed shelters to protect themselves from harsh weather and predators, mastered fires to warm up and cook, and shortly they were living in growing cities, and changing some of Neminath's own creations to make them their own. They created their own laws and governments that ruled and stopped the conflicts, they discovered new things like medicine, metallurgy, agriculture and so much more that no other creature had managed to exploit before, and soon, they became the pride of their mother.
However, humanity soon began to grow tired of their small cities and forests, and decided to explore other parts of the world trying to see every little corner and learn about what their mother had given them in her generosity. Thus, the first ships and boats were built, and groups of explorers set sail across the oceans to enter into the wild places where no one had dared to set foot before.
That's when they discovered that Neminath's other creations had already conquered the rest of the world.
This new species, so similar yet so different from humans, didn't look at them and saw friends or conquerors, they weren't impressed by their intelligence or their creations, they saw just a new kind of prey.
Wars were quickly fought for the control of those wild places and new territories. The humans wanting more, and the strange deadly creatures defending their territories. Humans won sometimes, but mainly the powerful creatures named 'Ferox' devoured the daring humans who had wanted to take their lands, cut their trees, eat their food, and change the landscape that had been unchanging for centuries.
In their desperation, humans decided to use the gift Neminath had given them and invented new weapons to fight the monsters. Deadly things that caused too much death and destruction. However, those weapons were useless against the Ferox, who hid in wild and had gifts and claws of their own.
Centuries passed. Humans tried to create more complicate technology each time, to use in a new crusade. They created monster after monster, weapon after weapon, some so horrible that they made the life and Neminath's creation shiver in horror. But again, and again, they failed. The Ferox devoured them every time, erased their existence from their lands, and laughed at their petty attempts.
Whispers of desperation and horror spread among humanity after each deadly massacre. Stories of Ferox erasing huge cities in a single night and leaving nothing behind but the wild raw nature started to be heard. Stories of creatures that human's mind couldn't understand, suddenly taking their own shape so they could mingle among them, and hunt them in their own territory, provoked panic among the population.
Impotence and distrust started to spread worldwide, friend fought friend, lover killed lover, and the situation started to get out of control. Humans were almost wiped off the world on their own.
Finally, one of the leaders of humankind saw the reality of the war they were facing, and decided to talk to the Ferox risking his own life for the sake of a dying humanity. The Ferox curiously didn't kill this human and his team. Instead they allowed him into the wild world, they listened to him, and took the interesting things he had taken with him as peace offerings.
Soon a truce was established. Humans kept creating and learning new things as it was their nature, civilization flourished, and everything seemed to turn peaceful for a while. The Ferox used the things humans created, they liked the technology, the shelters and the commodities human inventions supplied, and so, they allowed humans to live in a few cities on the wild country.
However, they never let humans forget who the predators were, who their lives depended on, and who had won the wars of the past so many times. The Ferox soon ruled over all human cities as the apex predators, watching them, cutting down resources as punishment, or destroying cities if they weren't satisfied with what they saw.
And so, it comes to this current age, year 2053. The Ferox still have control over the cities and the resources humans need, peace has been going on for centuries, but among the humans, there are a few who are starting to see the friendly predators as an enemy they still need to put down for the sake of this world.
I hope you like the introduction to the world. Give me a moment to finish correcting and I upload the first chapter. As always, the reviews are appreciated and help me write more. I just say it.