This is an edited version (but really only slightly) of the original prologue. My notes are really the only thing that I've changed.
Copyright and that with me not owning stuff, except this character and the plotline.
The rating is T simply because I don't want to do smut and I want to use some 'naughty' words later on.
I originally thought of having this as an OCxJack, but I'm not completely sure I will. I like the pairing, but the story has opened up options for me that don't involve romance.
Humans are really strange. They've always believed in me, or an image of me, and even though they believe, not all of them can see me. Whether I was worshiped as a god or just thought of as an angel, I've always been around. They tend to think of me as having linear thoughts, but they don't know the planning I have to do and the potential there is.
No one realizes it, but I've been around for a long time. Even the Man in the Moon doesn't always realize just how long it's been. The Greeks and Romans both worshiped me, and even in modern times people still quote one of my names for actions I take. Whether or not they fully realize just how much I take part in that is not of any concern. They believe in what I stand for, love.
That's right, love. Ehl, oh, vee, ee. Possibly one of the oldest and simplest emotions there is. Although I'm sure you have figured it out, I'm Eros, Cupid, Kama, the feeling of love at first sight. I'm all of them, and none of them. My true name is forgotten, or I at least like to say I've forgotten it. I have everyone call me Heart. It's not glamorous, and a bit cliche, but it definitely gets the point across.
Many people tend to think I fire an arrow at two people and then 'BAM' they're in love. This is how it used to happen, way back in the day. Now I have to plan out everything carefully. No one person has only one other person that they can fall in love with, it is… complicated, but everyone has at least four people that they will stay with for the rest of their life. Many times there's at least one person of the same gender! These four or more people are in place when they hit fifteen where their number is given to me. When I look at them after their fifteenth birthday, the number appears with the corresponding matches and I remember it, somehow. Each pair will meet and chat at least once for a few minutes before separating. If nothing happens, they have only enough chances until they run out. Unfortunately I can't make any more matches for people, they give up after as many pairs as they are planned to have, even if I try to put in extra!
Back when there were less people and there weren't so many distractions I used to be able to shoot my bow. Now I have to be a bit sneakier and use a lot of sleight of hand. There have been many coffee shop meetings that needed a quick 'love-drug,' some 'fly-by' shootings, and even a couple online video game stops. Some people will travel hundreds of miles to meet someone they have connected to through the internet.
Just as new technology can help; it and the ever-changing celebrity statuses about marriage and love can really distract things. So many people now don't find someone to love because of all of the distractions. I assess the teenagers and then the number is set. Those that don't find love don't necessarily love someone else; they just don't have that special one-on-one love. They could be very social people, but they will end up lonely and sad at the end. It doesn't happen to many people, but the number has slowly been increasing. I've often wondered how bad this could be for me if everyone were to stop loving each other, but that would be a difficult task and even the nightmare king couldn't stop love from being on Earth.
It seems information filled and boring, but it really needs to be done for Heart to exist in the world. I don't want you all, the readers, to not know anything about the main character! If you think the premise is alright, I ask you to read the next chapter because that's where the plot starts!