Author's Note: Well here's chapter one of my latest experiment This question this story poses is 'what if during the first battle with Hexxus, the humans never ran away?' Humans and fairies know of each others existence. But they don't like each other very much. Call this the prologue, and any suggestions for this story would be appreciated, thanks.
FernGully: Healing the Rift
Our world was much larger then.
The forest went on forever. We tree spirits nurtured the harmony of all living things, but our closest friends were humans.
Then, as sometimes happens, the balance of nature shifted, and Hexxus, the very spirit of destruction, rose up from the bowels of the earth and rained down his poison.
The forest was nearly destroyed. Many lives were lost. The humans, who originally had decided to flea, found they could not leave those who had been so kind to them to face such darkness alone.
It was only by human and fairy standing side by side, calling up the magical powers of nature, that I was able to trap Hexxus inside an enchanted tree and save FernGully.
The forest recovered, but a rift had developed between humans and fairies, one that would not heal so quickly.
The attack by Hexxus left the humans unable to hear the trees anymore, and unable to ever truly feel safe within the vast woods again. Fear of Hexxus returning drove the humans from FernGully, and in to lands with less plant life, which they grew to find secure.
The fairies were heartbroken to see their friends leave, but life continued for both species. The humans would still visit the woods and its inhabitants on occasion. But time away from the trees had left them much different, unable to comprehend the fairies' devotion to giving life.
Humans would take further steps to leave their old lives behind. They tore down trees, constructed large buildings that reached to the sky. Fairies grew to fear what humans had become, their new found near hatred for plants drove the two species further apart.
Some believed that they had grown to worship Hexxus, but I knew better. Fear of Hexxus is what drove them at that point. Time passed, as it has a habit of doing, and the humans' visits to the FernGully grew less frequent.
The fairies would not't dare step into the human cities, which as more time passed grew thick with human poisons in the air. Humans took down more forests, and soon the world did not seem as vast as it once did.
They never dare taking down trees near FernGully, a loyalty between the two species still existed, as did fear of freeing Hexxus.
And now, as thousands of years have passed since Hexxus' attacked I know what my final mission in life must be. The rift between humans and fairies must start to heal…and I have been shown by the spirits what the first step must be.
A human and fairy shall marry, it is destined. The beautiful Crysta has known since her youngest years her destiny, she will marry the human that the spirits instructed me bring here, Zak Young, and finally the rift cause by Hexxus will begin to heal. This will be my final gift to this world, and a defense for the return of the demon.
For Hexxus' time of return will come soon, and my time on this world will soon end.
Magi Lune