Another tipical day in the village, thought Tom, cold enough to freeze the testicles off a bear. Tom was a young man, 16 years of age, about 1.75 meters tall, blue eyes, brown curly hair in a mohawk.

"TOM! WAKE UP YOUR BROTHER! YOU HAVE CHORES TO DO!"

"OKAY MOM!" Why does he have to wake up so late all the time?"

"Steven, wake up. We've got chores to do."

"Give me a little bit more."

"Well, Mom said now, so get your ass moving."

"Fine," he mumbled, slowly getting out of bed.

The two were twins, but didn't look much like each other. Steven was slightly taller, about 1.8 meters tall, brown eyes, brown hair in a bowl cut. Many thought he was less attractive then Tom, although he did have his admirers, and was usually considered as less of a dick. But none could deny that they were true brothers, bonds stronger than steel and an unspoken promise to all that if you fuck with one, you fuck with the other.

"Why is it so cold?" asked Steven.

"It's here," replied Tom. They both chuckled.

"Could you two please chop some wood for the fire?" Their mom's name was Afinsa, not young but by no means old, and generally regarded as the prettiest women in the village

"Okay," the two said in unison. They were about to go outside when Boris, a good friend of the two, busted in, saying something inbetween gasps for air.

"Strange...man...huge..."

"Spit it out, man!" said Tom, giving him a relativly gentle slap (for Tom) across the face.

"A strange thing came out of the sky, and a huge man came out of it. He wants to talk to the village."

"The village cheif, you mean?" inquired Steven.

"No, the whole village."

"Well, not the strangest thing to happen this week!"

Boris lead Tom and Steven to the site, and their jaws dropped. HUGE was a bit of an understatement describing this stranger. He was big enough to make the biggest men of the village look like children. He was taller than a hut, which while not massive, were big enough to have the biggest man there (besides the stranger) stand comfortably.

"Well, STILL not the strangest thing this week!" said Steven.

The stranger started talking.

"People of the village! I have come to make a request! I have a dream to reunite the humans across the stars..."

Tom started laughing uncontrolably. "Across the stars?! There aren't any humans across the stars!"

"I can see why you would think that. So much information has been lost. But there are, and to unite them, i require young, strong, brave men..."

Tom laughed again. "You haven't been here long, have you? All the men here have slain a bear with nothing more than a kitchen knife!"

"I'm suprised one such as you could accomplish such a feat."

Tom gave the stranger a murderous look. "Are you calling me weak?"

The villagers looked at Tom worriedly. They knew he was strong and always spoke his mind, but this stranger looked like he could kill a bear with his bear hands without a scratch.

"Not at all, but your nothing compared to my wariors."

"So, you want us to join your army," said Tom, with sudden clarity.

"Precisly. And if you agree to join and survive the trails, I will enhance you to be stronger, faster, tougher, and live longer than any normal human."

"If we don't agree?"

"You stay in your village. If you fail the trials, you died trying."

Tom thought for a bit. "Either way, better then living here!"

Everyone laughed.

"By the way, what's your name, stranger?"

"Just call me the Emporer."