Intro
400 years ago Youkia succeeded in hiding themselves away from the world. They masked their faces, put dampeners on their powers, tunneled into the ground to hide for as long as this self imposed imprisonment lasted.
What did they hide from, you ask? They hid from us. From our religion, our persecution. Our need to be right. We would seek out the powerful and the secluded, and when we did not hear the answers that we wanted, we turned on those who were only trying to help. We took their blood, their bone, their skin and scale. In our superstition we were 'justified' and in our ignorance we could not be wrong.
So the Youkia council, composed of the oldest and most wise Youkia, started to seclude the Youkia populace, destroying those who proved resistant or those who could not control themselves. Agents were sent to all corners of the globe, to inform Youkia of all cultures, that they were to never again be seen by human eyes in their god given forms. Only as their primal forms or as apparent humans were they to appear in public. No Youkia gatherings were to be allowed, no major spells were to be cast and no manipulating the humans around them, lest the humans become suspicious.
It took near two hundred years to inform and enforce a new set of laws that went against the vary nature of many of the designated people. Those with magic could use their talents to hide themselves or loved ones from the outside world and go about their lives with limited interference. Those without a talent for hiding their abnormalities were forced to buy charms or spells to hide certain features. Charms appeared on the markets that were faulty and soon the distribution of charms was a trafficking offence without a license. The council forbade all unregistered spells, all under the counter charms were considered capital offences and any opiates that had the strength to intoxicate a Youkia were forbidden without the direct monitoring of a Youkia medical professional. Revenge on any particular human or group of humans was prohibited, lest the seeker be caught in the act and exposed.
Some things did not get hidden as entirely as possible, but considering the times when the hiding had started and those actually discovered by humans, the council was proud of their ability to maintain the secret. Little things happened that needed to be remedied, but nothing that could not be fixed. A see monster in Lake Ness. A black puma in North America. Snakes and alligators in sewer systems. Little things that just needed to be reminded to the offender.
Many customs and many objects were lost in the rush and push to hide from the increasing threat that was becoming humanity. New children were not taught many things for the regret that they would never be able to practice those parts of their nature ever again. They could not miss what they did not know. As a result, the control that kept many of the older Youkia from revealing their secret was lacking in the younger generations. Controlling their own populace became the number one profession linking all species of Youkia. To maintain peace and order and secrecy.
For 400 years the Youkia were able to maintain their own. Little things slipped in the open. Some mothers being able to life cars off their babies, running really fast to be able to stop a stroller from being hit by a car, men who could move fully loaded school busses that were about to teeter over a cliff. Things like that. Being able to hold up the roof of a mine shaft on a single pair of shoulders.
One day, a young woman, who was unknowingly a priestess, fell in love with a hidden Youkia. They loved each other for years before the young Youkia asked the young woman to marry him. She agreed. And without the approval of their parents, the young couple eloped. In Vegas, on there wedding night, the young Youkia dropped his illusion, for her to see the real him, for the first time. The young woman, scared out of her mind, unconsciously raised a protective barrier around herself, sending the young Youkia out the twenty story window to the sidewalk below. He lived.
The newspapers were alight at the fact that someone could survive that kind of fall. Then, after the blood had been cleared from his face and stats had been checked, an actual interest was taken in the young Youkia's appearance. His 'strange tattoo's' and his unearthly beauty. His eyes and how they appeared to be animalistic. Blood was taken and tested. The young 'man' was not human.
The news hit the market at a million miles an hour with no chance of it being covered up. There was no way to prevent the discovery of Youkia any longer. After that there was a week of peace while more and more Youkia came out of the wood works, appeared on talk shows, and were interviewed by high ranking officials. Only one week of peace before the war began.
It was not a war between countries, it was civil war, but across many countries. Some countries, like India, and most of the entire continent of Africa, they welcomed back there Youkia brothers and sisters like they had never left. The country of Japan was probably the most welcoming westernized country. Almost every other country reacted… poorly to the appearance of a hidden community of 'supper freaks' amongst them. Guns were bought at alarming rate, even in countries like England. Gangs hunted for those caught unawares killing innocent bystanders as often as not.
For fifty years terror lived on the streets of any major city. Curfews that had been instigated in the first years of the revelation still existed, and anyone not intelligent enough to follow said curfew was a dead man. The entire social structure of greater countries crumbled, many families dying of starvation before they even realized what was going on. Coincidently, it was the third world countries that faired the best from the entire situation. Those countries that had been in the midst of religious genocide who were able to stop the wars amongst themselves and learn about the Youkia who were their neighbors.
It was the Youkia council who saved the world. They picked up the loose ends that were humanity and helped piece the world back together. One hundred years after the first revelation of Youkia, the world was back where it had been left. Industrialized countries had to be built back up from the ground, both because of the now 'green' movement and because of the great pause in all manufacturing. The world emerged as one almost united front and industrially sound in all countries.
Old traditions were dug from the pits of remembrance, friendships were reconnected, people no longer lived in fear, well, no more than they had before the 100 years of waiting. Task forces were created, strong enough to control rogue Youkia. The job of the Youkia council was lightened because of the no longer need of having to remain hidden. But with that relief came quickly the realization that the criminals didn't have to remain hidden either. Humans trained to fight the Youkia, some becoming as good as experienced Youkia, other people started developing long denied holly powers that could control, disarm or even destroy troublesome Youkia.
Religion was remained and recreated. The lies that had been built on and around many of the religions were stripped away with the help of the longer lived Youkia. Many religions were restored to their original purpose, enlightenment.
The continued to spin, we did not nuke ourselves, we did not commit mass genocide. What we did do was, eventually, accept a new world order into our midst.
Some people resist the way of things still. After one hundred years of fighting, and all the wars before that. They have twisted reasons for wanting the world to go back to the way that it was. They want the war, the chaos, the death. Others think it is just devils come to take over the world and those unfaithful to their god will go to hell.
Still, for all the peace experienced at this moment, there are those who have to work for it, those who must pay with their own bit of heaven for others sake.
And then, there are those who will take, every, piece of heaven, that they can wretch, from the grasping paws, of those blasted demons.
A.N: So, what do you think of my Introduction. This is sort of a 'What if Youkia came out of the shadows right at this moment, and then how the world would play out one hundred years from now.' But not a lot of things would be different, except for the 'Green' movement.
I know that this is not my best work right here, but I get so bogged down with ideas when I am writing in this format that I have trouble keeping my mind strait. But, not to worry. I already have a few chapters of this story written, so they should be up right quick.
Love you all, loyal readers.
Kiaya.
