Terratale
Prologue
It was finally over. I have sealed away the evil Dark Gaia, my creator. A voice echoed in my head. It was the same voice heard at the hero's grave. „It is finally over. Dark Gaia's powers are sealed." „Who is that? Who are you?" I asked the voice that was like mine „Me? I am your original in the Lightside. Dark Gaia created you to rule the planet as his own. He made you by copying me when he was first sealed. No, not just you. The village of Crysta, too. Above ground, you saw a village identical to it. The world runs on a balance of light and dark. You came to realize that. The darkness has passed. Our work is done. Let us return to our respective worlds…" After the voice finished his monologue, I found myself at the front of my house again from the fake village.
The village was completely empty and I couldn't feel at home at all. „So this is my home town… Even if I have a grand home, with no-one to share it with, it's meaningless. Come to think, Elle outside lost her village, too. Lost her fellow villagers, and her parents were killed… That's why she said she lost her ability to speak. I can feel the pain she went through… I had no idea that having no place to go home to is so empty and lonely." I was mostly talking to myself. When I looked around the place was shining in an orange light. It did not look beautiful, it was really creepy. My partner appeared in front of me. Yomi who went through my journey with me. „What's the matter? You seem down." He asked me directly. „Yeah…" I answered in a kinda sad tone. „I wonder what I have been fighting for. I was told by the Elder to resurrect the world so I went above ground. Yes, the world was resurrected… And civilization developed… But that was all the Elder… Dark Gaia's plan… I can't help but feel I brought bad luck upon this planet…" I really thought I did the right things. But I was just a tool. And when tried to get rid of, Elle protected me by useing her life. At this moment I just wanted my peaceful days back. I was really cocky and had a lot of self confidence, but now that my journey is over I think I changed. „Humph. I didn't think Ark had that kind of sense of duty." Said Yomi loudly mostly to himself then to me. „But you did fulfill your duty of creating heaven and earth. So you are what humans would call a god." I couldn't help but start smiling at this comment. I never considered myself a god. But creating heaven and earth apparently is something a god could do. „Where there's a world with living beings, bad things always happen. But on the other side of bad, there's an equal number of good. Anyway, Ark I enjoyed traveling with you." „Yomi? You're actually a good guy…" „What? You just found out now?" He interrupted me. There were 2 Yomis. The old Yomi tried to kill me and the new Yomi which was the one from the lightside was the one who helped me defeating light Gaia. It is not that I just noticed it, it was more like that I could finally realize since my journey was over. „Yomi, let me ask you something." There was something that I was curious about. Something that I had to ask. „You came along with me on my entire journey. You even stood by and helped me on my final battle. I never asked you this, but what exactly are you?" I was sometimes asking myself what he actually was but I never asked him. Now I finally have the time to ask him. „Oh, is that all?" He did not seem surprised that I asked that. „Ark, up to now you've met countless living things, right? Birds, four-legged animals. Even mermaids with flipper tails. All living things evolved the way they are now from one creature. Before evolution stated, they all looked like me. Humans evolved stand on two feet so they could use tools. Now, they're relying more and more on machines. Maybe humans will evolve to my style again…" I started laughing. „Hahaha. So Yomi might be our future." I couldn't really take this seriously that humans in the future would be pink floating balls with magical power. „Okay. Later Ark. I've got to get going." This took me by surprise. „Wha-what? Where are you going Yomi?" I didn't know where he could go since we fulfilled our duties. Where could he be heading off to? There was nothing left for us to do. „Back to sleep," he responded normally. „I'll be back when someone strays from the flock like Ark. Later. Farewell brother." With that said, he vanished. Yomi and me were good friends but he still had the Box of Pandora to watch over. I have nothing left to do, no place to return to. I was suddenly surrounded by four balls of white lights. They were circling around me. „Can you hear me? I am Light Gaia, the soul of the surface world. With Dark Gaia's defeat, Crysta and the Underworld will disappear. The surface world will gradually return to normal. You are the Hero who appears when the earth is in danger. In you flow both of Light Gaia and Dark Gaia. Your duty is now finished. Your body will soon disappear. Just today, go enjoy your final happy time in Crysta in peace." The light got brighter and blinded me and when I could see again I found myself in front of Elle in her room. I have finally gotten my peaceful days back. Even though I know that I just will disappear in the end, it still fills me with happiness.
„Ark? Ark, speak to me!" I just realized that Elle was talking to me. „What's the matter? You were tuned right out!" „Wha? Sorry, I was just thinking." „Hey, Ark, I think happiness is just being able to loaf without stress." I think Elle is right. I can finally loaf out my stress. I questioned myself if the Elle in front of me was the one who tried to kill me but in the end protected me or if she was here so that I'd have my peaceful day. I did not ask her that because I did not care if she tried to kill me because she did not kill me. If she wanted to kill me she could have done it easily but she could not kill me because she loves me and I love her too. I went outside and saw my home town filled with the people I've known. It was beautiful as it was back then. The pond was sparkling, but not reflecting anything. The man in front of it believed in the fortune teller that he could see the future in it there, but there was nothing. We no longer had a future. I talked with a few people but nobody seemed to remember the Elder and said the blue door was just a broom closet. The vegetables were rotten and the river seems to have no fishes at all. I went to the room were the Elder used to be. I talked to myself. „Everything started from this room… I wonder if the Elder planned everything when he sent me up? I resurrected civilization and Beruga. And dyed earth in darkness. I should have been killed by machines when Beruga was awakened. But I didn't die. I was resurrected by Kumari and all living things. I met the other me, and I realized my destiny… „ I looked out of the window, figuring out that it was getting dark. Soon the world would vanish. I felt very tired so I went to my room to get my last sleep. In my sleep Elle talked to me. „Ark. Do you hear me? I have something important to say. I tried to kill you as a baby in Storkolm. In Crysta, the Elder's word was absolute… But seeing you grown up, I understand now. We are all individuals. It's important to live naturally. Crysta will be gone soon. But if we are bound by fate, we will meet again in time, somewhere. Ark. Until then, good bye, for just a little while." I then fell in a deep sleep… And dreamt my last dream… In my dream i became a bird and saw the world growing older. I saw all kind of thing and new machines. Some of them I could remember what they were but others were completely new to me. On the land I saw a machine that drove really fast and let out steam. I do not know what the machine was called. I flew to the skies and saw another machine. It was an airplane. I owned and flew one of them but this one looked different. It was more advanced. I flew beside it for a while and flew down over a city. The city had really huge buildings. It was my first time seeing such huge buildings. I wonder how many years it took for the humans to advance that far.
AN: Thanks to SuperG777 for correction. You are awesome.