Selina took a deep breath and began her story. "I'll start from the
very beginning. Back, a really long time ago, even before the time of
Godric Gryffindor and the other founders, there were no witches or wizards.
No humans whatsoever, there were just gods. Each area of the world had
it's own gods. Now, the areas are called countries and the gods are
categorized by which country they presided over.
"Well, once every 1,000 days, the gods of the world would hold a meeting. During one meeting, they decided to create humans. The world before humans was filled with animals and plants, but nothing else. Humans were created by Thor, the Norse God and they eventually spread all over the world. Some were given specific powers and some were not. The ones with the powers were the witches and wizards, and those without were muggles. Every witch or wizard today descends from those early magic makers, even muggleborns.
"Enough about the creation of man, I'll get specific now. The second place humans went was Greece. That is where I am from originally. There were many Greek gods. Zeus, the supreme god, Poseidon, the god of the sea, Aphrodite, goddess of beauty, and Selene, the goddess of the moon.
"Well, as we all know, humans crave power. Some philosopher once said, 'There is no true happiness, there is only power,' and that is what many humans believe. So the greed of humans began to overcome them. The gods were able to control them to an extent, but humans wanted the god's powers. Humans declared war on the gods, and they battled for many years. The gods could have easily won, but they went easy. The humans were their children, so to speak, and they didn't want to destroy them.
"Slowly, all of the time and work the gods had put in to making the world perfect for humans began to deteriorate. Humans were born into greed and that is all they knew. The humans became smart and began to reproduce quickly. After years and years, they humans had a tremendous army and they waged war on the gods. Gods cannot reproduce, in a manner of speaking. They can have offspring and transfer their power into the said child, but each god has one duty, and no more are needed.
"Slowly, the humans began to win. They would track down one god at a time, killing them. Once a god is dead, that's it, no coming back. The gods were fearful. If they didn't destroy the human race, humans would destroy them. And if the gods were destroyed, the world, and everything in it, would cease to exist.
"The gods began to die out. First went Hermes, the messenger god. Then Athena, goddess of strategy. Artemis, Poseidon, Apollo and Demeter. The humans just wouldn't stop. They needed power. They craved it and when they got some, they wanted more. The remaining gods didn't know what to do. They held a meeting and tried to discuss it. The only logical thing they could think of was to destroy the human race, but the remaining Greek gods wouldn't hear of it. They had worked so hard for it, and they didn't want to see it destroyed.
"In Greece, way up in the mountains, there were outcasts. These were the people that were perfectly content as they were, they didn't need power to be happy. These were the people that the gods wanted to keep, but they couldn't just wipe out all of the bad humans, so they had to make a choice. The Greek gods kept the human race but they had a plan.
"One night, the remaining gods of Greece visited the mountain and the 200 or so people who resided there. The humans were beside themselves with seeing these gods, but the gods had a job to do. They explained the predicament to the humans and the humans agreed to help. What the humans needed to do, was bear the god's children. That night, all of the gods 'got some' as you James, and you Sirius, would say. The male gods got female humans pregnant and the female gods got pregnant themselves. When it was almost three moths past that night, the female gods transferred the babies from inside of themselves into willing human females. The gods started working on their plan.
"Exactly nine months after the fateful night with the humans, all of the babies were born. As soon as the last baby was born, the gods stood in a circle. Together, they chanted and then molded into one, surrendering their power and only serving as a watchful parent. The humans who craved power, realized their mistakes and became how the gods intended them to be, but the gods no longer existed. Instead, babies existed with the gods powers. When the gods sacrificed themselves and all of their power was surrendered, the power was transferred to the newly born babies.
"These babies were humans, but they had special powers. Powers that normal witches and wizards could never have, not even those as powerful as Dumbledore. I'm sure you know some Greek mythology, so I won't go into the depth of who had what powers and whatnot, but with this power came problems. The first power-bearers had it since birth, but their children got it after. If the power-bearer did not have a baby of the same sex as them, by the time they were 21, the powers were wiped from their body and they would die, causing all of those who had come in contact with them to die as well. Not only that, but if the power was wiped from their body, the thing that they controlled with their power would not be under control, and the world would go crazy.
"When the power-bearer did have a child by the time they were 21, the child was not given powers at birth. When the child turns 13, the power would be transferred to them and they would have it for the next 20 years. It was an ongoing cycle and it is still going on. Well, back thousands of years ago, on that fateful night when the gods sacrificed their powers, my great- grandmother was born.
"She was named Selene, after her mother. Her mother had been Selene, the goddess of the moon. When Selene, my grandmother, was born, she had the powers to control the moon. She could cause it to shift behind clouds, control the tides and cause lunar and solar eclipses. When she was 19, she had a daughter, and when the daughter turned 13, the power was transferred to her. The cycle went on and on and all of my grandmother's had daughters and transferred the power.
"Well, 17 years ago, 2 weeks before my mother's 21 birthday, she gave birth to a daughter, me. Then, 13 years later, I had power transferred to me, and I will have it for the next 17 years. It may be hard to believe, but I am the person who can control the moon. I can't make it a full or half moon or anything, but controlling the tides, shifting the moon behind clouds and the solar and lunar eclipses rest on my shoulders.
"Unless I have a daughter within the next four years, the power will be wiped from my body, and everyone who has ever met me, will die. The world will cease to exist as we know it, with no one able to control the moon."
Author Note: Did I disappoint you? Were you expecting that? Did you have absolutely no idea? Review! Next chapter, I'll put all of the clues that point to this.
Moony2187
"Well, once every 1,000 days, the gods of the world would hold a meeting. During one meeting, they decided to create humans. The world before humans was filled with animals and plants, but nothing else. Humans were created by Thor, the Norse God and they eventually spread all over the world. Some were given specific powers and some were not. The ones with the powers were the witches and wizards, and those without were muggles. Every witch or wizard today descends from those early magic makers, even muggleborns.
"Enough about the creation of man, I'll get specific now. The second place humans went was Greece. That is where I am from originally. There were many Greek gods. Zeus, the supreme god, Poseidon, the god of the sea, Aphrodite, goddess of beauty, and Selene, the goddess of the moon.
"Well, as we all know, humans crave power. Some philosopher once said, 'There is no true happiness, there is only power,' and that is what many humans believe. So the greed of humans began to overcome them. The gods were able to control them to an extent, but humans wanted the god's powers. Humans declared war on the gods, and they battled for many years. The gods could have easily won, but they went easy. The humans were their children, so to speak, and they didn't want to destroy them.
"Slowly, all of the time and work the gods had put in to making the world perfect for humans began to deteriorate. Humans were born into greed and that is all they knew. The humans became smart and began to reproduce quickly. After years and years, they humans had a tremendous army and they waged war on the gods. Gods cannot reproduce, in a manner of speaking. They can have offspring and transfer their power into the said child, but each god has one duty, and no more are needed.
"Slowly, the humans began to win. They would track down one god at a time, killing them. Once a god is dead, that's it, no coming back. The gods were fearful. If they didn't destroy the human race, humans would destroy them. And if the gods were destroyed, the world, and everything in it, would cease to exist.
"The gods began to die out. First went Hermes, the messenger god. Then Athena, goddess of strategy. Artemis, Poseidon, Apollo and Demeter. The humans just wouldn't stop. They needed power. They craved it and when they got some, they wanted more. The remaining gods didn't know what to do. They held a meeting and tried to discuss it. The only logical thing they could think of was to destroy the human race, but the remaining Greek gods wouldn't hear of it. They had worked so hard for it, and they didn't want to see it destroyed.
"In Greece, way up in the mountains, there were outcasts. These were the people that were perfectly content as they were, they didn't need power to be happy. These were the people that the gods wanted to keep, but they couldn't just wipe out all of the bad humans, so they had to make a choice. The Greek gods kept the human race but they had a plan.
"One night, the remaining gods of Greece visited the mountain and the 200 or so people who resided there. The humans were beside themselves with seeing these gods, but the gods had a job to do. They explained the predicament to the humans and the humans agreed to help. What the humans needed to do, was bear the god's children. That night, all of the gods 'got some' as you James, and you Sirius, would say. The male gods got female humans pregnant and the female gods got pregnant themselves. When it was almost three moths past that night, the female gods transferred the babies from inside of themselves into willing human females. The gods started working on their plan.
"Exactly nine months after the fateful night with the humans, all of the babies were born. As soon as the last baby was born, the gods stood in a circle. Together, they chanted and then molded into one, surrendering their power and only serving as a watchful parent. The humans who craved power, realized their mistakes and became how the gods intended them to be, but the gods no longer existed. Instead, babies existed with the gods powers. When the gods sacrificed themselves and all of their power was surrendered, the power was transferred to the newly born babies.
"These babies were humans, but they had special powers. Powers that normal witches and wizards could never have, not even those as powerful as Dumbledore. I'm sure you know some Greek mythology, so I won't go into the depth of who had what powers and whatnot, but with this power came problems. The first power-bearers had it since birth, but their children got it after. If the power-bearer did not have a baby of the same sex as them, by the time they were 21, the powers were wiped from their body and they would die, causing all of those who had come in contact with them to die as well. Not only that, but if the power was wiped from their body, the thing that they controlled with their power would not be under control, and the world would go crazy.
"When the power-bearer did have a child by the time they were 21, the child was not given powers at birth. When the child turns 13, the power would be transferred to them and they would have it for the next 20 years. It was an ongoing cycle and it is still going on. Well, back thousands of years ago, on that fateful night when the gods sacrificed their powers, my great- grandmother was born.
"She was named Selene, after her mother. Her mother had been Selene, the goddess of the moon. When Selene, my grandmother, was born, she had the powers to control the moon. She could cause it to shift behind clouds, control the tides and cause lunar and solar eclipses. When she was 19, she had a daughter, and when the daughter turned 13, the power was transferred to her. The cycle went on and on and all of my grandmother's had daughters and transferred the power.
"Well, 17 years ago, 2 weeks before my mother's 21 birthday, she gave birth to a daughter, me. Then, 13 years later, I had power transferred to me, and I will have it for the next 17 years. It may be hard to believe, but I am the person who can control the moon. I can't make it a full or half moon or anything, but controlling the tides, shifting the moon behind clouds and the solar and lunar eclipses rest on my shoulders.
"Unless I have a daughter within the next four years, the power will be wiped from my body, and everyone who has ever met me, will die. The world will cease to exist as we know it, with no one able to control the moon."
Author Note: Did I disappoint you? Were you expecting that? Did you have absolutely no idea? Review! Next chapter, I'll put all of the clues that point to this.
Moony2187