They never could say how they began. The first ones, anyway. After all, what man remembers the day of their birth, or knows anything about that day beyond what was told them? They did not have the luxury of someone to tell them about those events, for they were the first to exist.
Their first names were Organize and Destroy. They had no shapes, for shapes did not yet exist. They had power, they were sure of that, but what is power with nothing to effect?
So,they used their power together, organizing power in a chaotic manner throught the existence that Was Not.
And there Was.
Energy, untethered, created space, time, substance. Organize went to work as Destroy reveled in the chaos.
Their cooperation did not stop there, however. Organize made balls of substance, so tight they began to glow and make new types of substance. Destroy changed them, so at a certain point where they could not make any more, they would explode and create heavier substance. Unfortunately, Destroy did not anticipate its power on a larger scale, and ended up with a phenomenon where the orbs of light and creation were transformed into orbs of devouring destruction and darkness.
But Organize didn't mind, and used the orbs of destruction as anchors for groups of millions of the orbs.
Organize and Destroy then began work on making colder balls of substance. Destroy was intrigued, not particularly caring that Organize was doing more than Destroy was, as between them, the first thing that might be able to be called 'love' was being created. But neither of them knew that, they only knew that Organize had many ideas for what could be, and Destroy wanted to help.
And that they wanted to work together.
So Organize took leftover substance from the glowing things, the stars, and formed balls of the stuff, letting them settle and separate, condense and cool.
One ball in particular Organize was very interested in, directing Destroy to send other orbs to it. Destroy did, sending what would eventually be called comets and asteroids to impact the molten ball.
One of them, though, was too large, and threw much substance into the nearby abyss. Destroy was concerned that he had ruined Organize's prize project.
But Organize was thrilled, and made the substance into another orb, made to go around the larger one. Somehow, Organize was able to make the same side face the larger one at all times, even if part was covered in shadow.
Content, Organize left Destroy to do other things while the orb cooled and settled. Out of curiosity, Destroy made a large rock hit one of the other cool balls of substance, far away from the special rock. It had already collected small bits of substance around it, creating rings like the other, larger balls of substance out here.
The rock Destroy threw hit the "planet", causing it to turn to one side, the rings being sideways now. Organize seemed to like it, though. Something about appreciating variety.
So, Destroy focused on another one of the balls near Organize's project, moving one of its moons nearer to it. The force holding the planet together ripped the moon apart, turning it into a more beautiful set of rings.
Organize was pleased, but now it was time to do more with the planet.
Together, they made again, like in the beginning. But, not to create existence, but to create life.
Structures, substances, that could make more of themselves, even making other, similar structures. They worked together on this, making things called "flowers," "trees," "algae," and "grass".
Of course, they did not use those words, but the way they communicated was more efficient, more detailed than speech could ever hope to be, and more abstract than humanity could begin to comprehend.
Destroy had an idea, and with Creation's help, made a new type of life that destroyed other life to survive. Animals began to walk, with things like "fish" and "bacteria" soon moving to more complex things that would later be called "dinosaurs," "birds" and "mammals".
As they did, an interesting thing occurred. The animals, as they were formed, often had two types, one that was in charge of making more, and one that tended to destroy more. As this occurred, the animals began to view each other in terms similar to "him" and "her," the more destructive being "him" and the more nurturing being "her."
As a side effect, Destruction began thinking of Creation as "her" and Creation viewed Destruction as "him". At the same time, they began to take shapes, Creation in that of the Sun rain, and such, Destruction as fire, lightning, and the remains of the dead.
Still, they were invisible to everything that Was. Nevertheless, it seemed their creations, who had just a little of their own power inside, had some little influence on what they were.
I'd like to leave a short note here for people who would care.I knew before I began writing this that it probably wouldn't be as popular as a lot of other fics. This is too wordy, too academic to resonate with a large audience. Beyond that, it's pure info-dumping disguised as a story, something that rarely leaves you on the edge of your seat.Still, I needed to write this for myself. Philosophy and personifications of abstract concepts are something that I like to dabble in from time to time, especially how seemingly "evil" or "dark" concepts, like Illusion and Subjection, have both good and bad sides to them. At the same time, I wanted to write an explanation for the universe of the Miraculous, in the form of an origin story/myth of sorts, but in a view from a history perspective. Perhaps that was my reasoning for including an explanation of Uranus' unique orientation, as well as Saturn's rings. I almost cut them out, but I felt that it was necessary to show that Destruction tends to get a bit distracted, coming through eventually as Plagg.So, thank you for reading this. It's a passion project more than anything else, and regardless of how popular it is or isn't, I will publish all of it, simply because it's already been written.