She woke up and only saw blackness. She used the solidity she felt on her back to get up and look around. It was dark to the point where she thought she was blind. Those fears were replaced by a new one as she saw a spark right in front of her, starting as a small ball of light at first. It sat there, filled her with hope, and then grew to massive proportions, and immediately watched the universe be born. Endless galaxies filled her view, the stars were the giants of her surroundings, and yet she did not feel small.

She was too distracted to realize the gravity she once had was gone, and instead, she floated in this galaxy. Looking forward, she found a being made only of light. She hovered towards it, and immediately, she saw it split into countless pieces and they spread off in an instant. She followed one group of those pieces in particular. They took her immediately to a small blue marble, finally finding some familiarity in all of this.

They went to work. The beings cooled the planet from its molten ashes and created earth, fire, wind, water, and from all of these came life itself. Not humanity, of course, but instead small groups. She watched as billions of years passed in front of her in mere minutes. She watched as those inklings of life turned into prokaryotes, eukaryotes, develop cells, photosynthesize, respire, and through time watched as they formed fish, reptiles, dinosaurs, birds, mammals, and finally, some minutes later to her and billions to them, humanity.

One being stood above the other beings that followed to this planet. She gave every order, assigned them where to go and how to assist the planet, and from there, things finally slowed down. They developed fire, tools, rational thought, language, civilization, government, writing, and through that order of life, they continued, but things slowed down for her. She looked to medieval China, and saw that great being giving orders there. She took a closer look, and found her holding his head in her hand, quite a bit taller than this human. She had hair that was green at the bottom, matched a yellow like fine sand as it went upward, and as the top came, saw a deep water like the ocean. Her dress was red, like a bright fire, and a pale yellow like the sun above.

She watched them lock into a passionate kiss, then time jumped forward, and found a family, the woman looking like a normal woman of the time. There were at least twelve children running around, some older, some younger, some were mere infants. Time flashed forward to find her appearing at funerals. She could not read ancient Chinese, but could tell when she was in mourning of her children dying. Throughout all of these funerals, their children joined, and their children. Hundreds of years had passed, and she and her love were still alive, looking quite the same.

One day, however, the man had grown very sick, sick to the point where nothing she could do helped at all. Her soul was of the earth, so she could not join him in death. However, she knew of a way to see his soul forever, and end his suffering. She took his sword, and impaled it through her chest. As she fell, so too did her love, and their souls came together in harmony. Their souls were locked together as they swore a vow of eternal love to one another, and using that love, decided to create something special.

The love spread to two individuals of each land, male and female, who would wake up one morning and find themselves with the ability to perform incredible feats that normal humans could not do. Each region had a pair. She found a pair in China, in what would now be known as the United States, she found a pair in the indigenous tribes of Australia, in each country of Africa, in each country in the Arabic countries, and finally rested on a pair that she knew easily well.

The Witch and Wizard of Castanet.

"Their power relies on the stars. The closer they feel to them, the more powerful the witch and wizard. The more they practice and hone their talent, the better they are with their ability. The better they get along, the more powerful they become. Each time a star dims, they feel it. Why must they rely on stars?

"Because our love extends to the stars. Their positions, their movement, their fusions and fissions, they all create that power.

"My love created a piece of me that went into my child, and passed on for every child she had. It continued and continued, and now, that fate rests in the final link of the chain.

"So now, I beckon your best guess, Molly… why am I here, within your mind?"

She finally snapped back into herself. She watched so much happened, she forgot that she was her own person. "I'm a child of a goddess?"

"Not just any goddess, my child. The first Goddess. The one who created this life you know of, assigned those Gods and Goddesses you know now to each island. I gave up my magical form to be with my love, Shanyu, but the magic still lingered within me. Our souls were locked together through love, a deep spiritual bond we formed, and as I continued to live, his soul persisted, but I cannot stop the vessel from what must be done. To make sure his soul persisted, I gave up my corporeal form to return to the position in which I once belonged. That was 300 years ago."

"So it wasn't the Waffle Island Harvest Goddess splitting her soul that created them. It was you!"

"Yes. The magic, just like our bond, will never die, and so when the vessel gives, it moves onto a soul deserving of that magic. In this case, your very wizard had a soul just perfect for it. The same goes for your witch. They are worthy souls. Even now, one continues to fight the darkness outside of this vessel. I apologize for that."

"Wait; you created that?"

"As I am the one responsible for giving humanity rational thought and instinct, and for spreading magic throughout the land after I came back to be a Goddess, yes, I created what you call a 'Plague'. However, I still have no answer for why I am here."

"Are you here to help us ward it off?"

"Not just ward it off, but weaken it. Make it go back to being a region-only phenomena."

"Before we do that, why does Castanet have a witch and wizard, but not Waffle Island?"

"That Goddess had too much to handle. I thought a God could handle Castanet on their own, but he had no compassion for humanity, and so a Goddess was needed. When she split herself, I made sure a witch and wizard was there to help."

"I see."

"Let me show you what your friends are doing."

She created a panel for Molly. She saw the kind, the Goddess, and Witch Princess all lying there, limp, but someone was missing. She looked for him, but found him in mid-air, making a wild attempt to land on the Plague with every last bit of his magic he could muster.

"He's going to die! We have to save him!"

"Not just him, of course. When you're ready, take my hand."