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Pegasus Galaxy - Unknown Planet - 25,000 Years Later
The people in this small village were celebrating a wedding feast that afternoon and looked up when they heard strange sound..
"What are those?" a villager asked looking up at the strange things coming towards them.
"I've never seen anything like it before," the village elder said and heard murmurs among the guests.
The villagers disappeared in a white light when the strange things passed over them.
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The people crossing over the mountains turned around when they heard a loud noise. To their amazement they saw something large and black coming from the sky and before any of them could say a word, the black thing approached and they too disappeared in a white light.
The farmers in their fields also disappeared in a white light on the same day.
The people who settled in the Southeastern part of the country looked up and they too disappeared when the white lights came.
The majority of the people in the South also disappeared that evening and the lucky few only saw white lights in a distance.
The people in the East looked up when they heard something strange and they too disappeared, and their fishing nets floated in the water with their catches.
The next morning very few men, women and children remained on the planet. However, no one knew a powerful race of beings were watching, but didn't interfere, except one many years later.
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Ulmo, the Lord of Waters on Arda, receives all information throughout his waters...and the Atani's voices have always filled his waters with their stories and songs; until one day all of their voices went silent. He moved throughout his waters and still heard nothing from the Atani, and his waters were still and silent. Ulmo, who rarely comes ashore, but did so on this occasion unseen, passed throughout the length and breath of Arda where the Atani resided, except in the Northwestern part of Arda, and then returned to his waters.
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Valinor
Manwë summoned Námo, the Lord of Mandos, to the top of Taniquetil. "Our brother wishes to speak to both us," Manwë told Námo when he appeared.
"Have all the Atani gone to your Halls Námo?" Ulmo asked.
"No," he answered. "Why do you ask?"
"I've always heard their voices throughout my waters until recently when all their voices ceased at once," he answered. "I went unclad on land to see why and I found that the Atani are no longer on Arda, except a few."
Manwë and Námo looked over the vastness of Arda and saw most of the second born Children of Eru Ilúvatar were missing; however, they did see a few Atani weeping.
Manwë then summoned Varda who immediately appeared at her husband's side. "What is she saying?" he asked his wife.
"She keeps saying everyone is gone," Varda answered looking at the mortal woman weeping and pounding her right fist on the ground.
Manwë then summoned the rest of the Valar to the top of Taniquetil and Ulmo told them what happened to the Atani. They also looked over Arda and saw it was mostly devoid of the second born Children of Eru Ilúvatar. They saw some Atani calling out the names of the their loved ones; most were weeping or sat stunned; some searching buildings, and some packing up and leaving their homes.
"Where are the children?" Yavanna asked.
"No one knows, including the remaining Atani," Ulmo answered.
"Yet, they know what happened," Oromë said.
"Yes they do, but it's beyond their understanding," Nienna said, wise as ever.
"Could this be the work of our brother?" Tulkas asked.
"No, because our brother doesn't know the Atani are everywhere on Arda," Ulmo answered. "However, I believe in time we'll find out what happened to them."
When Námo returned to his Halls he looked over his wife's tapestries for any clue as to what happened to the Atani, but didn't find anything, as all of her tapestries depicted events in the Northwestern part of Arda. He also knew that whatever happened to the Atani none of them will ever come to his Halls.
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Over the years Ulmo began to hear the Atani's voices throughout Arda once again and knew they were reproducing. He also heard them talk in hushed tones about the white light. What he didn't know was that the Atani were telling their children the story of the white light.
"Have either of you heard of the white light?" Ulmo asked Ossë and Uinen with a thought.
"I've never heard of the white light Lord Ulmo," Uinen answered.
"Neither have I," Ossë said.
"Thank you," Ulmo replied.
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Pegasus Galaxy – One Hundred Years Later
Brigadier General Richard Stone, the Commander of the AGF science vessel the Calypso, an AGF Heavy Battle Cruiser, and the civilian scientists on-board were studying a cluster of stars at the other end of the Pegasus galaxy.
"The sun just rose above a planet 10 light years from here and it appears it was once a Wraith world and they're many dead bodies on that planet, and my scans tell me they were once human," Calypso, the ship's avatar said.
"Human?" Stone asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Yes General," Calypso answered.
"How many?" he asked.
Calypso told him.
"That many?" he asked surprised and didn't see the stunned looks on the faces of his bridge crew.
"Yes General," Calypso answered.
"Contact Colonel's Felix and Reyes," Stone ordered.
"Yes General," Calypso replied.
Colonel Felix's ship, the Monitor, is an AGF Light Battle Cruiser, the same as Colonel Reyes' ship, the Compass, and they're the escort vessels for the Calypso.
"Sir," Felix and Reyes said when they appeared on one of the view screens.
General Stone told them of Calypso findings and they were going to investigate. Colonel's Felix and Reyes told the General that their avatars also reported the same thing.
The three ships jumped into hyperspace a few minutes later.
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"I want a deep scan of that planet," Stone said to Calypso when they arrived above the planet.
"Yes General," Calypso replied and began scanning. When Calypso finished and reported his findings to General Stone, he was appalled, as were Colonel's Felix and Reyes and they agreed to meet in the General's office.
"I wonder where those humans came from sir?"Colonel Reyes asked.
"So do I and that planet doesn't have a stargate," Colonel Felix answered.
"How long have those people been dead Calypso?" Stone asked.
"Over 100 years General," Calypso answered.
"This was a culling on a massive scale," Felix said in an angry tone.
"I'm going to contact Atlantis and tell them of our findings," Stone told them.
Colonel's Felix and Reyes confirmed what General Stone told Stargate Command and General Carmichael told them to stay put until the fleet arrives with Medical Forensic Teams. The Calypso, Monitor and Compass sent out their fighters just in case unwelcome guests arrived.
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Atlantis - Two Days Later
"The Fleet is ready and awaiting your order General," her pilot said when she heard a beep at her station.
"Open a hyperspace window and jump," General Christine Sanders ordered.
"Yes ma'am," Captain Janice Carroll replied and opened a hyperspace window and the Judgment Day jumped into hyperspace and the rest of the Fleet opened their own windows and jumped into hyperspace.
General Carmichael watched as the Fleet jumped into hyperspace.
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When the AGF Fleet dropped out of hyperspace they surrounded the planet. "Scan that planet Judgment Day," Major General Christine Sanders ordered.
"Yes General," he replied and began scanning and reported his findings to the General.
"I'll be damned," General Sanders said, and contacted the three AGF science vessels and told them to return to Atlantis with their reports. "Transport the stargate, Engineers, the Medical Forensic Teams and the Marines to the planet."
"Yes General," Judgment Day replied.
When General Stone and Colonel's Felix and Reyes returned to Atlantis they handed their reports to General Malcolm Carmichael.
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Unknown Planet – Pegasus Galaxy
For the next few months the Stargate Medical Forensic Teams scanned every corpse. Many bodies were taken back to Atlantis through the stargate for further examination and the rest were buried in mass graves throughout the planet. Services were held for the dead and there were many tears...and those men and women thought it was a grisly detail. After everyone completed their tasks, a cloaked probe was set above the planet and some walked through the stargate, including the Medical Forensic Teams with their findings, and the ships returned to Atlantis with the stargate, DHD and the Marines.
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Pegasus Galaxy - Atlantis
The newly appointed Four Star General of the Pegasus galaxy, General Stefan Dima, had just finished reading the reports from Doctor Terrence Jones and General Christine Sanders and ordered them to report to his office. "Are you sure all those corpses were human doctor?" Dima asked Doctor Jones when they arrived in his office.
"Everyone single one of them sir?" Jones answered. "We've checked and double checked and ran DNA tests and they were all human. As you've read sir, their clothing and boots are from the medieval period."
"All of our people are present and accounted for and does anyone know where these humans came from?" Dima asked.
"No sir," Sanders answered. "But wherever they came from there were over one hundred thousand people on that planet."
"No anymore," Dima said. "From your report doctor, it appears they were culled over 100 years ago."
"Yes sir, and that means the Wraith are due for another culling, if they haven't done so already," Jones answered.
"You're right doctor and we have to find them and fast," Dima replied.
"We don't know where to look for them sir and the Pegasus galaxy is a very big galaxy," Jones said.
"We also don't know how the Wraith found out about them," Sanders replied.
"The Wraith are very clever and they'll never tell us," Dima told her.
"We know sir," Sanders said.
"Dismissed," Dima said. General Dima knew no one has heard from the Wraith for hundreds of years and the Pegasus galaxy has prospered, and then they suddenly show up again. He knew after their civil war that the strong Wraith killed the weaker ones and only the strongest survived. AGF Intelligence found out that the Wraith continued their civil war for another 28 years until only a few hives remained, but no one knew where they were...and AGF Intelligence suspected they were in hibernation. It seems AGF Intelligence was correct and now the Wraith are awake. General Dima sent his, General Sanders and Doctor Jones's report to Headquarters on Earth.
A few weeks after General Dima sent the reports to Headquarters, he was ordered to report to General Charlotte Brennan office. General Brennan is the Supreme Command of all the AGF Armed Forces in the five galaxies. General Brennan is a Five Star General and her gold stars are in a circle around her collars and her uniform is a different color.
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NORAD - Colorado - Earth
"Off world activation," the Corporal said. "It's coming from Atlantis."
"Welcome to Earth General Dima," Major General Scott Taylor said when he, his aide and his security detail walked through the stargate.
"Thank you General," he replied.
"General Brennan is waiting for you sir. Right this way," Major Sara Cummings, General Brennan's aide said to Dima.
"Thank you Major," he replied and everyone followed the Major out of the gateroom.
General Dima noticed the mountain is different and major changes were made to the entire complex, and while they were doing the renovations years ago, the gateroom was moved temporarily to another site. The gateroom is much larger and resembles the Atlantis gateroom in some ways, but different in other ways, but the guards still line the stargate on either side. The place is much brighter, modern and up to date and doesn't have the dungeon feel it once did.
When they arrived at the transporter Major Cummings told the transporter operator to transport the General and herself to the Pentagon, and the General's security detail and aide to their quarters.
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The Pentagon - General Brennan's Office
"At ease General and have a seat," Brennan said when he entered her office and saluted and she pointed to one of the chairs in front of her desk.
"Thank you ma'am," he replied and did as he was ordered.
"These are very interesting reports Stefan," Brennan said. "Are the doctors sure the corpses were human?" she asked.
"Yes ma'am, and they checked and doubled check and ran DNA analysis as their reports stated," he answered.
"Have we found out where these humans came from?" she asked.
"Not as of yet General," he answered. "But we're still looking. As we know, the Pegasus galaxy is a very big place."
"I see the Wraith have found a new feeding ground," she said.
"It appears so," he replied.
"The President wants our Medical Forensic Teams to exam the bodies that were brought back to Atlantis and they're to report back to me with their results," she told him.
"Yes ma'am," he said.
"If we find out that they're human and we find them, she wants them off that planet and under our protection. The President also wants them to stay in the Pegasus galaxy and you're to find a suitable planet for them to inhabit," she said.
"Yes General," he replied.
"It's time for our meeting with the Joint Chiefs," she said.
For the next two days General Brennan, the Joint Chiefs and General Dima discussed the situation in the Pegasus galaxy and General Dima got the go ahead to do whatever he needed to do to find and protect the remaining humans, and General Brennan order General Dima to find and kill the remaining Wraith.
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Milky Way Galaxy – Earth – Three Months Later
"They were all human?" Doctor Richard Carter, the CMO of Earth's Medical Forensic Team, asked reading his staff's reports.
"Yes they were Doctor Carter and we ran the same DNA analysis and the results are exactly the same as the Pegasus' Medical Forensic Teams," Doctor Sharon Ambrose answered.
"How the hell did these humans get here?" he asked.
"No one knows and that's what everyone is asking themselves?" Ambrose answered.
A week later Doctor Richard Carter handed their reports to General Brennan.
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The white light struck again two weeks later and the Atani population was severely depleted – and these Atani were taken to a different planet, but the Wraith didn't know someone was watching over the Atani and saw where they were taken.
Ulmo noticed the Atani's voices went silent once again and walked unclad on Arda and found most of the Atani were gone and informed Manwë.
Manwë, the Valar and their Maia attendants looked over the breath of Arda and saw most of the Atani were gone again; but the Atani they observed seemed resigned to their doom and they were all packing and leaving their homes.
"How can we protect the Atani?" Irmo asked.
"We're not allowed to interfere with them," Námo answered.
"Did any of them go to your Halls Námo?" Aulë asked.
"No they didn't," he answered.
When Námo returned to his Halls he again looked over his wife's tapestries and found nothing unusual concerning the Atani in the rest of Arda.
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Three Weeks Later
"What were those things father?" Eleanor asked.
"They appeared long ago and did the same thing," he answered and told her the story.
"Who are they and where did everyone go?" Eleanor asked.
"No one knows," her father answered.
"Look father," Eleanor said a few hours later pointing to other people who were riding horses, walking, or in wagons, the same as she and her father, with their worldly possessions.
Haldor introduced himself and his daughter to everyone after they stopped for lunch by the river. "We haven't seen anyone for leagues," Haldor told them.
"Neither have we and we all came from different directions," another man said.
"Where are all of you going?" Haldor asked.
"I'm leading them to a forest not to far from here," Balin answered. "You and your daughter are welcome to join us and this is my son Delmar."
"Thank you, we will," Haldor said.
"It was a dream Elin had a few nights before the white light came and we left our village the next morning. A few decided to stay behind and we hid and watched as they taken by the white light," Belgar said.
Murmurs among the villagers and some nodded their heads in understanding.
"It seems no one is safe and my wife was also taken by the white light," Haldor said holding his daughter and they both had tears in their eyes.
"None of us will ever be safe from the white light," Elin replied.
"How do you know Elin?" Balin asked.
"The woman's voice in my dream warmed me that the white light was coming and told me how to get everyone in my village to safety. She also told me that the white light will always come after us and no can stop the white light – except the others," Elin answered.
"Did she tell you who the others are and how they can stop the white light?" Balin asked.
"No she didn't, but she did tell me that the others will eventually come and take us to safety, but she didn't know when...and that the others are good and kind and we should trust them. She said the others will have very strange things with them that we will not understand, but those strange things will not harm us in any way, and one of those strange things will take us to safety. She also told me the others will be dressed very differently and they're a very old race, and one of the great races – and we'll recognize the others," Elin answered.
"Do you know what she meant when she said we'll recognize the others?" Haldor asked.
"No I don't," Elin answered.
"We never knew there were other races," Balin said surprised. "Did she tell you how they'll get here and where they're coming from?"
"No she didn't," Elin answered.
"I wonder what the strange things are that they'll have with them," Delmar said smiling at his father.
Everyone laughed and Eleanor smiled at Delmar.
The villagers didn't know the Lord of Waters heard everything they said.
A few days later everyone reached their new home and met Balin's folk, who helped them build their new homes.
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The Isle of Balar
"Have any of the Eldar or Edain mentioned the white light Lord Círdan?" Ulmo asked the shipwright from his waters.
"No Lord Ulmo," he answered.
"If they do let me know," Ulmo said.
"I will Lord Ulmo," Círdan replied wondering what the white light is.
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Valinor - Ring of Doom
Manwë summoned the rest of the Valar to the Ring of Doom.
"Our brother has something to tell us," Manwë told them when they appeared on their thrones with their Maiar attendants standing next to them. Eönwë was standing between Manwë and Varda.
Ulmo told them what he heard and what the mortal woman Elin told them about the others.
"Now we know it's the white light that took the Atani," Yavanna said.
"But we still don't know what the white light is; where the white light took the Atani, or how the white light did it," Aulë replied.
"The Atani don't know that either," Ulmo said.
"The woman speaking to Elin in her dream knew the white light was coming to Arda," Estë said.
"She told Elin how to hide from the white light and that's how she and her people survived. It appears this woman knows a great deal about the white light and knows the Atani will never be safe from it," Irmo replied.
"She's watching over the Atani," Ulmo said.
"Is she an Ainur?" Olórin asked.
"No," Námo answered.
"Who is she?" Nessa asked. "I thought only the Ainur could send dreams."
"We've just found out otherwise," Ulmo said.
"I thought we were to watch over the Atani," Vána said.
"In this matter she's taken over and she's keeping the Atani safe, which is something we can never do," Ulmo replied.
"I wonder why she's doing it?" Vána asked.
"For the love of the Atani," Nienna answered.
"We also love the Atani," Estë said.
"Not the way she does," Nienna replied.
"I agree and she's taking care of the Atani the way we took care of the elves," Ulmo said. "We kept the elves safe from our brother and she's keeping the remaining Atani safe from the white light until the others arrive to take them to safety."
"Does that mean the others will take the Atani from Arda Lord Ulmo?" Eönwë asked.
"The white light has already taken the Atani from Arda twice Eönwë, and as all of us saw, the second born Children of Eru Ilúvatar on Arda are gone, but we don't know where," Ulmo answered. "The others are coming to take the rest of the Atani to safety from the white light, and the woman in Elin's dream told her they're the only ones who can keep them safe and no one else, including the Valar. She also told Elin the others are an old race and ones of the great races."
"I thought the elves were the oldest and greatest race," Oromë said.
"We found out they're not and that they're other races in Eä that are much older and far greater than the elves...and whatever the others are bringing with them, not even the elves will understand," Ulmo replied.
"I believe the woman in Elin's dream knows the others and they know her," Nienna said.
"You're right," Aulë replied.