Are you working hard?! Or are you hardly working...
Today marked the 30th year of just Chaos and I, we really had formed a sibling bond. We made planets everywhere, big and small, filling the universe that was given to us empty. Filling every sky we made with stars, from tiny blue and red, to pure white giants. It really was like a dream, every hour Chaos and I would be out and trying to make something new, maybe a new color, (which was mostly me, blue was my favorite so far) or a new shape, In the form of a planet or galaxy. But still, we hadn't quite gotten the creation of life down yet. Every time we would try the combination, Chaos creating a man or woman, only the outer shell, and I would try to give it life using the powers of the water and fire, once I started the body would immediately start to fade and flicker.
The trees and animals were easy, I could merely think about it and so it would be. I could bring them to life in every way, from what they ate, to who ate them, to their color, and even their habitat. Something even remotely humanoid however, I could not.
Today Chaos was going trying something different. Our newest planet didn't have many animals, but had dense forests, and deep oceans, and most importantly, a fiery core.. Her idea was to try to connect the planet with the body she created, she believed that the problem to be too much power in too small a body. I guess it's worth a shot.
As I arrived in her new solar system, floating through space (I had been staying in a nearby galaxy, our last attempt took a lot out of me.) I noticed the planets in this system were also like our medium sized test, however they were all unique, one was made of solely of gas, another it was constantly raining diamonds. Yea that diamond one must be the best, I'll have to make it blue! Chaos really has been going all out with this, I counted eight planets. I sighed, 'If this doesn't work, Chaos'll be heartbroken.' honestly that is the very last thing I wanted.
I landed on the fresh white world, praying to both the fire and the water that this worked. Chaos walked up to me drearily, gave me a weak smile, said, "All done..." And collapsed on the spot.
"Oh crap!" I shouted, just barely catching her. "Gosh, you're even more of and idiot than I am when it comes to over expending power." I set her down, sighing again, 'One of these days it's going to be worse than you just collapsing...'
"Well I guess I should get started." I knelt down on the starch white grass, running it through my hand I channeled the water and fire from my veins. I thought of the place I was created. I thought of the creation I was shown. I thought of defeating the purpose of my existence... Beating the destruction.
I watched happily as my magic started doing it's... Well, it's magic. But this particular world was not finished, even if the leaves of the trees were turning green, the water blue. I had work to do at it's center. I sighed, I didn't want to break Chaos' world, surely she would have made a hole or something. I looked over at her, she wasn't quite awake but I figured that there was no other way. I walked over and knelt down next to her, lightly shaking her shoulders. I softly asked "Hey sleepy head wake up... Did you make a way down to the center? Hey? Hello?" She groaned "Ugh... Nooooo... I don't want to..." I sighed while standing up, she was asking for it, I pushed my hand out to the fresh oceans calling a small bit of water, this though, was taxing, water was very hard to manipulate, magic like this always was for both Chaos and I. Nevertheless I managed a small orb the size of an apple, I poked my finger into it, sadly it wasn't cold but it'd have to do. I lined it up right above Chaos' head, and dropped my control on it.
"Perseus, Ah! You jerk!" Chaos said sputtering, she waved her hand in a violent sweeping motion, the nearby sea rising and following her movement, washing over the green landmass dousing us both. "Over kill!" I coughed out, well, more laughing than coughing. For whatever reason Chaos hated getting wet, and I thought it was hilarious.
She glared at me, I gulped trying to change the subject, "So... Did you make a way down?" She nodded still glaring at me with all her might, I sighed, I was going to pay for that one. Chaos lead the way through the forest, back the way that she had come. Within a few moments she stopped, I stopped right beside her. The hole was rather large, it could have fit fifteen or so trees, each one being a hundred years old in size. A size that made it's invisible depths more ominous.
"Well... Ladies first?" I asked, Chaos grinned at me, "Yes, you should go first." She walked of the edge, "Hey! That's mean!" I jumped in after her, smiling on my way down.
I love my big sister.
A short time later...
I slowed my decent as the hole opened up into a cavernous space with black beaches, and long canals each looking like they should have a river to flow in them. I landed on the black beaches next to Chaos, "Hey, this doesn't look finished. What happened?" She shrugged, "I thought you might want to have some input. But we can do that later, for now lets get to the center of this world." I rolled my eyes "Little dramatic... Don't you think?" She threw another glare my way.
Chaos walked over to the closest wall where there was another hole, much smaller than the former one. I followed her through it, we had only gone a few yards in when it opened into a small sphere, this was where we would put it. "OK. Let's try this." I stretched out my hand again to the very center of the room and focused with all my might. I needed this to work for my, sisters sake.
Our small room was filled with red and blue light, and a small orb appeared in the room, a large amount of focused power. I looked at Chaos, she pointed to a what appeared to be an unconscious girl a little younger than Chaos she must have just been created, as she was starch white. I put my hand on her shoulder and focused on connecting her to the small ball of light. The girl's form began to flicker, I couldn't let that happen. I had a deep feeling that this was the one that would work, she suddenly solidified. She took on Chaos' pale skin, her dress turned green and brown, like grass and the earth. Her hair also turning a dark shade of brown. She gasped as air filled her lungs for the first time. Chaos and I looked at each other amazed, we had done it! We created a person!
Chaos hugged me, surprising me, I hugged her back. "We did it." I said breathless, "We really did it!" The strain on my body was beginning to be to much, I squeezed Chaos one last time before I fell into unconsciousness. And so I fell asleep, for a very very long time.
That's all for today! Thanks for reading, and thanks to everyone who has followed my story!
I don't own PJO, Uncle Rick does.
Hope you enjoyed, -Ely