Chapter 18 – Immortal History (Part 1)
"The first part of this story is set in the old universe. You may not know what the old universe is but you will later in the story. In the old universe there was an immortal race called 'The Ancient Lights' who were fixated on control. They wanted to be the rulers of the universe. For millennia they travelled across the universe making normal creatures part of their race. They had an ingenious way of doing that too. They used to give people powers of The Ancient Lights and with the power, also came an enchantment. An enchantment that made them obey every command given by their superiors. When and if the enchantment were to ever wear off, the person would still have powers and would still belong to The Ancient Lights.
Of course, there were people against them too. A group of rebels called 'The Rebels of The Ancient Lights'. Not a very creative name but, there you go. They were part of 'The Ancient Lights' but they didn't believe in control and wanted to defeat 'The Ancient Lights'.
In time 'The Ancient Lights' had taken over most of the universe and so they decided to 'enlarge' it. They created an explosion that was supposed to create another universe. They thought that the second universe would add to the first, but they were wrong, very wrong. Instead of adding to the first universe, the second universe replaced the first, and in doing so, destroying everything and everyone in its path, all that is except for 'The Rebels of The Ancient Lights'.
"But how did they survive?" asked Viper curiously.
"No-one knows," answered Gabs, "But what mattered is that they did. After that, they swore to protect the fourteen dimensions, at whatever cost. They became the protectors, or Gods and Goddess' of the universes. Now, you may not know what I mean by 'fourteen dimensions', correct?" the others nodded, "A dimension is a separate universe and there are fourteen in total, well, twelve really. We are in the sixth dimension. I come from the third dimension." Suddenly, a swarm of gold dust arose behind her and made a diagram of fourteen boxes. At the bottom of the diagram were six boxes all in a row. Another six boxes in a row were seen at the very top of the diagram. Between the two rows, on the very left, were two other boxes. One box was more toward the bottom. North East of it was the other box. They found it peculiar that the box on the very right of the top row had an arrow through it, pointing North.
"What's the arrow for?" Po asked. Then another swarm of gold dust made another diagram above the first. It was a mirror image of the first.
"These are the opposite dimensions," Explained Gabs, "These two sets of dimensions are opposite to each other. It keeps the balance in life – the yin and the yang. If the universe isn't in balance, then the dimensions will topple over and everything will be destroyed.
Anyway, back to the story. Amongst the Protectors are the Goddess Venus – Goddess of Love, God of Fate or Destiny, God of Death, and of course their leader. The leader basically organises everyone, he doesn't really do anything specific. He doesn't actually like his birth name, so he gets us to call him 'The Big Guy Upstairs' or 'G'. And then, of course, there was Lucifer. Lucifer was G's best friend and was King and creator of Angels. He too was a one of the rebels, but he always felt jealousy towards G. Jealousy is when you hate for a reason, not a good reason but still a reason. And boy was Lucifer Jealous of G. That was when Lucifer became evil and created daemons and devils. That was when he got his nick-name – The Devil.
When Lucifer created daemons and devils, the Protectors created thirteen immortal spirits, to protect Mortals –
Wind – usually the leader and is very obedient but is very shy.
Ice – is very demanding and wants to be the best, you must always keep a close eye on ice.
Rain- rain is a softer side to ice but rain finds it difficult to make decisions close to the heart.
Blossom – blossom represents plants. They are able to seduce and manipulate, like flowers do with their colour and smell.
Tree- trees represent wisdom and longevity. They are also very good listeners.
Sun – sun controls heat and fire and also gives happiness and light.
River – river is calm and controlled and can convince people to do the right thing.
Mother Nature- mother nature is very friendly sociable and understands empathy and sympathy.
Moon – the moon has the power to enchant people and is the best enchanter of all the thirteen immortal spirits but sometimes, she cannot control her power.
Earth – earth or soil nourishes plants, which helps animals. She likes to help people but sometimes interferes when she shouldn't.
Mind – mind has the power to control people and deceive them. Mind can also put people in comas or even kill their using mental abilities, but she finds it hard to trust people and to let them in.
Lightening Storm- Lightening storm is very powerful and violent but is gullible.
And finally Stone – stone can inhabit a body and look into your memories and use them against you. Unfortunately, stone sometimes sees thing they don't like - pain and fear.
Decades later, there was a great war where the immortal spirits fought with the daemons and devils. In the end, the immortal spirits won the war. Even though they killed thousands of daemons, there were still thousands more, so what the Immortal Spirits did was to capture all the daemons in an alternative dimension – a dimension that can only be accessed its creator. Unfortunately, after many years, part of the dimension was cracked and therefore gave the daemons a way out. Thankfully, the only dimension they can go into is the ninth dimension. The Immortal Spirits didn't do the same for the devils. They didn't bother because there were such a small number of devils left.
After the war Lucifer wanted revenge and therefore enchanted the Immortal Spirits. He imprisoned under big stones, the only way they could be freed was for a child of pure heart would topple them over. He put these stones in a cave near the town of Granada, Spain.
After decades a small, Spanish child was wondering through the woods and came across that very cave. She was curious, very curious and therefore went inside the cave and saw the circle of stones. She thought she saw something shine underneath one of them so she toppled them over, one by one. When they were all toppled over, the Immortal Spirits were free. They were so thankful; they decided to give her samples of all their powers. These powers gave her green blood as a side affect. The small girl's name was Anna-Maria and she was the first Caveanna.
After she received her powers, she told all of her village. Unfortunately, they didn't think of her as a heroin, but more as a monster, especially her father. Anna-Maria's mother was the only one who saw the good side of these powers. During one night Anna-Maria was woken up suddenly by her mother. Anna-Maria heard whispers outside and sensed what was going on. They came for her. She peaked out the window and saw her whole village outside. Her mother tried to smuggle her out of the house unseen, but her father found her and took Anna-Maria to the village centre, where she was burnt to death on the stake. She was only ten years old. When Anna-Maria had finally died, they all rejoiced. But then something happened, something that could be described as a miracle. A thick, white mist circled a small space. The mist became taller and when it evaporated, it left the young, live and un-burnt body of Anna-Maria. Her body went through some sort of process. A process which made her immortal. And that was when the Protectors came down to earth the first time and put a terrible curse on all who assisted with the death, which was basically the whole town. Then Anna-Maria and her mother moved to Greece where they started their new lives. That was when things got worse..."