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Chapter 2
Humanity
"Thank you so much for your help young lady. May the Gods and Goddess bless you," an elderly woman said to me as I returned her granddaughter to her. I had found the poor child crying in the market after she wandered a bit too far and had gotten lost.
I simply smiled and nodded. "You are welcome and the same to you." Of course, what they didn't know was that I was the Goddess of Empty. Unlike my brothers who keep to themselves in their own domains that they had created, I had decided to wander around and interact with humanity on a daily basis to see how they were doing. However, I needed to do so in disguise as when I'm in my true form people either are intimidated by me or try to attack me for one reason or another. It's a bit of a bother so I use my powers to take on various human appearances and blend in with the crowd.
Right now I was donning lengthy red hair, blue eyes, lightly tanned skin and was wearing a modest dress. With a final goodbye to the two I made my way back through the market simply taking in everything.
My brothers and I really have created something truly wonderful. Humans were just so fascinating. Despite my creating them I hardly know much about them as they took on their own identities. Many different kinds of them. A majority of them were kinds souls like the two I just saw. Some were more withdrew and quiet. And some were just plain cruel and vicious. Those kind of people were usually brought down by heroes. Made my heart swell.
A yawn came out interrupting my thoughts. One of the side-affects of taking on a human form is that I require a lot of the same thing humans require to keep them going. Such as food, sleep or even getting injured. I don't mind needing food. It's really tasty and I would have eaten in my true form even if I didn't need it.
The fact that my human bodies can take damage and needs time to recover though is a pain in the ass. And I can't even just switch back to my original form and turn back into a human to make the injuries go away. My transformation gets locked until I fully recover. Found that out the hard way when a major storm suddenly hit a village I was visiting and I knocked a man out of the way of a large, flying branch. Practically busted my back. It took me three days to recover from it.
The healers were surprised by that though. Normally an injury like that would paralyze someone for life and that's if they survive. So at least I got speedy healing going for me. Even if it is slower than what my normal form can do.
Sleep was another thing. Sure it was refreshing and a nice way to kill time, especially when everyone is done for the day. But whenever I fall asleep I get these weird visions. The humans call them dreams. And lately, I've been having the same one.
A giant rock would come down from space. It looked like it would end everything should it collide with Earth. I would suddenly rush to the rock, briefly turning around to see my hopelessly reach out towards me. That's when I would wake up. Trying to catch my breath and sweating.
I didn't tell my brothers about these visions. I'm honestly not sure what they'll even think of the situation, nor did I want to worry them. Though it looks like I'm going to have to.
The ground around me starts shaking. The sky had darken despite it being early morning. We all look to the sky and lo and behold, a giant rock was on a crash course with us. I quickly weaved my way around the panicked mass trying to find a safe spot to transform into my dragon form. Once I did I flew up to a mountain top to try and figure out what to do. Light and Dark joined me soon after.
"If this keeps up everything we have created will be destroyed," Light said in a rather hushed voice.
"If either one of you has suggestions I'm all ears," Dark said looking towards us. I looked over the rock with critical eyes. A single point of impact in the dead center would...
Oh so that's what my dream meant.
Without a second thought, I rushed towards the meteor glancing back once to see my brothers reach out to me in their humanoid form much like in my dream. I looked back towards the meteor and let my powers coat over me like armor.
It must have been an instant but it felt like forever. Flying pieces of rubble scraped my skin before quickly healing. The pressure coming down on my smaller form. Eventually though, I made it to what must be the center of the rock. Summoning everything I possessed I unleased a large wave of power, shattering the space rock into ash. Not even pebbles remained. My body then went numb as gravity caught me and I struggled to stay away and fly back to my brothers.
I flew back down to the ground and transformed into my humanoid form as my brothers rushed towards me. I collapsed on my knees. The rest of my body following soon after. I could barley breath. I had trouble keeping my eyes open.
"Sister! Are you alright?" Light asked as Dark held me in his arms.
"What were you thinking? Giving out all your energy like that?" Dark demanded.
I let out a small chuckle. "I might have panicked a little. I just didn't want anything to happen to the humans."
"Why must you always be like this?" Dark asked.
Light came over and placed a hand on our brother's shoulder. "Just rest now Sister. We'll talk about this later."
Dark nodded. "Don't worry about the humans. They'll be safe with us."
I gave my brothers a smile. "I'll hold you to it." With what was left of my strength, I teleported my form to a realm between this one and the one I originally came from. So that I wouldn't be disturbed during my rest.
Little did I know that the world I would wake up to would be far, FAR different than the one I had just left behind.