• guardians of time: gratsu •

• prologue •

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In the beginning there was nothing.

Chaos overruled reality. Peace was beyond imagination. Destruction ceased to exist for what was left to destroy. Mayhem and insanity; was all there was. Darkness enveloped reality.

A spirit loomed over that dimension. This spirit was Mavis. 'She' noticed that the Chaos needed to be contained. She decided that she'd need to find the opposite. She needed balance. So Mavis brought forth Order.

Order battled with Chaos till Order came out as the victor. Order coated the reality.

Mavis desired more, she wanted life. She expanded the reality thus an explosion erupted through everything. The universe was produced. It cooled rapidly and Mavis noticed that the universe wasn't as glorious as it seemed.

Mavis decided that Darkness should not envelope the universe.

"Let there be Light." Mavis saw Light was good and separated Light from Darkness. She called this Light 'day' and the Darkness 'night'.

She then created stars and galaxies. Constellations all named after dreams. Soon after she made the Moon and the Planets. She wished for her invention to be beautiful. She specifically made sure that one Star was most important. The Sun, giver of light to the Solar System.

Yet she required more. She constructed the Earth and Heaven. She then formed seasons: Winter, Autumn, Spring and Summer. Simply made from the titling of the Earth away from the Sun.

She formed life from Darkness and named the Demons. She grabbed pieces of Light and formed Angels. However she realised that there was a certain form of light she had taken quite an attraction to.

She made Fire. She named this 'being' after her favourite season. She named him after Summer.

She designed him to be magnificent. She wanted him to be the definition of perfection.

Natsu was her favourite angel.

She saw that her splendid creation was isolated by the other Angels and Demons. He lived solitary life. Always alone and no one to love. So she thought of an idea. She held the clay from the Earth and formed a figure. Mavis breathed her breath onto it not having a clue what she was doing. She gave this clay figure a 'soul'.

Mavis named her Lisanna. She beckoned all the Angels and Demons to glaze and be awe struck at this wonderful creation that Mavis had created.

She gave Lisanna to Natsu as a gift. Natsu adored his gift. He treasured her more than anything. She was the only source of joy he had. Every morning the two would always be found walking; hand in hand, past the Tree of Time. Each time they'd pick a fruit, called the Devils fruit, from the tree and present it to one another.

Although after a while Natsu grew jealous of Lisanna. Mavis had always given her exceedingly more attention. She was now to be considered the most 'perfect' being.

Mavis noticed that the fruits from the Tree of Time lessened by each day. She then ordered all form of life to be forbidden to eat another one of the fruits.

Lisanna however loved Natsu deeply and would of given up her own soul for him. Natsu who had been consumed by total utter jealousy, asked her to eat one fruit. She without a thought in mind, obeyed his order.

Mavis then banished Lisanna and sent her to earth. Mavis then made man and she ordered that Mankind stay on Earth until death.

Mavis was disappointed with Natsu. She spoke to him about Time. She told him that Time comes with a price and he should of used his time with Lisanna wisely. However a foolish sin called jealously ran through him and he lost his form of happiness.

Mavis created Hell. She names Natsu title Leader of Chaos and she sent Natsu to the rule over Hell. However it was not aimed to be a punishment even though he was told not to set a foot on the floors of heaven unless it was the winter or summer solstice. She told him that he would be assigned the duty of protecting Time. He'd be named one of The Guardians of Time.

Mavis said the mortals on Earth would be tested. Those who use their time stupidly would be sent to Hell and those who use their time correctly would be sent Heaven.

Mavis was heartbroken that her two most perfect creations had wronged her. Mavis throught that since she created Natsu from Light that she ought to create something from Darkness.

Mavis reached deep within Darkness and felt cold shiver. 'A demon?' She thought. She brought forth this feeling and snow fell to Earth.

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