The Luminous Tale of the Clock Maiden

ℙ𝕣𝕠𝕝𝕠𝕘𝕦𝕖

𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓡𝓪𝓭𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓽 𝓦𝓪𝓻

300,000 years ago war and chaos broke out on Earth back when the Humans were under an Authoritarian government led by the Great Founder of Light, Amaya Luminos. While under the leadership of Amaya, the farmers had to give away their crops for free whilst the other workers had to share a portion of their salaries with each other. Furthermore, the price of goods and services increased as demands kept on coming. No one knows how and why the government thought of this method, but others believe that this is done in order to prevent the economy from falling. Many of the human population agreed to these laws and rules while most of the population wanted them to be abolished and for their leader to be ousted, the people wanted to live in a world where they aren't bound by strict rules like these. People occasionally protested, destroyed stalls, and caused havoc in the Marketplace. At last, Amaya gave in to her deepest desire which is to give the human beings the sovereignty they had always wanted, she didn't want everyone to despise her but in fact she wants people to see that these rules and regulations were for the betterment of the people. So she went to consult the Assembly of Founders to talk to them about this matter. However, Amaya felt a gloomy atmosphere and she saw the disappointment in everyone's eyes. She saw that three members of the Assembly haven't arrived yet and that everyone present was distraught.

"This is horrible, who knows what kind of disaster would be unleashed once they descend upon the world of mortal human beings." Nialus said.

"This is the worst timing ever, we should act upon this matter immediately. Or perhaps the Assembly wants to watch as the humans go through such a terrible fate, My oh my this is terrible, I can't believe the Founders have turned into such sadists. Or does anyone want to make a stand to protect these precious life forms, make a choice already. We don't deserve to be called Leaders if we can't even decide whether or not to act upon something." Aurora stated.

"She's certainly right, we can't turn a blind eye to them when their lives are in danger. I say we convert our celestial bodies into human bodies and prevent the tragedy that is about to befall the human race." Lorche replied.

"And how are we supposed to revert our bodies back to normal after that?, I'm sure everyone is aware that once we have given up these bodies we can't get it back. What if we die in the human world? What lies ahead for everyone then, we can't allow someone as idealistic as you to be a part of this organization." Carmina said as she sat on her chair filing her long fingernails.

"What did you say about me?, At least I give a care about the people that we were supposed to protect in the first place!. You seem to have forgotten your purpose already, Carmina. Maybe it's you who isn't qualified to be a Founder. After all, you're already dead from the inside and out." Lorche replied as he held on to his seat.

The argument of the Founders were getting heated as they began dishing out insults to each other. But let's start from the beginning, the Founders are a group of supernatural beings which survived the mass extinction on the first world, Heartia. They were gathered and retrieved by the Creator to become the protectors and leaders of the human race in order to prevent them from grasping the essence of magic and immortality again. The Assembly is in discord because three of their most important members have gone missing as of the moment, they assumed that they were planning something disastrous because the three of them were once lawbreakers. Amaya watched as they argued and she eventually lost the confidence to confront them, not until Aluna arrived.

"Silence, you two! If Aluna hears about this we're going to be in trouble.. BIG TIME!" Anima exclaimed.

"You're definitely right, if I had heard your argument earlier I would've had to exact punishment on you two. And no one likes my punishments." Aluna glared at them as everyone in the room went silent and each of them looked surprised.