The Garden of New Olympia (Commission-able Stories)

Prologue (The 24th Century)

What if we live in a galaxy that the deities exist?

What if we live in a galaxy where myths were real?

What if we live in a galaxy knowing that the folklores were true?

What if we live in a galaxy in that the fairy tales were real?

What if we live in a galaxy where history and myth intersect?

What do you believe?.....

We stand at the fringes of a great glowing ball of red light. Beyond this almost blinding light is that of the darkness of space. While it is nothing impressive, the red dwarf stars are the most common stars in existence that thrive in the vast emptiness of nothingness. They will be here far longer than any of the other stars that will eventually burn themselves out in advance. Tiny flares can be seen bouncing across its surface in an unending torrent of plasma rain.

Long, long ago, Earth, in its prime, had managed to help serve as the cradle of life. Through there, other life had evolved and gained enough intelligence to eventually vacate into the cosmos. It was the destiny of those lifeforms to find new homes. Earth was considered a place of beauty and remarkability. Many forms of life had existed and either adapted to their environment or faced extinction. It could even be argued that societies had concluded that it was impossible to maintain civilization on Earth indefinitely. Of course, such necessities weren't necessarily out of the actions of the outside environment but the actions of the people themselves.

Earth was once a place of profound beauty. Some religions and beliefs had pointed to the aspect of the Garden of Eden. This wasn't just the possibility for life to initially develop but served as a place of paradise. The Garden of God, of course, is only one of many different possibilities in a myriad of beliefs and ideals. Even if Eden did or didn't exist, the very aspect remained. Earth was not as it is now. It was a place where great forests, grasslands, and life-filled oceans coincided together. Now, it remains as a barren death wasteland as the orange muck suffocates all life from further developing. Today, Earth is little more than the "Planet of lost cause." Very few live on it, and those that do, go to profound lengths to ensure that they survive against the toxic effects of the environment.

Instead, humanity has been given a distinct miracle. The hope of folding space has served as the mortal hope for survival. New worlds were found, and new colonies were established in several solar systems. The Age of Gabatrix has arrived. While Earth remains a fickle aspect of its past self, humans have found new places to call home. Cebravis is, by many, the new Garden of Eden. Few religious aspects had even claimed that god or the gods had given the planet to them so that the same mistakes of Earth were never to be repeated. While science, agnosticism, and atheism have pushed out many of these beliefs, the past religions of ancient Earth still survive to some lengths. Even as far as the 24th century, there is the equivalent of "modern Christians, Muslims, Hindus, and so forth." There were so many different cultural and significant stories that had been passed on and changed that it was almost impossible to document all of them. However, technology is on humanity's side. It was also possible that Cebravis was a new beginning for the human race. It was a second chance to ensure the past wrongdoings were never repeated.

The fact was that humanity was never alone when it came to intelligent life evolving on Earth. Ancient stories, fables, and other beliefs had indicated the concept that there were other types of "humanoid" creatures. Some would call them monsters. Others would call them heroes. But, in the end, very few truly knew of their existence.

Why was that the case? If there were other forms of life, why didn't they make their presence more well-known? It wasn't to say their existence was wholly muted, but with the lack of evidence and historical loss, these....."mythics" would be lost in the day-to-day life of human existence. While there were whispers, very few believed that anything else other than human beings evolved on Earth. If it doesn't appear in front of us, then it shouldn't exist, correct?