Project Elysium- The Great Filter

CHAPTER 1: THE CHOSEN ONE

PRESENT DAY
-YEAR 2197

"Maya, Maya". A voice. I'm awake, I'm awake", Maya says. Her best friend, Hyacinth, grabs her hand and pulls her off the chair she sat on. "I don't get why I have to do such hard work while you get to lay back and have sweet dreams. Come on, what were you dreaming about", Hyacinth said. "Well, Hyacinth if remembering my painful 'childhood ' is a sweet dream, then yeah, I loved it". Maya said sarcastically. "Whatever, we're in the citadel anyway. No ones origin story is sweet. I remember mine every waking moment. My dad killed my mum and sold off my brother and I at just five years old. My dad took the money and ran off . Well, fast forward twelve years from then, I'm seventeen, just like you". Hyacinth says. "Where's your brother anyway, Cinth". "Probably with that ark thing, which is our exact destination. I know your dying to see my brother, because you have a crush on him, gross". "No I don't", says Maya. "You're right, Alex likes you. Sure, I get it." Hyacinth says. She continues. "We're here. Hey Mai, don't think about your past that much. Like I always say, we live in the present, not the past."

Alex looks at Maya and smiles which makes Maya smile back. Hyacinth rolled her eyes and left. She goes to The HUB.
THE HUB: A shadowy organization set up by the members of the White Lotus. They are in charge of the command and control of the citadel and ark.

"Alex, hey- uh- what's up. how's everything going? what's up? shit, I've said that before. Hey". Maya says as she realizes that she has failed to casually smoothen things with Alex. "Maya you're really funny. Um, so how do you do?" "I wasn't trying to be funny", she thought to herself. Maya tried to bring up a reasonable conversation but didn't know what to say. before she could say anything, she saw Hyacinth coming there way with a worried look on her face. "Cinth, is anything wrong? You don't look good", the concerned Maya asked totally forgetting that Alex was right in front of her. " what? No-n-n-n-no. It's nothing. I have to go." Hyacinth was about leaving right before Maya grabs her arm. "what do you mean you have to go, you dragged me all the way here and now you want to go. What's going on Cin-".Maya was interrupted by Alex. "Hyacinth, just talk already, nothing's going to happen". "Why don't the two of you just leave me alone, after all, I'm not the chosen one". Hyacinth immediately stares at Maya and leaves. "Chosen one", Maya remembered the very words she was told ten years ago.

Flashback- 2187
"You, state your name, place of origin, father, mother, siblings or any other relation you can remembered." A voice spoke to her. "I-I-I'm Mai, Maya and I'm from Neliope. My father and mother and brother are dead.'' Maya said as she was as stiff and almost lifeless. "is she an imbisile", another harsher voice spoke to her. "if she can't understand simple, she might as well be sent to be beheaded. We had no idea of her town folks anyway." "High chief Lotus says she is the chosen one, for she is... immortal", the familiar voice she had heard at her nuked town spoke once more. "She is the chosen one and she will save..."

                 "Maya, Mai, are you listening?" Alex brought Maya back from her trance. "What um, yeah." Maya muttered. "As I was saying, I just don't get the point of this ark, if it had been here for over three centuries..." Alex said. "Yeah, um Alex, I think I'll talk to you later. I need to check something." Maya said and ran off. as she went, she heard Maureen and Clarice gossiping about Hyacinth. Maureen and Clarice are typically the mean girl duo.

                           "Cinth, what is wrong with you?" Maya asked Hyacinth who was trying her best to open the window. "I'm mot like you, Mai. I'm not a perfect girl. I'm meant to tell you something, but I won't, 'cuz it's not gonna make me feel good. Rather, worse." Hyacinth said. "What are you saying? Is it important." "Maybe two you, but irrelevant to me". "So why not tell me, why-". "MAI!!! it really doesn't always have to be about you." Hyacinth shouted on top of her voice. "I don't know what's going on. 'I'm always making things about me'. You just said there was something very relevant to me and suddenly, it's all about me." "Maya, I'm not chosen one. I would give anything to have what you have." "you would give anything. you'll give up your mother, your father, your brother and your whole country just to be some stupid chosen title. Ever since I came here, 10 years ago, all I've ever been told is that I'm the stupid chosen one and I didn't ask for it I did anything to have my life back, not like I have anything to give. You act like it's my fault but it's just life. The HUB, is it about that cuz you started acting like this cuz you went there I don't get it, Cinth." "whatever, forget it, it's fine. let's just forget any of this happened", Hyacinth said as she put on a fake smile". Maya was extremely confused.