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Chapter 2: Sister and Brother

There were very few things filling the space that None had created. There was no life and few solar systems. When the first star died out bursting into life 2 creatures were created. One full of joy and excitement. The other was skeptical and harsh. With no more light in the galaxy the one full of joy decided that they would be a light that could foster life. It created a solar system where it was at its center. On one of the planets of the solar system life began to grow. The one full of joy watched as life sprouted. The joyful one was full of delight and loved everything on that planet considering them her children, from plants, animals, anything that could live and grow she loved. Sadly one of the beings on the planet died.. Full of sadness for her child she absorbed its essence and slowly created a star for the planet. With each death she would take the leftover essence from her children and crafted a star; it was a place for the dead to live after death. No longer having to be the light for her childrens planet she would help guide the dead to the new star haven she had created. Many years later the first murder on the planet occurred. The skeptical one who had been watching, laughed at the first act of cruelty on his sister's planet. The joyful one knew that to sustain life other life must die. If a wolf had to kill to feed and keep living she understood that. If one of her children harmed each other to show power she disliked it but still understood. But killing for no reason she did not. Saddened that one of her children would harm life for no reason, she asked her brother for a solution. The brother offered to take any of her children that had committed unnecessary cruelties far away and make them into stars forced to never help life grow unlike the ones the joyful one would put into her star. They would have watched from afar the beauty of life and all of the other children help foster life in death. The joyful one protested saying that it was too cruel, for she loved all of her children and didn't want them to suffer. The skeptical one retorted that if you harshly punish the few, the many will stay good. The joyful one sadly accepted and was forced to see her children who committed cruelties be taken away to where her light could not reach. Eventually the skeptical one was right. The life on his sister's planet had noticed that every time a person who had committed unnecessary cruelties would die a new star would appear in the sky or existing stars would grow brighter. So for a short while all life behaved. This made the joyful one very excited. With all of the deaths that happened in this time lead to her being able to take her children to her star. On the other hand the skeptical one grew increasingly bored. He had found a new job to fill his time but with all life behaving he had nothing to do. He did not want to just watch his sister's children like he did before he wanted to try something new until life on his sister's planet started to misbehave. He began to stare into space. There was this vast space that he had only wondered about giving punishments. He wondered and wondered until he felt the eyes watching him. By wondering, the skeptical one had found Alia and None. He questioned their existence but due to the pact made Alia and None could not tell him. The skeptical one was annoyed, he thought his sister's children, him and his sister were the only life in all of existence. He wondered if his sister had made life and not told him. He asked the 2 to follow him. With no reason not to, Alia and None went with him. When the skeptical one reached his sister's solar system he bombarded her with questions. He asked if the 2 he had found was life made by her or if she knew anything. The joyful one did not know anything but she was excited to find new beings to interact with. Alia asked None if they could make an adjustment to the pact so they could interact with these new beings ,None agreed. Finally getting them to talk to the skeptical one asked them many questions like who they were and where they came from. None explained that they were the ones from before the beginning of this universe, this only confused the skeptical. None explained that he had created the seed that grew into the universe. Upon hearing this the joyful one was delighted and decided if she was the mother to the life that grew in her solar system then None was her father. None said that he would be ok with considering the 2 siblings his children. Alia laughed at this, amused by the concept. Alia growing fond of the 2 siblings offered to give the 2 a name but the 2 declined. The joyful one wanted her name to come naturally. She wanted her children to give her a name when they were ready to. The skeptical one also wanted his name to come from the children. He wanted his name to be feared and be one of power. Alia respected the decisions not offended by the siblings choice. The 4 of them watched the joyful one's children and chatted about life. The time of the joyful children's behavior came to an end so the skeptical one went back to work. Alia began to become tired. She asked the joyful one if she could sleep on a planet that had no life on it, the joyful one happily obliged. None then asked if he could live on the joyful one's planet promising to just live an ordinary life, the joyful one happily let None do so. The joyful one created one condition to allow these requests. She wanted the 4 of them to meet every couple of years and chat like they had been doing previously, They all agreed. The 4 of them went on with their jobs and in Alia's case nap. With the skeptical one's work continuing he received the name Lux from his sister's children. Soon after that the joyful one was named Ambra.