After The Sun Died

The Beginning

"In the beginning, God made the Earth, the sun, the sky, the oceans, and two humans. And it was good. It was all very good. But did this actually happen? How do we know that God even exists? How was light made before the sun and the stars?" The professor asks us. We call him the professor, as he insists that we do. But his actual name, the name that's on his taxes, is Mr. Lancie. No one knows his first name, not even the college, who requires every professor to apply for the job with their first and last name. We all ask him at least once a day, but he always shrugs it off or just plainly looks at the student, and with a snap of his fingers, they shut up.

"Its a thing called faith, sir." Someone a few seats away from me stands up. "You see, faith is someth-"

"Mr. Owens, please sit down and shut up." Mr. Lancie growls, then smiles and invites the student down to the floor. "That is faith, which is something you believe in, yes?"

The student nods.

"Excellent. Now, with evidence, back up the fact that Jesus rose from the dead after three days. Explain that to me. Because I know for a fact that it takes weeks to perfect even the most simple of reanimation spells."

Mr. Lancie always says something like that. He acts like anything he says about spells or potions or magic is real. But in reality, everyone knows hes a pure nut.

The student looks down, trying not to burst into laughter. "I cant, sir." He sighs. "But what someone believes in can't and shouldn't be affected by what others think. Its something they need to accept on their own." He hands Mr. Lancie a spare Bible he had with him for spare time. "But they can take opinions."

Mr. Lancie takes the book, and stares at it. "Well then. We have a Smart Alec, do we?" The professor's white teeth blind anyone who looks at them. "Go sit down, Mr. Owens. This is the new Atheism class, not the creation class that Dr. Ketchum teaches. If you'd like, I can recommend you to him. I hear he talks about an all-powerful creature hatched from and egg, and then created the universe."

Mr. Owens goes to sit down, but turns around and reaches for his Bible instead, but grasping nothing. "Sir, I'd like that Bible back, please."

The professor tilts his head slightly. "What Bible?" Everyone hears a faint snap, and Mr. Owens shakes his head.

"What am I doing?" He asks the professor, shaking his head with confusion.

With a smile, the professor turns him around. "I do believe you were going back to your seat, were you not?" Mr. Owens shrugs and heads back to his seat. Alright. He clasps his hands together and smiles at the whole class as the bell rang to release us. You all have a good day. Markus, Id like to speak with you alone." He eyes me with two different colored eyes.

I stay seated while everyone else files out, and look down. "What did I do wrong, sir?"

Mr. Lancie comes up and sits in the chair next to me. "Where did you get that shirt?"

I look down at my shirt. It says 'ALL HAIL THE QUEEN' with a picture of a character from a little girls show I watch; My Little Pony. "I bought it. I'm a brony." I blush at the word, being sort of shy about the whole brony thing.

Mr. Lancie nodded with glee. "Finally, someone who wont think I'm as crazy as other people do." He pulled a book out from his pocket, somehow, and showed the cover to me. "Do you recognize this book anywhere?"

I nod. "Journal of The Two Sisters?" The cover has the golden shape of two horse-like creatures with enormously long horns staring at each other, their horns crossing paths, like two swords clashing. Below that is a picture of the Elements of Harmony, the shows first MacGuffins. The rest of the cover is backed with a velvety purple, with ancient gold framing the outer part, like a picture frame.