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Humans and Monsters

Monsters. Imaginary creatures with dark intentions to harm or kill the oh so innocent humans.

That is not true.

Many have heard the different stories of children claiming there is a monster under their bed or in the closet. They hide behind the safety of their parents and then, when older, discard the sensation as a mere imagination, and so it goes on and on until the monster is nothing but a memory of their childhood. It is surprising how easily parents dismiss the idea, the posibility of a supernatural creature living in their childrens rooms, or anywhere else in their homes without fully investigating if it could possibly be true.

If only the humans knew how wrong they were.

Monsters do exist, and they have for about as long as humans have. Just like the humans the monsters evolved from a single being, known in the humans history as Eve, and her children who came to evolve into the modern human. While that happened, one of Eve's children evolved differently and changed.

The first creature's name was Bui, which means monster in ancient languages. She had the build of a human, but the ferocity of a sabertooth tiger and the strength of a mammoth. Her hair was longer and covered more of her body than any other of the early humans. Her brothers thought nothing of her differences, and only saw her as their sister. She became the most sacred of all monsters, their founder and holy Creator.

For centuries they lived in peace and harmony, understanding one another and showed respect. There was nothing to fear on either side, no wars, no one creature hunting the other.

Or so everyone thought.

Only one could have foretold what was going to happen. That faithful night when the peace between humans and monsters crumbled.

The humans and monsters had lived apart for a short period of time after the great territorial wars had manifested. The European region had been created, as had the Asian, African and what was later to be called the American. The world of humans were separating themselves from each other because of a few invicible borders. War after war was fought, won or lost, blood was shed for no use, for in the end they had all lost. The monsters had chosen not to interfere, too occupied with their search for safer homes away from the mess that humans had created.

Once all the wars had settled, the great kings of England, France, Italy and Spain formed a contract with the monsters and their Queen. In return for them not harming any humans, they would be given a home where no one other than they were allowed to enter.

Then, one night early in the winter, the peaceful world that they all had known was gone. A monster, unbeknownst to the humans without a name in their language, broke the one promise the monsters and humans had made.

It killed a human.

From the day that he was executed by the humans, the two sides were forever torn apart and began to view each other as enemies. Humans feared the fierce side the monsters had hidden for so long, and monsters feared the ever growing hatred that they knew would race the humans against them.

How foolishly naive can a human be?

For five hundred years have the monsters waited. Five hundred years have the creatures only seen in books and movies waited to emerge into the human world once more, and reclaim the power they once had. They will show the true nature of themselves, not the glorified versions that the poorly naive humans have mistakingly portraited.

The vampires thirsts for blood. The werewolves crave flesh. The pixies and fairies are grinding their teeth, waiting to tear a human limb from limb. The trolls have crushed boulders to gain enough strength to crush a human with their bare hands. There are no sparkling, no cuddling, no glimmering magic around them - just beautiful, dark lust for revenge on those who took everything away from them.

We, the monsters that have been regarded as nothing but childrens imagination, will rightfully claim what belongs to us.

A war is coming.

There will be blood.

Nothing and no one can stop us.