The Monsters of Sepia’s Past

~"Why?"~

Many years and years has passed, the twins would meet to talk every millennium, meeting at an area within the divide. Minu flew down onto the designated area where she would meet her twin of whom she longed to see. She had so much things to say and wanted to spend so much lost-felt time with him.

"So much to say, to ask. I really should have brought a list of things I wanted to say," Minu said holding a hoof to her forehead as she fluttered over to her chair fastened in gold, "Perhaps, I could ask the most important questions first and.."

"And what?" A voice came to her from. Minu turned and watched as Keme walked passed her and took his seat in his chair made with diamonds. He snapped his fingers and two cups of tea appeared on the table.

Keme took his first sip. Minu avoided to start the conversation by also taking a sip of tea. However Keme, didn't want to start the conversation, so he took a few more sips of tea. Minu, who was still unsure of what to say, sipped some more tea. Keme had finally enough of the whole waiting game that had apparently been going on, so he decided to initiate their longed for conversation.

"So.. what has been going on with your duties. Is all well with your tasks dear sister?"

"All is well, under the wings of the core. The rule is as usual, nothing seems to be of anything danger worthy. The future seems bright for my side. Is it the same for yours dear brother?" Minu took a sip of tea and waited for Keme's response. Keme rest down his cup and looked away at the guards which stood at attention in their appointed corners.

"Pretty good Sis. However, I haven't been up on every planet since this whole separation thing our father has put us through. I haven't felt the need to do much of ruling. It just isn't the same without us being together dear sister," Keme took a sip of his tea again before he continued, "I feel father did not think the gravity of the choice he made in having us apart like this. Don't you think?"

"But brother, where has he ever been wrong?" Minu said as she looked to the guard that was way in a corner on the far end of the room at attention and back to Keme.

"He may have never been wrong, but I feel he has made a grave mistake with this latest attempt to secure the universe," Keme lead in closer, placing his hands the table, his chest puffed out a bit, "He has.."

"Has what?" Minu looked at him with a concerned expression, "You're gonna tell me that he's the one that will cause the universe to veer off course? Keme that doesn't sound any more logical than.."

"What do you mean it doesn't sound logical sister? Have not seen what it has done to us? We use to help create and help our creations evolve at a much faster rate than when we are currently."

"..Well what does that have do with anything brother?" Minu said puzzled at the point Keme tried to bring across to her.

"Have you become dull in your vision?" Keme got up a bit and pulled in his chair, "Our father has slowed the development and productivity of the universe by separating us. To make matters worse, he has caused us to become so formal in how we do things politically. That makes for a sinister future and an end for civil politics in our future meetings sister." He brought the cup to his mouth and breathed a small breath of fire to warm his cup before he had taken another sip.

"But no one is dying brother so what does it matter?" Minu said. Her expression became more serious when she watched Keme cough away in response to her question.

"What does it matter? What does it matter sister? So you think that only when one of our creations die that it is when you should take something serious?" Keme said before clearing his throat.

"No, that's not what I-"

"Enough of this talk. I cannot go through with this any longer. Obviously there's nothing I can do to convince you otherwise," Keme got up from his chair and stretched out his wings, "goodbye sister."

"Goodbye brother," Minu said. She sipped some more tea and sat that there for some time before leaving herself.

They would talk to each other about how long they had missed each other and other things they have done for their parts of the universe. It would be such a special time for them both since they only got to spend time once every thousand years. However, they would have their arguments on what they think should be done with their fathers decree. Keme would try and convince her, but to no avail he would fail at each attempt. He eventually became discouraged and remained silent about it.

And one day Keme did not return...

Minu came to the divide, looking for her brother, but he was not anywhere to be found. She waited that day for him, hoping that he was just late, but they day had neared its end, and he did not show up. So she unfortunately had to return back to her duties and wait another millennium for them to meet.

She waited with him on her mind each day. Minu wanted to know why he did not come to meet with her. With every passing year, he was on her mind. She was able to perform her duties and keep her subjects satisfied. The universe had grown with every passing millennium and then came the end of yet another millennium for the both twins to meet. She was very happy for yet another opportunity to meet him and hold him. To just hug him, cuddle with him, and tell him how much she misses her dear brother.

She came to the divide, a beautiful place it was. It was a place secluded of all other life, the area decorated in beautiful colors, a few that are not known by most at all, but with the many mixes of other known colors it made for such a mystical scene of both the twins. It was a scene that they never grew weary of. The divide had two entrances, each leading to one side of the every expanding creation of the universe.

The mystical place was also separated into three planes within. The plane the twins would meet in would be the outer dimension called "बॉडी" {Bo-di} meaning the encasement of the great power. The inner dimension would be called "आत्मा" {Atma} meaning an inner encasement of the great power, and the most inner dimension would be where the core resided, the area was called the "भावना" {Bha -vana}, realm of the highest power. This is where they both would come and talk and even play with each other at times.

However, despite the scene in all its beauty and magnificence, she was still alone. She felt horrible that he had not shown his face unto her yet again. Minu stood near the table where they would cherish to be every time they saw each other. Her wings were down heavy with the burden that this was all her fault.

"Perhaps I should have listened to him. Maybe what he was saying was right," Minu took a few trots away from the table and kept her eyes down at the bright floor.

"Maybe he truly is trying to get me to see how our father has erred in his ways. Why can't I see it brother?" She trotted over to the entrance which led to his side of the universe, "Have you stopped coming unto me because of my deeply rooted ignorance? Or is it that you don't want to speak with me anymore..." She looks out to the starry space and extends her wings to full length. Minu Gallops through the portal and soars off in search of Keme.

As she soared on through his space, Minu noticed only a few planets had life on them. She soared on through planets large and small and felt the presence of light at very seldom times. Minu had noticed huge fires and creatures that she had never seen before.

"What has happened to the life on the planets-" Minu felt like something had gripped her throat. She was rendered of her ability to breathe, and she fell down and crashed onto a nearby planet.

Minu coughed as she was catching breath. She could not see nothing. It was a pitch black smoke that moved the the crater she was in. Minu had flew up from her crater and on to the ground.

"Where is everyone?" She flapped her wings, but the smoke would not disperse. "Hello? Any creation upon these grounds, speak!"

You... You have done this, a low voice had spoken as it echoed passed her ears.

"What?" Minu said as she scanned her surroundings.

You deceived us... and cursed our bodies...

Before Minu could respond, she was grabbed up in the claws of giant ursula major. The sight of it, scared Minu. Only having one eye, scars that ran deep through its body and its starry fur was tainted completely in darkness.

"Who has done this to you!?"

"You have you deceiver of all kind," the ursula spoke. It lean in and glared at her with its bloodshot eye.

"You came unto our home and destroyed it. Then you thought it fit to kill us and bound our souls in our slowly decaying and beaten bodies for your own pleasure."

"It was not I that did this to you. I have not ruled over these parts in over three or more millennia. I would not know what has gone on here other than what you have told me," Minu said.

"You are like just as the true deceiver you are. Now you will die the death that has long been owed to you," the ursula rose up one paw and brought its great weight down on her. Minu placed up a magical orb around herself and held the crushing weight of the ursula's paw.

"Your death will not be gentle," the ursula said as he plucked her away from his hand and into the hallowed woods of a nearby massive aged tree.

"I did nothing to this creature. I have yet one more thing to try," she said to herself as flew out of the hole and showed the ursula her grace, bathing its vision in her bright presence.

"Answer me this creature, why do you think I committed this act against you? Is there not a difference between us?"

"There is none. All light is the same to me, full of deceit," the ursula said before peeling down the bark of the tree. Minu flew away from the angered ursula major and away from the planet that was scarce of any life. She continued on traveling through her brother's lost side of the cosmos for a while.

The good life that she was expecting was very scarce, and the more she ventured on, that very scarce presence too was leaving her senses. The planets carried a darker color; their auras were dulled and gave off an energy and essence that had never been experienced before.

The most prominent energy's that most planets she flew by were giving off was... anger, hate, and great sorrow. An anger that was uncommon and too unnatural for any bodies of beings to withhold.

"Why... why would you do this to your own subjects? What wrong have they committed against you to commit such evil?" Minu said as she glided on through the cosmos, slowly beginning to lose hope in her own brother and feared the worst for him. Most planets she flew by radiated great levels of hostility, made by the creations upon them.. Some planets she kept her distance from for they were wrapped around and entrapped by very large and abominable looking beasts. The beasts appeared to have been turned against the natural makeup of all other creations.

Some were giant sinister creatures that moved slithered on their bellies like snakes, but could not be compared to such creatures. And dragons that would stand tall upon planets and the planets below which they stood parts of it would burn in flames, seeming to have little to no life. The more planets that she flew passed, the more the fear of knowing what may have happened to her brother seemed to have only become stronger. Hundreds upon hundreds of planets, some destroyed, some deeply scarred by the destructive hands of some giant monsters, or at least that's what she wanted to think.

"You do this!"

                                        "The Light Destroyer hath done this to us!"

                       "You shall pay!"

"If have to evolve to find you, I will. And we will kill you..."

Creature after creature yelled out these similar sayings which rang inside of her ears, all through out her mind, and to every corner of her conscience. Minu didn't want to think her own brother would have become a destroyer or that he created any of the abominations that she sometimes had to turn her eyes from. The reality of it all was beginning to take a major effect upon her soul.

She traveled all across her brother's side of the universe for  years with no rest, looking for her dear brother, avoiding every giant monster that she almost came into contact with. Some planets were very massive, others were medium, and yet others were small. Every giant planet had a strange colossal monster, some were dark, vulgar, and scary looking and others were deformed and had unnatural forms according to the core's original designs.

After searching what seemed to be everywhere, Minu had come onto a planet that was one hundred times the diameter of any planet she has laid eyes. It was a great planet hidden among several other massive asteroids. When Minu had set hoof upon the planet, she saw no signs of life for as far as her eye could see. She observed the grounds below to find bones protruding from out of the land. By looking a little further she found the skull of what looked be like an equine.

The goddess had traveled up north, finding the remaining skeletal frames of equines and other monsters that appeared to have existed. The more she traveled up, the more sorrow and ill she felt within her. For her it was like walking through one of her worst nightmares, traveling in a graveyard of her deceased creations.

Minu had flapped her wings, but her breathing became heavy.

"Why brother... why?"