《Eternity's Wish》 Chapter One: Eternity Chapter One: Somewhere else Year: 3,050 Location: Unknown Person(s): Unknown The first Unknown, ¡°I wish for all humanity to have potential for magic.¡± The Second Unknown, ¡°I wish for magic to exist everywhere.¡± The Third Unknown, ¡°I wish for time to rewind a thousand years, and then for the first two wishes to take effect.¡± Eternity, ¡°Granted.¡± ===================================================================== Year: 2,040 Location: Earth, Secret meeting chamber Person(s): Leaders of Earth ¡°My name is Lieutenant Gray. I come from a far away time, a thousand years in the future. I was sent to protect humanity. In the year 3,050 a wish was made. The most powerful entity in the universe granted it. In ten years time, magic will exist. Your world will change forever. There are others that would seek you for your magic. There is a single question; will you rise together to face the future, or will you crumble against the weight of others that would seek to exploit you? Don¡¯t make us force you to unite.¡± ===================================================================== Year: 2,050 Location: Earth, United states, Colorado When everything changed, I was at home. I am only 20 years old. I was lying in bed sick. Suddenly I felt a change in my body. I got up, and was dizzy. Over the next ten minutes, I was on the ground screaming. I lived alone. I heard screaming from somewhere nearby. Several people in the surrounding area. After 10 minutes, my body changed forever. I was no longer sick, and I felt a new connection. Something powerful changed me. This story has been stolen from Royal Road. If you read it on Amazon, please report it Year: 2,050 Location: Earth, Russia, Yekaterinburg I was at work when it happened. The pain forced me to my knees. I never felt anything like it. Around me everyone else also fell, some to the ground, others to hands and knees. I was the only one to remain on my knees. After 10 minutes something in my heart changed. It felt wrong, and I know something was different. A connection. To a being beyond compression. A being that changed us. Year: 2,050 Location: The moon, International Lunar Base Horizon We were excavating the ruins on the dark side of the moon when it happened. Me and several others from other countries. I fell limp due to the pain. It was like something pulled me to the surface of the moon. It was like I was back on earth. Was it the temple? Was it changing us? No. My gut said something else changed. My heart throbbed in my chest. Something of unknown origin changed us forever. ===================================================================== Year: 2,050 Location: Earth, Missouri As I shake, I get up off the ground. My body is different. I don¡¯t know how or why it is different, it just is. It is dim, and early in the morning. I raise my hand as if by instinct, and reach for a power to create a light. All around me the darkness recedes. I created light from nothing? The light goes out. Yes, but also no. I can sense something in the air around me. I know not what it is, but it comforts me. I am so very hungry. I need something for breakfast. I make my way over to the kitchen to get something. I live with a roommate, I see him yawning. At least I thought he was yawning. He is crying. I walk over to him. ¡°Hey, are you ok?¡± ¡°Yes, I¡¯m ok. That hurt a lot. I thought I had a heart attack or something, but I¡¯m still alive. Goodness, I am famished.¡± ¡°I had something similar, I don¡¯t know what it was, but I am also hungry. Let''s talk over some breakfast?¡± He sits down nearby and I pull out some eggs and bacon and start them cooking. Before too long we are eating breakfast. ¡°I just saw something on my phone. It is very concerning. It wasn¡¯t just us to have that happen. It seems everyone had it happen at the same time, for the same time. And everyone has the feeling of something different changing inside.¡± ¡°That is interesting.¡± ¡°Interesting? Try bad. Some people have figured out the change already, and they have killed people. I don¡¯t think that this is going to be any good.¡± ¡°Well, I can agree with you there. I think that this isn¡¯t good, but it will be interesting.¡± ¡°Ok, whatever. Somehow order has been kept.¡± ¡°Good,¡± I say. I hope that people don¡¯t panic and start looting. It wouldn¡¯t be good for us. I wouldn¡¯t be surprised, when nations started to consolidate for some reason from 2,040 to 2,045 people rioted. I don¡¯t understand why we united, but it somehow worked. Even ideologically different nations joined, which I don¡¯t entirely understand. After a little while we received a message from the government. ¡°Citizens of the world. As you have all noticed, something has changed. You have changed. Something has changed us all, a being of unfathomable power. It is with a heavy heart that we must inform you of another development. There are others in our universe. We are not alone. Experiment with your new powers, create new powers to call your own. Remain calm and vigilant. In this newly trying time we must stand together, as a people, as a world. This is Lieutenant Gray, Signing off.¡± End of chapter. Chapter Two: Zander Year: 3,050 Location: The Magic Library All humanity has always possessed souls. They simply lacked the ability to use their souls. -Yggdrasil''s Echo, Lexicon of Souls ===================================================================== Year: 3,051 Location: Earth, Colorado Person: Zander Graul Subject: Journal When everything changed, the world quaked with the power of those that used their power for good and bad alike. I wasn''t old enough to be able to know my soul''s type. Well, I guess it could be multiple but three types is the most seen, and only the titans have souls like that. I should explain better. A year ago, all people had a fundamental change in their physiology. Everyone older than 17 years old gained a soul type. Their souls could be channeled into numerous different forms called spells. Everyone has different aptitudes to magic. Everyone has at least one soul type. They can project their soul and see it, and they inherently know their soul type. Except for those of 17 and younger. They gained a resistance to all magic and have type-less souls. Today, I am going to turn 18 in an hour. Another important thing to take note of is the fact that the global government notes all people''s soul types, and they keep control of everything. Some think they are tyrannical. Others say they are doing that which they must to keep order. I don''t really know what to think. I was born during the great war in the nation America. My parents tell me that they invaded with technology far past anything we''ve ever seen, an army of fully autonomous machines made of some unknown metal. These machines are the only way they kept control when the souls of all humans awakened. You might wonder, why am I mentioning all this? It is important context, this journal is my perspective on this time period. This is a time of great unrest. The Global government is struggling to keep control as more and more factions pop up, and they are not content to be quite forever. It''s a miracle that the world hasn''t toppled due to the difference in viewpoints. ===================================================================== Year: 3,051 Location: Earth, Colorado Person: Zander Graul Subject: Soul Reading I put down my journal and walk away from my desk. I sigh. I have no idea why I even bother. I will continue to update the journal, but only to keep my mind off the world. Everything is so very unstable. I need to keep my sanity, less I just break down. If I do that, I might not come back from it. I lay down on my bed. I have half an hour until I need to leave for the Reading. I hope I''ll get two types. That is uncommon, but possible. I don''t dare think of getting three. Only the titans have such power over the world. It is said that in addition to their high soul power they also have three types. The genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there. The average person has one soul type, a power rating of 30 with the lowest recorded being 15, and the highest being 140. The Titans decreed that anyone with more power than them be executed. I think that the 140 power level is out there, even though the Titans say they eliminated him. They wouldn''t have stood a chance. They have power ratings between 80 and 105. Power ratings are exponential, and they only show one''s capacity to influence the world around them based on their soul. For the next 15 minutes Zander contemplates different ideas for what he wants to do when he gains his powers Thoroughly exited, I stand and walk out of my home. My parents wish me well. They are kindness and reason for their soul types, and have average power ratings. They aren''t allowed to accompany me unfortunately, otherwise they would come with me. I drive over on my own, and soon I am in an evaluation room. The instructor stands before me and waves me to sit. "So you were born at 12:00 exactly?" He asks me. "Yes, I was. Does it matter?" I ask him back. "A little. Those born at even numbers tend to have more interesting results. Not better or worse, more interesting I might add." He shrugs, and I nod at him understandingly. A minute passes and I feel the difference. "I feel the difference." The room exudes my new power, and I cough. My heart changes, and I feel the difference throughout my body. It was but for a moment. After the moment my power is returned to me. "Do not worry. That is a normal response for someone gaining a power at 18. It doesn''t reflect your power," he tells me. I know he''s right, but it still feels so very interesting. I like it, though it does not feel good or bad. "Show my your soul, let us see what you have gained for a soul type." "How do I show my soul?" I ask. I''ve never done something like this before. "Well, you think about it first. Then you take your principles and manifest them. That statement might not make sense, but it is what I was told. When you try it, it makes more sense." I do as he says. I think about manifesting it, and I take my principles. I believe in justice and fairness, in kindness and in power. I hope for one of those to be my soul type. I dare not hope for any more than that. I feel them, and I try to manifest them. It is beautiful. I feel everything I''ve ever been becoming real, the world altering around me. One alteration. "What...? This shouldn''t be. You''re power is 1. But you have a unique soul type. You have the soul type of Bones." He looks flabbergasted. I know he is right, but something in me is utterly wrong. I fall to my knees and start coughing. I have other types in my soul. I have Alteration, Space, and Change as well. Maybe he didn''t sense them because I only manifested bones? My lower power level is odd, but having 4 traits is legendarily rare. I suspect I am one of the only, if not the only, person to have 4. But I am also the one to have a power of 1? What even is this? ===================================================================== Year: 3,051 Location: Earth, Colorado Person: Zander Graul Subject: Journal I went to the soul reader shortly after my previous entry. Something very interesting happened. I have only 1 power, but I also have 4 types to my soul. Bones, Alteration, Space, and Change. I''m not sure how Alteration and change are different, but they are. The reader could only see my power and my Bone affinity. I raise my hand an manifest a singular bone. My limit. One bone. Each power level is one additional change than the previous. I''m not sure if the higher powers are different, but I assume they are. Otherwise the Titans might not be in command, but what do I know? So far I haven''t told anyone about my other affinities. I plan to keep them secret. I don''t want to be taken by someone to be experimented on. I want to learn my limits. I can''t do that much right now, but perhaps I can become powerful with my affinities. ===================================================================== End of chapter