Ari's+Myth

by Ari
 Once upon a time when magical creatures were about, when people were named for their gender, were referred to in the third person, had no feelings, and lived forever and independently from the moment they were on the planet, there was a mysterious portal. Every person came out of that portal, fully formed as adults. Every 50 years a person was born with feelings, which was a mutation.

 One of these people was named She. She lived a long time not knowing that She had feelings. One time She went walking to find some berries and food for herself when She stumbled on a leprechaun caught in a pot of gold glue. The leprechaun struggled but could not get out, and eventually asked She for help. She walked away. On her way back though She gave the leprechaun some food. The leprechaun saw this and knew that this woman was different, and he bestowed upon her more feelings than She already had, because all leprechauns can only build on what is already there. When this happened She saw the leprechaun from a different perspective and freed him with water. Then She returned home to think about what had happened.

 Eventually, She fell asleep and dreamed for the first time. It was about her following her feelings to help others feel them too. She thought the idea of following her dream was nonsense. But the dream kept coming back and She started on her journey to find more people like her and help them reach there potential. She went near and far finding the same response in each dwelling, which was a locked door. Sometimes the people chased her with spears.

 She found two people like herself and taught them her ways. One was a male and one was a female. After traveling with her for a while, the two followers fell in love. When She saw that, She formulated a plan. The next time She saw the mountain with the portal, She instructed her followers to go on top of it. Then She told them that She was going to die of a broken heart because of all the people that were not like them.

 She then instructed her followers to go on top of the mountain, take two of every animal, and disable the portal. There was a problem with this because there was only one of each kind of all the magical creatures, so the followers did not bring them. The followers were frightened because they did not have as much control of their feelings as She did, but She insisted. So they went on top of the mountain and disabled the portal, brought the animals, and sat down and watched. As they watched, her form shivered and She became a heart. When the heart broke, water washed over almost everything. Everyone died in the flood, except for the followers and the animals. They had children and their children had children and that is why we have feelings today.

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