Post by Dark Prince on Jul 2, 2009 12:40:04 GMT -5
The year was 2050 when everyone on Earth went to war. This war lasted for 50 grueling years. During these 50 years of war, unknowingly the tectonic plates had been shifting more than usual. This shifting caused the Atlantic Ocean to diminish and the Pacific Ocean to grow. The war ended when the developed countries used their nuclear explosives on each other. The nuclear power caused the plates to collide, forming a mountain range that connected all the bodies of land together. Trees were destroyed, buildings collapsed, and animal species wiped out. Worst of all, the entire human race vanished. Every single person had died within a matter of seconds after the many explosions; Or so it seemed. A young couple, newly married, were spared a horrid death. It seemed as if they had been destined to survive. The couple did not know what to do. They became emotionally as well as physically wrecked as soon as they realized that they were the sole survivors. Years passed by and the couple did nothing. They created shelter, found food, and lived their life in isolation. Nothing exciting occurred, even when ten years had passed. Mother Earth was the only someone who took action. Plants grew back, and the remaining animal species flourished under their fertile habitat. She reclaimed her territory by destroying the remains of the human buildings.
Only when it was 30 years passed the apocalypse did the remaining two humans take action. The woman, with her husband to thank, gave birth to two twin sons. The year was 2130 when the twins were born. Their parents names them Zach and Derek.
Ten more years passed by and the future was at last beginning to brighten. The parents taught their sons how to hunt for food. They also told the young ones of the olden days, before the nuclear apocalypse. Soon the twins had entered their teen years with smiles upon their faces. They both had found something to do that entertained them. Derek spent a vast majority of his time observing the wild dogs that had grown off of the domestic house dog species. Zach, on the other hand, spent his time observing the big wild cats - one of the dominate species that had taken over.
By the time the boys turned sixteen, both of them had successfully befriended the animal species that they had been observing. The year was 2146 when Derek and Zach turned sixteen and began to fully interact with their favored animal. Unfortunately, that was also the year that both of their parents passed away. They had grown old and had held no medicine to help them. Thus, at a very young age, for the first time in their lives, the twins stood alone. However, it came almost instinctively for the boys to do what occurred next.
Derek adapted himself among the ranks of the dogs. He played with them, hunted with them, slept and ate with them. He talked more and more to the dogs, and less and less to his brother. However, Zach acted the same way. Zach ranked himself with the wild cats, easily interacting with them as if he, himself, was a cat. Though the twins now stood in separate groups, they would still every once and a while, meet up and talk. It wasn’t long before both of them had agreed to split up the land in half. Half of the land would go to Zach and his big cat friends. The other half would belong to Derek and his dog companions.
The boys turned twenty in 2150. In this year, both Derek and Zach rose to the rank of alpha in each of their groups. They became the one in charge of their animal ‘pack,’ though they, themselves, were not an animal. It was also in this year that they decided how to split up their territory. Derek, being a couple minutes older than his brother, picked the lush forest land to the west of the mountains. That left the eastern side to Zach and his cat friends. With that, a new life began.
The two brothers became rulers over their respective area. They had each began to rebuild humanized objects, with help from their animal friends. Each side had changed remarkably by the time the boys turned thirty. Different cultures, beliefs, and celebrations had been formed, although the brothers had maintained constant peace with one another - remembering that they were indeed blood-kin. The two societies, though different, grew as a working unit and flourished.
In the year 2165, Derek took a wife. A beautiful white wolf who seemed almost human. Her name was Teodora. In the beginning, her intentions seemed pure and true. However, when days grew into months, Zach became suspicious of her real intent. Zach believed that Teodora, as human as she seemed, could never be in a romantic relationship with a human. After all, she was an animal. The male was convinced that Teodora was plotting a wicked overtaking and had planned to execute him in the process.
Zach voiced his concerns to his brother but the eldest would hear none of the false slander. Derek called the news preposterous and ordered his brother out of his lands.
For the very first time, the land was divided.
The youngest brother found no solace in the future. His anxiety only growing as the hours ticked by. Then finally, in the dead of night when not a star could be found in the sky, Zach fled into the forest and across the border. He was determined to solve this issue he faced, once and for all.
When the night was finally over and the deed had been done, Teodora lifeless body slain lay among the bushes. Derek was left to grief the death. With a newborn son rocking gently in his arms, Derek entered his home that he had built and began thinking.
The year was 2170 when Zach took a wife. She was a jet black cat who too almost seemed human. Her name was Emerald. She gave birth to a single tom cat - with human eyes.
In 2171, Derek issued a proclamation - the two lands and brothers were to be divided indefinitely.
As Derek and Zach aged, so did the world. Derek took more wives and the female dogs gave birth to healthy kids. Zach had advanced his society technologically, making sure that everything was under his command. As soon as Emerald died, he took another wife.
In 2200 Derek died from kidney failure. He was 70 years old. His 35 year old son took over the command.
In 2210, Zach passed away. His 40 year old son took over the throne.
As centuries passed, the societies matured and grew. Two new races emerged at the top of the food-chain. A race started by Derek showed up first - the race of were-dogs. They were humans gifted with the ability to shape-shift into dogs. It took time for the species to develop, but eventually it became successful.
By the year 2700, the race that developed from Zach emerged. The race of were-cats.
Now the year is 3000 and both civilizations are in full swing. However, tensions have only increased since the twin’s death. The race of were-cats are known to be tough and colder-hearted then the race of were-dogs. Zach killing Teodora, stained the race with blood. The were-dogs do not care for the were-cats because of the history. They still have remained separate units, though now, they are as different as ever, and war is as closer as never before.