In the middle of the void AÏZ awoke. Looking around AÏZ remembered The Creation; the universe, the galaxies, the stars, and all the planets. It was all so beautiful and full of splendor. But AÏZ was distraught. It seemed familiar, but somehow different. AÏZ couldn’t help but feel as though it had changed. It was no longer the same being. Feeling this change AÏZ thought aloud, I am reborn. I am happy now. I am life. I am love. I am AÏA.

 

To solidify its new being AÏA created a body for itself. It designed a long slender body, with two arms and two legs, glittered with beautiful sigils and tattooed markings. Its head was crested with a vibrant head-piece that truly demonstrated its love and goodwill. Wondrous, vibrant, and beautiful to behold in its godly presence, AÏA truly came into being and could now traverse all planes of The Creation on a whim. AÏA ventured around, reexamining The Creation and remembered having created such wonder. Floating through the depths of space; swimming in vast oceans of nebulae, clouds, and waters; walking on beaches and mountains of planets AÏA perused the planets and The Creation and was most pleased.

               

Satisfied, AÏA refocused on The Creation. There was so much more now. New thoughts filled AÏA’s mind, and freshly inspired, AÏA set out to continue The Creation, beginning with mending the damage done to the Solus galaxy; it being the epicenter of AÏZ’s destructive split. AÏA created animals and peoples of all shapes and sizes. New feelings, thoughts, and ideas would occupy these creatures and AÏA would love them, and they would love AÏA in return. AÏA had created life and love, and it was good.

 

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Deep in the dimmest shadows of the void, The Darkness awoke to find itself alone. It had nothing but itself. And loneliness. The darkest, glowering loneliness. It hated this feeling of loneliness. It hated itself. It hated everything. It couldn’t bear this unyielding and ever-present loneliness and decided if it was to feel hatred, and to be alone, to be doomed to this misery, that everything else in existence would suffer the same fate.

 

The Darkness looked out across the void and saw The Creation. Somehow, it remembered it. It had known it since the beginning. It hated it since the beginning.

 

Suddenly The Darkness saw The Light. The Light was traveling all around The Creation. Happily it went from the stars to the planets, creating and reveling in its creations. The Darkness looked on in spite at The Light and The Creation. It hated it with every bit of its existence. It could not deny its familiarity with it though. “AÏZ” it thought, “No, not AÏZ. AÏA.”

 

Angry and full of malice, The Darkness watched AÏA. It hated what AÏA created. It hated how AÏA laughed and loved. Emboldened with hatred and purpose, The Darkness donned a name. A name to counter balance everything The Light embodied. Forever after, The Darkness would be known as ZÏZ. With this new name, The Darkness set out to undo The Light. ZÏZ, the essence of darkness, set out to blot out the light of all creation.