(If a fantasy writer wrote the Bible)
The Book of Vitreous
Chapter I
1 In the beginning, there was only the Goddess Vitreous.
2 Born of dark matter, and given power unknowingly by the black void, which was her home.
3 She had always been, her body made in the shape of a woman.
4 Yet her metamorphosis through time was anything but flesh and bone.
5 Nor had she ever known life.
6 She was made of exceptionally fine gases, with solar systems interweaving and traipsing along her arms, her legs, and her thighs.
7 Her hair was made of infinite stars, and two dying planets were given unto her for eyes.
8 She was a destroyer, who just happened also to give life.
9 She was mercy and curiosity made whole.
10 And Vitreous beheld a terrible storm in the distance, a storm of creation and death.
11 Two gigantic phantoms stood there, faceless voids, whispering upon a hidden planet.
12 It was the storm of all storms.
13 And she would be merciful.
14 With a parting of her hands, she split the two phantoms apart, and drove them away from the hidden planet.
15 And she nestled it in space, between the God of War and the God of Love.
16 Vitreous, not knowing what she had created, floated down upon the empty world.
17 For seven days she walked there.
18 She was a giantess among giants, and every step made craters.
19 She formed mountains wherein she might bathe in sunlight, and play beneath the sky she missed.
20 And every place her gases crawled unto and touched, there formed life, greenery, and sprouts to her heart’s delight.
21 Her creation was a bliss she had never known.
22 But she was lonely, and far from home.
23 So she decided to make two companions: one in the form of the Goddess of Love, and one in the form of the God of War.
24 They were children of Venus and Mars.
25 With a wisp of her hair, and stardust from her skin, she melded them together.
26 But they would not wake.
27 She pulled things from every part of herself, attempting to create.
28 But alas, she heard a voice, and knew she was no longer alone.
29 Another being sat atop the highest peak, watching her from the distance.
30 And she became afraid, for she had never laid her eyes upon another child of space.
31 He was beside her in the blink of an eye, sensing she would flee if he did not come otherwise.
32 And he said, “I am Ptah, God of life and destruction. Saturn is my realm. Surely, thou must know this.”
33 But she did not speak unto the form with red eyes, scales upon his body, and a scythe in his hand.
34 And he said, “If thou wouldst create, then we must make a pact.”
35 “I shall give them life, but in turn, they shall destroy each other, and this planet also. Life and destruction go hand in hand.”
36 She looked unto the stars, and then back unto him, and felt pity.
37 Where was his mercy? Where was his faith?
38 She would make this deal, but she would live in the sky, always watching, always countering his so-called destruction.
39 And she said, “I am Vitreous. I shall agree to thy pact, but upon terms.”
40 “If they live, and do not destroy, then thou shalt not interfere.”
41 And Ptah laughed until he fell upon the ground.
42 “Mother of Mercy and God of Destruction,” said he. “It is a deal, Vitreous. We shall see who wins.”
43 And he arose, and cut his wrists.
44 And from him bled oceans of blood upon her planet.
45 Then he said, “Thou must leave, Vitreous. Thou canst not be visible when they wake.”
46 And he was gone.
47 And so she followed.
48 So was the creation of Earth.
49 So was the form of Adam and Eve.
50 Children unto Vitreous and Ptah.
51 And the war is still raging today.
52 The pact of Mercy and Destruction is neither broken nor kept.
