In the beginning, when the world was new, and the first generation of humans were still alive, there existed a soul. A soul which did not wish to be like the others. it did not wish to simply die and be reincarnated. it did not wish to grow up over and over and over again. It only wished to exist, as it was, in a body like the others. By itself, it could have never hoped this, and would have given in to the cycle, but another should stood up. they demanded what it wanted. and it was given it's wish. it became a spirit. immortal, and all powerful. it was not human, but that was ok. but, for it to reside on earth it had to be tied to something. as long as that thing existed, it existed. Fire was chosen, for reasons unknown to it or any other soul. and so, asking as fire had the ability to exist, the souls would exist on earth. And that started a chain reaction among souls. Souls which did not want to live and die. the next three souls that stood up were given, in the order, Water, Earth, and Air. after that however, a new soul came up. it did not wished robe tied to a world element, it wanted to be tied to something different, a concept. Death, was chosen. These souls, however, quickly learned that this gift was not free. they only had it as long as they obeyed The Gods' wishes. the 4 elements were given mostly free reign, but they had to make sure to keep their elements in abundance so that the humans on earth would always have them. they had to keep the order. as they had asked for this freedom, they must also take the burden of that element from The Gods' shoulders. Death, had also taken on a burden. it would make sure that all the humans which died would have their souls taken and brought back to space until they could be reincarnated. After that, the next soul who asked was given the concept of life. they would have to take the souls ready for reincarnation and they had to place them inside of an unborn human. More and more souls decided they wanted to wage over an earthly thing, and they got it. But, it did not come indefinitely. if you refused to do your duty or messed up too much or did whatever you wanted without restraint. if you unbalanced the earth, you would be stripped of your power and turned human, turned over to the endless cycle of reincarnation. Life and Death were the first to go, for Death went on a rampage and killed those who were not supposed to die, and Life slacked on her duties and many babies were being born without souls. The four elements were also changed several times due to too long droughts, random forest fires, too many earthquakes, and endless tornadoes and whirlwinds. after several tried however, the world seemed to reach a balance again. Only rarely did the spirits get their powers taken away. Spirits learned not to hold onto too many human made things, because humans were always changing, and what might be abundant today may be gone tomorrow. And for those who wished to be immortal forever, this was unfavorable. although, there were some things that seemed to survive time. such as writing, agriculture, and others. spirits did take over these. there were three objects in the sky. one was the sun. it shone during the day. second was the moon, which shone during the night. third, were the stars. they were most like the sun, but shone at night like the moon. down below, the humans noticed that the stars could be connected to show shapes. the spirits thought they would forget them soon, so they restrained from being tied to them. however, after a certain amount if time, they noticed these concepts had not faded, and they decided to take the chance. The soul of whom this story began decided to take the first step. they asked to become tied to one of the constellations. God asked which one. they decided on the one they wanted, and were taken to Earth. The other God then asked "what will you watch over?" the soul knew what he meant. just like literature collected writings. from the most trivial of notes to the biggest books and scrolls. it did not matter if they were fiction or non fiction. art recused over every painting. from the smallest of doodles, to the most realistic of pieces. agriculture made sure that plants grew. she made sure the land was fertile. she made sure bugs did not destroy crops. This soul did not yet know what it would protect, for what did stars do? They did nothing to help humans. but, it remembered hearing the humans lore about those born under certain stars. It decided. "Those children born under me will be lucky throughout their life, for I will protect them." The God stopped. "that is a something big. are you sure you will be able to keep it up? "I will do my very best, that is for sure." The God nodded. Then the other god asked what I wanted my body to look like. I started to name off hair color, eye color, skin tone, and others. As he wrote everything down, he seemed to realize something. "what gender do you want?" he asked. I stopped. I had not thought about this question before... I never could come to a decision... "can I... decide that later...?" The God laughed. I looked down, embarrassed. "How about my gender will be the gender of the spirit who next chooses the stars as their domain." The God seemed to think. the other God came over. "I think it sounds reasonable," He said. The other God nodded. he sent me to earth, everything except my gender decided. I stayed there for a few days before another spirit decided to join me. I knew because that morning I woke up, and I had a gender. I was a woman. I saw someone setting next to me. it was also a woman. she smiled when she saw I had awoken. "Hello," she said, "I am the next spirit who has the stars as her domain. I hope we can get along." "of course," I said, "what is your name?" The woman looked towards the sky, which was still dark, and the stars still twinkled. "The humans call my constellation Scorpio!" she said happily. I also smiled, and then said "The humans call me Ophiuchus!"
