a millennium ago , magic was woven into the fabric of the world . across every land and kingdom , people would live surrounded by wonder and life , where magical humans would share their extraordinary gifts with all of mankind.
they were called the children of the earth . the most common term today would be witches.
no one knows exactly how the children of the earth came to be but many had their theories . some believed they were pure souls blessed by the spirits beyond the veil . others called them demons who weld abilities gifted from the underworld.
the children of the earth were known as defenders and protectors of human kind , animals and all of natures gifts . at the time , the human race accepted them with little reluctance , seeing them as part of the world that held both beauty and purity .
as time passed , humans had began to witness the full extent of what witches could do : the raw power they seemed to possess , the dangerous ways that the darkest of corruptions could twist that power . stories began to spread throughout the lands and kingdoms of tales warning that the children of the earth could become the very being to end the human race.
thus began the first wave of humans turning against the witches . as the tides of harmony shifted , the witches realized they could not longer live peacefully among humans as they once had . but they also knew they could not hide away from the very beings they had sworn to protect .
connected to the land , to nature and the veil itself , the witches sought guidance from the spirits and ancestors . when the spirits spoke from beyond the veil , they whispered a dire warning : " soon , human would no longer welcome witches with open arms . they would be cast out , brand as demons in twisted tales . stories would spread through the lands that witches stole children from their homes ( children deemed "bad" ). " along with other , far worse accusations . to prevent the chaos that would follow , the witches would need a new creation to protect humans from any harm that might come , whether at the hands of the corrupted witches or something far darker.
the spirits of the veil told the witches to create the protectors of men and told them how . they would be faster , stronger , more ethereal than anything that had previously existed . they would come to be known as the children of the sun . the witches , who had always sworn to help and protect humanity , agreed and complied with the will of the spirits . they sound out the humans who still believed in the good the witches held and chose them to become the first of the sun children.
the spirts had foretold the witches that creating the children of the sun would demand a price ; the life of every human who agreed to the transformation . despite the grim prophecy , the hand picked humans accepted their fate .
the witches had gathered their ingredients and began the ritual . they called upon the sun for life , an ancient white oak tree ( one of nature's eternal objects ) for immortality , and witch's blood from a number of witches for its magical properties , along with various of herbs and a sword . the witches offered the humans wine laced with blood and herbs then drove a sword through each of their hearts , the blade coated in ash from the old white oak tree.
when the humans awoke , everything seemed fine . they had felt more alive than they ever have before , as if they'd awakened something primal deep within them . but when the next day came and went , the children of the sun grew ravenous with hunger. this was an unforeseen consequence of the spell . thus lead to the massacre of humans that completed transformation of the children of the sun . it was learned then they held a craving for blood . while most of the chosen ones surrendered to the temptation of their hunger , three fought against it and perished, leaving their transformation unfinished .
from that moment on , the children of the sun took on a new name : the children of the night . true vampires.
a four day uproar , a frenzy of bloodshed erupted . these strong , fast , nearly indestructible beings wreaked havoc on the very people they'd been created to protect . the witches believed they had failed. recognizing the danger they had unleashed , they knew the children of the night had to be stopped . before that had been possible , the true vampires learned of their weaknesses quickly and fled . they had been foretold as the original vampires : the first undead creatures . the children of the night earned their name from the curse that had been put on them . they couldn't step into the sun without burning . they became something that people feared , creatures the witches had been powerless to stop. ( centuries have passed , the children of the night has sired more of their kind , keeping their existence hidden they have been adapting to the changing world so they would never be discovered. m.e.s)
after the catastrophe that was the creation of the children of the night , the witches called upon the spirits once more . this time , having learned from their mistakes , they were granted the knowledge to create the truce children of the sun . these new being wouldn't be as strong or fast as the children of the night , but they would be nearly indestructible . some of these nearly indestructible beings would hold gifts, and those with gifts would be considered the chosen ones : destined to become the protectors of all life on earth . ( funny how the tables have turned b.v.s )
only a handful of human groups were willing to participate as the faith in the witches had reached an all time low . the few who volunteered would become the perfected versions of the children of the sun.
their creation differed from the children of the night . it still contained the witches' blood , however , venom from atheris squamigera ( the variable bush viper . this really explains a lot. b.v.s) , and various of herbs had been used . the witches also called upon the sun for life once more . unlike the children of the night , these new being were more than praised by the humans . they were beautiful , so beautiful that the humans were enchanted by them at first glance . their skin would sparkle in the sunlight , a symbol of beauty and glory . their silvery-purple eyes marked their purity.
they were enchanting.
the children of the earth called them fae: fata diurnal , which roughly translated to "day fairy."
but as time passed , the witches began to realize the flaw in their creation . the children of the sun seemed to be starving . their pure silvery-purple eyes would become black like coal and nothing the witches had offered them seemed to help.
until a nightmare repeated itself.
a sun child , ravenous with hunger , attacked a human village and slaughtered everyone in sigh . the witches recognized the craving immediately . it was the same hunger the children of the night held .
the craving for blood.
when they fed , their black as coal eyes turned crimson , stained by the blood they took from the very beings they had been created to protect . some sun children who still swore to protect human kind refused to feed on humans and resorted to hunting animals instead . their eyes turned golden to mark their compassion for humanity .
the witches had failed twice . humans had begun to push further from them than they ever before . even with the golden-eyed at their side , the spirits knew that had made a grace mistake when they had told the witches hoow to create the second version of the sun children . they knew these creatures had to be destroyed , but the red-eyed chosen ones fought fiercely against them, making it nearly impossible to fix the wrong they had done.
this caused the children of the sun , the fae , to become known as vampires . but unlike the true vampires who fled and blended into the shadows , the fae refused to hide at first.
the witches knew they couldn't defeat them , so the sprits had whispered to them the ways to destroy them ; rip apart the body and reduce them to nothing but ash.
the witches set out to undo their mistake , but the sun children had already found a way to spread their disease through humanity and keep their number high , just as the true vampires had done before them.
the witches soon realized they couldn't defeat the sun children on their own , not with how powerful they had become . so they gathered the golden-eyes to protect humanity to the best of their ability .
many moons of silence had passed before the spirits of the veil had whispered to the witches again , offering a way to create something that could kill the sun children and keep the humans safe.
given how their past two creations had ended in bloodlust and tragedy , the witches had hesitated at first, but they agreed to the spirits' will once more.
the children of the moon were born . the werewolves.
they differed from the previous creations in crucial ways . yes , they were sworn to protect humans , but they were also bound to the witches who created them . sworn to keep them just as safe . unlike the children of the sun , the witches kept the children of the moon hidden , shielding them from humanity to prevent humanity from destroying them out of fear. the wolves became the natural enemy of both the children of the sun and the hidden children of the night . balance had been restored at last.
as time passed, some sun children began to retreat into hiding . witches were able to practice their magic more openly again . humans began to trust them a little more , believing the sun children were dying out .
slowly and steadily , witches and humans began to live in harmony once more .
that was until the volturi kings came to power . they knew the witches held the means to destroy the sun children , so they hunted them down alongside the werewolves , using the force of the chosen ones . witches fled into hiding . werewolves slowly began to disappear.
with each witch caught , the volturi realized something dire . witch blood was enticing to the fae who called themselves vampires. it was addictive even , thanks to its magical properties .
it wasn't long before werewolves became extinct or were thought to be . truth be told , they'd been hiding in the brightest places . witches became an extreme rarity , also thought extinct by the volturi .
the volturi spread stories of how witches were weak creatures who couldn't protect themselves or others and soon died out . humans began to believe witches didn't exist , that they were simply fairy tales and folklore along with the children of the night and the children of the sun , who had been force away from humanity and made to keep their existence a secret.
to avoid being killed , the witches who survived practiced only in sacred locations , unheard and unseen by the children of the sun . soon , magic seemed to almost exist in the world around them.
as a last attempt to fix the demons they had unleashed on the earth , natures biggest regret , the sun children. the witches spread a little touch of magic in different areas around the world to protect humans from the dangers they had created.
throughout history , the children of the suns' name had been twisted and reshaped repeatedly . they were no longer recognized as the fae. no , theyw ere now known as the true children of the night , blood suckers , leeches , but most commonly , vampires.
but those witches whole held grimores passed down in their families knew better . they knew these creatures were not the true children of the night . the real children of the night were unknown by the mass majority of the fae who stole their name ; a select few of the volturi knew of their existence but kept it hidden to maintain their control.
the true children of the night had found the witches , and thought the witches had ben reluctant , they graced them with items , rings and such , that had been blessed by daylight to allow them to walk in daylight like normal human beings.
the fae creatures ; the children of the sun , became the vampires . the legends , lore and tales we know today . stories of their creation , vulnerabilities , and appearances twisted over time . tale of how they burn in the bright sunlight were stolen from the true children of the night . how mirrors can't capture their reflection. garlic weakens them and holy water scorches their skin. ( bull face lie that continues to make me giggle . b.v.s ) .
everything tied to magic became a myth in the eyes of humanity . magic grew scarce as the world fell to rely on machines , technology and advancements that made it seem unnecessary.
the children of the moon were believed to be extinct , or nearly so . the children of the earth were thought to be gone too , but they had simply adapted , learning to hide and lay low . witches turned away from humans for good , protecting and shielding themselves just as humans had done once before . shapeshifted , these who carry the spirits of the warriors and take the form of wolves, assumed a similar duty to the children of the moon . witches remain sacred to them all .
witches' magic began to fade from the world's memory , reduced to a simple thing humans merely called themselves and practiced.
hi !! so this took me like.. 2? 3 hours? i had to go through and do alot of grammar correcting and make sure it actually made sense!! when i originally made my twilight reality , i had the idea of the concept of incorporating things from the vampire diaries for witches and vampires and werewolves from both teen wolf and the vampire diaries . the twilight vampires are the fae in my reality because to me i still 100% believe they are based more off of the fae rather than actual vampires . i kinda wanted to make it look like we were reading something from my grimorie ? the m.e.s is my ancestor Millicent swan written and the the b.v.s would be me adding in my two cents to everything . this would be like the opening like first few pages . this is about 13 k words according to the note pad on my laptop . i did take inspiration for some of this from a fan fiction i was shown like 6 to 7 months ago . forgive me i do not remember the name of it as i do not go on ao3 very much . my hands hurt from writing this . i wrote it out twice to fix everything i wanted to fix . 😭 i would love to share more about this dr . its one of my main ones.
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