The Gathering of the Powers

****This tale is a description of an ancient age called, "The First Earth Period" that has been kept secret from most of humanity for all of the ages since. It must be noted that this is none but a small yet extremely crucial part of the description of that age which ended at "The Battle for the Maiden's Power". The occurrences that preceded this tale can be read in the holy book of the Grunes, called, "The Splitting of the Island" which also includes "The War of the Islands" that followed this tale shortly. ****

It was called "The First Earth Period" because the earth that we live in today is, actually, the second earth, though very few know it. In "The First Earth Period" the earth didn't move in circles, a day lasted for thirty hours, and there were ten days a week. In addition, the forces of nature were rather different. With the years, the first earth became very similar to the second, very much in thanks to a controversial, unattractive, young, human, named Starfiuse.

Two major tribes ruled the first earth. The Oogle tribe, which was the first, and the Grune tribe, which developed from the Oogle tribe.

At their birth, the Oogles and Grunes were very similar, but during their years of living, the Grunes used every thing possible to signify their great rivalry with the Oogles. The Oogles were hairy, while the Grunes made sure to shave every hair on their body. The Oogles had horns, and the Grunes demolished their horns on the day of their birth. The Oogles slept standing as the Grunes slept on their knees. The Grunes even broke the glass teeth that prevented the Oogles from speaking clearly.

It didn't matter to the Grunes that they looked like shaved cats (which hardly existed back then), nor that they had hideous round scars on their heads, or that they weren't comfortable at all in their sleep. If they could, the Grunes would have also added about a meter to their short sizes so that there would be no hint of similarity, except for the single eye and lack of nose, between them and the Oogles, which they despised more than anything in the entire world.

The main reason for the enmity was the conflicting attitude that the Oogles and Grunes took towards the earth. The Oogles believed that the forces of nature should be used for their own sake whereas the Grunes believed that the powers of nature should be kept to earth and the earth would thank them in its own way. The hostility and controversy achieved a new level, once Starfiuse posed an extreme idea. It was very ironic that while the Oogles and Grunes were the biggest groups in that age, their debate only turned the most severe because of a young, ugly wizard that belonged to a small increasing group called humans.

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Blindness drove Starfiuse crazy and there was absolutely nothing he could do. It sharpened the rest of his senses but what good were his senses when he was tied to the face of a spiky rock on a tall sea cliff with the aid of strapping iron chains and his hands were nailed to the rock? The worst was that he could only use his powers through his eyes and now he was completely helpless.

The pain was tremendous and he cried to the sky.