My weary eyes flutter open as i sit up and a sigh escape my lips, before me is darkness; no... For there to be darkness, there must be light, here neither existed. where was here??... All around me is a vast emptiness, a vast nothingness, a void, i toy with ideas of what to do with this void, this nothingness that stretched as far as the eye could see... After what seems like years i decide.

I will for energy, and it appears, dancing around me; cackling like electricity. I mold all sorts of things with this energy, only to destroy them and start all over again, as i study my latest creation a voice speaks to my consciousness

"O great and mighty one, you have finally awaken from your slumber"

"YOU DARE TO INTERRUPT" my voice booms and the nothingness quakes, the energy is distorted and it starts to cancel itself, folding in and out on itself, twisting and turning in every direction, i glance at the monstrosity and will it to be still and it obeys, i then mold it into a ball; a ball of light floating in front of me, a ball made up of countless swirling gases

" Beautiful "the voice whispers and i have to agree

"Who or what are you?"

"I am but your humble servant"

"Even servants have names..." i mutter

"I was called djaka at birth, meaning darkness and later lehki meaning slave, you may call me whatever you wish"

"I see, well in that case; i shall call you Heraclea, for you shall be my strength" i say feeling pity for the being

"thank you, great one"

"I have a few questions"

ask and i shall answer to the best of my knowledge"

"Where am i?"

"In the void" Heraclea says and my world stops

"What is the void?" i ask uncertainly, i don't think i'd like the answer i get though

"I do not know, it is an expanse of nothing and everything, the void is and isn't" Heraclea says

"I see"

Not the answer i was looking for but eh it'll do for now... I think as i peer into the void

"Why am i here?... in this void"

"The gods decided that godlings should struggle for their own place in the ather, and so where released into the void to conquer it..."

"The ather; what's that?"

"It is everything, the void, the multi verse, galaxies... Everything" Heraclea says softly

"I see"

"So i'm a god" i say still not believing it

"A godling"

"Is that like a lesser god?"

"Yes and no; deities are lesser gods, You shall no doubt control them, if you survive what's coming... You are the child of a god, specially designed by one of the gods..."

"Wait! Hold up! If i survive!"

"Yes" Heraclea says calmly

"Yeah, no way"

No way i'm going to get killed for some stupid experiment

"There is no escape from the void , not for a godling"

"What?"

"God's are powerful enough to freely explore the expanse that is the void, at their own risk, of course; godlings..." Heraclea trails off but i get the memo

"So the only way to leave is to get stronger" i say

"Yes"

"I see" i ponder on that for some time

"How do i get stronger? How do i become a god?" "The easiest way would be to create a universe, although it is taxing... It is the safest way; but there are other ways, they are quicker although much more dangerous, for the daredevils"

"i would create a universe but i don't think i would lord over it well, and i mean, if this void is what you say it is, it's extremely large and uhm you know it would be best to have allies so the best thing to do would be to find other godlings and i think i would love to go on an adventure..." i ramble on and on

"You want to use the fastest way up, i get it" Heraclea says with a sigh

"Good"

"I might be able to help you.."

"You'd be my sensei..."

"What?"

"Eh never mind"

"First things first, you'd need a name"

I blink as i realize i don't have a name, well its time that changed

"Eskion... "

"Hmm"

"???"

"Title"

"I can hold a title"

"Of course ;all gods have titles"

"I am Eskion... Eskion, God of all"

"Well then Eskion, i shall be your strength and if you wish; your teacher..." Heraclea says

"I do"

"I see"

Knowledge is power, they say, now i understand why...

"Do you wish to have a form?"

"Yeah"

"I see... make one"

"How do i..." i'm about to ask then realize Heraclea has left, his presence i can no longer feel so with a sigh i turn to my creation

"Guess its you and me, buddy "

I try to will myself a form, doesn't work though, after a while i realize he said make...what an idiot i am... I glance at the ball of light and whispering an apology i revert it to energy, i will more energy. I mold three bodies, one barely human; with skin slightly rotten and pitch black eyes,about 6 feet tall,dressed in a hooded robe torn in a lot of places

"Nah" i destroy the body and move on to the next, a huge creature, dragon like, with leathery skin and three tails, four limbs and big red eyes, curved claws for tearing into anything stretch about a feet long, i nod in approval before moving on to the next form

A white haired, blue skinned being, about 7 feet tall, with thin black stripes across his arms; legs built for speed, well muscled, of course... Rock hard abs and why am i describing this?? Slightly pointy ears slanting backward and a pointed blue nose adorn his head,along with a heart shaped mouth and deep green eyes, unlike any specie i know, a set jaw and a set of white teeth make him the perfect form to use

"I shall call you, the esk, for you were the best of my creation"

I merge my consciousness into him and my eyes flutter open

"Might take some getting used to"

I say to myself as i flex my fingers... I walk over to my other creation

"You shall be my second form..." i say and absorb the dragon-like creature

I switch between forms a few times to get the hang of it, then decide to explore the void

I propel myself into the nothingness that is the void, in my esk form wishing for some excitement, after a while of aimless wondering i decide to calm myself and think, just then a shockwave hits me sending me fling about 50 feet backwards, i narrow my eyes and head towards the source, finding a strange looking girl, a godling perhaps battling some sort of demon, it had red glowing eyes, sharp claws that seemed to be as long as swords, and its body was pitch black, it held a sword, a dragon slayer

"do you really think you can win, godling?"

It sneered.

The girl coughs and tries to attack him but misses completely and this further amuses the demon who nicks her on the shoulder, she hisses in pain grabbing her shoulder

"what a weakling you are" it chuckles as it dives towards her, sword raised high

Time slows

I realize if i don't do something now she'll die but what can i do, i can't fully control my form yet, i have no weapons, heck i have no idea how to fight properly and yet i feel my self rushing to help her,i quickly change into my second form, and dive towards him wings spread then i realize my mistake, i can't even control this form, this is a free fall, just what i needed...

Time goes back to normal

and i ram into the demon thingy,both of us falling through the void, he tries to kick me and i narrowly avoid it, clawing at him, he gains control of his footing and flies towards me sword in hand

' i'm so dead' 'i don't want to die!!! Not like this' but before the sword and its wielder get to me there is a blinding light and then darkness, when i come to the first thing i see is a pair of brown eyes looking at me in concern

"are you okay?"

"i... I don't think so"

The godling looks confused for a second then She blinks at me and starts fussing asking what hurts and what doesn't, i take this time to truly look at her

She had golden brown skin and had flowing white hair, just like mine, she had a symbol on her right cheek, her face was round and she had rosy lips, speaking of lips, hers just kept moving

"I'm okay.."

"oh, are you CRAZY!!!" she screeches and it feels like my head is about to explode

"what the hell? " I yelled back

"you could have died..."

"so could you" I retort

"at least I know how to use my form, you don't!!"

"well... "

"a lot of things could have gone wrong..." she scolds me for about a full ten minutes before pausing

"so I should have just let you die... "

"no, I'm sorry... Thank you for saving me"

I stretch ' looks like I reverted back my esk form'

"so what was that thing... "

"I don't know" she shakes her head

"oh, so is this your realm?"

"yeah, pretty cool right?"

"I uhm can't see anything..."

"I mean there's enough space here to build something so magnificent "

"uhm yeah I guess ?"

"you know where we are?"

"the void..."

"the what?..."

"never mind"

"i'm eskion, god of all"

"oh where are my manners... I'm leila, god of truth"

"oh so you can't lie and stuff"

"no i can tell when people are lying to me, i prefer not to lie"

"That is wierdly lame"

"That is not true" she pouts. 'looks like i'm stuck with her for now'