Chapter 1: Orphanage

It has been 256 years since "The Release Of Mana";

After the appearence of what the Mages have now termed as "Mana Bursts" , Society has regressed.

With the introduction of mana into the planet, Luna and its residents have changed.

"When Arxia was attacked , Human residents began to realize their communication systems were either overlayed by static increasing at the moment or did not work at all; This prevented the communication of the attacks to different nations , and the first countries to be attacked soon had mass casualties as the local community was not prepared for such a disruption to occur in their daily lives.

Many leaders emerged from these nations, Gun Owners ,Martial Artists or just plain roadside heroes... Some tried their best to help those unreasonably unconscious while others took advantage of the situation to loot and plunder.

Some nations panicked and tried to enforce martial law , adding to the casualties , Others focused on the iminent threat of the mutated creatures and ordered the execution of all animals while trying to warn citizens to be wary of their household pets. Government employees could be heard screaming instructions at the top of their lungs , sometimes ordering evacuation at the areas that had yet to be affected.

Yet, All nations suffered nonetheless.

Arxia was the first nation to fall , and many followed . Many countries formed an alliance and performed a nuclear bombing on the already dying Arxia... Hoping to get rid of the meteor which seemed to be the root of the problem , but to no avail.

Many lives were lost, many great minds extinguished at their prime , And yet that is all history."

Without much sound , The head matron closed the book resting on her hands and then took off her reading glasses.

As she cleaned her reading glasses with the underside of her shirt , she continued "Alright , thats it for story time children. Now go enjoy your free time in the playground"

As she got up and headed to her office , the shuffling of small shoes was heard along with giggling and muttering in the crowd of teenagers and toddlers that were just intently listening to her speak. In the not so distant nursery , the crying and babbling of babies could be heard along with the tired groans and sighs of the matrons and wet nurses taking care of the naive and innocent.

As the head matron reached her office, she asked her friend and assistant Mary "How are the results?"

"They Seem to be perfectly healthy , Its such a shame what happened"

"Yes, what a shame;They just entered this wretched world a few weeks ago and have already lost the two people that would have loved them the most"

Deep in the night , at the orphanage , in the nursery.

Save for the snores of the wet nurse responsible for this segment of night watch , the nursery was filled with the sound of light breaths, The babies had fallen asleep , atleast for now.

A corner of the room was suddenly lit up with a small glow as a tiny wisp of detached light floated atop the childrens' cribs.A baby giggled as he twirled his hand and the wisp of light rubbed his chubby nose; With another twirl a few more wisps appeared around the crib and started floating around the room.

As one of the wisps went over the crib right across its' neighbour , a slight whirling sound was heard as the wisp was seemingly absorbed into the shadows that were present in the nursery, The newborn in the crib smiled , with his eyes now open and slightly squinted due to his big toothless smile.

With the dissapearance of the wisp , the first baby started crying loudly as if he just had a toy taken from him and the other wisps promptly disappeared.

With a single baby crying , multiple other infants promptly began to wail and the groan of the wet nurse was heard as she got to her feet filled with regret and headed towards the light switch.

On the turning on of the light , the light whirling sound promptly disappeared as if it had never been there to begin with and the baby in the crib where the sound originated from also began to cry.

As the wet nurse began to sooth all the crying children she noticed one baby was still soundly asleep , having a light smile on his face as he slept next to the infant that had been crying the loudest at the corner of the room.

After an hour and a half of pacifying by the wetnurse and the other matrons on call , the light was once again turned off.

The once asleep timid infant opened his eyes as he lay in the crib next to the first baby that started crying; And within his eyes , one could see the projection of the night sky, which if matched to the one currently over the orphanage, would be identical.