Prologue
An echo. It always comes back. Mother created it. Everything Mother made came back. Spring after winter. Warmth after cold. Mother made everything. We were creations of Mother also. We served her. Obeied her. Protected and did her will.
Then they came.
Stange furless creatures that talked in grunts like the ape people. They killed trees, deaf to their screams of pain. They murdered animals that were in their path, hunter or prey.
We waited for Mothers orders but she gave none. She watched day after day as the creatures multiplied. We waited for some sign to get rid of them.
Then one day it happened. Mother was gone. She disappeared. The Usla took action then.
I was one of them. One of Mothers faithful. The intuders called me 'the grim'. They called my brethren strange names. 'Forest fire'. 'Twister'. 'Disease'. They even dare to use Mothers sacred name.
Others were traitors to their own cause. The Usla we, the faithful, called them. They were given names by the trespassers. They wore their skin. The traitors were called 'leaders' and 'saviors', 'cures' and 'miracles'.
A disgrace. Helping the very creatures that drove Mother away. Saying it was only right. We fought them, we won almost all the battles. We started to use the Uslas techniques against them, taking the form of the intruders. They had names for everything. When we wore their skin, they called us 'terrorists'. When we did this, we called it Transmaning.
We hated these things on our earth. We hated their wars that plauged the soil that we onced riened. Where we lived. We hated the fact that we had to go into hiding. That's why I stayed. Why I fought. I could not allow myself to leave and let these things take over.
Mother would have wanted us to come back. To defend our paradise. She made everything so it comes back. And we will honor her wish. We will take back what is ours. But alas, I will never get to be apart of our comeback. I am with Mother.
I will tell you what happened when I fought. When I was a faithful. When I fought against the intruders that called themselves, Humans....
Chapter 1 The Grand Plan "Kna is punishin` the Humans `gain?" We called him Luca, a creation of Mother. One of the faithful. Called 'Tornado' by humans. "Yeah, Kna has been keeping faith in Mother well." Kna was my blood brother, my twin. I was called Nitan. Kna was 'storm' when it came to humans. We and Luca were a team when it came to the punishment of humans. Kna would send water pouring from brother Kian, 'sky', then send lightning down. Luca would summon winds from two different directons. When all was over, I would get rid of the spares before the Usla came. I looked at the glass ball nearby. It was called a Hila. It allowed us to see what was happening on Earth. To keep an eye on our own and the Usla. That's where it started. When I saw an Usla using the Transmaning tenique. The Usla turned into a strange human creature. The humans were crowding him. The traitor gave them food when we had caused plauges and droughts. He let them see when we had caused blindness. He was one of the 'saivors' the humans spoke of. Luca came beside me. Letting out a low growl he spoke. "Look at tha` disgrace. Helping them." This Usla was different. He was the one causing the most trouble. The best Tranmaner of the Usla. Never bothered with his name. I turned from the Hila. Luca looked toward me then pasted his hand over the ball. An image of a another strange human. A black haired man with a square looking mustache. Kna had Tranmaned. He was in some war that the human had brewed. The only reason he was allowed to partake was that he was killing. "He'll make us all proud he will." Luca beamed. I looked at the ball once again and saw my blood brother. He told me of this plan of his once long ago. He planed to take the form of a man named Saddam. He beleived that if he couldn't get the humans off by using nature, he would use the human form against them. You see, we cannot be seen by normal humans. We can't touch them either. Using our powers and by Tranmaning we can do just about anything. If we decide not to Tranman, by simply taking control of a humans pysical body, by possessing them, we can scare the humans. This was only for fun of course. "I'm going." When I started to walk toward the archway to get out of our hideout, headquarters. Luca came after me. "Well then. I'm a coming too. What are we goin` to do exactly?" We were close to the outside. To the human world. "We have to Transman." Luca looked a little taken back. "But ya hate to do tha`. Filth. The humans. Just kill the lot of `um I say" "I don't give a damn what you say, Luca." He cringed. Some of them, some of the humans, they turned from their own. They even murderded and destroyed their own. We didn't have influence over these humans, they did everything on their own. That's why I quieted Luca. We were out of headquarters. "Who did ya` have in mind?" I looked toward him. He hesitated. "Ya` know. Who to transform into." "Luca," His attention was focused on me. "Do you know what year it is?" He looked at me strangly. "Human years?" He asked, and I nodded. "I think it's `round nineteen-fifteen. Why?" I looked toward brother Kain. Then to the earth the humans had defiled. "It's about time we made the human war more interesting." At this Luca gave his toothy smile. "What ya` have in mind?" I had no real plan, but it was so simple. Luca didn't need to come. "Just inspiring some humans to make weapons." His smile faded some. "Tha` don't sound like fun." Sighing I walked on faster than simple Luca. He rushed after me. "What's tha point in Transmaning if ya` don't kill a few humans?" He didn't need to know. It may be too confusing, simple as it is. You see, before Mother left she created powerful subtances, the humans could not see them of course. I simply wanted the humans to turn this into a weapon in Kna`s war. I've been watching a scienctist for some time now, he would be perfect to discover it. Chemical weapons is what it will be called. Mother called it Daenrah. It would cause many deaths. Less humans that would plauge the earth. All I needed to do was not really Transman, but to possess this human for a few days to lead him to the Daenrah. I chuckled silently. The trees around us seemed to bow to us like the always did. Once this weapon was created, we would give it to Kna and his army. Then when that was all done, I'd just have to watch the humans die off one by one....
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