This is my creation story:
In the beginning of time, there were two gods who were brothers. Their names were Infinitus and Caelus. They lived in the heavens and after a while, Caelus grew jealous of Infinitus, claiming that he wielded more power than himself. "You definitely wield more power than I, Infinitus, for you sit on the throne of heaven while I bow at your filthy feet, doing what you command." Infinitus responded, "You know as well as I, Caelus, that I wield no more power than you do. I merely wish to keep peace between us so that the heavens aren't unsettled." "I challenge you, Infinitus, to a fight to the death. This will determine which of us is stronger and fit to rule!" Infinitus calmly responded, "Strength is not in fighting, but in creation. No blood need be shed. Let us see who has the ability to create a better planet."
Caelus agreed to this and hurriedly began to create his planets. Infinitus, knowing the impatience and temper his brother held, took pity on him. Infinitus carefully created his planet, putting his time and concentration into every little thing; the rocks and grass, the worms and beetles, even the veins in the leaves of the evergreen tree. He used brilliant colors; bright greens and dark reds. He did indeed have the makings of a truly magnificent world underway.
Caelus however, did not have Infinitus' care and grew impatient when creating. One thing took too much thought and time. He grew angry and destroyed his creations, then realizing he had to create them again, abandoning one world to go create another world. The abandoned world became the planet of Uranus. Seeing Inifinitus' world, Caelus' burning feeling to outshine Infinitus grew and developed a burning fire within him, creating contempt and hate for his brother. He would create a bigger world than Infinitus; its size should surely startle him, disrupting him from his work and discouraging him. Caelus fed off this idea and created a truly huge planet, Infinitus' planet did indeed seem extremely small next to Caelus'.
This, however, did not bother Infinitus, for he knew that size would not matter, but the material put onto that planet. Caelus was so pleased that his planet was so enormous, that he left most of the land barren, creating small plots of trees and water every 50 miles or so. When compared to Infinitus' planet, it paled, especially the colors used by Infinitus. His temper rose yet again, and he abandoned this planet as well, which later became Jupiter.
He moved on yet again, and grew tired and lazy. He created a very small planet so he wouldn't have to create too many things and he failed yet again. This planet became Pluto. Meanwhile, Infinitus was nearly done with his planet and it was truly beautiful. Caelus wasn't aware of this fact yet, and realized that as long as he had more planets than Infinitus, he would surely be more superior for power did indeed come in numbers.
So, he set out to create more planets. Venus was quite similar to Uranus, abandoned due to frustration, barren and lifeless. Caelus had created a ring around Saturn in an attempt to make it look better than it was. However, below the ring it was again, barren and lifeless. Saturn didnt come out too badly, having been created with many magnificent colors. Caelus was quite angry now, but managed to keep it under control while creating Mars. He did create some volcanoes that erupted quite often, just as a way to let out the anger he couldnt keep bottled up, but the land was as ugly as Uranus and Saturn. Infinitus realized that his brother had no interest in creating living things and even if he did have interest, he wouldnt be able to create them right. He wouldnt create them for their beauty and complexity, but for their ability to worship him.
Caelus let all his anger erupt when creating Mercury, for he could no longer keep it in. He created several volcanoes and made the air both hot and cold due to his anger and hatred towards his brother. The air would change abruptly, and at any given time, therefore leaving the land lifeless and barren once again. While creating Neptune, Caelus had cooled off and created quite a lovely planet, demonstrating his brilliant colors that were used in creating Saturn, except he repeatedly included no life. Caelus was done with his creating and went to see how Infinitus planet was coming along. He was highly confident that he would win this contest.
At the sight of Infinitus planet, Caelus was utterly amazed at what he saw. Beautiful greens flowed with the valleys as blues did with the rivers. The flowers were a variety of colors and the animals were simply stunning. Caelus hated himself for the amazement he felt when he saw Infinitus planet. He went to Pluto, and felt his feelings of depression and anger wash over him. He had lost. Bigger and more were not better. It was what was on the planet that mattered, what created the beauty. Caelus lost and he knew it. He couldnt argue he won, for before the competition had started, each had placed a blue fire within them, letting the other know what the other felt about his planet and his brothers. Infinitus knew that Caelus was jealous of his abilities. Caelus let the reality wash over him.
I lost
, he croaked, while crashing waves of sorrow, jealousy and anger hit against him as though throwing him against a sharp area of many rocks. Then he remembered Infinitus rocks, how beautiful they were. No! he cried, No I must not think of that! I shall put myself out of my misery! He erupted violently and turned into a cloud of cosmic gas. Now, every time there is a supernova, its Caelus advising his brother on improvements to the universe.
Caelus body turned into the essence of soul and light, which became the stars. Infinitus created humans to worship him and to forever remember Caelus. He taught them that when you rush through things, it always comes out worse than when you take your time, and not to be selfish but caring, that everyone can change, and become something beautiful.[/COLOR]
What do you think?