{"sf1_id":null,"sf2_id":"r17DKk7e","title":"Unnamed Gaia Story.","author":"White Dragon","words":1988,"posted_at":"2024-09-15T22:43:35.000Z","tags":["Barren","Beginning","Gaia","Life","Lifeless"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/r17DKk7e-unnamed-gaia-story","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/r17DKk7e","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/dd/89/dd8967dd-f4e4-4ece-a5d5-6f6978e01002","description":"N/A.","content":"Gaia opened her eyes for the first time, unaware of so many things but the one thing she knew was her name.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;She looked around, unable to comprehend what she saw for what she saw was beyond her ability to express with words.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n??? - You are what I've been trying for.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nGaia's didn't really hear a voice as so much as she felt an impression.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nGaia - And what exactly am I ?\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n??? - You are as I named you Gaia, even as confused as you are you know that.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nGaia felt something but didn't know what.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n??? - What you are feeling Gaia is an emotion.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; Annoyance.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;You are annoyed because I haven't really answered your question, right.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nGaia nodded.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n??? - You are what I deem a Titan, the first Titan.\u0026nbsp; There is more then that but for now that is what you shall know.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nGaia was still confused but let if go for she had something else to ask.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nGaia - What am I to call you.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n??? - I am nameless but if you need to call me something call me Chaos.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nGaia - What happens now Chaos ?\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nChaos - Now my daughter I will send you to wonder the world, your world, and wonder you shall until you decide what is needed.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nGaia was going to ask what a daughter was when she suddenly knew as if she always had.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nGaia - If you're going to send me someplace then what is this place.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nChaos - This is a place outside of your ability to understand for it exists yet doesn't and I can tell without even trying that you don't understand which is fine.\u0026nbsp; If you must name this place that is not a place then name it The Void.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nChaos - Before I send you I must first take something from you.\u0026nbsp; This will hurt.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nIf Chaos hadn't told her it'd hurt she wouldn't have known what hurt was and oh did it hurt.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nGaia - What did you take from me ?\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nChaos - Something that will be needed later and before you ask, yes I did have to take it now for once I send you to your world you will change.\u0026nbsp; Become less, so I had to take it now before such a diminish can take place.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nGaia didn't fully understand but she remained silent.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nChaos - Do you have anything to ask before I send you ?\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nGaia thought and thought and thought.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nGaia - Why can I see through myself yet at the same time I can't ?\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nChaos - It is because of The Void.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;Your perception of your own body is being....Not even I can phrase it for you.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; Just know that when you go to your world your perception will not be as it is now.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nGaia nodded again.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nChaos - Anything else ?\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nGaia - Nothing that I can think of.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nChaos - Then close your eyes and prepare for sensations that are beyond your ability to fully grasp.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nGaia did as Chaos asked and as soon as she did so she felt as if her whole being was vibrating.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;She also felt what Chaos had told her she would.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; She also got the impression of Chaos again but it was different, lesser.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nChaos - My Gaia, My Daughter.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;You will hold great power over your world.\u0026nbsp; You will not understand now but you will.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;It will be painful to go through this but you must, know that while I'll in a sense be watching over you my interference will be few.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;At times you'll feel abandoned and may even come to hate me and know I accept that.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;Now Gaia, I say goodbye to you and now you must open your eyes.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nGaia felt great sadness, for that's indeed what she felt, but she opened her eyes and gasped at what she beheld.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\n\nGaia gasped at what she beheld but it was out of sadness, not joy.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; As far as she could see what she saw was grey and barren for the moment her gaze fell upon this she knew what this world, her world, was.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; Barren.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nDark clouds only added to the dismal scape in front of her.\u0026nbsp; Gaia felt her heart ache at what she beheld and desperately wanted to change it though she couldn't fathom the words to put her feelings to.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nShe knelt down and placed her hands upon her world.\u0026nbsp; She knew more from this connection then just seeing had provided.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; Barren but also more.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;Hard.\u0026nbsp; Searing Hot yet with a Coldness that was subtle.\u0026nbsp; Bleak.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;Waiting.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nWith a suddenness Gaia felt this Waiting envelope her.\u0026nbsp; She closed her eyes and allowed understanding to come to her, which it did but slowly for there was no rush.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; Eventually Gaia opened her eyes and knew, in part at least, why she had been sent here.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;For while Chaos had created this, it couldn't do more and more it wanted.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; Chaos knew what it had created could be so much more but making that happen would take something else, Gaia.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nGaia stood up, she lifted her right foot and placed it back down with force and it sank some into the hard ground.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;She did the same with her left foot.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;Then with some difficulty she was able kneel back down to press both her hands into the hard ground.\u0026nbsp; They also sank some and when they did something started to happen.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; Green started spreading outward, Grass.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; Blue started flowing outward, Water.\u0026nbsp; While the hard ground remained hard beneath her it changed, lessened in a way.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nShe didn't know how long she stayed there and it didn't matter to her, she'd stay as long as she had to so that way her world would change.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; Gaia closed her eyes and let her mind still.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;She caught glimpses of changes happening all over her world.\u0026nbsp; She saw some places fill up with so much Water that the ground would never again be visible to those above.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;She saw some place where the ground changed completely, becoming individual grains.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;She saw some places where the ground stayed hard yet was different, towering up and up.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nGaia wasn't sure how long she actually stayed there and it didn't matter to her.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;For she saw more of her world grew and flourished for that's what was happening.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;She was happy that there was so much that was so different in her world.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nWhen she became aware that her world was no longer growing she opened her eyes and fell back in surprise at what she saw.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;Gaia was no longer on dry ground but was in water.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nShe righted herself and looked back into the water to see what she knew to be herself for there was no other possibility.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;She saw herself for the first time since being here and was intrigued by how she herself look.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;She raised a hand and what she saw in the water did the same.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; She stood up and herself in the water did that.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;Gaia paused, her line of thinking didn't seem quite right but she'd ponder that later.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nStanding, she looked down to see herself.\u0026nbsp; Something immediately caught her attention and that was 2 mounds on her chest, she didn't recall having these before.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;Did she develope them while her world was flourishing.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; Determined to come back to these 2 mounds she explored the rest of her body with her eyes that she could see clearly in the water.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; Her body had an hardness to it, an earthy hardness that had trees and grasses dotting around with what was some streams of water running on her.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;The trees, grass, and streams were also on her arms and legs but much lesser.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nContent with what she saw she now used her hands to feel her body.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;Her body felt as hard as it looks.\u0026nbsp; She purposely avoided those 2 mounds on her chest for now.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; Her arms and legs felt strong.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; Touching her trees and her grasses produced an interesting feeling.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;Touching her streams of water also produced an interesting feeling and left her fingers wet which she dried with her grasses.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nLastly she turned her attention to those 2 mounds on her chest.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;She eyed them with curiosity and with an unsureness, they looked very soft and that was a puzzlement to her for why would she need them.\u0026nbsp; Why would she need such softness.\u0026nbsp; What could they possibly be for.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;Slowly she raised both of her hands to these mounds, when she touched them they were indeed as soft as they looked.\u0026nbsp; Maybe even softer.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;The interesting feelings produced by touching her trees, grasses, and streams were nothing compared to the feeling that sprang up inside her now.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;Contemplating that feeling she moved her hands over her mounds without breaking contact with them while trying to gain an understanding of them.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;An understanding that didn't come.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;She continued this for abit and while the feeling grew and intensified it gave her no answers so she stopped.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nShe turned and started to walk in a direction that'd take her out of the water.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;As she was walking she looked down to see herself in the water when she noticed something.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; There is a crevice of some kind between her legs, a long crack.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;She stopped walking and focused her attention on looking between her legs which since she was no longer walking was difficult.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;As if responding to her the water shimmered and moved to provide her a clear view.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;She had to rely on this view as she couldn't see it herself.\u0026nbsp; What she saw was both a crack and a crevice at the same time yet it wasn't.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;Intrigued she moved her legs to change the view some and to her surprise she saw whatever it was open up briefly.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; Out of curiosity she took one of her hands and touched this area, it was way softer then it looked. Maybe even softer then her 2 mounds.\u0026nbsp; Touching a hand there caused a feeling, a sensation, that was utterly different then the others before.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;Continuing she added some pressure and a finger of hers went in slightly.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; Her whole body was hit with an intense feeling that she couldn't possibly name, as a result she staggered and her finger came out.\u0026nbsp; Gaia managed to stop herself from ending up on her knees.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;She looked at that hand, at that finger and saw it had water on it.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;No, upon staring she realized it wasn't exactly water but she wasn't sure what it was.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;Not giving it much thought she dried that finger on some of her grass on a leg.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nLeaving these mysteries as mysteries for now she continued to walk.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;With each step that intense feeling faded.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;Once she was out of the water she paused to look at the dense trees that were in front of her.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;She walked in, wanting to explore her world.\u0026nbsp;"}