Chosen Quest - 5 - A Time To Teach
Jul. 4th, 2006 01:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
withamagicword83, 263 years later, give or take a few, the world was long gone.
Earth was dead, but humanity was not. It had expanded beyond the solar system, beyond the galaxy, and into worlds and systems undreamed of.
Captain Marvel, as he thought of himself most days by then, had retreated eventually, tired of all the years of time passing.
Magic had been in decline, and, with it, his necessity had declined as well.
So he retired to the Rock of Eternity, and slept, and watched, and helped where he could. One crisis forced the Rock into the material universe, and he stored it far away from space and time where humans lived.
And 83,000 years later, a world had formed around the Rock, drawn by it's power and oddness, and given life by magic. And eventually, it was settled by humans.
Underneath their feet, Captain Marvel slept, as he had for thousands of years, until one girl, and one time needed him once more.
He awoke, and came to their aid. But, in truth, it was no longer his time, and even legend had forgotten him. He fought his pride, and won. And he recruited one young woman, who dared to be brave and honest, to be the new champion. No child this one, but a teenager, he told her to say his name. And she did, and a new champion was born, who came to be called Thunder, a hero of two times, two worlds, and two dreams.
And he smiled and taught her, and rested.
And it was good.
Earth was dead, but humanity was not. It had expanded beyond the solar system, beyond the galaxy, and into worlds and systems undreamed of.
Captain Marvel, as he thought of himself most days by then, had retreated eventually, tired of all the years of time passing.
Magic had been in decline, and, with it, his necessity had declined as well.
So he retired to the Rock of Eternity, and slept, and watched, and helped where he could. One crisis forced the Rock into the material universe, and he stored it far away from space and time where humans lived.
And 83,000 years later, a world had formed around the Rock, drawn by it's power and oddness, and given life by magic. And eventually, it was settled by humans.
Underneath their feet, Captain Marvel slept, as he had for thousands of years, until one girl, and one time needed him once more.
He awoke, and came to their aid. But, in truth, it was no longer his time, and even legend had forgotten him. He fought his pride, and won. And he recruited one young woman, who dared to be brave and honest, to be the new champion. No child this one, but a teenager, he told her to say his name. And she did, and a new champion was born, who came to be called Thunder, a hero of two times, two worlds, and two dreams.
And he smiled and taught her, and rested.
And it was good.
