The fall of man came without much notice. Their numbers went down gradually until only few remained. The world came to a crumble at first. Time seemed to go backwards towards the age of the cavemen. Luckily the world had Amazons.
Women took over all roles allocated by men. At first this seemed like a blessing now that women took over. It meant that men no longer had to fear, all they had to focus on was boosting their numbers. The world looked like it would eventually heal. However, the number in men didn't rise.
Decades past and the world seemed to get on. Amazons - the new name from the female species - was dominant towards everything, much like how men were before hand. However, they began to see men as being lower species. They renamed them 'Lesser's'.
Soon, men were hunted like meat, forced to fight Amazon's in arenas, places of entertainment. Plays were held, music was played and blood was spilled. The battles held in the arena had simple rules. One, the only way a Lesser could win was by killing the Amazon which he had to battle against. Two, Amazon's - if they won - had two choices: kill the Lesser or keep it as a 'Pet'. Most Amazon's choose to keep Lesser's as Pets to show of their strength. If an Amazon had more Pets they were assumed to be wealthy or showing that they came from a rich tribe. Also, if a tribe had many Pets then the bigger that tribe would become.
The year was 3411 A.D.
The world is now split into various fractions looking like various times in history. The places once known as the world powers have no crumbled into large tribes similar looking to the Nomadic time period. There are some parts of the world with technological advancement but they are secured in remote cities which almost no one has full access to.
The warm season had started. A sign of fertility. A smaller tribe lead by Chief Hundi would be expecting a newborn soon. One of the younger Amazon's had recently took a Lesser as her pet and had decided she wished to help the growth of her tribe. Hundi was beaming with pride for the Amazon.
"The more the merrier!" she'd call, wrapping her arms around the pregnant Amazon.
The youth Amazon's were giddy with excitement as her belly grew in size. They would join hands and skip around the Amazon, singing and praying that the sex would be female.
That thought had never crossed the young Amazon's mind. What if her child was a Lesser? What would happen? She shook away such questions and was sure that the child would be a fellow Amazon. After all, Chief Hundi had given birth to all females, it should then run within her.
Her wishful thinking did not do much. The birth of the child came.
After five hours of screaming the Amazon gave birth.
It was during the night, when all the youths were told to be asleep. One youth, however, decided she wanted to see how a child was born. Seeing the Amazon in so much pain scarred her from ever wishing to bare a child herself. What happened next, however, shook the young Amazon to her very core.
The child was a Lesser. The Amazon who gave birth to the child screamed to be given her baby as he wailed. One of the Amazons who had help deliver the baby held it up by its ankle.
"What do I do?" she asked the Chief.
The Chief looked stunned, her mouth agape and eyes disbelieving. An Old One - the leaders of all Amazon's - was there to over see the birth. She whispered to the Chief. Gulping, the Chief nodded as the Old One left the hut.
The youth quickly hid as the Old One exited. Once she presumed it to be safe the youth quickly took to the small opening, not wanting to miss anything.
The Amazon who'd gave birth to the Lesser still screamed for her child. She begged for them just to let her hold him. They did not let her. She screamed again asking them to at least let her touch him. They did not allow that either.
The baby was placed on a table while the frantic Amazon was pinned down.
"No! No! No! Please! I beg of you!" she screamed at the top of her lungs. "Please no!"
Another Amazon blocked the view of the baby for the youth to see what was happening. At the time, the youth did not understand why the other Amazon held up something shiny and why the baby's cry suddenly stopped.
"No!" screamed the birth mother. "Why!? I begged you! Why!? Why?!"
The mother Amazon fell to her knees. The other Amazon stood in front of the birth mother. The shiny thing still in her hand - only it had become a different crimson colour.
Before the youth was able to see what happened next an older Amazon yelled for her.
"Anastasia!"
The Amazon grabbed her arm and yanked her back. "You know you're not supposed to be here."
"But-"
"No, come on, time for bed."
The youth looked back at the hut and noticed that the screaming had stopped all together. She didn't understand why. At the time she was too young to have any understanding of how the world she lived in worked.
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