"How do these filthy people stand it?" He murmured to himself as he walked down the street. Not caring to step aside to remove himself from many people's chosen path he jostled them continuously. Some looked up, as if to remark, or something more severe, but his glares quashed their anger and annoyance immediately. After meeting his eyes the averted theirs and hurried on.

Sneering in contempt he marched on, never wavering in his stride. He was making his way to the centre of the city, where he was to perform his task in concert with the rest of his companions scattered across the world. Tonight their time would come again.

As he neared his destination a smile crept unto his face. It was nearly time, after so many years of being scorned, and forgotten. He threw back his head and laughed maniacally. So many years had driven him insane, yet he cared not; he felt the madness, had made peace with it, it was part of him now and it was the only thing that would allow him to restore order and have his vengeance.

"I dedicate this, the first tree, the great tree of life, to my brother. Without him all would have been lost." After speaking the words, he opened his eyes. Before him on the trunk, his words glowed, as if burned into the bark. Those words would glow for all time, and all who looked upon them knew great sacrifice and great joy. He rose, turned his back, and walked on, there was much work yet to do.

He raised his arms and the ring became a column of the flame, hiding him from view. With a roar he let all of his anger, frustration and insanity go with the power. He flung it outwards. It consumed all it came in contact with instantly. An ever-growing column of pure fury it was. Still roaring wordlessly he flung it ever outwards until he collapsed, his body turned to dust from handling so much pure energy.

"Thank you brother, you shall not be forgotten as you were last time, I will see to that." Splaying his fingers over the ash he closed his eyes. The earth rumbled, and erupted. Tremendous branches shot upward, hundreds of feet into the sky. Before the being stood the mightiest tree to ever be.

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