Fairy Realm: A tale of an imaginary place

At a time, there was a realm where fairies and other creatures lived. The realm was shaped like a circle and was surrounded by a huge mountain chain. The mountains were much higher than any flying creature could fly and stretched much further than any creature could see. The mountains were also almost as steep as a wall. The mountains at the border were each 13958 units from the realm's center. 3 circles divided the realm into 4 parts; each circle's center was the realm's center. The 1st circle (which was between the 1st and 2nd parts) was 4414 units. The 2nd circle (which was between the 2nd and 3rd parts) was 9870 units. The 3rd circle (which was between the 3rd and 4th parts) was 13242 units. The realm had 10 total sections. The 1st and 4th parts were both their own section. The 2nd and 3rd parts were each divided into 4 sections. The 2nd part was divided at the north, east, south, and west. The 3rd part was divided at the northeast, northwest, southwest, and southeast. At the borders of each section were hills that were shaped like hemispheres; they were 100 units high and 200 units wide. There was very little space between the hills on the ground. Also at the borders was a set of rivers which were 10 units deep and 20 units wide. From the rivers on top of the hills were tributaries that went to the edges of the hills; they were each 1 unit deep and 2 units wide and went in the 8 main directions. Between the rivers & tributaries and beside the rivers between the hills were trees that were 100 units high; their bases were 10 units wide. Some of the trees were conifers and some were deciduous; some of the deciduous were fruit trees.

Within the sections of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd parts were 9 total lakes; 1 lake in each section. In the 1st part, the lake was in the very center. In the 2nd part, each lake was 7142 units from the center; their locations were the northeast, the northwest, the southwest, and the southeast. In the 3rd part, each lake was 11556 units from the center; their locations were the north, the east, the south, and the west. All lakes were shaped like hemispheres; they were 250 units deep and 500 units wide. Through these lakes entering and exiting the realm could be done. Most of the time, the person would be unaware of entering or exiting; sometimes a person could be not only aware, but could do either at will. Fairies of this realm had authority (and were able) to force entering or exiting on various individuals, but they would not always; only when a situation required it. Under the lakes were partial toroids that connected each lake with the lakes of adjacent sections. Each toroid was 50 units thick; if extended, the centers would be concentric with their respective lakes. Between the lakes and the rivers were shrubs and flowers at various places; some of the shrubs produced food.

At certain points of the realm were polls that lit up. Each poll came in some group and was divided into a certain number of levels. There were 2 groups of 16 polls, 5 groups of 12 polls, 10 groups of 24 polls, and 1 group of 48 polls. The polls in the groups of 16 were divided into 8 levels; the groups of 12, into 6 levels; the groups of 24, into 12 levels; and the group of 48, into 24 levels. All polls were 720 units high and had a radius of 20 units. The groups of 16 were the same distances from the center as the lakes in the 2nd and 3rd parts. At the center, they formed angles of 15 degrees and 30 degrees with the lakes. One of the groups of 12 was in the 1st part, the other 4 were in the 2nd and 3rd parts; their distances from the center were 2207 units (1st part), 5778 units (2nd part), 8506 units (2nd part), 10713 units (3rd part), and 12399 units (3rd part). In the 2nd and 3rd parts, 3 polls of each group was in each section; 1 poll of those 3 was collinear with the center and the lake of the respective section, the other 2 polls in the section at same distance formed 22.5 degree angles at the center with that 1 poll. In the 1st part, the group of 12 was evenly spaced and 1 poll was at east-northeast. The group of 48 was in the 4th part; its distance from the center was 13600 units. The polls in that group were evenly spaced; 8 polls in it corresponded with the 8 main directions. The polls in each group of 24 were evenly spaced, and each poll in them was collinear with the center and with polls in the other groups of 24. 1 poll in each was at east-northeast. Their distances from the center were 1849 units (1st part), 2565 units (1st part), 5420 units (2nd part), 6136 units (2nd part), 8148 units (2nd part), 8864 units (2nd part), 10355 units (3rd part), 11071 (3rd part), 12041 units (3rd part), and 12757 units (3rd part). The polls would change at a set interval of time. The polls in the groups of 16 would change every 90 minutes; groups of 12, every 2 hours; groups of 24, every hour; group of 48, every half hour. During the 1st interval of a day, a poll would be completely unlit; then in the intervals after that, the levels would become lit 1 at a time beginning with the bottom level and going up. In the interval beginning at the 2nd half of the day, the poll would be completely lit; then in the intervals after, the levels would become unlit 1 at a time beginning with the bottom level and going up. With each poll; the poll clockwise to it in same group would be at the next interval and the poll counterclockwise to it in same group would be at the previous interval. Polls at the same direction in groups of the same number, those would always be at the same interval. Polls in groups of different numbers at the same direction, their intervals would relate closely to each other. A full cycle was 1 day, 30 days was 1 month, and 12 months was 1 year. Nighttime was during the times when the majority of a poll was unlit; daytime was when the majority of the poll was lit. Dawn was when the bottom half was lit; dusk was when the top half was lit.

On top of the polls inside hemispheres is where the fairies of the realm lived. The hemispheres each had a radius of 50 units. Between the polls closest to the lakes (and between the polls in the 4th part) were vines that interlocked with each other; these hemispheres on these polls had a radius of 69 units instead of 50 units, the fairies that guarded the realm lived in these. The vines went as high as the polls and could in a sense open and close. When an entering person was welcome to explore the realm, the vines would open when that person came near and would close went that person went through or went elsewhere. If the person was not welcome, the vines would remain closed; or if the situation required it, the vines could hold the person or even kill it. Those welcomed and not welcomed was determined by the fairies on guard and/or by a ruling fairy. Every hemisphere had a set of holes on the floor. For the ones with the 50 unit radius, there were 8 and corresponded to the 8 main directions. For the ones with the 69 unit radius; the floor had just 2, 1 went toward the lake and the other went the opposite direction. 6 other ones were on the ceiling and formed a regular hexagon, 1 of these also faced toward the lake; one side in each hexagon was 69 units. The ruling fairies lived in spheres that like floated above the lakes and above the places where section borders intersected. The spheres over the border intersections had a radius of 102 units; the spheres over the lakes had a radius of 124 units. Each center was 720 units above surface elevation. The spheres also had 8 holes, but the holes went around the sides instead of on floor or ceiling. Between the border intersection spheres were other spheres on the borders; these totaled 24 and each had a radius of 90 units. The centers of these were also 720 units above surface elevation, and these also had 8 holes facing the 8 main directions; serving fairies lived in these. Other spheres for serving fairies were located half way between those and the vines in the 3rd part and at the midpoints of those in the 1st and 2nd parts; these totaled 44 and each had a radius of 72. The centers of these were actually 870 units above the ground; though these also had 8 holes facing the 8 main directions. All holes in both spheres and hemispheres were circles 20 units wide. The other creatures lived in the trees, rivers & tributaries, on the ground, and underground.

The fairies of the realm were those who governed it. The ruling fairies had authority over all other fairies. Under the ruling fairies, the serving fairies had authority over other fairies; though they did not very often use that authority. Under the serving fairies, the guarding fairies had authority over the other fairies when on duty. All fairies had authority over all creatures in the realm and over those who had previously visited the realm. The ruling fairies were perfect in behavior, immortal, and invincible; yet they could not procreate. The guarding fairies and normal fairies could procreate, yet after a certain amount of time they would fade. The guarding fairies were granted a 1000 year lifespan; normal fairies could live no longer than 700 years. All of the realm's fairies could fly, yet only the ruling fairies and the guarding fairies could stay in water for long periods of time. The other fairies could only stay long enough to reach 10 units and return; or else they would dissolve. The ruling fairies and normal fairies could stay in a fire for long periods of time and not be harmed. The guarding fairies could only stand a few seconds of fire; or else they would evaporate. Serving fairies could not stay long in either water or fire; they would dissolve in water and evaporate in fire if they did stay long. Like the ruling fairies, they also where immortal and unable to procreate. Normal fairies had 1 pair of wings; guarding fairies, 2 pairs; serving fairies, 3 pairs; and ruling fairies, 4 pairs. Each pair of wings was 1 of 10 colors which were red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, black, white, gray, and brown. Both wings of a pair were the same color, though at times a fairy could have different colored pairs. Each color had an original location in the realm. Red began in the southwest section of the 2nd part; orange in the west section of the 3rd part; yellow in the northwest section of the 2nd part; green in the northeast section of the 2nd part; blue in the east section of the 3rd part; purple in the southeast section of 2nd part; black in the south section of the 3rd part; white in the north part of the 3rd part; gray in the 4th part; and brown in the 1st part. In the hemispheres and in the spheres within section borders, all pairs were the section's color; 1 male fairy and 1 female fairy were in each of those. Serving fairies on the borders had 2 colors in their pairs which were the colors of the sections that touched that border; top and bottom pairs were the same color, middle pair was the other color. In those spheres were 4 male fairies and 4 female fairies. Ruling at border intersections had 3 colors in their pairs which were the colors of the sections that met at that intersection; top and bottom pairs were same color, middle pairs were the 2 other colors. 6 male fairies and 6 female fairies lived in those spheres. Whenever normal fairies and guarding fairies gave birth, they always came in male and female pairs; and the color of each pair of wings was always the same as its parents. Most of the time, the number of pairs was the same number as parent's number of pairs; though seldom (twice every 500 years in each section) an offspring pair from normal fairies had 2 pairs of wings whom would later become guarding fairies, and rarely (once every 7000 years in each section) an offspring pair from guarding fairies had 3 pairs of wings (whom would later become serving fairies) or 4 pairs of wings (whom would later become ruling fairies). The age of adulthood for fairies was 200 years which was when normal fairies began their jobs and when guarding fairies and higher began normal training. At age 250 guarding fairies finished normal training and began their job; fairy offspring with 3 and 4 pairs of wings started advanced training. At age 1000, fairy offspring with 3 pairs of wings would take over as serving fairies and fairy offspring with 4 pairs of wings took over as ruling fairies. At that time the fairy that trained him/her would take on mortality; each serving fairy would become 3 normal fairies at age 200 and each ruling fairy would become 2 guarding fairies at age 250. Work time for mortal fairies was during daylight time unless a visitor was coming into their section; time awake would be from dawn to dusk. The immortal fairies worked all the time and never needed sleep. The size of all of the realm's fully grown fairies was about the size of an adult human's hand palm, and each of their wings was slightly longer than their arms.

The ground between the vines and their lakes was dry and impenetrable; in the 4th part, this applied to the area outside of the vines. No creature could dig into it, nor could any tool break it, nor could any plant take root in it; any moisture applied to it would instantly dry up. The only lasting life besides fairies in these boundaries was food that grew on the vines; other living things would be able to survive only as long to walk several times to and from the lake. On the other side of the vines was where the creatures of the realm lived and where plants grew. All creatures that lived in the realm could speak like humans. Some real life creatures that started in the realm were rabbits, mice, squirrels, birds (including owls), cats (including lions), dogs (including foxes & wolves), monkeys, bears, frogs, and snakes; all real life creatures were close to their real life size and had life spans close to their real life counterparts. Other creatures that started in the realm included dragons, trolls, ogres, and goblins; sizes of the creatures varied but lifespan averaged 100 years. When brought from outside the realm, animals that survived getting past the vines would be able to speak like humans and would become residents of the realm. The starting population of each section included a small percentage of humans; size and lifespan was close to those of real life humans. There were not any pets in the realm for all residents had similar jobs and similar needs. Humans who lived in the realm that reached the end of their life were transformed into either a normal fairy or a guarding fairy depending upon which kind was able to take it; the age of the fairy was the age of the person's death, color of wing pair was determined by the color of their section. Other creatures were put into graves at their death; those of them that did great deeds for the good while in the realm had a replica of themselves on top of their grave. The graves floated 570 units above the surface.

In the 1st 1000 years of the realm, no visitor came into the realm. In the 25th year, the original guarding fairies and normal fairies had their first offspring. At an interval of 25 years from that time, more offspring were produced. In the 125th year, the 1st guarding fairies from normal fairies were born; at an interval of 250 years from then, normal fairies gave birth to other guarding fairies. In the 2nd 1000 years, there still was not any visitor that came. In the 1750th year, guarding fairies gave birth to their 1st serving fairies; at an interval of 7000 years from then, other serving fairies were born. In the 3rd 1000 years, no visitor came into the realm. In 4th 1000 years at year 3500, the 1st visitor came. It was a male, and he came through the middle lake. After taking a tour of the realm, he married a female in the center section and settled down. In the year 4500, 4 other visitors came into the realm through the lakes of the 2nd part. They were 4 males. They also took a tour of the realm, married females, and settled down. In the 6250th year, guarding fairies gave birth to their 1st ruling fairy; at an interval of 7000 years from then, other ruling fairies were born. In the year 10500, 4 more visitors came into the realm through the lakes of the 3rd part. They were 4 females. They and the following visitors repeated the same kind of steps of the visitors before them; all marriages were to the opposite gender. The 4th group of visitors came in the year 11500 through the lakes of the 1st and 2nd parts. They were 5 females. The 5th group of visitors came in the year 17500 through the lakes of the 1st and 3rd parts. They were 5 males. The 6th group of visitors came in the year 18500 through the lakes of the 2nd and 3rd parts. They were 8 males. The 7th group of visitors came in the year 24500 through each of the realm's lakes. They were 9 females.

In the year 25500, evil came into the realm. Big boats appeared on each lake and huge clouds covered the sky. The minds of many residents became poisoned, though the fairies were not among them. The most poisoned were of those who were descendants of the visitors; the other minds were mildly poisoned. Those whose minds were mildly poisoned behaved violently; they smashed various items against walls, tore up the ground, and made high pitched sounds. Those whose minds were very poisoned behaved more violently; they would hurt/injure other people, animals, and themselves. The fairies that lived closest to the lakes went to destroy the boats and those inside the boats. The other fairies went to cleanse the minds, heal the bodies, and repair damages. Each fairy was able to do their tasks; though when all boats were destroyed and when those inside were all dead, stronger boats appeared at the same places. When the new boats appeared, the clouds thickened and poisoned minds became more poisoned & new minds became poisoned; yet cleansed minds were protected from becoming poisoned again and those people were made slightly younger and 100 years was added to their life spans. The new boats were also destroyed and those inside also became dead, yet the same things happened again; this process was repeated a long time. In the year 28500, all minds became cleansed and no more boats appeared; yet the evil remained for the soil and plants were tainted with it.

In the year 31500, a female came through the center lake. Like the visitors before her, she took a tour of the realm, married someone of the opposite gender, and settled down; this applied to also the following visitors. In 32500, 4 females came through the lakes of the 2nd part. In 38500, 4 males came through the lakes of the 3rd part. In 39500, 5 males came through the lakes of the 1st and 2nd parts. In 45500, 5 females came through the lakes of the 1st and 3rd parts. In 46500, 8 females came through the lakes of the 2nd and 3rd parts. In 52500, 9 males came through each of the realm's lakes. In 53500, evil returned and done what it had done before; again the descendants of the visitors were the most poisoned. By 56500, all minds were cleansed and the evil was destroyed; the realm became safe.