The Fate Of Humanity

"As within so without, as above so below.”

"You say that every single time I ask. Why does our ship only have humans? The Zets have superhuman strength and don't require any food. The Thrussons can make themselves invisible which would be SUPER helpful on some of our missions and the Sah'aeth, hell they don't even need a spacesuit. They just breathe space." Aldrin exclaimed.

Aurora shook her head.

"Well, it's about time you learned your history anyway Aldrin. Do you know why we left Earth?" Aurora asked.

"We killed the planet" Aldrin replied.

"Yes... and no. Are you familiar with the concept of auras?" asked Aurora

"What, like that new age psychic mumbo jumbo? Come on Aur you're not going to tell me you actually believe in that stuff that's lik-"

Aurora put up her hand, Aldrin immediately stopped talking. While he considers Aurora a friend, he knew better than to ruffle her feathers.

"All living creatures have auras. The trees, humans, every other species of alien in all of space. Humans, in specific, have a type of aura that mute the effects of magic. This is what we did to our planet. First, we killed the fae folks. We didn't mean to, of course, we were not aware but without their magic, they could not survive. Then the elves, the dragons... The witches who understood what was happening tried to teach others and show them how to alter and shield their aura from other beings so that they wouldn't hurt anyone but that didn't work. Once we were done with earth and left magicless, we started to affect the earth itself" Aurora explained.

"Alright, let's say I believe you, I'm not saying I don't, but let's say I do, why on Earth are we going to make contact with the Galactic Federation?" asked Aldrin.

"I need to speak with Morgana," Aurora said.

"Who?" asked Aldrin

"You may better recognize the name as Morgan Le Fey..." Aurora trailed off.

"Like from King Arthur that we read about back on Earth?" Aldrin laughed.

"She is real Aldrin, she was one of the faes who were able to leave our world so that she may protect and keep their race alive," stated Aurora.

"Well okay, but what the heck do you need her for?" asked Aldrin.

"I'm pregnant, and the father isn't human. I need to know if my aura will cancel out the child's and if they will be born human or if I will die carrying it, or if I am able to give birth what that means for the future. If the child has some kind of protection from my aura, this maybe be the way that humans can finally get into the Galactic Federation. We aren't going to survive much longer out here without some allies."

Morgana would be the best person to guide Aurora. Aurora knew this, and was doing everything in her power to see her. There would be some resistance when they got to the federation for sure, but Aurora prepared the ship as well as she possibly could.

As they approached the federation, drone ships came out to scan their ship. Aurora could see the bright green lights radiating through the windows of the ship, before suddenly turning into red lights.

“Humans detected. You will be disintegrated in ten… nine… eight...”

Aldrin started at Aurora, hoping that she had planned for this.

Aurora not so calmly hit a button on her console. It played a prerecorded message set to broadcast to whomever would listen.

“My name is Aurora Yarrow, Captain of the Starship Endling.”

“...six...five… four...”

“I come to seek an audience with Morgana, I am with child-”

The counting stopped, the lights stopped flashing red. The drones now projected a hologram into the room where Aldrin and Aurora were standing. The display shows a woman with dark hair and violet eyes.

“I am Morgana, while I understand your dilemma and why you seek an audience, before we can let you into the federation we do need to take certain precautions and bind your auras.”

“I understand” said Aurora.

Aurora completely understood Morgana’s point of view, wanting to protect herself and all of the other lives at the federation. She knew what she had to do, for her sake, for her child’s sake and the fate of humanity.