… rustling in the leaves was a small creature, not more than 4 inches in length. On a forceful day, it might be found standing on its hind legs and even then it would be little more than half a foot high. Still, it was the ruler of the forest from which it had evolved.

Those are the opening lines from a story I never read - well, “read” I guess is the key word there. From what I remember, the “creature” in question looked a bit like what your imagination would conjure if I described a mouse morphed with dragon - but remaining the size of a mouse. the creature was called a Vesper … but no relationship to the drink or the scooter.

The Vesper was both quick *and* ferocious - at least to anything that crossed its path. Yet to most creatures of the forest, the Vesper was the guardian. The Vesper was also a very old creature - older than nearly every other thing that dwelled in the vast growth. Most reckon it has evolved over millennia but not quite sure from what. It had no real root origins in any phylum or species. And yet, the Vesper was more often than not respected for its fair undertaking of the goings on in the deep woods. That was, until the day that the forest was besieged by the “invaders”. The Vesper knew it’s domain was in jeopardy but knew even more keenly that it’s presence should be disguised.

So, it was, that the Vesper took to the caves and the darkness. Time passed and the Vesper grew more accustom to the dark. It’s eyes became sensitive to light and its body grew anemic. It gained a keen sense of space and objects in its vicinity. Time passed too for the “invaders” and they grew in numbers. The Vesper multiplied too, but in hiding.

There would come a time when the Vesper over crowded all of its dark places and could no longer keep in hiding. Given it’s extended evolution of darkness, the Vesper only ventured out under the cloak of darkness - an environment suited to it’s generations in hiding. It was seldom seen in the night and when it was it was not recognized for what it once was and how it had became its current form from its long forgotten presence.

to be continued ….

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