15: Once Upon A Light-Year

. . . I N    T H E    B E G I N N I N G, there was nothing but nothingness itself, with no time. No reality. No matter; except for the pre-existing primordial state of the blank universe. No light. An endless void of total darkness.

This changed when there was a sudden explosion. An explosion that cast a bright light illuminating all through the vast emptiness as if a massive light bulb had been turned on. The primordial state of pre-existence had grown weary of its long-term inactivity which had then resulted into the ignition of what was but a tiny little spark. A spark that would unfold into a chain of multiple cosmic reactions and hence . . .The Big Bang itself!

From deep within the explosion, the first of the debris split into three, forming the first objects to ever exist in the cosmos and with the energy from the huge explosion, each of the three pieces acquired a different power with w