Balázs Kalcsó
Once upon a time there was a secret area in a secret world where animals ruled. They lived in various communities, like humans. The biggest of all the communities was the fish kingdom. From immense depths to the top of the ocean the fish lived happily.
One day they woke to find that some of them were missing from the river areas. They immediately alerted a team of investigators, and their people established a connection with every other kingdom. The investigators concluded that a new threat was emerging. The fish king was furious and wanted to find the lost citizens. Whenever they tried to speak with the king, he ignored them, not wanting to hear about a potential threat. The answers soon arrived from the other kingdoms. The birds offered to circle above their area to scout the waters. The land-based kingdoms also provided support.
Then one day the king was found dead. He was murdered! An emergency council was set up, and they started questioning everyone. Then one of the birds called them and said that a dinosaur had eaten their king. The fish were livid and asked the land kingdom if they knew about it or not. Upon learning that the land had been taken by the dinosaurs, they fled to the birds. Then the remaining kingdoms declared a war against the dinosaurs.
After centuries of fighting they came to an agreement that they would leave each other alone and live in harmony. A new species was established by the dinosaurs which did not eat flesh but plants. This would lead to a long period of peace. The lands were devastated, but they did not know that an old threat would bring new harm, this time coming from space.
A big asteroid was going towards Earth; they had not prepared for this, as the dead king had ignored it. Soon the dinosaurs thought it was a kind of twisted mockery which the fish and the bird kingdom had created against them. So another war broke out, but the asteroid collided with Earth. The fish were fleeing towards the depths and the birds to the mountains, but few remained of both kingdoms. With big clouds and no sunlight all kingdoms were separated and their languages destroyed; they basically did not know that the other existed.
After the Earth cooled down, repopulation of the lands was the goal for both the fish and the birds. And that is the story of a world where animals ruled the world.
The humans later appeared and started exploring the oceans. One prophecy that was once told in the fish kingdom said: ”After the Doom we went deep into the crust and lived there for long decades. We established a safe haven 11 kilometers deep into the ocean. It is sealed and it will protect us. Down here the waters are warm, and surprisingly lush seaweed forests are to be found. There will be a Conqueror (humans) which will further harm us, but they will never be able to travel to the depths because the vault will not be opened until the fish rise once again.”