In the beginning, there was Winter.
Winter was once the only season in the world. When the loneliness of such an existence became too much to bear, it took a shard of its own life to create a new one. The new season was named Spring. Spring admired Winter as its teacher and trailed behind it day after day. Winter met Spring’s esteem with guidance, and the two seasons cycled each other in intimate harmony.
But the land cried out in protest, demanding time to rest. The creatures would fall in love, then soon plunge into slumber; the trees would grow green, then freeze over. The land claimed endless Winter was better than the current state of affairs. The Winter was too excruciating now that it had known Spring.
Winter was disheartened to hear these grievances but listened to the land’s wishes, once again creating new lives from its own. So came Summer and Autumn. The harsh heat of Summer was born from Winter’s cries after being rejected by the land. Autumn was born from the hope that the gradual loss of life would let the land welcome Winter once again.
The land accepted these terms, and the four seasons were established. As they all followed one another, the world followed their cycle. Spring ran after Winter, with Summer and Autumn behind them. Winter could always turn around and find Spring there, but it wasn’t the same anymore. Spring and Winter’s honeymoon was over.
Winter loved Spring. It loved as the creatures of the earth loved and wed. And Spring, too, as if by fate, loved Winter back.
Summer and Autumn noticed their hidden feelings and proposed to let residents of the land assume the responsibilities of their roles.
These creatures would receive part of their power and cross the land over a year. Agents of the Four Seasons.
At first, they let cows assume the role, but they were too slow and let the winter stay winter year-round.
Then they tried with rabbits, but wolves devoured them.
The birds did the job perfectly—until the next year, when they forgot all about it.
As the four seasons began to despair, the humans volunteered themselves. They asked, in exchange for becoming Agents, that the land bring good harvest and peace.
Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter gave a piece of their power to the humans, and so Winter was permitted to indulge in its love for Spring forever.
So were the Agents of the Four Seasons born.