Apollo

On a certain building in a certain town, there is a clock whose hands only move one day a year.

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Apollo hatched when the clock hands in the main square stopped. No one knows why the clock hands stopped. They just did. From the moment of his hatching Apollo was treated .. strangely. He wasn't treated badly however no one really wanted to be near him for fear they may also stop. This fear wasn't unwarranted however. There were several other eggs in Apollo's nest that never hatched. Their hearts stopped the moment Apollo hatched. On his first birthday the clock hands moved yet someone who was near Apollo dropped dead because their heart stopped. They were old however so it was chalked up to being a coincident. On his second birthday Apollo was playing with some familiars and the moment those clock hands moved every familiar died because their heart stopped. From that day on days leading up to and after his birthday Apollo would be completely outcast. People would run from him and hide from him. No one wanted to be with him on his birthday so eventually Apollo fled the town and as soon as he was out of the town the clock's hands began to tick. The townspeople celebrated. Time began to flow normally again and stayed flowing normally until Apollo's next birthday. The town was wiped out by a massive meteor that destroyed and killed everyone leaving only the clock standing. Apollo returned soon after to find the town destroyed. From that day on Apollo stayed at the clock never leaving for more than a few hours to forage for food.

Years went by like this. No one seemed to notice he was missing. No one came looking for him. No one missed him. It was as if he were frozen in time where no one noticed that he was in fact missing. It went on like this for over a hundred years until one day someone showed up. It was Apollo's birthday and as he waited for the clock hands to move Azaran showed up. The clock hands ticked by yet Azaran wasn't killed. Apollo stared at Azaran in amazement and Azaran just smiled. The clock hands continued to tick by and eventually Apollo and Azaran left the clock together and ventured back out into the world.