Still Waiting

by Rosario Kyle

"On June 20th, 1863, West Virginia split from Virginia and became her own state. It caused her and her brother immense pain but as long it would help Alfred, it didn't matter to her." This is a Civil War story mainly involving Virginia and West Virginia.

1. Prologue

In 1861, America was divided. The southern states wanted to secede; the northern states did not want them to. Thus the last war fought on American started: The Civil War.

Alfred F. Jones, the embodiment of the United States of America, felt as if he was being split in two. He didn't want the states to fight, he especially didn't want the southern states to leave. A few of them had been with him from the beginning. But, there had been two others that had felt the pain even more.

Heaven and James, the embodiments of Virginia, had felt the tolls of war even more. On June 20th, 1863 Heaven left her twin brother behind and became her own state. She left everything that reminded her of her brother behind.

The next time that they would meet would be on the battlefield in a land that, at one time, both of them cared for and loved.