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The Crows

Prologue

It began with the birds… the children of the sky. Humans could keep the earth and fish could stick to the water… the sky was freedom. The birds of prey such as the owls and the falcons were considered the wisest and the strongest, so they were the rulers of the sky. It was believed that the sky was more prosperous than the earth below.

But the earth was prosperous once… and like the earth of old, peace in the sky would not last.

Not too long ago, a new species of bird appeared… their feathers were as black as soot and their ways of accomplishing things were different from the other birds. They were crows. At first, no one knew what to make of these newcomers, there was no species of the like before. They were not doing any harm, so the crows would have been accepted… had the planes not took to the skies.

Not long after the crows arrived, the humans had created huge machines that granted them flight. The birds began to fear that the humans would try to steal the sky away from them. It also seemed too much of a coincidence that a few months after the crows appeared, the humans now knew the power of flight. From that day forward, the crows were considered an ill omen. Whenever a crow was spotted, they would be avoided like the plague.

Years later, it got worse. Food was being stolen everywhere, not only from birds but humans and other animals as well. Whenever a farm was robbed of its crops, a crow would always be spotted near the scene. Humans grew more antagonistic towards birds and would shoot them on sight if they came anywhere near the fields. The birds were just as enraged, not only where they nearly starving, but the earth and sky were virtually at war now… and all fault seemed to point at the crows.

The crows were considered an enemy to birds and were forbidden from any of their societies. Any crow who refused to leave was sentenced to death. But even after they were gone, food continued to disappear. As far as the birds were concerned, the crows were merely signing their death warrant…

What the birds did not know is that the crows were actually puzzled as to what was happening. Whoever was behind this was the reason that the crows were punished so unjustly. It seemed that no one would truly know what happened… until the January the 1st 1941…