I know y'all are going to hate me for this, but I can't help but start the postings of this story... it's something that i've been working on for a little bit of time and it's one of my favorites. I know, I have other stories to write, but this one is almost completed, yay! The others, well, I'm starting to get off track with them, not that you'd know. AND, I've been intrigued by a few other ones that I wish to start delving into because of the ideas that have been sparked in me these last few recent days... Hopefully this one is completed within the month, and you'll have to review to recieve more chapters. J/k, I don't know when I'll update, but I hope its fairly consistant...

"It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both."

-Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527), The Prince

11/20/06 (to page 6/ ch.5) slash taken up again 8/22/07 to pg 110 (12/08) rest… after that, lol…

"Both sides will continue to fight until we destroy each other. We need to find a way to end this." Endymion heard from his most trusted advisor, Malachite.

"What should we do?" Endymion questioned.

"Technology wise, we are more advanced, it is them who needs to offer the first sacrifice."

Endymion refrained from stating the obvious and nodded. "Then we shall wait."

Meanwhile King Onka was hearing the same thing. His decision already made. "Bring me my youngest."

His lead guard nodded and sent their best runner to their village and brought his daughter to them. All he could do was wait.

EAN: (28 April 2010) It's amazing how different that AN- 11-13-07 is from what this has become today… I want to thank everyone for their reviews, and appreciate them, and love for more J that said, I know a few of you, or at least 1 of you wanted it to be more political. I'm not sure if it is going to be, I hope it fits what you're looking for, in my mind it had a political under current throughout and the quote is more important to the story line than actual politics in the world today…. And lets keep in mind please, that when I wrote most of this, it was 2007, a very different world than today, even if we might not recognize it or even fully understand it. I know I don't, but I live in a different world and a different view of it, even if I can't put my finger on the button.