Prologue
What Crushed the Dream
I can't remember how it all started; maybe it was the dimming sun
I don't I want to be there when it ends yet it still feels like it has yet to begun
I don't know where to go, and I don't know what I'll find
Yet here I wander and yet here I try to keep my state of mind
Fight back the insanity its hard cause it's taking such control of me.
And all I can do is watch as the earth crumbles beneath my feet.
It hurts to listen, it hurts to see, it hurts breath, and it hurts to utter a single breath of speech.
Those peaceful days that I yearn for are now forever gone
Just when did I see that dimming sun?
Life forgotten, hearts broken, people forsaken, my soul is aching
Should I fight to live or should find a way to die?
These thoughts just keep on clouding my mind!
And all because we didn't listen! And all because we didn't try to save mother earth!
Why so stubborn? Why so horribly stubborn!
Why couldn't we take each other's hands? Maybe then we could have saved our lands!
Maybe then…we might have stood a chance. But instead all I can do is watch as wars keep being fought.
And hope continues to be lost...I feel mother earth and her cries
We all should have known the minute we saw the dimming sunlight…
The world is ending when it could have been changing…
This song it seems to haunt me, ever since I rescued that girl all I can ever do is hear that song. It seems to be the only one she sings, and even as I left I cannot forget that sad and lonely voice.
It only makes me yearn for my childhood days. It's hard to believe that year's ago that the world was still healthy and beautiful; yes we had hard times but nothing like this. Chaos has all but spread across the globe the people fear of what is to come next.
I will fight for my country always but I can't help but feel that we shouldn't be fighting that we should try to come together and share what is left. These thoughts I share only to myself for if I ever expressed them aloud then I would be punished in the harshest of ways.
These enemies what are they really? I can no longer see them as such things now I only see them as I see myself…a soldier forced to fight under a dimly lit sun.
March 21st, 3572
Signed: One who fights without Pride
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It all happened 37 long years ago, I find it hard to remember anything about how it all started. Wars over water and food, blood staining our once great nations, that little bit of humanity left inside of them... Lost.
We should have listened closer to what was happening, we should have seen the signs. We were killing the earth we were given. Many lives were lost from heat, hunger, thirst.. Though most of all, bombs.
Countries have been torn apart, nature has been unbalanced by the loss of animals and plant life from the radiation of nuclear weapons.
Hope has been lost, though we keep fighting.
For what, though..? I don't know anymore.
I've lost people who I once thought were friends. I have made friends in those I once saw as enemies. And those people in between, well.. I don't know what happened to them; they just sort of…Disappeared.
April 19th... 3572.
Signed: A Prisoner Of War
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War is still waging over water and food for the countries, the constant fight is soon coming to an end, as we are running out. Mother Earth is sick, dying before our very eyes, her figure is tattered and bruised with the bomb shells that have hit and exploded onto her, digging into her very flesh. She can't take any more of the senseless killing. She gave the earth as a gift, though the sons and daughters of many, many different gods are ripping it, and her, to shreds.
Something needs to be done, and soon.
Signed: April 19th, 3572.
Soldier with No Name.
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It's the end, I can tell. The continents are heating, merging... Volcanos erupt, the earth shakes for hours on end a day, hurricanes and tornadoes tear at the places we used to call home... Bombs strike at night, and tsunami's hit by morning, clearing the area of the bodies that lay, bloodied, around the world. Forever to be nameless people, with horror stricken faces.
Signed: May 12th, 3572.
The Man Who Lost His Humanity.
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"Don't worry children of earth..." a voice soothing voice calls spreading it's warmth towards the hearts of each and every person who craves salvation and for the pain to end. "It will all be over soon... I will save you all."
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It's the year 4000... Happy freakin new year…
What better way to live your life; then endear it through a war that has lasted over a thousand years? It all started over one common denominator…natural resources. In the 2500's Global Warming after all they preaching and warnings had finally taken its toll to the point that no matter how strong the people's efforts became it was too late to stop the drastic changes that soon overcame the earth. Almost all of the Polar Ice Caps had melted from the heat, earthquakes overcame the earth, and dormant volcanoes became active again releasing toxic ash and molten lava almost constantly for weeks, countries that had been flooded or even submerged by the ocean. All disasters and more had taken hold of the earth and destroyed more than half of it within only ten years. There was little left for people to be able to live and thrive on. Needless to say nations had been destroyed and died out along with their people and their lands.
In these times of crisis many then formed small, tight knit alliances, others despite the tragedy, felt extreme hatred toward one another. The source of the hate? Through jealousy, rage, and just pure pain while one fights to find a way to live I guess through such circumstances everyone needs someone to hate just so they can find satisfaction in what they so disturbingly call life. It was this very hate and pain that started the war that would plunge what was little left of the world into chaos and war.
But every wildfire needs a spark before destroying all in its path, in this case the spark was the North American brothers; America and Canada. Of all the nations on earth America was of the few hit the hardest, earthquakes and natural disasters of huge magnitude shook the country as things had calmed later the nation would discover that within the wreckage almost all of his children ,the states, were killed. The only area left with a livable climate and environment was the Pacific Northwest. While in Canada to others it looked as he was stricken with good luck for as the climate got warmer and the ice melted fresh water flowed within the country creating new lakes and rivers. However as they melted a new ocean had formed and half of that water had flowed out towards the ocean and Canada was having more trouble than what most believed but even so he had more than anyone else had. America took this the hardest and felt betrayed that his own brother had refused to share and help him as his children started to die out one by one. As the rage grew and build stronger within him America broke his bond with his brother permanently, as he invaded Canada taking water, vegetation, as well as captured the Prime Minister and several Canadian citizens holding them hostage where he threatened to kill them all if Canada did not surrender half of his land. Enraged Canada retaliated by sending out his military forces for a full out assault against America. Only to result in America himself sending out his own forces each with the intent to defeat and even kill the other. In the process the remaining states had been killed leaving only one alive Washington State who was also left with pockets of survivable climate and landscape. From there the battles had escalated, it wasn't long before the other nations had tried to interfere to stop them. But instead of keeping the battle at bay the remaining nations had soon joined the battle picking sides between the two brothers.
Most joined America for they were also in desperate need of food and water just as he was; other's joined with Canada for reasons of their own. Thus started World War III almost every nation had been locked into a battle that did not seem to end all the while the earth still continued through incredible climate changes that took more and more nations lives. However as they fought it was Mother Earth who took the hardest out of all them, already had she been weakened but as the nation's fought the worse her condition became and the more pain that each day of her life had brought. Every bomb that was dropped only added to her wounds, every land structure destroyed reopened wounds thought to be long closed. It was all too much and all too great.
She had no control of what was happening everything she had hoped for her children was being destroyed as each scar had appeared with the death of more of her children and grandchildren. The years came and went and each time she wished for it to end. But never did it end 500 years had passed and more and more of the land was deteriorating, more lives were lost finally she had enough and thus pulled the continents together. The entire earth had shook as the lands were pulled closer and closer together the sound of collapsing and grinding rock will forever haunt their ears as well as the cries for help and the screams of the lives lost. The earth did not stop shaking for two full days as the continents had been joined not exactly like how they were in the beginning but none of the less they had been forced as one landmass. It was the earth's hope that her children would take advantage of this situation and figure out a way to work together and live as one land rather than separate nations. However it was a fleeting hope for the way the nations saw it this only made it easier to attack each other.
Which now brings us to today in the year 4000 the war still continues there have yet to be any signs of any possible cease fire, break, or end. Technology has become almost useless as power is has been diminished; the nations are only able to produce enough electrical power for two hours each day. Means of transportation have almost been destroyed as there is only a few vehicles left, trains are useless for the tracks had been destroyed, and the only few planes left are used only to drop bombs where they are slowly being destroyed; not even horses are available for they have been driven into extinction. However even that doesn't seem to slow the efforts of any of the nations. The world's population now has been forced to believe that the only way it'll end is when Mother Earth finally dies or when the Nations kill each other whatever comes first. This is the story of the war that consumed everything and how it still grows whether the war will end or if it will continue until everything is dead has yet to be seen. All one can do is watch and wait for the results that are to come.
End of Chapter
Hello everyone I thank all who read this fic. I do hope you enjoyed it, this story is based on a roleplay on gaia titled the Dream is Over. The plot is all thanks to Mapleburgers and the later chapters ahead you can thank my fellow role players. Expect epic battles, heart breaking drama, as well as all kinds of twists and turns along the road as we explore deeper into the tragic events of the world's devastation. You can find the original RP here gaiaonline. com/_forum/_series-related-miscellaneous-role-play/_the-dream-is-over-dark-hetalia-rp-o-a/t.72421699_1/ (delete the dashes if you want to get to it without issues) My OC is Willow Evergreen Jones aka Washington State, and in case there are those who have seen this OC I have two accounts so I used that OC for the story on my other account. But enough about me it's time for a chapter preview.
In the next chapter we will take a look out the ones who started the war that's right you'll get a closer look at the dispute between Canada and America. I assure the changes are incredible but what do you expect as you watch everything die in front of you and have a hunger for blood fueled by hatred? Whatever you expect be sure to find out in the next chapter.