From the Journal of Private Ludwig Beilschmidt
To my Feli: In hopes this will find you well,
It's been 14 days now, Feli, of our unit relieving the front lines, and it has been nearly a full year since I have seen your smiling face. Life has not gotten any easier. Everyone seems to be close to death or dead. One of the soldiers, Franz Kemmerich, lost his leg from the thigh down. I don't think he will make it through the next day or two. Müller already has his sights set on getting his boots. God knows how we could all use new boots. This war is awful, absolutely awful. It is nothing like our schoolmaster's told us it would be like. They told us of the glory of war, and how we, "The Iron Youth" would become proud heroes of war. However that is not the case, it never will be. Our entire elder generation is "convinced that they are acting for the best-in a way that costs them nothing".
Feli, I've come to believe that it has all been a lie, from day one.
They have betrayed us, and in no small fashion. They told us of the 'glorious' battles fought throughout all of history; of how men come back as heroes. But now, after only a few days on the front, it is clear to me, that what they told us, were merely fairy tales, and told nothing of the reality or the truth of what war really is.
We are continuously fighting for their cause, following their orders and losing our lives. This war we are fighting, is because of them, and they are doing nothing to stop it, except for sending us out to fight their battles. So many have died, more than I can bear to count.
We are no longer the Iron Youth, I am no longer so naïve as to think our commanders are the infallible men in this war that you and I thought them to be.
I know now that I am continuously fighting not only the enemy, but the thoughts of losing any hope I once had to come out of this alive and being able to see you again. I know that I must continue onward, I must push through this, despite our superiors betrayal. I will not go down without a fight, I will persevere.
A note from the Radish:
HELOOOO LOVELY READERS! And how are you this fine place in time? I am back with an all new story.. series.. journal entries.. thingy...
Yeaaaahhh...
It was an English assignment.. (again) and we had to write journals using quotes from a book...and.. well... I turned it into fan fiction to make it more enjoyable to write.. After all this is based off a book that was set in WW1... In Germany.. In the point of view of a German soldier..
It was practically screaming "Oh please miss majestic radish! I wish to enter the world anew as a fan fiction"
Naturally I responded,"Meh, sure, why not." And so here we have it!
Okay guys so as a warning, yes, these chapters will be short. But that's only because I want this story to have the feeling of separate journal entries for each chapter.
The rest of the chapters will be posted throughout the next two weeks or so. I like spreading things out. Plus final are/were coming up so I have to /had to study.
Please leave reviews if you liked it!
If you didn't, well, then you don't have to keep reading and I'm sorry I wasted your time. (Not really)
Aaaaaannny who.. Radish out!
(Hint: the name of the book is.. drumroll... All Quiet on the Western Front)