Change
Change. It's what we all read about in books, non-fiction or fiction. It's what dream about, aspire for. It's what I've always dreamt about; all I ever wanted. A chance to fight is a risk I would surely take. I say, if death is to come then let it take the weak, the ones who cannot fight, even for freedom. That's what i always thought, and that's what changed.
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I was out in the market the day I first saw her. I was in a new unfamiliar world. Sweet scents and vibrant colours could've blinded but when I saw her I could've been anywhere, even home. I was sent to America to seek money to bring home money for my family, a mission almost forgotten when I saw her.
She was beautiful. Here, I have seen so many people trying to look beautiful with layers of makeup and little clothing, large chests and small hips, but she wasn't like them. I came into the shop and she didn't even look up and try to batter her lashes up at me. I could see no makeup on her face and could tell she wasn't dressing herself to impress anyone, not that she looked bad. She was beautiful.
"Daren Valdez?" Her voice was silky. She still didn't look up.
"At your service." I responded.
"You're right on time." she still sounded blank, even though she had just complimented me. "My father is waiting in the back."
-30 mins later-
I had scored my first job in America for 20 dollars per hour, and all I needed to do was assist Aleeysha, the lady who greeted me when I entered. My boss's daughter, isn't that just great?
I should probably tell you why I had come to America in the first place. I live on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean that only the residents on our island know about. Our technology is higher grade than the majority of population would think possible, which is why no one knows about it. The reason for such privacy is because when our original leader found out about the rest of the world, he thought that we were better. Back then they would just bribe whoever found our island, but now we didn't need that.
Perhaps, the reason our nations are in the state that they are in now is because of that same leader hundreds of years back. He put the idea in our heads that we could be better than others. That's why we are in war. When he died, our nation split in two. There were twin leaders who had a quarrel over which one is better. Everyone took sides.
Where am I in this war? I am with my namesake "Darren Stong". I will fight until I die, but right now I had a family to support. My father was growing ill, the only remedy was expensive.