Flash Back
A little girl huddled close to her mother and sister. They could hear the screaming and the pounding of boots outside getting closer to their dark hiding place. The rain leaked through the rotting ceiling of the small attic corner. The small brown haired child cried softly in the arms of her shaking mother.
"Are they going to find us mama? Are we going to die?"
The little girl's older sister looked into the large questioning eyes. "Ssh, everything will be alright Lizzy," she whispered, but inside she was fearing for her life. If they found her small family they would tear them apart. Her mother was very sick and her sister was too young to work. They had been hiding in the attic space for months, managing to elude the hunters. Now the soldiers were strip-searching every house in the small town.
Her train of thought was cut off as she heard the yelling of orders resonating from the bottom levels of the house they were in. She may not have been able to understand what they were yelling, but she pulled herself closer to her trembling mother and sister. From out side the door leading to the attic they heard the heavy rise and fall of steel-toed boots on the wood floor. The doorknob turned and the three held their breath…
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Piercing blue eyes flashed open to meet sliver moonlight. The young princess gasped, chocking back sobs. The starlight reflected off of her tear stained cheeks. She curled up into the fetal position and hugged her teddy bear. What was that? It was so real…so scared… She lay awake in her bed, trying to convince her self that it was a bad dream.
Relena dragged her self down the hallway of the preventer's building. She brought a hand up to rub her sleep filled eyes, only four hours of sleep last night thanks to the dream. The sleep deprived princess stopped in front of a door that read Director Une. Yay, another meeting, she thought as she tugged a wrinkle out of her burgundy skirt and quietly knocked on the door.
"Come in," was the reply from in the room. Relena opened the door and stepped in. "Just a minute Mrs. Dorlan," greeted Lady Une, her ear glued to the phone. "Yes Mr. President, we're doing our best. Good day." She hung up and collapsed into the large chair behind her desk.
"And I thought I was over worked. Good morning Mrs. Une," Relena said with a smile as she sat down in a mahogany chair facing the drained Une.
Lady Une sighed. "Thank you for coming Mrs. Relena. I've brought you here to ask if you will speak at the swearing in ceremony tomorrow morning. With all the fighting among races lately on Earth and in the colonies we need some extra help. Here's the list or new recruits, I trust you recognize some of the names on there." The woman handed Relena a list of names. The young girl's eyes widened as she read the many names.
"Heero?"
"Yes, he has come back to help us, Trowa too. The ceremony will begin at nine o'clock tomorrow morning, please say you can help us." The stressed pleading look in Une's eyes told Relena she was desperate.
"Of course, Mrs. Une, it would be my pleasure. I'll be here tomorrow, nine sharp. Good-bye Mrs. Une, and please don't work your self to hard." The honey blond rose from her seat, smiled at the older woman and headed out the door. Heero? He's back? She sighed softly and started back down the hallway.
"Mrs. Vice Foreign Minister!" She stopped mid-stride and turned to where the feminine voice had come.
"Hildy!" The young German girl walked up to her friend. Though they had first meet under unkind circumstances on the Libra during the war they became good friends after. "Where's your other half?" she inquired.
"If I know Duo, he's more than likely sleeping at the controls. How have you been Vice Foreign Minister?"
"Don't call me that, I don't think I can take it anymore. I'm all right, just a little drained. How about you? Still enjoying the preventers?"
"Well it's not eventful, but it's ok. So I hear Heero's back in town," she winked, "Ya excited?"
Relena blushed a deep crimson. "Um, well, it'll be nice to see him again. Got to go, bye Hildy!" Before the confused mini-Noin could get another word out the honey blond was already walking into an elevator going down.
"Uh huh…" She walked down the hall to spy on Duo.
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Well there's the first chapter for ya! Hope everyone likes it so far and will stick around for the other chapters ^-^. Newayz I don't own the GW characters (although I might steal Heero 0:) hehe)