A Fork in the Road
By: Melinda Nichols
Prologue
It was the year After Colony 195. Operation Meteor, a military organization bent on getting revenge on OZ. They sent five young men (boys) to Earth in Mobile Suits called "Gundams".
Before Operation Meteor…
It was AC (After Colony) 133, and after decades of war between the nations on Earth; the United Earth Sphere Alliance was formed. It united all nations on Earth under one rule, securing peace. The colonies formed their own pacifistic colonial alliance under the leadership of Heero Yuy. The national leaders on Earth supported Yuy, and he supported the Sanc Kingdom's governing, the Peacecraft Monarchy. But in AC 175 Heero Yuy was assassinated by OZ, they used military force to seize control of the colonies to make sure they secured their own justice and peace. The communication between the colonies was no longer available after that. Then in AC 182 the Sanc Kingdom was over thrown and the Peacecraft family was executed.
The leader of OZ was Treize Khrushrenada and under his rule OZ took over Earth and became center stage. Organization of Zodiac (OZ) was known for their mobile suits, all most all of them were named after the Zodiac signs and they were known for the use of Mobile Dolls, mobile suits that could be used without being piloted. Then Romefeller, the main supporter of OZ, bullied Treize out of power and eventually OZ was split into two parts, Romefeller and the Treize Faction and both were under Treize's control. They both fought in Luxemburg and the remaining members later joined another organization, the White Fang.
To obtain peace, Relena Darlain, also known as Relena Peacecraft decides to recover her title as princess and then later decides to become queen. She established the World Nation so that there would be peace through out the world. She didn't know anything about her heritage until her adoptive father, Vice Foreign Minister Darlain, tells her just before he dies.
Zechs Merquise, also known as Milliardo Peacecraft, is Relena's older brother. He disappeared after the execution of his parents. Then he returned with men (right before Operation Meteor was launched) from before the Sanc Kingdom's fall and liberates the country from the Alliance's control. Zechs becomes the leader of the White Fang during the final days of the war, with Dorothy Catalonia by his side.
The five young Gundam pilots were each trained by one of the five rogue scientists that built the Gundam Mobile Suits; when Heero Yuy was assassinated the scientists decided to retaliate against OZ and had planned to build the suits before communication was lost. The suits were eventually sent to Earth with five pilots; all arrived without a problem, except one.
Heero Yuy, named after the assassinated peace leader, was discovered by Zechs while on his decent to the Earth's surface. After a short battle with Zechs Heero crashes into the ocean. He is then discovered by Relena on a beach. Through out the war their paths seem to cross in every direction possible. Heero soon teams up with the other Gundam pilots after discovering that he wasn't the only one with the missions. Heero was the pilot of Gundam 01 also known as Gundam Wing. But after the Gundam Wing is destroyed he becomes the pilot of the Wing Zero, which is an effective piece of machinery that connects to the electro magnetic brain waves, making the pilot the perfect fighting machine.
The second Gundam pilot to be discovered was Duo Maxwell. He piloted Gundam 02, also known as God of Death. He crosses paths with Heero and soon figures out the Heero is a Gundam pilot too. They soon pair up for a couple of missions. And on one of Duo's missions he meets a young girl named Hilde Schbeiker. She worked for OZ for a little while and soon figures out that she can trust Duo and teams up with him and the other Gundam pilots.
The third Gundam pilot joined the circus to ensure his identity would be secured. Trowa Barton is the pilot of Gundam 03, also known as Heavy Arms. Trowa wasn't much of a talker, so he wouldn't let himself get close to anyone. Trowa never even thought that there would be other Gundam pilots on Earth until he met Quatre Raberba Winner.
Quatre was the pilot of Gundam 04, also known as Sandrock. He and Trowa met while battling mobile suits that OZ had control of and after wiping out those mobile suits they started battling each other. Quatre soon realizes that they shouldn't be battling each other and surrenders to Trowa. He is the heir to the Winner colony and fortune. Later on in the war he meets Dorothy and he realizes that they have more in common than anyone would have figured.
The fifth Gundam pilot was a loner. He didn't trust anyone or respect anyone. Chang Wufei, the pilot of Gundam 5, also known as Hataku. He meets the other pilots and soon realizes that he needs their help. He defeats Treize in hand to hand combat. He then starts to respect Sally Po (a rebel, against OZ) and Heero over the other pilots and commanders.
When Treize was defeated, Lady Une, Treize's love interest decides that she is sick of the war and she teams up with the Gundams to take down OZ. And along with Lady Une, Lucrezia Nion sides with the Gundams to take down OZ as well, but also to save Zechs.
When the war finally ended, everyone soon went their own ways. Relena dropped her title as princess and became Vice Foreign Minister, and Heero was never far behind her. Duo and Hilde started a life together on one of the colonies. Trowa went back to the circus, settling in with Catherine Bloom, who is more like a sister than anything. Quatre took over the Winner empire and starts to have a relationship with Dorothy. Wufei left with Sally to start developing and organization, the Preventors would help keep the peace and prevent another war. Noin and Zechs ran off together and nobody had heard from them since.
Life went back to being peaceful. The Earth and the colonies were at peace with each other once again.