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Chapter 2: The Old

Rose Pov

Journal Entry 3.8 5:45 A.M.

I can't sleep. I woke up early this morning around 5:00 and I just can't shake this feeling of uneasiness. Should we trust this person? How else am I supposed to find out why she looks like me? Dimitri doesn't even know about her yet.

When I looked at his peaceful, gorgeous face, I couldn't help but worry. How would he react to this? I couldn't disturb his sleep to voice my worries. It doesn't have to be a big deal. I guess, only time will tell what the future brings to us. My worries can wait until after breakfast. ~Rose Belikov

I close my journal and set it aside as I pick at the food on a plate I had brought in. There are apple slices and oranges and pineapple and strawberries and then there is two slices of toast with peach jam. What? I'm hungry, so bite me! A girls gotta eat, no matter the circumstance! Half way through my small meal I heard the library doors open and in strides the woman, now wearing a dark blue outfit with grey tight pants. Where had she gotten the cloths? I hadn't seen her with anything when she arrived.

She sits down in the chair beside me and waits for me to speak.

"Lets start at the beginning. Who are you?"

"My name is Romaní in the language of Catalan."

"Catalan? Why not in Turkish? You have a accent from Turky."

"I dropped that name a long time ago."

"What does your name mean?"

Romaní smiles at me and shakes her head. "You are very curious aren't you? My names meaning is not important. I need your help. Will you help me?"

"I will listen first. What do you need help with? And why me?"

"Because Rose, this will eventually effect you and your husband as well. My husband has been abducted, and it is up to you to help me get him back. What do you know about The Russo-Japanese War?"

"..."

"I see, I thought you wouldn't know much, if anything at all. The Russo-Japanese War grew out of rival imperial ambitions of the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over Manchuria and Korea. Russians sought a warm water port on the Pacific Ocean, for their navy as well as for maritime trade. Vladivostok was only operational during the summer season, but Port Arthur would be operational all year. From the end of the First Sino-Japanese War and 1903, negotiations between Russia and Japan had proved impractical. Japan chose war to gain dominance in Korea. After discussions broke down in 1904, the Japanese Navy attacked the Russian eastern fleet at Port Arthur, a naval base in the Liaotung province leased to Russia by China, which led to war.

"The Russians were poorly organized and the Japanese defeated them in a series of battles on land and at defeats of the Russian Army and Navy shook Russian confidence. Throughout 1905, the Imperial Russian government was rocked by revolution. The population was against escalation of the war. The Empire was certainly capable of sending more troops, but the poor state of the economy, the embarrassing defeats of the Russian army and navy by the Japanese, and the relative unimportance of the disputed land to Russia made the war incredibly unpopular. Tsar Nicholas II elected to negotiate peace so he could concentrate on internal matters after the disaster of Bloody Sunday on 22 January 1905. Later on, a Peace treaty called the Treaty of Portsmouth was made. The war ended, but Japan and Russia still bore a grudge against each other." [Wikkipedia The Russo-Japanese War]

"...Well, that was a very nice history lesson, but what has that to do with anything?"

"The Japanese have captured my husband, in this grudge. My husband is Russian, like yours, but he wishes no ill will against the Japanese, he is a kind man, but the Japanese will see nothing of his release. They are blind by their hatred."

"Oh..."

"Tell me Rose, what would you do if it was your husband?"

"Dimitri? I'd do anything for him."

"Exactly. Now, will you help me?"

"First you have to tell me why you look like me?"

"That is another story for another time. Besides, I don't look exactly like you! I have at least ten years on you!"

"Very well, Romaní, I will help you, but I have to have my own companions."

"As you wish," she says and stands.

Looks like I've got another adventure!