Letters and Crosses

by Stranger-jkl

The year? 1917. The place? Ypres. The setting? The Great War. Follow a Canadian, as he tries to survive in the trenches. Along the way, he'll meet a Polish man who uses a shovel instead of a bayonet, a Canadian pilot who is partly blind in one eye, a American lieutenant and his English right hand man, and a German orphan, and the Prussian soldier who's taking care of him.

4. Chapter 4

Dearest Sister,

The trenches are under attack! I am afraid I am needed, I am sorry. If I don't live through the night, then, ah, well, who cares? We will burn that bridge when we come to it.

Stephen J.

Jacqueline Matterson,

Private Stephen Matterson of the 407th Medical Corps, has been captured and imprisoned by the enemy. We hope you receive news from him soon.

General Henry Wilkinson

Dear Sister,

I assume you got a letter, from General Wilkinson. I met a Russian priest here, Ivan Braginski, he's a bit cold, but, I like him. Attached is my will, if I ever die, at any point.

Stephen

I, Stephen Matterson, of sound mind and body, declare this to be my last will and testament.

To Matthew Williams, I leave a single picture of him and his plane, to remember me by.

To Alfred Jones, I leave Arthur Kirkland's glasses and his cross pendant, to remember a great man.

To Feliks, I leave a dollar, guess you won that bet, eh?

To Ivan Braginski, I leave twenty dollars,for the orphanage, and a book on magic, I hope your studies go well.

This concludes the last will and testament of Stephen Matterson...