Act III Part I

"Are you ready for this? If you can't, I understand and we can leave."

The Signless was standing next to a stage. It had been 6 sweeps since he had been that child crying on the floor. He was a fully grown troll now. He worn long pants that went up to his chest and to this day, he still wears the cloak his mother had given him as a child. It was tattered at the edges now, but it still held together. This would be the first time revealing his blood color to Alternia. He may even be slaughtered on the spot after hearing of such color, but he had to do this. He could no longer bare this caste system. He had to do something about it.

His mother stood in front of him with lips pierced together. She was worried, but she fully supported him in his decisions. She'd be there no matter the issue. And she'd do her best to protect him if something was to go wrong.

"I'm fully ready for this, Dolorosa." The Signless told her. As an adult he stopped referring to her as his mother. Though he told her it was because he was no longer a child, it was more of a preventive measure for her safety. He didn't want the blame for him to go on her because she raised him as a child. He hoped this decision would one day save her.

"Okay, good luck then." She leaned over and kissed him on the forehead and smiled. "It seems like yesterday I had to crouch to do that."

"Yes...it does...But I'm not longer that weak child. I have grown. Everything I've done since I was a kid was in preparation for this. I will not let fear stop me from changing this world and giving it the peace it deserves."

He gave Dolorosa one last look and then walked up the stairs onto the stage. There the small crowd had stood and waited. He walked to the front center of the stage and took a big breath.

"I'm sure you're all questioning what I'm doing up here. And what all those flyers of peace throughout the town were. I can tell you right now, that I am up here to deliver a message. A message of hope that many of you lowbloods have been looking for. As for the what those flyers meant, you will fully know that by the time I'm finished here. But, yes, I come here bearing a message of peace. The peace that all of us lowbloods have dreamt of every day. That we all wished Alternia had every time we see our kind getting slaughtered for no reason.

Let me tell you of how I became who I am today. As a grub, I was born with no hope for me, there was never any hope for me. And I'm not saying this as an emotional thing, I'm meaning, there was no actual hope for a grub like me. You see, I am not like any troll on this planet. No one shares my blood. Now you may ask, how is this possible? Or believe me to be a liar. But let me show you real life proof of what I mean."

Signless pulled out a sickle from the back of his pants. And made a slice across his hands and showed it to the crowd. They all gasped.

"You see this? You see my blood color? It is a candy red. It is a mutant red! No one has this color blood. No one! Except me. There is not even a lusus who is known to the scent of my blood. I am even a lower blood than the lowest of bloods here! I am the lowest of blood there is. So as a grub, I literally mean, that were was no hope for me. There was no lusus to raise me. I pretty much was there to be born and die soon after because I had no chance of survival. But I was saved! By a troll, who seen my blood color and knew I was fated to not live past a half sweep. She gave me a chance! It is because of her that I'm getting to stand on this stage in front of you. If that is not a true miracle, then I'm not sure what is.

But if that is not good enough for you. If my blood color does not faze you. Let me tell you, my blood color isn't the only unique thing that defines me. I have dreams! Not nightmares, but dreams! These aren't just any dreams. They are dreams of the past. Alternia's past! Every night I would have the dreams of the same place. I've had them since birth. As a child I didn't think anything of them at first. But then I asked myself, why is every dream in the same exact place? That's when I started thinking, there was something more to these dreams. And after much thought, I realized there was!

You see, in these dreams, Alternia is peaceful. There was no murder, no caste system, everything was done to better our race and to take care of each other! You rustbloods, you were as equal as the empress herself! Now some of you may think I'm crazy, and that is your choice. But I know these dreams are real! But that's not what is important about them. What is important is that they have made me see, that we as a whole can live in a better place! We can erase the caste system for all of us! But I alone cannot do such a task, that is why I ask you all here today. To help me, to help yourselves! Together we can change this world to the one we all wished we lived in! Now this will not be an easy task. And it may even take several sweeps to even achieve it. Some may even get killed in the pathway to this peace! But wouldn't you rather die fighting for something great, instead of dying in a meaningless slaughter!

Six sweeps ago, I witnessed one of the worst slaughters of the lowbloods. It was at a little town market, not too far from here. Some of your may remember it. Almost every single person in that town market was killed just for the fun of some clowns. Not as single person there had ever committed a crime against highbloods. They were just the unlucky ones to be chosen to be punished for being lowbloods. Their blood covered the ground of that market. Hundreds of bodies were scattered all over. No death was quick and painless. I was a child back then and I had to witness the very troll that saved me as a grub, be slaughtered by those monsters! Yes, I watched the troll that I considered to be my guardian, a mother, slaughtered. That was the day, that truly set me in this path of ridding all the slaughter from this world.I want to make those dreams of peace a reality for us so we never have to witness another slaughter, where we lose the people we love and care for.

Now some of you may think, 'So many people have attempted this, why do you think we can succeed?'. But I want you to, also, think, 'What was those trolls way of attempting peace?'. The answer to that question is violence. All those other attempts at peace, have been attempted using violence. Violence is not the answer to succeeding. We can not use violence against violent people. It turns into a never ending killing circle that never achieves peace. And those revolutions, they were not meant for peace, they were meant to reverse the caste system. To turn lowbloods into highbloods. They attacked innocent highbloods. Just like the highbloods attack innocent lowbloods. No revolution has achieved peace because they did not learn from other revolutions mistakes, until today. Our revolution will not make the same mistakes as the others. Because our revolution is one of full peace. We will not attack the highblood as the rest have. In fact, we will even treat them with respect just as you would with each other, because they are our equals. If we do not treat them as equal as ourselves, how do we expect them to trust us in the same matter? Now, some of them may treat us like dirt, but do not let that provoke you to do the same. When we hold demonstrations, the demonstrations will be civil and we will include the highbloods in them. We can not achieve peace if we turn the highbloods away from our peace. With this method, we can grow bigger and faster than the the revolutions before us. The highbloods will have no reason to attack us so quickly for if we do not lay a hand on them and show them respect. Some may even join us if we are lucky enough! We will almost go unnoticed at first as we grow. Until we have became as massive group, they will notice us then. But by then we will have millions! It may even trigger some to see our cause by such a big number. Yes, we may end up in a war. But we will not attack unless we are being attacked! I will not ask you to stand there and be killed to prove a point. If you need to defend yourself then do so! If it is killed or be killed then fight! But you will not touch those who have done no harm to you!

With these methods I believe we can achieve peace one day! And now that you have heard my ideas, I want you to think about them for the next week! Decide what you feel in your heart on what you truly should do! If you decide you don't agree with me, then that is your choice and I will not hold it against you. Nor should anyone else. But if you decide you want to step up and join my cause, your help will not go unappreciated! And if you do join, I ask you to bring someone with you at my next speech that I will hold in this very spot at the same a week from now! You could bring several trolls if you want to! But I want you to bring one of your friends so we could start building our revolution! So please, take this week to think of the peace you all deserve! So please think! I hope to see you all next week, thank you for listening!"

The Signless stepped off the stage. He heard several applaud. He felt a smile come on his face.


Author's Notes: Woo! Older Signless! Hope you enjoyed this weeks chapter! Please review!