Jedediah POV

Chapter 29: Two separated worlds

3 years later

I still remember. Even after three long years I still remember. The last training of me and Octavius was more like a goodbye then a training. Octavius sat on the edge of his fountain and waited for me, when I crawled out of the hole. This time we didn't greet each other and there was no time for cheerfully jokes. We were both deadly serious. And then, out of the blue, Octavius gave me the sword I trained with all those years as a present. Without saying a word he just laid in my hands, while I stood on the opposite of him. I looked at him really surprised, not sure what to do with this.

"You remember the night in the snow?" Octavius asked me suddenly. I nodded immediately, even though I had never expect that question.

"I still remember," I answered him. I don't think I will ever forget that night.

"You gave my sword I forgot at your water well back to me, but I never gave you your gloves back," Octavius said a little ashamed and suddenly my gloves appeared in his hand.

I indeed remembered how I came back in my tent after the long night in the snow and how I realized my gloves were gone. I just putted on my reserves and never thought about my old ones ever again.

"Keep them," I said after I stared at my own, old gloves for a moment. Octavius nodded gratefully. A few minutes later I crawled through the tunnel again, but this time with the sword clutching in my hand.

And now I hold the same sword tight in both my hands. I want to get out of this box. I want to ride free on Girl, I want to explore the outside world, I want to meet Octavius again. Even though we are just enemies, I still want to ask him how he is doing lately and if everything is alright. But the giants never take us out of our box again. It's a amazing relief for me that they don't bother us anymore, but because of it I never see Octavius again. And yes, I really do miss him.

The last training really was the last training and I haven't seen him for the last three years. But the alliance still exists if you ask me. I will still help Octavius if he calls my name again and I will expect the same from him. We cannot forget we defeated the three night guards together. Maybe we got a little help from others, but at the end it was Octavius and me who defeated them. Well, for me it would be impossible to ever forget the Romans. Jacob reminds me of them so many times. He still believes the separation between the Romans and the cowboys will vanish someday. On that day this war will come to an end and finally some strong friendships will grow between the two groups, he says.

Honestly I don't really believe it. Octavius and I were never more than just allies.

~Jedie and Ockie~

Octavius POV

7 years later

During nights like this one I miss Jedediah the most. The senate claims I try to become king, the people complains it wants to break out of this box and Agrippa has no time to talk to me, because he is too busy keeping the senators and the citizens away from me. I was just walking around in my room and thinking about my problems, when I accidently found Jedediah's gloves again. I putted them down immediately. It is better if you didn't think about a past that will not come back anyway.

It is already ten years ago since I saw Jedediah for the last time and the memories I have from him slowly start to fade. There are some memories I never remembered clearly, like the one when we spend the night in the snow. But there are also memories, like the one I carried Jedediah on my shoulder, because he hurt his ankle, which I still remember so clear. But this is so annoying. I tell myself so many times I shouldn't think back about the times Jedediah and I fought against the giants, but I can't help myself and I keep reminding them.

I still haven't accept the fact that next time Jedediah and I will look each other in the eye, we will do as enemies. But my people wants more land, so that's what I will give to them if I'm able to. We have always been in a war, so what is the big difference this time? Does the alliance still exists or did it just, like the trainings, came to an end? We never said calling each other's names didn't mean anything anymore, so for me the secret alliance still exists. And sometimes, I have to admit, I even miss Jedediah.

For one time I don't care what I said and I take up Jedediah's gloves again. Slowly I put them on, but it doesn't make the empty feeling inside go away. I sigh one time and angry pull the gloves out again. I will not come any further with acting so sentimental, I have to do something. I know it would be an easy solution to lead a small army through the secret tunnel, so I can attack Jedediah and his men from behind. But every time when I think about this plan, I got the feeling like I betray Jedediah and I shook it out of my head again. But there is just no other way to make one city of the two separated worlds from the Romans and the cowboys. I have to conquer Jedediah's land. I paced through my room, searching for a way to attack Jedediah without using the secret tunnel. I wish there was another way to see each other and to be in each other's land without attacking it.

But I will not lie to myself this time: Jedediah and I were never more than just allies.


Yeah, chapter 29 is finished! ^^ And for a change I'm in time! XD

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