This story is inspired by the American revolution and the Philippine revolution. Hope you enjoy :)
November 17, 1588
Its a very snowy and dark night, a horse with a person covered in warm clothing travels down the freezing tundra roads of the country side not bothering about the dangers lurking nearby. The horse and its rider stops by a sign and sees smoke rising behind the hills, a sign of a nearby town. The rider takes of the hoodie and mask revealing to be a woman with red curly tied hair, inorder to read the sign properly.
"Welcome to Brigia town."
It read.
"Hyaa!" She ordered her horse to move. They would arrive in a scene of horror, 30 men, women are in a line up to be burned at stake. All of them, Christians, Muslims, and Jewish. The red head woman watched in horror as she witness a young woman being shoved into the fire and screams. The red head woman gestures the leash telling her horse to keep going. She arrives back home safely and she disembarks her horse and lead it back to its pen.
"Goodnight, Alexander." She said to her horse motherly as she closes the gate of his pen. She eneters the house and is greeted with a hug from her husband.
"Oh thank goodness you're ok!" The husband felt releaved.
"Robert, whats going on?" The red head woman asks Robert in deep concern.
"Ariana... those poor people... they're being persecuted." Robert said in deep terror.
"Persecuted!?" Ariana replied in disbelief but quietly to insure no one hears her.
"These invaders want to make this land only catholic and they banned other religions from being practiced. If you violate the law, you will be executed without a trail." Robert Explained.
"Look, I had a hard day, and i want to rest. How's little Bella?" She said as she walks passed Robert and onto the living room.
"She's fine, she was looking for you the whole day." Robert said.
Ariana chuckled "Where is she?"
"Shes already asleep. Shes knocked out from looking for you the whole day." Robert said.
Ariana walks to Robert and kisses him on the cheek and walks upstairs, then she changes to her night gown and lyies on her bed. She couldn't stop thinking about the people who were burned and the children who just lost their parents from persecution.
Meanwhile in a bar. Man walks to the stage.
He clears his throat. "Everyone." The man called.
Everyone else turns they're heads to the man
"My name, is Daren F. Harlonds, Local blacksmith. Now hear me out! These invaders have been taking away our civil liberties! Much worse than our king did!" Daren shouted.
"Boo!!!" The crowd replied as to the invaders doings.
"And they're going to make our country full pro catholic! By taking the lives of our brothers and sisters, in the Brigia massacre!!!" He shouted pointing at a newly made poster about the recent persecution.
"Yaaa!!!!!!" The crowd shouted in anger and fustration.
"Our other friends and neighbors, the native tribes of this island whom we have got along with for hundreds of years, are taken to custody without trail nor reason!!!"
"BOO!!!"
"We must fight these savages, as brothers, as sisters, as whites or natives, whatever the cost will be!! And claim back our island, we will fight to the end!! We will never surrender! Whos with me!!!?"
"All of us!!!" The crowd replied in unison.
"The battle as just began, people. Its time that we stand up to these demons, together we unite as one, and together we'll show them our true strength!!! And together, we'll show them whos the real conquers!!!"
"Yeah!!!"
They all gather up weapons and made a revolutionary flag. Together, they all march down in the cold evening, with a revolutionary fan fare and torches and with Daren leading them. In a dark room, Ariana is woken up by what sounds like of marching, and revolutionary music. She stands up from her bed, walks to the window, and moved the curtains, shes suprised to see what it looks like an uprising screaming and yelling with torches, pitchforks and muskets raised in the air.
"Psst! Robert." Ariana whispered.
Robert woke up and wonder what's up, Ariana gestures him to come over and so he did, upon looking at the window, gazed with amazement. The invaders confronts the rebelians and the captain steps in front.
"Fellow citizens, what is the meaning of this inconsiderate form of act!?" The captain yelled.
"A revolt, against your inconsiderate form of act, like the murder of our people!" Daren replied with anger.
"Yeah!!!" The crowd yelled.
"People!? Hahaha! They're a disgrace to the people, a disgrace to the catholic faith! They practice religions that are the spells of the devil himself!" The captain sterned.
"Thats what you believe sir, Its is not an act of satan when people are practicing the religion in which they are born to practice. I admit that I have no religion, but i strongly believe killing those who do are the true act of the devil!" Daren courageously said.
"What would a man with no religion have any knowledge about faith?" The captain replied with a smirk.
"The people! The knowledge of the people, and the people themselves, thats the true knowledge of faith! At least thats what I believe!" Daren answered.
"You realize, that you are about to commit a treasonous act against the spanish crown in which you and all of you are under! You will do what is right once we teach you that!" The captain said.
"What is right!? You mean Persecution and forcing others to have the religion that you practice!? You can't do that! That's against human rights!" Daren pointed.
"There is no such thing as human rights, I'm afriad going have to take you all down by force." The captain said. He then gestures his men to load their muskets and aims it to the rebels and they to aim their weapons to the spanish fleet, then the rebels and spanish armed forces fires their weapons. The noise of gunshots echoes through out the town waking up everyone who is asleep.
The battle of Brigia is just the beginning
