June 1914

A field in the heat of battle. Knights on horseback clash swords with enemies in light armor and sabers. Knez Lazar (Кнез Лазар) has lead his army into the final clash with Sultan Murad. Knight stands on the field, silent and unresponsive to the fighting around him. We see his long chestnut hair and beard as his helmet has been removed. It is Vuk Branković (Вук Бранковић). Serbia arrives on her horse, in armor and with tied hair. "What are you doing?! Did you get hit in the head?" she asks concerned and angry at the same time.

He looks at her with a blank stare and says: "It's over. We're all dead."

She looks at him shaken to the core. "You must have been struck hard. We're not dead. We are advancing" she says holding her banner high as her horse moves down another overconfident soldier.

"There will be nothing left of us. Please my fatherland, hear my words! Retreat! Save our best" the knight begs.

"Bite your tongue! I will not listen to the words of a crazy person" Serbia comes closer to scream at him. He looks at her, pale as a ghost, scaring her even more.

"My kingdom. An urgent telegraph has just arrived for you" he says.

Next scene: Serbia opens her eyes. She is in her office, napping on the sofa. Her hair is extremely short and she is wearing her usual make outfit. The soldier who has woken her up stands near the door. Except the latest uniform and short hair, he is the spitting image of the knight from her dream.

"Is everything alright?" the soldier asks concerned.

"I'm fine...I had a strange dream. Or was it a memory? It's already beginning to fade" she says still drowsy.

The soldier presents her with an encrypted message. Reading it, the kingdom shakes her head displeased: "And all of this only days before Vidovdan... I'm going to have to change my plans again. F*ck!" she groans and starts getting ready for a trip.

"Have the informers taken a good look at these troublemakers going to Sarajevo? I suppose they are highly trained soldiers loyal only to Apis..." she says putting on her olive green coat.

"They have. It is a group of young men none older than 18" the soldier says.

She looks at him dumbfounded: "Excuse me? Am I supposed to protect a foreign heir to the throne from a bunch of local teenagers?" The soldier doesn't know how to reply.

She immediately takes her coat off and sits down: "I'm not going to crawl through bushes in order to do Austria's job. He's banned me from even entering Bosnia, you know."

The soldier takes this news uneasy. He keeps standing like a statue. "Do you have something to say?" she asks annoyed.

"If I may speak my mind..."

"Speak away."

"I propose it would be wise if you went to talk some sense into them" the soldier states carefully. Serbia thinks for a bit, in an extremely bad mood.

"You know what? No" she says spiteful. "I'm tired of being Austria's gofer while he acts all high and mighty. Do you know all of the things I had to do? How many rebellions I prevented so he can live such a peaceful and oblivious existence?" she starts to pace mad. The soldier watches her worried.

She stops and declares: "On Vidovdan, I will go and visit some old monasteries on Kosovo. Go back to the field where the battle happened and pray for all my brave men who died there."

"Forgive me but...Isn't that careless? What if they succeed?" the soldier asks.

Serbia smirks: "I doubt they will even try. And if they do, I'm sure Austria has given his future emperor adequate guards to protect him. It's the least he can do."

The soldier opens his mouth but stays quiet.

Serbia glances at him again. "Oh come on. State your opinion already. You seem full of them today" she adds annoyed.

"My fatherland, I understand it isn't my place...but what if they succeed? These young men may be the death of us all" his voice cracks a little.

The kingdom feels uneasy. She thinks some more, probably replaying how Austria treated her. The spite returns to her eyes. She states: "The answer is still no. Inform the Austro-Hungarian government of the potential attack but leave me out of it. The world will not end if I take a day off."

"My kingdom...What if it does? Would you risk seeing the world burn?" he says starting to sweat.

She looks at him visibly furious. "You know what... If a group of boys is enough to make this entire corrupt system crash down. If such a small spark can set everything into flames, then what's the point in walking on eggshells?" she states through her teeth stepping closer.

"Let it burn" she says with a manic tone. The soldier gulps.

She dismisses him after which the soldier runs to fulfil her command.

Finally alone, Serbia folds tobacco paper and lights it. She stares from her window frowning. The frame slowly moves away as we watch her back as well as the outline of the living city.

World Academy W (even more time ago)

School is quiet. Ominously quiet. A machine gun is heard. It's becoming louder and louder. A few students run through terrified, then a few more and very soon the hallway is covered with frantic screaming students. Their uniforms seem similar, the boys have short oily hairs while the girls mostly have their hair tied in some sort of bun. The machine gun is heard again.

Only after the stampede goes through that we see who is shooting. It is a blond boy, who laughs hysterically as he slowly follows the crowd, shooting left and right. He has a black undershirt, a necklace with a black cross and heavy steel booths. Only his pants are part of the school uniform.

He continues to walk like that, screaming something difficult to hear from all the gun shots. Some students fall down injured. Others scream for their dear life. This was going on for an hour or so.

The shooter walks near a row of lockers. Ivan's hand appears from one with a heavy wrench. It knocks him out making him fall to the floor. Ivan get's out of the crammed space breathing heavily. We can see he is terribly beaten up and bruised, with his hands and legs bleeding. He slouches near the unconscious attacker.

The students turn around to see what happened. Alfred and Arthur appear almost out of nowhere. The guy becomes conscious and tries to grab his weapon only to be knocked out again by Alfred's foot. "It's over guys. The shooter is disposed of" he says taking his gun and triumphantly raising it up. The students cheer. Ivan is so tired, he barely manages to get up and cheer along.

The teachers and the school staff appear shortly, helping the wounded and calming the situation. One of the gym teachers is holding a portable camera with a strong flash and keeps taking pictures.

Next scene: In a dark room resembling a dungeon, the shooter wakes up only to discover that he has been tied to a chair as the principal and a few other members of the school staff stare at him disapprovingly. The shooter sees a gym teacher from earlier. He has long fair hair tied in a ponytail. He shakes his head. "For Heaven sake Ludwig, couldn't you keep it together at least after the graduation?!" he says embarrassed.

"Fath-" he tries to speak but is discouraged by a whip across the mouth. A teacher enters the room, closing the heavy metal door. As most of them, he too has a teacher sweater and thick glasses.

"It seems that almost all the students will recover. The doctor says that only one girl is critical" he says.

The principal sighs: "That's good news. Inform their parents and keep me updated on her condition. If the doctor asks for anything, get it for him immediately".

The teacher nods and quickly leaves the room.

A female staff member comes closed to the worried principal, who seems exactly the same with the same sharp white mustaches and slim construction. She is probably the secretary of the school but is completely different to the one in the present times. "What are we going to do with him?" she asks pointing to the student who keeps trying to free himself.

"Let me handle it" the gym teacher abruptly turns. "I'll talk some sense into him and he will be ready to start school again in no time." The woman looks at him shocked. "Are you insane? We cannot let someone like him back in. What will the students say?"

"The students will be fine. As soon as everyone recovers, we will have a grand picture day and sort everything out. As usual" the principal says calmly.

"That's right. And I will take care of him personally. His sibling will help too" the gym teacher is persistent.

The woman is not convinced but the principal seems to agree. "You better start right away. Do what you must" he says.

The gym teacher smiles relieved as Ludwig stares at everyone afraid. "What are you talking about?! What are you going to do to me? What...What kind of place is this?" he screams in panic.

His father turns: "Don't worry. This is for your own good." He says as we see the teens terrified expression.