Sorry for the rather long update. College entrance exams crammed my schedule to the brim these weeks. Anyway, for a change of pace, I'm gonna try something different in this chapter.
Well.... R&R again ^_^
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Noise.... so much noise..... I wonder what's wrong with people nowadays? Brother said he was going to have a meeting downstairs tonight, so I asked him to please keep it down. I have a test tomorrow. He's such an agreeable person, so expected nothing less. Well.... now that I'm awake.... I might as well go down and have a look I'm sure he wouldn't "mind".
Wearing my slippers, I tread slowly out of my room. The wooden floor boards creaked with every step I took down the hall. I could hear voices as I tiptoed towards the tall flight stairs. Ugh. We're one of the most prominent Aeon families around, but we still haven't fixed the floor! I'd better tell bro to have them fixed. Anyway, this house has been in our family for generations. It's around 300 hundred years old. Back then the rose colored frescos outside the house was the most beautiful one could see for miles and miles around..... but these days.... *sigh*
When I was young, my parents said that we we're the.... how you say.... cream of the crop. We were special. We were the most powerful race on this planet. We held the power to control life and death, light and darkness, time and space.
We were Aeons. Me and my brother. Him and me. And now.... we're the only ones left in our family. All because we had this.... this "power".
About.... a year ago, there was huge chaos on this island. Back then Anchor Veinfeld, the current president, led the so-called "Cleansing Ritual". He planned social and racial segregation for us, the Aeons. He rallied the people under the belief that we held so much power that some day, eventually, we would use this power to conquer the world. He led the people to believe that it was time to make sure we wouldn't reach that level. He said it was time to act. He said it was time to cleanse the island of us. With that stand, he won by a land slide in the next elections, defeating the former conservative president. As president, his plan went to action. It took just a short while to get things prepared, especially since he had the support of practically 80% of the population.
The fact was, there was too few of us living in the island to begin with. Barely five hundred. I myself learned only about it when my parents were talking about it with the rest of the elders were in our house. I was wondering about it at first. I really didn't know what was happening. The next day, mom and dad told me something about "going into the basement." They said they had to fight back, and that we would be safe there. He said that we Aeons had the power to defend ourselves, that we wouldn't be pushed around. After that, me and my brother went down into the basement, just the two of us. It was then that we heard shouting and screaming outside, accompanied by the sound of clanking steel and explosions.
Dead..... everyone was dead. It was..... it was a sight that would stay in my mind for the rest of my life. The stench of torn flesh and blood mixed with rust and steel. I heaved where I lay. Those voices..... voices..... voices! The screaming, the wailing, the moaning, the begging, I tried to close my ears, but I couldn't stop those nightmarish voices that hellish night. The sounds of clashing bones and broad swords was enough to fill an eternity. That was an eternity in one night, one night I will never forget. A night I so wished was just a dream, but I had to face reality.
Mom.... Dad.... why'd you have to go and fight? Why? We could have just run away! Run away!
Veinfeld.... he couldn't have even been farther from the truth! We didn't want a fight! We just... just wanted to live in peace. Yes, we had this power. This power that our race had domination over all other lands on the planet. But here, we were a minority, seeking a simple life behind the scenes of glory.
Yet.... It's like fear had blinded their reasoning. I can understand they're afraid that we might do something terrible, but Veinfeld was just manipulating their fear. Up to the point that they decided it was time to act. We were unprepared. It was a massacre.
Less than a hundred of us survived. Me, my brother, some elders, the rest mostly kids more or less my age. My brother came out during the fighting and tries to lead the remaining Aeons to fight to the death, but the elders had different plans. By the time my brother rallied them to face the enemy, they were informed that the elders had bargained for peace with the president. In exchange for peace, we gave up our freedom and rights. At first my brother refused to lay down his arms, but after mush persuasion he finally did. What I didn't understand was why he was grinning. He must have had a back-up plan.
"But..... what are you suggesting!"
"Look! It's the only way! Do you want to live the rest of your life like this?"
"This is madness! You'll be killing a lot of people!"
After the chaos, our village was isolated from the outside world. We were trapped in our own little world, with our house at the center of it all. There was barbed wire and sentries everywhere. What we needed, we provided for ourselves. Our food, clothing, water, everything. Many of our riches and possessions were taken away as part of the peace deal. But it didn't matter to me. After all we still had our lives!
"Look.... I really need some time to think about this."
My brother and the elders were discussing something downstairs. My brother told me just days ago that he had something planned for us. He said with it, we were gonna get our freedom and at the same time, take down the government. He said under this rule, the people wouldn't need to fear each other. A nation of peace, he proudly said.
"Okay, I see all of you still need some time. Let's continue this discussion some other time then."
With that said, the elders left, and I returned to my room. From my door I could here my brother sigh as he went to bed. I could see he was in deep thought if we would succeed.
Dear brother, Valen, I hope we do....
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Okay, sorry again for the long update. I'll try to be faster this time. R&R again ^_^
Well.... R&R again ^_^
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Noise.... so much noise..... I wonder what's wrong with people nowadays? Brother said he was going to have a meeting downstairs tonight, so I asked him to please keep it down. I have a test tomorrow. He's such an agreeable person, so expected nothing less. Well.... now that I'm awake.... I might as well go down and have a look I'm sure he wouldn't "mind".
Wearing my slippers, I tread slowly out of my room. The wooden floor boards creaked with every step I took down the hall. I could hear voices as I tiptoed towards the tall flight stairs. Ugh. We're one of the most prominent Aeon families around, but we still haven't fixed the floor! I'd better tell bro to have them fixed. Anyway, this house has been in our family for generations. It's around 300 hundred years old. Back then the rose colored frescos outside the house was the most beautiful one could see for miles and miles around..... but these days.... *sigh*
When I was young, my parents said that we we're the.... how you say.... cream of the crop. We were special. We were the most powerful race on this planet. We held the power to control life and death, light and darkness, time and space.
We were Aeons. Me and my brother. Him and me. And now.... we're the only ones left in our family. All because we had this.... this "power".
About.... a year ago, there was huge chaos on this island. Back then Anchor Veinfeld, the current president, led the so-called "Cleansing Ritual". He planned social and racial segregation for us, the Aeons. He rallied the people under the belief that we held so much power that some day, eventually, we would use this power to conquer the world. He led the people to believe that it was time to make sure we wouldn't reach that level. He said it was time to act. He said it was time to cleanse the island of us. With that stand, he won by a land slide in the next elections, defeating the former conservative president. As president, his plan went to action. It took just a short while to get things prepared, especially since he had the support of practically 80% of the population.
The fact was, there was too few of us living in the island to begin with. Barely five hundred. I myself learned only about it when my parents were talking about it with the rest of the elders were in our house. I was wondering about it at first. I really didn't know what was happening. The next day, mom and dad told me something about "going into the basement." They said they had to fight back, and that we would be safe there. He said that we Aeons had the power to defend ourselves, that we wouldn't be pushed around. After that, me and my brother went down into the basement, just the two of us. It was then that we heard shouting and screaming outside, accompanied by the sound of clanking steel and explosions.
Dead..... everyone was dead. It was..... it was a sight that would stay in my mind for the rest of my life. The stench of torn flesh and blood mixed with rust and steel. I heaved where I lay. Those voices..... voices..... voices! The screaming, the wailing, the moaning, the begging, I tried to close my ears, but I couldn't stop those nightmarish voices that hellish night. The sounds of clashing bones and broad swords was enough to fill an eternity. That was an eternity in one night, one night I will never forget. A night I so wished was just a dream, but I had to face reality.
Mom.... Dad.... why'd you have to go and fight? Why? We could have just run away! Run away!
Veinfeld.... he couldn't have even been farther from the truth! We didn't want a fight! We just... just wanted to live in peace. Yes, we had this power. This power that our race had domination over all other lands on the planet. But here, we were a minority, seeking a simple life behind the scenes of glory.
Yet.... It's like fear had blinded their reasoning. I can understand they're afraid that we might do something terrible, but Veinfeld was just manipulating their fear. Up to the point that they decided it was time to act. We were unprepared. It was a massacre.
Less than a hundred of us survived. Me, my brother, some elders, the rest mostly kids more or less my age. My brother came out during the fighting and tries to lead the remaining Aeons to fight to the death, but the elders had different plans. By the time my brother rallied them to face the enemy, they were informed that the elders had bargained for peace with the president. In exchange for peace, we gave up our freedom and rights. At first my brother refused to lay down his arms, but after mush persuasion he finally did. What I didn't understand was why he was grinning. He must have had a back-up plan.
"But..... what are you suggesting!"
"Look! It's the only way! Do you want to live the rest of your life like this?"
"This is madness! You'll be killing a lot of people!"
After the chaos, our village was isolated from the outside world. We were trapped in our own little world, with our house at the center of it all. There was barbed wire and sentries everywhere. What we needed, we provided for ourselves. Our food, clothing, water, everything. Many of our riches and possessions were taken away as part of the peace deal. But it didn't matter to me. After all we still had our lives!
"Look.... I really need some time to think about this."
My brother and the elders were discussing something downstairs. My brother told me just days ago that he had something planned for us. He said with it, we were gonna get our freedom and at the same time, take down the government. He said under this rule, the people wouldn't need to fear each other. A nation of peace, he proudly said.
"Okay, I see all of you still need some time. Let's continue this discussion some other time then."
With that said, the elders left, and I returned to my room. From my door I could here my brother sigh as he went to bed. I could see he was in deep thought if we would succeed.
Dear brother, Valen, I hope we do....
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Okay, sorry again for the long update. I'll try to be faster this time. R&R again ^_^
