MACKAY PROVINCE, FEBRUARY 5

After months of trying and suffering lots of casualties, the English central forces finally broke through the Wallace province. They were now marching out of the mountains through the MacKay province and were just one mile west of Edinburgh. With a force of 5,000 soldiers, they were prepared to sack the city and win the war.

A soldier from the Ferguson province was riding on horseback as fast as he could towards them. He had letter with him. He finally made it to the front and alerted his presence to the commander. The commander ordered the entire company to come to a sudden halt. He then said, "Speak"

"Sir. A letter from the noble of the Ferguson province."

The commander took the letter, opened it, and read it. He had a surprised look on his face.

"What is it, sir?", a soldier behind him asked.

"The Scots have invaded England and sacked York! Our nobles have ordered us to retreat back to England and act as reinforcements to help reclaim the city.", the commander said.

The men closest to him gasped.

"Alright, men! Let's turn this company around!"

"But sir, what about Edinburgh?"

"The nobles have given their orders. All we can do now is hope that one day we'll make it back this far."

All 5,000 soldiers turned around and raced back towards England.

WESTMINSTER PALACE, LONDON

On the same day the central forces turned away from Edinburgh, Longshanks arrived back in England after spending months securing an apparent alliance with the Irish.

Edward and Phillip, whom Edward had named his high councilor, were up in a council room. At this point, Edward knew he had failed. He still didn't know about York, but Glasgow and Happrew were bad enough.

Longshanks walked upstairs towards the room. He entered and asked Edward, "So, what news of the east?"

"Umm...nothing. No news."

"Really? Because I heard all the way from Ireland, where I was working to expand your future kingdom, that our entire eastern army has been annihilated."

Edward nervously came up with a lie. "...I have ordered conscription recently."

A soldier then walked in and said, "Excuse me sir, but there's a very urgent message from York."

The soldier gave the letter to Edward and set a basket on the table in front of him. Edward then opened the letter and read it.

"...MacKay has sacked York."

"What?!"

"MacKay has sacked York!"

As Longshanks read the letter, Edward opened the basket and then turned his head away from it in fear. Longshanks looked inside the basket pulled out what was in it. It was the Duke of York's head, indicating that he had been killed in the attack.

Longshanks then fearfully said to himself, "If he can sack York, he can invade the rest of England."

"We would stop him.", Phillip said.

In a puzzled way Longshanks asked, "Who is this person who speaks to as if I need his advice?"

"...I named Phillip my main advisor.", Edward said.

"Is he qualified?"

"Yes", Phillip said. "I am very skilled in the categories of military and other related politics."

Longshanks then walked towards Phillip, put his arm over his shoulder and said, "Well, that sounds convincing. And I'm glad you mentioned that. Because I was wondering what solution you would give to solve our current SITUATION!"

He then pushed Phillip out a window they were standing next to. Phillip fell about 50 feet and landed on his neck, killing him. Edward looked down and saw it. Enraged, he attempted to attack Longshanks, which immediately failed. Longshanks simply punched him once, knocking him to the ground. He then left the room.

The English reinforcements arrived and retook York. But that was because, to everyone's surprise, Clan Avatar and the Scots had abandoned the city. This trick allowed Clan Wallace, who had retaken the province, time to receive reinforcements of their own, effectively sealing the province from another raid.

Also, to some people's surprise, they only killed the city's soldiers. Women, children, and the rest of the civilians were spared.

Clan Avatar and the Scots went back and strengthened the MacDuff, MacDougell, and Wallace provinces. They were now officially winning the war.