It began with the whistle of the wind and the firing of artillery. The bangs of the ships off the coast echoed across the city of New York, creating a mood of suspense. In the months past, The constitution was finally ratified after Cory forced New Hampshire to sign onto it, solidifying it into the United States. Now, a new leader would be taking the helm and guiding this country into greatness. This man now stood within an office, wearing a fancy brown coat. It was unlike something a king would wear, but that was the point. Buttons flowed down the front of it, opening at the waist to revealing the pants underneath.
Bells began to ring across the New York buildings, signalling the coming. They began, fighting for dominance at first until the tones aligned much like the stars, creating a tone that would send even Vladimir Putin to tears. They bells rang for half an hour, cementing their grasp on the people currently in the city. It felt strange in their absence, as if they should always be there.
The stage coach ran down the roads of New York, arriving finally at Federal hall, their destination. Out of the car stepped out Cory along with another aid, accompanying George Washington, the pseudo emperor of the United States. Greeting them were soldiers of the United States military, at arms and ready to protect.
The three men entered the building and proceeded into the senate chamber. At the front of the hall stood John Adams, Cory's best friend (one way friendship) in this backwards world. He held the book. Cory sat down in the front row, where a seat was saved for him and Mario, George's Italian aid. Unsurprisingly, Cory hated Mario. He didn't understand why George even had a subhuman on his committee. Nevertheless, Cory kept his thoughts to himself.
George proceeded to the stage, walking up to the pedestal where Adams stood. The two nodded, acknowledging each other, and George reached his hand out and placed it atop the book.
"George Washington, general of the United States army and the one who cut the cherry tree down. I have been chosen unanimously to swear you into office. The road ahead of us is rough and full of pitfalls. We will need a man fit for a ruler in order to guide us through these troubled times. We will need a man who is willing to stand up for what he believes and one who has the guts to become more than a man. We need a man who is brave and strong, one who sees the value of even a slave. We need a man like you, Washington. Do you, George Washington of Virginia, take up this responsibility?" Adams stated.
"I do."
"Do you swear to uphold the laws, even in the most dire of times?"
"I do."
"Do you, as president, uphold the legion. Do you forgive, do you forget?"
"I do."
"Will you take this mantle of presidency?"
"I will." With that, George held up the book to thunderous applause. The first president of the United States had arrived. The entire audience calmed down as George walked up to the podium to give his speech. Adams left to sit down in the audience as they waited in anticipation for the president to speak.
"People of the United States. I stand before you as your first president. I am not a king, and I am not a ruler. I am one of you. I walk among you, I walk beside you, I even walk behind you sometimes. I am nothing more than human. This country- these United States, we must protect them. The corrupt fear us, the honest support us, but the heroic, they join us. We share the collective idea of freedom worldwide, we are the people. The tendency to relate past events to what is possible in the current geopolitical environment becomes difficult in the present. We shall restore the working man to his rightful glory. We will dismantle the society before us board by board. We will saw the tables of tyranny in half, gnaw at the ankles of monarchies.
"Comrades, it is in strenuous circumstances that we are today celebrating the outcome of the Revolution. The perfidious attack of the British and the war which has been forced upon us have created a threat to our country. The enemy reckoned that after the very first blow our army would be dispersed, and our country would be forced to her knees. But the enemy gravely miscalculated. In spite of temporary reverses, our Army and Navy have heroically repulsed the enemy's attacks along the entire front and inflicted heavy losses upon them, while our country—our entire country—has organized itself into one fighting camp in order, together with our Army and our Navy, to encompass the rout of the British, fending them off and protecting our freedom.
"Comrades, men of the American Army and American Navy, commanders and political instructors, men guerillas, the whole world is looking to you as the force capable of destroying the plundering hordes of British invaders. The enslaved peoples of Europe who have fallen under the yoke of the British invaders look to you as their liberators. A great liberating mission has fallen to your lot. Be worthy of this mission! The war you are waging is a war of liberation, a just war. Let the manly images of our great ancestors—Khufu, Rameses, Rameses II, Rameses III, Rameses IV, and Dante—inspire you in this war! May the victorious banner of the great Caesar be your lodestar!"
A thunderous applause roared through the audience, the entire building shook. Bells rung outside the hall, adding music the the entire world. George Washington had just become president. Not just president though, the first president. Today would mark a new era in history. An era of order and subsistence.
Cory sat there in tears, wiping his nose on Mario's sleeve. He had witnessed a hero become a god, and it was beautiful. His eyes puffed up from the tears as George walked out of the hall, followed by Cory and Mario as well as soldiers. They travelled to the mansion that would act as the white house. Despite Cory's objections that they needed to go to Washington DC, nobody listened because they didn't know where that was.
They pulled up to the building and entered. George Washington sat down in the president's chair which overlooked the city of New York. He smiled.
"Cory, do you know what has happened today?"
"Y-yes, you have become president!"
"Wrong, that is a byproduct of what has happened! Today, the United States has been freed. We are no longer British. We are American." A bald eagle flew past the window behind George, showing the United States had begun.
Cory looked out upon the horizon. The endless sea that was the Atlantic ocean. On the horizon sat a ship, slowly approaching the shore. Cory squinted his eyes at the ship and saw other ships in tow. The flag had a J on it. Oh no…
A cannonball flew toward the city and smashed into a building. It was Jefferson… He had returned from France, and it didn't look like he was happy.