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Ruby woke up to someone knocking on her door as she yawned loudly from her spot in her bed. Ruby reluctantly got out of her bed when the knocking didn't stop. Ruby walked over to the door and gingerly opened it "Yes" Ruby said groggily as she yawned while rubbing the sleep out of her eyes as she looked up and was surprised to see Death standing on the other side of the door with her arms crossed
"Get dressed and meet me by the exit near the airdocks" Death said turning and walking away, leaving a confused Ruby to just stared at the spot where Death was
". . . What just happened?" Ruby said to herself in disbelief before she went and changed out of her pajamas into her casual attire. She left a note for her team and friends that explained where she went before going down the elevator. As she got out of the elevator she headed towards the airdocks where she saw her father leaning against a lamp pole "What's going on?" Ruby asked walking up to Death as she noticed he was holding two bouquets of flowers with red and black roses in his arm. He turned to look at her before turning and motioning her to follow him as he made his way into the Dust ship
"HEY! Mind telling what's going on" Ruby asked slightly nervous wondering if she done anything to make her father mad at her. Death stayed quiet as he sat down on the seat inside the ship as Ruby stared at him expectantly but he said nothing which she let out an annoyed sigh. Ruby walked into the Dust airship and sat down next to him with her arms crossed and her cheeks puffed out in annoyance. As Ruby sat there she noticed the airship wasn't heading down into Vale but was taking them in some random direction
"You know some of our races history, right" Death asked abruptly as Ruby flinched from Death's sudden conversation
"Yeah. . why?" Ruby asked slowly as Death stayed quiet once more which in turned annoyed Ruby again but stayed quiet about it. She looked out the window and saw they were actually exiting the kingdom boundaries "U-Um~. . Where are we going" Ruby asked nervously as she noticed Death had his eyes closed feigning sleep
After awhile Ruby was shaking slightly trying to control her nervousness "THE HELL IS GOING ON" very Poorly. Death slowly opened his eyes at Ruby's outburst and looked at her heavily panting form
"We're going home" Death said cryptically
"Huh?" Ruby said confused as Death closed his eyes again as Ruby plopped down in her seat and sighed as she closed her eyes as well
Ruby awoke to Death shaking her "Come on, were getting off here" Death said as he walked out of the dust airship as Ruby scratched her head in confusion before following him out the airship. Once off the ship Ruby noticed that they were at some deserted port near an equally deserted town
"Where are we?" Ruby asked mostly to herself
"We, are at the home of our kind" Death said softly as Ruby's eyes widened at that declaration. Ruby looked around and saw it was a quaint town that she couldn't believe such warriors like the Dragon Faunus would call home
"Why are we here" Ruby asked cautiously as Death stopped in front of Ruby
"The war that caused most of us to vanish into the back pages of history ended nearly 146 years ago on this exact date for the sake of peace and freedom" Death explained while shocking Ruby at the revelation "And we're here today to pay our respects to those who died for that peace and freedom" Death said softly as he continued forward as Ruby continued to stare at her father in slight shock
"I see" Ruby said slightly above a whisper as she followed Death as they soon neared a graveyard. When they made it to the entrance of the graveyard it caused Ruby's eyes to widen in shock at the massive scale of the graveyard that was covered entirely in graves
"War is such a harsh thing Ruby always remember that as we passed through the rows of graves of those who fought to protect the freedom of those who couldn't fight" Death said softly as he entered the graveyard as Ruby thought about what he said for a second before following him into the graveyard passing by rows of rows of graves of those who died for peace and freedom until they came up to a giant black prism monument that when Ruby went up to she noticed that every inch of the monument had names engraved on them
"These are the names that fought to protect the values of peace and freedom for those who couldn't stand up and fight and for that we respect them for their " Death explained as he place one of the bouquets down as Ruby noticed there was another fresh bouquet at the foot of the monument "It seems the others were here before us" Death mused as Ruby looked confused before she saw him begin to pray. Ruby stared at the monument of the men and women who fought and died for peace. Ruby after a moment began praying for them with her father. After awhile Death stopped praying and continued down the path as Ruby followed him. After a few minutes of walking Ruby saw another monument but this one looked more younger than previous one
"This monument was put up 39 years ago at the end of another war when part of our species couldn't stand for the inequality our people faced anymore, and because of that our people rose up once more to stop that from happening to protect the peace of others no matter the cost of their own lives" Death explained sadly as he placed the last bouquet of roses down and began praying for the ones that died along with Ruby who couldn't help but feel sad for those that died and no one would ever know but knew that those who did die wouldn't care as they were glad they fought for a cause to protect the peace they've strive for as she paid her respects along with her father
For the rest of the day she spent it with her father paying their respects together for the people that were forgotten to history but to those who respect history and those who respect those who fought to protect them as life goes on and even if they were forgotten to the world their legacy would live on in the current generation of those who are still protecting the world for the sake of peace, just like those who have died and will be always remembered in the hears and minds of the free
This is a short chapter I know but I made this chapter to pay my respect to those who fought and died for peace as today is when we all come together to pay our respects to those who fought to protect our freedom and rights and if you have a comment that badmouths this day
Don't.
Leave those comments to yourself and let the people who fought to protect us with some peace that their deaths wasn't in vain as their families pay their respects to them on this day of remembrance
I have nothing more to say, I hope you all have wonderful day and happy Memorial Day
