Homeland Invaded (Cerberus and Burning Amber)

[Cerberus]

The sun was shining and it seemed to be a wonderful day. The country of Emmeria had seen no problems even after the Ulysses 1994XF04 Asteroid. To the people on the Emmerian side all they had seen was shooting stars as it passed over them and landed in the neighboring country of Estovokia. They had gotten it much worse with a high death toll, their government collapsing and falling to a military government. Had the Emmerian government aided the creation of the Stonehenge project then perhaps things might of turned out differently.

Back In Gracemeria the day seemed like any other day, good weather forecasted for the day and nothing seemed to be of any trouble to a small little farm outside the city limits of Gracemeria. Suddenly rockets flew over head before dissapearing over the horizon where the city would be after a few minutes someone had come out side shouting. "The Bridge, They took out King's Bridge!" It wasn't long until tanks and troop carriers started to roll down the road. Toscha got out of the jeep and looked around as he checked his rifle. "Spread out, get those people back inside." The other soldiers nodded and started to crowd the people back into their houses. Toscha nodded and laughed abit. "Soon Gracemeria will be ours."

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Saturday, now there was a day that could never be ignored. A day where you didn't have people bickering at you and no work to do. Just laze about and enjoy the day as it slowly went by. Plus the fact that it had now become summer only made this Saturday even better. In the Leto's darkened room the soft sounds of dog's feet were softly heard plotting on the floor before jumping into his master's bed and licking Leto on the face. "All right all right im up, gah!" He sighed and yawned and stretched before sitting up and throwing the blankets off of him and onto the bed. "All right Shadow lets get you some food." He smiled and ran his hands over the husky's muzzle and pulled on his p.j pants and a white tee-shirt. Leto knew he had to get up and at least start the days chores, feed the animals and then he could relax.

 

[Burning Amber]

In the kitchen, Dawn could hear her son finally getting up out of bed. Her two daughters Kaiti and Shawnee had been up for quite awhile. If it wasn't for that dog of his, he probably wouldn't of gotten up for another few hours. Shaking her head, she pulled herself from her thoughts and continued her morning chores.

Her hands dusted off the flour from her worn out blue dress. Dawn had been busy making the bread for the evening's meal. Nothing fancy, but something that would sustain them all. She picked the pan from off the counter and moved it to the oven, humming to herself all the while.

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To the left of the house was the barn. It held a few horses, a few chickens and a cow. Since trade had gone down with the neighboring country, it was harder to take care of them. Before they had owned more than twice the amount of animals. It saddened Kaiti that so many had to be sold.

Kaiti was the youngest woman in the house, but was most stubborn. When her mother had sold the animals, she had locked herself in her room for days. Eventually the need for food had driven her out. That and the fact that her older sister Shawnee was tired of sharing a room with a recluse.

At the moment, Kaiti was brushing her favorite horse named Jet. She named him when he was just a foal. It was because of his jet black hair. She knew that she really shouldn't play favoritism, but it really wasn't something she could help. Jet was her best friend. A content smile was on her face as she continued to brush him, unaware of the world around her.

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Out front of the house was the oldest sister, Shawnee. She had been the first one up that day and had just finished her chores. Her bed was made, the chickens fed, the laundry already drying. Siting down happily on the wooden steps leading down from the front door, she started out at the road in front of their home. Since she was done so early, she had time to relax before she had to put the laundry away.

Unlike Kaiti, Shawnee had big dreams. Perhaps too big for her to live up to. She wanted to leave the farm, to out and travel the world. Stretching her arms out, she thought of all the places she wanted to travel. She thought of all the people she wanted to meet. Then standing up slowly, she scratched her head. "Don't get ahead of yourself.." She said softly.

 

[Cerberus]

Toscha looked at the road map then to his driver. "Up there along the hill, a small house, Lets go and see just who is living up there. The soldiers nodded and some got back into their jeep. Toscha got back in and they drove up the road. He checked his watch for a second before sitting back and enjoying the ride noticing the people mostly obeying orders from the Estovokian soldiers.

The Jeep pulled up and the soldiers got out. He made a motion with his hand for his soldiers to wait outside. Some of them looked at Toscha while others walked around the house. Toscha waited outside and watched his soldiers. He turned down his radio for a second as it was starting to bother him. He walked up to the back door and knocked on it. It was true that the enemy was on their doorstep.

Leto then thought about it for a second and looked at Shadow. "Oh sorry boy come on lets let you go out back for morning bathroom. Sorry boy." He laughed and grabbed his shoes and slipped them on and headed to the back yard and let Shadow go and head out" Once shadow was done with his morning bathroom break he trotted back over to Leto and barked.

Leto laughed and just patted him on the head. "Well time for breakfast so go lay down." He walked back through the sliding glass door and to the living room and sat down watching the news as he always did.