A story

30_A story

"The end."

The class was silence. They were all too deep in the story.

"What I just told you was not an only a thing of the past, it was a real story. A story where only facts are present. I never thought about it of just something that happened in the past. I always looked at it as if it was a story, a beautiful but tragic story. That is why I always tell it like a story. Hoping that everyone would realize and feel the pain that they felt."

Once again, the class was silent. They always thought that history class were boring, okay not everybody but almost everyone thought like this, but now hearing it like how teacher said it opened their eyes.

They could feel their despair, their sadness, and their terror. They felt it all.

"They always say that you need to learn of the past mistake. But before you could learn the mistake you should understand it first. That is why I find it extreme important that you look at it like your really in it. So, you could understand or at least try to understand why they did this all."

"Teacher."

"Yes, Kia?"

"You said that this story is based on facts?"

"Yes, that is correct, what I told you was a story without a lie."

"How-"

"How we knew what happened in the past, you ask. That's a really good question. Does anyone have a guess?"

Nobody answered they all just looked at the teacher still in silence.

"Nobody? It's seems that I'll need to answer it myself. It's actually not that hard.", a small smile materialized on his face.

"Maybe you noticed or maybe you didn't, but we know a lot more of what happened here than anywhere else. The reason is simple, we just saw it with our own eyes, so we can conclude that it really was what happened."

"But they couldn't be on the battlefield, right?", a student said carefully.

"That's right. We knew of what happened there with a lot of different sources."

"Sources?"

"Yes sources, my dear students. We read in diaries of people who were there from both sides. We heard it from them personally back then. Their stories that they told to their families. And from the history Azan and Eparo tell. With that we all made a story of what they had in common. But do know that it isn't a real story. We couldn't tell what they really thought; what they felt and so on. There are still things that we don't know and maybe never will."

"Teacher."

"Is there still something you want to know, Erebus?"

Erebus looked conflicted. He didn't know if he should ask or not. But in the end, he decided that there wasn't any harm asking.

"Why did the emperors stop the war? I mean why did they change their mind after just one night? And not just that, I mean just everyone who suffered because of the war, why didn't they do things like , you know, revenge?"

"Hahaha…", the teacher laughed silently but he answered back quick.

"That a good question you got there. Like I told you we don't know everything. There are still mysteries that we can't find an answer for. That is a perfect example."

"So…We don't know the reason?"

"No, we don't, Erebus. But you should know that they never did anything bad. They lived their life like nothing really happened. There was a rumour going around though. It said that they saw the deceased and they told them to stop and just live or something like that. It is just a rumour without any evidence. Does that answer your question?"

"Yes, it did, teacher."

"So", Iyan looked at the whole class and asked: "Does anyone still have a question?"

"Uh, I do.", a boy named Lucius raised his hand slowly.

"What's your question?"

"That- Uh… I wanted to know if you knew or if there was a rumour about where the dukes were when they disappeared or like maybe why they disappeared and suddenly returned."

Iyan looked blankly at Lucius. He even looked shocked, but it disappeared as fast as it came. Instead, a smile once again bloomed on his face.

"We don't know were they disappeared and why. Some people said they were together, and some said they weren't. But we do know maybe, just maybe why they suddenly came back at that day."

"Why?", Lucius asked.

"We think it's because-"

*RING* *RING*

Before teacher Iyan could answer the bell rang announcing the end of the class.

"It's seems like this question won't be answered for now. You'll know the answer to this question another day. It won't be the next lesson and not the one after but know that one day you'll know it. When I don't know, but we'll see."

He gave a smile to everyone while the class were mad that they couldn't hear the answer because of the bell. It was the first time they hated the bell.

"Class dismissed-"

"Lucius, how are you!"

Iyan still wasn't done talking when the door was suddenly opened by a girl.

"Stop running, Eira!", a young boys voice said.

"Your just slow, Kai!"

The one who barged in the class were Eira and Kai.

"You know we can't run in the hallway.", Kai said back.

"Students."

"So, what I do what I want!", Eira said back with her loud voice.

"You don't need to scream like that, I'm not deaf."

"Students.", he said once again but with a colder voice.

"I do what I want, so just shut up!"

"You need to shut up!", Kai said now with a louder voice.

"What-"

But before she could end her sentence she was interrupted.

"First you barge in my class, and then you ignore me. Who do you think you are?"

Kai and Eira looked at the person who just spoke. The man was smiling, but somehow it just made them scared. Not to mention that with such a bright smile he just spoke with a cold voice.

"I-"

"I don't want to know who you are. But I do know that you guys should follow me."

With that Iyan left the classroom with Kai and Eira following.

Everyone in the class prayed that they wouldn't die today.

[I hope they will be okay.], Lucius thought with worry.