“I always
wanted to be a rock star. That was my childhood dream. That's what I
told everybody I was going to be when I grew up.”
-Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart* #quote
Today I went to
dinner with my extended family and such, much fun was had. Yay!
Anyway onto the flash fiction!
The Earth
Empire's Marching
William worked
his way through the ranks while Earth worked its way through the
galaxies. While he marched from planet to planet so did Earth. Earth
had before he was born and it would long after. In his lifetime Earth
conquered thirty planets and added them to its empire. In his
military career he gained thirty medals as well and became a general.
He shared the
same fervor that the Earth's Empire did for conquest and
assimilation. That is until he grew old. New blood filled the Empire
and gave it legs every generation to march with. His grew weary of
the fervor with age. As he retired and reflected on all his life and
his marching he started to think of the Earth Empire differently. The
Empire always painted itself as a nobler version of Rome, and it made
the history books talk of the ever expanding Rome as a wonderful
place. As if its marching legions were to be admired and loved. But
he felt the violent conquests were nothing noble. It took five
generations if that for anyone conquered to be treated as citizens if
that. He remembered learning a list of what non-humans to kill on
sight and who not to. The marching legions of the Earth Empire left
trials of blood behind.
He wished that
he could make the entire Empire weary of marching just as he was.
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