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Procession

In search of safety and home

White Feather
3 min readJan 17, 2020

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A large procession of humans marched for miles. A destination was not as important as getting away from where they had once lived. They were headed for safety where ever it could be found.

The world was in flux. Governments deployed troops to try to stop the movement but it was too overwhelming to stop. The movement was a force too great to fight.

One day the procession of humans came upon another procession of humans coming from a different direction. As the two groups met they both stopped to rest. Though the other group spoke a different language there were several people in both groups who knew both languages so communication was possible.

The two groups decided to camp together for a few days. They both sent out scouts to appraise the valley they found themselves in. They learned that there were several small streams flowing out of the surrounding mountains that could provide water for farming. In addition to being somewhat of a barrier from the outside world, the surrounding mountains were also filled with game for meat as well as trees for wood. The mud flats at one end of the valley could provide the ability to make mud bricks for the building of homes. With bricks and wood they could build a settlement for both groups of people to live in together.

A short rest stop turned into a new home and community for the people of the two processions. Fleeing for their lives they now felt safe in their new joint community. Homes were built and crops were planted and peace and happiness were restored among the people.

The little valley only had enough space and resources to support a limited number of people; a number which correlated to the sum of all the people of the two processions. Any influx of more people, though, would make the settlement unsustainable. So the two peoples decided to build a mutual defense force to protect them from other groups finding and moving into the valley.

After two years of peace and prosperity a new procession of humans showed up and war with them ensued leaving many people dead and the village in ruins. Then the military showed up and waged war on all the people in the valley, killing many more people for they were squatting on government land.

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