Disclaimer: I do not own Band of Brothers nor the characters or the real actors and I don't mean any offense to the real veterans if there really is any. The only people I own are Janetta and Dominik. Please don't sue me, etc etc.

.x.x.x.x.

"Hello, Dominik!" Janetta greeted me.

Her voice alone made me smile.

The sun was shining down on us as we sat on the dock next to the lake that both of our families owned. Janetta Isaacs was turning seventeen, I remember, and we were celebrating it like every year with my dog, Edelweiss. The Border collie puppy jumped up and down between us, barking rapidly, making both of us laugh harder.
A thunder roared and I looked up to the sky. It turned black and more thunder continued to sound. The clouds flashed with white but there were no signs of thunder bolts. It grew louder and louder and louder. I was frightened and I turned to my right to grab Janetta but she wasn't there, nor was Edelweiss.

"Janetta! Where are you?!" I yelled out.

My voice was washed out by a closer roar and I looked to my left to see an enormous gun. It seemed to be shooting into the sky. German voices yelled out from it and the shooting paused. I began to walk towards it but it started it's firing again.

"Ist da jamend? Kann man mich hören? Is anybody there? Can anyone hear me?" I screamed but there was no response from the enormous gun.

The gun continued to pause and fire as I sat down on the ground, looking up to the sky. It was like watching fireworks, though I'd never seen any before. My ears perked up as I heard a buzzing sound. It started to grow louder and I looked up. Coming straight at me was a flaming airplane.

.x.x.x.x.

"Wach auf! Wach auf! Wake up! Wake up!"

I yawned as my feldwebel woke my platoon. Sleeping on the grass was a complete transition from sleeping in warm buildings. I turned my head side to side but no one was sleeping around me. Typical. Most of the Schutzstaffel members disliked me as I had been close friends with a Jew. I don't know why, but I dislike myself too. I had betrayed someone so dear to me.

I pushed the thought away from my thoughts and began to stand up. I heard footsteps near me and I looked towards the sound. A man stood before me on top of the hill with a gun. But it wasn't just any man; it was an American soldier with an American gun pointed at me.

And then it hit me.