The End of the Beginning

By

Lady Mystra

"This is not the end.

It is not even the beginning of the end.

But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."

Winston Churchill: Nov. 10, 1942

Opening:

The first seal was opened and a rider on a white horse held a bow, and he was given a crown and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest.

A man in a Chinese military uniform comes out and looks over his army with a woman and a masked man dressed in black behind him.

When the second seal was opened, another horse out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make men slay each other. To him was given a large sword.

Around the world the nations of the earth prepare for war and start sending troops where they are needed. Fighting begins around the world as old hatreds come alive in the people of the world.

When the third seal was opened, there was a black horse. Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand.

Famine spreads to the four corners of the earth.

When the forth seal was opened, I saw a pale horse and he who sat on it was Death, and Hell followed close behind him. They were given power of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.

The man stood and commanded his army to destroy and the woman in black commanded the very beasts. The masked man commanded the creatures from hell to do battle on the earth.

When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the alter the souls of those who had been slain. They called out in a loud voice, "How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true until you avenge our blood."

At Phoenix Mountain Ryoga, Ukyo and the others gather at the base ready to do battle as the souls of those who fell 3000 years ago cry for vengeance.

I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, and the stars in the sky fell to the earth, as late figs drop from a fig tree to earth when shaken by a strong wind. The sky receded like a scroll, rolling up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.

Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Storms ravage the Earth. A meteor storm hits the Earth doing great damage to the World.

When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

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Author's Notes: Fixed it up a little going to fix up chapter one and finish chapter two. The quote seems to fit my idea of the story. So I use the last part as the title.