It was a dark cold day in mid-december , Winston woke up from his deep sleep by a sudden banging . It was common in this area as it lies near the main enemy city which is frequently being bombed by his country , Drexmere . His fellow comrades told him he will get used to it , but it never seems to happen . His entire squad , the squad Smith, was asleep. But the other squad , squad james was still keeping a close watch at the city border . They worked like this , so that one squad can rest while the other awake . He wnt outside his hut . As he went out his gaze met with a jacked looking man , probably 20 - 25 . Winston didnt knew the man's name but had seem him in squad bravo . There was a moment of silence between them and Winston dosent seemed to like it . "Good Morning Comrade , you are from bravo , i suppose. " The Man was standing against the door frame outside the hut . Soon his look changed from complete silence to a young and cheerful one , he said "Good Morning , Comrade and yes I am from squad bravo , positioned to gaurd the hut ."
Winston was surprised , the kind of surprise which is not visible on the face but is felt within , 'How can a person be this cheerful , in this ruined world '. Emotions like happiness , cheerfulness and kindness were a thing of past . "Are you gaurding the hut alone " "Yes , my comrades are out having a careful watch on the city " . This didnt seemed to satify winston's urge to talk , for it has been quite a long time since he met someone like that young man . "You look so young , how old are you " . The young man first hesitated but told the truth "Yes sir , you are right I am young , young for all this , I am 20 " . "Hmm.. 20, I see... " . Winston wanted to ask him why he was there at such a young age but he soon thought the question was rather strange as he had just met him.
"Whats your name young man ?" . "Parson , and yours " "Winston"
The conversation seemed to end there but then, Parson asked " I have one question I would like to ask" . "Yes" Winston Replied , completely clueless what Parson was going to ask . "How did it all began ?" . "What?" ."How did this all began , the origin i want to know" . Winston understood what he was asking but didnt try his luck answering , instead asked "You mean the bombing of this city , Velmira" "No , i mean all this intense rivalry , this WAR , yeah th-this War how did it began , i wanna know ", expression on Winston's face changed "Why ? ". The conversation took an intense turn . "I heard the origin of this war , the cause of it , from many people , different stories everytime, but a rumour remained common , the caldrith family , the caldriths are the ones who were involved in the cause of this war and the story of how it began and where it started is kept a high secret , passed from generation to generation . " Parson's tone suddenly raised ,not a shout but a high tone , "DO YOU KNOW WHY I JOINED THIS PARTICULAR REGIMENT ? , Why i begged for joining only this regiment ? And why am i standing here gaurding this hut ? Because of you " , Winston , still connecting the dots and trying to figure out what the boy is saying , said "Me?" "Yeah you because , Winston Caldrith"
"Okay , I understood what you are trying to say but , what do you suppose me to reply to a young boy yapping about some rumour without explanation " ,"The explanation is what i need." The atmosrphere turned quite and cold "Why do you want to know what started this war ?" , "Are you ready to tell Mr Caldrith" , "REPLY MEE ! Why do you want to know ?" , "I dont want to know what started this war but where , the reason , well . My father was a friend of a caldrith and he too was involved in the first drexmere- oshkar war , I never heard from him again but , I heard rumours that the soldiers captured in first drexmere war became prisoners to oshkar , the prison is in the same place where it all started . Short and Simple". Winston had a blank look on his face he said "But How can you be so sure that he was captured alive ". "I never said i was sure, and look, dont lie you are caldrith you also know that drexmere lost the first war " .
"Well now you have asked me , the long forgotten generational secret , shall i tell you ?"
"You are the only few caldrith families left , it would be of great help if you consider telling me "
Now this was sure a generational secret but not that kind of secret which involves not telling to anyone , but this was a 'no one ever asked kind of secret' , and caldriths were no villains . So Winston thought "Why not ", But one of the most important part inside him which convinced him to tell the secret was his urge to talk .