Paul

The Messenger

Zackary Carns
Zackary Carns

The trench is a muddy mess from the months of rain and advance. Surprisingly it's quite mellow in the trenches, the song 'Oh, it's a lovely war!' playing in the background from a radio far off. The yelling of a German officer can just be heard from the German trench a few hundred-thousand feet off. "Ein! Zwei! Dwei!" He'd yell, over and over again, a drill most likely. A few soldiers are writing letters, sleeping, or listening to the song.

An abandoned German K-Wagon tank sprawls out over the trench, making a shady place under it. Two more FT 17 tanks are halfway across No Man's Land, but have also been abandoned. Indian soldiers keep a watchful eye on the German trench, a marching sound coming from the gas covered across No Man's Land. A K-Wagon peeks across No Man's Land, a French officer then goes back into his quarters for a Pigeon. The K-Wagon comes through with more following it, an invasion, soldiers walk behind the K-Wagon's and run through the thick Chlorine gas.

My name is Zackary Carns. I am 12 years old, and I am in the seventh grade. My favorite animal is the pigeon because it is the eagle of the sky. My favorite thing to do is play videogames because they occupy me and roll the clock if i’m waiting for something. I also like STEM because I get to do so many fun things. Being an author in this Anthology makes me happy knowing I’m crossing something off my bucket list.

The Pigeon the officer was going for flies off for the British trench. A squad or two of British soldiers come back and get in the trench, ready to hold it.

The French officer yells out to the rest of the trench, saying: "Nous allons tenir la ligne!" (We will hold the line!) Sadly, the Germans overrun the trench, the pigeon would fly off with the fleeing soldiers for the Russian trench, a tsar tank would rush across the battlefield, with at least 1,000 Cossacks, along with a British flamethrower squad. Now, the ​G​ermans would run away, the Russians and British having enough forces to overrun their trench, giving the Entente a foothold on Verdun.

Community on 03/16/2016