The World War Crystals

 “Dear friend, awake,” Jacob said to the battered servant.

Sasha had never known what war was like.

“Where is my husband and children?” Sasha replied.

“I’m sorry but no one survived the blast but the people here,” Jacob said reaching into his bag for some bread.

“Here, eat this, I found you by the blast and carried you to my colony.”

Very tired, hungry, and weak, Sasha took bites out of the bread. She had no time to grieve. People where still hiding in dugout bunkers so things were moving pretty fast.

“So what happened?” She asked.

“It was a world war, but I think it’s over. After they dropped the bomb, everything went silent. No TV, no radio, just us here in this colony.” Noticing her discomfort, he hurried to grab her something soft out of his chest.

“We searched and search for survivors, but I got lucky and found you. Sadly, I don’t know if anyone else survived the blast.” Jacob said while Sasha got comfortable. He then sat down closer to his campfire and began looking through his old worn out pictures.

“They’re all gone, the day we all prayed to never come came,” Jacob said in a very sad tone.

As the nutrients from the bread seeped into her veins, her eyes were now wide open. She could smell the residue of fresh bomb gases flowing into her already tainted lungs.

“Oh God.” She said seeing bandaged survivors.

“God didn’t do this friend. We did. We just can’t seem to get along. We did this to ourselves, and now we have to rebuild a better world so whoever survives never sees this happen again. Everything we took for granted is gone. All gone,” Jacob explained.

“Well, if we have to start over, we will need crystals,” Sasha said finishing up the bread.

“What will crystals do?” Jacob asked.

“It’s a gift from the sun. I think that’s what my dream was telling me when you found me passed out.”

“A gift from the sun, are you some kind of scientist?”

Hearing a baby screaming in the distance Sasha pointed to the moon.

“Do you see how it glows? Do you see the stars in the night sky. Everything works quietly with purpose. If the sun provides crystals everything will be okay.” 

The next morning Jacob and a crew of men began to talk over things about Sasha’s visions of crystals.

Caught up in a ball of confusion Jacob and his men prepared to search for Sasha’s treasure.

Waking up, Sasha noticed them opening the colony gates. With the little strength she had, she hurried to stop them.

“What are you doing? You told us to find crystals.”Jacob said as she stood in front of the gate blocking the path.

At moments time it began to snow.

“These are the crystals I was referring to. They are gifts from the sun. We can melt them and drink them and use them to rebuild. Give it time, when the sun completely shines through the clouds they will make us a new river to drink from and harvest food,” Sasha explained.

The people slept in custom built homes, heated with fiery wood furnaces as it snowed on and off for forty days. 

Watching the sun come out as the seasons changed gave the people hope in Sasha’s dream. It was very quiet now. 

“I guess the war is over.” Jacob said.

“Yes, now let the snow crystals be our sign of peace that God has not left us but just like everything new, he wants us to start over.” Sasha replied.

The World War was now over and the children made snow angels in the left over snow while everyone else embraced a new beginning.

The End.