Once upon a time, there was a place where 3 kingdoms resided,
they were called Vigilantes, Aggresory and Complacention.
Aggresory was, among the 3 kingdoms, the most reclused and hardly
traded or communicated with the Vigilantes and the Complacentions.
And the other 2 kingdoms hardly knew that Aggresory was actually an
aggressive and warlike kingdom. They were ruled by a despotic and
bloodthirsty king who had evil ambitions. They were the most
powerful of the 3 kingdoms and had a large number of warriors ready
to go to war at anytime.
Complacention was a rich kingdom because they had many natural
resources and traded widely. Their citizens were very wealthy and
indulged in all forms of luxury. They were very complacent about
their position and never thought about the danger that they were
facing and never realised how vulnerable they were. Complacention
did not have any army to protect them. They did not even have any
weapons or soldiers.
Vigilantes was also a wealthy and prosperous kingdom and traded
widely with other civilizations. Though they too enjoyed their
wealth and had good lives, they did not take their success for
granted and realised only too well that they were in a vulnerable
position and that other kingdoms, if they wanted to, could easily
invade them and destroy their kingdom and ruin their way of life
which they cherished very much.
Their king ordered that all the male citizens had to spend a
certain amount of their time to train to learn the skills of a
warrior and to be skilled in weaponry and combat. The female
citizens did other things like first aid and working in factories
to manufacture weapons and other equipment. Though many of the
citizens were unhappy about having to do combat training for a
period of time, they accepted that they had to do it for the
security of their kingdom.
The Vigilante citizens also held exercises to practice defending
their kingdom (in case of an invasion) on a regular basis. The
kingdom was very well equipped with chariots, horses and all kinds
of weapons stocked up ready for use at anytime.
The citizens of Complacention and Vigilantes were very friendly
with each other and visited each other's kingdoms regularly for
commercial, trading and other purposes. Often the Complacention
citizens would see the Vigilante citizens training and practising
their combat skills and laugh. "Look at them, why are they training
so hard for? Come drink, party and be merry with us!"
There came a time when the Aggresory king decided that he wanted to
expand his empire and his thirst for conquest made him decide to
invade and take over Vigilante and Complacention.
One morning his band of warriors raced towards both Complacention
and Vigilante. The larger part of his army went to conquer
Vigilante and the other to Complacention. The Agresory warriors
charged into Complacention and begin a bloodthirsty murder and
pillage of the kingdom. The citizens were terrified but could do
almost nothing to stop the murderous warriors of the Aggresory
kingdom. Their valuables were taken, citizens were murdered and
city burnt to the ground.
As the other batch of the Aggresory warriors charged towards
Vigilante, they were spotted from afar and the whole kingdom went
into action stations. Virtually all the able bodied men donned
their body armour, took up their
weapons and equipment and rode on their horses to meet the warriors
outside the city. A ferocious battle started. After a long hard
battle, the Aggresory warriors were finally defeated and the
Vigilante army, though suffering many casualties, had emerged
victorious. The Aggresory warriors were stopped outside the
Vigilante's city and no damage was done to their kingdom.
A messenger from Complacention arrived to inform the Vigilante king
of the invasion of Complacention. The king immediately ordered his
soldiers to go to Complacention to liberate the city and help chase
the invaders away. So another fierce battle happened at the
Complacention city and again the Vigilante soldiers emerged
victorious. The Aggresory troops returned to their kingdom. The
evil king was so shocked and stunned by his defeat that he never
contemplated invading Complation and Vigilante ever again.
In the meantime, Complacention begin the long and painful road to
recovery and Vigilante sent many soldiers, builders and medical
personnel to their city to assist them. Over a few years life begin
to go back to normal for Complacention but they never had the
complacent kind of attitude again and just like Vigilante, had
their citizens trained and ready for combat.
The Vigilante soldiers who survived were welcomed back to their
kingdom as heroes and their king gave all of them a royal
reception, medals of honour/bravery and all kinds of rewards.
THE END