1 Once upon a time...

I have always known that there is a secret inside a place. Even a person has. But as I take a look everywhere, every laughs and noise from every people passing by, from the busy streets, my eyes always stopped to stare at the tall brick of a wall from afar.

What is the secret behind the wall of Montage?

"Grecia, what are you doing there? There will be many customers coming later on. We should be faster and arrange this blackberries for us to be done quickly." I heard Ina Elora called my name that made me stopped from staring at the great wall.

"I apologize, Ina. Here, let me take good care of this fruits." I gently told her as I carried the sack of blackberries that she is holding and arranged it on top of the wooden table. I also did the same for the other sacks of berries.

Ina Elora is my mother. From the beginning since the first opening of my eyes, my twenty-four years of life revolves around her. Ama Syden, my father died from the late war of Montage against Addiley that happened twenty-two years ago. According to Ina, the said war occurs because of a truce of the two cities. Montage agreed to the war in exchange of building a wall that will separate from the city of Addiley. The latter also agreed in exchange of getting every people from Montage and make them a slave.

Everytime I think about it, I could not help but feel the hatred and anger to the people of Addiley. Many people died because of that war, including my Ama who was the soldier of Montage a long time ago.

Ina states that even if our city wins in that war, we could not tell how many years, or months will the Addiley remain silent. They agreed for the peace of Montage by building the wall. But neither of us can tell until when.

As the sun continues to rise, the heat of the morning makes me wipe the sweat that is forming on my face. Minutes, hours passed and the busy street with a bunch of people are still getting by with their lives. Living in peace and harmony.

But until when?

Until when do the secrets still hide and until when it will be unleashed?

Will peace and harmony still prevail?