"I was born in 2005…  My father used to say that people were

so afraid, that the world was going to end, that the weren’t going to see it happen. That people ware so focused on the world ending, that they were not going to see it even if it’s happening right in their faces. I don’t remember much about the beginning of the transition. Little things… but I’ve read about them, but I don’t know how any of them impacted my life, except for the fear.” Carmen says smoking pot and passing it to Alice, who was next to her.

“They would hide it from me, my parents, like a secret between them. But I could feel it… the chaos… I knew it was coming… something bad… I can remember that sound, very clearly… hundred marching soldiers.”

“ I remember those boots, black leather that gleamed bright in the morning sun.  I had never seen such boots,  all moving in perfect unison. And that voice….” Alice said breathing out

“The time has come, to return to a bygone age, an age of          tradition, an age of values that have been disparaged and all but forgotten.  What this country needs is a leader!  a true leader to remind us of that age.  A righteous leader, with the strength of his moral convictions, to do what must be done.  I give you that man!  I give you, our leader! The Ringmaster!” Helena said mocking the guy

“I remember like if it was yesterday… of course, The Ringmaster then was the father of The Ringmaster of today… I remember us standing in front of the whole act. The crowd cheered… My father looked at my mother and clapped… but they were not happy.”

“It must have seemed so easy for them, you know? They offered such a simple deal: give up control and we will restore order… it’s a good pitch” I say looking at them grabbing the smoke… I’ve never done this so I cough. The girls laugh a little

“Yes it was… At first, the arrests were political. Nothing big, so everyone thought they ware making the right decisions…. Then were the   Radicals, Liberals, and on and on.” Alice said