Noland's Secret Society

Prologue

Between Russia and Germany, there is a town hidden to the public. After World War II, one of the smaller class and almost unknown soldiers, Stefan Thomas changed his name with many other survivors and camped out in plain sight. No Man's Land was a small place where no one was expected to go voluntarily, so the idea was they could hide there and start new lives. They began building using the rubble surrounding them; houses, schools, establishments, they all started popping up like weeds. New land, new ideas, and a fresh start to possibly make a name for themselves if they ever decided to show their faces to the public again. 

After weeks of only rations and old canteens of water they started to worry. In the center of debris and rubble, where were they supposed to find food. Jackson Noland, formerly known as Stefan Thomas, came up with the idea to start digging to see what they find. "I found a shovel", a woman shouted after a few minutes. "I got one too", another yelled across the plain. "Take those shovels and keep digging. Help the others", Noland announced triumphantly to all four corners of the estate. They dug and dug for hours finding more tools and weapons they could use later. 

"I found seeds!" a voice echoed. Everyone looked up and ran over to the source of the exciting news. Sitting in front of a hole the size of a cannonball, everyone was crowded around a woman filling her coin purse with the seeds she'd found. "Everyone, can I have your attention please?" Everyone turned towards Noland, eager for his leadership. He stood there, strong, grasping their attention and not letting it go. "We have created this civilization to hide,  Hide ourselves from our past mistakes in cowardice, but now our perspective has changed. We are here to thrive and survive with our own ideas and way of life. These seeds represent our new beginning. We are the seeds of the future." With those final words the group cheered, their eyes full of wonder and spirit. 

With that, change began. Those seeds they found grew cotton, beets, wheat, and trees, who knows what kind. They sent a group of men to retrieve livestock as a source of meat, and while they were digging around for more seeds, they found water and created a well out of it. It took months for crops to grow, and what few rations they had weren't made to last, but when beets and wheat began to ripen, it was like a gift from Jesus himself. Happily, they rejoiced singing and dancing around the estate, even cooking a ravishing feast fit for a king and his court with the mix of rations and crops. It gave them the hope and motivation they needed to continue on their journey of re-establishment. They were no longer Nazis, they were the citizens of Noland's Estate.