Genette Banks traveled to Sand Island to write an article on the soldiers stationed there and to visit his sister and friends. But when a simple training exercise results in the loss of eight people due to an unprovoked attack by an unknown enemy, he finds himself witnessing the beginning of a new war that's about to put those he loves at the forefront.

Jason Banks became a mercenary for Ustio when he dropped out of the Belkan Air Force because of the Rald Party's growing power. When Belka started taking over all the surrounding lands, it was Jason and his wingmen that stopped them and changed the tide of battle. Until ten years later, no one knew it was him. Now he's choosing to tell his niece and nephew. This is his story.

I looked at the patch of upturned ground in front of me. It was still new, and no flowers were in sight. The grave was simple; an ordinary headstone marked it, the only thing etched on the stone being a few, straightforward words. SEBASTIAN "BLACKHAWK" FOULKE 1969-1995 Beloved comrade and brother. "... Is this why you chose to be a mercenary?" Cipher's voice made me look away from the headstone and to him, standing just a few feet away. I hadn't heard him coming. I would've preferred some alone time, but I probably wouldn't mind a bit of company. I shrugged. "Yeah. I can't leave Blackhawk hanging. Also, Belka was getting too regimented for my taste." "I didn't know he was your brother." "Yeah. Wished you got to meet him." Cipher gave a nonchalant hum, turning to stare towards the north-western horizon. To other people, it might seem like he was staring at the setting sun, but I knew better. Somewhere, hidden by the mountain ranges, was a lifeless land decimated by the flames of war, where an entire nation was killed in the span of days. Once, it was known as Nostrand. After what happened a few months ago, it was nothing but history. That country was why I fought against my home country. ... A sneak-peek into the Belkan War through the eyes of an ace. How two unlikely friends bonded, and how a war tore apart millions of lives. *cross-posted on ao3 and fanfiction.net

A story of five elite pilots, trying to survive through one of the worse wars the world have ever seen. Will they survive? Will they be able to find love in this time or war and turmoil? ((On a side note, I wrote this story in 2006, when I was 16 or 17))