Life on earth in 2312 was far from ideal. Cities were burnt to the ground after decades -- centuries even, of nuclear wars. Some countries that were thriving two centuries agobwere dead, extinct, gone, obliterated. The world's surviving population was sparsely spread across the globe.
Ireland, France, the US, Canada, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium and Japan had to be the richest surviving countries. Most of the countries in Africa were safe also, with the exception of South Africa, Côté d'Ivoire and Egypt. Most of the countries bordering the Mediteranean were in extreme poverty. Italy, Greece, Libya, Malta. Spain was unoccupied, too bombed down to come back.
Then people started popping up. Unusual people. They had unexplainable gifts. The World Government decided to deal with these new people, capturing them all and putting them into the world's only surviving OTL zone. The purpose? Nobody knows, or at least nobody can remember.
What did they call this? Operation Olympus.
Surviving can be difficult when you're only a few inches tall. Fanged beasts see you as their prey, every creature is bigger than you, and the world seems to work against small things. Not to mention the struggles of getting from place to place... but the worst of it all? Humans.
Once a year, every year, summer sweeps over the forest. The sun warms the leaves and the damp melts away until the world of the Winged flourishes. Those warm months are when survival becomes the hardest.
Drawn by the beauty of the forest, humans of all kind invade the already dangerous home of the small Winged people. Fear of these monsters is shared throughout the tribes. One sacred piece of advice is known: avoid humans at all costs. They know only how to destroy and hurt.
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Despite the protests of her close friend, Azure accepts a mission that takes her from the safety of her tribe. Things begin well despite her trepidation of the approaching summer months. That is, until she falls right into the hands of the very creatures she feared.
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Completed! Beware of some crappy writing and stupid typos :0
Second part is on my account :)
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