I was sitting at a picnic table when someone dropped a letter on my lap. There's nothing on it at all, except the word "Sea-Monkey."

Immediately I opened it. Only to find a photo, and a note. The note called me a coward. I ignored it for the picture, the photo left me speechless... There's a photo of a statue and an overgrown statue of the general I used to fight for. I recognized the paint trail I had left behind, the one I had created from anger and a decision.

That day was like most others; irritation filled her bones because outside her door was a statue of a person she hated more than herself. A priest had commissioned it for her, and she didn't have the heart to tell him, so it sat as a reminder. She sat facing it against her door, looking at who she despised the most in this barbaric world. She threw a bottle against it and it chipped a piece of the helmet. And that's when it hit her. Why should she respect this piece? A piece made to honor someone she hated. She looked around and saw the buckets that she had made... Green, blue, Red... Red. The color of blood, something this general could never have, no matter how much he spilled. She grabbed the bucket and dipped her hand in it, then looked towards the statue with determination.

Standing in front of that statue, paint dripping and drying on her hands, she climbed onto the pedestal, and smacked her hand to his face, then dragged it down to where his heart would be, if he had one.

Thunder crashed above her but she didn't care. Because this was not her last act of rebellion.. only her first. She stepped off the podium with a satisfied grin. For the first time since arriving, she actually enjoyed staring at that damn statue.

I remembers that day clearly, it was the day I changed for the better, because the General's warrior would have never painted that statue but I would because I'm no longer a warrior for him or any of them I fought for myself, and those like me. Seems I forgot, but I am glad that bird man has brought me this gift.. a reminder. I am no soldier. Never again.