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The story cought me with the drama and war, but it also was giving me a challenge to make into a movie. With help from my friend Claudia Winternight, we made the movie version of the downshorted story you can rea bellow:
Under the Willow Tree~
"In a far away country, there is to old and powerfull Kingdoms. The Blue kingdom in the south, and the Red Kingdom in the Northeast. Both Kingdoms are long and sworn enemies to each other, and has promised each other a war as soon as they get the chance. However, that don't prevent two young girls from meeting each other. Late in the evening, when everyone go's to sleep, they sneak out, take their horses and ride to the meeting spot where they meet every night. Under the old willow tree. They are close friends, they spend their few hours together by riding around, talking, have fun and dreaming of a future with their homeland not sworn enemies to each other. They wish they could stop meet in secret, and out in public. Even though they know it's forbidden for a man from the Blue kingdom to meet a man from the Red, they do it anyway. Friendship stays stronger than fear.
However, after a few hours the friends seperated and turn their way back home and waiting for their next chance to meet again.
But one day the war comes. The Kingdoms goes into war against each other, a war that stays for month. The girls can't sneak out during the war, the land is filled with soldiers and weapons. Being out there leads to a certain death.
After a half a year the war finally ends, thousands of human life have been spilled and there is no great glory in the peace. The girls can finally sneak out an meet each other again. The girl from the Red Kingdom comes first to the willow tree. She wait and wait for her friend, wondering why she haven't showed up. She wait for a hour... two hours... three hours... But her friend never comes.
The girl went home, and back to the willow tree the day after, and after that day. She wait an wait - but the Blue kingdom girl never comes. Slowly she's realized what have happend.
The war had took her friend, and given her the peace they always have been dreamd of. But to what price? One evning, the girl from the Red kingdom makes a monoment under the willow tree. A monoment of her friend, an all the memories they had together. She then turns around, and leave her sorrow together with her memories - under the willow tree."
Under the Willow Tree~
"In a far away country, there is to old and powerfull Kingdoms. The Blue kingdom in the south, and the Red Kingdom in the Northeast. Both Kingdoms are long and sworn enemies to each other, and has promised each other a war as soon as they get the chance. However, that don't prevent two young girls from meeting each other. Late in the evening, when everyone go's to sleep, they sneak out, take their horses and ride to the meeting spot where they meet every night. Under the old willow tree. They are close friends, they spend their few hours together by riding around, talking, have fun and dreaming of a future with their homeland not sworn enemies to each other. They wish they could stop meet in secret, and out in public. Even though they know it's forbidden for a man from the Blue kingdom to meet a man from the Red, they do it anyway. Friendship stays stronger than fear.
However, after a few hours the friends seperated and turn their way back home and waiting for their next chance to meet again.
But one day the war comes. The Kingdoms goes into war against each other, a war that stays for month. The girls can't sneak out during the war, the land is filled with soldiers and weapons. Being out there leads to a certain death.
After a half a year the war finally ends, thousands of human life have been spilled and there is no great glory in the peace. The girls can finally sneak out an meet each other again. The girl from the Red Kingdom comes first to the willow tree. She wait and wait for her friend, wondering why she haven't showed up. She wait for a hour... two hours... three hours... But her friend never comes.
The girl went home, and back to the willow tree the day after, and after that day. She wait an wait - but the Blue kingdom girl never comes. Slowly she's realized what have happend.
The war had took her friend, and given her the peace they always have been dreamd of. But to what price? One evning, the girl from the Red kingdom makes a monoment under the willow tree. A monoment of her friend, an all the memories they had together. She then turns around, and leave her sorrow together with her memories - under the willow tree."