Enemies Across Lifetimes

Huh? What's this? Wasn't that thunder? Wait... hold on... I closed my eyes, then opened them, then closed them again. I was sure I was seeing things, but the scene before me only grew clearer. Now I could even make out the banners on the other side. I turned around, and the woods behind me had turned into a vast army, too. I knew this kind of scene from all those shows on TV. This was what it looked like when two armies went to war. Could I really be stuck right in the middle of a battlefield between two armies?! The banners on the other side waved, and the earth was instantly swept by flying sand and stones. Shouts of battle rang out, and this time even the ground began to shake. The soldiers on both sides charged straight toward me. I stood there, stunned, not knowing whether to run or hide... The thunder hadn't struck me dead, but I was definitely done for now. “Mom! I know I was wrong to blame you! But how could you not have seen that I'd end up as the filling in a battlefield sandwich?” All I could do was cry out in despair...