Noah’s+Assyrian+Attack

It was early in the morning in Sumer; my mom was weaving clothing for my little brother, my father was working in the barley fields, and my brother sleeping. I head the thundering of hooves as the mud house that I live in shakes. My little brother woke up and started cries. I have one thought as I hear all this: The Assyrians are coming. I shouted at the top of my lungs so as to warn the rest Sumer that the Assyrians are coming. I ran to the field my father works at as I hear the squealing of the wheels on a chariot. I run past my neighbors as they scream. At last I get to my father’s field only to find a foot soldier about to stab my father in the heart. I kicked him at the last moment. Then my father swung the sickle he was holding at the soldier’s neck to behead him. He failed but still killed the soldier. My father and I run back to the mud house. We grabbed my mother and brother. We agreed that we would hide ourselves but, we would still be armed. We hid ourselves behind our house. We waited about an hour before my father smelled smoke. He saw that the house was on fire! We ran to our neighbor who was fighting two soldiers. We helpe him defeat the soldiers and then asked if we could help. He said to help him launch fire arrows at the Assyrian camp. We hear agonized screams as our arrows hit their target. The arrows we shot were only supposed to leave the camp susceptible to a raid. We gather all our neighbors to come take as many horses and iron weapons as possible. There were no soldiers to stop us as we stole their horses and spare weapons. We go the center of the city on horseback to give people the iron weapons we stole from the Assyrian camp. It gives them hope that they will beat the Assyrians. They thought that the reason the Assyrians were so strong is because of the iron weapons. They fought harder because they had the iron weapons which they thought made the fight equal. Everybody fought with an assortment of weapons except for bows because they were worried that they might hit their own people. The Assyrians did the same. My mother and brother were hid for fear of being hit. At last the Assyrians retreated, or so it seemed. We let them retreat because we did not know what they were about to do. We saw the archers come forward with flaming arrows, so we evacuated the city. The Assyrians just used it a threat to get us to exit the city. Then they plundered the city. They made a man named Bavly Ali as their government. He was a vicious, bloodthirsty man. He would kill anybody who did not follow his orders. The townspeople who were trapped in the city asked me to send help from wherever I could get it. So they gave me a map of the Fertile Crescent. I went to the Babylonians. I knew they hadn’t been attacked and they would be able help. Babylon was only a day’s walk and it would only be shorter on horseback. So I packed up a day’s worth of provisions and set out to Babylon. I got there without any interruptions at about dusk. I sent a message to King Hammurabi II. He said he would let me have 200 of his soldiers and one of his best commanders to help with the battle. When we left I let any soldier that was too tired to walk ride my horse who I decided to name Hardhoof. When we got to Sumer we found it deserted except for the inner part of the city where there were about 100 Assyrians all unarmed because they did not expect an attack, which was what I was going to do. I asked the commander who said it would give them the element of surprise. So he launched an attack. The fight wasn’t long but, I noticed familiar body among the corpses. It was Bavly Ali and next to him was my father! I promised that day I would avenge my father. My mother and brother were doing fine which was a relief. I thought the only thing I had gained from this struggle was Hardhoof who I had grown fond of over the last few days. The next ten years of were peaceful, or so I thought.
 * The Assyrians Invade! **

P.S. I am going to make a sequel to this someday.